The air was cold and brisk making Sam feel numb, even more than usual. She woke up shivering, I mean sure the shivering was normal but its never been bad enough for her to wake up because of it. Sam looked around pulling her blanket up higher to meet her neck. It didn't really feel like a blanket anymore, it was thin and worn out, but she had to make due with what she had. The car horns, police sirens, and bustling people even in the early hours of the morning was what made New York City seem so alive. She shifted around trying to make herself more comfortable on the gravelly roof top. She looked up wishing she could see the stars like back in Vermont. It was the only thing other than music that helped her escape from reality. Now she didn't have either. She couldn't go back home though. 'He would be there, waiting for me. I can't think about him, not now, not ever. I came here to escape and that's exactly what I did' she thought. She couldn't help the feeling of wanting a home though, where she was actually wanted and loved.

"Well the sun is almost up, time to get going" she said, knowing that she really didn't want to leave the roof top. Sam packed her blanket back into her backpack, threw it on, and climbed down the fire escape.

"Time for work"

April walked downstairs to the shop slowly, dreading the flip of the sign from closed to open. Friday was the busiest day but at least the weekend was tomorrow. She kind of had a love~hate relationship with Friday. She was tired from last night because the guys stayed until twelve, they just turned 17 this week and she decided that it would be nice to invite them over for a movie night.

The door rang as it was pushed open, "Good Morning Miss O'Neil", Sam said as she waved to April.

"Good morning Sam, like I said, you can call me April" April said and smiled sweetly.

"Right, Sorry April. So what's in store for me today?" Sam said, putting her bag in the back room.

Today was Friday and it would end her second full week of work. April hired her two weeks ago telling her she could start on Monday. Sam was so happy she was finally getting paid, she could finally start getting decent meals and saving up for a new blanket and clothes. April didn't know that she spent her time roaming the streets and sleeping on roof tops. She just thought that she came from a poor household, so she let Sam do her laundry in the back room. She also would invite her upstairs to her apartment to make her lunch during their lunch break.

"Well today is Friday so it will probably be busy, so just help up here with the second register" She patted the desk next to the register.

"Alrighty, no problem."

She walked over and sat into the chair next to April, the chair creaked and she sighed. She didn't want this to fall into an awkward silence so she decided to keep the conversation going.

"So how's you and Casey?"

The sound of morning cartoons echoed throughout the lair, along with the slight tapping of a keyboard, and the sound of someone punching a punching bag.

"Hey..." Mikey stared at Donny and waited. "Hey Donny..." He didn't like the fact that he was being ignored. "HEELLLOOOO, EARTH TO DONATELLOO"

Donny stopped typing and slowly looked up at his pestering younger brother. "Yes, Mikey?"

"Whatcha doin?" Mikey asked before taking a loud obnoxious sip of his soda.

"I'm Checking the security systems mike, what do you want?"

"Just wondering..." Mikey hesitated. "So how long do ya think Raph is gonna take to cool off this time?" He gave a half smirk, but he was half serious at the same time. He didn't like it when Raph and Leo would fight, no one did.

Donnie sighed and looked up from his computer again. He knew Mikey took it the hardest when he brothers would fight. Mikey was the light of the family and the most innocent, so naturally he doesn't respond well to negativity.

"Well I-"

"As long as it has to take Mike, Don't worry about it" Leo said in a half serious half comforting tone as he cut Donnie off. He knew Raph always took it hard when he couldn't save someone in time.

"But it was last night Leo" Mikey said concerned, knowing that tonight's patrol would start in an hour.

"I know Mike, he'll come around" Leo said trying to comfort his youngest brother.

"It's hard on all of us when we see an innocent get killed...Raph just takes it the hardest" Don said as he heard the punches subside, and watched Raph walk out of the dojo and into his room.

-(Flashback)-

Leonardo and Raphael were sprinting, trying to follow the sound of the gun shot that went off. They were running for what felt like forever when they finally reached the edge of a building that the gun shot sounded off from and looked down.

"Fuck" Raph said, as his voice slightly hitched looking down at the lifeless woman. "We coulda made it here-" he was cut off by the sound of police sirens, but he didn't see the guy who shot her anywhere.

"Come on Raph, I think patrol's over for tonight, lets go get the guys and go home" Leo said starting to walk back the other way, shortly followed by Raph.

(Back Home)

"WE COULDA MADE IT DER LEO!" Raph shouted

"But we didn't Raph, what happened happened, we can't do anything about it now" Leo said trying to reason. He knew this fight was coming to an end.

"Whateva Leo, you're always wantin ta do betta, and den when we fail ta save someone you don't care"

"It's not that I don't care Raph, I just know now to accept when we did all that we could have done"

"Whateva leo" Raph huffed and walked off.

"I think you've earned the pleasure of flipping the sign Sam" April said smiling "I'm glad I hired you, you're a huge help" April wiped her forehead in a joking way obviously tired after a long day of dealing with costumers.

Sam laughed and walked over to the sign. "Drum roll please" Sam said as April took two pens off the counter and started tapping them. Sam flipped the sign "Closed" said Sam, happy to finally close up.

"Thank god, I don't know if I would have been able to deal with another pushy customer" said April laughing. Sam laughed back and went into the back room to retrieve her backpack. She didn't quite know where she was going to go for the night, she just hoped that it wouldn't be as cold as last night. Although, winter was inevitable.

"It's starting to get chilly Sam, are one of your parents coming to pick you up?" April said looking outside at all the people who started to breakout their winter clothing.

"..Uh no" Sam hesitated "It's not that far of a walk, I'll be fine" Sam plastered a smile on her face as she waved. "See you Monday April"

"Yea, see ya" April waved back. "Stay warm!"

Sam started walking down the sidewalk, she decided she would go back to the rooftop from last night. There was nothing wrong with that rooftop, unlike the last one when a woman walked out with her morning coffee only to get startled to see a just as startled Sam. They both just stood there for a second questioning what they should do. Sam made the first move and bolted down the fire escape. The woman called after her but Sam couldn't risk getting found out, so she ran. So last night's rooftop seemed like a good pick. Sam saw the building a block down. There wasn't too many people around in this neighborhood. She'd heard about people being mugged and other things she'd rather not think about but thankfully she was careful and in the 3 months she's been here, nothing has happened to her.

Just then she heard a deep laugh and swung her body around to face the alleyway where a couple street thugs were all smirking. The biggest guy emerged from behind. Sam was terrified.

"Well, lookie what we have here" was all he could say before Sam started to sprint. And they all followed.

Hope you guys like it so far :) Tell me if I should keep going or not, I've been reading stories on here for a while so I decided I should give it a go.