Chapter 1. The Chat Room.

It was late at night and Donnie was on his 5th bullet proof coffee. He sat in front of his computer finishing off some little projects that were annoying him. Only then would he rest and go to bed.

He smiled to himself as he finished and saved the work for one of the projects. He then ticked it off a list that he'd written, next to his keyboard.

"Another one done!" he said as he then looked at the rest of the list. His smile soon faded as he saw how many more he had to complete.

"…great, at this rate I'll be done by early next year!"

He slumped back in his chair and spun from side to side. He pushed his glasses up on to his forehead and rubbed his eyes.

Suddenly a magazine dropped on his desk in front of him. He put his glasses back on his nose and looked at the article that the magazine was open on.

"What's this?" he said as he started to read.

"It's a new dating, I mean social chat group!" Mikey scooted up next to him and pointed at the site address, "…I thought that if we're not patrolling tonight then we could check this out!"

Donnie picked up the magazine and handed it back to his brother.

"I don't think so Mikey, I have tons to do, and I don't think a social media platform is a good idea."

Mikey took the magazine and looked at it deflated.

"Man! I'm bored Donnie!" he said dramatically, "…besides, you have been working on your shit for days now! When are we gonna hang out?"

Donnie gave a little grin as he started to type again.

"We can hang out when I'm finished, until then why don't you see if Raph is busy, he's bored too ya know."

Mikey sighed, "Yeah yeah, I'll go and see the crazy Tasmanian devil, see what kinda mood he's in, probably get my head torn off,"

Mikey tossed the magazine on to Donnie's side table and wandered off back into the lair.

Donnie sniggered to himself as he heard Mikey pout, he then continued to look at his list of stuff.

As he moved around he knocked the magazine off of the table and on to the floor. Donnie gave a frustrated sigh and bent down to pick it up. As he lifted it he had a little read of the article that Mikey had shown him.

'HOT big breasted beauties want to chat with you online! CUM and enjoy the fun! Busty blonds like to bounce on space hoppers, CUM see!'

Donnie shook his head with a grin; his little brother had definitely read the article!

As Donnie went to close the magazine he flicked through the pages and notice a page for older adults, an over thirties chat room. It didn't seem corny or racy, just a bunch of people fed up with kid chat and game players, it was for people who genuinely wanted to chat!

Donnie looked around to see if anyone was in the vicinity, he then bit his bottom lip as he looked at the blank web address bar on his computer screen.

He wasn't doing anything bad, surely, he was just gonna check it out, see what the convo's were like, if it wasn't to his taste he could come off it.

It was free, and he did need a break from what he was doing. So why not?

"Stuff it!" he shrugged as he quickly typed in the chat room address.

His screen became a wash of adverts and links to new pages, but then the chat room popped up. There were hundreds of members having discussions, even arguments! Donnie went straight to the filter and searched for his interests.

"Finally!" he said to himself as he found a small group of people that seemed to have similar interests.

A message bubble popped up requesting him to join so that he could continue to browse. He followed the process, making sure that his computer protection made it impossible to be traced.

That completed he got comfortable and started to read…and read…and read…and read…

This went on for about an hour.

Now lent with his cheek on his fist, his elbow supporting it, he was losing the will to live. His eyes were tired, and he was ready to call it a night.

Suddenly a little message bubble popped up again in the corner of his screen.

This was a person, someone wanting to chat to him.

He sat up straight, cautiously looking around to make sure he was alone.

He clicked on the message and the chat bubble opened. It revealed a cute picture of a tortoise with a lettuce leaf in its mouth. There was a female name next to it.

"Kari?" he said out loud, kind of liking how it sounded in his mouth. And she liked Turtles too judging by the picture, this looked promising!

He looked at the private message she'd sent him…

Kari: Hi there, I'm Kari. Sorry to bother you, I'm new to this, only been on here about a week. Anyway, I read your profile and you seem to be the only sane person here so I was wondering if you could help me with something, please?

