Chapter 9: Leo's New Training
Leonardo sighed as he began what he was sure was going to be a very boring day. He sat down and opened a book and began to read. Just then Mikey walked out gave Leo a wave and walked into the girls' room. Leo had a slight look of astonishment on his face. Maybe today wasn't going to be so boring. He rethought that when he saw Mikey come out with a dressed Reese. Mikey had only gone in there to get her because of her sprained ankle. Leo continued to read.
Next thing he knew he was pulled up by his mask's knot and dragged to the kitchen. 'Hold on! I haven't been in the kitchen! I couldn't have possibly burnt anything!' he thought. He was turned around and handed an apron by Nat. His jaw dropped down. Did she not realize that Mikey would kill her for bringing him in here?
"Close your mouth you'll catch flies," she said "Well, don't just stand there put the apron on. You start your family approved cooking lessons today."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I never agreed to any cooking lessons," stated Leo.
"No, but God forbid you get separated from your brothers then you can't just live on what you can't make in a kitchen can you?" smiled Nat. She was right. Leo uncertainly tied his apron around him. It had in bold orange letters 'Kiss the Cook' with a pizza next to it and a nun chuck on the other side. This was Mike's favorite apron. She picked it so that he would be careful as to not ruin it permanently.
"So what are we making?" asked Leo.
"Depends, what was the first thing you ever burned?" she asked.
"Brownies," mumbled Leo.
"Dude, next to cookies they are the simplest thing to make," she glared at him "How do you burn them?"
"You leave them in the oven for a couple of hours and forget to put flour in," answered Leo. Nat slapped her head and shook it slowly. She had a lot of work to do. She went through the recipe and showed Leo what to use. He followed the recipe and did everything in order.
"Now you mix the batter," instructed Nat. That was a small disaster. After Leo had mixed the batter the mixer had gone off and got chocolate everywhere.
"Oops," he did a nervous laugh.
"It's okay," said Nat. She put her index finger where Leo had some batter on his head and popped it in her mouth "Tastes good." They poured the batter into the pan and slid it into the oven. They cleaned up the kitchen.
"Now what do we do?" asked Leo.
"Eat the batter," said Nat matter-of –factly. Leo got out two spoons and brought over the bowl.
"You aren't going to get sugar high?" asked Leo "Are you?"
"I sure hope you do," Nat sighed.
"Why?" questioned Leo.
"You are so serious all the time," she said.
"Yes, but I'm the leader," he said "The responsible one, it's my job."
"You can rebel at anytime and have a little fun once in awhile you know?" she laughed.
"Very funny," Leo shook his head. Then the timer beeped and Leo took the brownies out of the oven. Nat picked a bit off.
"Scrumptious," Nat sighed.
"Thanks," Leo was blushing. Nat didn't know turtles could actually blush. Nat stood up and they were almost face to face, Leo was half a head taller than her. Then Nat realized something. This was exactly how she was when she shared her first kiss with Jim. Leo was now showing the same look Jim did when he kissed her. So what did she do? She became the exception to Candy's rule. She turned and focused on the brownies. She was one of few girls who could stop kisses. Leo had a slightly confused face and then sighed and helped her with the brownies.
End of Chapter…
Kai: Okay, I know, seriously short chapter.
Leo: So now my pairing is up.
Kai: TMNT belongs to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and I own all OCs and the plot!
Leo: See-ya!