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[not_so_smooth]

Sam had gotten used to the island. Actually, he really liked the island. He liked the people there, how interesting it was, and he especially liked Cassie. Okay, he especially loved Cassie. One of the things he loved about her was snuggling up next to her in bed. It was one of the guaranteed ways to delay her early mornings just a bit.

Growling happily, Sam scooted closer to her under the covers and slid an arm along her bare shoulder and across her... oddly flat chest. While Cassie wasn't exactly in the same category as Wonder Woman in the breast department, neither was she a slouch.

"What the hell," Sam said with a yawn, trying to force his brain to work properly so he could figure out what the heck was going on. Spooning? Check. Bed? Check. Room at home? Check.

Only, one of those things wasn't like the others. One of them didn't belong.

"Holy shit!" Sam said, sitting bolt upright in his bed, surrounded by all his stuff back home. "I'm home! I'm home!"

A moment later, the revelation of what that meant hit him.

"No. No no no. I can't be home, I can't- I can't be home. I- I have Cassie, I have Cassie back on the island and I can't leave her. And Coraline is going to kill me and- I have to get back. I have to get back to the island. Wait, no, I have to warn the Autobots first, then I have to get back to the island!"

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[not_so_smooth]

"Hey, they are always in the precise order that I mean to say them," Sam said, looking up from where Mono was licking his face. That wasn't entirely true because he didn't always think about what he was saying.

"And it's just subtly clever. So subtle you don't even notice it, but it's powerful."

[more_than_that]

Wilke grinned at Cassie. "Well, it had to be something, didn't it? I guess that works as well as anything. And wouldn't be the first time the quirks won the girl over things like brains or muscles."

He cut a smirk in Sam's direction so he'd know he was teasing. "So, quirks and subtle cleverness? That's the formula, huh?"

[thethirdwonder]

"Oh, he's definitely the quirking brains of this relationship." Cassie confirmed with a grin and a nod. "But then, there aren't many guys who could beat me at muscle. Period." It was just fact, super powers or no.

She came over to Sam and kissed him on the cheek before saying hello to the dog. "Well, aren't you cuter then I expected."

[not_so_smooth]

"What? Hey, I have brains and muscles!" Sam said, glaring at both Cassie and Wilke, never mind that he knew that's not what Cassie liked about him. Well, not true, she really did like his abs.

"She is all about my muscles. Tell him how about my muscles you are."

[more_than_that]

Wilke held up both hands. "No, really. I'm good. I believe you, you're so ripped, I'd be into you, too, if I played for the home team. No need for the explanation and all that."

[thethirdwonder]

"I'll be all about your muscles when you can beat me in a fight." Cassie replied with another kiss to his cheek and a pat to his arm.

"Now, we'd like to meet Bee and I'd love to know how the hell you are going to explain us to your parents." Change of subject, just what was needed.

[not_so_smooth]

"Yeah, well, next time your high and think my abs are so amazing you just- there- I will have consequences," Sam said, clearly not sure on just how that punishment would happen.

"And my parents! I have to go see my parents!"

Without another word, Sam bolted out his room and down the stairs.

[more_than_that]

Wilke looked back and forth from the door to Cassie and back again. "I've seen overstimulated puppies with a longer attention span," he laughed.

He was teasing, but at the same time, wholly jealous. There wasn't any part of him that would bolt out of a room to see his parents. Not even a year later.

[thethirdwonder]

"Can you blame him? He hasn't seen his parents in years." Cassie could only smile fondly, not even a little mad at being left. "I flew home seconds after to see my mom when we went to my home." Sure, she had something important to ask her, but that waited till after she'd hugged her mother for almost an hour. Diana and Donna's hugs were almost as long.

"The question is, do we follow him or stay here?"

[more_than_that]

"I can understand it," Wilke shrugged. "I mean, I'm sure if Bay or Daphne ever get to go on one of these, they'll be knocking over small children to get to their parents."

He looked at the door. "I'd say give him a few minutes before he's got to start stuttering through explanations about why he's got two kids they've never seen before in his room. In the early morning."

[thethirdwonder]

Cassie just looked at Wilke with a sad smile but saved them both the awkwardness of saying anything.

Then she nodded. "Good idea. Let him enjoy it for a few." She paused before making a face. "He has a girlfriend too. I really hope we don't have to deal with her." A really hot girlfriend and Cassie was suddenly up and looking around Sam's room for a sweatshirt or something to cover up a bit more.