Y/N's POV 

"The date is back on." I hear Darren--er, Sideswipe's?--voice declare to his otherworldly friends. My head had just stopped spinning from all the new information I had just received. Cybertron, Autobots, Decepticons, geesh! People had the alien idea all wrong. Yes, I'm still thinking about this.

"Hey, hey." I put my hands on my hips. "The 'date'--" I use air quotes, "Is on, only on on one condition." 

"You didn't mention that before!" Sideswipe whines, turning to me. 

"Well, if you don't wanna go I'm perfectly fine with--" I start to shrug and walk off when I feel his arm on my shoulder. 

"Y/N no! I do wanna go--what's your condition?" His blue eyes are almost anxious, which is kinda sweet. I bite my lip, resisting the urge to blush, telling myself he's an alien and not interested in a human. 

"You have to give me a ride." I declare, refraining from smiling. 

"That all?" He breaks into a cocky grin, "Guess you can't resist--" 

"Don't," I cut him off, but I'm smiling. "I've had enough of your ego to last the rest of the night." 

"Poor Y/N, she hasn't even seen the worst of it!" Strongarm laughs. 

"There's more!?" I gasp, pretending to be horrified. 

"Ack, you should see him after a mission! Or when he's racing back here!" She tells me. 

"Hey," Sideswipe crosses his arms. "You're just jealous because you're not as fast as me." He emphasizes the four words greatly, pointing to her then to himself. 

"Stop bickering! Is it always like this with them?" I ask in mock exasperation, glancing around. 

"Pretty much," Bumblebee nods. 

"Oh!" I say after a second aloud, I have a bad habit of starting my train of thoughts aloud. 

"What?" Sideswipe glances at me. 

"I forgot all about getting dressed for the dance!" I sigh, today was apparently one of those days where I just forgot about everything. 

"I have a dress you could use," Strongarm offers. "If you'd like." 

I sigh in relief. "Thanks! You're a lifesaver." Then I grin. "You actually are a lifesaver, though, right? 'Cuz you're protecting earth from the Decepticons?" 

"Hey! Me too!" Sideswipe whines again, and I wrinkle my nose. "Quit whining!"

I followed Strongarm in her human form, Constance, to her room. She laid out a beautiful red dress that stopped three inches above the knee, a slight dip in the back. She grabs a blue one with ruffles, and shows me. "You can wear this one if you want to." 

I guess that was probably the one she was going to wear, so I shook my head. I liked the red one better, anyway. I tried it on and Strongarm let me fix my hair with her stuff. My makeup still looked fine, and for Heaven's sake it was only a small school dance. I still had my beat up sneakers on, but they were black so they didn't clash, and besides that I didn't care. When I step out, Strongarm smiles. 

"You look beautiful!" She tells me, and I smile. "Thank you. . . A dress and a hairbrush can work wonders." I joke.

"Y/N. . ." Strongarm starts, and whenever someone does this to me I panic a little inside. 

"I think. . . I think Sideswipe likes you."

What?!

"Wait, I don't--" My cheeks flush red. 

"I just thought I should tell you." She sits down on her bed. "I mean, I know him well, and I can tell he gets a little nervous around you. I know he's flirtatious and all, but I mean, he's a good mech. . . Well kinda. . . I just wanted to say, he was really upset, seeing you upset. He was really ticked when I told you we had a group project to do without you, he didn't like seeing you go. . . Well, I just thought you should know since he's taking you tonight, I promise he's--tolerable, at times," she says and we laugh a little, but my cheeks are still red. "No, he definitely has a crush on you, whether he knows that yet or not. . . So." She surveys me, this time more than just my outfit. I realize she's expecting a response. 

"Oh, well. . . Thank you. For, telling me that." I can still feel the heat of the blush on my cheeks. I'd noticed his strange behavior, but I thought it had just been because he was keeping his secret of being an autobot down, and because I honestly thought he was just a big flirt with no real care in general. I'd misread him, but I still didn't know what I thought of him. Of course, I had noticed he was cute--what was I saying? I shook my head, "Anyway, thanks for letting me borrow the dress again." 

"You can keep it." She smiles, and I feel like she was expecting a better response that this. "It suits you well, and you might want some memory of today." I nod, it had been a big day, between finding out all this crazy alien stuff, and this being my first dance with a boy who--well, honestly my first dance with a boy ever, but he was an alien, so I wasn't sure how I should categorize that information. 

We walk out, and I see Sideswipe talking frantically to Rusty, who nods over his shoulder. Sideswipe turns around, in black jeans and a white button up and red bow tie, he looks dashing. I walk over with a grin. "Ready?" 

