Disclaimer: Ninja Turtles are not mine but Chloe and her grandparents are. Please do not sue and no flames.
This fic involves an idea that JDanielle had. Her idea can be found in a review of House Care.
Christmas with the Calls
The turtles and Splinter were staying with 9 year old Chloe Calls and her grandparents for the holiday season. When Chloe had made the offer a couple days ago, the turtles and Splinter had agreed fully and they had immediately gathered what they would need and left the lair.
Mikey was in the kitchen baking Christmas goodies. Donny and Chloe were working in the temporary lab. Raph was in the garage working on his Shell Cycle. Leo was practicing in the temporary dojo.
In the garage, Raph finished polishing his Shell Cycle. He decided to ask Chloe if she wanted to go for a ride on the Shell Cycle with him. He covered the Shell Cycle with a tarp. He headed for the temporary lab figuring that's where Chloe would be.
In the lab, Chloe and Donny were fixing broken cat feeders. Just then, Raph appeared in the doorway.
"Chloe, could I borrow you for a while?" Raph asked.
"Sure, any reason why?" Chloe asked.
"It's a surprise."
"Donny, would that be OK?"
"Sure, no problem but could I talk to Raph alone for a bit?" Donny requested.
"OK. Raph, where should I meet you?"
"The garage since that's where your surprise is," Raph said.
"I'll head over there now," Chloe said and left the lab.
"Do you know how long you and Chloe will be?" Donny asked politely.
"We'll take as long as we want," Raph said bluntly.
"It's just that Chloe and I were working on the cat feeders since some of them are broken."
"STOP HOGGING CHLOE ALL THE TIME AND LET THE REST OF US SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER!"
"She offered to help me out. Can I help it if she wants to do that?"
"I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPEND TIME WITH CHLOE SINCE WE GOT HERE AND SHE'S SPENT MOST OF HER TIME WITH YOU!"
"Why didn't you say something? We could've worked something out."
"I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SPEND TIME WITH CHLOE IF I WANT TO AND I DON'T NEED PERMISSION FROM ANYONE, WHICH INCLUDES YOU, TO DO SO!"
Raph stormed out of the temporary lab. Donny took several deep breaths to calm himself but wasn't able to stop the floodgates from opening. Just then, Mikey and Leo entered the room. They wrapped their arms around Donny who returned the gesture and broke down completely.
"We heard everything," Mikey said.
"I'll talk to Raph as soon as he gets back," Leo said.
Donny tightened his hold on his brothers. Mikey and Leo did the same and gently rubbed their brother's shell.
Raph opened the door to the garage. He felt a little bad about blowing up at Donny earlier and decided to make it up to his brother when he had the chance.
Raph entered the garage and noticed that the garage door was broken. He searched the garage for Chloe but found no trace of her.
"Chloe?" Raph called. "Chloe, where are you? CHLOE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
To be continued…