A Puck his girl!
Summary:
Leonardo has been keeping Arienne Lyn a secret from his family and friends for a long time. She is never too far away from his heart or mind. When Casey Jones makes a huge fit over the "Golden Puck", Leo needs some help from Ari and in doing so, let his secret be known by his family, friends and possibly his enemy. Just how will things go?
Author's note:
Hello everyone!
Yes, I know. I know. Long time since I wrote in this fandom and with these two characters. In the past I have tried to do a full story of these two, but it never worked out. So one-shots it is with these two.
Anyway, I thought that with the episode of "The Golden Puck", that Leo's secret of Arienne Lyn will be more "Announced". And I know that the episode of "The Golden Puck" happened before the invasion but, I'm tweaking it to fit in this timeline of my one-shots.
I would say, the timeline will take place before or after Thanksgiving; hence the Snow on the ground in the episode. Also there will be a companion to this one-shot; A Christmas Wish. And it will be posted on Christmas ^_~.
Please Read and review, thank you!
Alonia143.
A Puck his girl:
Walking back to the lair, dragging his feet, one of the turtles brothers couldn't get one person out of his thoughts.
"Come on Leo!" He heard Mikey from far ahead.
He picked up his pace but lagged behind once more.
"Alright Leo?" Donny asked him curiously, walking with his brother.
"Yeah," He whispered low.
"Mmhm. I knew it didn't have to do with the turkey and stuffing tonight," Donny easily replied back.
'I just miss her,' Leo thought to himself.
It had been a month since he last saw Arienne Lyn. Cody was now her son; Cody's family was killed by the looters from the invasion. Leonardo felt horribly bad for Cody but, he really lucked out with Ari being his mother.
"Does it have to with Karai?" Donny lightly asked his leader.
"Huh? No. I'm over Karai, Donny. Just …thoughts," Leo said back.
And it was true. Leonardo was over Karai; after Ari and everyone else told him how bad she truly was.
"Hey guys, you go on ahead!" Donny yelled to their other siblings.
"Alright! Meet you back at the lair!" Raph's voice echoed back to them.
Leo sighed as he walked over to an open man hole and looked up.
"It's that woman. From the Triceraton invasion. Ari was what you said of her name?" Donny guessed as Leo ignored him.
Leonardo had to ignore what his brother was asking. He had to protect Ari from everyone. He couldn't let it slip that she was the one being who holds his heart and soul in the palm of her hands.
"It is okay, Leo," Donatello said, knowing that he had hit the nail on the head with his oldest brother and leader.
"I don't know what you're talking about Don but, thank you just the same," Leo deflected back.
Donny nodded and then said "I'm always here if you need to discuss anything. But come on, Master Splinter will be worried about us,"
With another sigh as Leonardo gazed up at the stars one last time that night, he followed his genius brother back to the lair.
When both brothers got back inside the lair, Raph was on the phone.
"Yeah. Yeah. Sure, just let me ask my bros," Raph said to the person.
Leonardo wanted to go to bed; that turkey was making him sleepy.
"Hey guys, Casey wanted to know if we would like to go to a Slam Hockey game in a few days?" Raph asked them.
"Sure!" Mikey replied back.
"I wouldn't mind to go," Donny said yawning.
"It would be good to get out of the lair," Leo finally replied when they looked at him.
Raph nodded and then said "Sure Case. We'll see you then,"
"I'm going to bed," Leo stated and walked to his room.
His brothers looked after him but, Donny had an inclining as to who was on their leader's mind.
When it was the hockey game, Leonardo had crept out earlier in the day. There was snow and the temperature had dropped in the low 30's.
He walked around in the trench coat sweat pants, scarf covering his face and hat within central park.
"Air! Air!" he heard a little boy say excitedly.
"Be careful Cody," a sweet voice greeted his ears.
Walking hurriedly around the bend, Leonardo then saw them both.
"When will it be enough to have snow on the ground?" Cody asked her.
The child had grown a foot since Leo had last seen him; his dirty blonde hair was a bit brighter but his child blue eyes were the same. The young woman that was with him didn't change at all.
"Ari," Leo whispered low.
Her hair was longer than normal; still dark brown and curly. It was her eyes; her warm brown eyes, which either made Leo's heart stop or skip a beat. She was wearing thick winter blue pants, black mountain boots, a blue scarf, a winter blue beanie and black gloves.
"That guy keeps looking at us," Cody whispered low to her.
Arienne looked up and saw the trench coat guy wearing a hat.
"Hm…" she hummed and then walked over to him.
Leonardo panicked.
