Chapter 14 A surprise baby shower
The day of the baby shower arrived and everyone was excited about it. Mona had no clue about it and that was how everyone wanted to keep it since it was a surprise. While Mona was in the kitchen making herself a snack her phone starts ringing and Mona answers, "Hello? Oh hey Kala what's up? Oh sure I'll hang out with you and Michelangelo for a bit. I'll be right over. Ok see you soon." Mona rung up her phone, grabbed her purse and said to Raphael, "Sweetie I'm going to see Michelangelo and Kala for a while." "Ok have fun and be safe" said Raphael as he kissed his wife before she went to the surface. After Mona left Raphael went back to completing his present to give to Mona at the baby shower that he had been hard at work on for a while. Besides Mona Raphael kept it a secret from everyone because he didn't want anyone to know what it was.
"What are you working on Raphael?" Donatello asked as he was the first to arrive to help decorated Raphael and Mona's place for the baby shower. "It's a surprise gift for Mona and I kind of don't want anyone to see it since I don't know if it's any good" answered Raphael. "Come on Raphael I'm sure what you have for Mona she'll love it. Please let me see it" pleaded Donatello. Raphael decided to show Donatello but made him promise to not say anything about it to anyone. "You actually made this? It's great Mona is going to love it!" exclaimed Donatello. "You really think so?" asked Raphael. "Of course because this gift is coming from your heart" Donatello stated. Raphael thanked Donatello for what he said and felt a bit more confident about his gift to Mona for the baby shower.
A few minutes later the rest of the family and their friends showed up to help get ready for the baby shower. While everyone else was getting the place ready for the baby shower Michelangelo and Kala kept Mona as busy as possible with any random activity they could think of that way Mona wouldn't get suspicious. "You guys want me to do what now?" Mona questioned as Michelangelo said, "Kala and I are debating which pizza tastes better from these different pizza shops and we need your help in deciding which pizza is the best." "Ok?!" said Mona as she tried pizza from a few different places. "So which one do you think is the best pizza?" asked Kala. "I'm not sure to be honest and I will say I'm full and I don't want to eat for a while" answered Mona as she couldn't eat another bite. "I think I'm gonna head home after I use the bathroom."
While Mona was using the bathroom Kala called Raphael and said, "Mona wants to come home now. Are you guys done setting up?" "Just about but try to stall a bit longer. I'll let you know when we're done" said Raphael. "Ok but Michelangelo and are out of ideas" Kala pointed out. After Kala hung up her phone Mona came out of the bathroom. "Hey Mona how about Kala and I give you a ride home?" Michelangelo offered. "Um sure if it's not too much trouble" said Mona. "No trouble at all let's go" Kala said as she got the car keys as the three of them got into Kala's flying car and took off. To stall for time Kala took a different route to get Mona back home. During the ride home Mona noticed the different route taken. "Um Kala this isn't the way back" Mona pointed out. "Oh Michelangelo and I thought about how you haven't seen our entire neighborhood so why not a scenic route?" Kala said all of a sudden. Mona began to wonder what in the world was going on with Kala and Michelangelo.
A very short while later Michelangelo got a text message from April saying that everything was ready and to bring Mona home. "Ok the tour of the neighborhood of where Kala and I live is done let's get you home" Michelangelo exclaimed out of nowhere. "Well that was a quick tour um thanks for that" said Mona as she couldn't believe how fast things were going but at least she was finally going home. As soon as Kala landed her flying car she and Michelangelo wanted to get to Mona's surprise baby shower before Mona did because the couple wanted to shout out surprise with the rest of their family and friends. "Race you inside" Michelangelo shouted out loud. "You're on sweetie" Kala shouted to Michelangelo as she ran along side with her husband. "Guys wait for me. I'm seven months pregnant and running is not ideal for me!" screamed Mona but Kala and Michelangelo didn't hear Mona.
"Those two are crazy but they're family and now I'm wondering where are they going?" Mona thought to herself as she made her way back home to the sewers. Mona couldn't believe that Kala and Michelangelo left her behind just to challenge each other to a foot race. Mona made it home ok and noticed all of the lights were off. She began to wonder what in the world was going on and why the lights were shut off. All of a sudden the lights turned on and everyone shouted, "Surprise!" Mona had the biggest shocked look on her face as she couldn't believe what her friends and family have done for her. "You guys did it all for me?" Mona asked with a big smile on her face. "You better believe we did and it was all Raphael's idea" April pointed out. Raphael walked over to Mona and Mona gave him a really hug and said, "I'm the luckiest humanoid lizard woman in the world to have such a loving husband and so many awesome people in my life to do this for me."
"Well you deserve it Mona how come let's get this baby shower started" said Raphael as she lead his wife around their home filled with decorations, food which Mona was in no rush to eat since Michelangelo and Kala were stalling her with pizza which Mona told Raphael all about and the table of presents for the baby. Eventually Mona nibbled on some of the food which she enjoyed before it was time to open presents. Since Raphael and Mona wanted to keep the gender of their baby a surprise a lot of the gifts were in neutral colors. Mona received a lot of nice baby clothes, toys and other things needed for the baby including diapers and bottles. When it was Raphael's turn to give Mona her gift from him he was still nervous about giving it to Mona because he thought it wasn't good enough. Then he remembered what Donatello told him about his gift coming from the heart and decided it was time to stop being scared.
"Here's my gift Mona. It's nothing fancy or anything. I hope you like it" Raphael said as he handed Mona the present. When Mona was done unwrapping the gift from Raphael and took it out of the box she smiled at the present and asked, "Did you make these baby booties, blanket and pillow?" "Yes I did and I know they're not perfect because I think I messed up a stitch or two but I wanted my gift to the baby to be extra special because I love you so much and our baby too" said Raphael. "My darling husband this gift is wonderful and I don't care if you missed a stitch or two. You made this all by yourself which is every thoughtful and creative of you to do. I believe our baby is going to love these things. Plus I'm loving how soft and colorful this blanket is" Mona told Raphael which made him happy to hear. The baby shower continued for a while and when it was over everyone told Mona to sit back and relax while they took care of clean up. Raphael still didn't want Mona moving around since she was heavily pregnant. When the clean-up was done and everyone went home Mona and Raphael kicked back, relaxed and thought how wonderful things will be once the baby is born.