***Charlie's Room***

Morning came with a bright sun and chirping birds.

The sunlight shone through the windows of Charlie's bedroom and onto her empty bed. She hadn't slept in it last night.

At the foot of her bed, on the floor, lay Charlie and her humanoid Autobot, BumbleBee. Or more affectionately to her, just Bee. The two laid there, cuddled in each other's arms. Bee was on his back, sleeping peacefully, his chest slowly rising up and down. His arms were wrapped around the beautiful girl who laid next to him, and hers around him too.

Well, to be more precise, she she laying on her left arm and her right arm was across Bee's chest. And her hand was right over Bee's heart. Quite a fitting spot for it considering how the two felt as they both confessed the night before.

The sleep wore off as Charlie began to stir, taking in and letting out a deep breath. Slowly she blinked her eyes opened to adjust it to the light. As she did, she felt the warm embrace of a certain humanoid holding her. She also saw the peaceful look on his face as he slept, which brought a smile to her face.

He looked so cute to her like this. So cute that she couldn't help but place a kiss on his jaw. As her lips connected to his cheek though, a light spark surged through that kiss and caused him to stir.

She smiled and watched him slowly open his eyes, groaning a little before taking in a deep breath that turned into a yawn.

Charlie giggled at the sight of her BumbleBee waking up. And that giggle caught his attention, making him look down at her through his groggy eyes. The mere sight of her made brought a sleepy smile to his face. It was the smile on her face that really did it. Bee loved seeing her smile. It gave him that warm feeling inside.

"Hey!" He said, his voice a little hoarse from just waking up. "Morning."

"Morning to you too, Sleepyhead!" Charlie replied, humming against his chest. "How did you sleep?"

"Pretty good." Bee bobbed his head before shyly saying the next sentence. "Honestly, I felt a lot better with you next to me."

That made Charlie's heart take a beating. Her smile disappeared behind her lips as she suppressed another giggle. "Well, same here, Bee."

She then unexpectedly placed a kiss on Bee's lips which woke him up COMPLETELY now.

He immediately remembered how good this felt as he remembered the night before when both he and Charlie had danced, and when they had told one another about their feelings. And even though this was his third kiss with her, it still felt special. And she felt special to him too. Like a precious flower that he didn't want to be crushed by anything.

Well, his "flower" was enjoying this as much as him.

Finally, the kiss broke and the two came up for air. Bee laid his head back and faced the ceiling as he caught his breath while Charlie's head went back to it's spot on his chest that was steady rising up and down. She could hear his elevated heartbeat vibrating through his chest and onto her cheek. It made her feel tingly all the ways down to her toes.

It was too early for Charlie to be feeling like this, and yet, it didn't matter to her. Bee, her Bee, yes, HER Bee as she claimed him in her mind, had this certain effect on her that gave her tingles all over but also made her feel whole. Like he was the piece of her life she didn't know she needed...a piece of her that was lost with her her father dying...was now back somehow with Bee in her life. And it felt good.

And what Bee didn't know was that Charlie had thought back to the night before as well. She cherished the moment they had shared in the garage. The dance, their first kiss...but also his words. He had turned her tears of pain into tears of joy by showing compassion, empathy, and just listening! Something that her mother, Ron, not her little brother Otis had taken the time to do. Bee was exactly what she needed.

"Charlie?" She heard him call her.

She looked back upwards to see him look back down to her. "Yeah, Bee?"

"Thank you." He simply said with a smile.

A look of slight confusion came to Charlie as she wasn't sure what Bee was thanking her for. "For what?" She asked.

"Well... For listening to me last night...when I told you how I felt. And for not hating me when I told you...it wasn't easy for me but...I really appreciate it."

Oh yeah, it was DEFINITELY too early to be feeling the need to cry. But Charlie didn't care.

She picked herself up halfway to where she was leaning on her arm, just above Bee's body. "Oh Bee." She cooed, cupping his cheek and stroking it with her thumb. "Here, sit up."

She sat up the rest of the way, urging Bee to follow her. Which he did until they both sat up at the foot of the bed as they had the night before before going to sleep.

She then got into a position where she sat on his lap, arms around his shoulders while he was now sitting with his back against the foot of the bed. He wasn't uncomfortable, but he was nervous right now. So he did something he knew would be okay. He held her by the waist, not too hard though. He was still gentle, as he was still cautious and nervous. But Charlie still found that cute.

"Bee?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank YOU. For listening to me last night when I vented. For comforting me and being there for me like no one else has...and for opening up to me about how you felt. I know that it wasn't easy for you."

Bee nodded lightly at that. She was right, it wasn't easy for him. Probably one of the hardest things he'd ever done. Or that he could remember, that is. He was worried she might not feel the same or might not want him around after he told her. Part of him still had that fear.

The painful thought made Bee lower his head in sorrow.

