Chapter 4

"I dunno, Aunt April…" June said, fixing her hair one last time in her visor mirror. "Maybe my bright plan will make me look like, I don't know, a female player or something…"
"No, I think it's a good idea!" April reassured her, "It's probably the only way you could pull it off without hurting anyone's feelings. Besides, won't it be really hard to decide who you would really like if you didn't give each of them a fair shot?" June looked a little uncertain as she swept her bangs to the side of her face. "Your right…" she said.
"After all, isn't that how it was with all of your other boyfriends? Didn't you give them a shot before actually going steady?"
June paused momentarily. "Uh- yeah! Yeah! That's right! That's just what I did!" She said quickly.
"Well then! Let's get to it!" April said, patting her leg and hopping out of her car. June flipped up her visor, opened and locked the door, and closed it with a slight slam. She followed her aunt into an alley, and then helped her lift off the lid of a man hole. June went down first and waited for April who took care of closing the secret entranceway.
They walked for a while without talking, but April kept stealing glances of her niece. She looked sure of her self, staring straight as she walked, her eyes focused on her destination. But there seemed to be a little worry on her face.

"Everything will be okay, June," April said calmly, causing her niece to look at her. "The guys won't judge or anything. Well… maybe Raph, but he's really nice when you get through his shell- pardon the pun." June turned her gaze forward, and April could have sworn she saw a slight smile on her face.
Finally, they reached the Turtle's home. "Guys!" April called. Normally they would have been warned of her visiting by the sun that shone through the manhole over their home, but since it was tourist season, she couldn't risk being seen. It was easy enough the other day, but as summer began to heat up, the population grew as well. "Guuuuuyyyyysss!" April called, making her way into the room. It is so convenient that sewers intersect, she thought as she and June reached the living room.
"Hey! April! June!" Donatello called out from behind his computer. He jumped up and rushed toward them. "We were hoping you'd show up so! It's really great to see you!" he said as if they hadn't seen one another in years.

"Hi, Donny," June said, glad to see he was glad to see her nonetheless. "Um… I have something to bring up to you and your brothers, are they around?"
Donatello nodded eagerly and shouted out to his brothers, "Leo! Raph! Mikey! June's here and she wants to tell us something!"

As soon as he had finished his announcement, a crash could be heard from another room, and Michelangelo shouting, "I'm okay!" He rushed out from wherever he was and gave June a big hug. "Alright! June! You're here!"

"Yes, yes, Mikey, I am indeed here." She said, returning his hug. Leonardo appeared with Raphael right behind him, a scowl on his face.

June smiled once they all entered the room. "Alright, here's the thing," June started. She looked over her shoulder at her aunt, who nodded for her to continue. "Well, as you may or may not know, I really think you guys are great. I mean, really great. That's why I was thinking…. Well…. Maybe- would you guys like to go out with me sometime?"

All of the boy's jaws dropped. Even Raphael's eyes grew wide at her request. As if on command, all of the boys shouted at the top of their lungs, "YES!"

Unbelievable… Raphael thought to himself, I do NOT believe what I'm hearing! He snapped to his senses. "What do you mean, 'you guys?' You can only go out with us one at a time- if you were even serious about it, that is…"
June looked at him, again standing in a corner, leaned up against a wall with his arms wrapped around his chest. She smiled at him, slightly cocking her head to the side. "So, how did you like the CD?" She asked simply, going way in the outfield. Raph's eyes grew big again, but then narrowed down to a glare.

