Calla sat in the window of her room in April and Casey's apartment, lightly tapping on the glass with her claws. It was raining today; she wasn't too fond of the rain. Brief streaks of lightning flashed across the sky as rumbles of thunder were heard in the distance. She heard a light knock, and one of her ears turned towards the door, followed by her head.
April stood, peeking in the doorway. "Hey, you okay?"
"Yeah…" she muttered. "Wassup?"
April briefly held up her cell. "The guys called, said you missed practice today.
Calla shrugged. "Yeah I know…didn't really feel like it." She looked a bit distant. "I don't really like the rain…"
April nodded. "I gotcha. Well if you want, I bought some more tuna, and some bread, in case you're hungry."
Calla smiled slightly. "Thanks." She then turned back towards the window. She heard April walk off, and sighed.
Truth be told, the rain itself wasn't much of an issue for her. She wasn't so feline that the wetness was a problem…it was moreso the memories it conjured up…
It was raining heavily that first day out of hiding; the day they realized that their father wasn't coming back. She thought that after all these years she'd get over it, that somehow it wouldn't bother her as much; but it did. Her sisters didn't seem quite as affected; but she was.
Sighing deeply, Calla just leaned against the window, staring out into the cloudy, rainy sky.
"Ohmygosh euwww there's MUD on mee!" shrieked Shelley, as the whole crew, sopping wet and muddy from training, sloshed into the lair.
Cori looked highly displeased as she wrung out her dripping wet hair.
"So uh, is there a reason we couldn't skip practice today?" shivered Rita, as an ever-protective Donny threw a towel over her.
Master Splinter shook himself partially dry before speaking. "You must learn to master your skills in every kind of condition; rain included."
"Just wait 'til it snows." Chuckled Mikey.
"Oh I can wait." Said Rita, continuing to shiver.
"Well fortunately April brought us all those new clothes last week, now we actually have something to change into after our showers instead of waiting on our stuff to wash and dry." Salina said as she took the ribbon out of her hair.
"Speaking of showers, I'm first!" exclaimed Shelley as she ran towards the stairs up to the bathroom.
Cori seemingly appeared out of nowhere, knocking Shelley out of the way, and rushing up the stairs before her.
"Heyyy! Like, no fair!" pouted Shelley, attempting to chase after Cori, who made a quick beeline into the bathroom.
By now the rules were understood; Master Splinter made it clear that no one was allowed upstairs until the girls had finished showering and were dressed. He no longer gave the speech as he did when the ladies first arrived, deeming it unnecessary; or so he thought.
Mikey, Leo and Raph were sitting on the couch, when Leo, annoyed, finally looked over at Mikey who had been tapping his foot quickly for the past 15 minutes.
He raised an eyebrow as he looked at his brother. "What's wrong with you?"
"Whaddaya think is wrong? There's half naked Turtle chicks up there and we're down here." Raph interjected.
Mikey and Leo looked at him for a moment almost in awe of his blatant admission, before Mikey spoke.
"Umm, ok, yeah I guess that too, but actually, I really gotta pee."
Leo turned back to the TV. "You know the rules Mikey. You're going to have to hold it."
"I dunno if I can bro…"
"Just let 'im pee Leo."
"No, absolutely not…you remember what Sensei told us years ago, we're never too old for the hashi."
Raph almost shuddered. "I ain't goin' back to the hashi..."
Leo turned to him. "Well if Mikey goes upstairs we're all going to the hashi."
Mikey continued tapping his foot.
"I told you about all that soda…." Leo scolded. "Why don't you just go use the other bathroom in the corridors?"
"I'm not gonna make it that far dude…" Mikey remarked, still furiously tapping his foot.
Raph was getting beyond irritated. "Come on man he's gonna piss the couch if you don't let him go, just let him go."
"No!"
"Leo seriously man? I'm not cleanin' it up if he pisses the couch."
"We can't…"
"Let 'im go…"
"Fine!" Leo let out an exasperated sigh. He gave Mikey a stern, warning look. "I swear Mikey, just go, pee, and come right back down." He emphasized his words by pointing his pointer finger down, before pointing it straight back at him.
"Got it bro." Mikey bolted up from the couch and raced upstairs.
When he got up there, he didn't even bother to knock on the bathroom door before entering, and once he did, he wished he had knocked.
Too shocked to even utter a sound, Shelley stood there, fresh out of the shower, not even having been able to wrap herself in a towel yet.
Mikey froze as he stood face to face with Shelley, who was wearing nothing but a shocked expression.
Shelley soon snapped out of her shock and grabbed her towel. Just as she was about to yell, Mikey quickly turned and bolted back down the stairs, plopping himself right back on the couch between Raph and Leo.
They looked surprised.
"Well that was fast." Leo remarked.
"Uhh, you ok bro?" Raph asked, noticing Mikey's shocked expression.
Mikey could barely shake his head. "Big boobs, really big boobs….no shell…ohhh man."
Leo and Raph looked at him in disbelief.
"Dudes, I couldn't pee right now, even if I wanted to." He said, shifting somewhat uncomfortably in his seat.
Raph and Leo looked at each other, then towards Splinter's room, hoping he wouldn't notice anything out of place.
Leo turned to Mikey, and spoke in a somewhat hushed voice. "Go in the kitchen and splash cold water on yourself."
"Dude I don't think I can even stand up right now…"
Raph tossed him a couch pillow. Those annoying things that April brought them some time ago finally had a use. "Use that. Sensei can't notice anything."
Mikey gladly took the pillow.
Leo shook his head.