Thanks for the reviews! I decided to put some fluffy bunnies in here (aka fluff). I love 'em, you love 'em, we love 'em, everybody loves 'em.
Some of you peeps got it right who was the mystery green car. Now, the story:
A couple of weeks later…
We still don't know who the green car is. Ratchet said it was a 'he', but he doesn't know the name. Some try to guess, because he looks vaguely familiar to them.
Optimus said that Topspin knows who he is, but is waiting for his trine leader or something. He's waiting for him to come and then he's going to tell them who the green robot is.
So… only a week left. Only a week left of summer vacation. Can't believe it's gone so fast. But like all things, it ends.
Amanda and Nicole have been introduced to one another. And they get along great. Nicole's also been introduced to Clara and Lana.
Amanda's rule about not letting Ron sleep in the dorm was overruled, simply because Bee was too cute to ignore, and he used his innocent charm to sway her into letting him and Ron sleep in the dorm.
Right now, it's about seven in the evening and Amanda finally gathered the strength to call Josh and invite him over. He's supposed to come at around eight, so us three girls started to clean up the place.
Half an hour later, the place was as pristine as it can get, and Amanda wanted Nicole to make her that spiked ball hairdo she did me once on the C-17 plane.
"Girls, do I look good?" She asked. She was wearing a beige dress with flower patterns on it. She had matching ballets and a flower bracelet on her left wrist.
"Hon, you look beautiful." I said, taking her hands and spinning her around.
"Thanks Mel. It means a lot to me." She smiled. Bee and Ron were talking about something in the corner of the living room, as Nicole approached us.
"What do you plan on doing? I mean, do you have an idea? I mean, I do." She said. Amanda and I shared quizzical looks as we let go of each others' hands.
"What do you mean?" Amanda asked her. I giggled.
"I mean, I want to watch a movie with Bee, but it would be better if we all watch it together. The movie lasts three hours and is bound to tie you Josh and Amanda together. It's also going to tie me and Bee, and you and Ron, if Ron agrees to watch, that is." She shrugged.
"Oh, he'll watch with us. I'll smooth talk him." I winked as Amanda and Nicole grinned. "What's the movie called?"
"I'll keep that a secret. Listen, Bee and I are going to take the left side of the couch, you and Josh get the centre, and you and Ron go to the right side. We'll open the couch so that it forms a kind of bed, so that we can lay on our boyfriends, or soon-to-be boyfriends." Nicole said, winking once to Amanda, "I'll get the popcorn ready." She scurried to the kitchen and explained the plan to Bee and Ron.
"Well, your relationship with Josh is going to get serious, don't you think? Finally, you'll get a boyfriend." I said as I went to get the juice from the fridge.
"Yeah… Only, only if Nicole's movie works. And I don't even know what movie it is."
"Neither do I. But it must be something great." I filled the juice into my glass and drank it up. I put the cardboard juice on the counter, in case someone wanted to drink it and put the glass in the sink.
Suddenly the door knocked. I looked to the clock mounted above the door. It was eight p.m. spot on.
"You open the door. Don't be nervous. It's easy, trust me. Just be yourself and everything's gonna be fine." I put a hand on her shoulder and pushed her gently to the door. She straightened her back and walked towards the door. She turned the doorknob and opened the door.
"Hey Josh. Come in." She said, and I could almost hear her grinning.
"Hey there. Are you seeing someone tonight? You really look pretty." He got in. Well, he's a schmoozer.
"Aw, thanks Josh. Please, these are my BFs, Melissa and Nicole." She gestured towards us, her grin never leaving her face. Nicole and I shook hands with Josh and Nicole put the DVD into the DVD player. The microwave beeped, indicating the popcorn was ready. "I'll get the popcorn, you settle yourself." She said, going into the kitchen.
Ron came from behind me, hugging me from the back. "Hey." I said. He kissed my temple. I wanted to melt from the softness and gentility of his kiss. "In a mood, hm?" I said, turning to kiss him.
"Mhm." He said, giving me the wanted kiss.
