Kara was walking around town noticing all the stores were beginning to set up and put out Christmas decorations.
"What the..it's not even Christmas yet..it barely turned November.." She let out a long sigh watching her breath become visible mist with the upcoming winter season. She tucked her chin under her hand woven scarf given to her by her mother last Christmas and closed her eyes tugging on her cap to fit comfy on her head while heading towards the park hearing the sound of crunching snow beneath her winter boots.
Stopping at a four way corner she looked up at the grey clouded filled skies watching the fallen snow in pure bliss. "I can't believe it's almost been a year since I've met the guys, April...and Master Splinter. Time sure does fly by when you're having fun, huh?"
A soft smile appeared on her face as she began to cross the street to the park.
"So many new friends..so many adventures. I mean, who would of thought I'd be dating a mutant turtle?" She let out a soft chuckle to herself though flushed at the memories that slowly flowed into her mind's eyes recreating those precious memories with such detail it was almost as if they had happened yesterday.
She looked up watching the couples young and old walking through the park enjoying being together in each others arms and it made her smile yet sad that she could never enjoy a walk in the park with him. "Donnie.." She spoke his name softly with such love and care she couldn't imagine life without him.
Nodding her head she decided to go visit him and his brother's before turning to leave but not without glancing at the couples giving them a smile hoping them the best and went on her way hugging her knee length, purple winter coat around her. "Keep forgetting how much I hate the cold.."
Upon arrival to the lair she was greeted with open arms, well, if that's what it's called at this moment.
"Kara!" The brother's shouted in unison crowding around her Leo and Raph patting her on the shoulder while Mikey gave her a hug with Donnie behind him trying to separate his brother and Kara so he could hug her. Kara giggled and pulled Donnie over to her, Mikey moving aside, and giving him a kiss making him smile his dorky smile.
"Glad you're here." Leo started.
"We were just about to call you! You see-" Raph continued but was interrupted.
"It's an emergency!" Mikey shouted flailing his arms to get her attention.
"Well, it's not that much of an emergency but we could really use your help if it's not too much to ask but-" Donnie added in
Kara's eyes switched from one brother to the next and so on as they all began talking at once making her feel light headed and dizzy. She blinked hearing a snap and looked over to see Master Splinter entering the room from the Dojo.
"Sons, that is enough!" He said with a stern voice causing the brothers to move away from her yet she could tell there was no anger in his voice.
"Um..what seems to be the problem, Master?" She asked slightly confused yet somewhat nervous thinking of weird scenarios in her mind involving solo missions or spying..and eventually getting caught and captured. She gulped rather loudly despite trying not to and watched as Master Splinter walked closer to her though it wasn't til he smiled at her that she knew it wasn't anything that serious causing her to relax and sigh in relief.
"As you know, my dear, winter is here..and this being the first year I had let my sons go topside..I am afraid we are not prepared for this winter. Because of the mutagen giving them human like bodies and minds they are able to go topside without the dangers of their cold-blooded origins yet they are more effected by it than you and me. So, in order for them to go topside I would like for you to look for clothing suitable for their size."
Kara nodded, listening to his explanation. "That's understandable they're technically half human half turtle so, woah, wait wait..what?"
"Wait...you want me to go clothes shopping for them?...For them?" She pointed at the guys looking from Master Splinter then to the guys just staring at them "I'm so use to seeing them naked...I'm curious to see them in actual clothes." She sighed softly wishing she had her mother around to use her designing techniques on them. "Well..they're not normal people..what size should I get?" She walked around them lifting Raph's arm to look at his muscles noticing they were bigger than that of his other brothers.
"Muscle size..can't forget the shells.." She turned them around to get a look at their shells noticing Donnie's was somewhat smaller.
"What do you think, my dear?"
She looked over at Master Splinter then to the guys watching them get on their knees begging her with puppy eyes. She lowered her head in defeat with a smile on her face. "It's going to be a challenge but I accept it."
She crossed her arms watching the guys jump up in excitement high threeing themselves and went over to her trying to tell her what they wanted but she raised her hand to get them to quiet down.
"Look, how about I call you and take pictures to show you what I found? Just no fighting over them, ok?" She looked at them all and noticed Donnie was thinking.
"Hmm..hold on." He ran off into his lab leaving them all standing. "So, I'm guessing we should start with large or an extra large." She said out loud in thought poking at Mikey making him giggle.
Donnie came back holding something in his hand. "Here, I'll stick this to your cap so that you won't have to go through all that trouble and we can see it for ourselves." He said while sticking the mini camera he used for his spyroach on her cap but she took it off and placed it in her pocket. "Neat, I'll put it on when I get to the store. See ya later"
Stopping by her place first she went and picked up her purse but then a sudden thought occurred to her. "I can't be doing this by myself. I should get April to come help me...oh, wait..she's at school." A sly grin crossed her face as she lifted up her phone. "Not for looong." She said in a sing song voice.
Arriving in front of the school building she waited patiently for April and in just in a matter of seconds she came bursting through the door with a look of shock and dismay struggling to get her jacket on. "Kara! I'm glad you're here! My aunt is in the hospital! There has been a terrible accident!"
"April, calm down! It's going to be ok!" She said while placing her hands on her shoulder. "I'm here to take you to her right away" She gave her a gentle hug then ran off away from the school building her lips trembling while trying not to laugh.
"K-Kara..you're going to wrong way." April said in surprise but stopped when Kara let go and saw a smile on her face. "Why are you smiling at a time like this?!...Wait...she's not in the hospital is she?"
