Disclaimer: I do not own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Movies, TV shows, comics, etc...) Maybe some stuff from TV shows but mostly based off movies

Leo's POV

It always seems like we meet people in the worst scenario's possible, like they're fighting for their lives. But as it turns out, not everything is as it seems.

"What's a pretty doll like you doing out all alone?" The guy was maybe in his late thirties with the muscle mass of a rhino and he was clearly cocky in more ways than one. "You know there are a lot of people out here that could hurt you...me for instance."

As we watched from the roof with weapons drawn, the girl started to laugh. She was wearing a hoodie that covered part of her face, but from what we could see she was about 5'3 with brown hair down to her belly button. On the skinny side, maybe a little tan. Not much of a fighter. "Oh, you're going to hurt me? Is that right?" She tugged off her hood to reveal wolf ears that were twitching from the cold, fangs instead of human teeth and a smirk. "You hear that ladies? He thinks he followed a seventeen year old girl into a dead end alley, just to hurt her."

In two seconds four other girls had stepped out of the shadows. The first to speak was the tallest of them all, around 5'5. She closely resembled the girl with the wolf ears. She herself had a bushy brown tail and brown ears with black tips. She was tan, and had shorter hair that only reached her shoulders. "You know sis, I think we ought to let him go. He's shaking."

The second tallest snarled. "It could just be from the alcohol he induced." She had cat ears with black spots on white fur, black hair that was the same length as the last girls and very pale skin. She had long, sharp nails, that she used to cut one of the man's cheeks.

One of the smallest of the four smirked with the other one as they gave the other two looks. The one with red hair sighed. "Oh, toying with you has been fun. But since we aren't rapists or anything, you can leave. Let the door smack you on the way out, okay?"

It took a second but the man bolted out screaming about freaks in costumes. The girl with wolf ears snatched something out of the fox girl's hands. "You get anything besides his wallet?" She flipped through the money gingerly.

Before anyone could reply, a voice from behind us said, "You know spying on people is very rude." Before we could even turn around we were shoved off the roof and onto a pile of boxes in the alley. As soon as I had clear vision again I found the five girls and a big guy surrounding us. "You know y'all fall really easily for ninjas."

"Cool nunchucks!" The one in the sunglasses said as she twirled them with ease before almost hitting the one with the fox ears. "Whoops."

She snarled before holding up Raph's weapons and examining them. "These could be fun toys. Can we keep them?" She turned to the one with wolf ears and pouted. "Please Shadow, please?"

Shadow glared at them. "Amanda give back the dagger things and Veronica give back the nunchucks." Finally she turned to us as we rose to our full height and looked up at us. "Now that you know most of our names we'd like to know yours and why you were following us."

"I'm Leonardo, call me Leo. These are my brothers, Raph, Mikey and Don. We were on patrol when we saw that guy supposedly run you into a dead end. Then it got interesting. You know you really shouldn't be stealing." I crossed my arms as I glanced at Amanda and Veronica.

The tall one snorted. "Right, like there is any other way for a bunch of homeless kids to get money. Especially when of them is..." She shut up pretty quickly with a glare from Shadow. "Oh and I have a question. If you are all mighty heroes and all, plus cold blooded, do you have a warm place we can sleep tonight?"

Raph snorted before glancing at Amanda. "Like you guys aren't going to steal anything. Besides, we don't know you." He turned to me before realizing I was going to say yes. "Aw, come on Leo. No!"

"You brought Casey, we brought April..." I stared him down as I saw his confidence wain. "You guys can come with us. We have food, if Mikey didn't eat it all...You can tell us about yourselves on the way."

By the time we got to the lair, I had the gist of their group and their past. Basically they got captured for a government project before the escaped using the abilities they were given through the testing. They'd been free for about two weeks. Tabby and Shadow are sisters, Hunter and Shadow are dating. Veronica and Amanda are best friends but can get pissed off at each other really quickly. Molly is more of a quiet observer. Hunter and Shadow have partial wolf DNA, Molly has partial snow leopard DNA, Tabby has partial ermine DNA, Amanda has partial fox DNA and Veronica has racoon. They all have tattoos to mark who they are.

As soon as we stepped into the lair a chorus of "Oohs and "wows" echoed through it. Molly ran over to Donnie's lab and started squealing about some geeky stuff I didn't understand as Donnie watched in wonder. Before Donnie could say anything she started toying with one of his projects. "Fixed it!"

