April, the Mom
A TMNT Fanfic
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own ANYTHING related to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
** OMG I haven't uploaded in a month?! Why didn't you guys tell me ill try to upload at the pace I did before but with my new job and school starting it might be kind of hard but I'll try. When I first thought of this story I knew I wanted certain parts and scenes to happen but I didn't realize that I needed to obviously fill in the blanks and that's where the blocks and breaks are coming in at lol Anyhoo, here's Chapter 7 **
Chapter 7:
April sat on the makeshift pizza box couch and flipped through the fashion magazine she was reading. April had been living with the guys for about a month and a half now and even though she loved them, she was beginning to suffer from cabin fever. She was only allowed to go up to the surface for work and doctor's appointments. Even then, April had a personal escort. Pretty soon she'd only be allowed up for work since Donnie was finishing up building an ultrasound monitor just for April. She loved Donatello but she was still going to continue to see her doctor for check-ups and questions. She assured the guys that they could still use the equipment to see the baby whenever they wanted.
She hadn't heard from Dan since the night he put her in the hospital but the guys wanted to be safe rather than sorry. They were trying their best to make April as comfortable as possible but she was dealing with a lot; her pregnancy, her new living situation, dealing with an abusive ex, and recovering from injuries given to her by that same ex. April was grateful for their help, they practically waited on her hand and foot but she needed to get out of the sewer.
April got up from the couch and wandered into the kitchen to make a snack. Just then, Leonardo and Donatello walked into the living room.
"Okay Donnie," Leo started, "See if you can find any of Dan's favorite hangouts. We have to find this guy and get him off the st—"
**BANG!**
Leo and Donnie ran into the kitchen to see April crouched in front of a fallen bowl of cereal. "April! What happened?" Leonardo asked. April looked up at him with tears forming in her eyes. "I dropped my cereal." April began to sob and Leo raised an eyebrow in Donnie's direction.
"Hormones." Donatello answered. He walked over to help April up off of the floor. "It's okay April, its fine."
"But my cereal, it's gone. And I made a mess." April wept.
"I know but it's okay. We'll get Mikey to clean it up." April nodded as Donnie led her back to the living room.
"MIKEY!" Donnie and Leo both shouted.
A few hours later the turtles, April, and Casey were in the living room trying to find a movie to watch. The gang had narrowed it down to either Mikey's choice of 'Dumb and Dumber' or Raphael's choice of 'Fight Club'. April casually flipped through another magazine the guys gave to her. She figured she'd pass the time while the guys argued and Donnie popped the popcorn. Suddenly she felt movement in her midsection.
April peeked under her magazine and studied her belly. A few seconds passed and April felt the movement again, only this time, she SAW the movement too. She had often felt the baby move inside her but this was the first time she had actually seen it. She put the magazine down and studied her belly some more. She rubbed the area where she saw the kick come from to try and get the baby to move again. Sure enough, the spot on her belly extended, signaling another kick.
"Hey guys," April said pointing to her belly, "Look." The guys stopped fighting and looked at where April was pointing.
"Umm, yeah you're pregnant. Your stomach's gonna look like that for a little longer." Raph said with an eye roll.
"No I mean it," April said exasperated, "Look." April pulled up her shirt to expose her tummy. "Geez Ape, it looks like you swallowed a basketball." Casey remarked. April rolled her eyes.
"Just look." She said.
The guys leaned closer to see what was so fascinating about April's protruding belly. Even Donatello poked his head in from the kitchen. She rubbed the spot on her belly again and waited. Pretty soon the bulge popped out again and wiggled around.
April heard the guys gasp. "Holy crud! It- it moved!" Mikey exclaimed, "I saw it move!"
April giggled. "Yeah this is my first time seeing it too. I feel it moving around a lot. This little guy, or girl, is very active."
"Yeah it is. It's almost like that scene out of 'Alien'." Casey said with a smirk. April rolled her eyes again.
"Hey April?" Donnie asked from the doorway.
"Yeah?"
"Do you mind if um, I feel it? Y'know for science?" He rubbed the back of his neck. April smiled. She loved that Donnie was so polite and didn't want to overstep any boundaries.