Donnie smiled, at first glance she seemed nice and polite, so why not?

Donnie: Hey, nice to meet you! I'm Donnie. Sure, I'll help if I can.

Donnie waited and then saw the dots illuminate in the top right hand corner, this indicated that the other person was typing.

Kari: Thank you. Hopefully, it's something easy. I can see that you are a Tech guy and stuff so I was hoping that you could direct me, maybe, I hope I'm not being rude by asking you to do this when I don't know you lol. I'm using my mobile to message you; my laptop says it has a virus and I don't know how to clear it, any advice?

Donnie smiled. He cracked his knuckles then wiggled his fingers eagerly.

"Why of course little lady!" he said to himself as he began typing back.

Donnie: No problem! I can rectify this for you! I just need some details that will allow me access to the laptop, that way I will be able to get it back up and running and good as new!

Kari: Really? That's amazing! Thank you. Can I send you some money for doing this for me?

Donnie slowed his typing as he read the last message.

"Money?" he started typing quickly again as he received the details of the laptop from her.

Donnie: With all due respect, there's no need to give me money for this. It will be my pleasure. I actually love computers and everything Tech! so 'technically', you are paying me by letting me help you!

Suddenly the screen filled with popping love hearts.

Donnie paused for a second.

Donnie: Did you just send love hearts?

The screen filled again.

Kari: Yes, did you like them? Seen as you won't accept money, I am sending you my heart to say thank you! You have no idea how much trouble your getting me out of! All my work is on the laptop and I have a deadline. You are really saving my ass! If you were here you would be getting a huge kiss!

Donnie blushed, suddenly realizing that he was having a conversation with a woman. He knew that Kari was female, but he was so excited about fixing a laptop that her gender hadn't crossed his mind, until now!

Kari: Hey, Donnie, you there?

Donnie shook his head out of the little world he was lost in.

Donnie: Hi! Yes I am! Sorry, I was just finishing up on your laptop. I hope you don't mind but I've also updated your software and added some extra touches of my own to make it look and run better.

Kari: You're kidding?! That is so kind of you! I can't believe you've done it already! You're like, a genius! I wasn't expecting you to be so quick!

Donnie: Well, like you said, I'm a genius! 😊

Kari: Well, genius, I hope you're not as quick in other activities 😉

Donnie felt his face flush as he read her last message. Did she mean what he thought she meant or was it something else? Was she, flirting?

He rubbed his chin for a moment.

Donnie: I'm not so sure that I follow…

He waited for a reply.

Keri: I'm sorry, Maybe I was a little too forward there.

Donnie started to type back fast.

Donnie: So, you were being forward?

Kari: Yes. I hope I didn't freak you out.

Donnie: No! You'll have to excuse me; I'm still getting use to this chat room terminology…

Donnie smiled; she was flirting with him.

Donnie: …I just wanted to be sure. I'm a genius in most ways, but not all, lol.

Kari: Don't worry, what you lack in that area, I can make up for 😉

There it was again, the flirting.

Donnie felt himself get hot and there was a twinge in his pants.

He quickly started to type again, he didn't really know how to act or what to say back, he hadn't prepared for this.

Donnie: Well, I've done what you needed. The laptop should be working now. When you switch it on I will just need you to screen share with me so I can allow the new updates to load.

Kari: Ok. Starting the laptop now. Thanks again for this. I know you don't want to accept money, but could I at least treat you to a beer? A coffee even?

His eyes widened as he re-read the message. He felt a smile curl on his lips, did she just ask him out? He carried on trying to connect to her laptop while pondering her question. She seemed really nice, far be it a little forward but he liked that. Face to face though she might be different. You could be who you wanted behind a computer screen but in real life the truth comes out, he should know.

His computer indicated that her laptop was ready for him to screen share.

Donnie: Ok, click yes and accept me.

