Jen lay in bed, staring at the ceiling in the sewers. Why did she have a harder time falling asleep than her siblings? Every night was the same, toss, turn, and toss again. Always awake until dawn, then nodding off during training the next day. "Argh! Why is it so difficult to fall asleep?" She turned to look at her younger sister; she was able to fall asleep with no problem what so ever. "Rebecca doesn't have any problems, it's not fair!" She turned over again and looked at her brother and cousins, they too were sound asleep. "Why me? Why is it only me who is unable to fall asleep at a decent hour?" Jen sighed; she was talking to herself again. What's a turtle girl to do when she is bored out of her mind because she can't sleep? "Maybe if I get a drink of water, it will help me to fall asleep." She figured that it probably wouldn't work, but it was worth a try.

It took her a while to get to the kitchen, being paranoid that her Papa, or Grandfather might hear her before she reached her goal. Finally, she made it to the fridge. 'If Papa knew I was up and able to sneak past him, well first of all he would be mad that I was up, but I think he would be impressed. I mean almost nobody can sneak past him except Grandpa Splinter.' she thought. She was just about to get the water when the kitchen light turned on. "Eep!" She spun around to see an unhappy turtle with a sky blue mask staring back at her. "Jen, what are you doing up? It's after midnight." "Oh, um, hi Papa. Ya see, I couldn't sleep, so I decided to get some water." 'Oops, guess I didn't do as good a job as I thought.' Leonardo looked at the young turtle in front of him; she had dark circles under her eyes which made her look older than her ten years. "How long have you had trouble sleeping?" Jen didn't answer; 'Great, he knows something's up, can't get one past you Papa,' she just stared at the floor. "Jen?" Jen sighed, "I guess about two weeks." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Well, I don't really know. I just thought it would stop, but it didn't." Leonardo looked at her with soft, concerned eyes, 'So this is why she has been dozing off during the day. I was starting to get worried that she might be coming down with something,' he thought.

"Well let's get you back to bed." Leonardo took her by the hand and led her back to the room she shared with her siblings and cousins. Jen just sighed. Leo looked into the dark room; some of the kids had their own beds, while some shared. 'This room is looking cramped, maybe it's time she had her own room. After all she is ten.' "Ok sweetheart, into bed. I love you." Jen smiled, she liked when Papa called her that. "Ok, good night Papa. Love you too." Leo sat by her bed until he was sure she was asleep, and then he picked up her alarm clock and turned the alarm off. She needs the extra sleep. Tomorrow I will talk with Master Splinter and Robin about giving Jen her own room. He quietly left the room and closed the door.