"Come on, teddy bear, the movie's starting." I took him by the hand and sat on the right side of the, now looking like a bed, couch. Nicole and Bee were already set on the left side, Nicole leaning on Bee as he kissed the back of her head. They are so adorable together. They lay a blanket over themselves as I went to grab one from the bedroom.
When I came back, Josh and Amanda were casually laying one next to the other, looking all friendly. Good thing I got another blanket for Josh and Amanda. I tossed one to them as I lay back with Ron, putting the blanket around us.
The movie was called… Titanic.
"Really? Nicole, this is Titanic!" I told her, sitting up from Ron.
"Yeah, I'm aware of that." She said as she stood up as well. Josh and Amanda stood quiet as they ate the massive amount of popcorn slowly.
"Dude, I'm gonna weep like a kid when the movie ends!" I protested.
"You are a kid." Ron retorted.
"Shut up." I looked back to Nicole. "I hate you." I squinted at her.
"No, you only wish you hated me." She smiled.
"No, I'm pretty sure I hate you right now." I glared.
"No, you don't." she grinned. I decided to forgive her.
"Guys! Shh!" Amanda said, putting a finger to her lips as she continued to chew on the popcorn.
I relaxed back into Ron. He just lay there, like an unmoving doll. Suited me fine, as long as my back was half against his chest and arm, I was good.
"Amanda, I just have to tell you, there are only two things that can make me cry." I looked at her.
"I know Mel, Titanic and injury." She smiled. "Don't worry." She winked. I smiled at her as the movie continued.
Twenty minutes later…
"The china had never been used, the sheets have never been slept on…"
Sniff.
"Mel?" Ron's voice resounded.
"Hm?" I said, wiping away a tear. I knew I'd break down, I just didn't know it was going to be this early.
"Why are you crying? Nothing happened." He said as he put his right arm around me casually. It wasn't a reassuring one, just a casual one. Like he was resting his arm on my shoulder.
"I know it's just… I'm just like that. I'll be fine." I said.
Forty-five minutes later…
"I like step-dancing." Amanda said as a scene of Jack and Rose showed on the screen.
"The river dance?" Josh replied.
"I think it looks great. You?"
"I like it, looks hard though." He said.
As scene of Rose getting up on her feet and on her fingers showed as all of us gasped. Well, all humans. And maybe Bee. I didn't know. Whatever happened, I think Kate did a great job at acting as Rose. The role was perfect for her.
About five minutes later…
"I'm not someone you can command. I'm your fiancé!"
Oh, I know this part. This is the part where he goes yelling and acting wildly.
"My fiancé? My fiancé?!" he threw the table and the drinks as all three of us girls jumped. Ron stiffened and held me just a bit tighter.
"I don't like him. Femmes shouldn't be treated like that." Ron said as Bee nodded.
"I don't like him either." Bee noted.
"He looks like Megatron." Ron said. The movie continued for a second before Ron, Nicole and Bee started to laugh, uncontrollably.
"What's so funny?" Amanda asked, looking to Bee and Nicole to Ron. I shrugged. "Never mind them." She said, turning her and Josh's attention to the screen.
Twenty minutes after that…
"Jack! I'm flying!" Rose said as she and Jack were standing on the tip of the boat. He held her up, her hands in one horizontal line with her shoulders.
"This is so beautiful." Nicole said.
Jack put his hands on hers. Their hands began to entwine and caress each other. I put my hand on Ron's, which was resting on his stomach. I put his arm around my shoulders as I started to fiddle with his fingers, caressing them gently.
I put his knuckles to my lips and kissed them. "Hm?" He looked at me with those soft blue eyes of his.
"Nothing… just, you see, like the movie." I said.
"If you say so." He smiled. I looked to Bee and Nicole, who were doing the same thing. Entwining their hands and hugging close.
I whispered in his ear, "And to think you're an alien robot…" he chuckled.
"You never would have found out if Barricade didn't attack you." I sighed.
