This chapter begins the night of Homecoming when Raphael was walking Mona back to her apartment. Enjoy!

(Raph's POV)

I was trying to stop staring. As much as I was trying to keep looking forward, my eyes would twitch and then I just end up staring again.

Just when I thought she literally could not get any hotter, she did.

She was in a dark pink dress with a black stripe going up each of her sides. It went to just above her knee and there was one strap going over her left shoulder. Leaving her shoulder on her right side, my side, totally in plain view for me. The way it looked on her was making me almost break out in sweat.

I was pulled out of my trance when she all of a sudden fell over. I managed to catch her before she hit the ground. "Are you alright?" I ask concerned.

She glared at the sky and said annoyed, "Yeah, I'm fine. Ugh, I think one my heels broke off." We both look at her feet and Mona huffs annoyed.

"Perfect. I've always wondered why I hate wearing heels… this is why." She says annoyed and rolls her eyes. She looked like she was about to take off both her shoes and walk barefoot, but I had other ideas.

I quickly picked her up into my arms and smirked at her. She gasped slightly before grinning at me.

"Oh hello." She says before laughing a little and putting her arms around my neck.

"See, it's not all bad." I say and she laughs a little at me before resting her head against me and replying, "Not bad at all," as I carried her to her building. I wish I could have held her in my arms forever, but I had to put her down when we got to her apartment.

But she smiled at me before kissing me on the cheek and then whispering to me, "Meet me upstairs. I'll open the window for you as soon as I get up. I want to do something."

I was freaking out inside but managed to just smirk and say, "You got it." She smirked back at me as she walked into her building.

I quickly made my way up to the fire escape just outside her room. She eventually walked into her room and shut and locked her door before opening her window.

"Hey stranger." She says as we both laugh and I walk into her room. What did she want to do with me?

"What's up?" I ask, really wanting to know what she wanted to do. "You'll see in a sec." She says mysteriously and grinned at me.

My eyes went wide when she turned off her lights and my heart was pounding when she looked over her shoulder at me with a grin on her face. My eyes just kept following her as she walked to the other end of her room. The suspense is literally killing me. What's she doing?

Then I heard music playing, slow music. Ah…

"Really?" I say with smirk. She let out a slight laugh before saying, "Of course, why should your brothers get to have all the fun tonight? Besides, you didn't think I was going to let Leo have the last dance over you, did you?" She walked over to me and put her hands on my shoulders.

Mona wanted to dance with me? Then she can have it.

I put my hands on her waist and I noticed that as we kept dancing, she kept slowly closing the distance between us until she rested her head against me. I rested my chin on top of her head.

"Raph?" She asks quietly. "Mhmm." I reply, totally content. I wished this moment could last forever.

"Don't tell Leo. But, you're better at this than he was." She says and we both laugh. "Why? What'd Leo do?" I ask. "Let's just put it this way… Leo may be a skilled ninja, but he has no depth perception for slow dancing. He stepped on my feet like 5 times." She says with a laugh and I laughed at the picture she put in my head.

Then she looked up at me and said pointedly and teasing, "Tell him I said that and I'll beat you with that bat over there." She nodded her head to this aluminum bat in the corner of her room and we both laugh a little.

"Lock and key." I assure with a smirk.

It was quiet between us until she said, "I'm sorry you couldn't come with us." I just smirk and shrug. "It's cool babe. I don't really care." I say.

I love calling her that and I can always tell she likes it too.

"Besides, I like this better." I admit. She smiles at me and I can see her blushing at me again. "I agree, just you... and me." She says and leans closer to me and then she pressed her lips to mine. Man she is just so amazing and she's my girlfriend.

Oh yeah, my life is awesome.

(Donnie's POV)

Leo and I were waiting for Mikey to answer.

"I don't know okay?! I just… I panicked or… I don't know?!" He says gripping his hair in frustration.

"Panicked over what? What happened?" I say back, kind of mad at him again. But this time I was mad for him using my stuff without asking, ditching Irma, and first and foremost… RUINING MY FIRST KISS WITH APRIL!

"Do I have to?" He says, still looking a little freaked out.

"Yes Mikey, considering you hurt Irma's feelings, I'd say that requires an explanation." I say crossing my arms. "Wait? What?" He says looking slightly guilty.

I sighed and started again, "Yeah, Irma looked really hurt when you just bolted and she didn't let me in about what happened. I didn't want to press it further with her. So, what did you do?" I slightly demand.

