He glares at me with his blue eyes. His brows scrunched together, hands balled into fists at his side.

"Look down," he demanded flatly in a tone that I couldn't disobey.

My eyes flowed to his shoes. Gray, with orange lines forming the toe, then an orange Nike check. They were neatly tucked under the tongue, preventing him from having to tie his shoes.

"Now, what did you say?"

I looked up in his eyes again. "I said I was sorry,..."

The sound of the slap echoed in my ears before I actually felt the pain of the hit. I flinched backwards, hands instinctively flying up to cover my face against anymore. Tears flew from my eyes, covering my hands. A sob pushed against my lips, wanting to come out, but I wouldn't let it. Making more noise would only equal more pain.

"I didn't give you permission to say that," he stated flatly. "I asked you what you said." He grabbed my chin and yanked it upward, so he was looking into my eyes. "Don't you dare look at me," he demanded in that flat tone again, but my eyes were already not focused on his, I knew better. "I want to know, what the fuck did you just say to me?"

"I said, that, I didn't… .. I didn't mean,"

I felt freefall before I registered what was happening. I flew backwards, onto the floor beneath me. Air flew from my chest, and I couldn't breathe. I inhaled sharply, trying to refill my lungs with air, but failing. He approached me, put his foot on my chest, and pushed down.

"What the fuck did you say, Annabelle?"

"I said that you were a controlling son of a bitch," I answered quickly, trying to release the pressure on my chest without realizing that it was his foot on me.

The pressure increased, and I couldn't move. My hands and feet were going numb, my vision was blotted and clouded. I looked up to see the man that I love towering over me still. I moved my lips, but couldn't hear any sound come out. My vision continued to darken, to cover what I was seeing. I kept looking at him, but all I saw was the fierce anger in his blue eyes. It darkened more, and more, until all I saw was black.

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"No. No please, come back,"

Optimus turned to look at the femme that was recharging next to him. He was still trying to get used to the fact that she was almost the size that he was, and that she was Annabelle. She had been released from Ratchet's care a few days ago, and was trying to recharge without assistance for the first time. Ironhide had declared watching her first, but Optimus overruled him. It wasn't that he didn't trust Ironhide, he just wanted to be there if anything went wrong.

And now was the golden opportunity.

"Bells?" he asked, leaning closer to her gently shaking her.

"Please, no." Bells' face scrunched together, reflecting pain and suffering of a nightmare.

"Annabelle!"

"Optimus!"

Bells sat straight up, her intake of oxygen intake doubled in a matter of seconds. She tensed at the light coming through the window, flenching away from it and into Optimus frozen arms.

"Optimus," she muttered, over and over again.

He awkwardly placed his arm around her shoulder, pulling her just a little closer to him with a very small smile. He held her tighter and listened as she filtered air through her circuits. Her patterns slowed down, eventually, she was matching his.

"Another nightmare?"

Bells nodded into his chest, closing her eyes and listening for the hum of his spark. He squeezed her again to his chest plates, and he leaned back against the wall. She curled her body up against his, her smooth frame fitting perfectly into his.

"How am I going to raise a sparkling if I can't even take care of myself?" she whispered so softly he had to strain his audio receptors to hear it.

"You have us, sweetspark," he reassured her. "There isn't a single autobot that wouldn't risk everything for you." He ran his digits over her arms. "We will take care of you and your sparkling. You have our word. You have my word, as a Prime."

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I have to reread the first one, so I can understand where I was going with the plot. … sorry it took me so long, however, I will be updating again. :) Thanksssssss c: