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Chapter 16: Winter Confession
Seven more days until our summer vacation is over. We decided to spend the week at a ski resort. I didn't even know that there was a snowy mountain near this state. Some of the Autobots decided to come along with us: Prowl, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz, Jolt, Arcee, and Chromia. The twins probably came along because they both are kind of my guardians, my real guardian is Barricade but, he can't come along because he has to keep a low profile. The Decepticons might be hunting him down. So, Prowl came to keep the twins, Jazz, and Ironhide out of trouble.
The main reason they came is because three of the Autobots are our guardians. Then, Jolt's here because Ratchet insisted that we needed a medic in case someone gets hurt on our trip. At first, Ratchet refused to let us go on this trip. Samuel and Robert pleaded for him to let us go and eventually, he relented… with one condition: don't do anything stupid. Yeah, like we could ever do anything to hurt ourselves on soft snow.
Samuel, William, and Robert got their own room with the male Autobots, while Mikaela and I shared with the female Autobots. We spent a bit more money trying to convince the manager to let us keep the Autobots' alt-modes in a warm place. Between Samuel's whining, Mikaela's smile, Ironhide's gun, and Chromia's glare; the manager gave in. Robert, William, and I sighed in relief, while the rest of the Autobots chuckled.
Right now, I was wearing a thick jacket with black ski pants, a knitted woolly hat, gloves, and a pair of blue goggles. I had my snowboard, while Mikaela decided to use skis instead of a snowboard. Samuel, William, Robert, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz, and the twins also decided to use snowboards. Prowl, Jolt, Chromia, and Arcee decided to use skis, the same as Mikaela.
I've been studying and watching how to snowboard on Youtube, since we'd planned to go on this trip. It was quite interesting. If you're using a snowboard, you bend your board a little to the left or right to keep your balance, but if you're using skis, you lean your body forwards to make yourself go faster. Who knew skiing was going to be more fun and safer than skateboarding?
I stared at the mountain we were going to ski, but Prowl insisted that we humans start on the bunny hill. I sighed heavily, as I carried my snowboard towards the bunny hill. William grumbled something, which I presume was a bad word. Robert started to rant about it. Samuel whined, while Mikaela and I decided to talk to Prowl about going to the bigger mountain.
"Officer Prowl, I'm sure we can handle ourselves on the big mountain. The bunny hills are for kids." I explained.
Prowl gave us a stare and sighed. "Alright."
Mikaela and the others cheered while I thanked him for letting us go. I turned to Sideswipe and Sunstreaker with a small smile. They both swung their snowboards over their shoulders and grinned happily. "Alrighty, Jenny! Let's get going! We're burning snow just by standing here!" Sideswipe chirped.
I nodded, "Yeah… let's go and don't call me Jenny." I stated, earning a chuckle from Jolt and Bumblebee.
I waited for the next chair to come. Mikaela and Samuel had already gotten a chair, and had almost reached the top. The only ones that were left were Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Bumblebee, Jolt, and I.
I rolled my eyes when I heard the twins and Bumblebee fighting over who's going to sit next to me. I grabbed Jolt's hand and dragged him along. He raised an eyebrow, but soon he smiled and nodded. Looks like Bee and the twins noticed the annoyed look on my face. When we both sat, I giggled as the twins and Bumblebee complained. Jolt only chuckled as he glanced over his shoulder to see the three getting left behind, and having to ride together.
I hopped off the chair with Jolt, and slid away as we waited for the twins and Bumblebee to arrive. Samuel laughed along with Ironhide and Robert when the three saw the twins and Bumblebee riding together. Mikaela stifled a laugh, while Arcee and Chromia giggled. Jazz and Prowl chuckled as Jolt and I were staring. William shook his head and face palmed. I walked away from the boys and towards the girls.
"Are you femmes ready to show the mechs that we got moves?" Chromia grinned as she put on her goggles.
"Of course." Arcee replied with a smirk.
"Yup!" Mikaela chirped.
"Ready." I stated as I threw my board down and hopped on. I bent down, and buckled the board on my feet; put on my goggles, and stood up straight. Taking one last deep breath, I glanced down.
"See you mechs later! First one down is the winner, and the last one down is a rotten egg!" Chromia yelled over her shoulder, and skied down.
I jumped, and skied down the mountain; smiling as I heard the boys yelling at us girls. I glanced back to see the boys putting on their snowboards and skis. I looked over to my right, and saw Sideswipe giving me a two finger salute. He speeded down faster as I shook my head. I heard Ironhide calling names at the twins, because they had pushed him at the start, and he fell flat on his face. Sunstreaker raced down the mountain with Sideswipe, trying to get away from Ironhide.
I shook my head and went faster. Beside me, I saw Bumblebee. He gave me a smile before doing a trick. He grinned as I gave him a thumbs up. We both speeded up a little to catch up with the others. I shredded down the mountain for a few minutes more, and finally arrived at the bottom; stopped, and took off my board. Glancing around, I found the girls with Ironhide and the twins.