Veronica rolled her eyes before seeing the giant rows of TVs. "I totally wish I had video games, because playing on these would be so much fun." She pulled something out of her backpack before bolting over to the DVD player. "Oh yeah, I do!"

Mikey almost fainted when the game he always wanted appeared on the screen. "Dudette, you are amazing. And so are about to get your ass kicked." He grabbed another controller as a the sound of explosions rang throughout the lair.

Amanda sighed as she looked around only to see the kitchen. "I'm starving, you mind if I cook? What can you stand at the moment Shadow?" She glanced at the leader of their group before heading in the direction she wanted.

"As long as its meat I'll eat it. How about some pizza's? Make mine a meat lovers. With extra meat." Shadow smirked as she diligently found the one quiet place in the whole lair and decided to read. Hunter followed her and simply played with her hair, whispering with her randomly.

I quickly ditched Raph as he wanted to watch Amanda in case she tried anything, so I wanted to train. I put my katanas away as I went to work on a punching bag, bored from the easiness of it.

"You know you could practice with me, I need the exercise." Tabby smirked as I turned around, slowly tilting her head as she looked me over. "You know I'm really good at telling what people's weaknesses are. So far all of yours involve almost fatal injuries." She shifted as she walked slowly into the more open part of our practice area. "I'm more dangerous then I look."

I rolled my eyes as I followed, waiting to see if she would make the first move. When she simply closed her eyes to wait, I swiped my leg across the floor to sweep her feet off the floor. She simply jumped up and morphed in mid air, landing as an ermine. She swished her tail as she dodged my attempts to grab her, simply kicking off my shell and landing safely a few feet away. "That's cheating! You're not supposed to morph!" I realized the sounded childish, but before I could do anything else my feet were not below me anymore and Tabby was standing over me with my own katana's at my throat.

"What? You said not to morph." She grinned as she helped me to my feet before handing me my weapons back. "That was fun, we should do that again some time. Though I expect you won't be as easy to defeat next time." She proceeded to flip onto her hands and walk on them all the way to the kitchen where some wonderful smells were coming from. So naturally I ran after her.

As I sat down, three pieces of of cheese pizza were shoved in front of me on a plate. "Woah these look good." I looked up to find Amanda twirling pizza dough like a professional and laughing at a joke Raph just told her.

Amanda put it down on another pan and started spreading red sauce with huge chunks of meat in it. "Thanks Leo. You're brother has been sharing detailed stories of when you guys were younger. It appears your brother here likes to get in trouble." She sent him a wink before twirling around to switch the pizza's out of the oven. "There. How do you get everyone in here for dinner?" When we looked at her blankly she sighed. "BOYS! GET YOUR BUTTS IN HERE, DINNER IS SERVED AND I WILL EAT ALL OF IT IF YOU AREN'T HERE!"

Footsteps thundered to the table as everyone sat down to be served, Master Splinter chatting quietly with Shadow. "I can't believe you've read these books, I would have never imagined a young lady your age would have been acquainted with these books."

Shadow smiled kindly as she glanced at Hunter. "My grandma used to read them all the time from what I can remember, she lent me some of her books." Tabby's ears twitched as she turned her head to Shadow. In reply Shadow nodded in confirmation. All of a sudden all of the girls seemed to relax at once. As soon as Shadow and Hunter sat down Amanda placed a whole pizza in front of both of them. She licked her lips as her pizza started disappearing piece by piece.

Master Splinter raised his eyebrows as his gentle voice cut off all actions from everyone but Shadow and Hunter. "Slow down child, eating so fast might make you throw up. It could be harmful to your pregnancy."

I put down my pizza as I turned to them and for some reason voiced my surprise in the most Mikey way possible. "You say what now?" I looked at Shadow who was clearly having a silent stare down with her sister. "You're pregnant?"

Then before Shadow could answer Amanda and Veronica just shouted, "WHAT?! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?!" Suddenly their eyes turned to Hunter who was glaring them down, just as Shadow burst into tears.

"It's because..."She coughed out another set of tears. "I don't know if they're going to live. I'm only 10 weeks and..." She was clearly trying to take a deep breath but it came out choppy. "They were tested on so they'll end up like us and that's why they might not live..." She curled up in her chair for a second before lifting her head so we could see her face again. "Sorry, pregnancy hormones."