He furrowed his brow, did that sound kinky?

Kari: I'm sorry, I'm not so sure that I follow now, lol…

Yup, it sounded kinky.

Donnie: Sorry I meant…

The alert message box lit up on Donnie's computer to show that she had accepted his request to screen share.

Kari: It's ok, I got what you meant, lol.

Donnie gulped, what was she going to say to his next question?

Donnie: Will you allow me to take control, please?

Kari: If I didn't know what you were actually doing, this would be hella kinky!

Donnie let out a little laugh. She was right, it was, and he was well aware of it.

Donnie: Ok! All done! You can disconnect me when you're ready.

Kari: Thanks Donnie. I really appreciate it, and whenever you wanna go for a coffee, I'm available.

Donnie blushed again, glad that she couldn't see him.

Donnie: That's really nice of you but honestly, helping you was payment enough.

Kari: Well, how about we just meet up for coffee regardless of what you've done for me? This chat room is nice and all, but I'd love to meet you face to face, you up for that?

Donnie froze. What was he supposed to say?

He then realised that he was still connected to her computer. He could see what she was looking at, and who else she was talking to on the chat.

He noticed a conversation she was having with another girl, and they were talking about him.

Kari: I don't know Lucy; he doesn't seem interested. I keep lining them up and he just keeps knockin em down.

Lucy: To be fair, you have literally just met. The key to getting a guys attention is by leaving them with something they can remember you by!

Kari: Really? And this has worked for you when? Lucy, your single too!

Lucy: I'm gonna ignore that!

Donnie watched the chat; Kari really was trying to get his attention. This was weird.

Lucy: Look at his Bio again, he is into everything you are! Guys like this don't come around very often! And BTW, I'm a British single gal in the states, that in itself isn't easy, thank you very much!

Kari: Fuck off! Poor little English girl!

Lucy: Anyway… has he replied yet? He is single too, right?

Donnie suddenly realised that he hadn't written back. He started to type.

Kari: Oh, he's typing!

Lucy: Great! Ask him if he has any single friends!

Donnie: Hi, sorry, just got a drink!

Donnie hated lying but he just didn't know what to say.

Donnie: As much as I would love to meet up I can't, not at the moment…

He looked behind him and saw Leo walk through the lair to the kitchen, yawning away. Donnie turned and continued typing.

Donnie: …I have family commitments at the moment and I'm really busy…

He then saw Kari typing to Lucy.

Kari: Family commitments, that old chestnut! I'm done, he's soo not interested.

Lucy: Give him a chance, let him type!

Donnie started to panic, but why? He didn't know this girl, she didn't know him, why was this getting to him? Why did he feel the need and want to carry on this communication?

Donnie: …Until that's sorted, I would love to get to know you better, that way we will have loads to talk about when we do meet!

What the hell was he doing? He was giving her false hope. He couldn't meet her, could he? He was intrigued by her, fair enough she was the only girl he had spoken to other then April.

She seemed academically smart, even though there were no indications of her going to any big colleges or universities, not from what he could see anyway, and not that it bothered him. Donnie being Donnie, he had already done his background checks on her and her friend.

She did however challenge him in a different way. He had never had an interaction like this before, the whole flirting thing was new to him, but he was interested in it, he liked the butterfly feeling he was getting every time he saw her typing back.

He watched the screen as Kari copied and pasted his message to her chat with Lucy.

Lucy: Well, there you go! He's not brushing you off, and most guys don't do favors for nothing, he was happy to help you out and wasn't expecting anything from you.

Kari: That's true. So, shall I agree to this?

Lucy: What do you have to lose? If nothing comes of it at least you've made a new friend.

Donnie liked this Lucy girl; she was supportive and helped her friend see the good in people.

Lucy: So, have you asked him yet?

Donnie lifted a brow.

Kari: Asked him what?

Lucy: Kari! If he has any single friends!

Donnie smiled and began typing quickly again. "Ok Mikey, lets see how you handle this!"

