Chapter Four

Author's note: I don't know if you guys are enjoying this or not. But that's not gonna stop me, I've got big plans. This might take me awhile to write because one of my grandmothers just passed away and I've still got my CNA lessons and work to do.

Update after three weeks of starting this chapter: I FINISHED MY CNA CLASSES! ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TAKE AND HOPEFULLY PASS THE STATE TEST~! PRAY FOR ME AND MY STUFFED ANIMALS.

I do not own TMNT.

Haley had disappeared almost immediately after lunch. Master Splinter busied his sons with training, knowing that Haley needed her space. He sensed her despair when she returned just before breakfast. April had tagged along and the two shared a knowing glance. A secret conversation that the boys probably wouldn't be a part of until Haley was ready.

"She's not answering any of her texts." Raph mumbled into his tucked in knees.

"I'm sure she's fine Raph." Leo started, not bothering to turn away from the television. "I mean it's not like she can't take care of herself if she gets ambushed."

"But she always answers."

"Who always answers?" April asked as she walked into the living room.

"Haley." Both Leo and Raph replied in unison.

"Oh. Well that's probably because she forgot her phone in Japan." April shrugged her shoulders, "I messaged Karai and asked if she could send it to my house."

"How do you forget your phone? Isn't she always attached to that thing?" Raphael sarcastically shouted.

"Maybe Donnie can give her a T-Phone until she gets hers." Leo suggested. "It'll be better than blowing up Haley's phone and possibly annoying Karai."

Raphael shrugged, "Well since you put it that way." He returned to his phone and began sending off texts after texts.

On the other side of town, Haley was dressed in all black with her hood up; covering her long brown hair and kept her eyes down casted. She had picked up some orange alstroemeria, blue forget-me-nots and pink carnations. The little bouquet was bright as hell, something that wasn't really her style.

Feeling the pinched nerves in her stomach Haley walked a little bit slower throughout the cemetery. It's been two years since she's stepped foot on the holy ground and she felt extremely guilty. Or maybe her senses were just on high alert. The Shredder maybe dead, but that doesn't mean that she still didn't have enemies roaming about.

Coming to a halt when she found the marker she was searching for, Haley stood there awkwardly.

"This is weird as fuck." She said out loud to particularly no one. The stone before her had her name carved into, with a few niceties written below. "This is so weird."

But she ignored her slab of stone and turned towards the person she was here to see. Oliver. Taking a deep breath, she approached the granite looking stone and placed the flowers in the little holder that was just below her guardian's name.

She sat there for a few awkward moments. "Shit I was never good at this. I guess it's been too long. At least I'm not actually dead, right? That's a good thing. You'd probably kick my ass though."

Haley sat down and crossed her legs and chewed on the inside of her cheeks. Tears began to prick her eyes, "I really fucked up Ollie. I'm such a coward. I did what you asked. I went and saw them, but I couldn't…I couldn't take that next step. I was so afraid of what they would say. So I ran. Like I always do. I ran away from Japan, I ran away from Germany and now I'm back here. The one place I never really wanted to return to."

Haley eyed her placement nervously. "As horrible as this is gonna sound, I really wish Shredder left me for dead."

The dark-haired girl sat there for a few moments, her hooded head baking in the warm sun. The wind around her snapped and it fluffed her nerves and made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. She suddenly stood, dusting herself off as she casted her gaze around her area. She bent backwards, popping her back, and shook her shoulders loose.

She turned towards Oliver one more time before leaving, "Did you ever feel like something bad was going to happen?"

"There you are!" Raphael shouted when he noticed Haley not really trying to sneak in. "Where'd you run off to?"

"I just needed a little air."

"Something wrong?" Raphael asked, closing the gap between them so prying eyes and ears couldn't guess what they were talking about.

"No, just…I needed to see an old friend." Haley gave him a tight smile.

Raphael didn't believe that smile, he's seen it too many times to know what it meant. He draped an arm around her shoulders and brought her in close.

"How about me and you go out tonight? Beat up some Purple Dragons and shoot the shit. Like old times."

Haley pursed her lips.

"We'll even sneak out like old times." Raphael added quickly.

This time her smile was wide and her eyes sparkled with mischievousness. "You know Master Splinter doesn't care that we sneak out anymore."

Raphael shrugged, "Yea I know, but it'll be fun all the same."

That night when everyone was either in their rooms or immersed in the television Raphael and Haley poked their heads out of his room. Sensing that no one was around the two went straight to the exit, carefully closing doors and where they stepped. They were quieter than a mouse as they slipped into the darkness of the streets.

The rooftops were secluded, save a few pigeons. The night was warm, there were only a few clouds in the dark blue sky. The streets below, littered with garbage, was just as secluded. Their run was cut short when they realized that the night wasn't going to be as exciting as they thought.

"I could be sleeping." Haley muttered coldly, kicking her feet against the building.

"I know."

"It's really boring. I remember Queens being a lot more violent." Haley took her phone out, unlocking it with her horribly intricate design. She was immediately tapping away on the screen, a gentle smile reaching her eyes. Raphael sat next to her, innocent eyes glancing over his shoulder to catch whatever it was that made her usual stoic expression soft.

"So April mentioned that you met an old friend the other day." Raphael began, "Does she know everything?"

"Hmm not everything. I think leaving out that year where I was a completely different person. A person who murdered innocent people." Haley explained, "And who looked really good in leather pants."

Raphael laughed until he realized something, "Wait. Does she know about the rest of us?"

"If by us you mean your mutant turtle brothers, your giant rat father and Casey? Then no, well she knows about Casey, but not you or the others." Haley joked, flipping finishing up another text.

"Were you guys close before everything, you know, happened?" Raphael cocked a brow.

"Hmm close enough that we had a normal friendship. She came to a lot of my shows when I was in that God awful band, we studied together often and I modeled a few of her designs."

"Modeled? What like swim suits?"

"You wish." Haley playfully slapped him, "She designs a lot of things. Mainly dresses."

"You in a dress is a terrifying." Raphael said sarcastically.

Haley gasped and pushed Raphael off the edge of the roof.

"I was kidding!" Raphael yelled while dangling from the fire escape.

"Kiss my fat German ass!"

"I'll take that as an invitation!" Raphael shouted as he maneuvered up the fire escape with ease. He misjudged his landing and landed on Haley. The tumbled down onto the floor to the roof. Raphael leaned on the palm of his hands, holding himself up. Haley was about to cuss him, but when she looked up their lips locked.

They were like that for a moment, until reality set in. They quickly parted, Raphael almost fell off the roof and Haley was so far away he couldn't hear her panicked ramblings.

Author's note: I'm just gonna stop here. I've got nothing left for this chapter. I'm going to hell.