"Nope."
"You called saying all of that didn't you?" April crossed her arms her look of dismay turning to annoyance.
"Yep."
"Why?!" April yelled now hitting her, but not hurting her, making Kara laugh and shield her face with her arms.
"Calm down, April. I wouldn't have done all of this if it wasn't important." Once April was done she moved back and waited for her to continue yet still had a grumpy look on her face.
After the explanation April decided to, not that she had much choice in the matter, join her on this 'mission'.
"So, do you know what you're going to be getting them?" April asked putting her hands in her jacket pocket.
Kara sighed while lowering her head. "No, this would be a lot easier if I had my mother's talents..I'm just gonna wing it and guess on their sizes though it shouldn't be too hard since I can practically picture their bodies and build...shouldn't be too hard..This is gonna be a disaster..." She pulled her cap over her eyes nervously but looked ahead seeing they were about to pass the park. Her eyes stared longingly at the couples inside the park wanting something like that for her and Donnie, just the two of them. She closed her eyes, ducking her head inside her scarf.
Seeing this, April looked from Kara, to the park, then back at her. "Are you ok?" "Yeah, I'm fine." Kara said quietly making April think otherwise but pointed ahead at the store making Kara smile some and grab her hand, rushing towards it.
When they walked into the store Kara brought out the mini camera, putting it on her cap, before calling Donnie using her Bluetooth she forgot she had and tucked her phone away in her pocket.
"Donnie, you guys there?"
"Read you loud and clear,Kara. April? Aren't you suppose to be in school?"
"Heheheh...you see..I may have gotten her to out of school to help me" With the way the camera was moving he had to guess she was rubbing her head and hearing the nervous chuckle only made his point. He sighed but had a small smile on his and glanced over seeing his brothers enter the room.
"Guys, Kara's on the phone. She just entered the store."
"Put her on speaker." Leo said walking up beside him while Donnie pushed the speaker icon on his T-phone.
"Now, let's see...mens section.." Kara said aloud April right beside her.
"So, what are your plans for Thanksgiving?" April asked just as they found the mens section and began looking through the winter clothes raising them up for the guys to get their opinions on them.
"I dunno..It's usually just another day for me. My family would visit me a couple days afterwards and make Thanksgiving dinner then but..it doesn't really feel the same." Kara shrugs and looks over at her. "What about you?"
"Every year my father and I would visit our old summer home where I grew up and we would make it together but..I'm not sure either. My aunt isn't really into cooking so it's just up in the air."
Kara nodded and began to feel bad for April knowing she would have to spend the holidays without her father.
"What about you guys?" Kara asked over the phone.
"Pizza!" She could hear Mikey shout in the background.
She sighed gently smacking herself wondering why she had to ask but blinked in realization. "Wait, the pizza places are closed on Thanksgiving."
"What?!" Mikey shrieked over the phone causing her almost throw the Bluetooth across the store. "No pizza?! For a whole day?! That's horrible!"
"Ngh, Mikey..it's a holiday to spend time with family while stuffing your faces with home cooked meals. You've never celebrated Thanksgiving before?"
"Eheheh...the only thing we've eaten before going up to the surface was...algae and worms.." Leo muttered the last part making it hard for Kara to hear.
"What? What'd you say, Leo? I couldn't hear the last part." Hearing a long, heavy sigh on the other end she waited for his answer.
"Algae and worms..."
"Algae and worms?" Kara blinked in surprise looking off to the side in disbelief.
"Algae and worms."
"Well..um..that sounds...interesting"
"Enough with the boring talking already! This is getting us nowhere." Raph shouted getting irritated at how Kara was getting distracted.
"Ok, ok. Jeez, just trying to make a conversation. Now let's see.." She wandered towards the plus size clothing and held up what she could find but would always get a negative remark.
-30 minutes later-
She sighed in annoyance having looked through three racks of winter coats already. "For someone who doesn't wear clothing, AT ALL, you guys sure are picky..."
"Shh, Kara, people are looking." April said in a hush tone with her finger to her lips seeing a few customers staring at them with weird expressions on their faces.
"Well..they're being difficult.." She pouted but blinked when something caught her eye. "Hold up.." She walked over to a clothes rack in the far corner and found it full of brown hooded winter coats with fur on the inside and around the trimming. "This is interesting..April, try this on." She said while tossing it to her.
April blinked but nodded and put it on. "Wow, this is pretty comfy." She turned showing the guys the coat.
"What do you guys think?" Kara asked liking the look and feel of them herself.
"Eh, I don't know. They all look the same.." Leo said not too sure on how he felt about them.
"Hmm..I can see you guys wearing this. Just have to add your own touch to it and I can help with that. Just give it a try and if you don't like it I can always come back and trade it in. How about that?"
"Hmm...ok, I guess." Leo didn't want to make her feel bad since she was going through all this trouble just to get them clothes.
"I like them. I'm sure you'll make them look nice." Donnie said to her.
"Thank you, Donnie." She said with a smile and grabbed three more for them then went to find them some sweaters and pants.
-After purchasing said clothing-
"You guys sure to do like to stick with the colors of your masks. That's pretty cool." Kara said while walking side by side with April both of them carrying two bags each. "Hey, you wanna get something to eat, April?"
"Sure, how about going to Murakami's for some soup?"
"Hot soup sounds delicious right now. I'm going to let you guys go. See ya later!" She smiled and turned off the Bluetooth putting it away but forgot about the minicamera on her cap.
