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Penthouse

Raphael arrived home late that night, around 11 o'clock to be exact. The next would be Friday, the end of the school week. Raph and Mona had hung out on the rooftops until the sun had set. Raphael told Mona what he had learned the night before about his brothers and their true heritage.

"So.. Your mother.. She's still out there?" Mona had asked. Raphael was quiet for a second, considering the question. Then, he turned to Mona and said, "Yeah, yeah she is."

After the sun had died, Mona led Raphael to the apartment she shared with her parents and little brother, Josh. Her parents and Josh were at the hospital, visiting her grandfather who has been diagnosed with cancer. Mona claimed to not care, she never really was as close to him as her brother or the rest of her family, but Raphael could still see the hurt in her eyes.

"This is my room." Mona stretched her arms out and gestured to the room around them.

Three walls were painted a hot pink, one wall was black. The black wall had a white desk sitting against it, with a black laptop and headphones sitting on top. Just left to the desk were shelves hanging on the wall. One shelf held books, while another held CDs. Mona's bed was set in the middle of room. It had a hot pink comforter on it with music note pillows. There was a bedside table on either side of the bed, one holding a black reading lamp.

The floor was dark, almost black, wood and there was a pink and black striped rug in front of her bed. On Mona's bed was a sleeping beagle puppy wearing a pink collar and bow around its right ear. Raphael smirks at the sleeping pup.

Mona catches what Raphael is looking at and walks over to the baby dog. She picks it up and snuggles it close to her chest, petting its soft back. "Her name is Sofie. She's 8 weeks old." Mona informs her friend with a smile.

Raphael walks over to Mona and the puppy and extends his hand for the pup to sniff. "Hey girl." He coos.

Mona chuckles as the beagle squirms in her arms, wanting to sniff Raphael's extended hand. Mona puts the tired pup back on the bed and walks over to her laptop. She lifts the top and turns on the volume. A screen full of music pops up. Raphael looks over at the screen curiously. Sofie sleeps silently in his arms, her soft fur warming his body. Raph walks over to Mona and studies the screen. "What's this?" He asks.

"It's a DJ app. It's kinda weird, but I've always wanted to be one." Mona answers sheepishly.

"That's not weird at all. I listen to DJ'd music all the time. Play somethin' you've made." Raph suggests. Mona hesitates to turn on her latest mix. But when it's on, Raphael is amazed. The song is a mix of three different songs; Lights, by Ellie Goulding; Hanging On, by Ellie Goulding; and the music of Clarity, by Zedd. The songs blend together in a way that would make you think that it was never edited, that it was always that way.

Raphael looks at the computer screen in awestruck. Did she really make this, he asks himself. "Mona..this is amazing! Did you seriously blend these songs together?"

"Yeah, but I used my own voice instead of Ellie Goulding's. I wanted at least some of it to be my own material." Mona explains.

"This is amazing. This is a talent, why haven't you ever said anything at school?" Raphael questions with a tilted head.

"My parents don't want me to DJ. They're both scientists, so they both have it in their minds that I'm going to follow in their footsteps. But...I wanna DJ. I dunno, it's stupid." Mona looks down at her fingers in her lap. Raphael bends down on his knees so he's at the same level as Mona, because she's still sitting in the desk chair. Raphael lifts up Mona's chin gently, looking into her soft, blue eyes.

"The only thing that's stupid, is that you aren't following your dreams." Raphael whispers, pressing a kiss to Mona'd lips. Sofie, not liking the tight space, jumps out of Raphael's arms and walks out of the room.

Pulling apart, Raphael and Mona stare at each other. "Mona.. Will you go out with me?" Raphael asks suddenly. Once it's out of his mouth, both teens are surprised. Raphael didn't even think about the words he just said, he didn't know where they formed. He just went through a breakup with Karai, was he truly ready for another relationship so soon? The answer was yes, he was ready. He wasn't ready to date just for the hell of it, he was ready because he liked Mona. He like-liked Mona.

"Yes." Mona's tone bursted with joy. Raphael grinned mischievously at her and lifted her up into his arms. Her DJ music played while Raphael and Mona chatted quietly, sitting on Mona's bed. They exchanged many kisses. Around 10:30, Raphael left for home.

Raphael walks up the stairs to his room. He's surprised when he sees Leonardo back in his room, his bed with him. Raphael stands in shock in the doorway, looking at his little brother sitting upright in his bed, focusing on his phone. Leo notices Raph in the doorway and turns off his phone and stands up, walking towards his older brother. "Where have you been? We've been worried sick!"

Raphael glares at his brother for acting as if he were his parent. "I was out with Mona. I told Dad I was, why didn't you just call?"

Leonardo shakes his head. "You can't just leave right after school and then come back in the middle of the night. Thats not how things work around here." Raph snorts. Leo's been here for 5 days and he already acts like he owns the place.

"Yeah, well we don't steal people's girlfriends around here, eitha'." Raphael backfires. Raph walks over to is dresser and grabs a pair of pajama pants. "Who let you back in here, anyway?"

"Me. Look, I didn't steal Karai from you. You broke up with her." Leonardo says.

Raph freezes. I broke up with her? That's bullshit!, Raph thinks. "Is that what she told ya'?"

"Yes. She told everything. About how all she did was stand up for me and my brothers and you blew her off. You broke her heart." Leo shouts.

Raphael whips around, facing his brother with eyes as angry as hell. "I loved Karai! She was my world and she broke up with me! I don't know what game she's playin', but what she told ya was a lie. She did try standing up for you guys and she didn't like the fact that I don't want you guys here. But she broke up with me. I begged her not to, hell, I cried! But she broke up with me and then went kissin' you the very next day." Raphael explains in an angry, infuriated tone.

At the end of the speech, Raphael is breathing heavily and Leonardo is standing silently with a mouth opened slightly. "What.. Why would she lie?" Leonardo can't wrap his head around his new information. Questions swim rapidly in his head.

"Because she likes you. Karai likes to play mind games, she manipulated me into loving her and claimed she felt the same way towards me." Raph explains.

Leo looks down at the floor. He thinks back to all of the events that have occurred over the past few days. Was it all fake? Should he trust Karai? How is it that such a manipulative person could have such a beautiful body, such tender lips that move fluently with your own. And her eyes, oh her eyes! Their so perfect, shining into yours with love. How could Leonardo think of her in this way?

"She's kissed me, several times. And.. I kissed her back." Leonardo confesses.

"Course you did. Who wouldn't?" Raphael asks. He, himself, still longs to hold Karai's delicate body in his arms. But he has a new girl now. Someone who loves him for him, not for his money or appearances. No, Mona likes Raphael for the good he does, for the personality he carries. And Raphael likes Mona in the same way.

Well, looks like Raphael and Mona are official! And what about Karai? Will Leonardo still hang out with her after this? Guess you'll just have to wait and see. Please review, I'll update as soon I can. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!