Disclaimer: you know the drill… "mutters crossly and hugs Leo"
Chapter 9: Moving In
Raph grunted as he moved a couch into place and dropped onto it. He sighed and looked around. He shook his head and wondered how the others were doing in their moving in areas.
Amy had done the honors of painting the separate wings of the house. Jo was putting the twins down for a nap and then she'd be helping to finish putting things away.
Leo and Jane were organizing things in their wing of the building. Jane had fretted over the nursery, wanting it next to her and Leo's room. The nursery was painted light yellow with little-light-green turtles decorating the ceiling border and a few stuffed turtles in the crib, Jane's choice. The rest of the house alternated between a rustic cottage feel and a traditional Japanese home. Leo had a private training area, besides the Dojo in the basement that Cody had "designed" for them in the future. Don said he's looked back in records and the Dojo had already been there, Cody had just upgraded it.
Don and Lilly's wing was designated for their work area at O'Neil Tech, Don had finally gotten his computer lab back and Lilly now had a huge library area started, complete with multiple computers. That area would be allowed for the children to work on homework in if need be. Though their home had its "hominess" as Mikey had put it, a large kitchen and living area, and a large master bedroom.
Mikey had designed his wing with play in mind, a large TV and various gaming systems were in the living room. Though his wing had potential to become a home. He seemed intent on having Amy start a family there.
"Raph?" Leo called, poking his head in. Raph waved and then got up.
"Yeah wah?" Raph grumbled.
"Grouch. Dinner's here," Leo replied, "and Lilly is announcing the color scheme for the wedding."
Raph grunted and headed for the nursery.
"Jo?" Raph called, poking his head into the nursery, painted with cartooned motorcycles and race cars on Jaden's side and bright flowers and prancing horses on Jade's side.
"Shhhh! Dormien Ninos!" Jo scolded gently. Leo chuckled at the sight of the twins in their separate cribs, both sound asleep, clutching a stuffed animal. Jo smiled and grabbed both baby monitors one painted maroon, Jaden's and the other painted scarlet, Jade's.
"Hurry before they wake up," Raph teased. Jo rolled her eyes at him and swatted playfully at his arm. Leo rolled his eyes and slipped out after them, chuckling softly.
As they entered the lower family area, one large wing made for all of them to come to, Raph glanced around. The family wing was complete with a large kitchen, a large dining room table, and a spacious living room area.
"Hey where's Mikey?" Raph asked. Lilly glanced up from the cookies she was placing on the cooling rack.
"He went to get Amy," Jane called, she was thankfully not getting morning sickness as bad and could handle normal life for the most part. Jane was sitting at the table cutting out various colored paper patterns for a scrapbook she was working on. Apparently it was family tradition to make a scrapbook for each child, starting before they were born.
Raph picked up the picture of the pregnancy test with a positive sign and chuckled.
"Yah really go all out sis," Raph chuckled, eyeing the colored paper.
"Why not? This baby's a miracle Raph," Jane teased gently.
"That kid is goin' ta' be spoiled rotten," Jo teased, picking up another picture, this one of Leo kissing Jane's belly.
"Of course," Leo said with a grin, kissing Jane gently and then helping her clean up the paper pieces so they could eat dinner.
Raph chuckled and then froze.
"Did ya' say Mikey went ta' get Amy?" Raph gasped. Don chuckled as he helped Leo pick up the various pieces of paper off the floor.
"Yeah, she's in the wedding too," Don replied.
Raph moaned and then grabbed some papers off the table top and sorted them before slipping the good ones into a plastic baggie.
Jane giggled and finished placing all the good stuff in the scrapbook and then closed it. Leo got up slowly, wincing a little as his knee protested. Don eyed him.
"I thought Bishop reengineered that for you," Don asked.
"Yeah, he did, but he said it's still get stiff now and then. He couldn't put it back to how it was, not without some serious rebuilding and I'd be off my feet for three months to make sure everything healed up right," Leo grumbled.
"Let meh just say dis bro, if it's a boy…how the hell are you goin' ta' play with da' kid?" Raph asked. Leo froze and then gave Raph a look.
"Yeah, I'm screwed," Leo muttered turning around and walking over to toss the scraps away. The guys laughed. Jane giggled and walked over to the counter and sat the scrapbook down.
"We have arrived!" Mikey called. Lilly waved hello as Amy followed Mikey in. Jane greeted her with a smile and the friends hugged.
"Ohhhh!!!" Amy giggled, touching Jane's starting to round stomach, "Yay!!!"
Jane laughed and hugged her again.
"This is soooo exciting," Amy laughed, she spotted Leo and gave him a quick hug hello.
Lilly got her hug and Jo did as well, muttering that she hated hugs. Amy just laughed at her and then returned to Mikey. Mikey wrapped an arm around her and then, looked at the others.
"If you say…" Raph started. Leo eyed the two, tense.
"No," Amy giggled, "for goodness sake we've been dating only a month. There was a collective sigh of relief. Then Mikey gave them all a mischievous grin.
"Hell no," Raph snarled. Amy giggled.
"Mikey," Leo chided. Don groaned and headed for the kitchen, shaking his head. Lilly, Jane, Jo, and Amy all exchanged looks and then burst out laughing.
"You should see the looks on your faces," the girls laughed. Mikey was laughing just as hard.
"Michaelangelo!!!" Raph roared, leaping after the blonde.
"YIKES!" Mikey yelped shooting to the other room.
April walked off the elevator with Casey and James seconds later, their wing was at the top of the tower.
"What'd we miss?" Casey asked, watching as the guys tackled Mikey and began wrestling with him.
The girls were laughing to hard to respond.
"OW!" Leo yelped as he ended up being smacked up against the wall.
"MIKEY!" Raph growled as the blonde slipped away and stood laughing at his older brothers laying in a heap on the ground.
"That's a good look for you," Mikey said thoughtfully, eyeing his brothers and thinking they looked very much like a large pretzel.
"I'm. Going. To. Kill. You," Raph growled. Leo attempted to break free but was pinned under Don and in between the wall and the couch.
"LET ME OUT!" Leo snarled, making another attempt to move, "MIKEY YOU ARE SO DEAD!"
"I'M GOING TO…UHHHGGG," Don growled, somehow managing to raise his head from his current, twisted position. Mikey was too preoccupied with laughing at his brothers to hear Jo creeping up on him.
"GOTCHA!" she whooped as she tackled him.
"AHHHH!" Mikey yelped, "RAPHIE SAVE ME FROM YOUR CRAZY WIFE!!!"
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