Charlie saw this and did what Bee had done for her the night before when she was down. She comforted him.

She put finger under his chin and lifted his head up to face her again.

"Hey, don't worry. It's ok. I'm still here, right."

"Yeah. It's just...part of me was worried."

"Worried? About what?"

It was easy for Bee to think and worry about it in his head, but to put it into words wasn't easy at all. But he reminded himself that this was Charlie and that he could tell her anything.

So he took a deep breath and exhaled through his nostrils and looked Charlie in the eyes.

"I...I was worried that, when I told you...about how I felt? That you...that you..."

"'That I' what?" Charlie urged him to continue. Whatever it was, it obviously bothered him a great deal.

"...that you would hate me. Or at least wouldn't feel comfortable with me around anymore."

"Don't ever think that I will hate you. I would never hate you. Especially if it's about telling me how you feel about something..."

The humanoid nodded in understanding, lowering his head back down. Charlie could see that he did seem a little calmer after hearing her say that. But like him, she liked seeing Bee smile.

"Besides," She continued, lifting his head to look at her once again. "I did say I felt the same way, right?"

She gave Bee a smile and cocked her head for him. A shy smile made it's way to his face as he looked at her. "Yeah. You uh, heheh, you did say that."

"Right. So don't worry. I'm happy that you told me that, because it made it a little easier for me to tell you how I felt."

Now, Bee was blushing. It was true, Charlie did apparently reciprocate the same feelings. That was something he was still trying to comprehend. It wasn't that it was hard, it was that he was so happy that he was still processing it.

"Yes ma'am. And thank you for that, Charlie."

Charlie smiled at the humanoid as his cheeks were red and getting redder.

"And thank you, Bee. Mmmwah!" She replied, landing a kiss on his cheek and another on his lips.

Now the kiss on the cheek tickled, and Bee is still blushing, but he couldn't help but giggle a bit as the second one came.

Charlie giggled as well, hearing him giggle at her actions. "You're so cute."

"Yeah, but you're...beautiful!" Bee retorted playfully, thinking of the comeback on the fly.

"Oh really?" Charlie raised an eyebrow at that playfully, but also a bit shocked by that. She didn't expect Bee to come back with something like that. He really meant as a compliment, which she knew and appreciated.

"Um...yes?" Bee gulped, smiling nervously.

Charlie laughed and Bee laughed along lightly too. He was just really happy to see her smiling. That just always made him feel better inside. And the fact that he was able to put it there made it all the more better.

Charlie stopped laughing, but that beautiful smile stayed there as she leaned her head on his shoulder and snuggled in. "Thank you, Bee."

Bee smiled and placed a kiss atop her head and leaned his head against hers. "You're welcome, Charlie."

The young humanoid held her in a comfortable, safe and...well, loving embrace. And Charlie let Bee hold her and she wiggled until she was on her side and hugged his waist and laid her head on his chest, comfortable with how the two were.
As she laid there, she thought more about her feelings and his. Obviously, they liked each other. She also trusted him. Bee wasn't the type to take advantage of her or be aggressive. He was also very caring. That side of him shown from the night before in the garage. And that made something more obvious to her.

She cared about him. A lot. And he cared about her.

Yes, he wasn't human. Though, he certainly looked like it. Yes, he was from another world, but he wasn't dangerous. He didn't want to hurt anyone. He just wanted to be somewhere where he would be safe and far from harm.

And he had found that here with Charlie, she she had found the same thing within him. He needed sanctuary, and she'd given it to him. He needed protection, and she was going to give it to him. No one was going to take him from her or anything. Bee was hers. And she...Charlie was his. And that was that.

The two young ones stayed in their comfortable position, and actually had fallen back asleep. As peacefully as they had last night, they slept sorry free and happily now.

Another hour or so had passed when the blaring sound of Charlie's alarm clock woke the two up.

Charlie, quickly, but reluctantly, jumped out of Bee's arms and onto her bed to slam the clock quiet.

"Ugh, that thing gets in my nerves!" She exclaimed.

"Well, it does it's job of waking you up very well." Bee said, trying to make it seem not so bad.

"Yeah, I guess so. Phew...well, guess it's time to get ready."

"Yeah, we have to explain to Memo about me."

"Ah, right! Almost forgot about that." I was comfortable with you, so forgive me, BB. "Well, come on. I'll show you how to brush your teeth."

The young girl stood from her bed, took the confused humanoid's hand and led him to her bathroom.

All the while though, he wasn't sure what she meant by,

"Brush my teeth?"

CharBee, CharBee, CHARBEE! This is what I love, this is what I do! Lol!

Hope y'all enjoyed that, I know you've wanted me to get back to this fic. Don't worry, I'm not leaving this one undone. This story is going to be something I really want to see to the end because I have something special in mind. So stick around.

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