Disclaimer: All OC are mine. TMNT is not.

Trinity awoke early the next morning. Or at least her definition of early meaning 11:15am, about an hour before she had to be at the Antique Shop to start her new job. Leo had sent a message later that night telling her that everything was set and that she definitely had the job. She wanted to make a good impression on her new boss so she spent majority of her time that morning preparing herself. She styled her hair in a French braid, and the only make up she wore was a little bit of lip gloss. She was dressed in black converse, blue jeans, and red polo shirt. Satisfied with her appearance she grabbed an apple from the refrigerator for breakfast and headed out the door. Sure she was going to be an hour early, but what better way to start a new job than being punctual?

She was about to leave but before she left, she turned around and rushed over to her dresser. She grabbed the small, wooden, jewelry box. Inside were several small rings, a several earrings that had no matching pair. The only thing in the jewelry box that was of any worth to Trinity was a silver charm bracelet. It had several small charms of various shapes such as, a crescent moon, a heart, a star and a butterfly. Each charm was studded with black diamonds, one of the rarest jewels in the world. She held the charm bracelet in the air for a few seconds, and admired it before fastening it tightly around her wrist. Once it was on she, finally left her apartment and headed out into the busy streets of New York.

Since she had had passed it so many times, Trinity knew that the 2nd time Around was pretty close to her apartment building, so she had no trouble finding it. She stopped in front of the main entrance and took a deep breath. She stepped inside and when was pretty shocked when she looked inside. She had expected the shop to be full of regular old decorations you find on the Home isle at Target there was actually a lot interesting antiques there. There were already several customers walking around admiring the antiques.

There was a rifle that said it had been used in the Civil war and it looked so old and worn that it wasn't hard to believe. Everywhere you looked there were old weapons from wars, authentic pottery that looked Aztecan, and several items from several other eras. She almost regretted not coming into the store sooner.

"Excuse me." A female voice said. Trinity turned to find a woman with red hair pulled back in a ponytail and kind green eyes standing before her. "You must be Trinity Love. Hello, I'm-

"April O'Neil right?" Trinity said shaking the woman's hand.

"Um, yeah that's me, how do you-

"I used to see you coming into to Tony's all the time. You were a pretty frequent customer. I'm pretty sure, you're putting his son through collage." Trinity joked. The two women laughed before the laughter faded into awkward silence.

"Look, April, can I call you April? I'm pretty sure you were told about my um "behavioral problems" and I just want you know I promise, I'll do my best not to make that mistake again…I really need a job."

April sighed. "Yeah, I was definitely told of your "issues" but it seems as if you've learned your lesson, and like you said, you really need this so if this is how I can help you, then so be it." April says.

Trinity nodded. "Great! So um… Leo; is he around?" Trinity asked hopefully.

"Oh, um. No, he isn't actually…I haven' seen him all day….sorry." April felt an immense amount of pity for the young woman, as the hopeful smile drained from her face and was replaced with a heartbreaking frown. It's not like she hadn't seen the question coming, and didn't prepare herself to be the bearer of bad news, but that didn't mean it caused the look of distraught on Trinity's face to have any less of an impact on her.

"So! Let's get started shall we?" April said suddenly deciding not to dwell on the subject any longer.

"Oh, okay then." Trinity said with a nod, forcing a smile onto her face. Trinity followed April to the back of the shop where she entered a room that Trinity assumed was an office. It was nothing extraordinary, but was instead small and cozy. There was a large wooden desk in the middle of the room, behind was a small leather office chair, with two arm chairs in front of it. The desk was cluttered with newspapers, pencils, pens, magazines and notecards. The beige walls were bare except for a few oil paintings, and for some reason a wall clock in the shape of a turtle shell.

"Sorry, about the mess. Like, Leo told you, the shop's been pretty busy lately so I haven't had the time to clean this place up." April said. She pushed several papers out of the way and reveled a Macbook Pro that had been buried under the mess. Trinity followed and sat in the chair as April began to explain what Trinity needed to do.

"Okay, so here's what I need you to do. That phone," April said pointing to a black house phone sitting next to the laptop. "Is going to ring. A lot. Usually when people call they just want to know if I have a certain item in my stock, which you can check on a spreadsheet I have pulled up. Once you know, you just have to tell them."