"Leo?" she asked him curiously.
"Y-yes," he stammered in a high squeaky voice.
"What….what are you doing here?" she stumbled with her words now.
"I…I needed some Air," he replied back.
Cody walked up to his mother and looked up at Leo.
"Hi," Leo greeted him.
"Come on, let's go get something warm to drink," Ari told them both.
"Okay," they both said and followed after her.
They all walked into a small café across the street from the park. Seating in the way back corner, Leo gazed at Ari.
"How…how are you?" he asked her after she had paid for his drink.
"I'm doing really well. Cody is in school now, getting good grades but, could do without the fighting," Ari said, looking at her son.
Cody ignored her on this. She knew that it was hard for him to get along with the other students.
"Mm. I know that other children can be very mean when they want to. Just try to ignore it Cody and keep doing your school work," Leo told him.
"Where have you been since you left us at that farm house?" Cody asked to change the subject.
Leo looked down and whispered low "Saving the world. Trying to keep it safe for you two,"
Arienne gently placed her gloved hand over his.
"Thank you. After you left, Cody and I were hesitant to come back to New York City. I no longer work at the museum anymore. I actually am a stay at home mom," Ari said lowly.
"Why are you ashamed of being a stay at home mother?" Leo asked, looking into her eyes.
"Because many people look down upon it and my uh…my money comes from my dad," she whispered low.
Leonardo thought on this.
"I don't think that's bad Arienne. Just that your father has finally stepped up or-"
"Set up a system that whenever I had any children of my own, that my trust fund would kick in," she interrupted in a low whisper.
Cody gently hugged her. He knew what went on in their house more so then Leonardo.
"I am sorry," Leonardo told her.
"It's alright. I just didn't expect my father to be like this," she said, drinking her apple cider.
"I'm surprised that you are out in the open," Cody then told Leonardo.
Swallowing nervously, Leo looked down.
"I am curious, what are you doing out in the open?" Ari softly asked him.
"I am going to a slam hockey game tonight. With my brothers and friend, Casey," Leo replied back "And I needed some alone time,"
Ari smiled and then said "We're going to that tonight as well,"
Cody gasped and looked at her.
"You got 4 A's in the last 3 weeks. I do believe that deserve a reward," she told him, winking.
"Thank you! Thank you!" He said excitedly, hugging her.
"That is awesome, Cody," Leo told him, smiling behind his scarf.
"Do you know where you will be seated?" Ari asked Leo.
"No. But knowing Casey, probably not that good of seats," he replied, knowing his friend.
"Hm. Well I hope that you get to wear that blue scarf of yours. So that I know where to find you," she said, smiling.
Leo's heart fluttered hard as his stomach was doing flips. Or was it his heart doing flips and his stomach fluttering hard? He couldn't tell.
"All…all right. I'll uh…I'll wear this scarf to the…the uh…game," he stammered more.
Cody giggled, knowing that Leonardo liked his mother.
Ari got up and then walked over to the cashier as an idea struck her.
"What is she doing now?" Cody whined.
"She does this a lot?" Leo asked him curiously.
"Only those that she deems worthy. Which, by the way, don't you dare hurt my mother," Cody declared to Leo.
"I would never hurt her, Cody. She means everything to me," Leo replied back to the glaring little boy.
He nodded with "Good, you better not hurt her,"
Leo smiled at the protective little boy.
When Ari came back, she had a triple brown paper bags.
"What is that Ari?" Leo asked her.
"Since we missed Thanksgiving, I thought that this might make it up for it," she told him, handing the bags to him.
Leo gently took the handles and looked inside of it. There, just enough for 40 people, were the fixings of Thanksgiving with 4 bottles of apple cider and eggnog.
"You didn't-"
"I wanted to and like I said, we missed Thanksgiving together, Leo," she interrupted him, gently resting her hand on top of his.
Gently putting the bags on the chair, Leonardo got up, walked over to her, had her stand up and then wrapped his arms around her. For the longest time, he feared that she would push him away, that was what made him so hesitant on hugging her, but boy did he miss actually hugging her.
She wrapped her arms around his plastron, snuggling into his neck and the both of them stayed like that for some time. It was a huge relief for Leo that she wasn't running away, screaming.
Cody glared at a couple of costumers who were giving his mother and Leo a dirty look.
"Don't stay away from me too long," Ari whispered low.
"I'll try my best, Ari," Leo whispered back.
She nodded and held him for a bit more before letting go. He looked at her and smiled; though she couldn't see it thanks to the scarf.
"Come along Cody, we have to go," she announced to Cody.
