"Brooke, get up! You got to go to school!" Mikey shouted.
"I know, Dad, I've been up!" his adopted daughter, Brooke, shouted back as she walked out of her bedroom. She was wearing an orange short sleeved shirt over a green long sleeved shirt, a pair of jean, and dark colored shoes. She came out to see her 'cousin', Marine.
"You actually woke up early?" she asked, smiling. Marine wore a purple dress and a small black jacket with her favorite black belt and purple sandals. Her brown hair was long; it reach almost to the back of her knees.
Brooke grinned. "Yup, shocker, isn't it?" they laughed as they walked into the kitchen for breakfast.
"Marine, Brooke, catch!" Mikey said, throwing two thin boxes their way. Brooke caught the first one with her right hand. Marine caught the second one with her left.
"Alright!" Brooke said, opening the box and taking out a slice of pizza and eating it. Marine sat the box that she was holding on the kitchen table.
"How can you guys eat this for breakfast?" she asked them. "It's just not healthy!"
"You know," Brooke told her. "it's kind of funny to think that you use to be the shy one."
Kayla had walked in with her adopted father, Raph, and Donnie, Marine's adopted father. She saw Brooke and Marine and walked over toward them. Kayla's choice of clothing was a bright red tank top and black Capri's. She was barefoot for the moment, but they knew she would wear her favorite black tennis shoes before they left for school.
"Hey," she said to them as she went to get a box of cereal and a bowl. "Anyone seen Tally and Uncle Leo?"
True, it had only been five years since the girls had been found in the sewers and the turtles had adopted them as their children, but they soon became use to saying "Uncle" and "Dad". Just as the turtles had gotten use to the words "daughter" and "niece".
"Early morning training," Marine told them, looking through the fridge for something to eat other than what her cousins had chosen as their breakfast.
Kayla tried to control her anger. "Just how early was it this time?" she asked, expecting an answer.
"Don't know," Marine told her. "knowing Uncle Leo, though, I'd say around four, five in the morning."
Kayla growled under her breath. Becoming Raph's daughter had changed her personality a little bit, too. She often got angry, just as she always did, but it was harder to control it now. She ran her fingers through what had once been uneven pitch black hair. Now it was cut very short, reaching the bottom of her earlobes. "He's got her trainin' constantly in the past year, day in and day out. Why won't he take a hint? Tally isn't the type to willingly go through all that."
"She's also not the type to displease people," Brooke told her. "if she refuses, she knows that Uncle Leo would be upset with her."
Things were silent as Tally and Leo walked in from training. Poor Tally looked like she was about to fall over, but of course she wouldn't dare show it to her father.
"Good job this morning," he told her. "Go get ready for school, okay?"
Tally nodded. "Yes, Father." she went upstairs into her bedroom to get ready for school. When she came out a few minuets later, she was wearing a white and light blue dress with white dress shoes. Her long blonde hair, though not as long as Marine's, was tide up in a pony tail with a ribbon the same shade of blue as her dress.
"Hey, Tal." Kayla greeted her as she walked over to them. She hurried to get a glass of water and handed it to her. "Here."
Tally took the glass and gulped it down in seconds. "Thanks," she said to Kayla when she finished. She got up and found an apple to eat for the morning.
"So," Brooke said, finished with her food. "first day of school for us. What do you think will happen?"
"Dunno," Kayla said.
"I hope we're all in at least one class together." Marine said, finally settling on a breakfast bar to eat.
"Yeah," Tally agreed. "school would be so much easier that way. I wonder what electives I'll have."
"Why do we gatta go to school anyway?" Kayla asked.
"Because," Marine told her, sitting on the counter. "Unlike our dads, we can actually go outside and be seen, we don't have any excuse to stay down here."
"That doesn't really answer my question," Kayla told her.
"Come on, Kay, just give it a try." Brooke told her.
Marine looked down at her watch. "We better go now." She jumped off the counter and followed the other three girls on their way out.
"Have a good day," Don told them on their way out.
"Be careful," Leo told them.
"And learn somethin' so you're not like Mikey here," Raph added. Mikey gave him a look before saying good bye to the girls.
"See you this afternoon!"
The girls all said bye and walked out.
When the girls got to their school, the first thing they noticed was how huge it was.
"Whoa..." Brooke said to herself.
"Nice," Kayla said quietly, admiring the school.
"Come on, we gatta get in line for our schedules." Tally reminded them.
As they walked, they noticed people staring at them.
"I'm starting to feel uncomfortable." Marine commented.
Kayla grinned. "Just play along for now," she told them.
Brooke was smiling, though not realizing her own fans looking at her in awe. While walking, the boy infront of her had stepped on her foot. "Hey," she told him. "be careful!" the boy turned around and looked at Brooke. He was tall, at least around six foot. He had soft dark hair, almost black, that framed his face perfectly. His brown eyes were the first thing Brooke noticed. They looked like some rare diamond that shined brighter than stars themselves.
"Sorry," he told her. "I didn't mean to."
Brooke tried not to stare so much. "No, no, it's alright." she told him blankly.
The boy looked on both sides, like he was worried about something. Then he held out his hand. "I'm Peter."
Brooke shook his hand. "Brooklynn, call me Brooke." she said, trying to sound normal.
Peter grinned. "Pleasure to meet you, Brooke." a girl with jet black hair and cold dark eyes interrupted them.
"Here," she said, handing Peter his schedule before walking off.
"Who was that?" Brooke asked.
"My sister." he replied. "Sorry. She's not really the friendly type."
"Oh, it's okay." Brooke could feel her face beginning to blush.
"Well, I'll talk to you later, then." Peter said, walking off. He had his hand on her shoulder for just a second before walking away.
Kayla playfully bumped into her. "Brooke's got a boyfriend."
Brooke blushed. "I do not!!"
Tally and Marine laughed at the other two as they picked up their schedules.
"What's your first class?" Brooke asked them.
"English," Marine replied.
"History," Tally said.
Kayla groaned. "Math..."
Brooke frowned. "None of us have the same first period."
"What do you have?" Marine asked her.
"Science." Brooke told her.
"Well, see you later, then." Kayla said, walking in the direction of her first class.
"I hope I have a class with Peter," Brooke whispered to herself.
"What you say, Brooke?" Tally asked.
"Uh, nothing. Later!" she said, walking away. She was so busy with getting away that she nearly ran over someone.
"Maybe you should be more careful." a familiar voice say playfully. Brooke blushed as she saw Peter in front of her.
"Oh, sorry." she said to him.
He grinned. "It's okay. What's your first class?" he asked.
"Uh, science..."
"Me too, I'll walk you there." he said.
Tally and Marine watched as Brooke bumped into the boy she saw a few minuets ago. Tally noticed Marine had a strange expression on her face.
"Is something wrong?" Tally asked her.
"There's something about that guy..." Marine told her.
"What do you mean? He seems really nice."
Marine was silent for a few moments. "You're right. I'm probably being paranoid. See you later." the two walked to their classes.