New Life and New Feelings Chapter 4

The next morning Leo almost couldn't bring himself to get out of the bed, he was still exhausted after having being outside until 2 am and even though he had gotten home without Splinter knowing he still couldn't fall asleep. His mind was filled with different thoughts mostly on Raphael but also how his new life would be, living like he and his family did now was a blessing of course but for some reason he wasn't happy but he had no idea why which had bugged him all night.

"Leo? Come on it is time to wake up" Mikey said as he walked into Leo's bedroom but Leo didn't respond.

"Five more minutes…." Leo mumbled in a sleepy tone and let out a sigh.

"No can do big bro" Mikey said before he turned on the lights which caused Leo to put a pillow over his face to block the lights.

"School starts in 15 minutes and you know that Splinter will get mad if you don't get up" Mikey said and walked over to Leo.

"What time is it….?" Leo asked and pushed himself to sit up.

"7:45 am" Mikey answered and after he had said that Leo was quick up on his feet and started to get dressed.

"Well that works too I guess…" Mikey said low to himself before he walked out of Leo's bedroom and out into the hallway to get ready to leave.

Leo was still stressing to get ready for school and then it hit him that he hadn't even done a single homework and 3 of them was due to this morning. Needless to say Leo was starting to freak out as he walked over to his bag and saw the books with the empty papers.

"Oh man I'm screwed…. Well at least the teacher will hear a new type of excuse as to why my homework isn't done" Leo said to himself as he grabbed his bag and walked out of his bedroom and the moment he did his father walked up to him.

"Are you alright my son? You look exhausted" Splinter said in a calm tone and looked at Leo.

"I'm just fine father I just haven't been sleeping so good" Leo answered as he walked passed Splinter and put on his shoes and jacket.

"Are you not going to eat any breakfast Leonardo?" Splinter asked confused.

"I can't Master Splinter, if I do I'll be late for school" Leo answered before he walked out of the apartment and hurried down the street to catch up to his brothers.

Raphael on the other hand was still asleep and since his mother wasn't home to wake him up he didn't wake up. After a few hours he finally woke up and when he saw what time it was his eyes widen before he jumped out of the bed and started to get dressed.

"Great, just great!" Raph said to himself and once he was dressed he grabbed his bag and hurried out of the house, he closed and locked the door after him and got on his motorcycle as fast as he could while putting on his helmet before he started it and drove off.

When he arrived outside the school he turned off the engine, took off his helmet and ran inside the school building and walked in to the class was supposed to have, the moment he got through the door the other students turned to look at him and the teacher stopped talking and looked at him as well.

"Finally decide to join us Ikeda? Sit down and when school is over you can come back to me and stay behind for a 2 hours detention" The teacher said which caused a few students to grin and others to whisper.

Raph wasn't happy at all but for some reason he hadn't even heard his alarm clock when it had gone off and for that he was mad at himself. Leo who had heard some of the things the students said about Raph made him feel sorry for him, he knew how it felt like when others laughed behind his back or said mean things about him. But of course he couldn't tell anyone the reason why because who would believe him when he said he used to be a mutated turtle? Not even he would have believed anyone if he hadn't been one himself. Leo tried his best to follow the classes but he was so tired and on the class he had now which was history he had already fallen asleep twice and both times the teacher had seen him and after the second time he had gotten detention.

When the class was finally over Leo was the last one out of the classroom. But the moment he walked out of the classroom another student ran through the hallway and ran straight into Leo which caused both of them to fall over. When the other student got up he looked down at Leo with a frown on his face.

"Try to watch it will you! Some of us are in a real hurry!" The student started to blame Leo although it hadn't been his fault.

"What? I didn't do anything! It's not my fault you can't open your eyes to see where you're going!" Leo defended as he stood up.

"Well isn't that just too cute the faggot is standing up for himself" The student commented and a grin appeared on his face.

Before Leo could say or do anything someone punched him from behind which caused him to stumble forward and almost fall forward but he managed to get his balance back. When he turned around he was quick to block another punch. Leo didn't fight back at all he just blocked attack after attack until a teacher walked out of a classroom and stopped those who had attacked him and of course Leo didn't get any blame, after all he had just protected himself from being beaten and that was not illegal.

"Nice….. Just found out what a bully is" Leo thought to himself as he walked down the hallway towards the cafeteria.

When he walked inside the cafeteria his three brothers walked up to him to check on him, the word of Leo getting into a fight with the most popular guy in school had spread like a wildfire on the school ground.

"Are you okay Leo? We heard that someone tried to beat you" Donnie asked worriedly.

"I'm just fine Donnie, I managed to block all of his attacks" Leo answered and got something to eat.

"Why did he attack you to begin with?" Mikey asked as he sat down at a table.

"I don't know…. I honestly don't know" Leo responded and started to eat.

For the most part Leo just talked to his brothers and the others around them didn't care about them, they talked to their friends and that was it but the moment Raph walked into the cafeteria two other students walked up to him and Leo was ready to get up just in case Raph would need any help. The students said something to Raph but others couldn't hear it and the more they talked the angrier Raph got but when he said something about Raph's father he snapped.

Before anyone could react Raph had kicked the student in the stomach that send him flying backwards and land on a table , the two girls that had been sitting around the table let out screams in surprise and quickly got up and moved away from the fighting scene.

"Don't you dare speak about my father that way!" Raph yelled and walked closer to the student who was now getting up from the table.

"Or what? You're gonna cry?" When Raph heard that a low growl escaped his throat.

"Come on Jack leave him alone! Don't you know who you're messing with?" A friend of the student, by the name of Jack, asked.

"No and I don't care. He's just another guy who hasn't learned his lesion" Jack responded and got ready for a fight.

"Haven' learned my lesson? Clearly you're the one who haven't learned your lesion" Raph said which made Jack try to punch him but Raph blocked it with ease.

"Oh yeah? And what is it that I haven't learned?" Jack said and tried to punch Raph again but again he failed to do that.

"Never start a fight you can't win!" Raph responded and pushed Jack after he had grabbed ahold of Raph's arm so Jack stumbled forward before he fell down on his knees.

"I'll tell you this one more time. Never talk about my father like that again or you will find out why you shouldn't start a fight with me" Raph told him before he walked away.

Leo watched Raph leave and before he could run after Raph and ask if he were okay the school bell rang and everyone got back to their classes, everyone but Raphael.

:: Note ::

Okay I know the bullying parts are badly written but keep in mind that I don't really know what people say to a guy when they bully him and neither do I want to know. I'm a high school student and I go through bullying daily so I know how much it hurts but I'm a girl so I don't really know what things can be seen as hurtful words to a guy. So when those parts happen in the story I'll try not to write about them, mainly because it pains me to just write about it.