Cristen woke up the next morning in complete darkness. She started freaking out for a second before she remembered that she was at the lair. Unlike her room at home, there were no windows in this room to let in natural light. She reached over to her left to flick the light switch and sat up rubbing her eyes. On the bedside next to her was a box with a bow on it. She picked it up and saw her name was written on the tag. Groaning she remembered that everyone know knew that it was her birthday yesterday. She debated on leaving the box alone before her curiosity got the best of her. She ripped the lid off and took out a slick new phone. She looked at it in awe before taking out the card that was also in the box.
'Happy Birthday Cristen! I've been working on this and since you lost your phone I figured you would be the perfect person to receive the first T-phone 2.0. I hope you like it.
Love,
Donnie.'
She smiled at the letter and put it back in the box. Turning on the phone the first thing she saw was the time. It was only 10 which meant that the guys were probably still asleep, except for Donnie who had snuck in his present during the night. Her stomach grumbled and she realized that she hadn't eaten since lunch yesterday. Sliding on her Minnie Mouse slippers, she made her way to the kitchen. As soon as she opened the door she was hit by the scent of hot breakfast food. Quickly making her way to the kitchen she threw open the curtain to see all of the guys and April sitting around a feast of Pancakes, eggs, bacon, toast and of course pizza. When she walked in the all turned to her and yelled.
"Happy Birthday!"
She stood in shock and willingly let Mikey guide her to the table to sit down. April slid a plate of all of her favorite things in front of her and smiled.
"You didn't think we would forget your birthday did you?" She asked.
Cristen, who was already in the process of devouring her food swallowed what she was chewing so she could speak.
"This is delicious." She said loading up another fork full.
"Your welcome dudette." Mikey said still sporting his apron. Leo who was sitting next to her pulled out a black box and slid it over to her.
"Here's your first present. I hope you like it."
She smiled and went to open the box.
"I'm sure I will, but Donnie beat you to it. Found it sitting next to my bed when I woke up. Love it by the way."
Donnie smiled in victory and Leo rolled his eyes. In the box was a small bracelet with a little Purple Heart charm on it.
"I found it a while ago." He explained. "I was thinking that I could've given it to Karai but I'm glad I didn't, I think it fits you better."
She put the bracelet on and slid it around her wrist.
"I love it Leo. Thank you." She said giving him a hug. She quickly finished her food and was about to put the plate away when Mikey stopped her.
"No no no. Let me." He said taking her plate to the sink. She was going to tell him that he didn't need to do that when April slid a bag in front of her.
"Quick open it. I want to see your face." She said. Cristen cautiously took the paper out of the bag and saw what looked like a hoodie.
"Oh a hoodie." She said confused. April shook her head.
"Nope. Pull it all the way out."
Cristen pulled the piece of clothing out all the way and squealed when she realised that it was not a hoodie but a onesie.
"I can't believe you got this for me." She said hugging her tightly.
"Is that a onesie?" Asked Raph confused.
"Yes!" Cristen said excitedly. "But not just any onesie. It's a One Direction onesie from that store on the other side of town. I've always wanted one. Thank you so much April."
"No biggie. I bought it so we could wear them to the concert this summer. I have a matching one."
"Eeee I can't wait!" She said hugging the onesie to her chest. Everyone finished breakfast and when the walked out Splinter was waiting for them.
"Happy Birthday Cristen." He said as she walked out.
"Thank you master Splinter."
"I do not have a physical gift for you but I do have a proposition."
"I don't understand." She said confused.
"If you would like, I would be honored to teach you the art of ninjitsu along side Mrs. O'neal."
"Really? I would love to." She said.
"Good. I hope you don't stay up to late because we start tomorrow morning."
"Hai Sensai." She said bowing. Splinter left and everyone sat on the couch.
"This is great!" Mikey said. "You get trian with us!"
"I know. I'm gonna learn how to kick butt."
"Speaking of kicking butt. It's time for my gift." Mikey said walking over to the game console. "I found it on patrol one night. I hope it works."
He picked up a small chip and handed it to her. She flipped it over to see it was an old Pokemon game for a DS. It looked in pretty good shape.
"Thanks Mikey. I'll try it out as soon as I get my DS." She hugged him tightly and gave him a light kiss on the forehead. Raph let out a low growl and glared at Mikey. Cristen sat back down next to Raph and he wrapped his arm loosely around her. Leo smirked and nudged Donnie who looked at Leo confused. Leo nodded towards Raph and Cristen who was talking to April and Donnies eyes widened in realization. Raph noticed Leo staring and narrowed his eyes.
"What?"
Leo glanced at Donnie and shrugged.
"Nothing."
Later, the guys were supposed to go out for patrol, but instead they brought April and Cristen with them to just hang out. April had gotten fairly good at jumping roofs and jumped over a medium sized gasp o to the next building. Cristen stared after her and cocked her head to the side.
"I bet I could do that." She said.
"Are you sure?" Raph asked. "That's pretty far. I could just-"
"No. I wanna do it." She said shoving his hand away. She backed up and ran towards the edge of the building. She jumped gracefully across the gap hitting a full split before landing on the other side.
"I did- woah." She said losing her balance. She tittered backwards but someone pulled her arm and she was brought back into safety.
"Good job." Said Raph with a smirk. "But next time, try to be less like a fairy princess." She punched his arm playfully and they walked after the others who were now a bit ahead of them. Before they jumped to the next building Raph stopped her. He brought out a small box as held it out to her.
"You didn't think I was the only one who didn't get you anything, did you?"
She laughed and opened the box to find a red heart charm.
"I could find a chain to put it on but I figured that since you have that necklace now you could mabye-" Raph was cut off by Cristen jumping into his arms.
"I love it." She whispered before letting him go. He carefully unhooked the necklace and slipped on the charm before hooking it back. She touched the heart before looking back up at Raph. Suddenly they realized that they were very close but they were both ok with that. They were brought out of their trance when someone landed on the roof. Raph pulled out his sai and turned towards Karai.
"Oh. Did I interupt something." She said a sinister smile on her lips.
"Go away Karai." Raph growled pushing Cristen behind him.
"Why? I want to meet your new friend." Karai flipped over Raph and landed behind Cristen who quickly spun around. They got a good look at each other and Cristen gasped.
"Harmony?"
"Cristen?"
Dun Dun Dun! They know each other... But how! Please review!
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