-At Murakami's-
"Mr. Murakami fire up the stoves cause I'm in need of some soup!" Kara shouted while bursting through the door.
"Hello Mr. Murakami." April smiled weakly at Kara's outburst before sitting down.
"Ah, my friends, what can I get for you today? The usual for you, Kara?" Mr. Murakami asked with a sweet smile on his face.
"A side order of that to go, please. For now some your special soup of the day will be fine."
"I'll have to same as well." April said stretching her arms.
While Mr. Murakami went to work on their orders Kara leaned back and played on her phone looking up recipes while chatting with April. "So this is going to be the guy's first Thanksgiving and April is going to be without her dad..I have to do something for them all..I would hate to see them sad on a holiday like this..that's it!" A look of realization came upon her face a wide grin appeared slowly on her face creeping April out. "Uh..whatcha thinking there, Kara?"
"Oooooohh, nothing." She said in a sing song voice but before April could ask her anything else Mr. Murakami brought out their food. "Mm, smells delicious." Kara said before she began eating not paying attention to April's suspicious look she was giving her before eating food as well.
Once they finished Kara paid leaving a generous tip for Mr. Murakami and handed April her doggy bag. "Here, this is for the guys. Can you take it to them for me, please? There are a few more things I need to do."
"Oh, um...sure." April took the doggy bag giving Kara the bags she was holding and watched her leave. "I wonder what she's up to..." She shrugged her shoulders and left for the lair saying her goodbyes to Mr. Murakami.
Arriving at the lair April noticed the guys were hanging out in the living room doing their own thing. "What, no training today?" She asked setting the food down. Mikey's head popped up from behind his comic book and sniffed the air. "Is that Pizza Gyoza?"
"Uh, yeah Kara got it. I'm guessing she gets it for you guys often?"
Mikey started munching happily on some Pizza Gyoza. "Mhmm!"
"Yeah, she does it every time she goes to Murakami's even though she doesn't have to." Donnie said coming from the kitchen with a glass of water blushing at how Kara takes care of them but blinks hearing a beep coming from his computer.
"Oh, I guess she left the mini camera on." Donnie said going over to his computer and went to turn it off but was stopped by April. "Hold on, let's see what she's up to." She said with a smile her eyes filled with curiosity. "Um..b-but what if she's..you know..in the shower or..or..yeah" His face turned so red remembering the time they caught her in nothing but a towel. "Alright, I'll look first and if she is then I'll turn it off, Ok?" She smiled and clicked on the video to view it on full screen.
"She's...watching a video on sewing?" April said in surprise but jumped hearing Kara yell out in pain. Everyone gathered around the computer watching her sew a patch that looked like two sais crossing over one another onto one of the jackets. All of them able to hear Kara mumbling angrily under her breath.
"Stupid needle..giving me trouble on Raph's jacket..it would be his giving me trouble." They could see she had band-aids all over her hand from poking herself with the needles and everyone blushed at how hard she was working for them.
"There, all done! Yes!" Kara shouted with excitement before putting his outfit together alongside everyone elses and put them in boxes and inside her backpack. She glanced over in the kitchen where a bunch of grocery bags sat on the counters and table. "Huh, that's a lot of food. I wonder what she's going to do with all of that food." Leo thought a loud.
"Well, Thanksgiving is only two days away. Her family must be coming over. She had this excited look on her face when we were at Murakami's I guess she'll be making it for them." April said closing Donnie's laptop.
"Kara's..cooking?" Donnie went into a daze remembering the first time she cooked for them and smiled imagining her wearing an apron and cooking for him making him giggle like a dork and blush.
"What?! We don't get to eat any of Kara's cooking?! Awwww, man!" Mikey said with a full mouth spitting chewed up Gyoza everywhere managing to get some on Raph who yelled out in disgust and smacked Mikey over the head. "Don't speak with your mouth full. It's disgusting.."
Kara walked inside the lair not long after that carrying a bag with their clothes in it and smiled at them. "Good, you're all together. Here you guys go." She said bringing out the boxes with each of their own set of clothes inside laughing at how they all came rushing over to her watching them grab at the boxes like children on Christmas day.
She walked over to April leaning against the couch and watched them change into their clothes. "I couldn't find any shoes for you all, sorry guys." She scratched her cheek April noticing the multiple band aids on her fingers and smiled softly at her.
"Woah, these are awesome!" Mikey shouted running to go find a mirror to look at himself with.
"I do admit, they are rather comfortable." Leo said running his hand over the sleeve of his jacket and blinked, seeing a patch of two katana's crossing over another just above the left side of his chest. "Wow, did you do this?"
Kara nodded with a smile. "That's why it took a little longer for me to get here. What do you guys think?" She leaned forward with a large smile on her face excited to know what they thought.
"It restricts my reflexes..how do you fight with this on everyday?" Raph said with a disgruntled look while trying to move in the clothes.
"It's not tight is it?" Kara asked standing up and going over to him to make sure she got the right size. Leo nudged Raph in the side giving him a look then nodded his head towards her seeing her face was full of worry. Raph blinked before shaking his head. "No, they're fine, really!"
"They're just not use to wearing clothes. Give it time, Kara." April said with a reassuring smile.
"W-What do you think, Kara?"
Hearing Donnie speak she turned around to look at him and blinked in surprise, her face beginning to feel warm seeing him fully clothed for once. "Oh my god, he's hot!" She screamed inside of her head staring at him for the longest time, frozen in place, her face feeling like it was on fire.
