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Chapter 35: Opening the Shop

Raph had been scheduled to open the shop with Jo for the past three months, off and on, today was one of those days. Raph sighed and punched his card as he came in.

Leo had been at Fort Jackson for two days already, Leo had called last night and talked to them for over an hour before he had been forced off so someone else could have a turn.

"Mornin' Jo," Raph greeted as Jo came around the corner. She grunted a reply. When they were scheduled to open, it often ended up looking like a war zone or the guys would come in to find them shouting at the top of their lungs. This morning seemed to be no exception, things went smoothly for nearly a half-hour after they were both there, then fell apart.

"I tol' ya' at' put it ovah thare!" Jo snarled.

"Well it goes here," Raph snapped, pointing to the self where the object was supposed to go. It took ten seconds for Jo and Raph to end up all out screaming at each other, they couldn't even remember why they were arguing after a few minutes.

Then out of the blue Raph grabbed Jo and pulled her into a kiss. Jo froze and then raised a hand to hit him before wrapping her arms around his neck. They pulled apart after a minute and stared at each other like they had grown an extra head. The sound of the door opening and the guys coming in made them jump apart and scramble to different areas of the room.

The men looked around and eyed the area. It wasn't in a million pieces, everything was in its place and it was quiet. Alex stared at the two and looked back in forth in confusion.

"Um?" Alex managed.

"Wah ya' doin'? Geh ta' work!" Jo snapped. They all scrambled to their areas after punching in quickly. Raph glanced at Jo and then quickly moved over to a Ford to work on.

"I must've lost my mind," Raph snarled under his breath. Later at lunch break, Raph went in to talk to Jo.

"Um…Jo about earl-" Raph started. Jo whirled around and grabbed the front of his shirt.

"Yah eva try to kiss meh again with out meh sayin' its ok and I'll ram yah scrotum up so high you'll need a heart surgeon to get it out!" Jo snarled. Raph paled a little, then a slow smirk made its way across his face.

"Ya' liked it," Raph smirked. Jo glared at him and shoved him out of the office and closed the door. Raph turned and headed out the door, toward his Cobra.

"She liked it," He laughed softly.

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