Transformation Chapter 24

Turtle

As I said, Transformation is almost over but do not worry, I have sequel planned if you check my profile. Please enjoy this chapter. Moment you've all been waiting for….

Raph's POV

I lied down on my bed. How should I tell Eve about what we really are? Leo said I have to do it, not them. Since I got us all into this. The school's officially over and now what we do is pretty much same as before Leo went to Central America. Patrolling, Donnie doing the phone service again and Mikey is now working at a pizza store, doing delivery. Leo is helping April with her job and me? I actually got a job. I work for Mrs. Luper and her tea shop.

She was impressed that I know a lot about teas and hired me. I didn't tell her that compare to Leo I hardly know anything. I work as a waiter, it's kind of like a café and there were lots of costumers as well. I get paid 25$ an hour. I work 6 hours so that's pretty much a lot of money. Donnie said we can't be the citizen since we can't afford to pay taxes and stuff but like this we can live a nice life. One thing for us is that we have to tell the Lupers and Eve about our reality.

"Raphael, put the box over there." Mrs. Luper said and I carried the boxes to the storage. "I'm glad Eve met a nice boy like you. She was always lonely even with my kids." She said with a smile. Emily got a job as a piano tutor and Edwin is preparing for college while working at a mall. Eve works as Professor in NYU's assistant. I asked her how she got her job, and she said that she visited him and told her about her and he actually hired her. She said that she is now 80% sure that she can enter NYU.

"You know Eve, it's nice that you can now work and study at the same time." I said. "I know. He might let me keep this job until I graduate and help me be a forensic doctor." "What professor was he?" "Anatomy professor." I always make up my mind before I meet her but always fails. Her smile makes me fail. I am scared that her smile will vanish when I say it.

"Hello." I said as a costumer came in. Leo. With April and Casey. "Hello Leo. And you guys are…?" Mrs. Luper asked. "Hello Mrs. Luper, April O'Neil. Hamato brothers' friend and this is my boyfriend Casey." "Nice to meet you." He said shaking her hand. "I can't believe you work here, Raph." He said. "Raphael knows a lot about teas and it's such a great help." She said with a huge smile. "Well, I would like to order Earl Grey." Said April. "Adlay tea please, Eve made it for me and it was great." Leo said licking his lips. "Just a green tea." Casey ordered

"You can have a break if you want to." Mrs. Luper said and I took apple tea. She delivered the teas to the table and left to the kitchen. "Have you thought about it?" Leo asked. "Yeah, but whenever I try to tell her I just t can't talk." I said looking down. "You know the faster will be better." Leo said. "You know how she is and if we don't do it quick she will get frustrated that you kept that from her all these times." I know that.

"Leo, how about you try? It's really hard." I said. He didn't say anything and looked away. "I want to tell her Leo. I really do, just give me some time." He sighed and we finished the tea without any word.

It was really tired, I mean the thinking, not the job. I like that job and I'm enjoying it very much. "Raph? Can I come in?" I grunted and Donnie came in. "Have you thought about it?" He asked. "We have to tell her. Do you want me to tell her?" I shook my head and told him the same thing I told Leo. "Just give me some time." "Mikey will tell Emily after you are done with Eve. He's waiting." I sighed and told him to get out of my room. He left and told me to finish it quick.

Maybe I should just finish this quick. How should I put this in words, I'm a giant mutant turtle? I'm not a human? How should I do it? My head started to ache. "Raph?" Eve asked. I remembered that I was in Luper's living room with my brothers, Eve and the twins. "Yeah?" I asked. "Is something wrong? You look really tired." Eve said. 'There's something that is horribly wrong.' I wanted to say it out loud but that would just make her frown and worry a lot.

"It's nothing, really." I said with a sigh and she worried even more. I thought and felt my brothers' gaze upon me. "Eve, can we talk?" I asked. She nodded and we walked upstairs to her room and I closed the door. This time, I will tell her about me.

She sat on the edge of her bed and looked up at me with cute innocent look. "Eve, there's something I want to tell you." She nodded and told me to keep going. "Promise me you won't freak out." She nodded. "Swear." She sighed and swore not to freak out. "I, I, um…" she tilted her head. "What is it Raph?" She asked.

I looked around but found no excuse or anything. "I want to tell you that…." "Come one Raph, what's wrong?" she stood up but I told her to sit down. "I want to tell to tell you that, that, um, I, I um…" she groaned. "Raph." I could see that she was getting impatient. "I'm not a human." I said and I closed my eyes. I heard laughter.

