[RL w/ Bumblebee, later Sam -- Welcome back, Daddy?]

[know_sacrifice]

It had been a challenge, to put together a family barbecue in less than a week, but Mikaela had managed it. Granted, only a few of her aunts and uncles had been able to make it, but she figured that that was for the best. Like Mr. Edgeworth had said, throwing some huge party would probably not be the best thing for her dad, not right after he

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[yellowbeebot]

Bumblebee is just relaxing lazily in the summer sunlight, sensors idly watching the family, another set using a judicially placed booster to keep an eye on Sam at home. Who said he couldn't be in two places at once? His engine revved slightly as Mikaela approached.

"Hey. How are things going?"

[know_sacrifice]

"All right!" she said with a bright smile, running her fingers over his hood, and then shaking her hand a little. Hot metal was hot, whoops. She leaned against the panel of his door anyway, though, and it wasn't so bad after a moment or two.

After a moment she seemed to deflate a little. "Everyone's not as...happy. As I thought they'd be."

[yellowbeebot]

"Oh?" He paused a moment, trying to help cheer her up a bit again. And of course he's hot. He's 'Bee. Also he's been sitting in the sun.

"What's wrong?"

[know_sacrifice]

"It's not that anything's wrong, exactly," she murmured, watching her family. Her dad with his back turned to everyone but her mom, her aunts and uncles in their little knot around the table. A little bit removed from the party, she could see that it was kind of odd.

"Everyone seems kind of tense, I guess?" she said finally. She bit her lip. "It's weird."

[xladiesman217x]

Sam sat on his porch, cell phone in hand while he waited. He was a little nervous, but...being all awkward and weird and bashful around Mikaela was worth every second, so...he could do this. Totally.

...Maybe.

Either way, He sat staring at his phone while he waited on his trusty Camaro to pick him up.

[yellowbeebot]

Oh hey, there's that trusty Camaro. Told you he was fast! He comes barreling down the street and neatly pulls up into the driveway with a screech of breaks and a cheery, almost obnoxious honk. Music begins to play. Loud music.

Round round, get around I get around!

Yeah!

Get around round round I get around!

I get around!

Get around round round I get around!

[xladiesman217x]

Sam's head dropped into his palms. Who else could that be? He looked up at the honk and scrambles to his feet, in a hurry to get in the car and stop the radio before the neighbors came out. Again.

"Bee!" Sam groaned as he slid into the car, smacking his palms to the steering wheel. "Could you try to blend in?"

[yellowbeebot]

I'm gonna flip out, like a ninja. 'Cause that's what ninjas do!

The music is the only response Sam gets as Bee screeches his tires again, backing out of the driveway (and buckling Sam into the car) in the same instant before he's off again, heading for the lake.