Life through another's eyes

A/N: Hey and hello! Missed me? Sorry for the late update. I had writers block and my internet have been a little weird lately. But here it is. Here is the newchapter, chapter 9, which I hope is enjoyable enough for you, since I have a test in history and chemistry coming up next week, so I may have to wait until I can do a new update. But anyway, here you go, enjoy and please review.


Chapter 9, A little visit

(Leo's P.O.V)

Through the whole day I had really thought about what had happened at school today, how that guy had acted at our math class, how our teacher had handled the situation and how it all had turned out. Poor Don, being humiliated in front of our class like that. During lunch today it had been so unusually quiet that you could almost feel the tension between us, when we had finished eating our lunch and walked to our classes I had pulled my brothers aside in the hallway and tell them what happened, and I literally had to hold Raph back so he would tear the hallway to pieces. The rest of the day we had tried not to think to much about it and not to talk to Donnie about it. But when the school day was ended and we was going to go home, we saw Don go in another direction then the one we thought he was going to take. He had work today, where was he going now? We ran up to him and he saw us and slowed down.

"Hey! Where are you going? Don't you have work today?" Mikey asked and panted a little after the run. Don looked at him with empty eyes. Then looked forward.

"I'm calling in sick today. I'm going to see my father at his apartment." We looked at him in shock and Raph grabbed him by the shoulders, looked him straight in the eyes and shook him a little.

"Are you crazy?! That guy left you and your mother and brother years ago. There has to be a reason for that!" Don pushed him off and looked at all of his.

"Exactly! If there is a reason why he left my mother, my brother and me, he must tell me! I'm his son and I have the right to know! I have to know!" Then he walked past us and continued to walk down the road. We shared a look of worry, then followed him. And thanks to our ninja training he didn't notice us. After about twenty minutes he stopped in front of a huge apartment in the more cleaner and nicer parts of New York, and walked in. And we followed him inside too. He walked up a few stairs and and stopped in front a door with an old wreath from christmas. We hid in the stair from the other floor and watched him from our hideout. He hesitated a little before he knocked on the door. It only took a few seconds before the door opened and a big man with Donnies brown hair and a lot of muscles opened it with so much force, Don had to jump out of the way so it wouldn't hit him in the face. And he didn't look that nice. He looked Don in the eyes and his eyes narrowed. If you looked closely you could see that man had Donnies grey eyes and they too looked like thunderstorms when he was angry. It had to be his father.

"Who are you? What do you want?!" He snapped and spitted some in Donnies face, who flinched a little before wiping away a little spit from his cheek. Then he took a breath and looked the man straight in the eyes.

"Sir, my name is Donatello and I'm your youngest son. You lived with my mother Serena Johnson about fifteen years ago." The man looked angry and waved him off.

"I am not interested in you or your stupid mother. Best decision I ever made was throwing you and your mother and brother out here!" But before he could close the door, Don stopped him and pulled the door open again.

"All I want to know is why you left us. Why did you abandon us and leave us flat without money or house? How come you left us with so little money had mom had to get a job down by the docks and become a prostitute just to earn enough money to take care of me after my brother died and couldn't help her anymore?! Why?" He asked and looked at his father pleadingly and activated his puppy eyes. Don had big eyes and even if they where grey and he was pretty hard sometimes, he could look really vulnerable and helpless whenever he wanted to. But it didn't work on this man, he just spitted Don in the face. Then he slapped him across the face so he fell to the floor! Then he kicked him right in the chest and ignored the hurt look on his sons face!

"Because, you stupid brat! Your mother was mine from the start! I didn't want to share her with your brother, but I coped with it to make her happy, thinking that one day he would be grown up. And when she got you that was to much! So that's why I left you. If I couldn't have her for myself, then I couldn't have her stay here, and neither could the two you! And if she's a prostitute or not doesn't mind me at all! Now, get the heck out of here! I have things I to do, and I don't need a brat here to disturb me!" He closed the door so hard it rang in the walls. Don just stayed on the floor and didn't stand up after had had token a few deep breaths, and when he did he was shaking and we could see he was fighting back his tears. We walked out from our hideout and walked up to him. It wasn't any point in trying to hide anymore. Raph walked up to him and threw his arm around Dons shoulders and gave him an affectionate squeeze. Donnie didn't do anything to show he had felt the gesture and we just helped him out of the apartment and sat down on a bench. That's when he started to realise we where there and he didn't try to stay strong. The tears had started to fall slowly and he just leaned into Raphs chest and let them fall. We where just quiet and didn't say anything about his father, his stupid choice about going to his father. We just sat there. But I put a hand on his shoulder and just picked a few good words.

"It's okay. You have every right to be angry."


(Mikeys P.O.V)

I hate seeing people sad. Especially when they where sad cause their families had hurt them. But I had never seen a parent hit their own child before! And it had felt so wrong to spy on Don and his father, but we had thought that something would go wrong, so we had to. Donnie was our friend and had helped us so much, it wasn't more that right if we didn't do the same. But it didn't have to be said. I stroked his back and just let him know that we where there for him. Raph looked like he was going to explode or something. As he had kept his hold around Don, he clenched his fist and it shook from his anger.

"We have to call the police about this!" He said and was about to reach into his pocket for his cell phone, but Don just stopped him by grab his wrist.

"No! Please don't call the police!" Leo sighed and but a hand on Donnies shoulder, making him turn around and look at him.

"Don, I know you don't want to do this, but hitting children is a crime and we can't let it go with out calling the police." Don just shook his head and looked at him pleadingly.

"No, I don't want to! If we do they have to call my mother since she's a witness and then I'll be alone. And what about if she gets sick? She's meeting all kind of strange guys lately, who knows where they've been? An-and you promised not to tell anyone either, so you can't either!" He said and looked at us with a hint of pleading and desperation. We looked at each other and sighed, then nodded at him. He sighed in relief and then stood up from the bench and picked up his bag.

"Where are you going?" Raph asked and grabbed Dons arm. Don just yanked it from Raphs touch and put the shoulder strap on his right shoulder and let the bag bounce against his hip.

"I'm going home. I have homework and chores to do." He said almost automatically and didn't even look at us. Leo walked up to him and put both hands on his shoulders and made our friend meet his eyes. It looked a little funny though since Leo was a few inches taller than Don.

"Are you sure you don't want to come with us and do something else?" He sounded nicer and more sympathetic than he did before. Don smiled slightly at him, but shook his head.

"Thanks but no thanks. I just want to be alone right know." He said, and Leo just nodded understandingly and let go of his shoulders. Donnie started to walk down the street and we stood there and looked after him. And I couldn't keep quiet anymore.

"So, what are we gonna do now? Are we just gonna let this go?" Leo just sighed and looked at us over his shoulder.

"Let's go home and talk to Master Splinter, maybe he'll know what to do." Raph nodded, but I wasn't sure about it.

"But we promised not to tell anyone! Not even father!" I protested and put my hands on my hips. Leo looked at me a little stern.

"I know, but we have to do something! We can't just let this go like nothing had happened! And we should start with our father." I couldn't find any other protest, but I couldn't help but feel we where going to regret this.


A/N:And... it's done! Yippie and hooray! And I hope you all like it, and will review it. Thank you for reading and sorry in advance for a new late update! Good night!