Trinity nodded slowly and frowned as she looked at the long list of items on the spreadsheet. April noticed this and put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a warm smile. "Don't worry, it's not that bad. I mean, it most certainly isn't good but eventually you become immune to the boredom." April said. She looked down at Trinity's wrist and her eyes widened upon noticing her charm bracelet.

"Is that black diamond?" April asked, still admiring the bracelet.

Trinity gave April a small smile and nodded. April was stretching her hand out to touch it, but before she could, Trinity snatched her hand away, and gave a April a glare, before she knew what it was doing.

"Oh, I didn't realize I was-

"No, no. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reacted that way. It's just that…this bracelet, is very important. I'm, pretty protective of it." Trinity said pressing the piece of jewelry close to her chest.

"Oh. Okay then. I totally understand." April said patting her on the shoulder. "Well, I actually have lunch in about an hour so you won't be in hell for too long." April said reassuringly. There was the sound of a bell from the front of the store and April and Trinity looked out the doorway to see an elderly woman standing at the front desk with a set of figurines, tapping her foot impatiently. Behind her were several other people. "And, speaking of hell." April muttered. She wasn't talking to anyone in particular but Trinity laughed anyways. April forced a smile into her face that Trinity liked to call, "The Flight Attendant Smile" and headed out the door, apologizing to the customers and even promising them a small discount for the wait. This apparently seemed to please them seeing as how frustration they had disappeared entirely. Trinity didn't know how this April woman, managed to stand her ground against customers like that for so long but she knew, that needed to take tips.

Her first call came shortly after April left and it wasn't as bad as she thought it be, in fact. None of them were. The next time the phone rang Trinity glared at it and snatched off the hook. Before she even had a chance to speak, another voice began speaking so loudly, and so suddenly that Trinity jumped and had to juggle the phone in her hands several times before catching it and placing it against her ear.

She had been expecting to yelled at and called names, but they callers were actually pretty nice. The hour flew by very quickly and Trinity sat back in her chair with a sigh of relief when April flipped the open sign to closed. She walked back into office and giggled when she saw Trinity leaning back in the chair.

"I take it things went well?" April joked as she grabbed her purse off of a hook by the door.

"Well…it was certainly…draining, is the best way to put it." Trinity said pushing away from the desk.

"Well don't worry, once we're done with lunch we'll on have about, seven hours to go. But don't worry, you'll get more breaks." April said patting her shoulder. "I'm gonna go ahead, leave. Meet you back here in about an hour?"

"Sounds great." Trinity said. April nodded and turned to leave but Trinity called after her.

"Yeah?" She asked turning around.

"April…how long have you known Leo? And how did you guys meet? I mean, and I realize this will sound stupid but have you ever seen before? Because I've known him for about a year and every time I ask to meet him some place in person, he always says he has to go." April had a stunned look on her face, as she struggled to answer, noticing her behavior Trinity continued. "I'm assuming you've known him longer than I have so I was hoping you could tell me about him. Is he shy, or insecure or something? Because whatever it is, I swear I won't judge, if that's why he won't show himself."

"Uh…um…I…uh"

"Hey, babe you ready to go?!" Called a voice from the front of the store. April silently thanked Casey, for saving her, as he made his way into her office. He was wearing a long sleeved gray shirt, with a short sleeved black one on top, with dark blue jeans, and white sneakers. He had jet black shoulder length hair, olive skin and electric blue eyes. He had pretty large muscles and had to be at least six and a half feet tall, so he towered over April, who had to stand on her tip toes, to kiss him, even after had bent down some. He spoke a deep Brooklyn accent.

Trinity found herself dangerously close to drooling as she stared at him. She quickly closed her mouth turned her head away awkwardly.

He walked in gave April a hug and a quick kiss on the lips before noticing Trinity.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't you had someone over. You're Trinity right? April's new secretary?"

"Yup that's me." Trinity smiling tightly. She didn't know who this handsome man was, but she secretly cursed him for coming to April's rescue.

"Hi, I'm Casey." He holding her hand in a tight grip as he shook it. "I heard about what you did at Tony's. Niiice. Way to stick it to man!" April shot him a glare and hit him in the stomach with the back of her hand.

"Well come on Casey, we should get going. You know how busy the Deli gets during the lunch rush." April said taking his arm and leading him out of the room.

