Hi readers! sorry to keep you waiting, I was trying to think of how to write the scene, and also the weathers been so hot over here it's been hard to concentrate.
But anyway, here's the new chapter! How's Mona gonna tell Raphael she's carrying his child? Find out!
Chapter Ten
Breaking the News
When Mona returned to the lair, the turtles were just finishing their training. All were looking exhausted as Splinter called out different moves to them before he finally tapped his stick on the ground and called out "Finish!"
At once all the turtles collapsed on the floor shattered.
"Whoa!" cried Michelangelo "I'm bushed!"
"You can talk!" said Donatello "My feet are killing me!"
"Time for dinner?" asked Michelangelo hopefully.
"You bet!" cried Donatello.
"Wait a minute!" said Raphael "We can't start dinner without Mona!"
"I'm right here!" Mona called across from the entrance of the lair.
"Yay!" cried Michelangelo happily "Dinner is served!"
He instantly jumped up and raced to the kitchen. The others followed slowly and upon seeing Mona, Raphael instantly ran over.
Mona had hidden the sticks in her coat pocket and already her hands were starting to sweat as she thought about what to say to Raphael, her mouth was dry and her stomach was doing somersaults.
"Are you ok Mona?" Raphael asked placing his hands on her arms and looking into her eyes.
"I'm fine." Mona replied "It was nice seeing April."
As she spoke she tried to find the right words to ask Raphael to meet her in the bedroom so she could tell him everything.
"Come on Mona!" she shouted to herself "You have to tell him! You can't not say anything!"
"We're about to have some dinner now Mona," said Raphael "You ok to join us?"
"Sure." Mona replied, relieved that Raphael wasn't asking her anymore complicated questions "I'll just get out of my disguise."
After ten minutes Mona sat at the table with the others, the others were all tucking into Chinese food eagerly but Mona picked at her's slightly and glanced over to Raphael every few seconds.
Luckily everyone was too busy tucking into their food to notice Mona. She thought long and hard how to break the news to Raphael.
Seeing him eating laughing with his brothers and talking, he was totally oblivious to what was going to happen next.
Chewing on a duck slice Mona tried to compose what she was going to say but the words kept disappearing in her head.
"Come on Mona!" she scolded herself "You have to tell him!"
It was only as everyone had finished eating and Donatello and Leonardo had started washing the dishes that Mona decided this was the moment to pull Raphael aside.
The hot headed turtle was talking to Michelangelo as they cleaned the table and he seemed relaxed.
Mustering all her courage she tapped Raphael's arm and asked him to meet her in the bedroom to have a private talk.
Raphael nodded in agreement and returned to talk with Michelangelo and Mona instantly ran upstairs. As she left Splinter raised an eyebrow.
In the bedroom, Mona paced up and down as she waited for her lover to arrive. She had taken the two sticks out of her coat and had placed them under the pillow to show Raphael.
Her heart was beating fast and sweat formed on her forehead, she clutched her stomach as she wondered how to tell Raphael.
"Raphael..." she whispered "I have something to tell you...please don't be mad...I..Shit!" she clenched her fists. Here she was, a girl who never flinched at the sight of Foot Soldiers or Purple Dragons, a girl who never showed fear at danger, was nervous of telling her mate she was pregnant.
"Come on Mona!" she said sternly "You have to tell him! What's the worst that could happen?" she kept whispering under her breathe how she was going to tell Raphael, she tugged at her hair and pressed her fingers into her temples as she thought hard.
Just then, a noise made her heart leap to her throat. She turned around and saw the door open as Raphael entered the bedroom.
"Hey Mona." Said Raphael as he shut the door behind him, he was looking worried and his normal green colour looked a little pale as he got ready to take what Mona was going to tell him.
Mona focused hard on looking into his eyes.
"Raph..." she said "I need to tell you something...I'm...I'm...so sorry...please don't be mad..."
Raphael's eyes narrowed and a sick feeling erupted in his stomach, did Mona not love him anymore? What did she and April speak about. He kept his mouth shut and clenched one fist in stress.
"What is it?" he managed in as best a calm voice as he could muster.
Mona could tell he was getting agitated due to his posture and the vibes coming off him so again gathering her courage she decided to get out with it.
"Raph..." she stammered "I'm pregnant."
As soon as she said it she held her breath and waited.
Raphael went even paler and he looked like he'd been kicked in the guts.
"Wh...what?" he stammered, he grabbed the bedpost as he almost fell from the shock. He took a few deep breaths as he tried to take in the news.
Mona wanted to cry, part of her was relieved she got the stress off her chest, but seeing her mate reeling from the news she felt terrified.
"Raph?" she said quietly "Raphael?"
Raphael looked up at her and stood up straight trying to look calm.
"You're...you're pregnant?" he asked.
Mona nodded and took out the two sticks to show him. Raphael stared at them for a long time.
"That's why I went to April..." Mona confessed "I needed to be sure..."
Raphael stared at her as she trailed into silence and tears filled her eyes, she stared at Raphael wondering what he was going to do or say next.
"I'm...I'm gonna be a father?" Raphael asked in a strangled voice.
Mona nodded; a few tears fell from her eyes.
Her heart practically stopped as she felt Raphael's strong arms embrace her and pull her close.
"Raph?" she cried shocked.
"Oh Mona!" cried Raphael "That's amazing! It's brilliant!"
Mona's eyes widened and she looked at Raphael to see he had a few tears of his own falling. He kissed her forehead and pulled her close again.
"You've made me so happy Mona." He whispered "A child of our own..."
Mona's heart beat again and her stomach lurched, but this time out of joy and they both began to laugh and hug each other tightly.
"We're gonna be parents!" cried Mona happily, all her worries seem to vanish in the blink of an eye as her lover held her tightly.
But those feelings soon vanished as she thought about how the other turtles and Master Splinter would react to the news.
As if reading her thoughts, Raphael loosened his grip on her and looked towards the door of the bedroom.
"I don't know how the others would think of this." He said "But we have to tell them."
"How are we going to do this Raph?" asked Mona "Are we prepared for this?"
"Don't worry Mona." Said Raphael in an attempt at being confident tone "We'll do something, this lairs big enough for an army, we can set up my old room into the baby's room and April and Casey can help us with getting supplies from topside..." he stopped for a moment as he thought about his brothers.
"I don't know how the others will take to being uncles, although Mikey might be begging to be chief babysitter slash number one uncle."
Mona giggled at the thought.
"What about Splinter?" she asked.
Raphael went a little pale.
"I'm not sure." He admitted in a worried tone "But don't worry, we'll do it together."
He placed one hand on her stomach proudly making Mona smile relieved.
Awww! Raphael was shocked but he's happy he's gonna be a daddy! But how are the others gonna take it? Find out in the next chapter!
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!