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As the months slowly rolled by, I tried my best to be as open as possible with everyone. Saoirse adjusted quickly to school, her teacher would talk about how Saoirse is just a bundle of energy and how she befriended just about everyone in her class. Tessa eventually graduated with, from what I've been told, flying colors! I was proud of her.

What I was very anxious for, was the birth of Sam's son. Before I had left with Sam, Cade had given him the phone number of the farmhouse and Sam had been giving me updates on how Carly's progression had been. She had gotten better over time, but went into early labor. Being two weeks early, Sam's son, Daniel, had to stay in the hospital for a little bit for the doctors to make sure he was OK and got any proper medical attention.

I wished I could have been there, but I didn't have the time.

Sam understood my position, and said once Carly and Daniel were healthy and ready to go, he'd come by and visit.

I couldn't have been happier for them.

It had been about two weeks, and Sam had called to let me know that Carly and Daniel had been released from the hospital, that everything had turned out OK with them. Daniel was in good health and Carly had, so far, been healing up fine.

"Will they be able to come over here for the reunion?" I asked softly.

"Daniel's still too young to be flying on a plane," Sam replied. "Maybe you can have it here."

I thought about it for a minute. I had to keep in mind that that what Sam was going through; agreeing with him, I'd have to figure out a way to get over to DC. Sam had helped me get there. I had tried checking my account in the bank, and it was frozen. I wasn't allowed any access into my account.

"I'll try and help as much as I can," Sam said. "I wish we could go over there, but..."

"I understand." I closed my eyes, pursing my lips. "I'll try and make it over soon. I've been pretty busy these past few months."

"Is everything going well over there?"

"Yeah, everything's fine," I answered. "But I have one a question."

I looked at the numbers I had written on the napkin. Sam had told me the numbers of some of our old friends. He had kept in contact with some of them, occasionally he'd speak to the others.

I felt anxious. What if they didn't want to talk to me? What if they didn't want to see me? I hoped they'd at least want to spend a little time with us. I bit my bottom lip.

Stifling a groan, I knew I'd have to do it if I was serious about this. Picking up the phone, I dialed in the first number.

As I waited, I felt my heart pounding painfully in my chest. I didn't want to do this, but I wanted to at the same time.

"Hello?"

I jumped a little at the sound of his voice, stifling a surprised squeak.

"Hey, Lennox," I said nervously. "It's Desirée .."

After a long, heavy pause, Lennox responded in cautious surprise. "Desirée?"

The talk with Lennox lasted for about half an hour. Apparently, he'd worried pretty worried about what had happened. He said that when Ironhide left, he was a little worried.

"Sam had called and said that you disappeared without a trace," Lennox had said. "That's what really worried me." What I wasn't really expecting was Sam and Lennox keeping in touch with each other. I had thought Sam stopped keeping in touch with everyone after Chicago. "I saw you on television and it said you were harboring alien fugitives," Lennox exclaimed, the worry lacing his voice. "You were basically an international fugitive."

I tried reassuring Lennox, telling him that I was fine and the girls were fine. I told him that some of the Autobots hadn't made it, but Ironhide and a handful of others were the ones who made it out alive. I didn't give him all the details, only that I had been in a pretty bad situation - the Autobtots even more so - but made it out alive and well.

When Lennox had finally calmed down a little, I went straight to the point and asked if he'd like to have a little reunion at Sam's house. I told him that he'd have to call Sam to discuss a good time to go over, since he and Carly just had their first baby.

Lennox agreed. "I want to make sure you're all OK," was his answer.

After calling Lennox, I called Simmons and Leo. Sam still kept in touch with Leo - which surprised me even more so, I wouldn't have guessed they'd still keep in touch - and I heard an earful from both of them.

Listening to them, express their concerns and worries and anger about what had happened to the Autobots and the girls and myself, I let them vent. Once they were done, I had told them about the reunion Sam was helping me put together and they immediately agreed.

By the time I finished calling everyone on the napkin, I had gotten approval from all of them. I told them to give Sam a call to make sure there was a good time to have the reunion. Carly just had a baby, and I'm certain they didn't need a bunch of people just showing up and getting Daniel all frustrated.

Later in the afternoon, I had already picked up Saoirse from school and enjoying a relatively quiet time with my girls. Cade and Tessa were going over how to financially get through the college Tessa had gotten accepted into. The Autobots were visiting their significant others, spending time with their children. Crosshairs, Drift, and Hound were the only ones who didn't have a significant other to visit.

Ratchet had spent the past four months installing the Holoform program into the remainder Autobots' systems.

While they didn't really use their Holoforms constantly, sometimes they did when it came to going into public settings.

Seeing their Holoforms was exactly what I expected.

Drift was tall, lean, and had Asian features. Drift's Holoform was handsome looking, earning looks from women who walked past him.

Hound, just like Ironhide, was stout, but the only difference between Ironhide's and Hound's Holoforms were Hound's Holoform was heavier around the midsection. A long beard hung around Hound's jaw and a very expressive face.

Crosshairs' Holoform was tall - taller than Drift by a few inches. He was lean, and had the whole tough guy image going on.

While I was distracted in my thoughts, I hadn't even noticed a figure sitting next to me until I noticed Saoirse and Eden stop what they were doing and glance at them.

Looking beside me, I jumped. Drift's Holoform was sitting beside me - not too close, though.

"You scared me," I exclaimed, holding my hand over my chest.

Drift's eyes widened, those blue eyes looking surprised. "I apologize," he said, his accented voice seemed deeper as a Holoform. "I just came to tell you something."

"Oh..." I said uncertainly. Drift and I were acquaintances, our respect for each other making up for most of it. "Uhm, what is it?"

"Optimus is on his way back."

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