Hey! I'm back again! Okay, this idea came to me around Christmas, when, on Stealthy Stories, Leo opened up a kissing booth. Man of us fan girls ended up being kissed by all four turtles. Anyways, after that, a vicious little plot bunny bit me. I managed to placate it by telling it I would post it around this time of year. So I am. Yes, this story is in honor of Valentines Day. It's a little strange, but I ask that you bear with me. And just as a note, italics that are not sounds—and I trust ya'll can recognize those—are Ally's thoughts. And anytime you see "God" or "Oh, God" He's actually being spoken to. I would never, ever take the Lord's name in vain.
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If I owned them, I would have a big house, with a library filled with all the books I want, and a room to display all my collectables. Not to mention a lot of CDs and DVDs. As it is, I have two bookcases overflowing with books, about four-fifths of my collectables packed away, and a really long wish list…
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Ally's Awakening
By: RealityBreakGirl
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"See ya'll! Be careful!" Ally called after the guys as they left her room. She stood there, watching them for a minute, ensuring that they'd be all right as far as she could see them.
The guys had come by Ally's apartment after a small skirmish with the Foot. They needed a place to lay low for a little bit, and they figured that since Ally was a super powered authoress, her place would place people in the least amount of danger.
And it was closer.
They had come in, and Ally had closed her computer, moving to help them. She had retrieved some medical supplies that were kept around the house, and taken them back to her room. There she had helped them clean their wounds—all of which were minor—and then just sat around with them and talked for a while. It was all good. But the best part for Ally was when Don had promised to take her up to a rooftop sometime, and help teach her the constellations. She had always wanted to learn, but hadn't had the opportunity, so when he offered, she was thrilled and had accepted on the spot.
Not too long after that, the guys had decided that it was time for them to leave, and headed out, leaving Ally to close her window and get ready for bed. She pulled the blinds shut, and sat about getting ready for her shower. Soon, Ally was fast asleep in her bed, dreaming of who knows what.
A couple of days later, her Shell Cell rang while she was doing some homework.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hey, Ally." Don said.
"Hey, Don! What's up?"
"Well, it's a nice clear night, and there shouldn't be Foot activity tonight. I was wondering if you wanted to do that stargazing tonight."
"Hm…"Ally paused, looking down at her homework. "I'm not working on anything that can't wait. Sure! Tonight sounds good. How soon will you be over?"
"I can be there in about an hour. I'll probably come to your door, dressed up. It's pretty cold out there, so you might want to make sure you dress really warm."
"Mm. Can do. I'll be waiting for you Don! See you in an hour!"
"I'll be there."
About an hour later, the doorbell rang, and Ally ran to get it. She looked out the peephole and saw exactly what she expected, especially after the clothes covered figure raised his head enough for her to see green. She opened the door, letting Don in.
"Hey Donnie! Come on in!"
Don smiled at her "Hey, Ally. Are you ready?"
"Almost." Ally responded as she ducked into her room "Just gotta grab the outerwear. This sweater's warm, but not that warm."
Don nodded "Um, I like it."
"Thanks." she said as she reappeared, holding quite a few things in her hands. "I love this sweater. It's warm, and it's so soft. Here, feel." She held her arm out, putting the lavender sweater within reach of Don.
He hesitantly reached out, and stroked the sweater. "Wow. That is soft."
"I know." Ally said, taking her arm back, and reaching for her jacket. "I love this sweater. It just feels sooo good."
She pulled her jacket on, with Don graciously helping her reach the other sleeve. She grinned, and called him a true gentleman, something that she wished more guys would be. Then she put on her scarf, and hat, making sure to arrange her hair so that to would cover her ears, and she'd get the most warmth from it. Then she pulled her gloves on, and grabbed her purse.
"Hm, I suppose I don't need all of this…."
"If you want, we can just stick your purse in my bag."
Ally looked, and sure enough, Don had his magic bag with him.
How'd I miss that? "Uh, sure, why not. Thanks Don."
