Disclaimer: Ninja Turtles are not mine but Chloe, her grandparents, Suzuki, Wanda, and Ichico are. Please do not sue and no flames.
Christmas Guests
The eighteen year old turtles were hanging out in the cat area. Just then, eleven year old Chloe Calls entered the room.
"How're you doing?" Chloe asked the turtles.
"Ok," Leo replied and his brothers nodded in agreement. "We do miss Splinter, though. I'm wondering how we're going to get through our first Christmas without him."
Just then, the doorbell rang and Chloe excused herself to answer it. She came back a few minutes later.
"I have a surprise for you," Chloe announced. A couple seconds later, two familiar women entered the room.
"Suzuki, Wanda, great to see you again," Leo said warmly.
"Same here," Suzuki Murakawa said.
"What brings you here?" Donny asked.
"We close the dojo during the Christmas holiday and reopen the day after New Years," Wanda Prokowski explained. "Chloe invited us here for the holidays and we accepted. We also close for a couple weeks in August for summer vacation."
"We have a couple free rooms upstairs," Chloe said.
"Ok," Suzuki said.
"We share a room at home," Wanda said.
"You only have one room at your place?" Mikey asked.
"We actually have two," Suzuki replied.
"What is the other room used for?" Raph inquired.
"We use that for a cash office since we try not to keep cash in the dojo office," Wanda explained. "The dojo office is mainly used for signups and advertising."
"Leo, could I see you upstairs alone?" Suzuki requested.
"Sure, Suzuki," Leo replied and then he and Suzuki left the room.
Suzuki and Leo entered the room that Suzuki was going to be staying in during the holidays. Both of them sat down on the bed.
"I wanted to let you know about something that happened to me when I was about a year younger than you and your brothers," Suzuki explained.
"What's that?" Leo inquired.
"My cousin Ichico came for a surprise visit and I found out that she had a brain tumor."
"Did she survive?"
"She died a couple hours after I found out about the brain tumor."
"How old was she?"
"Seventeen which was also how old I was back then."
"Sorry for your loss."
Suzuki and Leo wrapped their arms around each other and released each other a couple minutes later. After that, they chatted for a while.
Mikey, Chloe, and Suzuki were in the kitchen. They were discussing the Christmas menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the party on Christmas Eve.
"How about sushi as part of the dinner menu?" Suzuki suggested.
"Great, and we can also include succotash and sweet potatoes," Chloe chimed in.
"Not to mention dinner rolls," Mikey said.
"That covers the dinner menu," Chloe said.
"How about turkey sandwiches for lunch?" Mikey suggested.
"Sounds good," Suzuki said and Chloe nodded in agreement.
Mikey, Chloe, and Suzuki decided on food for Christmas dinner and then the Christmas Eve party. Then they decided to head for the grocery store to get what they needed.
A little later, Donny, Leo, Raph, and Wanda were hanging out in the living room. Mikey, Suzuki, and Chloe had recently left for the grocery store.
"Why don't we clean up for Christmas Eve tomorrow?" Leo suggested.
"Good thinking, Leo," Raph replied and Donny and Wanda nodded in agreement.
The living room and dining room were cleaned up in less than hour. By that time, Mikey, Chloe, and Suzuki arrived with the groceries and headed for the kitchen to put them away.
"This will probably be a Christmas to remember," Donny said.
"Sure looks like it," Wanda agreed.
To be continued…