Mikey looked very confused, clearly not following the situation very well. "Congratulations? And did you say 'they'? As in, more than one?" He glanced at Hunter out of fear but the poor guy looked shocked.

"We're going to have twins? Why didn't you tell me? I mean, I guess you didn't really say that we were only having one but still! I mean, did you tell Molly?" He turned to the frightened girl as she shook her head.

With a glare from the two girls who clearly had no idea, Shadow cleared her throat. "Tabby knew because she's my sister, Hunter knew because he's the father. Molly kind of figured it out because for some weird reason she stalks me now!" An angry huff from her later, she was halfway across the room. "Do you know how terrifying it is when you're standing outside a maternity store and you see someone watching you from the window? You should know this, you're part cat!"

Molly hissed at her before rolling her eyes. "You knew it was me! And besides, I did help you pick out some cute stuff for when your belly is about the size of a basket ball. Or you know, larger since there is two in there." She went to poke her friends belly but she was already back across the room.

"Why did the smart one have to be a cat?" Shadow muttered before returning to her pizza, glancing up in a way that probably meant, 'Everything is okay now. Eat.' Which everyone did. Quietly, for once. Until of course Mikey burped and declared himself the champion.

Veronica smiled slightly before doing a better version of what he did. "I'm sorry Mikey, I am the champion. Excuse me Master Splinter. Shadow, I apologize for stealing your crown." She leaned her chin onto her arm that rested on the table and twitched her tail behind her. A challenge.

Shadow simply chugged her drink, apologized to Master Splinter and proceeded to release a burp that even made Raph clap. She stood up to take her bow, smiling proudly. "I do believe it is I who should apologize for your misfortune, and failure of trying to take my crown." She laughed as our dinners proceed as usual. I mean, who knew that a bunch of strangers, maybe an hour or two earlier, would have fit right into our jumbled family.

When it came time to find a place to let them rest for the night, Mikey offered his room quickly. "I mean, it's the largest. It's not like we can fit you all in Raph's room..You wouldn't want to be in there anyway, with all his snoring." He expertly ducked his brother's shot to the head but failed to realize Amanda had one headed for him as well. Pun intended.

She laughed quietly as she finished carrying all of the dishes over to the sink and started washing them by hand before placing them in the dishwasher to get the stuff she couldn't off. Even she looked up in surprise when Raph offered to help her clean them. "Sure, thanks. You get the stuff from dinner, I'll clean the stuff from making it?"

I watched as this girl we barely knew got Raph helping with dishes, willingly might I add, with no fuss. We left them alone so we could help get extra stuff into Mikey's room so they would be able to sleep. "I just remembered! Don't we have that huge storage room we never use? It's divided by a partial wall that probably had a door at one point, so we could put all the stuff on one side."

To Mikey's hidden relief, Master Splinter gave us permission to use it. By the time we were done moving stuff, shouts could be heard from the lower floor. Quickly as I could I got down and headed for the kitchen only to find them both soaked, completely covered in suds. Oh, and laughing. "What happened?"

Raph started cleaning himself off and stopped laughing as soon as he heard my voice. "Red here though it was a good idea to turn the faucet on full blast so she could clean the last dish which happened to be a bowl." He grabbed a towel for Amanda before continuing. "Water sprayed everywhere, soap got on everything. So she starts freaking out when I just naturally messed up her hair which stayed in place. And so came the water war. To bad the extra soap got in the dishwasher and made suds explode out once we were done cleaning."

Amanda finally calmed down enough to speak. "The best part was his face when the suds came out. He looked so sad after we both finished screaming from the surprise. So naturally we both started laughing."

"Naturally. Anyway, the others are getting your room setup. We're using the old storage room, at least half of it anyway. We're setting up some doors, getting some actual beds too in the morning. Well you guys are since you blend in better." I gestured to Amanda who sighed.

"And here I was hoping to kick Raph's ass during training. Oh well. I'm going to go get into some PJ's, night Raphie." Amanda waved as she walked happily out of the kitchen, which somehow made Raph blush.

Raph tired to go past me but I stopped him. "What am I missing here?" I watched as the old Raph came back and he crossed his arms, ready to stay there silently as long as it took for me to move. "You know we just met them, right? Were you guys just goofing off or do I detect a hint of flirting?" With that I let him barge past me. Whenever I was right he would storm off. So apparently my brother had a crush on one of the girls. Right away I knew this couldn't end well, or at least something was coming. Most likely the guys that created our new friends.