With that settled, the two left, Ally telling her parents that she'd be back late.
Don knew an area of town where there were less lights, and it was a little easier to see the stars, and the two started to walk that direction. They had a good time walking there, stopping when Ally spotted a store with hot chocolate, and buying a couple of thermoses of it, not to mention a couple of donuts. Eventually, they made it, and Don helped Ally up the fire escape.
"Wow." She breathed, looking up. "I love looking at the stars."
"Me too." Don said. "Look, over there, that's Orion. And there's Ursa Major, and there's Ursa Minor."
"I don't know how you remember all of this. But you said you'd teach me, so let's start." Ally said with a grin.
The two sat down near the edge of the roof, and the lesson began. They stayed up there for a while, discussing the constellations, and the mythology behind them. Ally pleasantly surprised Don by knowing much of the mythology, and easily discussing many things. They ended up drinking all the hot chocolate, and eventually ran out of things to talk about, and just looked up at the stars.
Soon though, the warmth of the hot chocolate wore off, and Ally was shivering. Don noticed, and reached into his bag, pulling out a blanket and draping it over Ally.
"Here. This should help you warm up." He said.
Ally smiled up at him. "Thanks." she clutched the blanket closer, then looked up at him. "What about you? You've got to be feeling the cold more then me. Don't you have another blanket?"
Don shook his head. "I had forgotten that I even had one in there. It's the only one. But that's okay, you can have it."
Ally frowned, and then looked down at the blanket, thinking. She slowly slid it off, and unfolded it a little more. "Here." She said opening up the blanket.
Don stared at her "What?"
Ally gave him an amused look. "I know, I know. But, well, I trust you. You are an extraordinarily honorable person. I know you wouldn't try anything. Besides, I'm freezing, I know you are too. The blanket will give us both some warmth, and, well, don't take this the wrong way but, but sharing body warmth will keep us out here a little longer. I'm not quite ready to leave yet. I love looking at the stars."
Don smiled nervously, but couldn't fault her logic. "I guess you've got a point."
He sat down beside her, and pulled the other side of the blanket around him. He immediately felt warmer, and soon both were chattering away again. They talked for a good long while, then once again fell into companionable silence.
It lasted awhile, then Don softly spoke up.
"Hey…Ally?"
"Yeah?"
"I, um….I….I just, um, wanted….uh…."
Ally turned to look at him "What is it Don?" she asked curiously.
"I just…" he bit his lip
"Come on, Don." She said turning to face him with a look of concern on her face "You can tell me. You know I won't tell if you don't want me too."
Don chewed his lip "Ally, I…." He suddenly moved forward, putting one hand on the small of her back, pulling her closer to him, and kissed her full on the lips.
Ally's eyes widened in surprise as she suddenly found Don kissing her, holding her, and the blanket falling away from them. She felt her eyes closing. He tastes like chocolate….Wait! What are you doing Ally! You can't do this, he's only sixteen!
She tried to pull back a little, and Don released her. She breathed, and looked at him, wide-eyed and a little open mouthed. Don was blushing furiously.
"Ally, I…I'm sorry, I…I just, just wanted to …to tell you that, um, well,…Ireallylikeyou." He ducked his head shyly.
"Don…" Ally breathed. "I never thought, never imagined….I'm…honored…that you feel that way about me, but I never even thought, never even imagined…I'll need some time to work through this."
Don ducked his head for a moment, then looked back up. "Yeah, I, I understand. Just…tell me when you do have your answer." He let go of her, and stood up. "I guess we should be going now."
"Yeah, we probably should. It is getting late."
"I'll send for the battleshell. I've been working on ways to route the signal for it through a cell shell."
In silence, they gathered up the blanket and stuff, and then Don helped Ally down to the street where they walked until they got within range of the battleshell. After it came, Don drove Ally home, and walked her up to the apartment. There they said good-bye, and Ally walked into her room, shedding layers as she went.
