Cassie's POV
Everything was in place. My flat was littered with boxes of Sophie's stuff. Thankfully it was mostly clothes so she put them into the wardrobe in her room and then my living room was a lot less crowded. Her endless energy seemed to have me constantly smiling as she raced forwards and backwards, picking up boxes and unpacking them.
She had even said she would pay half of the rent, which wasn't much to begin with, so that was another bonus. It meant we would have more money to spend on nights out with the others. I helped her wherever I could but mostly I just kept out of the way.
I heard my phone ring so I picked it up and answered. "Hello? Cassie Becker speaking."
"Cassie! Where are you?" Donnie yelped from the other side. "I've been trying to get a hold of you for the last half an hour."
"Oh, sorry Donnie I didn't realize." Instantly I felt guilty. "I'm at my flat with a friend who is moving in."
"Stay there until it's dark and we'll come and get you."
"Donnie, I'm fine. It's been a week since the incident and there has been nothing." I tried to negotiate but I heard something scrape as the phone was snatched from Donnie's grip.
"Where are you?" Raphael growled from the end. "You better be safe and alright otherwise I'm gonna…"
"Raphael calm down." I soothed. "I'm fine. Honestly. I'm at home helping a friend move in. She's going to stay with me from now on so I need to be here so that she doesn't get suspicious."
"Princess, those guys will come back for you. We still don't know who they were." This was going to take some time to wriggle out of. It sounded as if I was in very serious trouble.
"But Raphael, my mother is already getting suspicious and I can't keep on calling in sick at work. It's just not possible. I'll come down tomorrow." He grumbled, still not happy. "I'll bring ice cream with me?"
"Ice cream!" Mikey yelled then snatched the phone. "It's a date, will you bring chocolate?" I laughed.
"Yes Mikey I will bring chocolate."
"Sweet!"
"Mikey give me that phone!" I heard Mikey gulp as Raphael thundered towards him.
"Stampede! Sorry baby, got to go!" He yelled then tossed the phone. I heard it whistle through the air until Leonardo caught it.
"Hello Cassie, did you enjoy your evening last night?" He was so sweet and polite.
"I did, thank you Leo. I'm going to come down tomorrow after work with ice cream for you all." He chuckled quietly and I flinched when I heard a crash. "Was that Mikey and Raphael?"
"It was, I should probably go and sort them out before they break something else." Another crash sounded and Leo sighed. "I'll pass you back to Donnie." I listened as he hurried away and the phone was tossed back to Donnie.
"Yeah so Splinter says you need to come back down tomorrow without fail, he won't say it but he's just as worried about you as we are."
"That's really sweet Donnie, I'll meet one of you normal time, normal place but I won't be able to stay."
"Sure, I'll tell-"
"What do you mean?" Raphael's voice came back onto the line. "Sure you need to stay down here princess, then we can keep an eye on you."
"I'm not a child Raphael and you guys are busy most of the time going out to save the city, leaving me behind. I'll be fine." The phone was stolen back by Mikey who began to gabble.
"And could you bring some more barbeque sauce? I used the last of it yesterday so we've run out, oh and some more pop tarts because Donnie ate the icing from those again but didn't finish them."
"Cassie, you should try to carry on as normal with your life…" Leo's voice blurred into Donnie's as he began to talk over him.
"I've done some research about these guys and I've come up with this weird corporation called M.A.R.S, they say they're the new modernized weapon facilities for production and extortion…"
"And some soda and candy and popcorn, lots of popcorn, then also those hot dog sausages and…"
"It's too dangerous for you to be out there on your own so soon…"
"Ignore these guys, they don't know what they're saying…"
"Enough!" Cassie yelled over them all then took a deep breath in the silence. "Donnie, I'll hear everything you've found when I'm down, Mikey, I shall go and get some things for you but I am not going to buy a brand new DVD player when the old one works just fine, Raphael just stop worrying, I'll be alright I promise and Leo, thank you." Once I had addressed them all I say down, worn out. "I'll call you tonight and when I wake up then keep you posted throughout the day by text, I'll call again at lunchtime and then after work. Okay?"
"Yes, perfect." Leo cut everyone off as they began to talk all at once. "We'll see you tomorrow."
"Make sure you look out for one another tonight, I don't want any of you to get hurt." I fussed then smiled. "See you later." With that I hung up.
"Who was that?" Sophie asked curiously. "Sounded like you were trying to have four conversations at once."
"Something like that." I sighed. "How does spaghetti bolognaise sound to you?" My ploy to avoid answering her question worked.
"Awesome! Do you want some help?"
"Sure, you cut the veg and I'll cook the pasta and mince." I went to the fridge and began to pull out the items.
"Wait!" Sophie called and I stopped in place as she came to my side. "Okay, yah got that, uh huh…okay I think I got it. Veg on one shelf, dairy on another and so on." I realised she had been studying my fridge.
"Oh right, yeah. It's how I know what item is what." I told her as I continued to pull out vegetables that were to go in the pot. She began slicing and dicing whilst I began to cook the meat. Once we were done we had a very tasty meal which went down faster than you could snap your fingers and say, "cowabuga!"
