Ava coughed.

"Great." She mumbled. "I spend an extra shift at work for one night, then it just happens to rain when I start to walk home." She coughed again, then wrapped her blanket around her tighter.

"I could really go for some hot chicken soup."

Ava looked around the lounge room, thinking. The rest of the girls had gone to work, so she was home alone. Standing up, she gently let herself walk to the kitchen. However, the moment she stepped on the kitchen floor tiles, she shrunk back into the lounge. A shiver ran up her body, and then she retreated to sit back near a heater. Finally deciding on what to do, she bit her lip as she picked up the phone.

"Hello, Cowabunga Carl Party Service, this is Mikey speaking. How may I help you?" An overly cheery voice spoke.

"M-Mikey?" Ava stuttered as she shivered.

"Ava? Is that you? What's wrong?" Mikey replied.

"I-I have a cold." Ava shivered again. "Would you mind coming over and cooking me some soup? I'd do it myself, but the kitchen tiles are cold."

Ava coughed again as she waited for his answer.

"Please?"

Ava heard Mikey sigh on the other end of the phone.

"Sure. I'll come. Make sure the balcony doors unlocked." Mikey replied.

Ava smiled. "Thank you so mu-"

There was beeping heard. Mikey had hung up the phone. Ava's head hurt.

"I thought he was supposed to like me." Ava murmured. "Maybe Zoe was wrong."

Ava tried to ignore the light sting in her chest as she got up to unlock the balcony door. After a few minutes of waiting, she had to go to the bathroom. Shivering as she left the warmth of the heater, she managed to walk down the hallway and to the bathroom. She bit her lip as she pressed down on one of the tiles. The cold brought pain to her foot, but she tried to ignore it. Mikey could not go to the toilet for her.

Closing the door, Av quickly did her business and washed her hands. Every second she spent in the room, she got colder and colder. Her hands froze under the cold tap water, and it was hard for her to turn off the taps. By the time she was done, her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. She gasped as she grabbed hold of the door handle and pulled. As she took another step, her foot caught on her blanket. Letting out a slight scream, she fell to the ground. The pain she felt was intensified from her cold, as when she gets sick her body becomes sensitive. Because of this, Ava was hurt so bad that she passed out.

Her last thought was hoping that she remembered to unlock the balcony door.

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Mikey rubbed his head as he jumped on the balcony. He re-adjusted his disguise before heading towards the door.

"What am I doing?" He hesitated. "Ava wants Leo. Not me. Ugh, I should have just told him to come."

He began to turn back, but his gut was stopping him. Even if Ava wouldn't give him a second glance, she was still his friend. His friend was sick and asked for his help.

"If she wanted Leo, she could have just asked me on the phone." Mikey muttered. He began to head back to the door when the thought of Ava and Leo holding hands entered his mind.

"Gah-ha-hah! What do I do?" He cried. He rubbed his head again before heavily sighing. He quickly shook it and headed for the door. "No. She asked for me to come and help her. Not Leo. Not anyone else. Me."

Mikey bit his beak as he held the door handle. "Besides." He muttered. "Leo couldn't make a chicken soup as good as me."

He pulled the door open and looked inside.

"Hello?" He called. "Anyone here?"

There was no answer. He stepping inside cautiously and looked around.

"Hm. If this is some stupid joke to get back at me for doing one on Gracie, it ain't funny." He muttered. He looked in the kitchen and growled.

"Yep. I knew it. We can't get around Mikey any other way, so let's just screw around with his heart."

He took a quick glance down the hallway as he headed for the door, but then did a double take. Just outside the bathroom door was a hand. Fear and worry began to curl up in Mikey's gut as he walked steadily down the hallway.

"Ava?" He called out. "Aves?"

When Mikey reached the door, he gasped.

"Ava!"

He got down on one knee and gently touched her face.

"Aves? Please wake up." He murmured.

He pulled her into his arms and stood up. Looking down at her sleeping figure, he noticed she was shaking.

"It's ok Aves." He murmured. "I got you."

Ava seemed to snuggle closer to his figure. "Mikey." She murmured in her sleep. "Mmm... Hero."

Mikey blushed, but smiled at the comment. He sat down in front of the heater with her on his lap. He was about to leave her there by herself when her arms wrapped around him. Mikey blushed again. Although Ava had no idea what was going on, she smiled into him.

"So... warm." She murmured.

Mikey gulped and his breathe quickened. For a moment, he wondered what would happen if she woke up. Then he didn't care. Gently, he let his hand touch her head, then flow down her hair. He repeated this process, and Ava continued to smile. Mikey did too as he felt the smoothness of her light waves. For a long time, he felt calm. His arms relaxed around her waist and soon, he was asleep.

