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After Cade and Tessa left, and I had a few hours of alone time to think, there was a soft knock on the door. I looked at the door expectantly, only feeling mildly surprised when I saw Elita's head pop in through the semi-opened door. Elita's Holoform looked at me with her best blank expression, her lips pursed into a thin line.

"Elita, I'm honestly not in the mood right now." I rubbed my hands over my face, feeling frustrated. Whatever her problem was this time...I couldn't handle what garbage she was going to utter out. "Just go away."

Elita opened the door wider, ignoring my request.

"I just want to talk to you," she deadpanned.

"If this is about my relationship with Optimus..." I started harshly.

"I just want to understand," she interrupted, her voice just as harsh. Her blue eyes flaring a blue I hadn't seen before. "Humans and Cybertronians are completely different in so many ways. How did you manage to get Optimus to love you?"

I pinched the bridge of my nose. There was no getting through to her. Elita couldn't understand when someone didn't want to be bothered...

"I don't know," I snapped, grimacing slightly. I placed a hand on my stomach. "We just fell in love with each other, OK? There are some things people can't control!"

Elita's blue eyes twinkled with something I couldn't understand. She looked at me for a moment, and it made me wonder if what I'd said sunk in with her at all. I was hoping and praying that I could say something that would get through her thick head and she could leave me alone!

"Is there anything else I can help you with?" I exclaimed.

"I just..." Elita looked conflicted, as if she couldn't find the words to express herself properly. "I don't get it."

"Elita, please understand what I'm saying," I started slowly, "Optimus and I love each other. Sometimes, love doesn't need any kind of explanation, it just happens. Isn't that what happened between you and Optimus when the two of you were together all those years ago?"

I saw Elita's eyes look down for a moment, as if she were reminiscing the time when she had been Optimus's girlfriend. The look of love in her eyes, mixed with loneliness, filled her vibrant blue eyes.

"I knew why I loved him," she said softly. "It was so obvious."

"OK, so you know why you loved him, but that doesn't mean you have to bother me on why you can't comprehend why I love him." I felt a headache pulsing in my head, the starting stages of one. "Optimus and I are just trying to get through the days together. Can you just allow us a bit of normalcy?"

The look the female Holoform's face made my heart plummet. She looked...lost, almost confused. She was trying harder than I thought. I was still getting frustrated with her. It seemed like she was so stubborn, so hard-headed, that she didn't want to understand what I was saying, what Optimus was probably trying to say. I gave an audible sigh.

"Elita, why don't we just have a nice talk, OK?" I asked tiredly.

Her Holoform's blue eyes looked at me, borderline helplessly. I motioned her to sit at the foot of my bed. I was hoping to get this whole...whatever it was out of the way once and for all. If Elita-1 needed a more in-depth explanation about what Optimus and I were in our relationship, then I'd give her a more in-depth explanation on it.

Elita POV

The femme's Holoform seemed hesitant over Desirée's request. It didn't seem like Desirée Witwicky was in a good mood, and Elita felt her Spark weigh down in what felt like guilt. She didn't want to feel guilty for the human, but the way she looked was almost pitiful.

But the look in Desirée's blue eyes, the eyes that didn't shine as brightly as an Autobots', but still had its own brightness - Desirée looked exhausted. Those two human femmes who had come by to visit the human had seemed to drain any liveliness from the young human femme's eyes. It made Elita wonder what had been said between the three of them.

It doesn't matter what happened between them, Elita thought stubbornly.

Elita's Holoform continued to stand where it was for a moment, not really wanting to move from her spot by the door. She didn't really want to go near Desirée. The human was...pregnant, as the humans called it. Pregnant with another one of Optimus's Sparklings; another one...three Sparklings...

"Elita, I don't have all day." Desirée's voice interrupted Elita from her thoughts. "C'mon; let's get this over with. I'd like to be able to rest, if that's not too much to ask."

After a moment, Elita, stiff from discomfort and her processors filled to the brim with emotions she was trying to understand, hesitantly walked over to the human woman's bed and uncomfortably sat down. Desirée's eyes watched her lazily, giving Elita the feeling that the human really didn't want the Holoform's presence at the moment.

"So you wanna understand?" Desirée started, her voice laced with light irritation.

Elita nodded hesitantly, her blue eyes not leaving the human's.

"You better listen very carefully," Desirée snapped, "cause I'm not repeating myself. I'm getting really tired of doing this, Elita. I'm tired of whatever dysfunctional relationship we have. Do you understand me?"

Another nod.

Desirée's eyes narrowed to a slight glare. Nodding slowly, Desirée pursed her lips and closed her eyes, a long, audible sigh coming from the human's mouth before she began.

Desirée POV

I tried my hardest to explain to Elita the relationship I shared with Optimus. I tried to explain to her what it felt like to fall in love with the Autobot leader. I could tell she wanted to interrupt me in certain areas, but she held herself back.

In all honesty, I was irritated with Elita.

Continuously having to explain myself to her - feeling as if I was repeating myself every single time she dropped by my room unexpectedly - it was tiring.

Elita's face looked deep in thought the more I explained.

I just hoped that what I was saying was at least getting through her, even the tiniest bit of understanding would make me happy! I honestly didn't want to have to deal with her anymore.

I didn't want to deal with anything anymore.

QUICKY A/N:

HEY-YO! I HOPE THIS UPDATE WAS GOOD. I HAVE HALF-DAYS AT SCHOOL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, SO I'LL BE COMING HOME AROUND 10:30 UNTIL FRIDAY, THEN I HAVE SPRING BREAK ALL NEXT WEEK! SO I'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE MORE OFTEN.

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