"Go? Go where? Mom, if I have to get another haircut!" Cody began to protest inertest.
She laughed and said "Yes, another hair cut appointment for you,"
Cody then clung onto Leo with "No! I don't like the-"
"It won't be that bad, Cody. Besides hair grows back. It'll be alright," Leo interrupted the frightened boy, gently rubbing his back.
Cody heavily sighed with "Fine. This time you win….but not the one after this,"
Ari chuckled and then waited for Leo to get his things. He did and walked in front of them.
"See you tonight?" she asked to make sure that he was coming.
"Yes. See you tonight," he said smiling more.
Ari and Cody walked away as Leo walked back into the park. He couldn't believe that Arienne Lyn didn't run away terrified and screaming.
Making sure that no one was around, he lifted up a manhole cover and hopped down. He put the manhole cover back in place and grabbed his stuff.
Upon returning to the lair, his brothers and father looked at him.
"Where have you been Leonardo?" Master Splinter asked him.
"Out and uh…the homeless people gave me these for what we do to help them. They really shouldn't have but, I couldn't ….uh…say no to them," Leo lied.
Master Splinter walked over into the kitchen as Leo had put the bags, looking inside.
"No, they really shouldn't have given us this. However, it was the right thing to do. Now we won't go hungry for a couple of weeks," Master Splinter said, knowing exactly where this came from.
Raph, Donny and Mikey came over and looked at the food too.
"Whoa! They even gave us apple cider and eggnog!" Mikey exclaimed in shock and happiness.
"Those are from"
"Angel's grandmother and Casey told me that none of us except Leonardo, to have them," Donny stepped in, knowing where this was going.
"What!?" Mikey shrieked.
"How come Leo gets that and the eggnog, while we get the food?" Raph snarled, not liking this either.
"Because, Leo and I helped Angel's grandmother from a theft. Remember? A grandmother was robbed but somehow got her purse and TV back?" Donny supplied the somewhat lie to them.
"Oh! About 2 months ago! The news aired it….and….Oh…Right. Well Alright," Mikey joined in, thought on it and then realized that his brothers weren't lying.
Raph huffed and said "I just want one-"
"Raph!" Leo snapped at him "No!"
"What? Come on Leo! You are not going to run out on this!" Raph argued back.
"Raphael, leave your brother's rewards alone. Michelangelo you as well," Master Splinter ended the argument.
"What? Awe man, Master Splinter," Mikey complained.
Leonardo took the apple cider and eggnog up to his bedroom and put them in his mini fridge; locking it with a padlock.
Donatello followed his oldest brother and closed the door.
"You saw her. Arienne Lyn, I mean," Donny said flat out.
"Yes. She gave me that stuff for we missed Thanksgiving yesterday. She bought me the cider and eggnog. Donny, what am I to do?" Leo asked, confused on this, sitting on his bed.
Donny walked over to the chair and sat down on it.
"I've never been in love, Leo but from what I have been seeing, you already are in love with her. Or have been for some time," he told him.
Leo grounded his teeth and said low "I know,"
"I take it Casey already had this conversation with you?" Donny asked him.
"Yes, on the way up to his farm house, when the invasion happened. I have been thinking on this for some time and every time that someone says that I am in love with her, I want to rebel. I can't have her being known to our enemies Don. Karai nearly came close. I can't see my world without her in it," Leo explained to him.
Donatello sighed heavily and said "I knew something was wrong when Karai had said something to you. You acted on pure anger alone. Nearly got Master Splinter seriously hurt, but I knew something else was lingering. Maybe you can tell me what you see in Arienne Lyn?"
"Her Loving spirit. Donny, it's….She is just beautiful," Leo said, lying back on his bed. "How she is always patient with people, let alone times with herself, but still. You know how I train in the dojo? And April was in awe of how we were with our training? Ari is like that but whenever she makes food,"
Donny couldn't hide the grin at how Leo had turned to goo when he was talking about Ari.
"And today! Just some time ago, she hugged me. Not running away, screaming. She hugged me, Don," Leo gushed some more.
"She did? Does she know of us?" he asked a bit alarmed.
"Yes, she does. Donny, I'm also going to be seeing her tonight, at the hockey puck game," Leo informed him, looking up at his brother.
"What!? Leo, you can't…..she already agreed to it, didn't she?" Donny began but stopped.
"She did," Leo said as they heard the phone ringing downstairs.
A few minutes later Raph came up and said excitedly "Guys! Guys! We got better seats! Casey won a raffle ticket game and said that even though we were going to the game tonight, the owner of the teams told Casey that he would exchange the tickets for better ones! Can you believe that!?"
