*I don't own Transformers or anything affiliated with Transformers. I only own my original characters and plots. All rights go to Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg.*

For me, time was going by fast. .way too fast. Of course I wanted my child to hurry up and get here, but I also wanted to enjoy my life in the moment instead of rushing it. It wasn't exactly working for me though. There was nothing you could really do when you were pregnant except shop, work, eat, and sleep. In my eyes, that should've made the time go slower, but instead it had the opposite effect. It was pretty sad, actually. One of the only things remotely productive I had even done was celebrate my twenty-second birthday. I was forced to, but it still happened. I didn't even get to celebrate New Year's, damn it.  

My due date was getting closer and closer and I was getting anxious and of course fatter. I had about three weeks until I was due and I couldn't be happier, yet I couldn't be more frightened. I didn't know what I was supposed to do when the time came. I knew that it was going to be awkward and painful as fuck, but that's about it. I just hoped Ratchet could give me one of those fancy shots to take away the pain though. I could handle a great amount, but apparently child birth was the worst pain a woman could ever imagine and I was not up to the challenge. 

I had finally decided on a name though: Kaelyn Olivia. There was no telling what her last name would be, given that her father was an advanced alien species from the planet Cybertron. To most people, his holoform's name was Ron Edih, but I was trying to talk him into changing it to Hide to make it easier on everyone else regarding the pronunciation factor. Turns out it had actually been my dad who made up the name back in 2007; I wasn't surprised though. 

One other productive thing I had managed to complete—with the help of Carly, Adalyn, and Mikaela—was Kaelyn's nursery. Since Adalyn's brothers had been taken care of, Ironhide had resumed his time at the base with the other Autobots, so that gave us all the time we needed to get it finished and it also gave us a necessary amount of needed "girl time". 

I loved her nursery though; I loved it even more than I loved my room. The colors consisted of baby blue, black, and a little bit of white. Her walls were painted baby blue, while most of her room decor was black, including her crib, her little dressers and the rocking chair and couch I had put in. Her bedding was black and white with polka dots, and had I still been a teenager, I would've chose something along the lines of this to decorate my room with. What I loved the most was that Mikaela—who flew in just for this—bought letters to spell out Kaelyn's name and she hung them on the wall over her crib. I personally thought that that's what really brought the room together. 

There was only one downside to this entire thing though. They had been exceptionally busy down at the base as of lately, and the humans over in China had gotten stupider and stupider. I wasn't given any details, but the only thing I knew was that whatever happened required a copious amoutn of Autobots and soldiers. My dad, Epps, and their soldiers, along with the Autobots wound up heading overseas to take care of the issue and wouldn't be back for at least a month, or maybe even more. The only Autobot that stayed was Ratchet. He wanted to keep a close eye on me given that I was so close to delivering. I told him that his men needed him, but he assured me that there was more work he needed to do here in Washington than overseas; I didn't argue with him after that. 

They left only days ago and I missed them more than anything. It was mostly Ironhide and my dad though. The fact that there was the possibility that they wouldn't be here for Kaelyn's birth upset me more than it should have. They weren't even here for my baby shower and that was already upsetting, but I knew that I had to put on a happy face for my friends. 

"Seriously, Leo?" I asked as I took the onesy out of the gift bag. It was plain white with just a big picture of Leo's face on it. It was creepy, yet it was amusing. 

"What? Uncle Leo has to have his fun too," he shrugged. 

I laughed and shook my head before laying it with the rest of the gifts I had already received. Carly had gotten Kaelyn an exasperating amount of clothes and shoes, as did Adalyn and Mikaela. Ratchet and the rest of the Autobots weren't very knowledgeable when it came to shopping for newborn human babies, so all I received from them was a little light that I had to install in Kaelyn's room; it was like a modernized version of those sticky ceiling stars. It basically just projected a bunch of stars and planets all over the room. I loved it already and had to keep myself from taking it for my room. Ron and Judy got me a car seat and a diaper bag set, something of which had completely slipped my mind, so I was more than thankful for it. Monique and Epps, though he wasn't here, had gotten me a bunch of bath salts inside baby bottles; it was the cutest thing I had ever seen in my life. One gift I hadn't expected was a gift from Simmons and Dutch which just so happened to be a black Maybach 62. The sight of it nearly caused me to faint, but I refrained from doing so. Simmons claimed that I should use my Mercedes as a family car and use the Maybach for myself. Let's just say I had never loved Simmons so much in my life. 

