A few days passed, and Ironhide was discharged from the hospital. "So, Will?" Epps asked.

"Yeah, Epps?" Will asked.

"You got a date for the dance?" Jazz asked.

"Dance?" Optimus asked.

"Yeah, I guess for passing the year, I guess. I don't know why the school won't do the dance on the last day of school, but it's whatever." Wheeljack replied.

"Ironhide--" Will started.

"Nope, forget it. I'm not goin'." Ironhide grumbled, in the backseat.

"Aww, is somebody grumpy?" Jazz asked, in a teasing baby-like tone.

"Jazz, I will not hesitate to murder your ass." Ironhide growled.

"Love ya too, buddy!" Jazz laughed. Ironhide grumbled something, but kept quiet for the most part.

"Is he okay?" Optimus asked.

"He's nauseous, but he's fine. Just cranky." Will replied.

"Fuck this." Ironhide hissed, climbing up to the passenger seat.

"Ryan!" Will yelped.

"What?" Ironhide asked.

"Don't do that! You scared the shit outta me!" Will replied. Ironhide just shrugged, and within a few minutes, he was out like a light.

"He climb up to the passenger seat?" Wheeljack guessed.

"Yeah. Scared me a bit." Will replied.

"Oh, he's done that shit before to each and every one of us. To him, it's not that big of a deal. He hates being in the backseat when sick." Bumblebee chuckled. Will took a quick look at Ironhide, who was sound asleep.

"How do you like driving your boyfriend's truck?" Jazz asked.

"It's easy to drive, especially since Ironhide taught me how to drive this." Will replied.

"Better wake 'Hide up. We're about ten minutes away from his house." Sam stated.

"Baby, wake up." Will stated. Ironhide grumbled something, and tiredly cracked one of his eyes open.

"What..?" He asked, tiredly.

"We're ten minutes away from your house. Better wake up." Will replied. Ironhide groaned, and fought to stay awake.

"He awake?" Wheeljack asked.

"Barely. He's fighting to stay away. Poor baby's so fucking tired." Will murmured, holding Ironhide's hand.

"Will... wanna sleep." Ironhide groaned.

"I know, baby. You can go back to sleep when you're home." Will promised. Soon, they pulled into the driveway, and when they finally stopped, Ironhide all but fell out of his truck. Luckily, Bee caught him.

"Damn, 'Hide. You're not even drunk, and you seem drunk." Jazz laughed.

"Shut the fuck up. I'm tired as hell." Ironhide snapped. Once inside the house, Ironhide just sat on the couch, and again, within minutes, he was out like a light.

"Oh he really wasn't kidding. He's out." Epps remarked.

"Yeah, no shit. He's got bags under his eyes, and hospital beds are so uncomfortable." Sam frowned. A few hours later, the group stood in the school gymnasium and cafeteria. Somehow, with some begging, Will had managed to rope Ironhide into going. He was feeling better after a six hour nap.

"Where's 'Hide?" Sam asked.

"Off into the shadows brooding, as usual." Epps chuckled.

"Hey, 'Hidey." A blue haired girl, Chromia stated.

"Who's she?" Will asked.

"Oh, she's Elena's and Allison's sister, Crystal. I gave them nicknames too. Elena is Elita-One, Allison is Arcee, and Crystal is Chromia." Epps grinned.

"Not right now, Chromia. I'm not in the fucking mood." Ironhide huffed.

"Oh come on. Give me another chance, please." Chromia stated.

"Why would I do that? After everything you've done to me." Ironhide huffed.

"Ironhide looks like he wants to hit her." Will remarked.

"Well with what she did to him, I don't doubt he wants to hit 'er." Jazz frowned. Ironhide stormed off outside, and Chromia followed. When the others came out, they heard Ironhide and Chromia yelling at each other.

"I don't fucking care! I'm never goin' back to you!" Ironhide yelled.

"Why?!" Chromia shouted back.

"First off, you cheated on me, several fucking times! Second off, you abused me, but I sucked it up! Third off, I'm taken, not single!" Ironhide snapped.

"Who's your new girl?" Chromia demanded.

"First off, that's none of your fucking business! Second off, it's not a girl, it's a guy!" Ironhide snapped.