"Right, well thanks for helping April Trinity. Nice meeting ya." He said. He smiled brightly before being dragged out of the office by April. Once the two were out of earshot, April said, "Thanks for the save, Case." She said gratefully.

"Anytime, you know me. I always have perfect timing." He winked at her, and the couple kissed tenderly before leaving the shop and heading to the restaurant for lunch.

Meanwhile, back in the office, Trinity was pacing back and forth around the office. She was no longer hungry. She knew April was keeping something from her about Leo, and was determined to find out what it was.

Once the lunch hour, which Trinity spent napping, was over, April returned and the rest of the day flew by very quickly; there were about 20 other customers that came in, and about twice as many that called. While Trinity was grateful that she had a new job, it didn't mean that the work wasn't mind numbing, exhausting, and extremely dull. She folded her arms across the table and let her head drop into them. She was enjoying the relaxation when April walked in and tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up and the first thing she saw was a wad of cash in April's hand. She watched in glee, as April counted several of the bills in the large stack and handed it to Trinity, who was trying to figure out whether or not this was a joke or not.

"A-are you seriously giving me all of this?! Where the hell did this come from?!" Trinity asked as she counted out $125.

"Well, I'd hate to brag but the antiques in this store a genuinely rare. Stuff you can't find unless you either A) have a time machine, or B) can raid tombs and get out alive. It's also pretty popular. I used to just divide the money between bills, charity; and myself but now that you're here you get your own cut. Sound fair?"

"Sounds very fair to me. I'm just glad I'm not broke anymore." She looked at April and smiled. "Thank you so much." She said tucking the money in her bag. She was standing up to leave, but before she could make it to the door, there was a booming clap of thunder followed by the sound of heavy rain, and hail.

April made her way over to the window and looked outside. "Uh-oh." She mumbled. Trinity joined her, in looking out the window and frowned. "Can't believe I have to walk home in this."

"You're gonna go out there? You sure it's pretty dangerous out there, and I wouldn't want anything to happen you. I need the extra help." April said with a smile.

Trinity rolled her eyes and said, "Thanks for your concern but I'll be fine, I only live about a block away from here so I'll be-

Trinity was interrupted by the sound of metal clanging outside. She looked out the window to see a battered stop sign lying in the middle road, and harsh winds causing flower pots and chimes to sway in the winds.

"On second thought, maybe I could hide out here. You know, if you wouldn't mind." Trinity said.

April nodded and guided Trinity over to the spiral staircase in the middle of the shop. The two women ascended them until they found themselves in April's large living room. April immediately used her cell phone to call Casey to make sure she was alright.

Trinity watched her from the couch with a smile on her face. She had only seen the couple interact once but could tell how much they cared for each other. Not to mention that how adorable they looked together made her want to both gush over them and puke. But mainly puke.

She wasn't proud of herself because of it, but Trinity never liked seeing happy couples. Every time she did, they reminded her of what she so badly wanted. She didn't know why she didn't have boyfriend. She felt that it wasn't bragging to say that she was good looking. She had a pretty face, a nice body and a somewhat charming personality, yet the only attention ever got from a guy was the occasional mediocre pervert in alleys who she managed to scare off, if she needed too.

She looked on as April giggled at something Casey said on the phone and rolled her eyes in annoyance. "I should've taken my chances with the storm." She muttered to herself. As she kicked off her shoes and tucked her feet beside her on April's couch. She looked around and began to notice that April' living room was simply an enlarged version of her desk; cluttered with unnecessary mess.

Some of it, for a 20-something woman, was excusable. The small weights piled in one corner, the magazines scattered across the table, the occasional high heels that were kicked off were always kicked off the front the door of the apartment, from when the woman wearing them, couldn't bear to walk in them any longer, even if it was the ten feet that stood between them, and their bedroom.

Some of the other things though, were just plain random. For instance there were several nuts, bolts, wires and computer chips scattered about on the table, a massive book of Haikus that lay next to those, a playboy magazine with Megan Fox on the cover and about 20 Justice Force comic books that fell of the edge of the coffee and onto a waiting pile of even more that lie on the carpet.

