Tap, tap, tap, tap.

"-Carry the two and then multiply that by twenty, then-"

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

"-Miss Nakadai!"

"Yes?"

"Is that really necessary?"

"No."

"Then stop it!"

"..."

... Tap, tap, tap, tap.

Miko and Mika continued to tap their pencils before Mika paused, glancing out the window with a frown. The past two weeks had been horrible, firstly; It took two days for her and Miko to wake up and when they did it was in the middle of the night. All the Autobots were out on patrol searching for ways to get Optimus back from the clutches of Megatron. The children were at the back of the bots minds with the absence of their leader and tensions were higher then ever. Mika and Miko had, at some point in time during the night, transformed back to their human forms. With the Bots gone on scouting missions and Ratchet in recharge mode, the twins were able to activate the ground bridge home with no one the wiser. They returned to base a few days after they went home before Jack revealed the key Optimus had given him, they made haste for plans on sending Jack to Cybertron with Arcee, for Optimus entrusted Jack with the key and so Jack had to be the one to retrieve what they were aiming for.

The history and memories of the Primes as to give Optimus his memories back.

Miko, Mika, Raph, Fowler and June all waited back at the base and were all quite happy when Optimus returned with all the Autobots. However, they were shocked to see the Decepticon symbol on Optimus's body.

It took a long time of explaining to Optimus what happened to him, and the 'mysterious' disappearance of the two femmes they had been trying to heal. Optimus was thankful that the two seekers did not cause anyone harm, though he wondered where they went to.

Now, the two twins were in class waiting for school to end. Not that they were too excited to go to base, what with Bumblebee losing his T-cog... Which turned him a bit of a downer, but despite not showing it the twins understood.

As the teacher droned on and on Miko gave a frustrated sigh.

'Bla bla bla.' Miko groaned.

'Shh Miko we need to pay attention! If our host parents get another bad grade report we're toast.'

'Yeah, yeah yeah. Nerd.'

'this nerd did all your homework last night!'

'And I love you so much more now for it.'

'Your impossible.'

"-Going to have a new T.A."

"Huh?" Miko blinked.

"... What have I told you about paying attention!?" Mr Anderson growled.

"Uh...-"

"Forget it." The teacher huffed before turning to the door. "Ah, there he is now! Children, I'd like to introduce our now Teacher's assistant! Rowen Dabk."

Mika's attention turned to the door at the new 'T.A' and her eye's widened. There stood a 19 year old boy with white frazzled hair that hung over sharp golden eye's. His features were a but bulky from muscles and adorning his body was a blue tank top and black cargo pants over caramel tanned skin. Upon his forehead was a blue headband that sat over a black eye patch on his right eye while the other boredly observed the class before him. That is until that sharp eye landed on her before his once bored scowl twitched and his eye's lit up in interest, and ever so slightly, pearly white teeth glinted in a confident grin.

'Dude! He's checking you out!'

'S-shut up! He is not.'

'Your checking him out.'

'I am not!'

Mika fummed to herself, she couldn't anyway. Besides, she had feelings for Ratchet.

'Who hasn't shown any interest.'

'Thanks for reminding me Miko... Besides... He's just... busy.'

'I'm just worried about you Mika, He showed SOME interest when he was acting odd on that synthen scrap but nothing since then...'

'Ratchet has more things to worry about then a silly teenagers crush.'

'Mika...'

She ignored the conversation now and tuned back into the teacher talking about Rowen.

"-out yourself."

Rowen walked further into the room, situating himself at the front of the class room before looking over them all and settling back on Mika. He still had that grin on his face before he opened his mouth. "Well, as you know the names Rowen Dabk, weird last name I know but hey, can't pick your familial last name am I right?"

Mika nearly swooned at his voice, somewhat deep yet warm. She could feel the smugness coming from Miko and almost scowled back to her before Rowen continued speaking.

"I guess for interests, I'd say I liked fighting and protecting whats important to me and my." He hesitated a moment. "Family. I guess you could say I'm a Military guy, growing up around my family who are all in the Military kinda leads you to wanna be in that life style."

Someone raised their hand and he tilted his head. "A-Are you single?" Asked a blushing girl.

A few other girls in class swooned as well and some giggled at the taken back expression.

'Uh oh, competition.'

'Shut up Miko.'

'I'm just sayin!~ Gotta love the Fangirls.'

'Miko!'

"I-I suppose I am." He smiled sheepishly and the girls chattered among themselves for a moment.

"AHEM!" They quieted down when Mr Anderson cleared his throat grouchily. "Mr Dabk will be with us for a few months time working as the T.A, I want you ALL to show him respect! Am I clear? MIKO! MIKA! Don't cause trouble!"

The two looked up to the teacher startled before both gave a mischievous grin. "We would never~"

A small angry tick mark appeared on the teachers forehead and Rowen chuckled in amusement.

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BEEP BEEP!

Mika looked up from her homework to see Ratchets alt form waiting for her and she furrowed her brows in confusion. Usually Sideswipe or Sunstreaker picks her up. She closed her books and walked up to his alt mode and spotted a hologram of himself sitting in the seats.

