Fear is how I fall (Optimus prime x reader)

Part 2 - birthday

It's 7am when I wake up from my dreamless slumber. My mind draws a blank as I stare at the sealing. "Alex wake up it's your birthday" the cute voice of Annabelle cuts through my non existent thoughts. "Mornin' Anna..." I say in a tired voice. I take a few seconds to think about what she said "wait it's my birthday!" I shout excitedly as I jump out of my bed and shoo the cute 5year old out of the room so I can change. I wear (the outfit above).

I quickly run downstairs and immediately I catch the scent of bacon and pancakes, my favourite. "Good morning birthday girl" my uncles voice comes from the kitchen. "Morning Will, how are ya?" I ask happily, but with a straight face. "I'm good, I want to show you your surprise after breakfast so eat up" he replied with a smile. I nod and sit on the stool at the table. Will places a stack of pancakes in front of me. 'Looks like today is gonna be fun' I think with a ghost of a smile.

"Close your eyes" the cute voice of Anna says as I walk to the front door I do as she said and I feel fairly large hands on my arms leading me where I need to go. "Ok and stop" Sarah says with a happy tone. I open my eyes and see the most beautiful thing...
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A blue and red flamed peterbuilt semi.

"Oh my god!" I say excitedly as I threw myself at Will in a hug. I laugh at his expression. "That's the first time... you've laughed since.. your parents" William says with a bright smile. 'Well that ruined the mood thanks Will' I thought with a frown. "It has the same symbol as your pickup truck. Thank you guys" I say with a small smile. I pull my family into a group hug "best birthday ever" I mumble under my breath. I break from the hug and see my uncle and aunt smiling at me. "That's not the only thing..." Sarah said with a smile. "Here" William said with a smile while handing me a piece of paper.
Dear Alex Lennox
We have decided to accept you as part of our army, you will work with your uncle. You will be placed in danger more often than not here at N.E.S.T however I have no doubts that you will be able to handle the dangers.

"I got accepted... I get to work with you" I say in shock. Sarah looks happy but nervous and will looks like a kid in a candy shop, though, I can't say that my expression is any different. "Why don't we go for a drive?" William suggests and I smile at the idea. I quickly run to the truck and look confused 'I didn't get any keys' I thought before turning to Will. He throws me a key and laughs at my one track mind. I open the cab and see that the interior looks amazing.

I quickly roll down the window and motion for will to do the same. He rolls down his window "what!" He shouts out the window. "This is awesome thank you Will" I say back "you lead" I said with a smile. "Hey Alex do you want to go to base" will asked through the window and I agree.

The high walls of the base make me feel extremely small. I look around at all the other cars around there's a black and yellow striped camaro that kind of resembled a bee. "Now this may be a bit of a shock to you... Optimus!" Will said quietly before shouting. The noise of clanging metal reaches my ears as I turn around to face where William was looking. The peterbuilt my dad got me was shifting pieces of metal and turned into a bipedal mix of metal and wires. "Hello, my name is Optimus Prime I am the leader of the autobots. We are from the planet cybertron" Optimus says in a formal tone. "Nice to meet you Optimus prime, my name is Alex. You said "we" so there are more of you?" I ask curiously. "Yes, this is our medic Rachet, our scout bumblebee, jazz, ironhide-" the bots all transform at their names. "Wait, Will your truck is a... wow I never would've guessed. I apologise for interrupting." I say then mumble the last part. "That's ok little one. This is crosshairs, drift, hound, the twins skids and mudflap and sideswipe" Optimus said with pride. I look at all the autobots and wave "hi" I somehow managed to squeal out due to not liking the attention. "I have decided to assign myself as your guardian, and Ironhide takes care of Lennox and the others are... not trustworthy-" Optimus says but is cut off by skids "-hey. We're are trustworthy. You can trust us to-" skids said but is cut off by my uncle "- make a mess. You and your twin are a recipe for disaster" my uncle says obviously annoyed by the twins.

A boy with short, dark brown hair walked up to me "hi I'm Sam Witwicky, it's nice to meet you" he said while holding his hand out for me to shake. I just stand their awkwardly, not really feeling like socialising. "I think she just wants to be left alone" bee says by using different radio stations. "Oh, oh I understand. I best be on my way it was nice to meet you." He says before walking away with the yellow autobot following behind.

"Alex, what is a birthday?" Optimus asks suddenly. We were at home now and I was just sat in the cab of Optimus' alt mode (for those that don't know the alt mode is their vehicle modes) having a conversation. "Why do you ask?" I question. "Well I heard Lennox saying happy birthday to you this morning, and I was wondering what it meant" he explained. "It's the day that we celebrate the day that we were born, it happens once a year so it's quite special. And if the person that's birthday is on that day has passed away we would celebrate in memory of the times that they were alive..." I say. "Your crying" Optimus stated. 'I'm not... oh... maybe I am crying' I thought as I bring my hands up to my face to try to stop myself crying. "You lost someone close to you have you not?" The autobot leader asked. I nod in reply. I feel the seatbelt wrap around me, I guess he's trying to comfort me, I lean back in the seat. "Thanks Optimus. My mum died in a house fire when I was 5. It was the day after my birthday and I... I was the one that caused it...