Soon, Robert and William arrived with Jolt and Prowl. Samuel came a minute after, with snow all over his jacket and pants. "Sammy! What happened?" Bumblebee asked, as he tried to hide his laugh.
Samuel glared at him, "I tripped over a snow lump." He mumbled.
"You should've seen him!" Bumblebee laughed. "He tripped at the beginning!" He burst into laughter with the twins.
"Shut up, okay?! This is my first try! First try!" Samuel defended.
"I told you that you all should go to the bunny hill." Prowl interrupted.
"Enough with the bunny hill!"
We all cracked up.
We played for a bit longer before returning to the resort. I sat in the lobby waiting for Sideswipe and Sunstreaker to return. They told me to stay put and wait for them. Apparently, the others had returned to their rooms for some rest. I sighed heavily, and a small puff of steam appeared when I breathed. I rubbed my shoulders and shivered a little. Even with the heater at the resort, the air inside is still cold.
"Here you go."
I looked up, and saw Sideswipe holding a cup. I grabbed the cup slowly and sniffed the liquid; looked up and raised an eyebrow. Both twins sat at the same time. "Hot chocolate?" I asked as they both shrugged.
"Hey, you humans said that hot chocolate would warm you up." Sunstreaker said.
"True." I replied, sipping the drink carefully.
"GAH! HOT!" Sideswipe suddenly yelled.
Sunstreaker and I both jumped a bit as Sides spilled his hot chocolate on his chest. He took off his jacket and started to fan himself, and groaned in pain, continuing to fan himself with his shirt and hand. Both, Sunstreaker and I laughed at him. Sideswipe glared a little at us but, we both ignored it and continued to laugh. Sideswipe grabbed my hand, and placed it on his chest. I only raised an eyebrow as he closed his eyes. He reopened his eyes, revealing soft electric blue eyes.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"For what, Mr. Swipe?" I asked.
"For cooling me down; your hand cooled the heat from my chest." He smirked.
"I… um… see? Glad you've finally cooled down, Mr. Swipe." I smiled.
"Cheater." I heard Sunstreaker mumble.
Sideswipe laughed; "Let's go back. I wanna change my clothes," he said; as he placed his arm around Sunstreaker's shoulder. "Talk to you later, Jen!" He yelled.
I waved goodbye, and glanced over at the clock. 4:00 p.m. I sighed, and smiling to myself. I decided to take a walk to the mountain; stretching my arms as I walked outside. I inhaled the fresh, non polluted air, and exhaled. I took a step forward, but I was stopped by a chuckle. I turned around, and saw Bumblebee leaning against the resort's wall. He smirked, and pushed himself away from the wall; shoved his hands into his pockets and smiled warmly at me. I smiled back.
"Afternoon, Mr. Bee." I greeted.
"Afternoon, Jen." He replied. "Going for a walk?" He asked and I nodded. "Can I come with you?"
I smiled, "Of course you can."
Bumblebee grinned. We both started to hike. I texted Mikaela that Bumblebee and I are in the mountains, hiking. I smiled as I clicked send. I shoved my phone back into my pocket, and continued to walk on the hiking path with Bumblebee. The hike was silent, either we were afraid to cause an avalanche, or we were nervous with each other. Bumblebee glanced over towards me, and grabbed my hand, holding it tightly. I smiled as he smiled back.
After about an hour of hiking, we reached the top.
"Cool…" Bumblebee breathed.
"I agree…" I also breathed.
It was beautiful. The sky's normal blue color was turned into a mix of shady orange and red with white. The snow white blanket covering the whole area was just beautiful. I took out my cell phone and started to take pictures of the incredible view; smiling as I took one last picture. I yelped when something cold hit my back. I looked back, and saw Bumblebee tossing a snowball up and down. He smirked and threw the snowball at me.
I ducked and smiled. I made a snowball of my own, and threw it at Bumblebee. He dodged and hit me with another one. I tried again and again. I almost gave up when I hadn't hit him yet, and it was already my twentieth throw. Bumblebee was winning because he hit me twenty two times! But finally, I hit him!
He yelped in surprise, and fell down. He laughed as I giggled. Bumblebee moved his arms up and down while he moved his legs from side to side. He stood up proudly with the snow angel on the ground. I laughed and dropped beside his snow angel, and made my own. I stopped as I was done making the angel out of snow. I wanted to stand up, but Bumblebee pushed me down.
"He he he; I found an angel!" he chirped happily.
"Really? Where?" I asked as I stood up and glanced around.
Bumblebee shook his head and pushed me down again. "The angel's right in front of me." He smiled.
I nod. "Oh… I get it! The snow angel you made is the angel you're talking about!" I smiled.
Bumblebee shook his head and helped me up. He hugged me and whispered, "You're the angel, sweetspark."
I blushed, "I'm no angel, Mr. Bee. I'm only human. Angels have wings and halos." I stated.
"But, you're an angel in our optics." He smiled.
"Stop talking nonsense." I said as I playfully smacked his arm.