"NOTHING! We were dancing and then she kept moving closer to me and… I don't know?! I freaked out and ran!" He says waving his arms at us.

I hear Leo slap his palm to his face. I don't blame him. I felt like doing the same thing.

"Why would you do that?! All over just that?! Are you kidding me?! Why?!" I say still mad at him.

"I don't know, Donnie?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND GIRLS, OKAY!?" Mikey says pulling at his hair again. I look at Leo and we both sigh in frustration and it was silent. "Was she really upset about that?" He asks, looking a little guilty again.

I just look at him and nod. He looked like he started thinking and then I saw him look confused and even more guilty as he got up and looked like he making his way to his room.

I just look back at Leo, not knowing what to think.

(The next morning)

(Leo's POV)

Donnie and I decided to just walk around outside the next morning and get some breakfast.

Mikey was being a little strange. He actually turned down coming with us. But, it was kind of more laid back to have just me and Donnie anyway, I was glad for peace.

I still can't get over doing simple stuff like this. Seriously, people really take this stuff for granite.

Donnie and I were about to finish up when I heard, "Hey." I looked up and saw this girl with straight blonde hair and green eyes smiling at me in a weird way. I think I saw her at the dance last night. I had no idea who she was.

"Uhh… hi?" I reply raising an eyebrow at her.

"I'm Melany. Your friends with April O'Neil, Leo right?" She asks, biting her lip a little at me. "Uhh… yeah?" I say, inflecting my voice again. She licked her lips a little and then looked a little closer at me, making me uncomfortable.

"Wow, your eyes are gorgeous." She says, unsettling me a little.

I don't know why, but there was something about her that I didn't like for some reason. She kept doing things to flirt with me, I guess? I didn't like it.

"So Leo… do you have a girlfriend?" She asks me. Well, Karai isn't my girlfriend yet, but even so…

"It's kind of complicated." I say and avoid looking at her, wanting her to leave me alone. "Good enough for me." She says and then I heard her rip something and she handed me a number on a piece of paper.

"Call me." She says and runs her hand down my arm. When she left, I looked at Donnie weirded out and he looked equally weirded out right back at me.

I just crumpled up the piece of paper and threw it next to a dirty napkin on the table.

(5 minutes earlier)

({No POV})

Little did Leo or anyone know, he was being watched on the outside.

Karai smirked as she watched Leo drinking his glass of water and talking to Donnie. Her eyes narrowed however when she saw Melany approach Leo and Donnie and looked like she was flirting with Leo.

Her fists clenched when she saw her run her hand down Leo's arm and watched her walk out.

She looked back at Leo and smirked slightly when she saw him crumple up her number and toss it aside.

But then her eyes narrowed back at Melany who was now walking out the restaurant door...

Melany was turning a corner when all of a sudden she was pulled into an alley and thrown against a wall.

She was about to complain when she froze at Karai standing in front of her, mask in place. Melany looked slightly apprehensive and scared.

"Well, well… Look at who's messing where they oute not?" Karai says smoothly, yet with an edge. "Wha-what?" Melany stutters, freaked out.

"Oh, it's best not to lie to me, sweetheart. I saw what you were pulling back there… and I really hate to break it to you, but Hamato Leonardo is off limits, honey."

"Wha-what are… Wait, are you Leo's girlfriend?" She says in fear and disbelief. Karai just laughed, almost amused by the absolute fear she was receiving from Melany. Then she stopped and narrowed her eyes at her again, not knowing how to take being called Leo's girlfriend.

"Let me put it this way; you can't have Leonardo. Not to mention, you wouldn't know what to do with him honey… Now, I'm going to give you two options." Karai slowly drew out her tanto, looking into Melany's fear struck eyes, almost amused.

"You see, I have a very unique skill set and I'm very good at what I do. Option 1; I never see you talk or go near Leo again and we pretend this never happened… or," Karai got closer to Melany, looking like a snake cornering a rabbit.

"You pick a number between 1 and 500 and see how that choice plays out for you?" Karai lays out, waving the blade almost teasingly to instill fear. Melany looked beyond terrified.

"Still want Leo now?" Karai questions. Then Melany just ran for it and Karai smiled behind her mask.

"I thought so." Karai says, somewhat victoriously and smugly.

(April's POV)

I kept looking at the letter. I've literally read it like 50 times already.

Well, halfway read it anyway.

