Angels Come in Many Forms (Adopted)

Lost Something

Waking up, Alexandra felt stiff. Moving around, she realized that she was still in her jeans. She glanced around and thought,

'Why didn't I change? Why am I lying on a hard surface? What the heck happened last night?'

She felt the surface she was resting on move a little and heard soft mechanical noises; her eyes shot open as it all came back. Abruptly sitting up, she instantly checked to make sure she didn't drool while she slept since that would have been embarrassing. Thankfully, she didn't. Afterward, she looked around herself. She was still in Optimus's hands inside the cave he found. It was no longer raining outside, but rather sunny. Looking Optimus in the face, she saw that he was still sleeping, or whatever robots did. Slowly sliding out of his hands and down the rest of his body, Alexandra silently snuck out of the cave to take care of her bathroom needs, rinse out her mouth, and wash her face with the water from one of her water bottles from her backpack. Feeling a little better about her hygiene, she started eating a couple of fruit snacks from her backpack and returned to the cave to find a frantic Optimus searching for her. She smirked and walked up to him,

"Lost something?"

"Alexandra..." 

She recognized the fear and worry in his voice, but it quickly transformed into gratitude and happiness in a single word. 

"Where did you go?"

She rolled her eyes, 

"Well, Mr. Nosy, if you must know, I had to go take care of some female human things...Forget about it. I'm back. Sleep well?" 

She found a large rock, sat on it, then pulled out another fruit snack to chow down.

"Yes, I haven't had a good night's recharge in a long while. Thank you," 

Optimus softened, unsure why he kept trying to act like a military commander in front of Alexandra. She wasn't a Cybertronian, so there was no need to act like a Prime. Optimus cleared his throat and mind at the same time, 

"Anyways, how did you sleep?"

"I think I slept pretty well, despite the fact that I slept on an alien robot. You know?" 

Optimus almost smiles again. A beep from her watch distracted her. Reading it, her jaw dropped. She forgot that she was lost and that her parents and older sister must be having heart attacks since she was gone all night in a storm, 

"Oh no no no no no..."

"What's wrong?"

"I forgot I was lost...my family is probably freaking out." 

Alexandra halfheartedly shrugged. 

"I'm not too worried; I'll find them eventually. Or my older sister will find me...I am almost half convinced she has a tracker in me or something," 

She eyeballed Optimus, thinking. Her silence made him feel uneasy, 

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You doing anything today?"

Optimus slowly shook his head, no. 

"Yeah, I didn't think so. Wanna help me find my people?"

Even though he did actually have things to do, like try and find a way back to Cybertron, Optimus wanted to help his newest friend, 

"Of course I will help you." 

He felt very proud of his choice when he saw the smile Alexandra gave him. He brought his uninjured arm up,

"I'll scan the surrounding area for human life forms."