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Marli POV

In the months since Marli and Celia had left the Yeager residence, they had been talking about the possibility of rejoining their group. They both agreed - Celia needed a little more convincing before agreeing - that they couldn't just blame the first person who came to mind when it came to the Cemetery Wind incident, and they knew that if Desirée had known about their predicament, she would've gone to save them in a heartbeat.

Marli still regarded the Witwicky girl with some respect.

Desirée, in a sense, realized what was wrong. She was trying to be as respectful as possible to her old companions, trying to understand everything the best she could from their perspective. If she and Celia were able to convince the others to allow them to rejoin their group, then things could possibly become better.

The way Marli saw it, Celia definitely needed to be surrounded by old friends. Celia was still holding some ill feelings towards Desirée, and Marli tried to convince her friend that being angry and bitter towards her, for something she had no idea about, wasn't going to make what happened go away.

"I don't care," Celia had muttered.

"You'll have to." Marli gave Celia a pointed look. "We've agreed to talk them into taking us back with them. Let's just see how that turns out."

Marli could only hope it'd turn out nicely.

Blossom POV

Having Sideswipe back seemed to make everything lighter with Blossom and Musa. The silver Autobot made sure to put in as much time as he could with his family. Optimus made sure that the Autobots were able to spend time with their significant others before he decided to bring them back to the farm. Ratchet had already finished repairing the other Autobots, which had been a relief.

Musa seemed to enjoy her father's company; her eyes lighting up like a Christmas tree whenever he was around. She always enjoyed the attention he gave her and practically glowed whenever she was given his undoubted attention.

Blossom would always smile when she saw the look of complete happiness on Sideswipe's and Musa's faces.

She also found herself feeling happier with the Autobot's return. When Sideswipe had told her about the Galvatron mission, Blossom was infuriated. She had expressed her deep beliefs that she should've been there to help the Autobots out; but Sideswipe had convinced her that he was glad she wasn't there, he needed something to come back to.

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"Don't go all mushy on me," Blossom snapped. "If I had been there, I swear to God, I would've kicked that jerk's ass!"

Sideswipe snorted. "I can see it now."

Blossom shot a dry look the Holoform's way. Sideswipe could be pretty sarcastic at the most unnecessary times. Blossom found that to be really annoying and he knew it.

"I'm serious, Sideswipe." Blossom looked away from the Holoform, her lips pursing into a thin line. "That asshole could've killed you."

"Watch what you say around Musa." Sideswipe nodded at the child. "Wouldn't want her picking up on bad language at such a young age."

Blossom glared at Sideswipe.

"Can you be serious for one minute?" she hissed.

Sideswipe let out an audible sigh but nodded. He knew better than to try and argue with Blossom.

"You don't like the idea of me going out there and fighting something as dangerous as Galvatron," Sideswipe said.

"I just don't like you going out there to fight in general."

"It wasn't like I was out there fighting on my own. The others were there, too."

Blossom rolled her eyes. "I know the others were there. But the idea of you getting hurt or possibly killed doesn't help me sleep at night and it definitely doesn't help that I might have to tell our daughter if something happens to you."

Sideswipe glanced at Blossom.

"Nothing happened to me. Nothing will ever happen to me. I'm still here."

Blossom looked over at the Holoform. She knew that what Sideswipe said was just a form of reassurance, he couldn't really promise that nothing bad would happen to him. They had no idea what was in store for them now. With Cemetery Wind and KSI having been taken down, and Joshua Joyce and his companions still helping them put together a trial to bring to court, it was uncertain on whether the humans could trust the Autobots again. It was uncertain on whether the humans would organize another Decepticon hunting group - though it seemed unlikely. As far as the Autobots were concerned, all the remaining Decepticons had been destroyed by Cemetery Wind, only to be rebuilt as the protoforms.

"I just don't want you doing anything reckless," Blossom sighed. "Most of the time you get so caught up in what you're doing, you hardly pay attention to anything else."

Sideswipe wrapped an arm around Blossom's shoulders.

"Not anymore."