"For science?" April said with a grin. Donnie blushed. "Sure, Don." Donnie retreated back into the kitchen to wash his hands and soon came into the living room. He knelt down next to April and placed his hand over where they saw the movement come from. After a few moments of nothing, April saw Donatello's brow furrow.
"Try moving your fingertips in small circles. Or give some light presses." April directed. Donnie did as he was told. Soon, April felt the small kick and saw Donnie's eyes light up. "He's moving! Err- its moving! Wow." Donnie exclaimed. April giggled at Donnie's excitement.
"Yeah, that's your Uncle Donnie." April cooed to her belly. She shot Don a small smile to which he happily returned.
"My turn! My turn!" Mikey shouted. He shoved Donatello's hand away and placed his hand where Donnie's was. "Hey there, buddy. This is your Uncle Mikey. When you get out, we're gonna have loads of fun. I'm gonna teach you how to play video games, and teach you how to cook, and," he leaned in close and whispered, "I'll even show you where my stash of snacks are." As if on cue, the baby began to kick feverishly. "Woah, that's so cool." Mikey said in awe.
"Geez Mike, kid's not even here yet and yer already hoggin'." Casey said. Mikey pouted and moved to make room for Casey. "Ok, ok, cool Uncle comin' through." Casey placed his hand on April's belly and waited. "Woah, Ape, this kid's gotta lot of energy. You know what that means right?" April raised an eyebrow. "Obviously we're gonna teach him to fight so he can kick ass with us when he's older."
"I think not." April folded her arms in protest. Casey shrugged. "Don't worry kid," He leaned closer to April's bump, "I'll teach you some moves when yer mom's not around." He winked at April and April shot him a stern glare in response.
The guys took turns rubbing April's belly and making conversation with the baby. Even Raph, Leo and Splinter got in on the fun. Everyone was so preoccupied with having some time with the impending little one, that they all forgot that they were supposed to be watching a movie.
**1 week later**
April laid across her bed and skimmed through her pregnancy books. Now that she was more than halfway through her pregnancy, she had a lot more to read up on and more questions than she knew what to do with. After reading a few chapters, she started to get bored. It was going on two months since April moved underground.
Someone please save me she thought.
*Knock knock*
April looked up and was surprised to see Karai standing at the doorway. April jumped off the bed and ran over to give her friend a hug. "Finally! Another female face!" April exclaimed.
Karai returned the hug and led April over to the bed. "I know how much you've been dying to get out of here." Karai said. April frowned. Karai giggled. "Leo told me. You haven't been hiding your boredom as well as you think. The guys can tell you're getting a little stir-crazy."
Oh." April bowed her head a little in disappointment. "I hope they don't think I don't like it down here. I love it and I love them. I just want to be able to walk the city streets again without fear or protection." Karai placed a hand on April's shoulder.
"They know you love them, but they also know you want to get out of here. It's only natural. You lived on the surface your whole life. They understand." Karai reached down to the floor and grabbed a clothes bag that April didn't even noticed she'd brought. "And because they're so understanding, they called in reinforcements. Me." Karai said pointing at herself with her thumb.
"In this bag is an outfit, shoes, and makeup. Get dressed. I'm taking you out to lunch and our reservation is in two hours." Karai kissed April on the cheek and rushed April to the shower to get ready.
An hour later, April emerged from her bedroom and entered the living room. She blushed at the ooh's and ahh's she got from her five male friends. She was wearing silver strappy sandals that showed off her plum purple toenail polish. She wore a cream colored strapless empire mini dress that flowed perfectly over her growing belly and tastefully revealed her long, toned legs. On her newly refreshed face was a splash of rosy pink on her cheeks and eyelids and was paired with a nice pale pink lipstick. Her hair was in a sleek half up-do and Karai had helped April take it a step further with a light pink floral crown. April accessorized her outfit with a silver tennis bracelet, small silver hoop earrings, the silver butterfly necklace her father had given her for her 8th birthday and topped it all off with a light shimmer dust across her shoulders and chest.
"Woah April," Mikey said in awe, "You look beautiful." April blushed even more.
"Thanks, Mikey."
Casey walked over and gave April a kiss on the cheek and wrapped her in a hug. "Normally I would crack a joke about how girly you look but today I'm not. In all seriousness April, you really look amazing."
