Chapter 2
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Immediately, all four turtles looked at me.
"Oh, come on guys, you've never had to deal with an unconscious chick before?"
Now they all gave me a different look, and it hit me.
"Oh yeah, me"
"Oh, and my... totally... hot girlfriend"
Now it was my turn to give Mikey a look.
"Whaaaaaat?"
"Who?"
"April O'Nieeeeeelll" He almost sung it. I think we all groaned.
"Jade" I turned to Leo, who was instantly beside me "She's your friend, we need to-"
He stopped when we all heard sirens nearby, and all the turtles shared a look before Leo said "Roof"
Strong arms were sweeping me up, and all I could do was hold on as the four brothers took to the closest fire escape, climbing and jumping up as fast as they could. I noticed Raph still had Serah during the climb.
As soon as we were on the roof, Donnie let me down, and I went over to Raph, who was just placing Serah gently on the ground.
I checked her pulse, knowing behind me Donnie was using his binoculars to examine her, feeling his warm body near my back, pushing him back a little without turning around.
"Donnie!"
"Sorry"
Last thing I wanted was to be squished between him and my friend.
"So what should we do?" Leo was now on the other side of me, and I looked up to see the worry on his face.
I thought for a moment, humming, before clicking my fingers.
"Donnie, map" Instantly the blue screen was beside me, and with his help I worked out where we were and the streets we should go to.
"There" I finally pointed "Take us both there"
"Then what?" Raph asked, picking her up as Donnie once again swept me up in his arms. It was a good thing I was so used to Donnie sweeping me off my feet...
"From there, leave it to me" I nodded at him, and we were off again, heading to the street I'd told Donnie to head to. We...well, they... climbed down from the building, then onto the empty street.
"What now?" Donnie once again put me down, keeping his hands on my waist as I looked up at him.
"Now, you guys get out of here"
"What?!" Raph didn't seem to believe what he was hearing.
"Trust me... she can't know you guys are real. What if she's been Yeerked? It could put you guys in danger"
"She's right" Leo sighed, looking sadly at me.
"All right, Raph, put her down there... gently" I pointed to a spot on the footpath,and he did as I asked.
"Jade?" I looked back up at Donnie, who gave me a worried look. I returned it with a light smile, pushing his glasses up a bit for him and leaning up to kiss him on the nose again.
"Go, I'll sort this. I promise"
He frowned, then leaned down and kissed me. But he lingered too long, so I pushed him back gently, then turned him around.
"Go, before I go all tiger on you"
I heard a funny snort come from him, so I gently booted him up the back of the shell to get him to move.
"Go"
I watched him as he followed his brothers, flipping up and away into the night, sighing and turning back to Serah.
This was going to be very, very-
"Ungh"
"Oh!" Her movement startled me, and I knew I had to act quickly.
I went over, my knees hitting the soft grass beside Serah as her eyes opened.
"Serah! Serah, are you okay?" I touched her arm, making her look at me.
"Wha-Jade? You were..."
"What happened to you?" I tried to make my voice as high and worried as possible.
"What do you mean... Jade, wasn't there-"
"Coming home and I find you passed out!"
"Wait... but I saw you.." She put a hand to her head, almost as if trying to work out what was real, and I helped her into a sitting position.
"Saw me what?"
"You were kissing... a big giant monster?"
I tried to put on the most confused look I could muster as she looked at me, and she sighed, looking around.
"How did I get here? I went to follow you-"
"You followed me?"
She looked at me, those dark eyes almost reminding me of Marco's.
"I wanted to see what your boyfriend looked like, and then... four monsters..."
"Serah, are you sure you're okay?" I helped her stand up, and she still looked confused.
"But... I came after you! I know it!" She looked around.
"Ser, we're like a block away from your house. You can't have followed me if you're here"
She looked down at me "I..."
"I was coming home and I just saw you on the ground! Did someone hurt you, are you okay?"
I pretended to check her over for any injuries, and she swatted my hands away, annoyed. This was the first time I'd seen her truly upset.
"No, I'm fine. But I... but I..." She looked confused, then looked down at me.
"What about your boyfriend?"
I flushed, thinking quickly "He uh...he had to cancel. His brothers were uh..."
"How the hell did I end up here?" She scratched her head, seemingly more confused and angry at herself than at me.
"Ser, how about I walk you home? I'm really worried about you" The last sentence was genuine. I was really truly worried about her. She looked like she was loosing her mind.
"O-okay" She finally agreed, and we began to walk to her place.
"Your boyfriend is an ass" She finally muttered, and I let out a short chuckle.
"His brothers are just pains. There will be other days"
"I could have sworn... but that's just silly, isn't it, you kissing a monster" She let out her own laugh, but it wasn't very believable.