Gah, what am I going to do? Don likes me. He likes likes me….Poor thing, he was so shy about telling me. It really was sweet though. And my very first kiss. He wouldn't make that bad of a boyfriend. He's sweet, nice, able to protect, sure, he gets caught up in his projects sometimes, but…
Ally's eyes widened, and she shook her head. What am I thinking! He might be all those things, but it's just not possible! It just won't work! He's sixteen for crying out loud! I'm twenty!
She sat on the edge of her bed, and put her head in her hand. "God, please not another one. I broke one heart before, and I didn't want to do that, but he creeped me out. I've told another really sweet guy no, only to have him still chasing after me. Those times were bad enough, God, but, I can't break Donnie's heart, I just can't. I…don't know what to do. Help me, please. I know I have to tell him no…" She looked up. "but how do I tell him no without breaking his heart?
It was only a couple of days later when Ally realized she needed help. Her parents couldn't help her with this, no matter how much her dad tried, and her sister refused to. There was only one choice. Luckily, she knew that Don would be at the junkyard, so she wouldn't have to worry about running into him. Sighing, she changed, gathered up her stuff, and headed down to the lair. It didn't take her too long to reach it.
"Hello?" she called hesitantly "Hello?" she came a little ways into the lair "Is anybody home?"
"Hey, Ally."
Ally jumped, and whirled around, looking at Leo. "Oh, Leo, you scared me."
"Sorry," he said, "I am a ninja after all."
Ally smiled. "True. Where's everyone else?"
"Don went to the junkyard, Mikey and Raph went somewhere together, and Sensei went to visit April. I think he just had to get out for a while."
"Oh. Hey Leo, I could really use your help."
"Sure, Ally. On what?"
"I'm not getting this stuff down in self defense. Ya'll said you'd help me if I needed it. I need it."
Leo smiled. "Sure thing. Let's head to the dojo."
They entered the dojo, and Ally brought out the sheets that said just what they were doing in class.
"Let's start back at the very beginning." Leo said.
Ally chuckled "A very good place, to start" she sang.
"Huh?" Leo said.
Ally waved it away. "Sorry, to much Sound of Music when I was growing up. Anyways…"
"Yeah…Let's see, the first thing on this sheet is kicks. Let's start with that."
"Okay." Ally said.
"Let me see your front kick."
Ally demonstrated it for him.
"Pretty good for a beginner. But remember to curl your toes back. It hurts if hit with your toes."
"Yeah, that's what the instructor said…."
"He's right. Try again."
Ally did it again, this time remembering to curl her toes back. Leo ran through her a few more kicks, some choke hold escapes and some defenses against kicks, guns, knifes, and sticks.
"Ally, I'm noticing something." He said "You're not putting a lot of force behind your attacks."
"I know. But I don't want to hurt you—I know, I know, it's incredibly unlikely that I could hurt you, but the feeling remains. I don't want to hurt you, my partner in class, anyone really." Ally said giving him a somewhat pitiful look.
Leo chuckled "Ally, your not going to hurt me." his face turned serious "But people out there are. You have to learn to put some force behind what you do. Have you ever kicked anything hard?"
Ally thought. "Well, there was this one time when the instructor brought out these pad things. Body shield, maybe? Anyways, I found it easy to kick those, even though my partner was holding them."
"Hm…" Leo said, then went over to a cabinet. "Like these?"
"Mm, yup." She said nodding.
"Alright then" Leo said, bracing the pad properly "Do a side kick."
"Leo, are you sure…?"
"Kick the pad, Ally." He said a little harder.
Ally kicked it.
"Harder."
She kicked it harder.
"Harder!"
She kicked it again.
"Kick it harder, Ally! If you're attacked, they won't go easy on you!"
Ally kicked it harder.
"Good! Again!"
Bampf
"Again!"
Bampf!
"Again!"
BAMPF!!
"Good, Ally, good!" he shifted the pad "Now to roundhouse."
He worked her for a bit longer, on various things, putting some strength into what he was doing, so she would have to use strength to get out of it. Of course, he didn't use all of his strength, seeing as he was a lot stronger then Ally. He had to smile as she surprised herself at what she could do.
