She was sitting on her cousin's couch lazily flipping through the channels only half paying attention. Having only moved here yesterday, the tv and internet at her place wasn't set up yet. An old movie popped up and she paused on it for a second before changing her mind and continuing on. Suddenly, there was a noise to her right and out of the corner of her eye a shape appeared. Someone screamed "We're here!" She jumped off the couch quickly to turn and face the intruder and in the process lost her balance and fell over. There was a high pitched, girly scream and then the sound of several bodies hitting the floor. The first intruder it appeared got scared and jumped backwards into the other three and proceeded to knock everyone down. The girl just stared down at the bodies accessing the situation. It was quite comical to see four people dressed in turtle costumes in a pile. "Yo April! I uhh think you have friends here..." the girl called over her shoulder.
The red head came rushing into the living room. "Crap! I'm sorry guys. I forgot you were coming over tonight." The guys were getting to their feet finally after much grumbling and bickering. "And glad to see you're not freaking out.." April raised her eyebrows at her cousin and gave her a questioning look.
"Dude, I've seen so much weird shit in Vegas four guys in turtle costumes doesn't even register anymore," she laughed. "But what's up with the ninja gear and coming in the window? You weren't very sneaky ya know announcing yourselves."
"Hey! I can be plenty sneaky when I want to be," the one that let out the girly scream pouted. "The name's Mikey," he reached his hand out to shake.
"I'm Eve." As she was stretching her hand out as well, the blue turtle started to protest. "No, Mikey don't!" Only he was too late and their hands had already locked. The brothers watched Eve's face transform from a smile to shock. "Whoa," she whispered, her eyes wide. She reached her free hand up and gave Mikey a pinch. "Ouch," he yelped and grabbed his hand back rubbing it. Not entirely convinced yet she walked around the other brothers while they all continued to stare at her. Eve looked Leo up and down and focused on his breathing. His whole body moved with him. She went to Donnie next and prodded him in the shoulder hard. He didn't react quite as much as Mikey, but she could still tell he felt it. "Don't even think about it Princess," Raph barked when she moved in front of him.
Eve tore her eyes away from them finally to address April. "They're real aren't they?" April nodded back a yes. "I need a drink," she gasped.
Raph doubled over laughing, "She speaks my language!"
Eve steadied herself in the kitchen clutching onto the counter. "Breathe. Just breathe," she whispered to herself. Clearly the turtles didn't mean any harm, since they appeared to be friends with her cousin. April had mentioned having interesting friends though she didn't know they'd be this interesting. Once she composed herself enough, she grabbed two beers out of the fridge and went back to the living room. The turtles all settled into furniture making themselves comfortable. "I thought you'd want one." Eve tossed her extra beer to the red turtle. "I didn't catch all you're names yet," she twisted the cap off her beer and took a swig.
Mikey sprang to his feet shouting, "I want to tell her!" They others groaned, but otherwise remained silent as the excited turtle jumped right in. He went over everyone's names, their nicknames (good and bad), and then got lost in the story of how they came to be, even acting out scenes.
"So, let me see if I got this. You're mutant turtles who live in the sewer with their mutant rat father and you're ninjas, yes?" Eve summarized once Mikey had finally stopped talking. He nodded back grinning. "This is beyond cool. I mean, seriously, April I can't believe you happened to meet them," she turned to look at her cousin.
"I got luckily," she smiled back warmly.
"Oh! That's another great story!" Mikey bounced excitedly again.
"No!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"We have to get started with movie night Mike or we'll never finish the movie," Leo reasoned. There was much debate over which movie to watch, since everyone had a different opinion. Finally, Mikey won out and they settled down to watch Iron Man. Being the youngest after all did have its benefits sometimes.
When the credits started to roll, Eve stretched and gave a big yawn. "Time to roll out. I've got a lot of unpacking planned for tomorrow."
"It's a little late to walk home alone. Why don't we go with you?" Donnie offered.
