Chapter 3

Ding dong, the doorbell called. The apartment was fully lit up, but there was no movement inside, ad the only audible sound was the quiet snorts of snoring. Ding dong, ding dong, called again.

Casey Jones awoke with a start, quickly ripping the Sports Illustrated magazine off of his face and sitting up at attention on the sofa. "Wha? Oh! Oh man…" he groaned, standing up, "just the door… I wonder what the girl scouts have in store this time…"

He slowly opened the door, putting on his best scowl, dispite the fact that his eyelids were still droopy with sleep. "Look girls, I don't know how many times I have to tell you this," he started, "but the Samoas are only good once a year and that's it." Then his eyes focused on who was actually at the door.

"Hi Casey!" June said, giving a slight wave with her free hand, as the other was occupied with her suitcase. Casey rubbed his eyes quickly and blinked to clear his eyesight. "Oh, hey, midget!" He said smiling broadly, opening the door and standing to the side to make way. "It's been a while, eh?"

"Yeah it has," June giggled, moving into the apartment and looking around, getting used to her surroundings. "Wow… nice digs…"

"Just goes to show that I not only have impeccable tastes in art and fashion, but housing facilities, too," April said with mock haughtness as she follwed her niece through the front door. She paused and gave Casey a little kiss. "Hey, sorry we're late," she said. "Oh no problem, babe," Casey said, smiling back, "Just catching up on some house cleaning and stuff." April gave him a skeptical look, and he laughed nervously. "Seriously! I was!" April then reached behind her and pulled a sock off of one of her plant stands. "Oh gee," Casey said quietly, "must have missed that one…" "Uh huh," April said smiling.

"So, where will I be staying?" June asked, sitting on the sofa and looking at her aunt and Casey. "Oh, we have the guest room upstairs all ready for you. It even has a window so you can get a look at the city." "Wow…" June said, reclining back. "This is a really nice pad…"

"Ain't it, though?" Casey said, walking to the fridge to grab something to eat. He pulled out what looked like a leftover hoagie and started eating. He then walked behind June and wrapped an arm around her neck putting her into a headlock while giving her a playful noogie. "Casey, you butthead!" June growled, "Your messing up my hair!"

"Common midget, do your worst! You can't get out of this!" he laughed, his mouth still full of hoagie. Then, June gripped his forearm that was locked around her neck and stood up suddenly, pushing her shoulder into his chest and swinging him up and over her, and was sent crashing to the floor. "Oooowwww…" he said, trying to sit up. She walked behind him and ground her knuckles onto his head for a few seconds and then walked off to stand by her aunt, who like she was, laughing her head off.

"Don't you dare let a word of this reach the outside world…" Casey said threateningly, pointing a warning finger at both April and June's direction. "Oh, don't worry, Casey," June reassured him, "we won't say anything…"

"But I think Mrs. Fitzgerald across the way should have a field day," April said, laughing harder. Casey's head whirrled around and looked out his living room window. Sure enough, Old Lady Fitzgerald from the neighboring apartment building was watching the festivities. "Oh, maaann…" Casey groaned.

"I'm sorry, Casey," June said, moving over to him. She offered him her hand and helped him up. Casey rubbed his soar back and shot a glare at both June and April. "You know what? I'm going to the movies! Forget y'all!" He said, grabbing his wallet that laid next to their phone.

"The movies, Casey?" April asked in a hinting way. "Sure your not going to go play cricket or anything…?"

Casey paused as he opened the door and pointed to his back, odviously showing that he didn't have his handy-dandy golf bag or goalie mask. April just smiled and nodded, and he smiled back before closing the door and going on his way.

"What was all that about?" June asked.

"Oh nothing!" April covered quickly. "Don't worry about it. So, how about we have a girl night now that Casey is gone? I got some movies and new nail polish for the occasion." June smiled, "Sure! That would be cool!"

A few hours later, both April and June were sitting on the sofa in their PJ's, watching "Thirteen Going On 30," and blowing on or painting their toes while digging around in a big bowl of popcorn. April looked at her niece. She looked so cute, her chestnut hair pulled into two low pigtails, pale pink pajamas, with her knees up to her chest as she watched Jennifer Garner's character proclaime her love to Mark Ruffalo. Well… I guess this would be a good time to bring up the boy's question- after all, that the kind of stuff you talk about at a slumber party… She looked over at June and smiled, "So, what did you think of the guys?" She asked nonchalantly.

June looked back at her aunt, a huge smile on her face, "I absolutely love them! I cannot wait to hang out tomorrow!"

"Well what did you like about them in particular?"

"Well, for starters, Leo is so pollite and good natured," June explained, "And Donatello is really sweet, and Mikey- he's really funny." She said, giggling slightly. "And Master Splinter seems okay too, even though we didn't really talk that much."

April smiled, no word on the tiff yet- so far so good-

"And I really like Raph a lot," June said simply, picking up a bottle of nail polish and starting on the second coat."

"Y-you do?" April asked, a little surprised. "Even after the way he blew up at you for nothing?"

"Well, I can sort of understand where he's coming from, I think," she said calmly.

"How…?" April asked, getting interested in what her niece had to say.

"Well, he just seems a little worried, that's all. I'm not mad at him for what he did, actually," she said, hugging her knees and looking off into nothing, a slight smile playing on her lips. "I just feel like he didn't mean what he said. Like, it's an act he has and doesn't want to let down his big bad character."

Wow, she has him pegged, April thought. Now might be a good time to just blurt it out. Go for it, April!

"Were you flirting with them today, June?" she asked bluntly. Her niece looked at her, a little surprised by her aunt's bluntness.

"Sorry, that just slipped out!" Her aunt apologized, "What I was trying to say was-"

"Yeah I was a little, why do you ask?" June asked, the surprised expression still on her face.

"You were? Really?" April asked, sounding just as surprised as June looked, but at the same time relieved that her niece had gotten to the point so easily.

"Yeah, I think their pretty cute," June answered honestly.

"Well, I guess since we have all this out in the open, I may as well say it- the boys were wondering would you be interested in like, dating them or anything."

June paused and thought. "Raph didn't ask or seem into it at all, did he…?"

April looked a little suspicious, "No, he didn't… Why…?"

"Well, it just doesn't seem like something he would ask, does it?" June asked with a smile.

"No. Your right- no he wouldn't ask that…." April said, impressed by her niece's ability to figure out Raph in the short time of their meeting.

"Well, I wouldn't mind it," June said answering her question. April blinked a few times. "You would date them?"

"Yeah, why not? Maybe I could date all four of them. You know, a personal date for each brother. What do you think?"

April tried finding her voice, "I- I think that's a great idea! I know the boys would love it!" April got serious again. "Are you sure you want to?" I'm sure she's had other boyfriends and everything, so I'm not worried about that, she thought to herself, it's just not every day a girl like June would want to date a teenage mutant turtle…!

"Of course I am!" June said, "I never would have even mentioned it if I wasn't, right?"

"Well, you've got a point…" April said.

"So tomorrow, can I tell them?" June said excitedly, "Can I can I pleeeeaaaaseeee?"

"Alright," April said, "but first, we need to come up with a code of conduct- that way no one gets their toes stepped on."

"Oh do tell," June said smiling.