"Um. . . You look pretty Y/N." He chirps, and I smile. "Thanks Sideswipe. . . You do too--I meant handsome," My face turns red, and he blushes and grins a little. He hands me a dandelion, "This is for you!" There probably weren't any flowers around here, and I'm not sure if they even have flowers on Cybertron. "Aww thanks!" I giggle, and take it. Closing my eyes, I blow it softly, then hear his horrified voice. "What are you doing!?" 

My eyes flash open as I watch the pieces fly in the wind. "What she's supposed to do with a dandelion Sideswipe," Rusty laughs. "A lot of people blow them, make a wish, then throw it over your shoulder." 

"That seems like a perfectly good waste of a flower." Sideswipe replies in confusion. 

I didn't have the heart to tell him dandelions were classified as weeds. 

"I'll treasure it in my heart forever--promise." I smile at him, then glance at Rusty. "Um, where's your dad? I need to talk to him real quick." Rusty points me in the right direction, and I promise Sideswipe I'll be right back. "Um, hey Mr. Denny." I start. 

"Denny," He corrects with a smile. "What can I do for ya?" 

"Um, well I came to apologize. If I hadn't been messing around, none of this would have happened! Now I know about all this and I shouldn't, I'm sorry, I understand if you want to fire me--"

"Fire you? Why would I want to do that? You're a diligent worker Y/N." 

"But I thought I. . ." I falter. 

"It's a bit of a relief to have you know about the 'bots, truly. I thought you'd find out sometime, and better sooner than later. No more secrets." He smiles at me, and I smile back. "Thank you so much M--Denny," I smile. 

"Don't mention it Y/N--I'm happy to have you around, we all are. Stop by any time you want." He ends with telling me to have a good but safe time, a total dad move, and promised I'd be safe, and told him I was in the care of a crime-fighting autobot. "Sideswipe? That's the part I;m worried about." He jokes as he tells me goodbye. 

I walk back over to Sideswipe, who's eyes are bright. "Ready to go?" I nod and he opens the car door for me, which causes me to blush. "Thanks Sides. . ." Despite being cocky sometimes, he turns out to be really sweet. He gets in and grins. "I'm going to give you the time of your life tonight!" I laugh. "Me too!"

He pulls out, "I hope you like going fast!" I grip the seats as my eyes grow wide, but I stop tensing and laugh. "Whoo-hoo!" My eyes are bright, he slows down on the main roads though. 

"So this will be your first human dance, huh?" I glance over at him. He nods. "Yeah. What about you? Been to any dances before with anyone?" He asks it nonchalantly, but I sense what he really wants to know. So I don't give him the answer he's looking for. "Yeah, I've been to dances at the school before." 

"Oh, cool. With friends, or. . ." He glances at me, and I try to stifle my giggles, but fail. "Sides, just to have fun. Not with anyone else. . . Would you be jealous?" The question pops out of my mouth before I realize it. 

"Jealous?" He scoffs, but he's blushing. "No, I--Oh look, we're here!" He parks and walks me inside, the place is lively. He takes my hand, then hesitates and looks at me. I give him a smile of encouragement, and he shows me inside. I hear the speakers blast music, "Shut up and dance with me!" I sing, grabbing his hands with a grin. We dissolve into laughter, dancing, and he grins. "You're fun to be around Y/N!" He shouts over the music. 

"Right back at ya Si--Darren!" I yell with a wink. The song is coming to an end, and he starts, "Y/N--" But as the next song starts, his coms buzz. "Darren, come in, emergency--the 'cons are active!"

(1,624 words! Ayyyy, hope you liked! Hoped it all made sense, and was worth the read, please comment and vote! I'm not sure how to put some stuff, like the last bit, cuz it needs to be in code in case someone else hears but clear enough so Sides'll know~this ain't easy business!;)But it's worth it to write, I love Sideswipe and this journey is super cool cuz there aren't many Sideswipe reader insert stories. I hope you don't think it's too slow or that the writing is clunky or awkward, fitting it all in just turns out to be pretty hard. Sorry if you wouldn't react the same as Y/N, no one could ever make a reader insert to suit everyone, no matter how much roleplay they put in it. . . Sorry if you wouldn't have fainted last chapter, I just needed that to happen because writing a reaction to that is hard, honestly everyone here knows about transformers so it's not a shock to them but if you found it they really existed without ever hearing of them before you'd at least be a little shocked. It was hard writing the whole explanation and bandaging Sideswipe's and Y/N's relationship. I've found the first few chapters are always the hardest because no one likes setting stuff up, and no one knows when the whole crush thing really starts. Plus, writing the sweet fluffies is so much more fun, right? And also if you could check out any of my other works, I would be so grateful. I have original fiction and a request oneshot book that is multifandom, and welcomes OCs, reader inserts, crossovers, etc. Thanks flames! Ash)