Donnie: Hey, btw, I have a single younger brother who's looking to get to know people. Don't suppose you have any nice single friends, do you?

He watched as she typed back to Lucy.

Kari: OMG! He just asked me if I have any single friends for his brother!

Lucy: OMG, OMG sign me up! I volunteer as tribute!

Donnie laughed to himself, these two were funny!

Kari started to reply.

Kari: As a matter of fact, I do! She is British though, *sends an emoji rolling her eyes, apparently that's a turn off for American guys, so she thinks!

Donnie laughed again.

Donnie: I don't think that will be an issue! I will get him on the next chat if you like. Are you free tomorrow?

Kari quickly messaged Lucy again and Donnie watched with a smile.

Kari: He wants to know if we are free tomorrow? He'll have his brother with him!

Lucy: Holy shit! Definitely! Tell him yes!

Kari started to write back to him.

Kari: Yeah, that would be great! Would 3pm be good? Are we web cam-ing or just chatting?

"SHIT!" Donnie smacked his head! "…web cams! I forgot about the fuckin web cams!"

He started to type back as Mikey wandered back up to Donnie's tech room, he had a fruit box in one hand for Donnie while he drank from another.

"What's up bra?" he said as he watched Donnie panic type.

"Give me a sec, Mikey!"

Mikey looked at the screen and saw Donnie in a chat room.

"Aww cool! You decided to check it out!" he grinned, then noticed it wasn't the site he had suggested, "…wait, this isn't busty blondes!"

Donnie: I think just chat, and that isn't because we are catfishing or anything, it's just…

Donnie thought for a moment,

Donnie: …guys can be self-conscious too you know? It would be nice and less pressure if we could leave seeing each other for the time being. Maybe just get to know each other, without it being a factor, Just for a little while?

There was a pause. Kari didn't message Lucy or respond for what felt like an eternity!

Then he saw the message dots.

Kari: Ok, that's fine! But don't be expecting pictures of us or videos until you're ready to show yourselves! Deal?

Donnie smiled.

Donnie: Deal!

Kari: Ok, well, I'm gonna let Lucy, my friend, know what's happening and we shall speak tomorrow! I'm gonna need to get some sleep now. Oh, what's your brother's name?

Donnie: He's called Mikey.

Mikey squinted at the screen then looked at his brother.

"Wait, what?"

Kari: That's great! Looking forward to it! Good night Donnie

Donnie: Good night, Kari

Donnie signed off the chat even though he could still see the chat between Keri and Lucy. He turned and looked at Mikey.

"Dude, what was that about?"

Donnie smiled, "Well, we both have dates tomorrow, with two lovely ladies, one of them, Kari, was in the chat room I was in, her friend will be online tomorrow too and it's all thanks to you!"

"What? Are you screwin wi me bra?" said Mikey with the biggest smile.

"I kid you not my terrapin brother!"

Donnie made the chat screen bigger so Mike could see.

Mikey moved closer to read it as Donnie got up from his chair and stretched a little.

Mikey chuckled, "Bra, she was totally flirting with you there!"

Donnie shook his head, even Mikey got that!

"Ooo, good job you said what you did about the web cams bud! We cant let them see us!"

Donnie's eyes widened again!

"WEB CAMS!" he spat as he jumped back into his seat, almost knocking Mikey flying!

"Why didn't I think about this before?" he said as he typed some stuff into his computer, "…I still have access to Kari's laptop and her web cam, I should be able to access it and see her and Lucy!"

He carried on typing but then stopped as quick as he started, hovering a big green finger over the button he had to press to see the two girls.

"Wait," he said, "…this is an invasion of privacy, this isn't right. I haven't asked permission, plus its not fair for us to see them, and them not to see us."

Suddenly his finger was pushed down by Mikey.

"Screw that!" he said as he pushed Donnie's chair to the side to accommodate him as well as his brother.