I start crying half way through and then I can't read it anymore and am forced to put it down. I took a deep breath and tried to summon my will power. I started again:

To my lovely daughter,

April, if you're reading this, then you know I am no longer there. I left this letter in the hands of your father to give to you when you seemed like you needed some motherly advice for later in your life. You may have been only 8 when I last saw you, but I know that now that you are reading this as a high school or college student. I may not be there now to see what you've become. But I know your father helped guide you to be the strong, beautiful, and intelligent young woman that you are now. And as your mother, I can literally not love or be any more proud of you than I am now.

I had to stop and recompose myself and wipe a couple tears from my eyes before continuing to read.

There's so much I'll miss you do that most mothers get to have the privilege of doing with their daughters. I'll miss seeing you go on your first date, giving you advice when you get your first boyfriend, seeing you go off to prom, graduating high school, and, knowing how intelligent I saw you were as a girl, graduating from college. I may not be there in the physical sense anymore to help you, but luckily and hopefully, this letter will help you. Now, I'm just going to start this by thinking that this is about 'boy problems' and I'll do my best to help you. April, I know you'll have good judgement on the people you surround yourself with and that may make this easier or harder for you depending on how you view it. But, just let me say this one thing, don't think too much about it. You're young and have all the time in the world right now. It may take a while or it may happen sooner than you think. If you take anything from this, just remember that right guy will turn up when you least expect it. I'm not saying just throw yourself at him and I'm not saying think too much about it. If and when you meet him, just let things happen in a way that feels right for you. Every force in the world knew I made my feelings for your father way too complicated when we met in college. It literally took me a full year to know how I felt about him. I really hope this helps you April. I feel myself crying as I'm writing this to you and thinking of everything I'm going to miss. But always know this, even though you can't hear me or see me anymore, I will always be there for you and be proud of you in everything you do in your life. I love you so much April and I wish all the luck in the world.

I love you,

Mom

I couldn't hold it back anymore.

As sad as I felt, I also couldn't help but also feel a little comfort in reading that. I heard my mom's voice in my head that I always fear that I'll forget.

Her advice was also more helpful than she probably thought it would be to me. I also couldn't stop replaying that phrase in my head, "... just remember that right guy will turn up when you least expect it."

I still don't know exactly how I feel about Donnie, but I'm just going to do what my mom said and just let things happen.

I'll never know what might happen if I never let it happen or over think it. Who knows? Something may come out of it or something may not.

But, I'll never know if I don't keep an open mind.

(Later that night)

(Mikey's POV)

I got done with my perimeter patrol for the night and I was heading to the east side.

I just felt really weird and really guilty. I felt like someone was stepping on my stomach and grinding it into the ground.

Also, I felt like such an idiot for freaking out last night and running away and hurting Irma's feelings. I just really don't get girls at all.

Irma probably thinks I'm a total jerk and probably never wants to talk to me again, which I'd totally get. I'd hate me too if I was her. But, I won't be able to finally just chill out until I finally tell her I'm sorry.

I found her building and saw her in her room reading something. I was trying to figure out what to do. Her room didn't have a fire escape or anything I could go to. Also, maybe knocking on her window isn't a good idea. I might freak her out or she'd see me there and not want to talk to me at all.

C'mon Michelangelo, think.

I jumped down to the street and stood outside her building looking up at her room window on the second floor.

I was trying to think of something. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Then I looked at the ground and saw some small rocks. I picked them up and tossed one in my hand grinning, perfect.

I've seen guys throw rocks at girls' windows in movies all the time and it usually works out pretty well.

Okay, let's do this.

I threw one of the rocks up, but then I cringed and felt like jumping out of my skin when I heard glass break and saw the rock flying into her room. Yeah… I think I threw it a little too hard.

"OH MY GOD!" I heard her yell, freaked out.

I felt like asking someone to smack me. Crud. Why does stuff like this always happen to me?

"Sorry!" I yell up at her room. I felt totally humiliated. She opened her window and looked outside and down to the street. Her expression went from freaked out to confused as she looked and saw me.

"Mikey?" She says confused. I felt like my face was on fire as I looked up at her.

This is totally embarrassing, stupid dudes from romantic comedies.

"Uh… What's up?" I say with a laugh as I rub the back of my neck nervously. I am still such an idiot.

"What are you doing here… and why are you dressed like that?" She says looking at me with a weird expression on her face. I look at myself and realize I'm wearing my patrol stuff. I didn't want the whole block to listen to us talking.

I'm surprised no one came out side or looked to see what idiot smashed a window on something.

I was looking around for a way to get closer. I grinned at a flag pole just outside her window. That'll work.