Shadow's POV

I know what you're thinking. Why in the hell would you follow a bunch of random strangers to their home in the middle of the night when they were spying on you? But here's the thing. We actually already knew them. Why do you think we weren't freaked out by them being turtles? Anyway, we had heard of them as whispers on the street. Guys taking out criminals and gang members. Then one of us got cornered by a couple of Purple dragons, so naturally we knocked all but one out before pinning them to the wall and nicely asking them what they knew about the turtles. So now finding them would have been impossible, so we decided to let them find us. I started a game up where an actual nice guy would come over to me and I'd let him walk me to a random apartment building which always turned out to be his (no duh, body language), so I'd say cool and we'd go in together to keep up the act. I'd walk him to his door, then leave the place an hour later with flushed cheeks, messy hair and a very nice smirk on my face. I got a reputation that way. So obviously the third night that creep decided to follow me after dropping off the guy that said hi (never went with anyone actually looking for anything), so I directed us to that alley. And because I didn't want to have to play a damsel, not be in their debt that way, I didn't let them save me. Now we are on the same page...

I was so tired I could barely move my eyelids let alone my body. But somehow I rolled over and nuzzled my way into Hunter's chest. I could feel his arms shift around me to a more comfortable position before relaxing again. I breathed in deeply as I let his scent wash over me to let me relax. I hadn't been able to wake up like this in a long time, it was nice.

"Alright you two, up and at um." Oh yeah, did I mention everyone else in our little group usually wakes up first and interrupts my sleep? Because it's not like I get much of it when I'm the only one besides Veronica that will actually do night patrols since she's nocturnal. When we had finally gotten comfortable last night, it took two minutes after everyone's breathing evened out for me to fall asleep. I kept waiting for someone to walk in and grab us, like the turtles were going to rat us out but no one ever came. Molly was looking me over as I opened my eyes which pushed my personal space boundaries. A lot. "You know, we really need to get you new clothes. Due to the wolf DNA, I think this pregnancy thing is speed up. Wolves only have them til about two and half so I think this one may only last from 5-6 months. You are currently at about..I actually have no idea. Hold on." She finally moved far enough away for me to finally realize that I really needed to throw up.

I sprinted to the bathroom and started hurling like there was no tomorrow, just in time for her to shout, "Oh yeah! I think you're at 2 months! The puking will end in about four weeks, at least subside!"

"NICE TO KNOW!" I shouted before another round of hurling took over, my long hair being held out of the blast zone by Hunter as he tried to comfort me. "Ug, I hate being pregnant." At that was the wonderful start to my day.

As soon as I stepped into the kitchen a craving came on. I stormed over to the fridge and started throwing a bunch of stuff into a blender (with careful notice to the fact that avocados can't go in without the skin off, etc...), till finally I could mix it all together in peace. But right before I could start the blender, the boys walked in. I blushed as they took in what my pregnancy hormones had produced. There was at least three cups of chocolate, an avocado, some ice cream and pickles. I hit the start button just as they all started gagging. "Just wait til I actually drink it. Oh, and don't go into the bathroom till the smell of throw up is gone." Of course they were saved from the sight of me actually drinking that when I smelled raw meat. I swear I don't know how but I ended but tearing apart the meat that Amanda was going to use for dinner and devouring it. "Sorry. Carnivore thing." I wiped the blood from my chin as everyone else walked in.

After our morning disasters, my group headed to the surface with Amanda blowing a quick kiss to Raph which I'm pretty sure only us and him saw. I could tell he did because he turned beet red. Anyway as soon as we were on the surface we started badgering her with questions. "What is going on with you and Raph?"

Amanda snarled at us before smiling quietly and blushing. "Well, he's been really sweet to me, he's really cute even for a turtle. And I can see that he let's his guard down around me. He isn't so defensive and angry. I know it's really quick but I mean, that's usually how I fall." Her eyes suddenly drooped as we remembered the time she fell for one of the guards at the government building we were kept at. Of course that didn't end very well.

Veronica hugged her tightly before deciding it was the perfect time to make a joke. "So of course you're going to foxy personality on him..." She swished her hips before dodging the hit aimed for her head. "Love you too!" She re situated her hat on her head and made sure her coat covered her tail.

So of course all of us with ears fixed the hats that covered our ears and made sure our tails were hidden. I retracted my fangs as far as they could go so I wouldn't attract attention and I noticed Hunter do the same through the tensing of his jaw. Of course a lot of what we can do, such as morphing or retracting claws or teeth still is very painful. Though we were slowly getting used to it.

