Girl Time and Sisterly Bonding

Rating: T - For some sensitive subject matter

"Are you sure they're not in there?" April asked peeking around in the darkness around the back porch. Asha had made it almost across the backyard to the barn. She turned and beckoned impatiently.

"Would you come on goofball? They're around the side in the Shell Raiser. The NBA finals are on, nothing else exists right now, you know that," Asha said as she pranced the rest of the way to the barn. April crept around the side of the house and looked. Sure enough the Shell Raiser rocked on its springs as apparently somebody scored a touchdown, or a home run or whatever happened in basketball. She heard the brother's voices clamoring over one another. From the sound of it, Raph was about to lose some bet to Mikey and he wasn't about to hear the end of it. Even Donnie was taunting him, obviously in on the bet.

Comforted by the knowledge that the turtles would be busy for at least a little while, she made her own way into the barn. Asha had turned on the overhead light, and was setting up her iPod and a speaker. She had on some tall heels that April thought of only as stripper heels, some very short shorts, and a slouchy crop top with a sports bra underneath. By contrast April looked down at herself and frowned a little. She was overdressed in sneakers, jogging pants, and a sweatshirt. Asha turned to her frowning a bit herself, she must have thought the same thing.

"See I knew you would come in here dressed like a suburban soccer mom. You're too young for that April," she said marching over to her and handing her a very small piece of material.

"Mmm, and what am I supposed to do with this Asha? Blow my nose?" April asked examining the fabric, only to find it was supposed to be apparel of some sort. Asha crossed her arms disapprovingly.

"They're booty shorts. Young women with nice bodies like ours wear them from time to time. You know, booty shorts aka daisy dukes? Any of that ring a bell smarty pants?" Asha teased snatching the shorts then waving them in April's face, as April fought her off until both of them were giggling like school girls.

"Okay, okay goodness gracious, you're so bossy," April playfully complained as she went to a corner to put them on.

"Just do it and come on while they're still distracted," Asha said as she started the music. Spiders by System of a Down filled the barn. Asha started to move to the music, slow and sexy.

"Ooh are you gonna teach me some of that?!" April asked excitedly as she came back to where Asha was moving around the pole.

"Sure, I'll teach you a few transitions and a little floor work. Give Mikey something to watch tonight," Asha said, not turning to look at a beet red April.

"Ashaaaa," April whined, pushing Asha a little bit.

"Oh girl please, we know you two are freaky as hell. Especially Mikey's little nasty butt. He play innocent, but we all know better," Asha said before lifting into a lazy slow spin.

"Oh he is so not innocent at all. You really have no idea how not innocent he is," April said chuckling to herself about it. Asha stopped with her hand on her hip and looked at her friend.

"How are they? I mean like, how are they in bed?" Asha asked suddenly a bit shy about the subject matter. April was a little surprised but not much. She was expecting such a question from the only other love interest in their tight knit circle. She thought about it before answering.

"Well it's certainly very different, from the human men you've been with," April said, trying to mimic some of the moves Asha was doing a minute ago.

"Oh," Asha said. She moved back to the pole, this time going into an invert and sliding down. April waited on her to say more, but then it dawned on her. She'd never thought about it before. She had no reason to think about it, but it occurred to her that Asha may not have a whole lot of experience in that area. She might even be…

"Asha, may I ask a personal question sweetheart?"

"Yeah, sure go ahead." She stood but still moved a bit to the song as it faded out and the next one began. It was Nutshell by Alice in Chains.

"Asha how many boyfriends have you had besides Leo?" Asha bit her lip. April had never seen her be vulnerable or shy, so it was a pleasant surprise to see. It was easy to forget that Asha was still nineteen, her birthday having not come up yet.

"Just one."

"And did you…have you ever…you know?" April asked trying not to be offensive but wanting to know so badly. She was always super nosy, it made her a good reporter.

"No," it was so small April barely heard it. It was only because Asha was shaking her head that she even knew that she had said no.

"Is that a bad thing?" Asha asked suddenly worried that perhaps April thought it was lame. What if she told Leo that she was a virgin and he thought it was lame?

"No, not at all. Not very common this day and age, but certainly not bad. I actually think it's sort of refreshing in a way. There's a sort of innocence in that. Which is odd to me actually," April said. Asha knew exactly why it seemed odd. She'd thought about it herself on many occasions.

"Yeah it is a little sketchy. I mean I can take a head off in 2 seconds flat and not lose sleep, but I've never done more than kiss a boy…badly I might add," Asha had to laugh at herself about that.

"So okay, since you've never done that, where does all this come from?" April said motioning towards Asha herself, including the pole and the sexy getup. Asha looked down at herself and smiled brightly.

"Maxine. I call her Mighty Max, and she's my best friend in the whole world since grade school. She's the one that taught me how to be sexy," Asha was smiling at the memory of her friend.

"What happened to her? Where is she?" April asked afraid of the answer.

"I left her behind when I came here looking for Rocksteady. I knew I was gonna get into some bad stuff, and even though Mighty Max is a werewolf, she's not violent and not a fighter. I couldn't drag her into this. I couldn't even tell her where I went, because she would have insisted and I couldn't allow that," Asha said. Her shoulders slumped a bit, then suddenly she perked up and smiled at April.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring up sad things," she said. Asha nudged her playfully.

"It's okay. Now that I'm done with all that foot clan stuff, I'm gonna try to get back in contact with her," Asha paused for a second. "Well, let's get this show on the road. The first thing we gotta do is get some rhythm into you, you dance like a white girl..."

"…."

Then they both fell over laughing.