"Are you ok, Kara?" Donnie asked with concern yet a hint of confusion. She could only nod her head before turning around and wiping the side of her mouth feeling drool starting to slide down the side.
When all the guys were next to each other she blinked in surprise at how handsome they were.
"Wow! You guys look great!" April shouted with a big smile on her face going over to them and watching Mikey pose funny making them both giggle.
Donnie walked up beside her and took her hand leading her off to the side. "We all can't thank you enough for everything you do for us." He looked down shyly, his cheeks turning pink, running his thumb over her hand giving it a gentle squeeze.
Watching him get all shy it made her smile. "There's nothing I wouldn't do for you guys, specially for you Donnie." She said softly with a pinkish tint to her cheeks imagining them walking hand in hand through the park enjoying the scenery and each others company. She sighed softly wishing it was a reality but shook her head. "Can't think like that. You're suppose to be happy the holidays are coming up."
"So what're we waiting for?! Let's go topside!" Raph shouted in excitement making the others join in and run off towards the exit.
"Aren't you coming, Kara?" Donnie asked her looking over at her.
"Hmm? Oh, no, not this time. I'm going head home and talk to my parents about them coming to visit for the holiday. I'll stop by later though." She smiled and kissed his cheek before leaving back home.
"What about you, April?" She could hear Leo talking to April.
"I have homework to do. Sorry, guys. Kara, wait up!" She shouted making Kara stop and turn around to see April running up to her. "I'll keep you company til I get to my place."
"Why not bring your homework over to mine so we can hang out some more?"
"Sure, just have to make sure my aunt is ok with it." April said with a smile making Kara happy.
They went their separate ways, Kara going to her place and April to hers. Once she was inside her place she took off her coat and boots before changing to more comfortable clothes. Walking into the kitchen she puffed her cheeks at all the food. "Now...how am I going to get all of this to the lair and cook it without them noticing?" She thought out loud while tapping her index finger to her chin but blinked when she heard a knock at her front door.
"Come in." She said still staring at all the none frozen foods. "Hey, Kara. Oh, so your parents really are coming down on Thanksgiving, huh?" She heard April say before she walked to her side to look at all the food she purchased.
"There is a lot of stuff.." April said noticing a couple of recipes on the counter. You're making everything home made?! When did you learn to cook?" April said, her voice filled with surprise.
Kara blushed while rubbing the back of her head. "I've..been taking cooking classes whenever you're at school and the guys have training. I didn't want to tell anyone cause it's embarrassing.."
"How can it be embarrassing? You're doing all of this for your family? That's amazing! You must really care for them to do this all by yourself." April said while looking through the recipes. Kara had a small smile on her face letting out a soft sigh. "I do."
Suddenly, a light bulb lit up above her head giving way for a sly smile. She walked over to April, putting her arm around her shoulder, her smile gone, a look of worry placed there instead. "I'm trying to surprise them but they're coming over tomorrow and I don't have a lot of room to put it all away..do you think you could help me take it to the lair? I'm sure the guys won't mind me keeping it there til I take it back to cook. Will you help me?"
Before April could open her mouth Kara smiled wide, raising her hands in the air. "Great! I'll call them to see if I can borrow the Shellraiser. You stay here and I'll go get it since I have more experience in driving, no offense." She said with a nervous smile making April raise a brow at her but shrug and nod. "None taken. Ok, I'll wait here for you then."
Kara nodded, beginning to put her shoes on, leaving her winter pajamas on, and grabbed her coat before running to the door. "Wait!" April shouted from kitchen before running around to catch up. "Here, you forgot this." She said with a small smile tossing Kara's cap to her, which she caught with ease before placing it on her head.
"Thanks!" She said with a sheepish grin before running out the door immediately calling Donnie.
"Hey, Kara! Where are you?! You're missing a great time!" Donnie said with excitement making Kara giggle. "I'm heading back to the lair. I was wondering if I could borrow the Shellraiser for a little bit?"
"Sure, I don't see why not. For what?"
"I bought too many groceries for my family and I ran out of space..could I put what I have left in your kitchen? Just til Thanksgiving! Please?" She pouted her lip over the phone and she could hear Donnie sighing but knew he was smiling. "Alright, I'll let the others know. You should really come over. We're at the park and no one is bothering us!"
"Wait, what? You're at the park?...With people there?!" Kara's eyes pop out of her sockets wondering what they're thinking.
"Yeah! No one is bothering us they can't see us behind our winter clothes!" She sighed in relief and smiled at his excitement. "Alright, I'll join you after I finish this, ok? I'll bring April with me as well." She hung up and smiled thinking this plan was going smoothly and jogged over to a manhole, making sure no one was around, before climbing down the ladder.
"I'm surprised it doesn't get as cold down here." She thought aloud running towards the lair spotting the Shellraiser parked near the garage and smiled. "Haha, found ya!"
She ran up to it pushing a button to open the doors and went straight to the driver's seat. "Ok, he has to have a spare key around here somewhere.." She looked everywhere she could think of where he would hide the spare key but pouted finding it nowhere in sight. She plopped down onto the driver's seat and glanced upwards at the sun blocker shield thing and raised a brow at the thought. "Naaah, he wouldn't.." She blinked and reached up, pulling it downwards, and low and behold, the spare key fell right into her lap.