"I know. But he led me to you." I smiled at him. He touched me head with his. We were grinning and just for a couple of moments, we forgot about the world around us.
An hour and a half through the movie…
Rose pulled Jack into the old red car. He wrapped his one arm around her petite shoulders, as their hands started to touch and hold one another.
"Put your hands on me, Jack."
It wasn't the fact that he touched her, it's the fact that the way he kissed her looked so lovingly. I turned to Ron, who was watching the movie, his one arm around my shoulders, just like Jack's had been around Rose's.
"Ron?" I whispered to him. His eyes looked at me, as if expecting me to go on. I pulled out my hand from under the blanket and put my index finger under his chin. I put the same hand on his cheek and planted a full lip lock. It was like that for many long seconds, before we both lost our breath.
He drew me closer to him as the movie went on. My heart was fluttering from excitement, it was pounding so hard in my chest.
"Calm yourself, dear." He deeply said. This was one of those moments when you smile without your mind's permission. He called me dear.
"Aw." I said as I gave him a hug and didn't let go.
"Mel, control yourself." Amanda giggled. I stuck my tongue out at her. I decided to say the thing that should have been left unsaid.
"Why isn't he hugging you?" I looked at Josh as he slightly blushed. Amanda shot me a glare, but then his arm went around her shoulders, gently pulling her to him, causing her to blush. She shot me a thankful look. I nodded.
About two hours and thirty minutes through the movie…
"Primus, how horrible the humans can be." Ron commented. "Though, us Cyb-uh, humans, very horrible." He corrected himself, noticing that Amanda and Josh were there.
"Jack! This is where we first met!" Rose said as the Titanic was just about to rupture in half.
"That's so sweet." Amanda said as Jack kissed Rose's forehead. Nicole turned her head and Bee kissed her forehead.
"And you're saying that this really happened?" Ron asked, clearly interested in the movie.
"Yes. Titanic was the biggest ship ever built. And the tragedy really did happen." I said. "Just look how much panic there is. It's mayhem."
"I see." He commented.
"Come on, Rose. Get on top." Jack said as he pushed Rose to climb onto the shattered wood.
A couple of minutes later…
"You must do me this honor. You must promise me that you'll survive. That you won't give up. No matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. Promise me now, Rose. And never let go of that promise."
"I promise."
"Never let go."
"I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go."
"Oh my GOD!" Nicole shattered as she sobbed into Bumblebee's chest. "They are soul mates! It's true love! Oh…" She cried some more into Bee's chest.
"Shh…" Bee caressed her head as she tucked her head under his.
"Jack, there's a boat. Jack. Jack. Jack! Jack. There's a boat, Jack. Jack? "
"This is-s s-so no- fai-!" Amanda sobbed into her best friend, as he was holding her with his arm.
"Come back. Come back! Come back! I'll never let go… I promise."
"That's it… I c-an't take it anymore…" I took the blanket off and drew my knees to my chest and sobbed and cried into them. My eyes started to sting and my throat started to hurt. I hate Titanic.
"Come on, Mel, it's just a movie. It's human imagination." He patted my back.
"No Ron… it's more than just imagination…"
What would I do if I lost Ron? I didn't even want to think about it. I refused to. I shook my head in denial.
"Then what are you crying about?" he looked at me. I looked at him dead in the eye.
"I… I don't know what I'd do if I lost you." I broke down and collapsed my petite figure on him. He sat up and cradled me to his chest.
"Oh Primus… Melissa, don't cry over me. Never."
"I ca-an't… " the tears just flew out of me eyes and onto his gray shirt. It created tear marks.
"M-Mel, you o-kay?" Amada asked in her own cracked and sobbing voice.
"She'll be fine." Ron said.
"I'll be fine." Ron and I said at the same time. I looked at him. And cried again.
I really hate Titanic.
"It was… very brave of Jack to sacrifice his life." Ron said, nodding as he slowly calmed me.
"Yeah…" I said. "Too bad they didn't exist." I sniffed as I wiped my stinging eyes.
