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Chapter 36- Awkward Encounter
LEO POV
Al almost drops Christina, and she slaps her hands around the first thing she can grab, which just so happens to be his face. He cringes and adjusts his grip on her legs. At a glance, Al seems happy, but there is something heavy about-
"Leonardo, Raphael, and Mona. Can you please go to the office? Principle Cults would like to speak to you." My head jerks out of my book at the sound of my name.
My and Raph and Mona all exchange nervous glances before standing up and waking out of the classroom. I can feel Karai's eyes glued to me as I leave her behind in a room full of strangers.
Once in the hall, me and my brother automatically start bickering in harsh whispers.
"I swear if we're being sent here for something you and your stupid girlfriend did, I will beat the livin' shit out of the both of ya!" Raphael hisses sharply.
"I can assure you it isn't me or Karai. Neither one of us can stand the sight of you, much less being sent to the principles office with you!" I growl back.
Mona's frustrated voice intersects with our argument. "Why can't you two just get along? You're brothers!"
Me and Raphael both jerk our heads to look at Mona. "No!" We both answer. Mona rolls her blue eyes in frustration.
We all enter the office together, side by side, Mona is standing between me and Raphael, forcing us to stop our bickering.
I step in front of Raph and Mona, walking the the lady at the front desk. The woman is older, probably in her late fifties, and she stares at her computer screen.
"Leonardo and Raphael Hamato and Mona Lisa. Principal Cults wanted to see us." The woman points at the open door across from us without looking up. "Thank you."
I walk towards the open door, motioning for Raphael and Mona to follow. When we enter the room our principal is already waiting. He sits in a chair in the far corner of an oval shaped table.
I sit down across from him and Mona and Raph sit in the seats to my right.
"You wanted to see us?" Mona asks.
"Yes! Don't worry though, you aren't in any trouble." We all let out a long needed sigh. Mr. Cults chuckles at our relief before continuing. "I just wanted to ask how you guys are human."
Me and my brother exchange a look before answering. "Our brother Donatello created a retromutagen, turning us back to our human forms." Raphael explains with a hint of a lie. I bite my lip, knowing that we just lied to our schools leader. I'm not gonna lie, I'm still super weary about lying to leaders and I even continue to order my brothers around as if I were still their leader. As if nothing changed..
"I always knew he was above average. Well, Raphael and Mona, you may go." Both of them stand up, rushing out of the room. I sit in silence, kind of confused as to why I'm still here. "Sorry to not be letting you go with your brother and ms. Lisa, but I need to discuss one last thing with you." I nod for him to continue, which he does. "I received a phone call from your father. He says that your girlfriend is pregnant."
I tense up. Anger boils in my veins and clench my fists under the table. Stay calm, he's your principal, your leader..
But I don't want to be led. I want to lead. I want to be the king and I want to be the example. I want to be perfect and never miss understood.
I want to be what I was before. Before Karai was pregnant. Before I drank. Before I skipped class. Before I dated Karai. Before I went to school. Before I defeated mutants and aliens. Before I faced the Shredder and the Kraang. Before I knew April and Casey. Before I saw Karai. Before I fell for Karai. Before I loved Karai. Before I went top side. Before I was anyone but.. well, Leo. A favorite child, student, and brother. I want to go back do everything over.
Even Karai.
KARAI POV
I look down at Leo's hand in mine. For once, I had to grab his hand instead of him grabbing mine. Seems meaningless, I know. But it's not. Leo is well.. clingy. He loves me, I know. But he literally makes magnets jealous.
He makes us look like we're inseparable. Which.. we are. But the world doesn't need to know that. I love Leo and he loves me. That's all there is to it.
We walk into the lunch room, heading over to our usual table at the back of the cafeteria. But something is wrong. The table is filled up, all but two seats are taken. And guess who's sitting in those other 6 seats? Leonardo's brothers and there girlfriends.
It still bobbles my mind that Leo's brothers actually found girlfriends. I mean, I sorta suspected that Raph would find someone. What with him being that muscular jock that all of the girls crave. And I guess I'm not 100% surprised that Donnie found someone. It was always obvious that he had a thing for Karai so it seemed legit. But Mikey.. let's just say that I literally laughed my freakin' head off when I was told that he found someone who liked him as much as he liked them. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but Mikey is way too immature and stupid to have a girlfriend. But apparently that red headed elf girl likes him.
I look over at Leo, only to find him doing the same thing to me. He wears an unexpected expression in his beautiful face. His deep blue eyes meet mine and I'm lost in them. I swim in the ocean the so perfectly resemble. How did I get him? I question shoots into my head as fast a bullet, and I suddenly can't get it out of my mind. Though, I manage to push it aside long enough to get to the table.
