<em>Bayern</em>had had quite the night after the others had join her and<em>Abbeydale</em>on the beach. She’d liked being together with everyone and the way that they had all praised her. She had especially liked the part where<em>Fuso</em>had ruffled her hair. Of course she couldn’t let<em>Mizuki</em>upstage her so she had made an even bigger firework that had created a pattern of light in the shape of a dog in a shower blue sparks to chase the cat. Now she was sitting on the shore watching the sunrise. She’d actually stayed awake the entire night and had yet to sleep even a wink. She wanted to etch the entire night and the first party she’d had with friends into her data banks since she didn't know if such a thing might happen again.<br/><br/>Suddenly she felt something soft and warm press up against her from behind even as she felt a pair of arms wrap around her front. Before she could ask what was going on she heard<em>Arizona</em>’s voice as the other battleship started to speak. Bay was touched by Arizona’s words and clung tightly to the arms that held her. It was too much to be true. She’d searched for a long time for a place where she could belong and wouldn’t be shunned or abandoned. “You better keep your promise.” Bay said softly, tilting her head back a little to look at Ari. “I’ll never forgive you if you’re lying. I just want a place to belong. I don’t like being alone and unwanted, of being replaced and discarded all the time.” It would hurt too much if she was left behind after all this. If she was left behind again she really would never forgive Ari. She liked it here with all the others. Beneath her overly energetic and crazy exterior, she really had been hurt by all the times that she’d been left, abandoned, and replaced with no one seeming to want her around. Her own past was just as bad as the others. The only difference was that instead of being left and forgotten, she’d been repeatedly told that no one wanted her which left its own marks in her system.