I dragged everyone to a random store that advertised pillows and blankets, the like. I was suddenly met with a very peppy twenty something smiling at me. She was around my height but with the heels she was wearing she was about three inches taller. She was wearing black jeans and a nice button up. She looked very professional except for her messy bun. "How can I help you guys?"

We had already decided that we were only going to get three beds and one crib for the babies. "Yes. We were looking for some bed covers and pillows." I watched as she nodded and bounded over to a spot in the back of the small shop with an array of comforters and sheets that looked really warm and soft. "Woah. Who makes these?"

"My aunt and my cousins. They run this little shop, kid of a family thing. How many were you looking for?" She looked at us with a smile before glancing at Hunter and biting her lip. "We're having a sale this week..."

I turned to the girls. "You guys can pick out the two you want, if you see something I might like you can grab that too." I turned to the other girl who was still giving the oblivious Hunter a flirty look. "Do you have any baby blankets?"

That got her attention. She glanced between us then down at my belly. "Sure. Is it for a present or something like that? We can wrap it for you." Of course she was trying to figure out whose it was to see if she could continue flirting with Hunter. She lead us to a section with some colorful pattern blankets that were clearly meant for little kids.

I shook my head before seeing one with a set of animal designs. "Oh, this is beautiful. My compliments to the maker.." I turned to Hunter with a pleading look. "What do you think? Should we get it? They would love it..."

Hunter picked it up before nodding. "I think we found the perfect one." He wrapped an arm around my waist and pressed a kiss to my head. "Good eye, finding this place." He looked back at the girl helping us, a huge smile on his face. "Thank you so much. Didn't think it would be this easy to find stuff, plus supporting a family business is a bonus. What's your name?"

"Feona." She seemed to draw back from the flirting but she was still a little bit peppy. "This one is 25% off, the other three come with a free pillow. I'll go get someone to help you on register, I have to go greet other customers."

After paying for our haul, we hurried to find a place that sold blow up mattresses or hammocks or anything else we could use for beds. Of course we only had enough with us for a few things. But when I saw the rocking crib in the window, I swear I could hear my sister gasp at the same time. I felt myself sway in the wind as I was taken away into a memory.

"This room is amazing. But are we really not going to learn her name until later?" I felt my mouth shift into a pout as I stared at something covered up on the wall. I turned to the large wood finish crib with a few toys in it. "Of course my guess it probably way off but can you give us a hint?"

The women in front of me was a bit taller and a very pregnant belly, about seven months. She smiled and shook her head making the dark bun on her head shake. "Nope, can't tell you. It's a surprise, remember?"

Of course she whispered afterwards as everyone was leaving, "It's a bit longer than your original guess but good try." She lead us down the stairs to the living room so we could chat some more,

"Mckenna." Both me and my sister whispered it at the same time before having a silent conversation, debating what we were going to do. Of course we both wanted the same thing but that usually meant that what we wanted was going to screw something up.

Hunter turned to the girls and muttered what our debate was about. I knew he knew what we were talking about, he was in a lot of my memories. Like, even the ones from when I was in kindergarten.

"Okay. We are getting that." I stormed in with determination in my eyes as I looked around for the price tag. It was almost the rest of our money, we wouldn't be able to buy beds. I ignored that fact and remembered that the guys had a visibly 'normal' friend. She would probably have a blow up mattress or something.

I felt someone walk up behind me as I ran my hand over it. "You have a good eye, didn't think anyone would like it. It's a bit big for an apartment building room but it's a lovely crib." The voice was male with a slight british accent.

"It's perfect. Hey Molly do you think you can call Donnie for the car?" I didn't even turn around as I ran my hand over it, a small smile found it's way to my lips. "We can take it today, right?" I finally turned around, only to find the guy staring at Hunter. I sighed, for some reason understanding that this happened all the time. "Hunter. Do you think the baby will like it?" I put a hand on my stomach, tilting my head slightly with a smile. "We only have a couple months left..."

Hunter laughed at me, rolling his eyes. "I don't think the baby is really going to have an opinion on it, love." He still smiled and nodded though. "We need to get going, Donnie here yet Molly?" When he saw her nod, he turned to the guy. "You mind if me and Tabby carry this out while she pays?"

