Oh my gosh guys I am so sorry for the delay with chapters thank you so much for putting up with me! Just this chapter has been cursed, my laptop broke, my computer broke, April's been very very poorly, and work has been chaos!

Just not had time to write anything! So big hugs to you all for waiting so patiently and thank you to the two people who have been helping me with my brain storming, you know who you are ;) .

I'm taking a long break from RFTH because at the moment my emotions are all over the place with April being poorly and I don't want to write anything that serious for now…so It's in your DNA is an easy alternative because I get to be funny…ish.

Thank you again, hugs to you all!

/ Update/

Hey guys, I am so sorry but my little April has been in and out of hospital for the last year making things chaotic, Derek has been traveling with work so I've hardly seen him and I've been trying to look after four very pesky turtles at work.

Please forgive my inconsistency, I've been meaning to rewrite this chapter for a while and to update RFTH but I'm still blank with that :/

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Leo pouted as she was dragged around another shop in the shopping mall, she had been forced into every clothes shop and forced to try on dozens of outfits as if she was April's personally paper dress up doll.

"April please! We've got enough clothes here to last a lifetime, can we please just meet up with the guys and get back home?" she whined softly.

April shook her head and sighed "Alright Leo…if it means you give me a moments peace…honestly, thought you'd just put up with it..how wrong I was" she said with a small smile.

"I really hate clothes shopping" Leo muttered softly, ignoring the looks she was getting from a group of boys who got up from the benches near the shop and followed the girls.

"Check out the babe..yeah the one with the black hair…the red heads pretty cute too but seen her around with her boyfriend " they could hear the boys saying.

"Hey baby…yo..The babe with the long black hair…you know I'm talking about you gorgeous!"

Leo took a deep breath and ignored the teenagers, already in a foul mood and didn't need them to make her day worse.

April looked at Leo with a concerned face before spotting Casey and the boys, who had seen them and were watching the group of teenagers behind them.

The leader of the group ran up behind the girls and put his arm over Leo's shoulder "Hey baby…haven't seen you before…how about you tell me your name?"

"How about you mind your own business" the reply from the ticked female was.

"Ooh ouch…want me to give you a cuddle because this shoulder is cold?!" he said with a grin, getting a whistle from the group behind him.

April frowned at the boys harassing Leo, seeing her boyfriend and brothers slowly walking over to join them, Raph cracking his knuckles.

"Want me to break your hand?" Leo's reply was.

"Ooh sassy, I love it when they can put up a fight" he said, moving his hand down Leo's shoulder towards her chest before feeling his arm grabbed.

Leo grabbed the boy's arm and threw him over her shoulder, making him hit the ground with a hard thud "Keep your hands off me you creep" she growled before letting go of his arm and walking over to her boyfriend, cuddling up in Don's arms.

"Let's get out of here…I've had enough for one day"

Raph grinned as he watched the teenager get pulled to his feet "Haven't lost your touch sis!"

"You ok Bruce?" The group asked the boy who had just been thrown over Leo's shoulder, brushing himself off.

"I'm fine you idiots…but that girl…I want her…I like the ones with a little fight in them"

Don looked over his shoulder and glared at the group of boys, relieved that Leo could look after herself but felt protective over his girlfriend.

Bruce returned the glare "So she's got a boyfriend huh? Well…if I can't have her…no-one can"

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Leo groaned softly as Don's alarm clock went off, it had been a week since the incident that had turned them human and a few days previous Master Splinter had announced that he wanted his children to experience a somewhat normal life.

So together, he and April had arranged to get official documents for the former turtles and had enrolled them into a local highschool, much to the protest from three of his children.

Today was the day, their first day of high school and the grand tour of the building that would steal their souls…as Mikey had put it.

The female teenager got out of bed and rubbed her eyes, noticing Don was already up "Typical…he's the only one excited about school" she muttered to herself before picking an outfit out of her wardrobe and heading for the bathroom for a shower.

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"Welcome to Queen's high school" The head teacher said softly with a smile.

"Welcome Lea O'Neil, Raphael O'Neil, Donatello Jones and Michelangelo Jones…though I know you have had a few tough years living on the streets and not having anyone to depend on but each other, I am glad you have found such amazing adoptive parents" he carried on, meeting the new students.

"Please allow me to show you around" he said as he led the way.

They looked around the busy high school, being showed around by the headmaster before he let them have free time look around by themselves.

The new students were feeling awkward as the other students whispered and giggled about them.

Leo kept close to Don and Raph, feeling completely vulnerable in a situation like this.

"Oh my gosh look at her clothes…yawn!" one of the girls in a cheerleader uniform said, earning a giggle from her group.

"You can tell how she survived living on the streets…pretty face like that…probably had plenty of…customers"

Leo stopped and turned around to look at the cheerleader "Excuse me?" she said with a slight growl "I didn't quite catch that…were you advertising your services…because let's be frank…" she said as took in the way the girl was standing, knowing the girl was one of the 'get arounds ' of the school "The way you're standing right now. You can tell you don't know how to keep your legs closed".