With a smile, I picked up Sam's gift and opened it up, my eyes nearly bursting from my head at the sight of the piece of fabric. It was that Uncle Sam 'I WANT YOU' gag, but instead of America's favorite Uncle's face on it, it was Sam Witwicky's. The words read "Uncle Sam loves you" and I nearly choked on my laughter. 

"Sam, what did you do?" I asked him. Carly took it out of my hands and looked at it, her mouth opening slightly. 

"I was feeling creative. You know you love it," he smirked. 

I shook my head and laughed harder. "You are such an idiot, Samuel."

"You told me you weren't going to do this, Sam!" Carly exclaimed. 

"Yeah, I tell you a lot of things," he chuckled. 

I shook my head and laughed again. "Thank you for this. This is the funniest thing I've ever seen."

"I'm glad you think so, Lea," he replied. 

"We have one more gift for you though," Ratchet stated. I looked at him with a confused look on my face and he smiled before walking out of the room. Seconds later, he returned with a big box wrapped in wrapping paper that looked almost older than me. Ratchet walked over and handed it to me, and I took it before giving him a questioning look. "It's from your mom."

My heart nearly stopped at the sound of it. I sat the box down on the table and carefully opened up the box. Inside the box was a large quilt that I had seen in too many pictures and on top of it sat a small envelope addressed to me. I grabbed it and opened it up. The paper inside it was slightly faded from age, but I could still make out the words as I read. 

To my first born daughter, Azalea Grace Lennox:

At the moment, I'm sitting here watching you and your father play. Never in my life have I loved two people as much as I love the both of you, Azalea. I just want you to know that, sweetie. Being your mother is one of the greatest jobs I've ever had and I can't wait to watch you grow into a wonderful young woman. Just by watching your six year old self run around with your father, I can already tell that you're going to be a special young woman. You already have so much potential in you, and I'm already so proud of who you're becoming. If you're reading this though, you must be at your very own baby shower and that could only mean one thing. Whoever he is, I hope he treats you like a princess. I hope he loves you as much as I love you if not even more than I do. I hope he makes you the happiest you've ever been in your life time and if he does, then I already love him and I'm more than glad that you have such an amazing person in your life. I also hope having a child with him was everything you've wanted, because there's no going back now, of course. I promise you that I'm going to be there to help you raise this child every step of the way though. If you need anything at all, just call me and I will happily pick up the phone for you. Even if something happens to me before I meet my beautiful grandchild and I'm not physically able to be there to help you, just know that I'm watching over you and my grandchild from wherever I end up. I will never leave your side, Azalea, and that is one promise I will never ever break. Inside this box that's been given to you is a quilt that my mother gave to me during my baby shower. You used it until you were five years old, so now it's your turn for your child to use it. I just hope he or she loves it just as much as you did. I should probably go now though. Your dad has done quite the amazing job of exhausting you, so I believe it's time for your nap. I love you so very much, Azalea. Please don't you ever forget that. 

With love, your mother. 

I could already feel the tears streaming down my face as I read over my mom's handwriting. Once I was finished, I folded the piece of paper back up and placed it back inside the envelope. After laying it down on the table, I picked up the quilt that laid inside the large box. It was still just as soft as it was when I was five years old, and I clutched it tightly. This was by far the greatest present I had received and I would cherish it forever, or at least until Kaelyn decided to have kids herself. 

"How did you get this?" I asked Ratchet. 

"Your father. He wanted to give it to you himself, but since he couldn't be here, he asked me to do so," he answered me. 

I smiled and wiped away the remaining tears. "Thank you so much for this. I haven't seen this in years. At least now I know where it went off to," I chuckled. 

"You're welcome, young Azalea."

"Also, thank you for everything you've done for me these past nine months and not to mention these past five years. It means more to me than you know, Ratchet," I said as I walked over to give him a side hug; I couldn't very well hug him full on given the fact that my stomach was the size of two watermelons.

He laughed though, and hugged me back. "It was all my pleasure, Lea."

I pulled away from him and looked at the people in front of me, a smile on my face. No, I may not have had everyone here that I wished to have, but for now this would do and I couldn't be happier. 

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