Chapter 9: The Meeting
Pete's P.O.V.
I was sitting next to MJ at the theater, I was being very conscious about my left side so she was sitting on my right. "So when do I get to meet your family?" MJ asked. I was stunned to say that least; I looked over at her with wide eyes. "Um, well I have to talk to them first. My family isn't exactly normal." I said. "Nobody's family is normal." she said. "Well, my family isn't like anyone else's." I said. "Everybody says that Pete." MJ said. "I'm going to get some popcorn, do you want something?" I asked. "A soda for me please." she said with a smile. I gave her a quick kiss before getting up.
Once I got out of the theater I pulled out my shell cell and called Donnie. "Donnie, I don't know what to do!" I said in a panicked voice. "Ok, Pete, take a deep breath, now tell me what's going on." Don said in a calm voice. I took a deep breath and spoke calmly into the phone. "MJ wants to meet you guys." I said into the receiver. "Alright, I'm going to get the rest of the guys so we can talk." Don said. "Make it quick Don; I have to go back to the theater." I said as I went to stand in line.
"Okay, everyone is here. I already filled them in." Don said. "Thanks Donnie." I said. "So Pete, I hear that your girlfriend wants to meet us." Raph said. I could tell that he was grinning. "Leo, slap Raph for me." I said. I heard skin hitting skin and I couldn't help but laugh. "Quiet Pete," Raph growled. "My son, why don't you bring Miss Watson after you are done with the movie." Splinter said. "Are you sure about this Sensei?" I asked. I got up to the counter; I moved the phone away slightly. "Can I get a large popcorn with extra butter and 2 large drinks one of them a coke and the other a Dr. Pepper." I said. Over the phone I could hear Mikey ask for some candy. I gave the guy a twenty and he gave me my change.
"Sorry, Mikey you are not on a date with me." I said. "Don't worry my son; just prepare her for meeting us Peter." Sensei said. "Will do Sensei, I have to go before Mary Jane thinks I ditched in the theater. God, can you believe that I have to sit through a romantic comedy?" I asked into the receiver. I heard laughter from all of my brothers as I hung up the phone with a shake of my head.
I walked gingerly back into the theater and made my way to my seat next to MJ. "How about meeting my family after this?" I asked. "Are you serious?" she asked. "Of course. I never back down." I said as I kissed her in the middle of a very romantic part. The movie was over and I noticed that the popcorn was barely touched. "You know my brother Mikey will be really happy." I said as we walked out of the theater. "Really?" she asked. "Yeah, well can you hold onto the popcorn while I drive?" I asked. "Sure, are you sure that you should be driving with your broken ribs?" MJ asked. "Yeah, just to warn you MJ, my family isn't human." I said. "What do you mean?" she asked. "My brothers are mutated turtles and my father is a mutated rat." I said. "Are you serious?" MJ asked. "Deadly." I said pulling into the warehouse.
"Um Pete, this is an empty warehouse." MJ stated. "I know. We live under the warehouse. We use this warehouse as a garage of sorts." I said. "So you guys live underneath New York?" she asked. "Yes, they have for the last 15 years and I was adopted when I was five. I was living off the streets after the death of my remaining family." I said. MJ stood in front of me and gave me a heated kiss as I called up the lift.
"Come on MJ, you still want to meet my family?" I asked. "Of course." She whispered. I wrapped my arm round her waiste and lead her into the lift. I could tell that she was nervous about meeting them so I kissed her head. "Don't worry MJ they will love you." I said. "Are you sure?" she asked. "Absolutely." I said as the door opened up. "Welcome to the lair MJ. Guys we're here! Mikey I have popcorn!" I yelled.
Suddenly we heard a whoop and was nearly tackled by my orange banded brother only to be stopped by Don tripping him. I helped Mikey up and handed him the bag of popcorn. We were joined shortly after that by Raph, Leo and Master Splinter. I looked back over at MJ to see that her mouth was hanging open.
"You really were telling me the truth Pete." MJ said. "MJ, why would I lie to you?" I asked. "I don't know, but it all did seem a little farfetched." she said. "Well introduction are in order my son." Master Splinter said. "Right Sensei. Mary Jane this is my father and teacher Master Splinter." I said. "It's nice to meet you Mr. Splinter." MJ said. "It is nice to meet you as well Mary Jane. It is nice to know that my son has fallen for someone like you." Splinter said.
"MJ these are my brothers. The one in blue is Leonardo; red is Raphael, purple is Donatello and orange is Michelangelo." I said. "It's nice to meet you." MJ said. "It's great to meet you too. Just call me Don or Donnie." Don said shaking MJ's hand. "You can call me Mikey." Mikey said pushing Don out of the way. "Cool it numbskull, you can just call me Raph." Raph said. MJ smiled and shook Raph's hand before Raph stepped out of the way for Leo. "It's nice to finally meet you MJ. You can call me Leo. Pete has told us a lot about you." Leo said. "I hope it is all good." MJ said with another smile.
"Pete, let me check on your ribs again." Don said. "I was wondering something. How did Pete break four ribs anyway?" MJ asked. "Mikey landed on him." Raph said simply. "Poor baby," MJ said kissing my cheek. I blushed as we walked into the lab again. Don had me take off my shirt where the purple bruising was now an ugly green color. "Let's go ahead and take an x-ray." Don said. "You guys have a make shift hospital down here?" MJ asked. "Yep, we tend to get hurt a lot and we can't really go to the hospital." Leo said. "But Pete can though." she said. "Not really, they need insurance, which we don't have and various different forms of identification." I said.
I lay down on the table as Don had everyone exit the room. He took the picture and brought it up on the computer. I put my shirt back on and walked up behind Don. What I saw was a bit shocking. My ribs were almost completely healed. "How is that possible?" I asked. "Possibly when the spider bit you it had also transferred some of its DNA to you." Don said. "We will think about this more in the morning I have to go and take MJ home." I said. "Be careful out there Bro." Don said as I left the room. I waved back at him and MJ and I left. I drove to her house and gave her a kiss goodnight before I left.