"Just hold up one sec." I say and walk on the sidewalk and get a pretty good distance away and sprint before taking a leap into the air and grab the flag pole. I felt like one of those high bar guys from the olympics as I spin myself up to the top half of the pole. I was able to plant my feet as I crouched to keep balance on the pole.

I looked at Irma and she was just looking at me even more weirded out.

"Seriously… what are you?" She says, a little freaked out. "I mean, that was kind of cool, but what's this all about?" She says, gesturing to me.

"Um, yeah… I'm kind of a ninja." I say, still embarrassed by everything that happened before now. "Are you joking or are you serious?" She asks, not believing me. "No I'm serious. Me and all my brothers are ninjas." I say, trying to show her I wasn't kidding.

She kept on opening and closing her mouth for about a minute, still totally confused.

"How?" She finally says. "It's kind of a long story." I say and look away from her slightly, before glancing at her out of the corner of my eye.

It was really quiet.

"So, what are you doing here?" She asks, sitting on her window sill, looking at me still totally confused.

"I, uh… wanted to tell you I was sorry." I say rubbing the back of my neck and looking away from her again. She didn't say anything so I kept talking, "I feel so crappy about what I did. It was really uncalled for. I'm really sorry." I still felt really bad about it.

"It's okay." She says and I whip my head in her direction. I was totally shocked. "Huh?" I say confused. "It's okay, really Mikey. If anything it was kind of my fault that happened. I… I'm just not used to guys being nice to me and when you… whatever, it's stupid." She says and I saw her face turn red as she looked away from me embarrassed.

I felt like smashing my head against the brick wall, feeling even worse about hurting her feelings.

"Irma, it's totally cool, seriously. I'm just… I'm not very good when it comes to girls and stuff. I don't really know many either to know what was going on last night." I admit, trying to make her feel better.

She looked at me shocked before saying, "Why, you're hot?" "Huh?" I say, doing a double take. Did she say what I think she said? "Uh, nothing. I said nothing." She says blushing and looking away from me completely embarrassed.

Neither of us said anything for what seemed like a thousand years. I felt so weird and nervous.

I let out a deep breath. "Look, I still feel really bad about this and I wanna make it up to you. Would you wanna like… hang out sometime?" I ask. Other than that really weird thing last night, I actually thought Irma was pretty cool.

"Wait, you want to hang out with me?" She asks, looking like she thought I was kidding. I smile and shrug at her before saying, "Yeah, you're really cool and I liked hanging out at the dance last night and…"

But then I felt every muscle in my body tense up and my eyes felt like they were going to pop out of my head when I realized what was going on. Her arms were wrapped around my neck forcing me to lean forward. Wait… Irma's kissing me? It felt... weird.

Huh, so this is what kissing is like? Sweet.

Then she let go and pulled away from me. My mind still felt like I was in a trance as I felt a weird smile show up on my face. I didn't even know where or what was going on until I felt my body hit the concrete below.

Ugh, that was harsh. I was groaning in pain on the ground a little.

"Mikey, are you okay?" She asks concerned and freaked out. I think she also felt guilty that she was part of the reason I was down here.

I give her a thumbs up before forcing a grin on my face and straining out, "I'm cool." I was able to get up, knowing I was going to have a mark somewhere tomorrow.

"So, uh… still wanna hang out sometime?" I say nervously as I felt my face heat up again. "Uh… yeah, that'd be cool." She says and I saw her smile a little me and her face was completely red.

"Awesome… so, uh… night. And sorry about your window." I say with a nervous laugh managing to look back up at her, smiling. She let out a short laugh before saying, "It's okay, really…. Night Mikey." She closed her window and gave me a small smile and wave before closing her blinds.

Well, other than me totally making an idiot of myself last night and breaking her window tonight, it went really well.

I still couldn't believe she kissed me. I soooooo didn't see it coming at all. But, I'm not complaining, just the opposite. Besides, she is pretty cute and she's the first girl to not brush me off as something weird or think of me as a brother.

Now I totally get why Raph and Leo like kissing so much.

Even though I accidentally saw Leo and Karai pretty much sucking each other's faces off that one time…. I shuddered to myself. I still get weird nightmares from seeing that. But, whatever, point is I totally get why they like it.

Still, I got kissed by a girl tonight and that's pretty freaking awesome.

See? Mikey's not totally left out anymore! I hoped you guys liked Irma and Mikey's interaction. I tried to keep Irma somewhat true to her somewhat boy crazy character from 1987 series and how she'll immediately jump at any guy that was nice to her. I hope you guys liked the chapter.