Abby POV

"I'll have to thank Ratchet for fixing you up." Abby glanced at the Holoform appreciatively. Though the Holoform wouldn't show any physical signs of damage, Abby was still happy that Bee was all fixed up and working properly. She had been bothered when Bee informed her of the condition he had been in after the Galvatron attack. Abby knew that it'd be best to not loose her temper over that. Ratchet managed to fix all the Autobots so that was something to be thankful for.

"He did a good job, didn't he?" Bee said, almost cockily.

Abby rolled her eyes and snorted. At least his sense of humor hadn't been damaged.

"The kids are asleep, right?" Bee asked.

Alec and Athena had worn themselves out when Bee had returned to the apartment. All they wanted to do was spend time with their father - playing and talking and doing everything they could possibly do. They had played so intensely and talked so much that they had pretty much passed out from exhaustion. Abby had taken the twins and put them their bedroom.

"Out cold." Abby smiled at Bee.

"Then come over here! You're so far away."

Abby chuckled at the whiny tone Bee had used. She had been moving around the apartment, cleaning up. The apartment had gotten a tad filthy.

"Fine, fine."

Abby went over and sat across the table from Bee. He rested his chin against the palm of his hand, looking at Abby appreciatively.

"See something you like?" she joked.

Bee let out a sharp laugh, his blue eyes lighting up at the joke.

"I see a very gorgeous human sitting across from me," he stated simply.

"Well she must be a very lucky human." Abby smiled.

"Or I'm just very lucky to have her," Bee suggested.

"Maybe."

Abby and Bee looked at each other for a few minutes, goofy smiles on their faces.

Bee's baby blue eyes twinkled with hidden mischievousness and adoration of the woman in front of him; Abby's eyes sparkled with relief that Bee had come back safely.

QUICKY A/N:

SORRY IF THE ENDING IS LAME! I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE THIS UPDATE. I'M SORRY IT'S SHORT. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THE LAST FEW UPDATES AS LONG AS I CAN MAKE IT!

WHAT DID YOU GUYS THINK OF THE FLASHBACK UPDATES? DID YOU GUYS THINK IT WAS NICE? WHAT ABOUT THE IDEA OF MARLI AND CELIA COMING BACK TO THE GROUP? DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?

I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT CELIA AND MARLI; I KNOW THEY'RE STILL APART OF THE STORY, EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MENTIONED IN A WHILE.

ANYWHO, THE STORY WILL BE COMING TO A CLOSE IN THE NEXT ONE OR TWO UPDATES. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE ENJOYED READING THIS STORY! YOU'RE ALL WONDERFUL, AMAZING, FANTASTIC PEOPLE! I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL STICK AROUND FOR THE SEQUEL!

AS FOR A REVIEW LEFT BY Transfan, YOU ASKED WHAT THE NAME OF THIS STORY'S SEQUEL WILL BE. WELL, I'M NOT SURE YET. I GOT THE NAME OF THIS STORY FROM A SONG (AT LEAST WE MADE IT THIS FAR BY RELIENT K). SO I MIGHT USE A SONG TITLE FOR THIS STORY'S SEQUEL, I'M NOT SURE YET. I THOUGHT THE RELIENT K SONG TITLE I CHOSE FOR THIS STORY KIND OF WENT WITH THE PLOT(S) OF THE STORY - I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT WORK WITH THE STORY AT ALL!

BEFORE I FINISH MY RAMBLINGS, I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKED THIS UPDATE. LEAVE A REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU GUYS THINK! IF YOU WANT, LEAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE SEQUEL! I BELIEVE IT WAS MENTIONED, ONCE UPON A TIME IN EARLIER UPDATES, THAT IF A SEQUEL WERE TO BE MADE, IT BE MOSTLY TOLD THROUGH THE POINT OF VIEW OF OPTIMUS'S CHILDREN. I'M GOING TO DO THAT, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME MOMENTS WHERE OTHER CHARACTERS WILL HAVE A MOMENT IN THE STORY.

SO, ENOUGH OF MY RAMBLINGS! NOBODY LIKES READING A LONG AUTHOR'S NOTE!

STAY SNAPPY.

THANK YOU, ONE AND ALL.

READ, REVIEW, ENJOY!

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~SMITHY