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"So, was it so bad to see him again?" Prowl asked as Little Jazz rested in his lap. They had piled on the couch as Tia finished washing the empty cubes and putting them away in the cupboards before turning to wipe the counter and then the table.
"No, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, though I didn't like that he was so possessive of Allie and Optimus." Jazz replied as he listened to the soft jazz playing from the speakers that Sunstreaker had helped him moved earlier in the day. It was the first item he had added to their quarters and Prowl smiled softly at the subtle way that Jazz had already infiltrated. Tia, never hearing jazz before, immediately took a liking to the mellow, yet deep bass music and Little Jazz hummed along with the snazzy brass while toying with his cars along Prowl's arm plates. "He is still an aft and I am sticking to my perusal of the situation."
"You're right Jazz, but he's Megatron, Lord High Protector, and nothing will change the immediate future unless we want to go back to war so…" Prowl left the end trail knowing that Jazz understood him well enough. Prowl looked over his son's helm to make sure that Jazz was okay and smiled as Tia caught his optic. Her warm presence in their bond was comforting and Prowl was glad that she was easy going and positive as well as easily accepted both he and Jazz which made their life simple in a growing, complex world.
"I can adjust especially with Little Jazz and Tia being added to our family." Jazz smiled at his softer mate as she sat down between him and Prowl, curling up with her feet in Jazz's lap and her head resting on Prowl's hip as Prowl adjusted Little Jazz on his other hip. Jazz scooted closer letting his arm fall on the back of the couch and touched Prowl lightly on his shoulder. Prowl rested in the comfort that he had his family and the war was finally at an end though there was still much to do before they would ever be able to step foot on their home world again.
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"We should make this an annual event instead of just on occasion. Your people really enjoy these picnics." The ambassador stated as he looked around the pavilion and watched the families between the Cybertronians and his people interact. Allie smiled amusedly as she watched her longtime friend observe their people.
"Maybe we should; I know our sets of twins," referring to Soundwave's twins and the jet Judo twins, "would enjoy the time to play, but I would have to ask our Lord High Protector and Lord Prime if they would agree to it." Allie said as she laughed at all the little sparklings that play around the creek. In the distance she could hear Cup telling his stories to the younglings eager to hear about the great tales of the war along with Jetfire editing in the versions from the Decepticons' point of view.
"I do wonder about when you are due and how will this affect the other four?" The ambassador asked and Allie turned her gaze from the crowd of joyful, boisterous noise to give her attention to her friend.
"I am just starting to show so it won't be for a while yet. This one is going to be a winter sparkling and Optimus is excited to add another to our family ranks." Allie replied and the ambassador smiled. "Ambassador, why don't you join your family? I can feel Optimus calling me to join him through our bond."
"Yes, yes I will do that. Thank you again for accepting our invitation." He said as they parted to join their respected parties.
Allie glanced at all the couples and families and finally felt the peace that her mate felt at the end of each day since the end of the war. They would still have their struggles but at least they would have each other and Allie knew that both Prime and the Lord High Protector would do everything they could to protect their families and Allie would make sure that they both would reach agreement between themselves. She had Jazz back and looking over at him, Prowl, and Tia, she knew he would help along with Soundwave and the others that had an invested interest on the preservation of peace.
Jazz rubbed Tia's back as he gently supported her very swollen protoform that housed and nourished their sparkling. Allie waved as Prowl caught her gaze upon his mates and smiled back. It would be very soon when their next creation arrived and Jazz was milking all the attention that he could since he was the primary sire. Prowl leaned over and kissed Tia and Allie grinned at his vagrant display of protection bordering on possessiveness. It would be a long time before Prowl could be comfortable leaving both his mates for any long term missions.
Allie heard whooping and hollering in the distance as mechs and femmes zipped across the zip line and then splashed in the cold clear water of the creek. Allie turned to see a happy Hound leading Nocturne to their picnic blanket as he gently cradled her in his arms. It would be a while before their sparkling would be sparked but Allie could clearly see happiness radiating from Nocturne as she unconsciously rubbed the barely swollen form of her belly. Their sparkling was a miracle to help soothe Nocturne over the recent loss of her sire and the only regret was that he was no longer with them to share their happiness. Hound insisted on the traditions of courting and then a ceremonial bonding which everyone enjoyed preparing for.
So many were eager to start families and Cassie was showing clear signs of evident distress over the future influx of younglings that would need to be educated. Schools would have to be built for them and expansion of the base around the Hall was already in progress. Though Allie was disappointed that Megatron had ordered all families back to the Hall or the moon base due to activity from the Jung Ho, Allie still could not complain about the sudden spurt of growth. It was what she wanted for her femmes; to have families and joy in being able to step back and let someone else protect.
"You're reflecting your mood towards everyone." Optimus stated as he wrapped his arms around her from the back.
"I hope it is good." Allie said as she smiled up and back at her mate.
"It is though Prowl was wondering if everything was okay. He couldn't read your expression." Prime turned her and gently kissed her. In the distance they both heard a few whistles and hollers for them to get a room, but Allie smiled into the kiss before deepening it just for sheer hell of showing off.
"I am just fine. The sky is clear, the suns are shining, and the creek is clear and cold. You and Ironhide carried the canoes and boats to the edge for everyone to enjoy, there is plenty of energon flowing, and the sparklings are having a ball playing and getting dirty." Allie looked over to see Elita cooing as Megatron held her while Storm hovered in the air. It seemed that Storm would take after Shalon and be a flyer but Allie hoped that Storm would not decide to be transformed into a techno-organic like her mother had chosen to. Allie liked it when flyers remained flyers instead having to make them do counseling after realizing that a humanoid body is not the same as a flyer body. It wasn't easy on any transformer since one lost their ability to take an alternate mode but flyers always were the more delicate of their species.
"Storm is beautiful isn't she?" Allie murmured as she watched the little femme circle around her sire pleased that she had finally upgraded and learned to hover in the air on her tiny thrusters.
"Our niece is beautiful. Elita is too." They watched together as little Elita charmed her uncle until they could hear Megatron bellow across the grassy meadow in mirth. Optimus chuckled as he stood back and then led his mate over to their blanket. None of their sparklings were nearby since the area had been checked and deemed safe to allow the sparklings and youngling to run and play.
"I love you, my darling." Optimus said as he gently helped her to sit down on their blanket careful of her new carrying status. Allie smiled up as she shifted to allow her mate sit next to her and then she leaned back against him to relax and hopefully settle her suddenly uneasy tank. She would never get used to the early stages of carrying and looked forward to the more attentive stage where Optimus would rub her down or massage her sore feet.
"I love you too." Allie said once she was comfortable against her mate and closed her eyes to rest as tiredness overcame her.
Optimus smiled briefly feeling the lethargic feeling seep into his mate's form. They would soon need additional help with the energetic younglings and now with another one on the way. Maybe Primus would smile upon them and this would only be one. Optimus looked over to see Doc and Ratchet gazing at their clutch of sparklings as they sloppily fed them their energon while First Aid sat raptly by Cup, though the younglings taking care to watch out for the youngest youngling, and listening to the wise, old mech.
"We made the right choice." Optimus said as he watched with peace and contentment before slowly dimming his optics to rest with Allie.
"That we did." All was well.
