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Journal Entry #2

January 3

Today was hectic. I had stayed up until 4:00 in the morning working on some experiment, and just as I drifted off to sleep, Leonardo stepped into my room and told me it was time for morning practice.

"Ten more minutes Leo," I had pleaded.

"If you didn't get enough sleep that wasn't my fault, we're doing morning practice whether you feel like it or not." Leo had said sternly. Sometimes he really bugs me with his little ranting about getting enough sleep. We went downstairs where the others had been waiting for us.

"What took ya so long?" asked Raph. Then he noticed the dark circles under my eyes. "Always stayin' up late workin' on your experiments, I can't see how you like that stuff; it always bores me to death."

"Yeah, I agree." Said Mikey. I ignored them and we started our practicing. When practice was finally over, I decided to have some caffeine to help me wake up. I walked to the kitchen and looked at my choices. Soda, energy drinks, tea, and coffee. I decided to let Mikey have the soda. Energy drinks belong to Raph. Tea is Master Splinter's and Leo's. I made myself some coffee and took a sip. Leo walked into the room and glared at me. I don't think he appreciates the fact that I'm addicted to caffeine products, mostly coffee.

"You know, I saw on the news that this man died because he drank too much coffee." Leo said.

"I think he already had heart problems." I argued.

"No the news reporter says he didn't have any heart problems." Leo argued back. I drank the rest of my coffee and went up to my lab. I didn't want to hear anymore of what Leo had to say. I started working on the project I had started last night when Mikey decided to step in. He was holding a broken Wii system.

"Let me guess, you and Raph were fighting near the game system and you 'accidentally' knocked it down and it shattered and you want me to fix it." I said, glaring at Mikey accusingly.

"Yes, that's exactly what happened, how'd you guess?" Mikey asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. I sighed as he gave me the system. "Fix it by noon, April bought me this incredible game yesterday just before she left and I can't wait to try it." He went on and on about the game but I tuned him out while I fixed it. Finally, two hours later while he was still blabbing his mouth I gave it to him. "Thanks bro." I nodded as he left the room to go play his dumb game. He had made me feel bad when he had mentioned April; she had left yesterday with Casey to go on a date with him someplace in Europe. I can't believe they chose someplace as far as Europe though! Why can't they be like normal people and just go to a lake, or a movie theater, or even a restaurant? I didn't recall where she said she was going in Europe though, but I think she said France because it was 'romantic' there. Either that or Greece. Or Italy. I can't remember. After I spent about five hours working on my experiment I went to go see what the others were doing so I could join them. Leo was meditating. Boring! Mikey was playing a game. Nah. Raph was watching some cop show. I think it was CSI or Law and Order. Now that's awesome. I could see them analyzing their tests and searching the victim's dead and now naked body to see if there was any clues on her. Then I saw them interrogating the guilty party to see which person did it. Mikey then said behind me, "CSI is boring. Can't we watch something simpler like Scooby Doo?"

"Mikey, Scooby Doo is for ages 7 and under. This is what adults watch." I whispered harshly. He gave me a weird look. "I thought you was playing your new game." I said, getting off the subject.

"I already beat the game. It's called 'Guilty Party' and it's really easy. I told you I could beat it in four hours, weren't you listening?" Mikey asked, even though he knew I wasn't listening when he was talking about his game earlier.

"Hey, can you two be quiet; I'm tryin' to watch TV here." Raph growled. Mikey decided to go and beat another game, and I went back upstairs to my lab to work on my experiment once more. Five more hours later I heard Raph come in. He held his journal in his hand.

"How do you spell responsibility?" he asked, not looking in my direction. I knew he was embarrassed. I felt sorry that he couldn't go to Leo or Mikey because they would snicker and never let him live it off, so I told him. "Can you just look in my journal and tell me what mistakes I'm making?" he asked, obviously even more embarrassed; his cheeks were turning as red as his bandana. I looked it over.