"Anything else?"
"Well…you wouldn't happen to know the first form in karate would you? That's one of those things I just can't seem to get down. I have the wrong hand doing the wrong thing, or the wrong leg, and the turns just totally mess me up. I need it gone through step by step, not the little time we get in class."
"Actually, I do know it. Master Splinter taught us the basics of many forms of martial arts. Here, lets start. Stand like this, and show your respect to the dojo by bowing."
Leo slowly showed her how to go through the steps, but even after three times, she still would get mixed up.
"I'm sorry, Leo!" she said, frustrated "But for some reason, I can't get my arms and legs to go right at the same time! I can get one, but not then other, and then I get them both, only to utterly mess up on the next part!" she could fear the tears welling up in her eyes as she got more and more frustrated. "Crap." She whispered as she angrily wiped them away.
"Hey, it's okay, Ally." Leo said, alarmed at her tears. "You'll get it. It's nothing to cry about."
"I know." Ally said, with a tremor in her voice "But I can't help it. Whenever I get frustrated, I cry. I then I get mad at myself about crying, and I cry more, and then I get frustrated, because I can't stop, and I cry more. Then even when I'm back under control, the water works stay leaky for a while. I hate it when this happens." She blinked, and wiped at her eyes, trying to get her emotions back under control.
"I have an idea about how you can get this." Leo said "Splinter used to do it for us when we were just learning. Come here."
Ally obliged him, even though she was still blinking tears away.
"Okay, stand like this." He said, showing her the first actual position on the form. She did as he asked. "Now I'm going to come up behind you, and put my self next to you. I'm going to physically guide you through the steps. Okay?"
"Okay." Ally sniffed back.
Slowly, they made their way through the form, with Leo correcting her movements with subtle pressure and touches. They got through it once, then started again. That time, Ally did much better.
"Good Ally, you did better that time." Leo said.
"Really?" she said twisting around.
"Yes." he breathed looking right at her.
When did Leo and I get to be the same height? Wait, is he a little taller then me?
"Ally," Leo began "I've been looking for a good time to tell you something, and I think I've found it. Ally. I like you." His arms had slowly been encircling her, and then drew her close to him, where he kissed her, much to her surprise.
Wha—Leo likes me?! Likes likes me!?!……Mm, he kisses differently then Don. And he tastes different too…Bah! What are you doing Ally Break! Pull back, this can't happen, pull back!
Ally pulled back just a little, and Leo released her form the kiss, but still held her close, her hands pressed up against his plastron from the way he held her.
"Ally. I like you. A lot." No, really? "You're a wonderful person who had enriched our lives in many ways. Would you consider a relationship with me?"
Ally's mind raced with an acceptable answer that still left her time to think.
"Leo….I….this is so sudden. It's something I've never thought about." Except for with Don for the last few days, and both your answers are going to be the same, I just don't know how to say it. "I…You know I take relationships very seriously. I need time, to…to think about it."
Leo smiled softly. "I understand. But could you please tell me soon."
"As soon as I can." Ally promised. You deserve that much from me. You both do.
Leo smiled again, and released her. "Do you want to work on anything else?"
"No." Ally said, I've been gone long enough as it is. I need to get back home."
"Okay, I'll take you."
"You don't have to—"
"I insist, Ally. You never know what's out there."
Ally sighed, and acquiesced to his demand. He used Don's new Sewer Slider, and took Ally to the manhole she usually used, then watched her enter her building to make sure she got in okay.
Once inside the building, Ally slowly plodded towards the elevator, deep in thought. She pressed the button, and waited. The elevator finally came, and a couple of people got off. Ally was the only one who got on though. She sagged against the far corner, tilting her head back.
First Don, and now Leo. What in the world am I going to do? Leo seemed so hopeful, and underneath uncertain. He let me see that. He doesn't show stuff like that to just anyone.