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Ava woke up in someone's arms. The thing is, she didn't want to open her eyes to check whose. She was afraid it was a dream. She bit her lip, but opened her eyes anyway. The feeling of someone else's body didn't disappear, and she blinked. She looked around and realised she was in the lounge.

'How did I get here?' She thought. 'Last I remember, I went to the bathroom. And then...'

Ava looked up to the face of the figure she was lying on. Her heart began beating rapidly faster in her chest as she noticed the orange mask. She bit her lip before raising a hand and gently touching Mikey's cheek. She then smiled at the deep breathing that he was emitting from his sleep.

Ava pulled her hand down and sat it on his plastron. Her fingers couldn't help but wander around the strange markings on it. She smiled again as they went along every crevice and curve, finding swirls and scratches. A warm feeling crept into her chest.

'Maybe Leo isn't the one for me...' she thought, ignoring her head this once.

Ava was so entranced by the turtles inner shell, that she didn't notice a tickle in her throat until it was too late. She quickly reached a hand to her mouth to cover her cough, but it was so loud that it didn't matter. Mikey woke up to the sound.

"A-Ava?" Mikey stuttered. He blushed, realising the position they were in. "I-I'm sorry! You were just on the floor, and I, and then,"

Mikey cut himself off as he noticed how bad Ava was coughing. He sat a hand on her back.

"Are you ok?"He asked.

Ava nodded, but let out a few more. "Just my cold." She muttered.

Mikey nodded. Ava sat down onto the floor and Mikey moved to get up.

"I suppose I had better get to making that chicken soup huh?" He spoke. Ava looked up at him and smiled.

"Thank you Mikey." She replied. "You didn't have to come."

"Hey." He grinned. "What are friends for? I'd do anything for you dudettes."

Ava nodded and watched as Mikey escaped to the kitchen.

"So why couldn't you do it yourself." Mikey spoke without thinking. He silently cursed himself after he did.

"The kitchen tiles were cold." Ava replied.

At this Mikey stopped his actions.

"Why didn't you just put shoes on?" He asked.

At this Ava paused. Why hadn't she put shoes on? She sighed.

"I didn't think about that." She muttered. Mikey chuckled in the other room. Ava shivered lightly, missing Mikey's warmth.

It wasn't long until Mikey had come back out of the kitchen, chicken soup in hand. Ava grinned as she took the bowl and spoon. Instead of using the spoon though, she sat it down and drank from the bowl. Mikey watched her in surprise.

"I didn't know you'd eat it like that, Ava." Mikey smiled. Ava sat the bowl down onto her lap and blushed.

"Thanks for the soup." She spoke. "D-did you want some?"

She held out the bowl to him, and Mikey shook his head.

"I made extra just in case." He replied.

Ava nodded and continued to sip her soup. She smiled as she felt the warmth of it go down her throat and into her stomach.

"So," Mikey spoke, standing up. "I suppose I'll be going then."

"So soon?" Ava said, her voice wavering.

"Yeah." Mikey muttered. "I mean... I have stayed here longer then intended. We did fall asleep."

Ava blushed lightly at the memory of being in Mikey's arms.

"Well... couldn't you stay a little longer?" Ava begged. Her heart beat increased on this one thread of hope. Mikey bit his beak, but shook his head.

"Sorry Aves. The guys will be worried. I had better go."

The thread snapped, and so did Ava's heart.

"A-alright then." She murmured. Mikey pulled on his disguise and headed out onto the balcony. Without another word, he was gone.

Ava put on some shoes and headed for the kitchen. Walking in, the memory of Mikey and her throwing bubbles from the dishes in the sink came into her mind.

"He's the only guy that ever made me laugh." Ava put on a sad smile. "I guess I do like him."

She turned her head and looked out onto the balcony.

"But you were wrong Zoe." She muttered. "He doesn't love me."

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I was originally going to have this as a happy ending but... I don't know. I guess I'm just a biatch. -_- I was also going to have it as Lara and Don (Don was going to play Doctor again! XD), but changed my mind on that when this came up. Possibly in the next chapter.

Poor Aves huh? The one time she goes with her heart instead of her head and she gets shut down. I think she's over looking things though. I have no idea what was going through Mikey's head when I finished this chapter, but it could have been the thought of Ava and Leo again. Then again, Mikey isn't the brightest of turtles. He probably didn't notice the hints. (Somebody got hit with the idiot stick in this chapter.)

Anyway, had an off again, on again time in this chapter. Not a busy day, but I wasn't really focused. I just thought 'There's an idea! Use it before it goes!'

Ok, bye you guys! Love you all my friends!

~MR