April was met with nods of agreement from the turtles and Karai. April didn't realize but a certain turtle sat away from the rest of the group. Raphael watched April from a few feet away and he couldn't believe his eyes.
My God. She's so beautiful. He thought. Raph marveled at the glow she was emitting. She looked like an angel. His angel in disguise. He loved how the glitter on her shoulders made her radiate in the lair's artificial lighting. The way her hair pulled back made her cheekbones pop. The way the pink on her lips made them look fuller and softer. He could almost imagine kissing-
"Ahem"
Oh, Shit Raph thought. He snapped out of his daze to find everyone staring at him. "What?" He asked.
"I said, 'How do I look?'" April asked.
"Oh, uh, fine." Raph stammered. Damnit! Damnit! Damnit! He cursed at himself. He had an opportunity to not be an ass and he missed it. He cleared his throat. "Uh, I'll see ya later." Raph stood up from the table he was sitting at and walked out the room as fast as he could.
"Um….okay?" Karai said with confusion. "Let's go April." Karai grabbed April by the hand and led her out of the sewers and up to the surface.
Meanwhile, Raph paced around his bedroom hitting himself in the forehead. How was it possible for one person to be such a complete fuck up? "You look fine? Just fine?" He growled at himself. It's not hard to give a decent compliment. Especially to a girl like that. And yet, you managed to screw it up. She probably hates you. He thought.
He plopped down on the bed and put his face in his hands.
*knock knock*
Raphael looked up to see Mikey standing in the doorway. "What do you want?" Raph snapped.
"Woah, relax dude. Just came to see if you were still alive after that crash." Mikey said with a grin. The grin disappeared however when Mikey saw that his brother wasn't in a joking mood. "Okay seriously bro, what was that?" Mikey asked.
Raph sighed. "I dunno. It's like my mind goes blank when she's around. She looked amazing Mike. You saw. Just beautiful. But for some reason those words wouldn't come out of my mouth. I'm an idiot." Raph sighed again.
"Nah, not an idiot. In love maybe."
Raph looked at his younger brother with an eyebrow raised. "Don't look at me like that Raph, you know it's true. The others may not see it but I do. I may joke around a lot but I know when to be serious too. You love her Raph." Mikey said. "I see the way you blush when she comes around. How you fiddle with your hands when she talks to you. You turn into a big teddy bear around her."
Raph chuckled. "I guess I do huh?" Mikey gave his brother a nudge on the arm. "Don't worry bro, your secret's safe with me."
"Thanks Mike." Raph gave his brother a fist bump.
"Talk to her Raph. I'm here for ya if you need me." Mikey said standing up and leaving the room.
Raph nodded and fell back on his bed. He stared at the ceiling thinking about how it would feel to touch his angel on Earth.
On the surface, Karai and April walked arm in arm down the few blocks to the Italian restaurant Karai had reserved. April made sure to make every second in the fresh air count. She paid extra attention to the way the breeze felt on her skin and the way the August sun kissed her shoulders. It felt nice to be outside without having to check behind her shoulders every few feet.
The blush never left April's face given the fact that almost everyone she walked past complimented her on her pregnancy glow and overall beauty. April hadn't felt beautiful since her accident. She still had a small scar above her top lip and a small bruise under her eye that made her self-conscious but the smiles and nods had April slowly getting her strong confidence back.
April and Karai walked into the restaurant and immediately April was overcome with the smell of good authentic Italian food. The smell of garlic, basil, and marinara sauce. She could almost taste the freshly baked bread and the tanginess of homemade pesto. It had been months since she was able to go out to eat. Her diet down in the sewer consisted of pizza, cereal, Chinese food, and the rare opportunities Casey brought over some fruit. Finally she was going to get some real food.
Karai told the hostess about their reservation. "Oh, yes." The bubbly blonde spoke. "We've been expecting you. Right this way." The hostess gestured for the two women to follow her to a room in the back away from the rest of the diners.
"Are we going in that room? Don't we need menus?" April asked curiously. Karai giggled. "Yes to the first question, no to the second."
"Enjoy." The hostess gave them a smile and walked back to the front of the restaurant.
"You ready?" Karai asked.
"Um…..yes?" April responded. What's going on? She thought.
Karai opened the big double doors and-
"SURPRISE!"