"How original, Donnie.." Her voice full of sarcasm before placing the key in the ignition and turning it on.
"Ok, ok, stay calm. It's just like riding a bike...a large, well protected, tank bike...yeah.." She breathed in deeply to calm herself before pressing her foot gently against the gas pedal hearing the cracking of the electricity from the Shellraiser to the tracks as it began to move.
"Good, good. Not bad." She said with a smile happy that no one was around to see her doing this but then a thought occurred to her. "No one is here to tell me what to do.." Suddenly, the Shellraiser accelerated quicker than normal causing her to freak out. "What the? What's going on?! Why is it speeding?!" She yelled out while moving her foot to push the brake but noticed the wall she goes through was coming up ahead. "Alright, gotta get my keys and push the button." She dug into her pockets but couldn't feel them making her start to panic more. "I left them?!" She screamed and ran to the back of the van to Donnie's post and looked at all the buttons and knobs.
"..."
She screamed while slamming her hand against every one of the buttons the Shellraiser lighting up and music blaring til finally, the door opened and the van flew out, the wheels automatically switching for the road. Running to the front she slammed the breaks, clutching the wheel for dear life and panting heavily with her shoulders tense.
"Ok...that..wasn't so bad." She lowered her head onto the wheel and let out a loud groan. "I survived!" She celebrated inside her head. "Now, just gotta make it to the hotel and so forth."
Nodding to herself she followed her common sense, and some lessons from Casey Jackson, and it wasn't as bad on the street than on the tracks she was getting the hang of it.
Stopping at a red light she called April to let her know she was in the Shellraiser and that she would arrive there in a few minutes.
"Oh, and the guys are at the park. Apparently, them wearing clothes is like camouflage. No one notices what they are."
"Really? Who would of thought thick clothing is all they needed. Alright, see you in a few." April giggled before hanging up the phone.
Kara smiled and rounded a corner thinking her wish could come true. She sighed softly and before she knew it she was at the hotel.
April was outside carrying some bags with her which made Kara smile. She walked out just as April walked up to the van. "You didn't have to start without me."
"Eh, I finished my homework just in time so it's cool."
"Alright, I'm going to change real quick and then I'll join in." Kara grinned and ran inside using the elevator to reach her floor jogging inside and immediately going to her room to change back into her winter clothing.
Once she was finished she went right to work carrying most of the heavy stuff and lastly the turkey and cold/frozen items. She let out a sigh of accomplishment and smiled at how quick they were able to get it done, giggling at April who was panting from the run back and forth from her place to the van. "That was a work out." She said between every breath making Kara grin at her. "Could of been worse but come on we're not done. Luckily, the lair is just a few feet from the tracks so it won't be so difficult to put them away." Kara smiled and went to the driver's seat turning the van on and driving off to their destination.
Arriving at the lair, the Shellraiser's doors opened revealing April clinging to the chair she was buckled to and Kara rubbing the back of her head. "Guess I still have a long way to go." She laughed nervously before clearing her throat then getting up. "Well...better put all of this away." She grabbed what she could and began finding a place to put everything letting April come to on her own knowing she wasn't the best driver around.
She had gotten halfway through the groceries when April finally walked out of the Shellraiser back to her senses. "Sorry about that April. Guess I should of warned you I still have ways to go on perfecting my driving." She gave her a weak smile as April entered the kitchen with two bags in hand.
"It's ok. You just...surprised me is all." April said with a smile of her own. Kara sighed softly but smiled at how understand and accepting April was. "I'm so lucky to have friends like her.." She looked down smiling to herself but blinked when she felt tears in her eyes. Shaking her head she turned back to April giving her a wide grin and pumped her fist. "Come on, we better hurry before the guys have all the fun!" She said with excitement her hands a blur as she put away what was left of the groceries.
"Hopefully Mikey won't get into all of it." She said glancing back to the lair while stepping inside the Shellraiser. She blinked when she saw April standing a few feet from it with her eyes closed. "Uh..you ok,April?"
"Just preparing myself for the ride to the park is all."
Kara blinked in surprise but when April opened one eye and smiled at her Kara grinned in return. "Ha, hilarious O'Neil!" She chuckled and walked inside April not far behind her.
"Ok, the park isn't too far.." Kara said to herself her eyes lowering in thought. April recognized it was the same look from before and walked up to the front, clutching the security line. "Is something wrong, Kara? You've been acting different everytime you hear about the park."
Kara glanced at her and pouted knowing she couldn't keep things from her. "Earlier today I was walking through the park and...I watched all these couples holding hands and just enjoying each others company...I thought it would be nice to do that with Donnie. Now that I know he can actually be in public cause of the clothes..I..I want to try it. Does that seem weird?" Kara looked at her wanting to know her brows lifting in a worried expression.
"No, it means you care about him a lot to want to do that with him. It's cute." April smiled at her making her blush. She turned her attention back to the road parking the Shellraiser just outside the park and turned it off. "We're here." She said with a small smile feeling butterflies in her stomach.
"We better go find the guys. They shouldn't be too far off." She said hugging her coat close to her while waiting for April to get off before walking into the park to look for them. Heading towards the middle of the park Kara sighed loudly not finding them anywhere in sight. "Maybe I should of called them..probably would of been smarter..."
She reached inside her pocket and took out her phone going to call Donnie's number when she heard someone say, "Kara!" Blinking in surprise that someone knew her name she looked around wondering who it was before she let out a yell of surprise, falling backwards into the snowy ground having been hit in the face with a snowball.
