Alex crept into the apartment quietly, making sure not to wake up any of the other inhabitants inside. She had spent the large majority of the day at the turtles' lair, seeing as it was that day that Donnie was going to check her arm again. Luckily she was able to now move it without the sling, which had lead to to rest of the day being used as celebration. It was only when Alex noticed the time, as seeing that it was almost half past twelve at night, had quickly excused herself and ran back to the apartment, putting her in her current position-and everything would've gone to plan.

If the light switch wasn't flicked on at that exact moment.

Revealing a very pissed off best friend.

"Where the hell have you been?!" Julia demanded, making sure to keep her voice down so she wouldn't wake up Peter.

"Well I-" Alex started.

"No Alex, I know all about your little 'trips to the unknown'. Where are you going?"

Alex looked at her friend. "I...can't tell you."

"Alex, I thought we were best friends." Julia stated.

"We are."

"Then why won't you tell me where you've been going?"

Alex looked to the floor. "I just can't Julia."

Julia sighed. "Alex, as much as it pains me, if you don't tell me by tomorrow night, I'm moving out."

Alex looked up immediately. "What? Julia, you can't!"

"I can and will Alex."

With that Julia turned on her heel and walked to her room, determined not to let her friend see her cry.

Alex stood there for a few seconds. Her friend. Her best friend.

Leave?

Silently she slipped out the door once again.

That was one thing she couldn't handle.

~Destiny's Humour~

Alex stood on the rooftop of the apartment block, rubbing her arms to warm herself from the cold. She knew that he'd see her. It don't matter that he'd be in a metal suit, or that they were standing on a rooftop, or even that she'd be talking to a giant turtle.

She just needed someone to talk to.

"What the 'ell are ya doin'?"

There he was.

As soon as Alex turned around, the conflicting emotions of anger, worry (and confusion) all disappeared from Raphael's head as he saw the tears in her eyes. "Alex?"

Alex stood still for a moment before running forward and hugging Raph around the waist of his metal suit, silently crying as the years rolled down her cheeks. Raph, having no experience with emotional breakdowns (or girls his age for that matter, seeing as April was several years older), simply froze for a bit, before putting his arms around the girl.

Any passerby who spotted the two would've come across a weird sight, the nightwatcher hugging a civilian girl, but for once Raphael didn't care about his image. After a while Alex pulled away, wiped away the tears, and simply stared at him.

"Sorry about that." She apologised. "I...I don't know what happened."

"S'ok." Raph comforted. "So, what are ya doin' 'ere anyway?"

"Just wanted to get away for a bit." She sighed. "Julia's getting fed up with all my excuses for seeing you guys. She said that if I don't tell her where I'm going by tomorrow night, she's gonna move out."

"Alex... I'm so sorry."

"It's fine Raph. I mean, I wanna tell her, she's my best friend and I don't wanna lose her. But I also don't wanna endanger you...guys." She stated, quickly adding on the ending to avoid a very awkward convocation.

Raph sighed. He knew what he had to do. It was risky, and he'd probably end up grounded, but for Alex, it just felt right.

"Bring 'er round at seven 'clock tomorrow nigh'." He said. "Ya bro too."

"What?"

"I'll talk to Splinter and Mike, 'cause somethin' tells me tha' Don's gonna be on board."

"Raph, you don't have to do this."

"And yet, I fell like I do."

Alex stared into Raph's visor. No man had ever treated her that well, except Peter, but he's basically still a boy. She grasped his helmet and pulled it off the turtle. Before Raph could question the girl, she had placed it on the ground. She leaned forward, cupped his face, and pressed her lips to his. Raph froze once again, his eyes widening slightly, before they slid shut as he deepened the kiss. Despite her tough attitude, her lips were surprisingly soft. He wondered whether all girls' lips were as soft as hers.

After a while, the two broke apart for air. Alex stared into Raph's golden eyes as he gazed into her own dark browns.

"W-what was tha' for?" Raph asked, still trying to get over the shock.

"Just...felt right." Alex replied with a smile.

"So, wha' does this make us?" Raph questioned.

Alex's hands slid down Raph's face before her arms wrapped around his neck. She would've been lying if she said that she wasn't attracted to Raph based on just looks, but as she got to meet the real Raphael, she had found herself falling for both his appearance, and his mucho personality.

"Well Raph, we both like each other, would I be correct?"

Raph smirked. He had thought of Alex as pure beauty since he first saw her. "Yeah."

"And we're both single, right?" To which Raph raised an eye ridge. Alex smiled. "Just asking. So, two singles who like each other. I don't know about mutants, but in the human world, this would result in a relationship."

"Ya mean like, girlfrien' an' boyfrien'?"

"If you want."

Raph smiled. "Tha's fine with me. Perfe' in fact."

Alex smiled and leaned into Raph's metal suit. "One more thing to explain to Julia and Peter."

"You think they'll be alrigh' with you likin' a mu'ant?"

Alex smirked. "Don't worry. Julia may be pissed off with me right now, but one thing she isn't is a hypocrite."