Trinity leaned and picked up a random comic book with the title, "SILVER SENTRY VS. DR. MALINGUS! THE FINAL BATTLE!" Trinity wrinkled her nose. She had never been into comic books, and super heroes. Not even as a child. She had probably been the only person at Tony's who didn't see the new Avengers movie when it came out.

She looked up as April made her way over to Trinity, and slid her phone in her pocket. "Sorry about that, Casey gets so chatty sometimes. So can I get you anything?"

"Got any hot coco?" Trinity asked hopefully.

April had to repress a laugh when Trinity asked the question. She had enough hot coco in her pantry to melt the north pole. She kept a large stock for whenever the guys came over on cold nights, and she, Casey, and Master Splinter, would curl up some place in the living room and watch movies, drinking as much hot coco as their bodies could manage. Mikey could go through an entire pack on his own, so she had be sure to have plenty.

"Yoo-hoo, earth to red head?" Trinity said waving a hand in April's face.

"What? Oh, yeah sorry I was lost in April-land for a second there. Hot coco coming right up. You want a marshmallow? The giant ones I mean."

"Sure! I love my coco like that." Trinity said. April winked and emptied a pack of the powdered stuff into a "I NY" mug as well as a hot pink one for herself. She set a kettle of water on the stove and made her way over Trinity on the couch.

"So, Trinity, tell me about yourself. You're my new secretary and I feel as if I hardly know you." April said resting her elbow on the arm of the couch.

"Well what all do you wanna know?" Trinity asked.

"I dunno, let's start with where you're from." April said, peeking on the kettle in the kitchen. Ever since Don "improved" her stove top, the poor kettle could spontaneously combust at any second.

"Oh that's an easy one." Trinity said. "Tallahassee, Florida. I lived there until I turned 18 and then I moved here to go to Julliard."

"Interesting. Julliard. What do you do? Sing? Act? Dance?" April asked, glad that she as getting to know more about the young woman.

"No. No. Yes. I've been dancing since I was a little girl." Trinity responded. There was a sudden silence between the two when Trinity had a sudden realization. This was her opportunity. She could finally learn more about Leo. If she could just ease into it carefully enough…

"So what about you April? You're my boss, and I feel like I hardly know you. Have you always worked in the shop?" Trinity asked.

April snorted and scoffed. "No, the shop was actually a back up plan for me. I had another job before this but….let's just say it didn't go so well."

"Was it your boss?" Trinity asked in and understanding tone.

Again April scoffed. "Oh yeah. He definitely had some issues. I've only been running the store for about a year or two. Business was pretty slow at first, but you know that show Hollywood Treasures?"

Trinity's jaw dropped. "No way! You were on there?!" Trinity asked excitedly.

"No, no. But one of the guys from the show came in. He was just interested in antiques period. Hollywood related or not. He bought something, he liked what he saw, tweeted about it, and now a bunch of antique lovers come in a lot." April said reminiscently.

"Cool, and what about your friends? You know, other than that big load of sexy I met earlier." Trinity said with a laugh.

"Hey back off," April warned kiddingly. She was enjoying the conversation she was having with Trinity, but knew exactly what she was doing. This girl just won't quit will she, April thought to herself. "Well, I mainly hang out with a lot my friends from college. I'm closet to a woman named Irma Langenstein." April said. She heard the kettle whistle and excused herself to go and get the hot beverages.

"Oh so that's how you wanna play it?" Trinity said to April under her breath. April returned with two steaming mugs in her hands and handed one to Trinity who accepted it with a warm smile.

"So no one else? Just college friends huh?" Trinity challenged. April nodded innocently as she sipped her coco.

"So who does all of this belong to?" Trinity asked motioning at the mess on the table with one arm.

April's eyes widened and she visibly stiffened. Trinity hid an evil smirk in her mug. Consider your nerves struck. She thought to herself as she watched April struggle to answer the question. "I'm gonna go to the bathroom and shower, so I can get into my pj's. Make yourself at home." April said suddenly she set her mug down hurried away.

Trinity cursed under her breath and sighed. She reached into her yarn shoulder bag to take out her iPod, but was surprised to find it wasn't there. "Dammit." She groaned. "Must've left it down stairs." She said. She stood up and headed downstairs. She looked outside the window and saw that the storm had died down to a steady fall of rain. She was heading into the office to grab her bag when she heard something at the backdoor. Letting her curiosity get the best of her, she made her over to the backdoor and looked the small window in the door.