Gah! What am I going to do! They're brothers, two brothers, that both like the same girl, me! And I'm still trying to figure out how to tell them no. This sounds like a premise of an over the top chick-flick. Oh, I don't want to break two hearts. It's hard enough to break one, I don't want to break two at once. And what if they find out, and blame each other for me saying no to both of them? Or if I pick one of them, how do I break the other one's heart without causing animosity.
She put her hand on her forehead "Oh" she groaned out "What am I going to do?"
The elevator arrived on her floor, and Ally slowly made her way towards her home.
Ally had planned to stay away from the lair for a while, at least until she figured out what to do. Unfortunately, a call from Mikey nixed that idea.
"Ally!" Mikey said as soon as she picked up the phone "I need your help! Please! Time is of the essence!"
"Mikey? What is it? What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"I need you to bring something to the lair right now! If not, the loss will be terrible!"
"O-of course Mikey! What is it! What to you need?" Did something happen with Don and Leo? Oh, God, please don't let me be any part of this trouble!
"I need you to bring a bag of chocolate chips down the lair right away!"
"Of course! I'll grab one and—Did you say a bag of chocolate chips?"
"Yes! I need one, in, like, the next thirty minutes!"
Ally rubbed her eyes. "A bag of chocolate chips is your big emergency."
"You don't understand! See, I'm trying out this new recipe, and thought I had a bag of chocolate chips. But someone, and we won't mention my three brother's names—ate them all up with ice cream!"
"And you didn't have any?"
"I was at April's getting cookies."
"Oh."
"Anyway, timing is the key in this recipe, and if I don't have the chocolate chips, then the whole thing will be ruined!"
"Why can't the others go and get some?"
"Don's with April, helping her out with something, Raph kinda lost his cool and stormed out, and Leo went after him and Sensei said something that sounded like 'I'm going to need a lot of meditation this time.' And I don't want to bother him!" Mikey's voice took on a more serious tone. "Help me, Ally Break. You're my only hope."
Ally chuckled "Alright, alright, I'll go get some and come to the lair."
"Great! I knew I could count on you! Just get here in, Gah! Twenty-five minutes!"
"Right! I'm gone!"
Ally fairly flew out the door, and quickly made her way to the closest grocery store. She ran in, and down the aisles until she found the baking goods aisle. She quickly searched it, and came up with a bag of chocolate chips. Then she flew towards the cash registers, and was lucky enough to come across a fast line.
Since when does this happen? Maybe my luck's changing after twenty years.
Once she had the bag paid for, she sped towards the lair in an attempt to make it to Mikey on time.
"I'm here!" she called out as she burst through the door to the lair "Did I make it in time? Please say I did!"
"Ally, quick! Bring them here!" Mikey called, beckoning to her.
Ally ran into the kitchen, running into the table, but managing to hand the bag off to Mikey.
"Ally, I need you to bring me…"
For the next thirty minutes, Ally helped Mikey by grabbing things from cabinets and cupboards, and measuring out a few ingredients. She wasn't exactly sure what he was making, but it looked like a dessert, and used a lot of chocolate, so she didn't really care what it was. She just knew she wanted some of it later.
For that reason, she lingered around, her stomach overruling her sense of lets-get-out-of-here-before-I-have-to-face-both-of-them-at-once. It wouldn't be the first time her stomach had overruled her common sense. Although the smell coming from the oven would have been enough to tempt anyone.
Soon it was finished, and Mikey pulled it out. Having Ally hand him a multitude of stuff, he decorated the top of the dessert, and soon it was all ready.
"Mikey, that looks to delicious for words."
Ally just stared at the dessert for a minute. It was some sort of chocolate dessert that had to be cooked, yet was also chilled. On top of it was tons of chocolate, drizzled all over it, and some strawberry slices. Ally's mouth was watering just looking at it.
"Yeah, I really out did myself this time." Mikey said. "Want some?"
Ally looked at him. "Now what kind of a fool question is that? Of course I want some! I never turn down food, especially not chocolate!"
Mikey grinned, and pulled down some dishes.