Leonardo sat up from his bed, shocked.
A hand was quickly put over his mouth as Donny said "That is awesome Raph!"
"Also Casey said that he would bring some clothes over for us that way no one will know what we look like. Where is Mikey! MIKEY!" Raph said excitedly and took off running.
Donny looked over at Leo and said "I'm guessing the clothes and the new seats came from Arienne?"
Moving his hand from his mouth, Leo then replied "Yes. I knew that they both were faking it,"
"They?" Donny asked.
"Oh, Cody and Ari. Cody's parents were killed by looters in the invasion and since Cody was around Ari so much, she adopted him," Leo explained that sad part.
Donny nodded and then said "That is good for her to do that,"
Leo smiled softly to himself.
"If you need someone to talk, just to get this off of your chest, Leo. I am always here to listen. I may not have the greatest advice but"
"But I appreciate it non-the-less Donny. Thank you," Leo finished as the doors opened downstairs.
Leonardo couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was a full stadium and right across from arena was Ari and Cody.
They were having a grand time with the game.
"Ari," Leo whispered low with Donny right next to him.
Donny looked up and over to where Arienne and Cody were sitting. He saw how beautiful she looked and honestly knew why Leo had fallen in love with her.
She was loving, caring, always taking care of Cody whenever he needed something and was openly flirting with Leo.
"It's okay Leo," Donny whispered to him.
When the game was over and the post game air show began, Leo was looking directly at Ari.
"ARI, CODY! RUN!" He yelled at them.
"Great! Just blow your secret!" Donny hissed more to himself about his oldest brother.
But it did the trick, Ari and Cody were running away to safety. When the bomb blew up, Leo last saw them stopping in the stair way. Casey pulled them out but when Leo saw Ari standing there, helping, Leo bolted over to her.
"Are you alright? Ari, where is Cody?" Leo asked, looking around.
"I'm right here," Cody said, sitting down on the bench.
"Leo, what the shell is going on!" Raph snarled, glaring at the woman before them.
"Raph," Don warned him, putting his Bo staff on his shoulder to keep him back.
Leo looked Ari over, ignoring his brothers as Ari gently took Leo's shoulders and pinned them to his sides.
"I'm alright. I'm fine. Cody is fine too. Leo, please calm down," Ari calmly said to him.
Taking deep breathes, he then wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly.
"Too close…just too close…" He whispered, closing his eyes tightly.
Ari hugged him back, softly running her hands up and down his back. Raphael and Mikey however were confused and angry.
"Who the shell are you?" Raph snapped at her, bringing out his Sais.
"I'm Arienne Lyn," she replied to him.
Leo pulled away and drew his katanas out.
"Ooh you just had to go there Raph," Donny sarcastically said, putting his hand over his eyes.
Ari then did something that made Raphael get the picture: she moved closer to Leo and rested her chin on his shoulder with her arms wrapped around his back.
"Whoa.." Casey said, knowing that gesture.
Leo looked over at her, confused but Ari continued to stare Raphael down.
Cody smiled and said "Way to go mom!"
Raph twirled his Sais around before putting them in his belt.
"So you're the one who gave us that food?" he asked for confirmation.
"Yes. Did you like it?" she asked back.
"We are still eating it," Mikey supplied.
Raph smacked his face and replied "Yes it is good, thank you,"
"AAH! The Hockey puck trophy!" Casey said in alarmed.
"It's okay Casey," Leo said "It's just a trophy,"
"Just a trophy! Just a trophy! It's not just a trophy!" Casey wailed.
"They will help you get it back," Ari stated quickly.
"We will!?" the brothers asked.
"Yes, you will," She told them.
Leo sighed heavily and then walked her away from his brothers.
"I don't want you with us. It could be dangerous. You saw what they did to the stadium; blowing our seats up because we didn't move. I want you and Cody home. My brothers and I, with Casey, will get the trophy back," Leo told her in a tight voice.
"But, I want to come-!"
"He's right, Cody. We would just be an easy target and in the way. Later on tonight, stop by," Ari cut in on Cody's ranting.
Leo whispered low "Call the police the minute we leave,"
Ari nodded and hugged Leo tightly to her.
He hugged her back, whispering "Please be safe when you get home,"
"You as well," she whispered back, softly kissing his forehead.
Donny, Raph and Mikey were far away from them but, they all couldn't help that their oldest brother had a lot of explaining to do when this was over.
Casey had already ran out of the stadium.
The brothers quickly took the ski mobiles and jumped over the walls.
Ari had Cody dial 9-1-1 for help.
