Cassie's POV
Nervously I fidgeted beside Bonnie as we all sat in silence. Finally I couldn't stand it any longer. "Do you think I'm a freak?" Their eyes all turned to me and I waited.
"A freak? No of course not." Veronica answered. "I question your taste in friends but I have ever since you became mine." We all giggled quietly. "But seriously, I think we're just all a little shocked."
"Well, everyone except Sophie. She's already asleep." Bonnie pointed and I listened, hearing Sophie snoring peacefully as she slept. We giggled again, this time a little louder. "Shall we wake her with a pillow fight?"
"No! I know where Mikey keeps his prank stack, hold on." Quietly I got up and crept away but when I returned I carried a can of cream, silly string spray and a pen in my arms. Instantly I heard Bonnie and Veronica giggle. I gave the pen to Veronica, the string to Bonnie and I held onto the cream for now.
"Sh!" Veronica giggled as she uncapped the pen and began to scribble on Sophie's face, drawing a moustache that curled up and rings around her eyes as glasses. "Cream." She whispered and I handed it out to her. She took it then sprayed a spiral into one of Sophie's hand. "Quick, grab that duster over there." Bonnie hurried over and grabbed it, handing it to Veronica who stepped out the way then began to tickle Sophie's face.
I really wish I could see because when I heard the splat, I burst into laughter. "Ahh!" Sophie screamed, looking at herself. She glanced to the side, catching her reflection on a TV screen and cried out again. "Damn you all!" She cried, leaping up. Bonnie let loose the silly string, giggling wildly as Sophie tried to hide from the attack.
She grabbed a pillow and hit Veronica with it so I grabbed my own and hit her back. Soon we were fighting with pillows with so much enthusiasm that one of the pillows burst open, the feathers flying free around us as Bonnie continued to spray the string over us, our laughter ringing like chimes.
I heard the guys returning so I picked up a smaller pillow and launched it at their direction. "Take that!" I yelled then laughed as it struck home.
"Cassie! That's not fair!" Mikey whined then leaped over the sofa, grabbing a pillow to hit me back.
"Get him!" Sophie yelled then hit Mikey on the head with her own pillow. Suddenly Mikey had four pillows beating at him as he tried to fight back.
"Think we should help him out?" Raphael wondered aloud to his brothers as Mikey begged for mercy.
"I think he's got this under control." Leo chuckled but when I flung a pillow at his face his expression changed. "Forget what I said." He growled, picking up the pillow then leaped into the fight with Raphael close behind, Donnie already streaking ahead.
Bonnie shot the string at the turtles and someone stepped on the can, making it explode, shooting cream everywhere. We all fought and laughed, girls against the boys until finally we fell down, worn out.
"We surrender…" Sophie panted, holding her pillow over her face as Mikey lifted his above her. "Please?"
"Aw, fine." He slumped, dropping the pillow down.
"You have to be kidding me, it had to be the only pillow we have with feathers in it." Raphael groaned as we began to clean up before Splinter returned. Finally we all collapsed either on the floor or on the sofas, tired from the evening.
"So, did you find anything?" I asked as I leaned against Raphael, finding him to be a very comfortable substitute for the sofa as he took up all of it.
"Nothing. They just disappeared without a trace. The only firm link we have is that company, M.A.R.S but trying to get into their schematics is like trying to break through a wall of concrete with a toothpick." Donnie sighed.
"But you're a genius, you'll figure it out." I assured him, patting his head which made him smile.
"I guess so." We all knew he'd find a way though.
"Mars…" Sophie spoke softly, putting the letters together. "What could that mean?"
"We don't know. All we know is that they specialise in weapon manufacturing." Leo answered. "They sound questionable at best."
"I bet Bonnie could get you in." Veronica suggested, making Bonnie blush deeply to her roots. "She's a techno genius as well as a math geek."
"Not really, I hacked into the school system once." She mumbled. "That hardly constitutes to being a tech mathematician." Sweet Bonnie, she was so cute when she was shy about something.
"How about we talk about this tomorrow?" Sophie yawned, rubbing her freshly washed face before stretching out on the sofa with a blanket. "I'm beat."
"Me too." Mikey yawned then settled down but Raphael hit him round the head.
"You are not sleeping here." He growled.
"But I'm tired…" Mikey whined. "I don't want to move. Rescuing beautiful girls is hard work." Sophie giggled then shifted closer to him as she used his arm for a pillow. "Besides, it would be impolite to make Sophie lose her comfortable pillow."
"Too right." She yawned then snuggled back down again.
"You guys can stay if you want." Bonnie agreed. "I'd feel safer knowing you were all close by."
"We'd only be in our rooms." Donnie told her. "Although technically as gentlemen we should be offering our rooms to you."
"Meh, I'm not into that gentry rubbish." She shrugged then lay her head down against his leg. "I can sleep anywhere." Veronica was already asleep and gradually I heard her sliding to the side as she had been leaning against the sofa.
I listened to Leonardo shift and I smiled secretly, hearing as he gently settled her down beside Bonnie with a pillow under her head. Soon Sophie and Mikey were snoring, the turtle's head resting against my legs as he stretched out.
Raphael reached out and forced Mikey's mouth shut, cutting off his snores until he let go, which let them out again. I sighed, shifting closer as I rested against his chest, finding him very comfortable as he stroked my long hair away from my face.
"You still awake princess?" He whispered and I nodded my head. "They didn't hurt you today did they?" I showed him my wrist and he held it gently, inspecting the bruises there. "I'll murder them."
"It's just a bruise." I murmured gently to him, pulling it back to rub smooth circles on his chest which I found had a great soothing effect on him. "Nothing to kill over."
"They hurt you though."
"I'm still alive." I assured him. "So don't worry."
"I want to keep you safe though, princess. I'd rather take every blow anyone would ever land on you, no matter how painful it be."
"Oh Raphael, you big softie." I chuckled and lifted my head to him. "I know that but it's alright. Everything's alright." I reached forwards and kissed his cheek however I missed, so I somehow managed to kiss his scar just above his lip. He didn't react though except for going very still.
"I wish I could see you." I murmured, settling back down. "Properly."
"I do too, princess. Then you'd see that Mikey isn't as good looking as he proclaims." I giggled slightly then yawned. I felt a warm hand rest on my back as Raphael wrapped me into his embrace. "Go to sleep princess, I got you."
