Voices of the Heart

Hidey

A horrible thought crossed my mind.

"Oh, please don't let it be a rat..."

"A what?" 

I didn't answer: I had just spotted the thing inside Ironhide. It was trapped between the tubes, so all I could see was a small body covered in black fur. I tensed as I hesitantly reached towards it.

"Please don't be a rat, please don't be a rat, please don't be a--"

"MEW!"

A small gasp escaped from me. That was defiantly not a rat.

"Oh, you poor little baby," I cooed.

"You better not be talking to me," Ironhide growled.

"Oh, shut up, I'm not worried about you!" I hissed before turning my attention back to the little kitten. "Come here, baby. It's okay."

The kitten mewed again as I carefully freed her from the tubes. She cuddled close to my chest and mewed again.

"Oh, you're so precious," I cooed as I crawled out from Ironhide.

"Did you get it?" Ironhide asked.

"Oh, yes I did," I said, stroking the kitten's fur.

"Good. Place it down in front of me... So I can run it over."

I glared at the Topkick. "Oh, HELL NO!"

"Half-Pint--"

"I am NOT letting you hurt this poor little thing!"

"I'm going to count to three: one, two--"

"What's going on here?"

I looked over my shoulder to see Sarah making her way towards us with two smoothies in her hands. An idea formed in my head as I slowly smirked at Ironhide. I could feel him glaring at me as I smiled sweetly at Sarah and showed her the little kitten.

"Look what I found, Mrs. Sarah!"

Sarah gasped. "Oh, it's so cute! No tags, the poor thing's a stray."

"Does Annabelle like cats?" I asked 'innocently'.

**

"I'm going to kill you for this," Ironhide growled as Sarah got out of the truck. I only smiled smugly before getting out as well. Annabelle and Will were playing on the front porch, but looked up as we approached. Annabelle eyes widened when she saw the kitten in my arms and ran over to us.

"A kitty!" She gasped. "Aw, it's so cute!"

I smiled as I passed the kitten into Annabelle's arms. Annabelle cradled the kitten gently, holding her close to her. The kitten purred and rubbed Annabelle's cheek affectionately, causing the girl to giggle.

"That's your birthday present from Alyssa," Sarah told Annabelle. "She found her and thought you'd like her."

Annabelle smiled before carefully giving the kitten to Will and hugging me. I was caught off guard and looked down at Annabelle in surprise. Like Sarah's hug, hers felt different from the Autobots in some way.

"Thank you, Alyssa."

"... You're welcome."

Will suddenly chuckled, causing us to turn our attention to him.

"What's so funny, daddy?" Annabelle asked. Will smiled as he passed the kitten back to her.

"Well, sweetie, I just thought that it was funny that you're new kitty reminded me of Ironhide."

I looked down at the kitten and stifled a laugh. It did kind of reminds me of Ironhide: the black fur and the blue eyes did bear some resemblance to Ironhide's armor and optics. An evil thought crossed my mind.

"Maybe we should name it Hidey?" I told Annabelle. I could feel Ironhide's glare burning holes in my back as Annabelle nodded eagerly before running up to the truck.

"Say hi to Hidey, Ironhide!"

".... Hi, Hidey..."

I snickered, but gulped when Ironhide started rolling towards me menacingly.

"Should I run?"

Ironhide revved his engine angrily. The only sound I could hear over my screaming was the Lennoxes laughing as the watched an angry Ironhide chase me around the house.

And that's how you piss off an Autobot (or maybe just Ironhide). Next chapter will be Annabelle's birthday party, but I'm a little indecisive about the theme:

Disney
Tea Party/Costume Party

Either way, it will involve dressing up, so tell me which one I should go with and if you have any suggestions on what the characters should dress as (I'm kinds aiming for couples costumes just to let you know).