It was heaven. Ally had never tasted anything like it, and didn't expect that she would again. It practically melted in her mouth, with delicious chocolately goodness and a hint of strawberry. It was the most wonderful thing she had ever tasted.
Unfortunately, she could only have one piece, as Mikey wanted the others to taste it, and Ally was trying—and failing—to watch her figure. Well, she was watching it, but she was watching it go in a direction she wasn't exactly pleased with.
They finished, and then looked around the kitchen. It was a mess.
"Oh, man. That's the only problem with cooking. You've gotta clean up what you mess up."
Ally glanced at the mess. She sighed. "Want me to help you?"
Mikey fairly beamed at her "That'd be great!"
Ally started gathering up the dirty dishes while Mikey ran water in the sink, getting the water nice and soapy. Pretty soon they had a system set up in which Mikey washed, and Ally rinsed and dried.
Flomp.
Funny, Ally thought she had rinsed the soapsuds off of that spot. She shrugged. Oh, well.
Flomp.
Okay, she knew that glob of bubbled hadn't been there.
Ally glanced over at Mikey, who was scrubbing at the dishes, his arms up to his elbows in soapy water. He seemed to be paying attention to the dishes, and the song on the radio. Still…
Floomp!
Okay, Ally saw that plop of bubbles.
"Are you, perhaps, throwing bubbles at me?"
Mikey looked at her with a stunned expression, placing a soapy hand over his plastron. "Me? Would I ever do such a thing?"
Ally smirked at him "Yes, you would."
Mikey paused. "Hm…your right, I would." And then he flung some bubbles at Ally.
Ally shrieked, and tried to duck the bubbles. Then she dipped her hands in the sink, and flung bubbles back.
"Ha! Misses!" Mikey said as he dodged the bubbles.
"Oh yeah?"
Mikey looked back at Ally in time for her to put a big glob of bubbles on his head.
"Hey!" he said, "Oh, it's on now!" he grabbed a handful of bubbles, and flung them at Ally.
Ally turned, and tried to run, but she still got hit with them in the back. She twisted, looking at them, then scooped up what she could and flung it back.
Soon a full out soapsud war broke out between Ally and Mikey. Soapsuds went everywhere, accumulating on the floor, furniture and on both of them.
Laughing, Ally came at Mikey with a hand full of bubbles ready to throw it at him. Suddenly though, her feet slipped in the bubbles, and she lost her balance, failing her arms in a useless attempt to regain it.
"Ally!" Mikey said, dropping his handful of bubbles and reaching for her. He caught her arm, and pulled her, just managing to snag her waist and balance her before she fell.
"Thanks." she breathed, looking back at the floor.
"Ally…" Mikey said. Then he pulled her close, and kissed her.
Wha—Mikey too! Oh, my…mm, he tastes like his dessert…Where do these thoughts keep coming from! Gah, how much more complicated can this get!
Mikey released the kiss, and looked back at her. "Ally, I gotta say, I really like you. You're funny, and go along with my jokes. I'd really like it if you'd maybe, date me?
Oh Crap. "Wow, Mikey, I never…that is to say…you…Mikey, I never even guessed that you felt this way about me. As honored as I am, it's such a surprise that I don't know what to thing right now. Mikey…I'll need time to figure out" how to tell you no "my feelings. Can you understand that?"
Mikey nodded "Yeah, I can understand that. Feelings aren't easy things! But could you let me know soon."
Ally smiled at him. "As soon as I figure it out, I will." "It" being how to tell you and two of your brothers no. She glanced around the kitchen. "Um…maybe we should clean this up?"
Mikey looked around too. "Yeah…" setting her back on her feet, Mikey released Ally. "I'll go find the mops."
Ally waited until he left, then sighed and plopped down in a chair.
