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Chapter 36

The next few days were hectic, April and I went up to get more groceries, the kids had training with Leo and school with Donnie, and we were getting things together for the party. It was hard keeping the party a secret from the kids, since Mikey was always trying to tell them! We finally got a chance to finalize the look of the human turtles, too, and they made a lot of changes. Raph made his, let's called them avatars, avatar have longer hair and made it black. He also added a few of the scars Raph has on his arms and face. I think I even caught him putting some ear piercings on too. Mikey added his signature freckles, and made his avatar's hair orange (A natural orange color). He tried to give himself wings too, but Don confiscated the controls from him. Donnie even added more details to his avatar, too. He made his hair brown and shoulder length and adjusted some facial details. It now only resembled Jeremy Howard. Leo made his avatar's hair darker. He changed the eyes to match his better; like the shape of them. He added the scar that went across his eye, and made it thin so it wouldn't be too noticeable. Leo got it easy since Pete didn't voice Leo. So the others have to be careful if someone asks. Now guys were able to go on errands too, thanks to Donnie's invention, and help get what April and I missed. Mom and Sarah and Kristen would watched the kids and tell my stepbrother and stepsister about the party. I hope they could come it would be nice to have the kids interacting with others around their age. Right now the guys, Kristen, Sarah, Mom, and Jim were decorating the house with balloons and streamers. April took the kids for the day to go to the park near her apartment. Before the kids got their bracelets, Donnie explained to them about the 'don't let anyone touch you', so that turned into a giant game of tag. We were almost done and my stepsibling's were going to be here any minute. Mom put the finishing touches on and then we all marveled at our work.

It was still really weird seeing the guys in their human forms, but April and Kristen were excited about it. The first day we tried them out, they dragged the guys to go clothes shopping. Mikey loved it, but Raph was annoyed at it. I talked him into going. Their turtle clothes didn't fit them and I didn't want them running around naked, so they went. They only got an outfit or two each because none of us were planning on being in these human forms for more than a day. Kristen picked out the perfect outfit for Mikey, it is a Deadpool shirt and faded blue jeans. She brought him right to the super hero section and made him pick out a hero, luckily he loves heroes. Donnie has a purple V-neck and jeans. Raph got a red tank and jeans. Leo got a black t-shirt and jeans; the t-shirt has blue that outlines the collar and sleeves.

"Zack will be here in two minutes; Katelyn sent me a text." Mom put her phone down.

"Alright, and Heidi?" Zack's my stepbro and Heidi's my stepsis.

"She's always late." Mom rolled her eyes.

Then the door opened as my stepbrother arrived with three presents. He had two kids the last time I saw him, but now he has a third one in his arms. His oldest son, Jack, ran up and hugged me. Oops, please don't notice. He let go and smiled at me, his light brown eyes sparkling with happiness. He was three the last time I saw him.

"Jack, you got soo big! How old are you?" I asked smiling as his sister, Anna, walked over shyly. She was only a few months old, now she's five turning six.

"I'm seven, Alexa. Where'd you go?" He asked.

"I went on a little trip, Buddy. Sorry I was gone for so long." I rustled his short dirty blonde hair. Then I went down to Anna's height. She has the same eye color as her brother, but her hair is brown, long, and curly. "Hi sweetie, I bet you don't remember me." She shook her head. "That's okay. We can start over if you like." I kept a soft tone. It was always terrifying for me as a kid when that one relative you didn't know strangled you in a hug. Anna nodded. "Alright, my name's Alexa and I'm you're daddy's stepsister. What's your name?"

"Anna." She said quietly.

I put my hand out and smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Anna." She has on a dress up princess outfit on. "I like your pretty dress. Are you a princess?"

She smiled and nodded.

"I bet you're a really nice princess."

She got all shy again, and blushed then went to Jack, who was studying the guys. I went over to Zack.

"Who's this cutie?" I went total baby voice now as my mom said hi to Jack and Anna.

"This is Ethan." He passed him to me and I started bouncing back and forth as he started the 'who are you, I'm scared face'.

"Hi Ethan." I whispered to him and he started to relax. I made faces at him and he laughed. After he got bored he reached for his dad; I handed him back.

"Where's dad?" Zack asked.

"Probably in the office," then I looked back and saw that Anna and Jack were off playing, "or with the kids."

"Heidi will be here soon." Mom said.

"Late again." Zack smirked.

"Yup."

"So who are they?" He pointed at the guys.

We came up with a story that the guys' parents are big ninja turtle fans and named them after the turtles. Hopefully he'll either buy it or laugh.

"This is Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Leonardo."

"Like the ninja turtles?" He gave me a weird look.

"Um, yeah, our parents are BIG ninja turtle fans." Leo stepped forward and stented his hand. "Leo for short."

"Yup our parents are pretty crazy." Mikey said.