I sit down in my usual spot next to Leo, but Elf-ears is also sitting next to me. Everyone at the table goes silent, all staring at me and Leo. My grip on Leo's hand suddenly tightens and my whole body goes tense. Leonardo squeezes my hand in reassurance and I soften a bit at his wonderful touch. God, do I love him.
Raphael is sitting directly across from Leonardo, and he glares daggers at the two of us. And if we weren't in school and surrounded by a bunch of witnesses, I'd be throwing daggers at him.
"I know that you are probably wondering why we're here. We just wanted to say that we're- ugh. S-sor-ry." I smirk as Raphael chokes on the words. I used to be like that.
Leonardo doesn't do anything but stare at his brother, clearly debating forgiveness.
I look around the table. Everyone's eyes are glued on me and Leo. Wait, no, scratch 's eyes are glued to me. I notice Michelangelo and April eyeing my stomach, probably thinking about my pregnancy. At that thought, my arms are over my stomach, guarding my child with protection and love.
"Well, you gonna forgive us or what?" Raphael barks impatiently. I shoot a glare at him for snapping at Leo.
"I-We, don't know. Look, Raph, I want to forgive you but.." Leonardo trails off.
"But what? We said sorry and you forgive us, that's all there is to it." Mona exclaims with her hands in the air.
"Actually, no. You guys have never supported us through anything in the past four months. We can't just forgive you." As Leo says these words, I notice something. He's starring at Mona. She looks scared, all of a sudden. But what scared her?
LATER
I listen to Leo's heart beat as I lean on him, my head resting comfortably on his chest. His hands sit on my stomach, and I know that he's thinking about our child.
"Only eight months." I whisper. I can sense a smirk creeping upon Leonardo's face. "I wish it were sooner."
"If it were any sooner the kid wouldn't have anywhere to sleep but the couch! We need to start preparing. I can probably get someone to come in and design a room. But we should probably wait until we find out the gender." I decide. Leo nods his head in agreement, but he's quiet. He's been like this all day. Short answers and gestures.
Irritated, I sit up so I'm facing him.
"What's wrong?" I demand.
Leonardo looks startled by the sudden question, but he should know by now that I am not one for small talk.
"Nothing." "Wrong. Something is wrong and I want to know what it is." I stare at Leo intently, waiting for an answer.
"I can't tell you." He whispers. I glare for a second, but then think of an idea.
"Ok. Then you won't mind sleeping on the couch tonight. And tomorrow. And forced until you finally tell me what's going on." Leo looks at me for a second with a shocked expression. I really didn't want to have to go this far, but I knew that it's probably the only way to get him to tell me. Like I said earlier, Leo makes us look inseparable, even when we are sleeping.
When we sleep, Leonardo holds onto to me for dear life. He's like one of those Monkey stuffed animals whose arms wrap around you. The only problem is that his velcro hands don't let go of each other, they wrap around you and never let go. I don't mind it, I think it's pretty cute how he loves me so much. But recently, since we found out that I'm pregnant, he's been a little extreme. Last night I got up to go to the bathroom and when I left I found him standing right outside the door, waiting for me. I slapped him.
Leonardo looks down at his hands, avoiding my eyes. "I can't tell you." He repeats. I stare at him in total shock. Anger rages through me, and I jump off of the couch quickly. "Fine! I don't care! Have fun sleeping on the couch!" I yell dramatically. Leo still doesn't look me in the eyes, he just looks at my bare feet digging into the soft carpet.
I stomp into my room and slam the door shut. I walk over to the bed and slam my head into a pillow, letting out a high pitched scream into the silky fabric.
"Can I have a blanket?" Leo calls.
I sit up so my voice projects better. "You can you get your own fucking blanket!" I call back. A few seconds later Leo walks into the room. The door creaks as it opens, letting in the light from the rest of the house. Leo's tall form stands in the door way calmly and quietly.
"Karai..." "Just get your blanket and go." I mutter, too pissed off to even yell.
Leo nods and walks over to the closet, where he grabs a fleece blanket. I stare strait ahead at the dark wall in front of me, not wanting to look over at Leo.
"Night." He whispers as he leaves the room.
The room is pitch black and I crawl under the blankets and carefully rest my head on the pillow that still holds my scream. I lay in the silence, trying to comprehend what is happening. What could be so bad that Leo can't tell me? Were both honest and open with each other, and if one of us is to be keeping a secret, it's often me. So this is beyond strange.
Something is happening with him, and I want to know what it is.