Oh man. Don, then Leo, and now Mikey! Crap. Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap, CRAP! Gah, now I have to break his heart too! How the heck am I gonna do this! And he seemed so earnest. I admit that with those puppy dog eyes he's dang cute! But I'm just not interested. There's no way it could work. She put her head in her hand. Geez, I just thought we were goofing around, not—flirting. If I had thought that, I never would have gone along with it! Ally sighed Once again, I'm left with the one thought of "What in the world am I going to do?"
"Hey Ally! I found the mops!" Mikey said as he cam back into the kitchen.
"Oh, good. We probably need to get cleaning." Ally said as she took a mop. "I'll need to get home after this. I've been gone too long as it is."
"Sure!" Mikey said "I'll take you after we get this cleaned up."
Ally smiled at him, then concentrated on cleaning the soap and water up.
This time, Ally resolved to stay away from the lair. She just couldn't handle being around all three of them at once. The potential for disaster would be so great that she'd probably loose it.
Which could explain why she was sitting in her chair, staring blankly at her computer screen when she was supposed to be getting ready for bed. She had started—her contacts were out, and now she had on her glasses—but that was about it.
She sighed, staring at her computer screen, her mind a million miles away from her stories. Suddenly though, she sat up, coming back to reality. She sat still, listening.
Tap, tap, tap.
The tapping sounded urgent, and Ally quickly moved to the window and threw it open. Raph lunched in, quickly getting out of view of the window.
"I don't think dey saw me." he said.
Ally cast him a questioning look, then stuck her head out the open window. She looked down and saw a rather large concentration of Purple Dragons. Focusing, she brought her author superpowers in to play, and listened in on what they were saying.
"Where'd he go?"
"Where's the freak?"
"He coulda gone into one a' des buildin's."
"Okay, let's search the buildin's!"
No, no. This won't do at all, not at all.
Ally looked down, and narrowed her eyes. She concentrated on a small group of the Purple Dragons.
"Hey! Over there! I think I just saw the freak!"
"Yeah, me too!"
"Let's get him!"
The Purple Dragons started running out of the alley, and towards where they thought they saw Raph. Satisfied that they weren't coming back, Ally brought her head back inside and closed the window.
"What was that about?"
"Nothin'. Thanks, Ally, now I better go." Raph moved to leave, but Ally moved in front of him.
"Hold up there, red boy. Point one, they could come back, point two, you're bleeding." Ally pointed to a couple of spots on him, the worst on his upper arm. Fortunately, none looked deep or serious. "Your not going anywhere until I at least slap a band-aid or two over those. Wait here."
"They ain't nothin'." Raph protested.
"Double negative, Raph, and you will wait here."
Before he could say anything else, she was out her bedroom door. In just a few seconds, she returned with some supplies and a towel. She spread the towel out on her bed. "Sit down."
"Ally, there not that ba-"
She glared at him over her glasses "Sit. Down."
Raph eyed her, then smirked. "Yes ma'am."
Ally ignored that, and sat down, removing her glasses to get a better look at the long cut on his arm. It seemed pretty shallow, but it needed to be cleaned out.
"So what were you doing with that many Purple Dragons after you? Have another fight with Leo?"
"Yeah, well, he was on my case again! So I headed out, and then came across some Purples Dragons and roughed them up a bit."
"Roughed them up a bit! Raphael! That was a group of at least twenty-five! They could have killed you!" She started putting band-aids across the cut. "What were you thinking, taking on that many at once! You should have retreated of called for back up before this could ever happen. What was going through your mind! No wait, let me guess. All you could think about was your fight with Leo, so you ran out and when you came across some Purple Dragons, you just had to try and stop them. Geez, Raph, the least you could have done was taken Casey!" she slapped a final band-aid over the cut, and moved on.
"Look, I already got my lecture form Leo, I don't need one form you!" Raph said "Geez, peg da reason I left in the first place!" he grumbled.
Ally sighed, then finished putting a band-aid on the cut she was cleaning. "I'm sorry Raph. But I worry about ya'll. I may have author superpowers, but I'm not sure that they can reverse a death in these circumstances. In other ones that were already way out there, then yeah, but here…I just don't know." She paused, getting a clean tissue, and got back to work. "So, what did you break up when you attacked those Purple Dragons?"