"There is no such thing as monsters" I told her, not sounding as convincing as I'd hoped.
"Still believe in the boogeyman then?" She nudged my shoulder, starting to sound a little like her usual self, but there was still alot of doubt in her voice.
I shook my head, nudging her back and deciding to stay quiet.
Thankfully, we'd reached her house by then, and we said our goodbyes. I watched as she closed and locked her front door.
Finally, I peeled away from her house, starting to walk to mine, biting my lip a little as I did so.
She looked so confused. So lost. And I hated lying to her, I really did. But if she knew the truth...
I shook the thought from my head, trying to shake away the guilt in the process, instead trying to take in my surroundings.
I only got two streets away from her house before I was being swept off my feet again, letting out a sharp yelp as I did.
I looked up to see Donnie's cheeky smile.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Well, I was going home" I answered as we landed on a rooftop.
"Not yet you're not" He let me down, then grabbed my waist, pulling me close and into another kiss.
"Hmm" Was my mumbled answer.
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I ducked a piece of crumpled paper that had been thrown randomly, sitting down at my desk and pulling out the books I needed.
Another ball of paper hit my shoulder, falling to the floor. I ignored it.
It was the next day, and I was halfway through my classes. I hadn't seen Serah for half the morning, and I was hoping she was at school. We did have math class together thankfully, so I was hoping to see her now.
This wasn't unusual. A girl like Serah was popular, and I rarely saw her around school anyway. We'd have lunch together, with a whole group of other girls who chatted about boys and all the things related to boys. Sometimes it got a little R rated for my taste...
Other than Serah, I knew a girl called Kristiana. She was easy to get along with, and I felt like we'd hit it off almost straight away when I'd come to this new school. She had blonde hair, and some amazing steel blue eyes, which seemed to change with what colours she wore.
I liked that she had her own style, that worked for her. Nothing too flashy, she just knew how to dress well and make an impact.
Today she was wearing dark jeans, and a light blue sweater as she came in and sat next to me, smiling like she usually did.
"Hey Jade" She greeted me, flipping her loose hair back a little as she sat down.
"Whats up?"
"Oh, not much, just boyfriend issues" She rolled her eyes, expertly dodging another random ball of paper that had been thrown.
"What's up?"
"Oh, the usual things" She shrugged, not seeming to be worried about it. Every now and then, her and her boyfriend Matt would have a small fight, which was usually over within a day or two. I never knew what about, but I respected that they kept their fights to themselves.
"Okey doke" I said, looking up and seeing none other than Serah walk through the door. I was relieved, catching her eye and smiling at her. She returned the smile, coming to sit on the other side of me.
"Hey giirls, what up!" She gave me and Kristiana a high five, before sitting down and crossing her long legs under the table.
"Not much, how you doing?" I asked her, looking at her closely. For a second, I thought I saw worry on her face, but that was soon masked with a cheerful smile.
"Awesome my gorgeous girl!"
We all started to chat about random things, as well as school stuff, before the teacher came in and quietened us all down. Soon, we were hit with a pop quiz, and each and every one of us groaned. Evan, one of the boys who had been throwing papers, said something vulgar and was quickly sent to the principals office.
Soon we were all hard at work with this quiz, and I heard Kristiana muttering to herself from my left side. I took a glance over and saw her chewing her pencil, humming at whatever question she was stuck on. I went back to my own paper, managing to get through a few more questions...barely... before taking a chance to glance over at Serah.
And what I saw turned me cold.
She was staring at her paper, like the rest of us, but her expression was blank. Her eyes were so empty... it scared me. She just wasn't moving, wasn't blinking...
"Jade!"
"Oh, sorry sir!" I went back to my own paper, head down and hoping he didn't see my eyes trailing back over to Serah. I now couldn't see her properly, not without being obvious to the teacher, but from what I could see, she still hadn't moved.
Yeerked? My thoughts trailed over that possibility, and I panicked a little.
Without locking her up for three days, I couldn't be certain, but I thought back to all the times we'd spent together. There was no mention of the sharing, no going places without a group... no disappearing...
And if I locked her up, it would mean her life would be over. No more parties, no more... well, no more anything. She would have to live with Ax possibly, all the while knowing about-
In my head, I convinced myself that she wasn't. And I couldn't risk taking her life away like that.
I took a chance, looking over at her again, wondering if maybe she was thinking about last nights events. Could she-
"Jade, last warning!"
"Yes sir!" I yelped, hearing snickers from around me.
I looked down at my paper, knowing there was no way I could focus on this now.
All I could wonder, is that if Serah was okay, and what was going through her head to have such a blank, lifeless stare.
And honestly, it scared me.
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