Zack just mouth an 'okay then' and shook Leo's hand. "It's nice to meet you all." Then he faced me. "Who's the dad to you kids?"

"Leo." I took Leo's hand.

"When are they coming?" He asked.

"The kids should be here any minute now. A friend, May, is bringing them over." May is April and the portal was put in the barn. Vern, we changed to Mark. We gave them make-overs so Zack won't recognize them.

"Alright cool. Where should I put these?"

"Oh in the party room." No lie, at my house we have a room that's never used until we have a party. Therefore, we call it the 'party room'. I pointed at the room next to us.

"You mind holding Ethan, I'm going to go find Jack and Anna." Zack started passing Ethan to me.

"Sure." I took him and my mom was ordering the pizza.

"Thanks. Oh and I couldn't get him to take a nap so if he starts to doze off let him." Zack put the presents down then ran off.

I sat down with Ethan and helped him stand so he can jump. Donnie stood in front of me with his arms crossed. He cleared his throat and tapped his foot.

"What?" I stuck my tongue out at Ethan and crossed my eyes. I received a very high-pitched laugh.

"No contact remember?" He glared at me then Leo.

"Jack's a kid and Zack didn't seem to notice." My attention was still on Ethan. "I'll be careful Donnie." Ethan got fussy and I stood and he stared at the kitchen light as the fan spun. "Huh, you like lights." I watched him get lost in the fan and light. He laid his head on my shoulder.

"If our cover is blown, I'm blaming you." He pointed at me.

I shrugged. "I know Donnie." I walked towards the window and Ethan's eyes went out the window, desperately trying to look at everything. "There's a lot of stuff out there." I rocked and I whispered to him. His arm started to hang loosely against my shoulder.

"Probably too much stuff." Mikey laughed quietly. "The little guy's passed out."

"Too much adventure for one day." I felt him snuggle closer into the crook of my neck and yawn. I felt Leo staring at me. I smiled. I'd like to have another one. Maybe the pregnancy will be different now that I'm the same species.

"We'll talk about it." He smiled and chuckled.

Damn turtle can read minds now. I spotted Zack and pointed at Ethan. He nodded, knowing I was trying to say 'hey, I got him to sleep.' He came over.

"I'll take him back. Dad has a crib for him upstairs." He went to take Ethan, but Jack came running over and almost woke up Ethan.

"You have your hands full I'll bring him up." I started walking up and found the crib. I lowered Ethan carefully in the crib.

"You really want to have another one?" I heard Leo ask behind me.

I took his hand and walked him to my room then shut the door behind us. "Yeah, we can have a child on our own terms." He put my arms around his shoulders. "Besides, we have a honeymoon coming up." I smiled.

He returned the smile and chuckled. "Alright," He wrapped his arms around my waist. "We'll try for another."

I kissed him quick before pulling back. "I love you."

His eyes softened and he kissed me. "I love you, too."

"Come on, let's go back downstairs. There's two more family members you have to meet." I took his hand and led him downstairs. When I got to the bottom of the stairs my step-niece, Megan, came running to me.

"LEXI!" She yelled and wrapped her arms around me, again I held my breath.

"Hey Meg. I missed you so much." I hugged her back.

"Who's this?" She stepped back and looked at Leo.

"This is my fiancé, Leo." I told her.

She looked him over. "If you hurt Lexi, you're going to be sorry, Mister." She glared at him.

"Alright goofy, go on and play with your cousins." I pushed her towards them. "Sorry about her she came be a bit overprotective."

"Ya think?" He smirked.

I shoved him and saw that introductions were already being done. Donnie didn't shake Heidi's hand, but told her he was just getting over being sick. Lies, of course, but it's for protection. Heidi came up to Leo and offered her hand.

"You must be, Leonardo?"

Leo took her hand and shook it. "Please, call me, Leo."

"Okay, Leo, its nice meeting you." She joined the others then mom announced that the birthday kids were showing up.

We all hid and when they walked inside we shouted 'surprise' and introduced them to their uncle and aunt and cousins. They were a little shy at first, but pretty soon the six of them were chasing each other around. We already spoke to them about not using their powers or saying they're actually turtles when the used the bracelets. I talked to Donnie about the limited amount of time we could use them and they have a thirteen hour limit, then they had to be charge. Yes, they run on batteries. The adults, minus Mikey, were sitting at the table catching up. Kristen and Sarah finally made it and said happy birthday. The birthday party was running smoothly and the kids were having a blast. It took us fifteen minutes to get the kids to sit for cake, but when we did we started singing. Kiyomi, Ya-ya, and Yoshi blew their candles out at the same time. Mom got three cakes, one for each birthday child.

"What did you wish for?" Anna asked.

"Anna, they can't tell you." Jack told her.

Ya-ya popped into my head and I gave him a puzzled look.

'Our wish is to tell our family who we really are.'