Leo raced into the lair 30 minutes later.

"Hey Leo. Do you know what happened to Eve?" Donnie asked as soon as he crossed the threshold.

"What do you mean?" Leo tried not to panic.

"She's not here. The notes for the night aren't finished either. She always does them before she leaves." Donnie explained.

Raph came in the from the kitchen at that moment. "She's still not answering her phone."

Mikey came trailing after him. "Something's not right dudes," he shifted nervously.

"I'm gana track her phone," Donnie decided and set off for the lab. His brothers trailed after him. Within a minute, they were all staring at a blinking red dot that indicated Eve's location. "She's at a... bar?" He blinked at the screen. "That's weird."

"What's she doing there," asked Mikey.

"Painting Mike," Raph slapped him on the back of the head. "Something must have happened."

"I believe I know what." Leo finally spoke up. He sighed before continuing, "Karai came to talk to me."

"What?!" Raph interrupted.

Leo glared at him to be quiet. "She asked me for a favor and I said I'd think about it. I forgot my headset was on and Eve heard the conversation."

"Well that'd do it," crossing his arms, Raph fumed.

"Did she say anything to you?" Donnie spun in his chair to look at Leo.

"She accused me of meeting up with my girlfriend," Leo murmured. Raph groaned. "But Karai isn't my girlfriend, so that doesn't even make sense!" He tried to reason and defend himself.

"You are so clueless sometimes," Mikey shook his head sadly.

"I'm going to get her." Raph stormed out of the lab.

"I don't understand what the big deal is," Leo looked hopefully at Donnie.

"Oh boy. Do you have a lot to learn about girls," he swiveled back around in his chair. Leo opened his mouth to speak. "No! I am not explaining it for you," Donnie held his hand up to stop him.


Her phone was going off yet again. She must have 30 missed calls by now. Pulling the phone out of her back pocket, she saw it was still Raph. A text popped up on her screen at that moment. It read, "If you don't answer the next time, I'm calling the cops." Her finger pressed the answer button. "What do you want?" Eve yelled into the phone, holding it up to her ear.

"I... to... out...," Raph's voice was barely coming through.

"I can't hear you over the music!" She stopped dancing and was focusing on the phone call.

Raph tried again. "Get... here... you."

"Still nothing! I'll call you in a minute!" Eve ended the call and turned to her friend. "I'll be right back!" The guy she had been dancing with touched her shoulder. "Wait here! I have to call my friend back." Getting to the exit was difficult. The dance floor was packed with people tonight. Once outside, she moved away from the entrance and called Raph back.

He answered on the first ring. "What's wrong?" His voice was gentle and concerned.

"I don't know. You're the one that won't stop calling me," she accused him.

"Don't ya play this game with me. I know ya better than that." A touch of annoyance broke through.

Eve turned and walked farther away from the people outside, not wanting to be heard. There was a small alley down the side of the bar and she stood just inside the entrance. "Fine. Leo pissed me off, so I came out to forget."

"Thought so," the voice came from right behind her.

Eve jumped, "Don't do that! I hate your stupid ninja skills." She turned and glared at Raph. He chuckled. "What're you doing here?"

"I came to take ya home," he leaned in and sniffed her. "How much did ya drink already? Ya reek."

"Not enough. And I'm not leaving! I have a guy inside waiting," she defiantly stared him down.

"Yea? Ya gana hook up with some random dude to get back at Leo?" he asked.

"That's the plan," she flipped her hair back. "So if you excuse me."

As she turned to leave, Raph grabbed her arm and spun her back around. "I'm not gana let ya do something you'll regret," he got up in her face. "You'll calm down by morning. Let me take ya home."

Raph could see her thinking about in. Some of the fury in her eyes was starting to dissipate. "Alright," she agreed. "But only if you stay the night with me," Eve poked him hard in the chest.

"Done," he nodded. "Can ya run?"

"Without falling over?" she laughed.

"Climb up then." Raph bent down to allow Eve to get on his back. Then they were off.


Eve stumbled through her door laughing. Her apartment was on the second floor above her yoga studio. Heading straight for the liquor cabinet, she pulled out whiskey and two spot glasses.

"Don't ya think you've had enough?" Raph asked, shutting and locking the door behind him.

"When did you turn into such a loser?" she slurred, slamming the bottle down on the table. "Shut up already and drink with me."

Raph pulled out his phone, while Eve poured shots. He typed out a quick text to Leo. "Got her home. Staying for the night." A shot slid his way as he hit send.

Three more shots later, Raph was tipping a very drunk Eve onto her bed. "Hey! Not so rough. Unless you like it that way," she winked at him.

Laughing gruffly, he said, "Don't ask for something ya can't handle."

"Bring it on!" Eve spread out across the bed.

"Knock it off and roll over," he pushed her, and climbed in the bed as well.

They laid there in silence for a moment. "Why don't we?" She propped herself up on her elbow to look at him.

"Excuse me?" Raph tilted his head toward her.

"Why aren't we together?" They we're staring each other dead in the eyes. Neither was blinking. They were hardly breathing. A flush began to spread across their faces. Suddenly, Eve moved and was straddling Raph.

"Whoa, hey!" He grabbed her by the hips. "What're you doing?" His eyes were large and frantic.

"What do you think?" She slowly lowered herself closer to his face. Her eyes were darting from his lips back to his eyes.

"We can't..." he tried to protest. Raph could feel her breath wash over him. It was like a sedative. His mind was foggy. What was he about to say?

"Why?" Eve hovered above him. Their lips almost touching. Yearning to crash together.

"Because," he whispered.

Eve closed the distance between them and gently kissed his lips. It was featherlight. So soft it may not even have happened. She pulled back and looked down at Raph. His eyes were closed and his breathing was picking up. That was all the incentive she needed to lean back in. Her lips touched his again with a little more force this time. About to pull away, Raph started to react. He wasn't bad for his first kiss. His hand came up to cradle the back of her head. Eve drug her tongue along his bottom lip, which prompted him to open his mouth. Their tongues clashed together. Just as fast as it had begun, it ended. Raph sat up quickly, sending Eve falling back.

"What was that for?" she whined.

"We need to stop," he wasn't looking at her. His breathing was fast and unsteady.

"The hell we do," Eve pulled her shirt off revealing her bra underneath. Moving back to him, she brought their lips together again.

"Mm.. stop!" He pushed her away. The hurt shown in her eyes. "If this was sex, only sex, you know I'd take you in a heartbeat. But it's not. You love him."

It was her turn to look away. "I don't." Tears were sparkling in her eyes.

"You do," he reached out and held her hand.

The tears fell freely now. "Well I don't want to!"

"Come here," he pulled her to his chest and held her. When her tears stopped, he asked, "Better?"

She nodded against his chest.

"Bed time then." Gently, he moved her back to the other side of the bed.

"Will you help me take my jeans off?" Her pout was pathetic.

"God. I have to do everything for you." Unbuttoning the pants, he tried to pull them off. "Why do you buy clothes that are so tight?" It was very difficult to pull skinny jeans off a drunk girl who wasn't helping. He grabbed the bottom of the legs and gave a giant pull.

Finally free, Eve snuggled under the blankets. Raph climbed back in next to her. "Hold me," she murmured.

"Needy." Raph pulled her into him once more.

"You like it."