She couldn't see because it was too dark, but she was able to make out four bulky figures standing in the ally outside of April's backdoor. Three of which were holding a large box. Trinity pressed her ear against the door and strained to hear their words, managing to hear the last words one of them said.

"- just get out of here before anyone see's us. I don't feel like getting into any trouble tonight."

Trinity's eyes widened. "Sons of bitches are stealing merchandise." Trinity knew they would be gone by the time she got her cell phone. She looked around the room and found a large wooden bat. She didn't question why it was there. She just grabbed it from the corner and headed out the backdoor. The figures were already walking away.

"Trinity Love, this is the stupidest thing you have ever done." She said to herself. She raised the bat and ran towards the figures, preparing to have the bat make contact with the very first face she saw.

Raph's POV

"Remind again why we have to haul all this crap back to the lair?" I asked, or rather growled as we left April's shop.

There was a thud behind be me and I turned to see that Don had set down the tea set he was carrying and staring at me.

"Okay first of all-

"Oh, God here we go."

He ignored me and continued talking anyway. "We're here because you managed to break the last china set while trying to kill Mikey, and second of all what do you mean we? Mike, Leo and I are the only ones actually carrying anything. Which is strange seeing as how the three of us didn't do anything."

"Yeah dude!" Mikey chimed in. "Last time, I checked, you were the one that destroyed the China, I as simply running away from you, while you chasing me with a hammer!"

"Well, then hopefully you've learned you're lesson. Maybe next time, you won't dump rubber spiders on Raph while he's in the shower. You know bugs make cry like a little girl." Leo said with a smirk on his face.

"I'm not scared of bugs I just don't-

"You just don't what? You don't like them? Because it seems to me as if-

"Shut up, dumb ass! You don't hear that someone's following us!" I said to Mikey being sure to slap in the back of the head. He stuck his tongue out at me but strained to hear.

We all standing there, and the next I know, out of fucking nowhere, I hear a loud yell and a bat swinging towards my face.

Reacting on instinct I grabbed the person's arm before they could bash my brains out, and kicked them in the stomach before grabbing my said, and sending the pommel directly into their face. There was a grunt of pain, which I swear was feminine and then a thud, and a clanking sound.

"Raph, what the hell happened?" Don asked making his way over to me. Mikey and Leo had set their boxes down and were now standing next me. Lying on the ground at our feet was unconscious black girl, who looked about 18, lying on the ground. Blood was flowing from her nose, and though I'm no doctor I'm pretty sure it was broken. Mikey, Don and I had no idea who she was but from the look on Leo's face, he did.

"Oh…shit." He said. I immediately became concerned. It was very rare that Leo that cursed and whenever he did, something terrible happened.

"You know this crazy bitch, Leo?" I asked him. He was looking at her they deer looked when headlights were coming towards it. It would've been pretty funny if I wasn't so damn confused right now.

"Oh shit!" He said burying face in his hands and kneeling down by the girls side. "Dammit, Raph why'd you do this!"

"Me?! Some homicidal chick, charges at me with a bat and when I defend myself you blame me?! What the hell does it matter to you anyway? Who is she?"

Leo groaned and said, "You guys know that girl I've been talking online with all year?"

"You mean the one you keep denying you have the hots for?" Mikey joked, earning a glare from Leo.

"Wait, that's Trinity? What's she doing hanging out around the back of April's shop with Casey's bat?" Don asked Leo.

"She lost her job, so I talked April into letting her work at the Antique Shop, today was her first day." Leo explained.

"Damn, you got her job? You really do have the hots for her." I said with a smirk. Leo's face turned red and his jaw tightened. I never got to see Leo pissed very often, so I was enjoying this.

"Come on, let's get her back to April's." Leo said. He scooped Trinity up, who as limp as boiled noodle and began walking away.

Don sighed. "One night. I just wanna go one night without having to clean up someone's blood!" He yelled before storming after Leo. I felt Mikey nudge me and he said, "So how do you think she's gonna react to finding out Leo's a giant turtle? I mean, that's some serious baggage man. $20 says she dumps him!" He yells as he runs off.

I just stay back and slap my face before I follow him. It is amazing what we manage to get ourselves into sometimes.