"Of course you are! You are a human of course! You are not an alien Raph." I kissed her. I did and then clicked my watch. I felt my old self again. Eve didn't say anything but I could see pure terror in her eyes. Horrified look was on her face and she stood up and examined me. She looked up at me and surprisingly she didn't freak out. "Eve?" I called out.

"You are a turtle." She said. "Yeah, and thanks for not freaking out." I said. "I won't. I promised but I didn't promise not to get angry." She said. I noticed a flame in her eyes. She's not scared or terrified but mad? Why? "Why?" I asked. "I thought we promised to each other to tell each other's secret." She said. "We did. But this was different." Her scowl deepened. "You are a liar." "Eve, how can you just say that for only one thing?"

"Listen Raphael, I have been deceived times that you can't even imagine and that's why I hate liars. And you kept your secret and lied this whole time like nothing was wrong and didn't keep your promise." Her voice was like venom but hurted feeling was in it as well.

"Eve this was different. Can't you see why I had to hesitate until now?" "We met last fall! If you had told me that earlier I wouldn't have thought myself as crazy girl!" "What do you mean?"

"I thought I saw two aliens on roof of Red Eye club last year. I saw it and when I went up to see they were gone and I was having nightmares about that." That explained the turtle picture I found on the paper I saw stuck in her comic book. "Hey I'm not the only one who kept secrets! You kept your secret as well!"

"What secret? About my mom being a whore? That I was raped? That wasn't a secret! Everybody in school knew it. You and your brothers just didn't choose to believe it. That wasn't a secret." She said now her look at me hurted me as well.

"You hid something from me. And I know it." I said. "Like what?" "This." I said showing her the paper I found. She didn't seem to recognize it so I opened it. She glanced at it, "So?"

"What do you mean, 'so'? It's a will! A fucking will!" she frowned, "So? I have lots of them in my room." What? Why?

"Why?" "Just in case I die. That wasn't the first time I tried to commit one anyway." Some kind of anger built up in me. "And the turtle?" I asked. "What I believed as a hallucination when I was writing that." She replied. "That was you, right?" That actually surprised me.

"Now I understand why those aliens appeared in my dreams for over a year." I couldn't believe my ears. "Dream?" "Yes. A nightmare to be exact and if you had told me earlier I wouldn't have suffered from it!" She growled at me. "Hey, now you see why I had to hide it! Why can't you understand?"

"We promised not to keep a secret toward each other." Her glared became more deadly, "You broke it." "Eve, can't you understand?" she just stared at me.

"You don't understand me about writing a will. I have them a lot in this room and I stopped since I dated Donnie." She stopped for a moment. She thought for a moment and then looked up at me, "Your brothers are turtle too."

I nodded. She laughed, "I wasn't seeing things. That was you and one of your brothers. Now to think of it, you had hidden it for a long time." I was shocked, "Eve, you are just being a jerk, let's stop."

"I have been deceived for almost a year and you want me to just forgive you? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" "I was scared okay?" I yelled at her. She jerked a little and then I saw a bit of tear in her eyes. "Okay, now what?" I said. She didn't say anything and ran downstairs.

I couldn't believe it but followed her downstairs. I turned back to human. "Eve!" I called out. Emily and Edwin were glaring at me. "Explain." Emily said. "Where's she?" "Basement. Now explain." I tried to head down but the grabbed me. "Explain." Emily said with a deadly tone. I looked at my brothers and they broke us apart and then we headed up to Emily's room.

"Now, tell us what's going on." Edwin said. Me and my brothers looked at each other and then we clicked the button at the same time. Edwin looked shocked and Emily looked surprised. "Em? Are you angry?" Mikey asked. She shook her head, "I'm not. Just surprised." She said as she hugged Mikey. Mikey's lucky.

I sighed. "Eve said she felt being deceived." I said. "She would, when you hide stuff from her that long she would definitely feel that way. She had been deceived for a lot of times." Emily said. Mikey smoothed her hair down. "You should all leave. Staying here won't help her clearing her mind." Edwin said. Leo turned back to his human form with Donnie and headed out. I followed them and then Mikey did.

On the way back to the lair I thought of how she'd feel right now. I also couldn't believe she would do that. I was angry and so did she. I could understand but did she had to be that mad? When I reached my room I started crying. I mean sobbing. I don't want to lose her or anything. I wanted her to be with me, not anyone else. I love her and I thought she did too. I felt more tears flowing down my cheek. I heard someone come into my room. I was about to tell him to get out but it turned out to be Master Splinter.

He placed his hand on my head. I cried even more and we were like that for a long time.

Boring summary, sorry about that. I was pretty tired of girls just accepting turtles in other fanfic, like right immediately so I tried this one. Please understand and review as well.