Chapter 1: Dads are Weird…

Donnie's pov

Donatello stood in front of the mirror. He had never imagined that this day would come. It had been almost two years Donnie had first met April. He liked her from the start. She was always so beautiful with her long red hair and her bright blue eyes. Donnie had been overjoyed and giddy with happiness when she accepted his offer to go on a date.

So here he stood, in front of the mirror to make sure he looked presentable. He was wearing a simple suit, black pants, black jacket, and black shoes; a white shirt with purple buttons and a purple bowtie to match his mask. He held a small purple box with a present for the red-head inside.

"Hey Don- "Leo said, pausing in the door frame of Donnie's room before entering. "You look really nice little Brother. Are you almost ready for your date with April?" he said with a grin.

Donatello answered with a blush, "Yes I am as a matter of fact, I just hope I don't blow it or something." He began to look worried, and set the box down on his desk.

"What's that?" Leo asked, reaching for the small purple package.

"Nothing!" Donnie exclaimed a bit too nervously and loud as he swiped the box away before Leo could look inside.

Leo knew that look. It was the look Donnie made when he was hiding something, or had come up with a really crazy, long, sciency plan for something. But Leo knew better then too bother Don on such an important date and time and decided to let it go.

"Well you'd better hurry! It's almost 5:30 and you have to pick her up at 6 remember? And doesn't she live all the way across town?"

April's pov

April stood in front of her mirror. She wore a dress the same color as her favorite sports drink, and a pair of purple heels. They weren't very high… just an inch. She also wore a dark purple barrette in her hair, and held a small matching purse in her hands.

She had wished this day would come for so long. She remembered when she first met Donatello. With his big Reddish-Brown eyes, his cute gappy tooth grin. His embraces had always been so warm, strong, and welcoming. She got butterflies in her stomach just thinking about it.

"April?" a voice called from the doorway. Her dad stood there, his mouth agape.

"uh… hi Dad…?" she said as she walked over to her dad and gave him a hug. She loved her father and trusted him with everything. But she had been a little unsure of how he would feel about her going on a date with a giant mutant turtle. But he had met the turtle before and definitely got along with the, purple clad turtle she would be going out with that night. But her father looked like he was going to pass out.

"Dad?" she said with a wince "are you okay?"

Her father smiled as if nothing was out of the ordinary. "I'm just so happy for you, and… I guess I'm kind of worried that I'll lose you…" He trailed off. April smiled at his statement and hugged her father.

"I would never leave you; and what could possibly go wrong on this date that hasn't already happened?" she said.

Donnie & April's povs

As if on cue, the bell rang with the sweet chimes of jingle bells. Mr. O'Neil ran to answer the door as April took one last look at herself in the mirror, before strolling down the hallway to the stairwell. 'Always so protective' she thought.

She heard a soft mumbling of words as she walked downstairs to see her two favorite guys near the door. She could tell they were talking about some invention Donnie had made, until Donnie looked up to meet her gaze. His eyes almost popped out of his head when she walked over and gave him a hug, which he gratefully returned.

"I'll have her back by twelve" Donnie said to Mr. O'Neil.

"How about one?" April asked with a giggle looking at Donatello.

Mr. O'Neil sighed, "as long as she's back by 6 o'clock when I wake up, I'm okay with it", April's dad said.

The two teens tried to hide their excitement as they glanced at each other, and then back at Mr. O'Neil.

"Thanks Dad!" April smiled as she ran up and hugged her Father. Donnie and April began to walk out the door and around the house to where the shell raiser was parked.

"Be Careful!" Mr. O'Neil shouted to them

"We will" they replied in unison.

"Don't get hurt or in trouble!"

"We won't!" they replied and climbed into the shell-raiser.

"Look both ways before crossing the street!" he called out to the Shell-raiser; already driving down the road.

As the shell-raiser disappeared into the sewers, Mr. O'Neil went back inside his house. He had so many questions he wanted to ask his daughter, but they had to wait until morning. 'I wonder what they're doing now…" he thought as he crashed on the couch.