"How can we be sure that we're too late?" Mikey asked, his tone a mix of of anxiety and giddiness that only he would be able to pull off in the midst of such a crisis. Don and Raph looked at him strangely. Don in an irked way. While Raph looked as though he were disgusted by this whole situation.

"Look at the way he's walking so close to her. He has his arm around her in a protective guesture but his body language is practically screaming, MINE. Come after her and I'll rip your arm off and beat you with it." Don observed as April came up behind them and looked out the window. Still left in the dark about this whole situation, she was more than a mite curious about what they were talking about. And since she knew it involved Leo that only made her more curious.

She looked down at the streets just in time to see a large brown coat and hatted figure with a young brunette on his arm, cross the street and frowned. "Why is Leo walking the streets in the day?" She asked, her voice tinged with alarm.

"Don't worry about it April. I doubt that we could cover everything in under a minute-" Don said as he looked down to find that Splinter was across the room sitting on the couch looking distressed. And who could blame him? His eldest son was placing their family in danger- was placing himself in danger.

"Master?" Splinter didn't respond. So Don tried again.

"Master?" Splinter finally looked at him.

"Yes, my son?"

"What do you want us to do? Leo is on his way up."

"We will meet our new family member and observe how deep Leonardo's bond with her goes."

"And then?" Raph demanded, his tone still angry. Splinter shrugged his shoulders and hung his head a little bit.

"We will see what your brother intends. Then we will leave." April, still left out of the loop looked to Mikey to explain what was going on since she'd never seen the others look or act like they currently were, before.

Mikey leaned over a little bit and whispered, "Leo secretly sort of got married and everyone is freaking out because it happened really fast and we don't know anything about the girl." April's jaw went slack a moment before she turned her head to look at him, her eyes wide.

Leo did what?

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"So who is this friend of yours?" Tempest asked curiously as she walked up the stairs in front of Leo. Trying hard not to be stepped on by the large turtle since he was right on her heels and she was sure that being stepped on by someone who possibly weighed around three hundred pounds (most of it pure muscle) really wouldn't feel very good.

"Her name is April O'Neil. She used to work for a scientist named Baxter Stockman quite a while back. Around the same time she met me and my family. After that she got a job as a channel six reporter... She's nice. I think you'll like her." Leo said before continuing. "I didn't say anything before but since she's the one you'll be renting the apartment from-"

"If your about to ask about money don't bother. I have more than enough to spend on rent, furniture, clothing and food."

"But what about other things?" Leo asked.

"I really don't require much to get by Leo." Tempest said as they finally reached the last stair. He made a humming sound and reached for the door knob and pulled her back towards him to create enough room to open the door so that they could both slip through. Once they were in the hallway he pulled the door closed and reached out and tucked some stray strands of her hair back behind her ear then handed her bag back to her.

"Stay here for a second." He said softly, knowing that if April saw Tempest she'd ask questions that he didn't feel like answering at the moment.

He took a small step away from her then suddenly turned around and grabbed her hand, startling her a little bit, and lifted it to his mouth and kissed her palm. Then the inside of her wrist before releasing her and then walking off to knock on April's door. Leaving Tempest standing there blushing and staring at her hand as if she didn't recognize it.

Leo glanced over his shoulder at her and felt himself flush, warmly under his jacket. Her skin was so soft compared to his... "Next time, I'll try the lips." He said in a breathless tone as he stepped up to April's apartment door and knocked twice.

Tempest snapped out of her daze when she heard Leo knock twice on April's door and blinked. What the heck had that little palm/wrist thing been about? Was Leo maybe attracted to her? Was that even possible? Though it would certainly explain his protectivness towards her.

And why was her skin tingling in such a peculiar fashion? She wondered with a small puzzled frown before it dawned on her that maybe she was attracted to him too. She made an strained 'eek' sound as it occurred to her that she may be in some trouble here.