Angels Come in Many Forms (Adopted)

Forgiveness

Alexandra woke up late the next morning. She wasn't feeling very motivated to do anything. She wanted to just lie in bed, but her stomach protested. On her way to the kitchen, still in her American flag pajama pants and pink tank top, she saw that her father was still asleep from what seemed to be a late night. Sam was most definitely still asleep since that was all he did during the day. Alexandra glanced at his door as she passed by,

"He needs to stop staying up all night playing video games,"

Judy Witwicky wasn't home, but that was normal. She was always at work and would sometimes be gone for weeks at a time.

As Alexandra pillaged the kitchen for breakfast, Leo was outside debating with Optimus about what to do now. Optimus had called Leonardo to him because he needed the little iPod's help.

"You want me to get her out here? I'm pretty sure she doesn't want to talk to you, Big Bot."

Optimus calmly breathed out.

"I know. Heck, I don't even want to talk to me for what I did. But I need you to just get her out here so I can talk to her and apologize."

Optimus kept his gaze on Leonardo and got an idea.

"Maybe you can help me even more."

"Oh joy..."

Leonardo found Alexandra in her room, planning a date with Netflix. He kindly knocked at the foot of her door to announce his presence. She turned her head in his direction as she was putting her hair in a messy bun. She indicated for him to come in with her head.

"What's up, Leo?"

Leonardo wasn't sure how to start.

"I'm just gonna tell ya how it is. Optimus wants to talk to you. He won't take up much of your time, but he understands if you don't want to talk to him."

Alexandra moaned. That's what she thought was the reason why Leonardo was there. Leo turned on his heel and was on his way out.

"Say no more, I'll go tell him."

"No, wait, I'm coming."

Alexandra put on her dino-feet slippers and followed her friend outside to the backyard. As she walked out, she saw Optimus standing there looking down with his hands relaxed behind him. She walked all the way to the tire swing that he was standing next to.

"You wanted to talk."

She sat in the swing and started swinging herself. She hadn't gotten over the previous night. Optimus turned his sad gaze to her.

"Alexandra...I want to apologize for my actions last night. I was way out of line. I should not have raised my voice at you. I let my frustration get the better of me and did not act with honor. This is a big deal and reflects poorly on me. I shocked and scared you. I will work to not repeat this behavior by speaking more softly and calmly next time rather than justifying my ability to treat you disrespectfully and lash out at you."

Alexandra stopped swinging; she was dumbstruck. She guessed that he was going to apologize, but she felt like crap now for ever getting mad at him and his words. She was in for more surprises, since he still wasn't done.

"Alexandra,"

From behind his back, he revealed that he was holding red and blue flowers. There was one white one in the middle of the red and blue flowers.

"I'm sorry."

He took a knee and held out the flowers to her.

That's when she heard music. Leo had been playing "Hard to Say I'm Sorry / Get Away" by Chicago the whole time. She listened to the words.

Hold me now. It's hard for me to say I'm sorry. I just want you to stay.

After all that we've been through, I will make it up to you. I promise to.

And after all that's been said and done,

You're just the part of me I can't let go

"Dang,nyou really know how to apologize."

She reached out and grabbed the flowers and smelled them. He had gotten them from somewhere in the forest.

"Well, I wanted you to know that I am sincerely sorry for what I've done."

After Optimus spoke, Leo took that as his cue to start playing "What I've Done" by Linkin Park. It wasn't long before they heard a piano playing in the background of their conversation.

"So...why so many flowers?" she asked, holding fifteen flowers — seven of them red, seven of them blue, with one white flower.

"Fifteen flowers means 'I am truly sorry, please forgive me' according to the World Wide Web. I chose red for it represents respect and courage. The color blue signifies peace. And white symbolizes innocence, purity, and honor." He paused for a moment to let that sink in. "Plus, those colors are my color scheme, so they would remind you of me. You know, as an added bonus."

So let mercy come

And wash away

What I've done

Alexandra laughed a little.

"True, and I definitely forgive you. I'd be a jerk if I didn't... oh, and thanks for the flowers."

She smelled them again. She had never gotten flowers before.

Optimus smiled his small smile. He then lay on the ground on his front, his top half out in the open, while his bottom half was in the forest. He started gently pushing the tire swing, just like they did so many months ago.

But then Alexandra pulled her face out of the flowers.

"So now that we are talking again, mind telling me exactly what happened last night? Like why you were so mad. I mean, what happened while we were in that cave?"

The Prime sighed.

"Of course."

He continued to tell her everything that had happened outside the cave. He admitted that he had been afraid that night and was really stressed out about still being stuck on Earth. His Autobots needed a Prime, and they currently didn't have one. The attack had added to his distress, which was part of why he lashed out. Optimus explained to her that the humans were prepared to capture him but underestimated him. He explained he had help from the Blazing Phoenix group, whoever they were.

"It would seem as if they have encountered my kind before, but how could they?"

Alexandra thought about it for a moment.

"There are energon stocks on Earth. Maybe a human saw one of the bots who put them there, and it is documented somewhere with the government. Then they have at least an idea of what they are up against, you know?"

"That makes sense. Why didn't I think of that..."

"We're not all perfect, Prime."

Alexandra stopped smelling the flowers for a second, remembering her dad was home.

"We'll talk later. My dad is home, so you might wanna skedaddle. Also, apparently, my older sister is stopping by again soon."

"Again, why didn't I think of that...?"

Before the Cybertronian left, Alexandra poked him.

"Hey, can I come by later? To hang out and talk?"

"Of course."