Raph sighed, and looked at her. "The worst thing I could. It was a gang rape."
Ally paused, and looked up, eyes wide. "A…gang rape?" She said aghast. "Oh, my."
"Yeah. They hadn't gotten to it yet, but the girls were sure crying. They were terrified."
Ally shivered. "I don't blame them. I would be too, if it was me."
"Don't say that." He said
"What?" Ally said confused.
"Don't say 'if it was me'. I nevah wanna here you say dat."
"Why not?"
Raph looked at her, then away, like he was debating something. Finally he spoke. "Every time I go out there, and stop a rape, I think about how easy it would be if it was one a' you. You or April, or Angel. Anytime I pull one of those Son of a-"
"Raph!"
"-uh, dogs off of a girl, and it's anywhere near where one of you lives, or goes I worry that it could be one of you."
"Gah, Raph, that's horrible. I can't imagine…" She finished putting a band-aid on a cut on Raph's hand.
Suddenly he reached up and grabbed them.
"Ally, I…I want ya to be careful whenever you go out."
Ally blinked. "I will Raph, I always am."
Raph looked right at her "I mean it Ally, I want you to be careful. I, I, I-"
He suddenly reached around her, drawing her close, and before she could do anything, kissed her deeply and passionately.
Oh—oh Wow. He definitely kisses different then the others…she almost started to relax into the kiss, when she came to her senses. Gah! Not again! How come I didn't see this coming! No, I can't, I can't even consider it!
Raph broke the kiss off, but didn't let go of her. "I care for ya, Ally. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you. And if anybody did anything to ya, I promise I'd make them pay." He growled, then looked back at her and grinned that grin of his. "So, whadaya say, Ally? Wanna be my girl."
"Wow, Raph, I, I don't know what to say." Actually, after three times, I do indeed have an idea about what to say. "I, I'll have to think about this…" she glanced down, then back up at him "You know I take relationships seriously, so I'll need time to think about it. You, you understand, don't you?"
Raph smiled at her. "I can understand that. But I expect an answer soon."
"Yeah." she said.
He loosened his grip, and looked at her clock. "Hmpf. I gotta get back before Splinter blows a gasket."
"Not worried about Leo?"
"Nah. But I worry Splinter, then I get in trouble."
Ally chuckled. "That makes sense."
Raph let her go and stood up. "Yeah." He walked over to the window and opened it up, looking out. "I expect an answer soon."
"I'll try." Ally said as he went out the window.
She made sure he was okay, then closed the window.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" she flopped on her bed, grabbing her bear, Bear, and let the tears well up. "Oh, Bear, what am I gonna do? First Don, then Leo, then Mikey, and now Raph! Oh, he, he told me how he feels about when he pulls rapist off of girls, how he can see it being one of us. He told me all that. Mr. Tough Guy told me that." She tucked Bear under her, her chin on his (or her. Really, it was a girl, but in the vein of many childhood toys, it was referred to either way) head. She let the tears well up.
What am I going to do? I can't handle this pressure. Raph just essentially bore his soul to me. All right, so maybe it wasn't that dramatic, but for him, he did tell me an awful lot. And he was so…so…passionate…about it. How can I tell him no? I'll break his heart too…
Ally closed her eyes with all these thoughts flowing around in her head, and slowly fell into an uneasy sleep.
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(Ducks) Don't kill me! I know, I know, ya'll are thinking, "What is this girl up to? Is she crazy? All four of them can't be in love with her at once? That's gotta be breaking some unwritten fan rule!" Just, bare with me, okay? I promise, all will be explained in the next chapter. I'm planning on having it up tomorrow, or at the very least, Wednesday. I wanna have it up tomorrow, and the epilogue Wednesday. I really want the epilogue up by Wednesday. Anyways, I promise, it will be explained, and if you kill me, then it never will. So I'll just go hide now and type up the next chapter, okay?
-RealityBreakGirl