When he nodded, I moved towards the counter to pay. I almost cried when he said there was actually a discount on it since people weren't really wanting to buy it. "Thank you, here's the money." I handed him the bills that made up the six hundred I needed to pay before making my way out the door towards where the Battle Shell was waiting.

"Congrats by the way, on your baby." The guy seemed genuinely happy and that made me smile. I decided normal people weren't so bad after all, at least not most of them.

We ended up being able to throw the stuff in storage into a different room, leaving the extra space the perfect spot for us to put the nursery. We set up some hammocks for the girls and a blow up for us. Of course Master Splinter wasn't exactly keen on letting the two of us sleep in the same bed, but we were sharing a room and I was already pregnant. What was going to happen?

I fixed the blanket quickly, pulling away to admire my work. Though the room was small, it was perfect. The crib was snug in the back left hand corner with the new blankets inside, an old beat up rug lying across the floor and a rocking chair with Mikey's old teddy bear. Suddenly I felt someone's arms around my waist and a kiss being pressed to the side of my neck. I glanced over to my right as I tilted my head, smirking as I took in Hunter's appearance. Shirtless, hair ruffled from sleep and half closed eyes. "Good morning handsome, you sleep okay?"

"Well it was going well, till suddenly I was alone." He nuzzled my neck before turning me around, so our foreheads touched. "How are you feeling? You kept fidgeting in your sleep." He raised an eyebrow while his hands rubbed circles over my hips with his thumbs.

I bumped his nose with mine. "The babies were moving, I could feel them. They're getting hands and feet, so when they get bigger I'll have to deal with them kicking. But for now it's just weird I guess." I shrugged before looking up at him. "We're going to be parents."

Hunter laughed. "I think that's weirder than the whole mutant thing. But you know what?" He bent down so I could feel his breath on my lips. "You're going to be one hell of a mom."And suddenly the air separating us was gone. His hands pulled me closer as mine tangled in his hair. It wasn't fiery passion or hunger. It was reassurance, a good morning and an I love you rolled into one touch. He pulled away too quickly, his ears perking up. "Leo is coming to get us for breakfast. He sounds nervous about it."

I snorted before making my way towards the kitchen. As I passed Leo, I got a brilliant idea. "You might want to just come with me, he might need a minute." I had to hold a straight face as Leo got really flustered and uncomfortable. "I'm kidding. That doesn't happen in the mornings." I had to run away as Leo looked ready to kill me. I stumbled into the living room with laughter still on my lips and a grin ripping into my cheeks.

"What's got you so happy? You kept it to your bed, right?" Tabby asked off handedly, making everyone around her uncomfortable. "What? She's glowing, Leo looks like a tomato, and Hunter isn't here. I can't assume?"

I rolled my eyes as I shoved my sister, laughing as the rest of them turned red. "Hunter headed for breakfast. I'm pregnant too, so I am always glowing." I moved to my spot on the couch as Mikey came out of the kitchen to hand me a plate of bacon, barely cooked.

"Hunter is in the kitchen by the way, taking all the extra bacon." He laughed as everyone ran for the kitchen, growling and fighting to get to the food first. I sat down at the table between Mikey and Hunter, resting my head on the later. "Bone appetite." He grinned as everyone dug in, before noticing Veronica was simply playing with the little food she had. "Babe, what do you want to eat? French toast, eggs, muffins?" He moved to go make her what she wanted, surprising the poor girl.

"Um..." She blinked at him and blushed a deep red when he grabbed her hand and dragged him into the kitchen with her. She looked back at me for a second with a scared expression but relaxed as Mikey squeezed her hand. "Do you know how to make...um...cinnamon rolls?"

As Mikey nodded enthusiastically, I smirked knowingly at her. I turned to Leo with a challenge in my eyes when they disappeared into the kitchen. "I know Veronica. They start dating in less than a month." I stuck my hand across the table as Leo looked at cautiously. "You win, I do training with you as long as you want after the kids come." I knew I had him as he slapped his hand on to mine as we shook on it.

Leo grinned at me. "I know Mikey, and that's not going to happen." He went to clear his dishes, before pausing. "You didn't tell me what happened if you won. Or do I get to choose?" When I shrugged, he looked like he was trying to come up something. "No training?" Boring. "I got nothing."

"You lose, and the girls move out of our room. You boys have new roommates at a time I choose, assigned by me. Have fun!" I grabbed my empty plate and handed it to Hunter before bouncing into the living room.