Hearing the all too familiar laugh of Mikey's she growled in anger before standing up, making herself a snowball, and looked around for him but couldn't see him or the others.
"No fair! You can't use your ninja skills out here!"
"Haha! You'll never be able to find us!" Mikey shouted with glee before throwing another one hitting her in the arm. "Ha! Doctor Aimingstein is two for two!"
She grinned and closed her eyes waiting patiently for him to make a move. Hearing the sound of crunching snow she immediately turned around, throwing the snowball to her right, hitting Mikey square in the stomach, the force of her throw causing him to fall over.
"Good throw dudette.." He groaned making Kara grin in triumph. "I've been playing this game longer than you have, buddy." She chuckled before going over to him and helping him up.
"Hopefully we didn't arrive too late." She grinned at the others but noticed their tired expressions.
"..We arrived too late didn't we?" Her voice lowered with each word disappointment clear on her face.
"Sorry, Kara we're just not use to the cold just yet. We can try again tomorrow?" Donnie said with a small smile on his face. Kara sighed softly but smiled, nodding to his idea. "Yeah...I guess. Well, come on, I'll take you guys home it is getting late." She put her arms around Donnie and Leo leading them to the Shellraiser.
"Will you be ok to drive, Leo?" Kara asked nervous about driving them back to the lair. "I'll be fine, Kara. Besides, I have to get you home anyways so you can celebrate Thanksgiving with your family. I'll drop you off first then April."
"Thanks, Leo." She smiled and gave him a gentle hug before standing beside Donnie giving him a kiss on his pinkish cheeks leaning her head against his. "I'm glad you guys had fun."
Once they dropped her off she waved bye to them before she walked into the hotel to retire for the night. "It's gonna be a loooong day tomorrow.." She said softly while setting her alarm for three in the morning the next morning.
Changing into her night clothes and hopped into bed. "See you in the morning guys." She said with a soft smile before closing her eyes to sleep.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"
She groaned out loud and looked over at her phone, squinting at the light, seeing it was in fact three am. "Thanksgiving Day.." She groggily said before shutting her alarm off on her phone and climbed out of her comfortably, warm bed to wake herself up for the day's events by washing her face and brushing her teeth. Changing into her day clothes she wondered to herself if she should make herself some coffee but shook her head walking out the door and out of the hotel.
"Oh my g-g-god it's f-f-f-free-freezing!" She hugged herself tightly hoping to get some warmth for it while pacing herself to the nearest manhole. "Not s-s-s-surpris-s-sing no one is-s-s o-o-outside.." She said to herself while climbing down the ladder wanting to run to the lair but couldn't find the energy to move faster than what she already was.
Eventually making it to the lair she quietly climbed over the railing making sure not to wake anyone up. Feeling relief at the warm temperatures inside the lair she began taking off her winter coat, boots, and gloves.
She went into the kitchen and turned on the stove before sneaking into each of the guy's and Master Splinter's room making sure they were sound asleep. Nodding to herself she went back into the kitchen and washed her hands before getting started on cooking.
-Three Hours later-
Donnie's
Kara and him were playing in the snow at the park having a great time. They were giggling and laughing together while throwing snowballs at one another then went on to make a snowman. They were working together to make it and he would glance at her every now and then just watching her smile and laugh having fun with him.
Once they put the finishing touches on the snowman she leaned her head against his shoulder to look at their creation Donnie putting his arm around her. He looked down at her and she up at him with a smile on her face. She leaned upward to him closing her eyes and slowly puckering her lips for a kiss. He blushed deeply before closing his eyes and doing the same and when they were just inches from each other he heard Mikey's voice.
"Donnie. Donnie wake up."
He opened his eyes and saw Mikey's face in the place of Kara's telling him to wake up again making him scream and snap out of his dream with a start, yelling in surprise and falling out of his bed.
Mikey blinked in surprise taking a step backwards just before Donnie fell. "Dude, you look like you had a nightmare.."
"It was in the end..." Donnie said sitting up while rubbing the back of his head. He let out an annoyed sigh and looked up at him. "What do you want?" He looked over at his clock and groaned softly. "It's not even six thirty yet."
"I know I know" Mikey said nervously "I went to go use the restroom and I saw the light on in the kitchen and I heard noises! I had a nightmare that started out like that and when I went into the kitchen to look it was Justin from TCRI! He made us pancakes but when I went to try them they were awful and I ended up throwing up and when he saw that I guess he got offended and became really angry and ate me! I don't want to go in there alone..Please come with me to see."
Donnie let out another sigh while shaking his head. "Fine..give me a moment." He stood up and put on his mask and brought out his staff. "Ok, let's go."
They left his room in time to see Leo and Raph walking out of their rooms. "You guys hear that?" Leo asked looking towards the kitchen but blinked in surprise to see Master Splinter at the entrance to the kitchen.
They ran over to him and blinked in surprise at what they were watching
It was Kara cooking in their kitchen! She was stirring something over the stove and she looked as exhausted as they had felt last night.
"Did..did you know about this, Sensei?" He asked softly in amazement while looking up at Master Splinter who had a soft look on his face.
"No, Donatello, I did not." He whispered
Donnie heard her yell in surprise but quickly cover her mouth so she wouldn't wake them and saw her hand was shaking. Squinting his eyes he blinked in surprise seeing she had cut her finger. He went to go help her but was stopped by Master Splinter's hand on his shoulder.