"Well, you need to use an apostrophe in between the word don't, I'm, didn't and other words like that. You should work on your spelling skills as well. Writing is spelling w-r-i-t-i-n-g, not r-i-g-h-t-i-n-g. Other than that, you're doing pretty well." I saw him blushing. "You should read more; it'll help you spell better and use better grammar. There's a run on sentence in here, and you spelled grammar wrong. Grammar doesn't have an e." Raph turned even redder. I felt sorry for him even more. "Don't worry, it's not like I'm going to tell anyone else." He looked relieved.

"Ya promise?" he asked.

"Yeah, I promise. Now get out of here before I change my mind." I answered, grinning. He ran out of lab as fast as he could, grinning at me just before he left. I think he's really emotional but he just doesn't like showing it. At eleven fifty five the caffeine started wearing off. I went into the kitchen to drink some of Mikey's soda; he owed me big time, but Leo blocked me as I reached for the fridge handle.

"What are you doing?" he asked suspiciously. I rolled my eyes. He knew what I was doing, but still he waited patiently for me to answer.

"Just getting a midnight snack and a drink." I said. It had occurred to me that I hadn't eaten at all that day. I'd only had a coffee, and I was starving.

"You know Don; you really shouldn't eat at midnight. You should have eaten breakfast, lunch, and dinner like the rest of us. Having a day's worth of food right now could give you a stomach ache." Leo said, glaring at me. I was getting aggravated.

"Don't you think I know that Leo? I was just going to have a little snack. You know, two sandwiches and a can of coke." I said a little harshly. Leo looked surprised.

"Hmph. Well, you had better not eat more than that." Leo warned. He stood there while I made my snack and ate it. Finally I got tired of him glaring suspiciously at me.

"I don't need a babysitter Leo." I said, swallowing my last piece of sandwich.

"I know, I just want to make sure you get some sleep tonight." Leo said. I grew even more aggravated. When I finished my snack, I went upstairs to my room and pretended to fall asleep, but I didn't fool Leo, he could tell when somebody was asleep or not. He actually pulled a blanket out of my closet and slept in the doorway to make sure I didn't get out the room. I got very upset. If I got up out of bed, he would surely hear my footsteps. I really wanted to work on my experiment. After half an hour of fretting, I went to bed and fell asleep immediately.

Journal Entry#3

January 4.

I woke up this morning with a terrible headache. I looked at the digital clock that sat on my bed right next to me. It read 11:00am. That's weird; usually Leo would wake me up at 6 to do practice. I sat up and saw that he wasn't in my doorway anymore. I knew something was going on. I staggered downstairs, on account that my head hurt like shell. I heard whispering, but when they saw me they stopped.

"Hey Donnie, what's up?" Mikey asked, looking guilty about something. I ignored him and went to go look for my coffee. I opened the cabinets and saw nothing but Leo's tea. I looked in the refrigerator. Not even any soda or energy drinks. I started getting agitated. I knew I was getting a headache because of my caffeine withdrawal. I usually had coffee right after practice, which was 9, so my body was used to having it at that time or earlier. Then I knew what was going on; my brothers were trying to get me off of my caffeine addiction. I ran into the main room where they were. Mikey winced, knowing what was going to happen next.

"Where the shell is my coffee?" I yelled, making it clear I was upset. No I wasn't upset, I was furious.

"We got rid of it," Said Raph as if it were no big deal.

"Are you freakin' insane?" I yelled. Then I yelled out some words that I choose not to write down, for the simple fact that they weren't very nice words. Everyone's eyes had widened at the fact that I, Donatello, the pacifist, the smart, intelligent, usually quiet one, was cursing his lips off. Finally Splinter showed up. He had heard my yelling and cursing and then decided to put it to an end.

"No more computer, experiments, or electronics for a month Donatello. Now go upstairs and stay there for the rest of your punishment time. Food will be brought up to you, but no caffeine products." Splinter had said harshly. I softened up a bit after that and turned around and ran to my room before anybody could see me cry. Now here I am, in my room, writing while crying my heart out. I think I'll write some more tomorrow.

