When we left off, Sari and Bumblebee had become parents for FIVE sparklings and Darklight escaped. Lets continue, shall we…

Bumblebee's Question

Well, we are back in Detroit and the 'happy parents' named their new daughter Pepper and the twins, Crash and Dash.

"What am I supposed to do now?" Bumblebee said holding the twins, who were sleeping.

"You put them on a cushion or bed." Ratchet explained.

"Is this how sparklings were back home?" Bumblebee continued.

"No, their programmed to adapt to the planet they landed on. See, if they landed anywhere, they would be vulnerable to the creature that live there. But if they were to become one with the planet, they would survive." Ratchet continued.

"That complicated, huh." Bumblebee said sarcastically.

Then Sari came in with JR and a book.

"Hey, I found this book for you to read." she said.

"Yeah, you need to learn more about Earth." Bumblebee said looking at Ratchet.

"Not him, you." she corrected him.

"ME?"

"Yeah, Ratchet said you were a little lost on baby care, so I got this book." she said handing him the book.

He looked at the title and it said "The Parents Guide for Baby Care".

"A manual? Come on Sari, I know a lot about baby care." he said trying to get out of it.

"Oh yeah, what do you do when a sparkling cries?" Ratchet asked.

"That's easy, you give it oil." Bumblebee answered.

"What if its not hungry?" Ratchet continued.

Bumblebee was speechless. He just stood there with his mouth open.

"I thought so, start reading kid." Ratchet said and walked out the door followed by Sari, who was still holding JR.

Bumblebee just sat next to the twins and opened the book and began to read.

"Huh…lets see, chapter one-basics. Already bored," he said and looked at the twins, "Your lucky you don't have to read." he told them, even thought they were asleep. One hour past and he had read three chapters. When he came to chapter four, he saw the title, Spouse/Offspring Relations. Bumblebee was puzzled.

"What's a spouse?" he kept asking himself. Then he got a dictionary and looked it up.

"Here it is, Spouse-one of two people in a marriage." then he said… "MARRIAGE!"

Bumblebee knew all about marriages after Sari explained to him when JR got his spark. He read through the whole chapter and when he got to the end, he read…

"Most relations end terribly if the parents and not married."

Bumblebee couldn't think of how he would feel if him and Sari separated. Then Crash woke up and looked around and saw Bumblebee. He put his hands up trying to grab Bumblebee from where he was.

"You want to keep me company?" Bumblebee said to Crash and picked him up and gave him a bottle. "your dad is in a awkward position Crash, I found out something."

It was in the afternoon and Bumblebee had read the entire book Sari gave him. He was still with the twins and both of them were playing on the floor. Sari came in with two bottles and followed by Alexis and Pepper, who both learned to crawl. The twins saw the bottles and rushed to Sari. Dash was the second fastest out of the five and Crash knocked everything over when it came to racing.

"Hey, I finished the book." Bumblebee said trying to get marriage off his mind.

"Really? It usually takes me weeks to read something like that." she said.

Night came and the whole team, including the little ones, were in the common room. Bumblebee was more nervous than usual. He kept looking at the clock and kept playing with his fingers. But, when it was one minute to eight, he got up took a deep breath and walked to Sari.

"Um…hey…you guys, I have an important thing to say, so listen." he started then looked at Sari, "OK, here goes. Sari, I read in that book you gave me that couples have relations, serious relations, and…um…how…should I put this…" he kept saying.

Then he said…

"I'll just cut to the chase. Sari when I met you, I knew I would have adventure and fun. And the sparklings are just one of reasons why I…um…I…love you."

Sari just got red and smiled.

"Well what I'm trying to say is…" he said and got on one knee, but he was still taller than her, and looked at her, "I am willing to spend my life with you."

The other Autobots eyes got wide, especially Ratchet's.

"Sari Sumdac, will you marry me?"

TO BE CONTINUED…