"Sensei?" "It is clear she wants to surprise us by making us this food lets not ruin all the hard work she has done for us. She will be fine now off to bed." He ushered them away from the kitchen quietly to not alarm her of their presence but they couldn't go back to sleep.
Donnie laid on his bed wide awake going over the scene of watching her cooking. He closed his eyes breathing in the smell of the cooking turkey and foods she was making and let out a soft sigh a smile crossing his face. "She does so much for us..."
Kara's P.O.V
It was around eleven in the morning when everything was finally completed. Kara let out a loud sigh with a huge smile on her face satisfied at how everything turned out.
Breathing in the smell she glanced towards the entrance to the kitchen wondering why she hadn't seen any of them enter the kitchen knowing they were able to smell the food cooking but shrugged it off and began to set the table. She yawned loudly but shook her head trying to keep herself awake. "Gotta stay up..just for the whole day..I should of made myself some coffee.." She groaned softly knowing she should of listened to her gut.
"I feel like I'm forgetting something.." She thought out loud while adjusting the large servings of sides to make room for the turkey. Looking at her work she nodded in approval her smile returning before deciding to wake the guys up first, going to Master Splinter's room.
Glancing at the Dojo she smiled at all the memories of training with the guys and helping April learn some new techniques along with Master Splinter's training. "April...April?...APRIL! I GOTTA TEXT HER! SHE NEEDS TO BE DOWN HERE TOO!" She began to panic almost forgetting about her best friend and send her a quick text for her to come down to the lair immediately no questions.
Hearing the notification that she received a text she quickly checked and saw it was April that responded with a "Ok..? I'll be down there in 15 minutes.."
She felt bad for waking April up so early but she had to be apart of this. She let out a soft sigh before stepping forward to Master Splinter's room.
She slowly slid his sliding door to the side just enough for her to walk in calmly and saw him meditating in the middle of his room. She let out a deep sigh before walking to the center of the room where he was and bent down on her knees in front of him.
Waiting patiently for him to notice her presence her eyes began to get heavy but snapped out of her sleepy state when she heard him speak, "Good morning miss Kara. What are you doing this early in the morning?"
She closed her eyes, bowing her head respectfully, and smiled at him. "It is Thanksgiving Day Master and I prepared lunch for you and the others. It's ready and since you are the..man of the house I thought it best to wake you up first." She let out a soft chuckle at the expression and he smiled at her placing a hand on her shoulder. "Thank you, my dear. I am honored and grateful to have you be apart of my families life."
She gave him her sheepish grin, her cheeks having a tint of pink to them, before bowing her head again. "I am honored to know you and your sons, Master. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you all." She blinked in surprise when he pulled her into a fatherly hug but smiled, hugging him in return.
"Now, go wake up the others. I am sure they will be dying to eat." He chuckled standing up and helped her up as well. "Yeah!" She said excitedly walking out of his room.
The first room she went into was Donnie's. She saw him sitting at his desk writing in a notebook. Curious, she gently knocked on his door and saw him glance her way. "Good morning Kara you're here surprisingly early." He said with a gentle smile. "Have you been up all night?" She asked noticing he had his mask on. "Hmm? No.." He raised his hand to his head rubbing the back of it then remembered he always took off his mask before going to sleep. "Forgot to take off my mask!"
"I hope you're not lying to me, Donnie." She pouted her lips before walking further into his room. "What are you working on?"
Donnie nonchalantly closed his notebook and shrugged trying to hide his blushing face. "Oh, you know, a few notes for new inventions and ideas. Want to see?"
Kara shook her head. "No thanks, maybe another time." She gave him a weak smile knowing she wouldn't be able to understand any of his notes but leaned forward a little in excitement. "I actually have something to show you and the others but you're gonna need to be blindfolded." She said before turning his mask around to cover his eyes.
"What the, hey, come on!" Donnie chuckled making her smile while helping him up and out of his room to the dining room. He breathed in the smell of the foods she made and smiled. "Mmm, what is that delicious aroma?" He asked curiously even though he knew. "You'll have to wait til I get the others.
Kara wondered if they were up to something each of them seemed obedient to her trying to surprise them usually Leo would be somewhat hesitant and Raph would plainly not want to oblige yet both of them let her blindfold them and lead them out to the diningroom.
She lined them all up, Master Splinter right beside Donnie. "Ok, you guys can move your masks in three.." She backed up from them with a large smile on her face. "Two.." She ran into the kitchen getting the hot and fresh turkey out of the oven and paced herself to the table, placing it down where she had made space. "One...open!"
Once they all fixed their masks to where they could see she had her arms wide open at the large lunch she made them "Happy Thanksgiving!" She shouted with so much glee it felt like it was Christmas to her.
The guy's eyes grew wide at all the food she made by herself, even Master Splinter was surprised but it turned to a soft, caring look.
"Woah..." Donnie started.
"You did all of this?" Leo said next
"...For us?" Raph joined in
"YOU'RE AWESOME, KARA!" Mikey said lastly before running up and hugging her. "No one has ever done this for us!"
" 's with all the screaming this early...guys?"
It was April. Kara's smile grew wider before she placed her finger to her lips and motioned for everyone to sit down, walking outside to the livingroom to greet April.
"Morning, April. Happy Thanksgiving."
"Kara? Happy Thanksgiving. Why are you here? Shouldn't you be at home with your family?"