The students around Leo and the group of cheerleaders laughed and whistled, liking the little cat fight going on, and the guts the new girl was showing.

Don walked up and put his hand on Leo's shoulder, pulling her away gently "What happened to the keeping our heads down and just getting on with things?"

"She called me a prostitute…I wasn't going to just walk past and let her get away with it"

"That was awesome Leo!" Mikey said with a grin, looking back at the startled cheerleader "you showed her that you're not someone to be messed with"

"Of course I'm not…I hate bullies…and she was clearly a bully" she replied as they heard the school bell ring, signaling the end of lunch and the start of the last two lessons of the day.

"Well..I've got math" Don said looking at his time table.

"Same" said the two other brother before Leo looked at her time able and groaned.

"And I've got gym..oh joy…why can't I just be in the same classes as you..skip gym. It's not like I need it..."

"Go on Leo…we'll all meet up at the end of the day" Don said, kissing his girlfriend on the cheek "I'll take you for ice cream or something later"

Leo sighed and gave a small smile "You better…going to need it after putting up with this class" she said before giving her brothers and boyfriend a wave and heading off to the gym.

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Raph, Mikey and Don walked out of their last class together, after having math and had been given permission to leave early so they could find their lockers.

They had decided to take advantage and head out of the school, going towards the courts where they could see the girls gym class.

"Didn't know cheerleading was actually a lesson" Mikey said as they watched the girls performing a routine.

"Guess it's for those girls that want to try it but didn't make the team" Don replied with a shrug, nose stuck in a book.

"Well I can see one girl who isn't enjoying herself" Raph muttered, pointing to his sister who was in the middle of the line, standing next to the girl she had fought with earlier.

"You're pretty good, you should try out for the team…but then..I don't let losers like you on my team" The head cheerleader said to Leo.

"Wow thank you..Brittany was it? I really value your opinion of me! It really makes life worth living knowing that you have enough time in your busy, popular yet clearly simple day to try and make my school life a living hell..thank you so much, I am really quite touched" Leo replied sarcastically.

"Do you think I'm stupid or something?"

"Oh I'm sorry…didn't I make it obvious enough?"

"You little bitch!" Brittany growled and tried to attack Leo, as Leo took a step back and stretched her foot out, making the cheerleader trip over.

"oops, silly me…I must really watch where I put my feet" Leo replied with a small smile and a shrug.

"O'Neil…you're excused from class, you're family are waiting to take you home…" The coach called to Leo, earning a sigh of relief from the former turtle.

"Thanks miss!" She called before going over to pick up her bag and running over to Don and her brothers.

"I never want to come here ever again!"

"We'll just have to see what Splinter says" Donny said with a small smile, putting his arm around his girlfriend.

"Don't you want to get changed first?"

"I'll change when I'm home...I just want to get far away from this place"

"Keep going the way you are Leo and you're going to make quite a few enemies.."

"Just more to add to my ever growing list" she said with a grin.

"Ain't that the truth!" Raph and Mikey said together with a laugh.

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Britney's cheerleading squad helped her to her feet before looking over at the leaving family, glaring at the girl that had stood up to her.

"That little slut is going down...I don't like the way she shows me up...and I don't like the way all the boys stare at her"

"We'll take care of her.." said one of the girls "Start by making her life hell and then take away the only thing she cares about.."

Brittany smiled as she took in her enemy's boyfriend "little nerdy..probably a total loser but that means he'll be easy to take away...plus he is pretty hot for a nerd, defiantly hiding a jocks body under those clothes...though the red head is more like my type...looks like a bad boy..."

"But you'll have to take away the nerd first..that's her boyfriend...the redhead is her brother"

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"I have finished discussing this Leonardo, you are going to school like it or not!" Master Splinter demanded to his teenage daughter.

"But sensei!"

"No buts! You have been nothing but rude and arrogant since this accident happened and I will not stand for it...I do not want to hear another word..you are the leader..you are meant to set an example"

Leo bowed her head as she knelt inferno of her father, feeling the weight of responsibility crushing her under the pressure of her emotions, she was trying hard to keep them under control but she had never felt anything like it before, the overwhelming strength. April had told her many times it was all part of being female, and a female teenage is the most unstable part of womanhood...not Including pregnancy...could you imagine how bad it would be if you were a pregnant teenage female...the emotions would be explosive...

"Leonardo!" Splinter snapped bringing Leo out of her thoughts "Are you listening to me?"

Leo jumped and looked up at her father, before moving down into an apologetic bow "Hai sensei, Gomenasai"

"Good...now you are excused..you have a full day of school ahead of you tomorrow"

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^^; I kinda had a rough time in high school with my cheerleading squad so I'm venting now through Leo…It's actually great fun! Very therapeutic! ^^

More soon…I hope…