April was sure she jumped out of her skin for a split second. When she got over the initial shock of the sudden noise, her eyes surveyed the room and she realized what was going on.
The room was decorated with blue and pink streamers, blue and pink balloons, a three tiered cake decorated with pink and blue roses, a table with gifts stacked upon it, and a huge banner that read 'Congratulations April!'
A baby shower. Her baby shower. April took in the smiling faces of all the attendants. Some coworkers from the news station, her neighbors, Karai even tracked down some of April's family and some childhood friends.
April felt her eyes brimming with tears. So much love in one room and it was all for her. Warm smiles and tight hugs celebrating the new chapter in April's life. She was so grateful for the people in her life, the people that she mistakenly thought didn't care about her.
"Oh 'Rai." April said fighting back tears, "I don't know what to say. Thank you." April embraced her friend and gave her as tight a hug as her belly would allow. Karai returned the hug.
"It wasn't all me. The guys helped. They love you April. We all do." Karai remarked. Karai brushed a fallen tear off of April's cheek. "No time for tears, time for fun."
The mother-to-be celebrated the newest edition to her life with her closest friends and family. They munched on finger sandwiches, Italian lunches provided by the restaurant, and April's favorite type of cake for dessert; vanilla cake with buttercream icing.
The baby shower attendees then played all of the typical baby shower games such as guessing with a string how big April's belly was, baby shower word scramble, the diaper changing race, and many more. Afterwards, April sat in a huge white wicker chair and opened all of the gifts she had received. She got a diaper bag from an aunt, a bunch of clothes and bottles from friends, a stroller from Karai, and to April's surprise, she received a crib from none other than her favorite mutant turtles.
"The guys put some money together to get this for you. It was the least they could do for their niece or nephew. Oh, and Mikey wanted me to tell you he pitched in the most money. He's in the running for 'Favorite Uncle'." Karai said with an eye roll and smile.
April chuckled, "Oh, Mikey." April looked around at all of the faces that came out to the shower to support her. "Thanks again, for everything. For being here, for being my friend, my sister." April said to Karai. "I love you."
Karai wrapped her arm around April. "I love you too." The two women embraced and shared a moment of pure love and adoration for each other.
The shower continued for some hours longer and even forced the restaurant to stay open an hour later than usual. Around midnight, the party began to end and some friends helped clean up the banquet room the party was in. Gifts were loaded in Karai's car for her to bring down to the lair at another time. April thanked her family and friends for coming, accepted all of their 'congratulations', and hugged them goodbye. She and Karai walked towards the sewer opening that led to the turtles' lair.
"Ugh, I can't wait until I don't need a bodyguard. Not that I don't love you walking with me." April assured.
"Relax, I'm not walking you all the way to the front door. It's just until you're under the surface." The mother and aunt-to-be chatted during the ten minute walk to the sewer opening about the day's events and the upcoming arrival of the newest member of the unique family.
Once they got to manhole cover, April and Karai gave each other one last hug. "I'll have Leo bring the gifts and stuff down tomorrow. You get some rest." Karai instructed. April nodded and started to make her way down the opening towards her second home. She gave Karai one final wave goodbye and disappeared below the surface.
April started to make her way down the winding tunnels when she felt her phone vibrate. Thanks to Donnie, April had to be the only person in New York City whose phone worked in the sewer. April pulled her phone out of the tiny clutch she carried to see who could be contacting her this late.
April saw the number that had popped up on her screen and she instantly felt her heart fall into her stomach. Although she had deleted this person's name out of her phone, she still had the 10 digit number memorized and knew immediately who it was.
(718) 576-9284
Hi princess. You're a tough girl, you know that? Lol Hey how was the shower? You looked beautiful xoxo
A/N:
The Silvernote, yes this is movieverse about 5 years after the 2016 movie. Shredder has been dealt with permanently and Karai has realized that she loved Leonardo and decided she should part ways with the Footclan. Oh, in this version Casey has his iconic chin length hair, not the buzzcut from the movie. Bleh
April is a little over 6 months pregnant
Also, DO NOT call that number lol I don't know if it belongs to someone or not. I just typed random digits. The only thing real about that number is the area code.
I will try to update as soon as possible. R&R please.