A/N: Here's the next chapter. I have a day off of school because a builder chopped through the main electricity cord or something, so nothing works haha (what an idiot). This means I have time to write! I'll probably update this every Thursday from now on so expect another chapter next week.
The builder's fine, by the way.
Disclaimer: If I owned TMNT do you really think I would be on here writing a fanfic about them?
"Wonder how Mikey's English lesson went," giggled Donnie, as he sat at one of the many tables in the dining room. The room itself was very large and grand, with huge portraits hanging from the walls and chandeliers coated in cobwebs hanging from the ceiling over the wooden tables.
"Yeah," chuckled Raph. "What are the chances that he got Ms. Jefferys, the one teacher in the school that already hates him?"
"Knowing Mikey, by the end of the day he'll have bumped that up to a solid ten." said Donnie, tucking in to his lunch of jacket potato and beans.
"Here he is now," said Leo, nodding towards his strawberry blonde brother. "So, Mikey," said Leo as Mikey sat down heavily in his seat. "How has your day been?"
"Awful!" said Mikey.
"How come?" asked Donnie.
"I got a detention!" he exclaimed. "In the first lesson!"
"Ms. Jefferys?"
"Yeah. Dude, she really hates me."
"What did you do?" asked Leo, trying to cover up his grin.
"I threw a board pen at her."
"WHAT?!" his three brothers exclaimed, and Mikey's eyes widened.
"No no, dudes, not like that!" he immediately tried to defend himself, holding his hands up. "She dropped it and asked me to pass it to her. I was in the front row, and when I threw it to her, she didn't catch it so it hit her square in the face!" at this, Raph burst out laughing, holding his sides as tears threatened to prick in his eyes.
"You...you," he said, trying to catch his breath. "You threw a pen at the deputy head in the first lesson on the first day of our new school?"
"Yeah." at this, the brunette burst out laughing again, clutching on to Donnie as he did so.
"So I gotta go to the library after lessons to speak with her. Apparently, after this and the assembly thing, she wants the head to know I'm one to 'watch out for'." He used air quotes with his fingers and Leo smiled.
"Don't worry, Mikey. You just had a bad day, the head will understand."
"He's strange, isn't he?" suddenly said Donnie.
"What?"
"Well, he didn't greet us today in assembly, he just sat there. Being the head, I would've thought that he would at least make an effort to let us know who he is. The only reason we do know is because Ms. Jefferys added it as an afterthought this morning."
"And he never smiles!" added Mikey. "I mean, I haven't seen one adult smile since we've been here, and –"
"Hey Mikey," Mikey stopped talking and turned in his chair to see a girl with brown hair pulled up in bunches, wearing thick red rimmed glasses. She smiled widely and he could see braces on her larger than average sized teeth.
"Uh...hi?" said Mikey. "Do I know you?"
"No, I was in your English class." She replied, before blurting, "I think it was so cool the way you stood up to Ms. Jefferys like that."
"I didn't!" exclaimed Mikey. "It was an accident. She just can't catch."
She giggled, "You're funny." Mikey blinked and the girl coughed awkwardly. "Well, I still think it was cool. I'm Alyssa by the way." She thrust her hand out to him and Mikey paused before taking it stiffly. She shook his arm vigorously and it took all of Mikey's will power not to pull his hand back. When she did finally let go, he looked back up at her, trying not to lean away from this strange girl.
"Oh, okay. Hey...Alyssa" Mikey raised an eyebrow and she smiled sweetly again.
"Well, I'd better get back to my friends, so I'll see you around," and before Mikey could answer, she was gone, vanishing into the crowd of students bustling around the dining hall.
Mikey turned back to his brothers, who were all smirking. "Well that was...weird."
"Looks like Mikey has an admirer," said Leo.
"I do not!" protested Mikey.
"She was pretty weird." said Donnie.
"So's Mikey; they're a perfect match!" said Raph with a laugh.
"Shut up!" Mikey frowned.
"Well, looks like you have the joys of both Ms. Jefferys and Alyssa in your English classes. Those should be fun." Mikey scowled at his elder brother, who just grinned.
"I don't remember her there," said Mikey suddenly, a rare thoughtful expression on his face. "We introduced ourselves because everyone was new, and I don't remember her being there."
"Maybe you missed her." suggested Raph. "You seemed quite out of it yesterday."
"I was not!" objected Mikey. "And I think I would remember seeing her."
"Well, she was obviously there," said Donnie.
"We'd better get going." said Leo, looking at his watch. "It's ten minutes until the next lesson starts."
"Yeah, and then I get to go to the library with Ms. Jefferys." said Mikey with a groan.
"Dude, she's behind you!" whispered Raph, and Mikey's eyes widened in fright.
"What?!" he snapped his head round, only to be met with laughter coming from behind him. He turned back round to them, pouting. "Not funny, dudes."
"Sorry bro," said Raph, reaching over to tap Mikey's arm. "It was too much of an opportunity to miss."
"Mikey, wait up!" Mikey groaned at the sound of Alyssa's voice.
Not again! Mikey turned around and forced a smile. "Hey."
"So, where are you off to?" she asked brightly.
"Detention at the library."
"The library?" she asked.
"Yeah." Mikey replied. "Why?"
"Oh, nothing. It's just that there's this rumour going round that the library is haunted."
"Huh?"
"Apparently, weird stuff happens."
"Like what?" he asked curiously. She realised she now had his full attention and beamed.
"Well, you know...strange things, like books moving and stuff. A couple of years ago my friend and I went there and she accused me of throwing a book at her head. I didn't, but there was one on the floor next to her."
"Wait, hold up," said Mikey. "How could you have been here a couple of years ago if you're in my class?"
"What do you mean?" she asked, tipping her head to the side slightly.
"Well, we're the youngest in the school, so everyone's new. How can you have been here?"
Her eyes widened, "Oh, well I..." Mikey raised an eyebrow. "I got dropped a couple of years. I'm not really that smart, you see." She looked down, her voice barely above a whisper. "It's not something I like sharing with people."
"Oh...well I won't tell." promised Mikey. "I'm not that smart either." He smiled, and her face lit up again. "Look, I've gotta go. Catch you later or something."
"Yeah," she said, grinning goofily as she watched him walk away.
"I'm telling you Leo, I turned round for, like, a second, and when I turned back all of the drawers were out!"
Leo came out of the en suit, and crossed his arms as he looked at his younger brother. "Donnie, are you sure they weren't open before you turned round?" he asked.
"Yes!" said Donnie. "I closed them myself, I don't think I'd forget doing that seconds after I've done it."
"Well, I dunno what to say, bro." said Leo.
"Weird stuff's been happening ever since we got here." said Donnie. "I keep hearing creeks and groans from outside, and when I look there's nothing there!"
"Donnie, this is an old house," Leo reasoned. "That's normal."
"Oh, and I suppose the tap in the bathroom turning itself on is 'normal' too, right Leo?"
"Dodgy plumbing."
"Look, I'm just saying that maybe –"
"Donnie. You're a scientist, right?" Leo said, sighing in expiration
"Wrong." Donnie crossed his arms.
Leo pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation. "You like science, right?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, think of it from that point of view,"
"Oh." Leo smiled and Donnie grinned back, sighing in relief. "You're right, it's probably nothing; just my brain playing tricks. Being here just gives me the creeps, you know?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. This place is really creepy."