"Oh, he's been listening to it non stop!" Michelangelo said with a smile. "Especially this one song… It's pretty hard core rock-"
"It's Avenged Sevenfold, you idiot," Raphael glared, giving him a glare. June smiled, "Yeah, it's called 'Seize the Day,' I thought you would like it, Raph. And please, I do have a method to my madness- let me explain," she said, answering his first question. "I thought all of you guys are totally cute," June began, "and I would really like to maybe date one of you, for the sake of summer romance and all. Well, I thought about who I would want to date, but to be honest; I can't make up my mind who would like to go out with more. So I was thinking, since traditionally guys are the ones who call the shots on dates, so I thought, maybe you guys could set up a date of your preference and see who comes out victorious."
"I don't like the idea," Raphael said strongly. Stupid, shut up! "It sounds like your just doing it for kicks!" Shut up!
"Well, I kind of agree with it, Raph," Leonardo said. "What she says makes sense. If she likes all of us, including you, which I don't really see how that happened, it is the only way she could make her mind of who to date, if any of us. And if you haven't noticed, we don't really get a lot of girls who are interested in us, so for once, why don't you just accept the fact that someone does like us, and that someone wants to go out with us!"

Raphael lowered his head and stared at the ground. Why can't I just shut up? Look at what I've started now… Leo has a point… I'll just be quiet and see what happens…
June looked at Raphael. He looks really upset, she thought as she became concerned as well. She felt her eyebrows knit together with worry, but Michelangelo brought her back to the discussion. "So, who gets to go first?" He asked anxiously.
"Don't worry, I got the fairest way of doing it- names out of a hat!" She said, producing a baseball cap and sheet of paper. "Totally childish- but it works. So everyone, I've already written your names on the paper, so all I have to do," she said is she started ripping the sheet in four squares, "is fold them up, shake 'em around, and Aunt April picks!" She set the hat down on the sofa that was nearest to her, folded the papers into the tightest possible squares, placed them in the hat, covered the opening with her hand and shook like a maniac. After a few seconds, she moved back over to her aunt and said with a smile, "Now the time we've all been waiting for! Aunt April, you do the honors!"
April smiled and reached into the hat and pulled out the first paper square. She unfolded it and read out the first name- "Leonardo!" Donatello's and Michelangelo's jaws dropped at the news. "What?!" Mikey groaned, "Leo always goes first!" Leonardo just smiled proudly.
"Next is Michelangelo," April read. "HA!" He shouted, jumping in both Donatello's and Raphael's faces. "SO in your face! In your FACE! HAHA!"
"Donny goes third, and that leaves Raph in fourth place," April said. Donatello looked happy with the outcome and Raph showed no emotion whatsoever. "So, here's the deal," June explained again, "you get to pick your dream date and let me get involved in it. From there, I'll pick the guy who I like the most. Other than that, nothing much has changed- we're all still friends no matter what, right?" All three boys smiled, "Of course!" "This is a great learning experience for us- and it's a great social experiment, too," Donatello said matter-of-factly. "Yeah, and dudes, I totally cannot wait to partake in it!" Michelangelo said.
Raphael brooded as the others celebrated. What am I going to do for a date? I don't have a romantic bone in my body- what am I gonna do? I'll just keep and ear and an eye out for what the others are doing… that'll give me ideas…
"So, what do you guys wanna do for now?" June asked the brothers. "Well, I was just going to challenge all of these losers to a match of Dance Dance Revolution- you want in?" Michelangelo asked her. "Sure! We can make it like a tournament! So who's all in?" She asked. Naturally, Donatello and Leonardo spoke up, but when Raphael didn't say anything, June looked over at him. "Raph?" She asked quietly, hoping not to hit a nerve, "Do you want to play?" "Common, Raph," Michelangelo laughed, "I wanna see you boogie down to Kelly Clarkson."
"I'm not playing," he growled, not taking his eyes off the ground. "I don't want to be in on your stupid little tournament, let alone a dumb game like that- I got better things to do." With that, he stood up and stormed out of the room. June watched him leave. Is it something I said…? she thought, I hope it's just his way of testing the waters…
"Earth to June, let's get this party started!" Michelangelo laughed, brining her out of her thoughts. She perked up, moving toward the DDR mat laid out in front of her. "Yeah, on my way!" She said. She looked off into the direction Raphael went, but didn't see him, then went on the play the game.