"April April April." Kara started, chuckling softly while putting her arm around her shoulder and leading her to the dining room. "I am with my family." She said softly before leading her inside to see Master Splinter at the head of the table, Leo and Raph on one side of the table, and Donnie and Mikey on the other.
April's eyes widened in surprise and looked from Kara to the others. "But how?"
"Kara made all of this!" Mikey shouted making April go into full shock. "What?!"
"Haha, yeah! Been up since three this morning cooking for you guys. It's not fair that none of you get to enjoy this holiday without enjoying some good home cooked meals." She said looking over at the guys, "Or family.." She turned to April her expression changing to sadness, "So I decided that I would do it for you all...you guys have been there for me more than you realize..I'm happy to have you guys in my life." She laughed softly feeling tears in her eyes.
April smiled at her, rubbing her eyes to hide the tears that were coming and hugged her. "Thank you, Kara." She said softly giving her a gentle squeeze.
"You're welcome! Now, let's eat!" Kara shouted the guys whooping and hollering with her before they all began to get what they wanted, Master Splinter cutting the turkey for them all.
Kara was taking pictures of them eating and having a good time.
Mikey was stuffing his face with everything he could get his hands on while Raph was trying to beat him to it, yelling at Mikey for hogging all the food they ended up almost choking on their food. Kara laughed making sure to take pictures of every moment before tackling the food as well, smacking Mikey's hand whenever he tried to take her food.
April, Leo, and Master Splinter were calmly eating but she could tell they were having a good time. They ate for hours til finally everyone was full and happy.
There was a Marathon of Leo's favorite space show and it seemed he, along with Master Splinter, were the only ones who were strong enough to overcome the power of the turkey, which happens to make people sleepy.
Kara was the first one to pass out. Donnie saw her asleep on the couch and smiled softly laying a blanket over her and gave her a gently kiss on her forehead.
April noticed this and smiled taking a large step to Donnie. "You know, there is a way for you to repay Kara for what she has done." She said with a sly smile before whispering in his ear.
Donnie blushed looking from April then to Kara. "She..she really wants to do that? With me?"
April nodded, smiling. "She told me that she's been wanting to do that ever since winter started but she was too shy to ask I guess. Sooo, why not go tonight? Just the two of you? I'll distract the others for ya." She gave him a playful wink before walking away. Donnie looked down at Kara's sleeping form and gave her another soft smile gently rubbing his thumb over her cheek. "I will."
-Later that evening-
Kara woke up feeling alive and fresh. "Oh, that was a great nap." She said while stretching her arms over her head. She looked around noticing no one was around. "Did I miss the party?" She blinked noticing it was darker than usual. "Geez, what time is it?" She asked out loud while picking up her phone.
"Eight thirty pm?! I slept the whole day! Where is everybody?!" She stood up but noticed she had a few text messages and read through them. "Family saying Happy Thanksgiving..better respond back." She quickly texted them back explaining she had Thanksgiving at a friends and ended up sleeping the rest of the day.
Once she pressed send she went to the other text message and saw it was from Donnie. "I guess they are out on patrol or something.." She thought before opening the text.
"Kara, when you read this, meet me at the park."
"Well, that's different.." She blinked in surprise but shrugged it off and went to put her coat on. "Wonder what he wants to do? Probably play in the snow since we didn't get to last night. That'll be fun..wait...what if..what if we get to walk in the park alone?" Her eyes shined with anticipation and she hurriedly put her boots on before running out the lair to the park.
Watching lines and lines of people waiting outside stores and shops for Black Friday she knew the park would be empty giving them, as well as the guys if they are there, a chance to have fun without her getting nervous of them getting caught.
She nodded to herself and quickened her pace soon arriving at the entrance to the park. Panting short clouds of cold mist from her breath she quickly took out her phone and texted him that she was here before walking inside in search for him.
Finding him in the center of the park surrounded by trees she squinted her eyes wondering if it really was him since his back was to her. "D-Donnie?" She yelled out his name walking closer and when he turned around, sure enough, it was Donnie. She sighed in relief and ran up to him.
"Am I too late? Where are the others?" She asked looking around curiously.
He chuckled softly and shook his head. "No, it's just us. I...I have a surprise for you." He said with a smile before bringing out a remote and pushing a button.
All of a sudden lights flashed on all over the trees surrounding them. Her eyes widen in awe a smile crossing her face. "Wow..it's beautiful." She said softly in amazement. "You..did this for me?" She blinked feeling him wrap his arms around her from behind. "April told me the one thing you wanted..I wish you would of told me sooner. I would of been more than happy to do this with you." He said softly, his cheeks blushing red.
She smiled, blushing just as red but had a smile on her face. "I'm happy we can do this. I would have asked but..the one time I could you were tired and I didn't want to bother you."
"Well...we are alone now..so? How about it?" He asked rubbing the back of his head in shy nervousness.
Kara giggled, turning around to face him. "Of course I will." She said with a large smile before kissing him.
She blinked feeling something cold fall on her nose and looked up to see snowflakes falling from the sky. "Beautiful." She smiled while holding her hand out to grab a snowflake. Donnie smiled at her before taking her hand in his and walking down the tree lit path her head against his shoulder, enjoying his company.
Ohhhhh my gosh! I am finally finished with my first written on my own story! Ahh, I'm so excited! Took me forever! I hope you all enjoy it, despite how late it is..I didn't have internet when I wanted to post it but here you guys go. Despite it being late I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving (and to those who went) Happy Black Friday..bless you, my friends xD Please rate/comment! All feedback is appreciated! :D