The screen opened another page and showed Kari on the screen still typing away and smiling.

Donnie sat with his mouth open looking at the beauty on his monitor. She had dark hair that was just to her shoulder, she was wearing glasses and had a little piercing in her nose. Her eyes were a lovely golden brown. From what they could see she was wearing a black vest top with a flower kimono that was hung off her shoulder, she also had on a headset so she could chat!

"Dude?" Mikey said quietly, "…who's that?"

"That's Kari, she's the one I've been chatting with tonight."

"She's gorgeous!" said Mike, quietly again, "…she's got a mic on, who is she talking to?"

Donnie shook himself and looked at the details on his screen

"That would be Lucy, her friend, the one I've set you up with,"

He pressed a few more buttons and another page popped up. There was no face however, just an ass in grey jeans bouncing around on the screen!

"Woah!" said Mikey with a cheer, "…I like her already! Is there sound?"

Donnie hit more buttons, then they could finally hear what the girls were saying.

Lucy: …so I said, 'kiss my ass, you little shit!' he then went crying off to mummy!

Lucy turned around and sat back down on her chair and looked back into the camera.

Kari: Well, 4 year old's tend to do that when you scream at them Lucy.

Mikey's eyes widened as he looked at the red head on the screen, he slumped back on the spare chair next to Donnie and let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"Donnie? Well done bra, well done!"

Donnie looked at his brother and the two knuckled, both grinning like Cheshire cats.

Lucy had shorter hair, blonde on the front then red at the back, it was crimped and volumized, she had blue eyes with cat eye glasses perched on top of her head, she also had a lit headset, kind of like a gamer girl. There were strip lights in the background giving off a cyberpunk vibe, and Mikey was absolutely sprung! She was wearing a black Gorillaz T-shirt that hung off her shoulder, and she had stars tattooed on her wrist. The guys had also seen that she was wearing grey jeans!

Lucy: Ok, so lets get back to business, shall we? The guy, this, Donnie? do u think he's your type?

Donnie's eyes widened as Mikey started to get giddy, play punching his brother in the process.

Kari: I would say a possible 9 outta 10!

Lucy: 9 outta 10? Is this because you haven't seen him yet?

Kari: Yes and no. Yes because we all like to see who we are talking to, there has to be some kind of attraction there, there's gotta be something to spark the fuse…

Lucy: … and a big stick to make it go boom! Right?

Lucy laughed as she laid back in her chair and spun.

Kari: Right? And then there's the no. Part of me isn't bothered. The mystery is a turn on, it kinda gets me, god! I don't know…

Lucy: Wetter than an otters pocket?

Mikey burst out laughing, "Dude! This girl is funny! She talks weird but she's awesome!"

"She's British Mike," said Donnie as he watched Mike suck on the straw of the empty juice box, making a slurping noise, trying to get the last dregs of the contents.

"Donnie!" snapped Mike, "…don't be so insensitive, I wouldn't say that about your girlfriend!"

Donnie rolled his eyes and shook his head trying not to laugh at his little brother.

"…besides, isn't there a cure for that now?"

Kari checked her watch, and let out a sigh, still giggling at Lucy's last joke.

Kari: Right girl, I'm gonna hit the sack, get some sleep, and prepare for the online date we have tomorrow!

Lucy: Yeah, me to, I gotta go apologize to that kids parents in the morning, that'll be fun!

She pulled a face into the camera.

Kari laughed and blew her a kiss.

Lucy: Night babe!

Kari: Night!

Both the girls signed off and Donnie quickly disconnected himself from Kari's server, making sure that she didn't see that he still had access to her laptop.

Donnie and Mike looked at each other and smirked.

Mikey grinned and held out his knuckles

"Dude, until tomorrow!"

Donnie tapped his knuckles to Mike's.

"Until tomorrow brother!"

They did a funny little hand shake before they both got up and made their way proudly to their beds.