(A/N): Sorry for the short chapter this time around! The next ones will be longer. As always, let me know what you think, if you're in the reviewin' kind of mood. :)
Chapter 7: Decisions
"YOU WHAT?!" Alex and Hazel practically screamed.
"Me and Mikey… we kind of… you know, kissed…" Izzy said, blushing furiously.
"Hold up, girlfriend. Back it up and give me an explanation," Hazel demanded. The girls had just come home after a day at the lair, and Izzy had been acting a little weird. Naturally, Hazel needed to know what was going on, so she and Alex had confronted her about it. But they definitely had not expected that to be what happened!
"Okay, so after the movie ended, I was tired, and I accidentally let it slip that I liked him, and he said he liked me too. And then… I don't know! It just kind of happened!"
"Oh my god, was it weird?" Alex asked. "You know, since he's a turtle and all?"
"No, not really."
"Ok, how long did you guys make out? Was it like, ten minutes or what?" Alex asked.
"Wow, Alex, you're getting a little detailed there," Hazel pointed out.
"I just wanna know."
"Okay, well, I didn't count or anything, but it was probably a few minutes…" Izzy said, seeming uncomfortable.
"Ok was there tongue, or-"
"OKAY! That's TMI, Alex, thank you very much," Hazel interrupted. Izzy looked like she was about to pass out. "On a less graphic note, what did Mikey say after?"
"He said something like 'that was fun,'" Izzy replied, thoughtfully. Hazel and Alex laughed.
"That is soooo Mikey." Hazel said. Izzy just blushed.
"Then what?" Alex asked, interested in the situation for once.
"Uh, we kind of fell asleep."
"Well, when you guys woke up, what happened?"
"Well I just left, cause you guys were leaving too. I haven't talked to him since. I just don't know what to say!"
"Knowing Mikey, he'll find something to say about it, don't worry." Hazel said. Izzy simply nodded.
"YOU WHAT?!" Raph, Donnie, and Leo all shouted. Mikey just shrugged.
"I kissed Izzy." He stated, simply. His brothers looked at him in shock. Mikey just smiled, smugly. "Oh yeah."
"I cannot believe Mikey's the first one out of all of us to kiss a girl." Leo said, plainly.
"Damn it, I always thought it would be me, or maybe Leo," Raph said, frustrated.
"Well at least we all know that humans can develop romantic feelings towards mutants like ourselves," Donnie observed.
Mikey just smirked at them all, proud of himself, but secretly freaking out about the entire situation. He couldn't wait until he could see Izzy again.
"Well, I'm going to go get some pizza. Ooh! Do you guys want Hawaiian or Pepperoni?" Mikey asked. Nobody answered him, since they were all lost in their own thoughts. "Okay, now, don't get too excited guys!" he joked. Suddenly, Master Splinter entered the room.
"My sons, it has occurred to me that your new friends may be in danger, especially since they are unskilled and unarmed. If the Foot Ninjas attack them again, they may not be so lucky," he said. Splinter had been thinking about these dangers for a while now, and he knew he needed to find a reasonable solution to the problem. "For this reason, I suggest that they begin training with us in the art of self-defense." The turtles all nodded. They understood the dangers the sensei was speaking of, and they thought it would be a good idea for the girls to learn some skills. Alex had already tried training with Raph, but it was nothing serious. The brothers knew that all of them needed to learn self-defense, just in case. "I will speak with the girls tomorrow about this plan, and we will begin training as soon as possible."
Hazel sat down at the local coffee shop, anxiously waiting for her friend, Hannah, to arrive. She checked her watch. It was around 8:30 pm, the time she and Hannah had agreed on meeting each other. Hazel was kind of nervous. She and Hannah hadn't really seen each other since Hazel and her sisters had met the turtles, and Hannah had insisted that they should hang out.
"Hey Hazel! Long time no see, huh?" Hannah said, sitting down across from Hazel.
"Hey, Hannah. How have you been?"
"Good, but I've been super bored since I haven't really been up to anything interesting lately. What about you?"
"Yeah, you know, the usual," Hazel was trying to seem nonchalant about the entire thing, not wanting to give away the huge secret that she had promised to keep. "I haven't been doing anything exciting lately." Flat out lie… Hazel thought. Hope she doesn't pick that one up.
"Wrong answer, Hazel." Darn. "Every time I ask you to hang out, you always say you're busy! I know you're not just avoiding me for the sake of it. You and your sisters have been gone somewhere almost every day."
"Wait, how do you know we aren't home?"
"Can't hear your sisters fighting and your lights are never on, unless it's really late. I'm not stupid, Hazel."
"We've just been helping my mom out at the office a lot. There's, uh, a lot of files that need to be organized." Please buy it, please buy it.
"Not buying it." Darn. Again. "Every single day, you're at the office? And Alex hasn't put up a fight yet? And Izzy hasn't made a scene? Please. I know that whatever you're doing, it's fun." Hazel sighed. She knew she couldn't tell Hannah what she was up to. She had promised Master Splinter she wouldn't say a thing! It was for everyone's safety.
"I can't tell you what we're doing, Hannah. I promised I wouldn't say anything." Hazel was so torn between her best friend and her more… um… "secret" friends. She knew, though, that even though it was a tough decision, it was the right one. It sounded like something Master Splinter would say.
"Fine. I get it. Hope that you guys enjoy yourselves with… whatever you're doing. See ya." And with that, she left the coffee shop. Hazel groaned. Why did this have to be such a mess?