"Ratchet? Wheres Sides and Sunny?"

"Their on a mission, I was the only one able to come get you." He grumbled.

"Oh, well thank you."

"No problem."

...

Awkward silence...

As Mika was about to open the door she heard someone shouting behind her. "Hey freak!"

She turned to see what was happening when her papers and books were hit from her hands and onto the ground. "Hey!" She shouted as the culprits laughed as they ran away. Scowling angrily, Mika bent to pick up her scattered papers and books before spying a caramel tanned hand brush over hers. Blinking in surprise, she looked up to see Rowen looking down at her with a small smile.

"R-Rowen." She greeted, though he was the now official T.A of the class she hadn't really gotten to talk to him. Not that she felt brave enough to... she was a bit nervous around him even if it had been a few days since he became official T.A.

"Hey Mika." His smile widened. "Trouble with bullies huh?"

"Y-yeah."

"Don't worry your pretty head over it." She blushed and looked down nervously. "I say being a 'freak' is a compliment."

Mika stared at him incredulously.

"Well everyone knows normal is boring." He chuckled. "It's the weirdo's that are most interesting."

Mika's heart hammered in her chest when he leaned in a bit close. "Y-yeah?"

"Yeah."

Ratchet, who had been quiet, roared his engines to life, startling the two. "Well!" She squeaked, "I have to go."

Rowen looked at Ratchets holoform with a dark glare, unbeknownst to Mika who was still shyly looking down. "Best not keep gramps waiting."

"GRAMPS!?"

"He's not my gramps!" Mika tried shouting louder then Ratchet who had accidentally sputtered through the radio. "Ahem." She quieted down embarrassed. "He's my ah family friend! A-anyway I'll see you tomorrow." She quickly opened Ratchets door and when she went to close it, Rowens hands caught the door before it could shut causing a small growl to come through the radio.

"I look forward to it." Rowen smiled charmingly before shutting the door for her. When Mika turned to stare at the glaring Ratchet she didn't see the smirk on Rowens face before he walked off with his hands in his pockets.

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...

Mika could only stare at Ratchet as he furiously worked on his tools, semi slamming things and grumbling to himself in small fits of rage. The other Autobots made sure to steer clear of the med bay today, on account of Ratchets mood.

"Whats wrong with Ratchet?" Raf whispered to Jack who in turn looked at Miko, the gossip queen.

"He's jealous." Miko grinned.

"Jealous?"

"Yeah, of the new T.A who I think has a crush on Mika."

"That is brilliant." Sideswipe laughed.

"How is that brilliant?" Jack frowned as he watched Ratchet pacing around his med bay for things to do, most likely to distract himself.

"Cause, Ratchet's taking to long." Miko pointed out. "Mika's been really down about it."

"And with the new competition, the threat to lose her to another, Hatchets jealous which shows he DOES have feelings for her. This might just push him into making a move." Sunstreaker smirked.

"I dunno about this." Jack muttered. "What if, and this is hypothetical, but what if Mika actually gets feelings for this new guy?"

"Good question..."

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...

"Ratchet?" Mika frowned as he was glaring at the computer screen.

"What?" She flinched at the tone until he cleared his throat and said softer. "What?"

"I-Is something wrong?"

Ratchet stared at Mika before shaking his head. "No."

"Your lying..." She muttered before shaking her head. "Ah, Ratchet?"

"Hmm?"

"Well... There is this place that we're learning about in History and well I cant seem to find much about it... I was wondering or rather hoping you could... could you take me/go with me to the historical site?" She looked up to him hopefully.

"Mika, the bridge is not a toy." He scolded. "It is for mission and emergency use not for some sill-" He paused at the saddened look and twitched. Frag it! "Then of course... I've over heard Miko speaking of this... history project of yours and I AM rather curious." He muttered to himself. "I suppose just this ONCE, wouldn't hurt?"

She beamed up to him causing his bad mood to melt away completely and he gave a smile back before entering the coordinates in where she had to go. Once she was settled into his alt mod he paused.

"Just... don't tell Optimus."

SOOOOOOOO SORRY MY LOVLIES FOR THIS DELAY! I've been sick, still sick, but I really am trying to get all caught up in everything. Well! I hope you liked this chapter! And I hope you like Rowen, he'll be around for a while to add a little spice to things ;D Better make your move's Ratchet or Rowen will sweep Mika off her feet!

Ratchet- As if I'll let that... that... smug little bastard get anywhere NEAR Mika!

Me- I dunno~ That 'smug little bastard' was pretty smooth around her. Gramps.

Ratchet - *Sputters* I MAY BE OLD BUT I STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO BEING A GRAMPS!

Me- WAAA OPTIMUS RATCHETS TRYING TO HIS ME WITH HIS WRENCHES AGAIN!

Optimus *sighs tiredly*

Mika- Well that was weird... REVIEW'S ARE LOVE!

Miko- And you LOVE Author-chan righttt? RIGHTTTT??!!