Disclaimer: Ch. 1

Author's Note(s): I read a cool quote somewhere that read "The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding". I can't help but think of certain pairings in this fic and giggle wickedly about it. I do so looooove messing with the characters! X3 I mean, I create OC's just to do stuff to them when they're not being fun, funny or awesome. LoL But hey, that's why we have fanfiction! BOOYAKASHA!

I tell yah, I have a whole new respect for script writers since I've been writing more episode based chapters since this one. I mean, I had a lot of respect for script and story writers before, but wow! They do a lot of cool and creative stuff. LoL

"Stick-To-Itiveness"

Though in some ways, the purple banded turtle still saw Jenny to be a sort of rival for April's attention and he was still a bit suspicious of her, his attitude toward the redhead had lightened considerably from all the time which passed since he decided to try being friends.

So when he went over to April's place, the ginger was quite taken aback when he asked if Jen was there. Not that he wasn't spazzing out happily to be at the gingers place, but the turtle had been wanting to talk to Jen about some stuff concerning things he didn't wish April to know about, as it would be embarrassing.

And truth be told, Donnie didn't have anyone else he could go to, to talk about that sort of stuff; much less anything involving science, as either his brothers teased him to no ungodly end or Master Splinter spoke all cryptically like he did which just confused Donnie even more.

The subjects he wished to discuss were mostly to do with the conversation he and Jen had had up on the roof the other night about his bo staff, so he really would rather not April know about it and think he was lame.

If there was one thing he believed when it came to the redhead no matter how he felt about her otherwise, it was that she was easy to talk to and often said things that helped him in some way or another; even if he didn't always realize it right away.

He would've contacted Jen via her MyFace page, but she hadn't been on and he was beginning to get a bit impatient. When the redhead would later ask why he didn't just call her like Raph usually did on their old payphone Don had hooked up, the brainy terrapin would face palm and admit he hadn't thought of that since his mind was simply too preoccupied. Besides, it had been a good excuse to see April he reasoned with himself.

April didn't mind not being the one Donnie wanted to see, and was more than happy to call up Jenny to see if she could meet up with the geeky turtle. Jennifer told her that she could as well as when and where they could meet.

The purple banded ninja thanked April and complimented her on something as he usually tried to do when he saw her, before he left to go meet up with Jenny and hope maybe talking to her would help like it usually did, as he found her easier to talk to than April most of the time.

When they met up, Donnie told Jenny the story about the bo staff he'd made with a missile on it and what happened. By the end of his tale, she was falling out laughing. "Oh man! D-did you really?!" Donnie couldn't help but join in her mirth as it was silly now that the incident had passed. "Heheh, yeah. You should've seen the look on their faces!"

"Of course, they were pretty mad when I told them I had taken out the explosive part, so it was basically just a dud. But it's not like I forgot about that on purpose." He told her with a sheepish grin; rubbing the back of his head at his own forgetfulness.

Their laughter subsided and he shook his head. "But I still don't know what to do to upgrade my staff." He said; some of the humor leaving his voice. She gave a shrug. "Why don't you just add a blade?" Jen asked nonchalantly; it seemed kinda obvious to her since Mikey had a blade in his nun chucks.

A little light bulb pinged over the turtles head (a fluorescent one, cuz he's all environmentally friendly like that), and he grinned toothily. "That's it!" He leapt to his feet, and the next thing she knew, he took off from the roof of some shop where they had met up.

Jenny raised a curious eyebrow when he suddenly came back, grabbed her hand and frantically shook it and ecstatically told her "Thank you!" before taking off again. Jen blinked. "Um… You're welcome!" She called after him.

Jen heard him laugh enthusiastically and couldn't help chuckling herself at his spirited behavior. Meanwhile, Donnie hurried back to the lair to figure out a way to put a hidden blade in his bo staff that could pop out when he needed to use it.

The redhead got a similar reaction from him, when he came by to hang out with April, but as usual the ginger haired teen began making excuses to avoid hanging out with Donnie or being alone with him.

Since Jen was there and April made some excuse like getting something to drink so she could go inside to get a break from Donatello's persistent attempts to woo her, he complained about how every time he tried to ask April to hang out with him, she always had some reply that would throw him off.

"Yeah, it's a shame you can't plan for every response. But that would probably be over thinking it." Unfortunately for him, and probably April, Donnie only heard the first part of what Jen said before he sprung up and shouted "THAT'S IT! I'll just make a chart to plot out every possible response and a way to counter it!"

With that Donnie hurried off, then came back to thank her again with a quick "Thanks Jen!" before he was gone like a shot in the dark. She tried to call out to him to repeat the last part and tell him that it might not be such a good idea, "Yeah, but that's not-!" she began but the overzealous ninja was already out of sight.

Jen sighed and shook her head, before putting on her headphones and waiting for April to come back from whatever it was she was supposed to be doing after dumping Donnie on her again.

Yeah, okay, so maybe the geeky turtle could be a bit much at times. But that didn't mean he deserved to be treated like that in Jen's opinion. Ah well, at least he could talk to her. That was something at least she supposed.

Whether he appreciated it or not; and it didn't often seem to Jen like he did, but hey, not all relationships were perfect. Jen knew from experience that life, and the people in it weren't perfect and that not all friendships were.

The redhead figured it was just one of those kind of friendships, and simply took heart in the fact that at least she was getting along with the turtles; to whatever extent such could be counted, as and smiled as she hummed quietly to the tune she was listening to on her now fixed iPod, and hope that that whole flowchart idea wouldn't come back to bite her in the butt.

To be continued...

Awww, yay! X3 Donnie and Jenny are really starting to warm up to one another... but the real question is... knowing Donatello, will it last? DUN DUN DUUUN! You'll have to wait and read the next chapter to find out! And then the ones that come after that! Kuwahahahahahah! LoL Ahem! Sorry, got excited. XD

Also, if you get why the joke at the end is funny, you must've seen the episode "Monkey Brains". XD And for that, you rock, because it's one of my favorite episodes since it has Dr. Falco in it. X3 I also LOVE "Never Say Xever", that's just because I have a weird villain crush on him and his human form. XD I mean, don't get me wrong, his other form that you see later on is pretty awesome but... those legs... Yum! XD