When this was over, Leo had sneaked away and ran towards Ari's home. He looked and saw that she was pacing around.
He jumped through the library window and shut it. He walked down the hallway and listened.
No one was up but Ari.
"Ari?" He asked, staying in the shadows again.
She turned around and saw the white glowing eyes.
"Leo?" she asked back.
"I'm alright. So are my brothers and Casey. Where is Cody?" he replied back, not coming out of the shadows.
"In bed. He was jumping all over the place when we got home and the police men said that they were going to be running a story on how Casey and Cody got the bad guys," she told him, worrying her lower lip.
"That isn't good," Leo agreed with her, walking over to her couch and sitting down.
"No. So they told me, that they would keep Cody's and my name out of it," she continued more.
"They were too close to your home tonight," Leo growled low.
"I didn't know that they were," she told him, walking over and sitting beside him.
Scooting away from her, Leo felt horrible. He didn't want to scoot away, he wanted her in his arms once more.
"I have to explain to my family more so on us. I think my father knows," Leo said, resting against the cushions.
Ari did the same and replied "Would it help if he and I met? Or talked over the phone?"
"Talking over the phone wouldn't be a bad idea," He agreed to that.
"When the seats had blown up, I honestly thought that I had lost you. I love you Leo," she whispered low.
Leo looked over at her and whispered back "I know that one day that I will not be here, but I will do all that I can to be here in the present. I never said this to anyone except my father. I love you too Ari,"
Ari smiled in the dark in his direction.
He leaned over and very softly, pressed his lips on her soft cheek. He knew that he couldn't kiss her fully on the lips yet. Their relationship was slow and at their own pace.
"I have to go now. I am sorry but my father will worry," he stated, not wanting to leave just yet.
Ari got up, walked over to her book shelf and pulled out a photo album. She took out the newest picture of her and Cody at the Museum of natural history.
"Here, take this and you can keep it," she told Leo, turning around.
"But…what about you?" he asked, still sitting on the couch.
"I checked for copies," She said, gently writing on the back of it with a pen.
Ari handed the picture over and smiled at him as he stood up.
Leo took it and saw that she and Cody were in front of some extinct turtles. It jogged something in his memory but, he didn't say it out loud.
"Thank you, Ari," He told her, looking up at her eyes.
Oh how he could easily swim in those warm honey flecks, the deep warm browns and sharp elegant green of her eyes.
"You're welcome. Just please stop by before another month or so goes by?" she teased him as he put the picture in his belt.
He laughed softly and replied "I'll mark it on my calendar,"
She laughed with him as Leo got up and walked down the hallway.
It was when Leonardo got home that Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello were standing there with Master Splinter looking not pleased.
"Uh…" Leo had said unsure of what to do.
"I'm sorry, Leo. You know how Master Splinter can get," Donny said to him in shame.
"It's alright Donny. It is about time that all of you know who my girlfriend is," Leo replied back.
And so, Leonardo explained to his family that Arienne Lyn was his girlfriend. How they met, how he had taken her to safety when the invasion happened, with her adopting Cody and showing the picture that she had given him earlier.
"I knew something was going on," Mikey said to him.
"You guys aren't upset with me?" Leo asked, looking at Raph.
"Why would I be upset, when it explains nearly everything that you have gone through?" Raph stated back.
"I was that-"
"No, but something was off," Mikey agreed.
"Oh," Leo said, looking down.
Master Splinter walked over and said "Remember my son, you two share a bond of love. There will be times where you will have to give, take and come in the middle,"
Leonardo listened and then asked "Even if what you fear the most of that person you love leaves you for what you look like Master Splinter?"
"Even if, Leonardo. It is going to take a trust that only you will have to jump for. It will be scary, but I know you will come to a decision on it," Master Splinter replied, handing the picture back to his oldest son.
Leo gently took it and looked at the young woman in the picture.
"I've come too far," he said a loud.
"Leo, remember you built the trust between you and Arienne Lyn. By now she wouldn't run away. She has fallen in love with you yourself, not what you look like," Donny helped out too.
Nodding, Leo then said "Thank you, all of you for understanding and accepting this,"
"Just wish you told us sooner bro," Raph said, going to the dojo to train.
"Yeah, but I can't wait to see them," Mikey chimed in too.
"That will be another big step for Leonardo to take on his own, Michelangelo," Master Splinter said to him.
Leonardo went up to his bedroom and there on his nightstand, was an empty picture frame. He didn't have to know who did that, but he put his picture of Ari and Cody in it.
"One day, Ari. One day," he said to no one.
Fin.