"Who didn't exist?" Ron gave me the eyebrow.
"Jack and Rose. They're fictional characters. They're made up." I rubbed my eyes and groaned.
"I see. Well, nonetheless, it was an outstanding movie."
As the movie began to show the old lady, her still form in her warm bed, and the pictures of Rose going into a plane, riding on a horse. It made me cry more.
She did what he wanted her to do. She lived her life to the fullest. Had grandchildren and in the end, met her true love in heaven again. And to make me cry again, the song was perfect. She didn't know him for long, but just imagine, seeing your true love, every night in your dreams.
"Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you…"
None of us moved as the credits and Celine Dion song came on. In fact, we girls just cried harder.
"Hide, we're never letting them watch Titanic again. It breaks my spark, I mean, heart, to see Nicole like this." Bumblebee said as he put the blanket around Nicole. Ron did the same thing to me.
"I know, Bee, I know exactly what you mean." Ron cuddled me closer to him. "Come on, Mel. Calm down. It's over now. Time to get you to bed." He scooped me up in his arms.
"No." I shook my head as I was completely covered in the blanket, like a pancake.
"No?"
"No." I shook my head once again. "I want to stay here." I said.
"Alright. If you make that request, I will honor it."
"You make it sound so… regal." I said as he put me down.
"It's something Prime would say." He shrugged. He sat down next to me. I yawned. "You are tired."
"Thank you Captain Obvious." I rolled my eyes. "Come on, it's getting late." I looked at Amanda. She and Josh got off, but thing is, under the blanket, their hands were held. They stood up as Amanda walked him to the door.
They talked about something and then Josh kissed her on the cheek. Nicole and I 'aw'ed at her and Josh.
She shut the door and jumped on the couch. "Oh my God… the best day of my life!" she said, putting her hands to her face.
I yawned again with Nicole and Amanda. "Let's call it a night and go to sleep. Nicole, I'll never forgive you for this. I hate Titanic. And I hate you."
"Sure you do. Come on." We went to the bedroom, the five of us, Bee, Nicole, I, Ron and Amanda.
I got into my big bed. Nicole got into her as Bee sat on her bed and caressed her cheek lovingly. Amanda was the loner again, one her smallest bed.
"I don't want-" Amanda started.
"Nu-uh-uh." Nicole interrupted Amanda. "You said Bee and Ron could stay. Goodnight, girls."
"'Night." Amanda and I said at the same time. Ron sat on my bed.
"That was one intense human movie. I was surprised Bumblebee didn't cry." Ron said.
"Hey!" Bee protested as he lay in Nicole's bed.
"God, I'm so tired… This movie is… it always makes me cry." I said. He lay next to me as I put my head on his chest.
"Listen Mel, from what you've told me, I just want to tell you this. Don't you ever cry over me, alright? Never cry over me, if anything, and Primus forbid, happens to me. I'm not worth it and it won't do you any good. Understand?" he seriously said, almost making me scared.
"I… understand. But how can I not cry? You're a war veteran. You're always exposed to danger. How can I not fear for your life?"
"You leave that to me, alright?" he kissed my forehead. "Get rest. You've had one sad night. Sleep." He shifted so that he could get up from the bed, but I tugged him.
"Don't leave me." I said.
"You know I'm not going anywhere." He gave me a quizzical look.
"I know, but… stay. With me, here. Please." I crooked a sad smile.
"Alright. If it would make you feel better, alright." He lay down on the bed, facing me.
"Thanks, Ironhide. Goodnight." I said.
I was so tired I wasn't even realizing what I was saying.
All I knew was that I was very tired, I was never going to watch Titanic in my life…
Well, that went well. Sort of. Okay, didn't, but still. Titanic is the worst movie ever. Seriously. I hate crying. I actually decided to watch it at around 1 a.m. I didn't watch the whole movie, just the last 30 minutes and I couldn't stop crying until 2:30 in the morning. ;)
(Titanic is a great movie, I just love to rant and say stupid things. So, if you haven't, just watch Titanic. It's amazingly done.)