Journal Entry#4

Jan. 5

I woke up feeling sick to my stomach today. I also had a severe migraine, and my body hurt too much to sit up. I think my body is still getting used to not having any caffeine. I was also freezing even though I had a thick blanket covering me, and I was sweating. I covered my face with the blanket to keep warmer. Leo came in a few minutes later.

"Hey Don, Splinter wants you to come downstairs to practice. He says you can only get out your room for that particular reason." Leo said. I moaned.

"I don't want to get up, it's too cold." I complained. Leo thought I was just making up excuses.

"Listen Don, I know you're mad at us still but that doesn't mean you can stay in bed all day." He said angrily. His voice only made my headache worse.

"Go away." I grumbled. Leo got upset and pulled the cover off of me.

"Get up." He ordered.

"No." I said. Then he noticed I was shivering and covered in sweat at the same time and softened up a bit.

"Don, are you feeling okay?" he asked, looking worried now.

"Yes, I was cold, so I put the blanket on and I got hot and sweaty, and now I'm getting cold again because you took my covers away." I lied.

"The temperature is 72 degrees right now, you shouldn't be cold." He reached over and felt my forehead and gasped. "You're running a fever Don!"

"I'm fine Leo, I said I was just hot." I lied again. I hated having Leo fuss over me. Then to prove my point, I got out of bed, but to my dismay, my legs couldn't hold me up. I collapsed on the floor. I struggled but finally managed to get back on my bed. My headache got even worse. Leo saw my face was twisted in pain.

"I'm sorry Don, I really am." Leo said, avoiding eye contact with me. "I didn't know you weren't feeling well, but if you had said something then…"

"I'm fine Leo, my body just isn't used to this sudden caffeine withdrawal." I explained. Leo ignored me and got out a thermometer that I kept in my bag. He ordered me to open my mouth. I protested at first, but he finally won the fight. When it was done and he took it out of my mouth, he gasped again.

"It says 103.5 degrees. You should lie in bed." He said. I groaned. "Does anything hurt?" he asked me. I wondered if I should tell the truth, but if I did that would make him even more worried.

"Nope, I said I feel fine. I just feel hot and cold at the same time, and I guess my legs aren't working properly. Other than that, I'm fine." I lied yet again. All of a sudden my mouth started getting that weird feeling when you get when you're about to throw up. Before I could say anything, I threw up. Luckily, Leo dodged out of the way. When I was done, he said, "I don't think you're telling me the truth," giving me a hurt look that said 'I can't believe you've been lying to me.'

"Okay, I'll tell you the truth. My stomach hurts, and I have a terrible migraine. In fact, I think my whole body hurts." I winced at the stare he gave me.

"You think?" he asked, looking suspicious. I rolled my eyes.

"Okay, to be more precise, my throat, stomach, head, and eyes hurt. Is that a better explanation?" I said, trying to hide my aggravation. I didn't do a very good job.

"Whoa chill, I was just asking a question. Does it hurt when you talk?" Leo asked.

"Well, n-" I got cut off by a stare that said 'don't lie to me.' "A little." He was about to fuss a little more when the others got impatient and went upstairs to see what was going on. Thankfully, Leo had locked my door earlier when he came in so nobody would hear us arguing.

"Don, Leo, what's taking you so long?" Mikey whined.

"Any why'd ya lock the door?" Raph complained, pounding his fist against the door. I pleaded for Leo not to tell them, but he cleaned up my 'mess' and opened the door.

"Don's not feeling too good, so let's let him get some rest." Leo said, pushing them out the door. Finally peace and quiet. Later I threw up again, but this time in my trash can that Leo had placed near me. Sensei came in a few hours later and told me to get some rest. I nodded and soon fell asleep.

I'm going to write what else happens that day later, but right now my computer time is up. I now people are reading this so everyone needs to review, whether you like the story or not.