He laughed and grinned sheepishly.
It started to get dark, and snow heavily, while Bumblebee and I were hiking back down the mountain. We'd been hiking since the afternoon. Well, we actually got carried away on our hike and didn't even notice it was six. Bumblebee tried to comm. link Prowl or Jolt or anyone, but the snowstorm was too strong, and it blocked their link with each other. I checked my cell phone signal, and didn't have any bars.
"Jen!" Bumblebee yelled, trying to be heard over the loud sound of the snowstorm. I glanced over at him. "Look! A house!" He shouted as he pointed to a house, not far from us.
I nodded, and ran towards the house with Bumblebee. We both arrived safely inside the house. I glanced around, while Bumblebee tried to close the door. The small wooden house was abandoned, probably had been for years. I sat in the corner with Bumblebee as we both were still trying to contact the Autobots or the humans. Finally, Bumblebee got a signal.
"Prowl! This is Bumblebee. Do you copy?" Bumblebee shouted.
"I hear you scout." Prowl said as the voice was being cut off bit by bit.
"Listen, Jen and I are taking shelter in a small house. We'll be back soon after the storm is over." Bumblebee continued.
"Alright, be safe. We will be waiting for your return." Prowl ended the chat as there was a buzzing sound.
We both sat in silence. Fifteen minutes had passed, and the storm wasn't going away anytime soon. Bumblebee grabbed some wood from the house; and made a small fire, trying to keep it steady and not burn the house down. We placed a bit of snow around the fire, and warmed up a bit.
I shivered and curled up into a ball. I hugged my knees tightly as I buried my face into my knee. Then, I felt something warm around my body. I looked up, and saw it was Bumblebee. He had wrapped his holoform's jacket around himself and me, snuggling closer to keep me warm. He said that his alt-mode was in stasis mode because his holoform was out of range and the range was only a mile or two. Farther than a mile or two, and his alt-mode or bi-pedal mode would be in stasis lock until his holoform returned to a radius of one to two miles or closer.
"I've researched human culture, and found that if humans are stuck in a snowstorm like this, they shouldn't sleep and they have to snuggle close to each other… to keep each other warm. Am I right?" Bumblebee asked.
I nodded, "You're right, Mr. Bee…" I said.
I closed my eyes slightly and sighed, but I yelped as I felt Bumblebee lift me up and placed me on his lap. He gripped my shoulder, and buried his nose in my knitted hat. I felt blood rise to my cheeks, I'm beginning to think that the weather has gotten to me. Bumblebee opened his eyes and smiled.
"I told you that we should stay awake." He scolded.
"I know, Mr. Bee. I was just closing my eyes; not sleeping. You can put me down now." I said.
He shook his head, "Nuh-uh. I also said that we should snuggle to keep each other warm!" He pouted.
I laughed as I shook my head.
We both stayed silent for a few minutes and the loud wind started to calm down. Bumblebee opened his eyes as I stared at him sleepily. I yawned and stretched my arms. I sneezed as Bumblebee seemed to panic a little.
"Jen! You've caught a cold!" He said worriedly.
I shook my head, "No Mr. Bee… It's just a sneeze." I said.
"You need something to warm you up." Bumblebee stated as he looked around.
He suddenly got an idea. Bumblebee leaned closer as he lifted my chin up. I stared at him, blushing madly. Was he going to kiss me, I wondered? He placed a cold hand on my cheek as I placed mine on top of his. I stared into his electric blue eyes and blushed, as Bumblebee smiled at me, blushing, himself. He brought his lips closer to mine.
I stopped him with my hand, pushing him back gently. He stared at me with wide eyes. "S-Sorry Mr. Bee… I can't…" I whispered.
His eyes softened, and he placed a kiss on my forehead, "Don't push yourself if you're not ready, Jen. I can wait. And besides, it's fun to tease you." He winked.
I smiled and placed a kiss on his cheek.
Then, the door burst open. We both stared at our company, and my eyes widened. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker stared wide eyed at us both. I blushed again, as I just realized that Bumblebee was still hugging me. The twins glared at Bumblebee, while Bumblebee smirked at them.
"JEN~! How could you?" Sideswipe pouted.
"Yeah! I thought we were going to be your BF!" Sunstreaker continued.
BF? Best friend? They are my best friends. "Mr. Swipe and Mr. Streaker," I stood up. "You both are my best friends." I smiled as I put my hands on each of their shoulders.
Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's jaw dropped as I heard Bumblebee snort with laughter. "Looks like I'm winning." Bumblebee laughed.
"Jen… tell us the truth… Do you like Bumblebee as a lover?" Sunstreaker crossed his arms as Sideswipe gripped my shoulders. Bumblebee stiffened as he waited for an answer.
I blushed and smiled sheepishly.
"Well… um…" I trailed off.
"Well?" The three asked.
"I like someone else." I said softly.
A/N: Dun Dun Dun! *music plays* I always wanted to type that in. Oh~! Jen likes someone else! But, who could he be? Let's find out! Next time! XD
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