"Who says I'm walking," she smiled back. She bent down and picked up her helmet and jacket that she had tucked by the side of the couch. "I'm not sure if you guys could keep up," she shrugged her shoulders.
"You have a bike?" Raph gasped, his eyes sparkling.
"I think he's in love," Mikey whispered and nudged Donnie in the side. The two dissolved into silent giggles.
"Do you ride?" Eve ignored the two laughing turtles and focused on Raph.
"Shell yea I do!" He beamed with pride.
She slipped her jacket on and pulled her hair out from underneath it. "Good. I need a new riding buddy." She tucked her helmet under her arm. "Maybe we can go tomorrow night."
Leo stepped forward, "I'm not sure that's a good idea."
"Don't worry. I'll send him home in one piece," she winked at him. "Night, boys," waving, Eve walked out the front door and shut it behind her.
Mikey rounded on April, "Your cousin is totally radical! Why didn't you tell us she was coming."
April scratched the back of her head. "I actually didn't know she was. She said she had a surprise for me, but I didn't know the surprise would be herself. Turns out she wanted to be a little closer to family and decided to move her yoga studio up here."
"Well I'm glad she did. This is gana be fun," Raph grinned from ear to ear.
"Careful Raph, she's a handful," warned April.
"Compared to Mikey, I'm sure she's a walk in the park," Donnie grabbed his brother playfully around the neck and rubbed his head.
"Hey!" Yelled Mikey.
"Yo Raph! Get your shit and lets go!" Eve was geared up and holding her helmet waiting. "Hey guys," she waved at Mikey and Donnie who were sitting on the couch watching tv. In the last few weeks, Eve and Raph became fast friends bonding over their love for bikes. They also both had tempers and made Leo's blood pressure spike. The turtles had finally let her come see the lair only after meeting Master Splinter. Now, she showed up almost everyday.
"Leo's not gana let you go," Donnie called back twisting around to look at her.
"Ugh, what did the hot head do now?" She grumbled and hung her head dramatically.
"They got in to a fight this morning... again," answered Mikey.
"Well Leo's gana have to suck it up." Raph flipped down next to her with his own gear and helmet.
"Perfect, let's get outa here," she smiled. They both were just making their way out when another voice called "Not so fast!"
"Shit," both Raph and Eve sighed.
"I'll distract him and you slip out," Eve whispered to him. "Hey Leo! What's up?" she said loudly moving his way.
"Oh this is gana be good," Mikey nudged Donnie.
"He can't go out tonight," Leo glared passed Eve at Raph.
"Come on Leo. Give him a break for a change. I'll owe you a favor." She made her eyes big and pouted.
"You still owe me a favor from last time," he turned his gaze to her now instead.
"Pleaseeee," she clasped her hands together and begged.
"He's not going out," Leo firmly planted his feet.
"Look, I get that you guys don't always get along." She walked passed him and he turned to follow her. With his back now towards the door, Raph walked out unnoticed.
"Damn she's good." Donnie whispered to Mikey. Mikey nodded back. "'Some time apart will do you some good." She now traced her fingers down Leo's plastron. "And maybe next time, I'll let you ride bitch on my bike." She leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "If you're lucky," she breathed as she pulled away and walked towards the door again.
Fuming, Leo whipped around after her. "What do you mean ride bitch?"
Mikey and Donnie were laughing. "She means the back seat of her bike dude," Mikey answered.
Just then Leo noticed Raph was gone. "Where did he go? I said you guys weren't going out!" He called after her as she made towards the exit again.
"Bye, Leo. Be back in a few hours." Eve just waved and kept walking.
Leo stomped off in the direction of the dojo. Raph was so going to pay for that later.
Eve caught up with Raph in the garage. "Can't believe that worked. Let's get the hell outa here before stick up his ass decides to follow."
"Amen to that sister." Raph revved up his bike.
The two spend off into the city. They raced each other to an abandoned parking lot by the docks. Every couple of days they would come here and try out different stunts they'd always wanted to do. Their most current one involved Eve standing on Raph's shoulders. After a number of close calls, they called it a night and headed their separate ways.