'Okay this is a little surprising…' I express in my head as Tess drools on my shoulder and Roman glares at me.
"Yo Bri, save some girls for the rest of us brotha." Roman whines though a smile tugs at the corners of his lips.
I scoff at that, "Ro-Ro if you want any girls you're gonna have to do something about that big ass billboard of a thing you call a forehead, not to mention your shiny baby oiled chrome dome." I tease and Roman gives me a double-fingered salute, as I chuckle.
"Besides I don't think what's going on here is like what you're thinking, Rome…"
"Sure Bri, sure…" Roman says with no small amount of disbelief in his voice.
I roll my eyes at him before shutting them, "Shut up and get some sleep Dome…I mean Rome, we're gonna be busy as fuck for the next few days to weeks. And I don't want you getting all PMS-Y on me because you don't get enough sleep." I joke and ignore Roman's shot; he inevitably fires back at me.
Landing at the airport Tess says,
"Keep that phone on you the undercover Agent will be coming in to brief us further on Verone's operation within the week." And once she's finished speaking splits off from Roman and I and disappears into the crowd.
Roman looks at me seriously, "Please tell me I'm staying with Tej, your place has way too much estrogen for me." Roman almost has a look of desperation in his eyes that makes me want to fuck with him a bit but I decide not to.
"I'm sure he'll loan you a cot…" I nod and wave for him to follow me, we leave the terminal and head to the overnight parking, retrieving Sky and then drive to Tej's base of operations.
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"Yo Tej, Ro-Ro needs a cot!" I shout as we pull Sky into an empty repair bay near the table where Tej is chilling with Sasha his on and off again girlfriend.
"Ahh, shit Rome, stop polishing that fat ass forehead with so much baby oil it's reflecting the sunlight too much." Tej shouts and tries to playfully shield his eyes.
"You know what fuck both of y'all's asses, damned assholes always pickin on me about my forehead!" Roman mutters and pouts while crossing his arms over his chest and glaring at one of the shop's walls.
"Ahh, come on Rome, you know we love ya brotha." I say and pat Roman's back as Tej comes over and pulls Roman into a mix of bear and bro hug.
"It's been too long, Rome." Tej says as he pulls back and Roman looks a little embarrassed.
"It hasn't been that long, just a month or so since the last time Brian had me here." Roman says almost shyly as he and Tej are still touching.
'Could it be…nah, they ain't homo…' I wonder but quickly brush it off.
"Alright well if you guys are set, I gotta go home and get my ass chewed out." I say and this makes both Tej and Roman start laughing their asses off.
"See you Bri…or maybe not…" Both Roman and Tej make the same joke and I flip them the bird as I slide back into Sky's driver's seat and leave the garage.
'Man, of course all of this is going on during our day off from work.' I internally groan in complaint, as I drive home watching for tails and making sure any tracking devices or bugs that the car gained while left at the airport are disabled.
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Getting home I receive a very cold welcome, with only Supra giving me a hug and kissing my cheek before she takes cues from the other girls and becomes cold to me…well as cold as she can, she's still a daddy's girl at heart.
'Well if this is how they're going to play things, I might as well return it ten fold.' I think and head into the Hauler locking everyone out except for myself and unless it was an actual emergency.
Sitting down on a stool in the garage bay I begin working on a bit of Cybertronian technology that could revolutionize the world…Ground Bridge technology, and its supporting infrastructure like superconductors, and extreme heat resisting polymers.
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3rd PoV Mia and Letty
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"I thought for sure Brian would see that how he is acting is hurting us. I didn't expect him to come down to our level." Letty mutters before raising her beer bottle to her lips and taking a sip.
"I did, I warned you that Brian would just further isolate himself if we isolated him first, now he's locked us out of the Hauler…even Supra and Suki can only get inside if it's an absolute emergency and our lives are in danger." Mia says while glaring down at the coffee table the corners of her eyes having moisture building up at them.
"Yeah, now Supra is mad at us…because we told her us girls have to stick together on these kinda things…she even merged back with her old body…I don't even know how that's possible." Letty mutters as she looks up at the ceiling, her eyes a bit dull compared to their usual luster.
"Not to mention Suki is sleeping on the doggie bed at the foot of Brian's bed sniffling through tears worried that Brian won't let her be part of his…our family anymore." Mia adds on and Letty nods.
"Mia, I think we rushed into this. You and Brian were still so fresh and I was just coming off of my breakup with Dom…and things were great until Sophia ended up pregnant before us…" Letty says trailing off at the end as Mia's head whips in her direction.
"That's it Letty we need to get pregnant, that'll fix everything!" Mia shouts and puts her hands on Letty's shoulders, Mia's body practically vibrating with energy her eyes a little manic looking, like she's just one step away from crazy town.
"That's gonna be hard to do with Brian locking us out of the Hauler…" Letty mutters but Mia is already in motion, her image becoming a blur from her Mirakuru enhancement.
Letty closes her eyes and softly shakes her head, while a sigh leaves her lips… 'At least we're ovulating so we have a higher chance of conceiving…' Letty thinks and stands up to join Mia in her little plot, she walks over to Supra first and brushes a hand over her hood…
'It's warm…'
"Supra honey, Mia and I are going to fix things with your Papi…he's not mad at you he's just returning what we gave him is all…" Letty offers some comfort to the surprisingly fragile girl who could turn a person to paste by squeezing them or stepping on them.