"A guy, huh? I'm sure he wouldn't mind if we had a little alone time together." Chromia chuckled, rubbing Ironhide's arm. Ironhide shoved her back, harshly.

"Don't you fucking touch me ever!" Ironhide shouted.

"This is probably why your father fucking abused you!" Chromia screamed. Ironhide froze, he still felt guilty about telling everyone about that.

"How did you find out?" Ironhide asked.

"Your father told me while we were in bed together." She replied.

"Hey, bitch! You fucking leave my boyfriend alone!" Will snapped, coming to Ironhide's aid.

"Oh, so you're the one who stole him from me?" She asked.

"Chromia, enough! Will didn't steal Ironhide from you, you broke up with him! You broke his heart! Will has his heart now!" Jazz snapped.

"Baby, let's go. If I had known about her, or her being here, I wouldn't have begged you to come with us." Will stated.

"We are so sorry for her behavior." Arcee frowned.

"It's fine, 'Lita and 'Cee. We ain't got problems wit' you, jus' your sista." Jazz smiled. Ironhide and Will got into Ironhide's truck, and soon they drove off.

"Baby? You good?" Will asked, noticing his partner's silence.

"Yeah.. yeah, I'm fine. I think." Ironhide replied.

"If I had known--" Will started.

"You didn't know though. It's fine. She's nothing but drama. To be honest, I don't even know what I saw in here. She probably just saw me as nothing but a fuck toy." Ironhide chuckled. When they got back to Ironhide's house, Will sat on the couch while Ironhide did something outside.

"Will, come out here for a minute!" Ironhide shouted.

"Alright!" Will replied, standing up. When he went outside, he was breath-taken. Ironhide had set candles in small circles in the driveway, and he was in a clean pair of jeans and a clean T-shirt.

"I believe I owe you a dance. That is, if you want to." Ironhide stated.

"Of course I'll dance with you, silly." Will smiled, walking to his boyfriend. Ironhide smiled a bit, and turned on music from his truck. 

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As Ironhide and Will danced in the candlelight, both were happy to have the other. "Hey, 'Hide?" Will asked.

"Hmm? Yeah, baby?" Ironhide asked.

"If you don't mind me asking, when's your birthday?" Will asked.

"October 30th. The day right before Halloween." Ironhide replied.

"To be honest, I never pictured you as an October baby." Will chuckled. After they finished dancing, no one knew, but Rose took a video and few pictures.

"Grandma!" Ironhide whined, spotting her.

"Sorry, couldn't help myself. You two look so adorable together!' Rose smiled. As they all went inside, Ironhide had his friends spend the night.

"So 'Hidey's an October baby?" Epps asked.

"He is, and he was so adorable as a baby. Albeit, he always caused mischief." Rose giggled.

"How much trouble?" Will asked.

"He was a hell-bringer. He was a chubby cheeked hell-bringer." Marcus smiled.

"I wasn't THAT bad. Was I?" Ironhide asked.

"You bit anyone you didn't like, stuck fingers in electrical sockets, kept opening the fridge, kept getting into anything and everything." Marcus chuckled.

"So basically he's the reason baby proofing houses is needed?" Epps teased.

"Pretty much, yeah. I have scrapbooks! And so many stories." Rose smiled.

"So, has 'Hide ever been trick-or-treating before?" Sam asked.

"Oh, he always went with us, since his father... We always took him trick-or-treating, but he very rarely ever had candy. His father somehow always found out, and he'd take Ironhide's candy, and.." Rose frowned.

"And what?" Will asked.

"He'd either one: eat it all. Two: throw it away. Three: Shove it down my throat until I puked. He'd always shove food or something down my throat until I'd puke, then he'd keep doing it until I passed out." Ironhide frowned.

Will mentally said 'fuck it' and he moved into Ironhide's lap. Ironhide didn't care, he silently liked Will's attention, and comfort. "Tomorrow I'll get out my scrapbooks and show you pictures of Ryan when he was smaller." Rose promised.

"Yeah, it IS getting late." Cade yawned.

"Rooms are upstairs. Just don't go in mine, or my grandparents, but their room is down here." Ironhide stated.

As everyone laid in their rooms, Ironhide looked at Will. He loved the boy, he truly did. He didn't know why, but with Will, he felt like he was safe, like he could tell Will his deepest secrets.