Zoe
He doesn't bother me. He doesn't.
I wonder how long Splinter will punish us.
I step into the main area with Raph behind me. We stand just outside the TV pit and look into the faces of our teammates.
Why are they all sitting in a row on the steps?
"We, uh-" Raph rubs the back of his head and looks in my direction.
"What did you two do?" Leo scratches his head before continuing, "Sensei just came in here and told us that you two have to spend all of your time together and if we help you deceive him in any way we will join you."
"What?" Raph and I say in unison.
"What?" We try again.
"Shut up Zoe, I'm talkin'." He shoves a hand toward my face.
"Excuse me, Raphael. Maybe I should be the one to talk first." I shove my hand back in his face.
"Uh, you guys," Mikey interrupts us.
"WHAT?" We both yell at him.
Mikey is looking back and forth at us, "We can't hang out with you right now."
I look past Mikey and realize that everyone is gone. They must've left while we were fighting. My shoulders slump and I sigh.
"Sorry." Mikey put a sympathetic hand on my shoulder and gave Raph an apologetic smile before running up the stairs and hopping over the turn-styles.
"Great." Raph and I say at the same time, then glare at each other, cross our arms and sit on the steps looking in opposite directions.
We sit in silence for all of two minutes before he speaks.
"I don't want to sit here all night. So, do you want to hang out with me and Casey?"
"Raph if you want to hang out with Casey, I'm not going to rat you out and I'm not going to tag along. I'll leave with you and just take a walk or something. We can meet back here at curfew and Sensei will never know." I turn towards him and realize he was already turned toward me.
This whole thing is because I opened my mouth. I don't want to ruin his night because of it.
He looks like he's mulling something over and I Don't know why, I'm giving him what he wants. "Are you sure you'll be okay?"
I scoff. As if you care.
His eyes harden, "What?"
"Nothing, Raphael. Let's go. I'll meet you back at the entrance to the lair at curfew and we'll walk in together."
