April's heart was hammering in her chest, she felt so nervous, exactly how she felt when she was going on a first date, only this wasn't a date, this was a movie night with her best friend and his brothers who she was trying to make amends with. They'd also invited Casey and Karai along, to make it feel like a proper get together, she'd wanted to ask Raph if he wanted to invite Mona Lisa to join them but then it occurred to her that maybe they weren't even together anymore? She didn't want to bring up a sensitive subject and make things worse between her and the guys.

"Are you ready to go?" Karai asked as she knocked on the open door of April's bedroom door. "Are you wearing a dress?"

"Hm, oh yeah." April said, holding out her arms so Karai could see it all. It was a favourite of hers and due to its fabric, high neckline, knee length and long sleeves, she could wear it in colder weather. She also wore a plain pair of black leggings to keep her legs warm.

"A purple dress?"

April hadn't thought about the colour of the dress when she bought it, she just thought it looked nice and perfect as a winter dress. Now that she looked at it again it looked like an attempt at trying far too hard and maybe would give off the wrong signal to Donnie and the others.

"I...I should change." April said and went back to her wardrobe, finding a thick jumper and a pair of jeans, couldn't go wrong with that combo.

Karai said nothing as she stood and waited for April to get dressed, checking the time on her watch to make sure they weren't going to be super late.

"When did you get that watch?"

"Hm?"

"I've never seen it before," April said, picking up her bag and walking over to Karai to get a better look, "it's really nice."

"Leo got it for me," Karai said and felt an unfamiliar flush cover her face.

"Oh that was sweet of him."

"Yeah we were talking about watches...I don't even remember how we got onto that topic, fairly boring considering what we usually talk about...but I told him I've never had a watch and then when I next saw him, he gave me this."

"And how did you feel about that?"

"About receiving a gift? He's given me plenty of gifts before," Karai shrugged, pulling her arm away from April, "I appreciate all of them but they're not needed."

"But you let him buy you things because it makes him happy?"

"I've told him not to spend too much money on me...he's become quite the bargain hunter as a way to work around that rule...I also buy him things as well April, I'm not just using him."

"I wasn't saying that you were!"

"Okay...now, we should get going, we were meant to be at the lair for seven, we're already ten minutes late."

"You never cared about being late before." April said as they walked through the apartment to their door.

"Maybe it's the watch," Karai laughed.

"So, what are we watching?" Donnie asked as the gang settled in the pit.

"Well, there's the Train to Busan trilogy that I've been wanting to watch for a long time, I thought we could watch that…" April said as she held the box set in her hands.

"What's that about?" Raph asked.

"Is that the Korean zombie movie?" Mikey asked, excited and April laughed as she handed over the box to Mikey.

"Yes it is."

"And there's three of them?" Leo asked.

"There's the Train to Busan movie and then there is an animated prequel, Seoul Station and a sequel, Peninsula."

"A zombie movie is good with me." Karai said as she made herself comfortable on Leo's lap.

"Yeah me too...wait, is it dubbed? I hate dubbed stuff." Casey asked.

"No, it's got subtitles."

"Oh, good."

"So...is everyone okay with the movies?" April asked and got positive comments all around, so she put the movie in the player and took her seat between Casey and Donnie, where she felt most comfortable.

The snacks and cans of soda were passed around so everything had something to eat and drink during the movie with April and Donnie sharing a bowl of popcorn.

The film was interesting to everyone and even had the guys tearing up towards the end, April had buried her face in Donnie's bicep so that the others couldn't see the tears in her eyes. Casey got up to change the disc and put in the next movie, knowing that April needed some time to collect herself.

"You picked a good movie." Donnie whispered to her.

"Well, I know that anything gory goes down well with you guys...it was just a bonus it happened to be a movie I'd been wanting to see for a while."

"Maybe you should pick the movies for the next time we do this."

"I'd love to." April smiled before getting comfortable again as the second movie started playing.

They all agreed it wasn't as good as the first movie and there was some confusion over the timeline of the story, but all in all it was a good movie and they happily carried on with the third.

"I think I preferred that over the train one," Raph said when the credits began to roll.

"Kinda like fast and furious with zombies," Mikey chuckled.

"You picked some good movies tonight Red," Casey grinned as he took the disc out of the playing to put back in the box before passing it to April.

"Thanks."

"Maybe we should have another movie night soon, when everyone is free?" Donnie suggested and everyone vocalised their enthusiasm at having another movie night together.

"You got any other awesome movies at home?" Mikey asked April.

"Oh, I've got some I think you'd enjoy...does that mean I'm in charge of bringing the movie for next time?"

"Yup!" Mikey said and started collecting what was left of their snacks and drinks, taking them into the kitchen, probably to eat without the others seeing.

"Karai, do you…" April started to say but was cut off.

"I think I'll stay here for the night," Karai grinned, tugging at Leo's hand to pull him off the couch and towards his bedroom.

"Okay," April smiled, waving them off awkwaderly whilst Mikey and Raph groaned, "um, I'll see you guys soon," she said to the others still in the room.

"Do you want me to walk you out?" Donnie asked.

"That would be great Donnie."

They ignored the wolf whistle that came from behind them and walked out of the lair and through the sewers, talking about the movies they just watched as well as picking out possible movies for the next movie night.

"Thanks for walking me back here D, you didn't really need to come all the way," April said when they reached the closest sewer entrance to her apartment.

"I just wanted to make sure you got back here safe." April pushed herself up so that she could give Donnie a kiss on the cheek before she started to climb up the ladder.

Donnie waited until she had left the sewers before walking back to the lair, using the time by himself to think over the evening. It wasn't any surprise to him that April would choose the seat beside him or when she'd used his arm to cover her tears, it was things that he had experienced as they had been closer friends by the end of their teens.

He tried to not go down the path of maybe it meant something more, she was just being friendly, wanting them to be close again after drifting apart for so long. Donnie actually had some hope that things would were going to go back to how they used to be, like April had said but all it would take was another guy to come along and take April away again, he just knew it.

He didn't want to build his friendship back up with April knowing she would leave again soon, but at the same time he did and it was causing all sorts of confusing feelings inside him, it felt like he was that dorky teenager chasing after her all over again.

"That was very kind of ya' to walk your girlfriend home," Casey teased when Donnie walked through the turnstiles.

"Shut it Jones, what are you still doing here anyway, where are Raph and Mikey?"

"Raph left to go and see Mona Lisa, Mikey's gone to his room and I'm gonna crash here because my apartment's too far away."

"Whatever, just don't snore too loudly," Donnie said as he walked to his bedroom, deciding to go to bed early for once and try and shut his mind down of any thoughts of April.