She sighed, melancholy for a moment. Things had evened out and become natural for her here. The people around her knew what they were doing and worked well as a team so her job was easy. Sophia was doing well in school, despite the troubles she must be facing. It couldn't be easy not seeing her mom, but the young girl showed no signs of worry at all. She hadn't had to see the turtles since the night they gave Sophia the comics, luckily. She liked them well enough, but she didn't want to have to deal with them all the time. They should probably come with a giant label that said 'Drama' or something to that extent.

Her life currently left her feeling unchallenged. Things were going fine and it didn't really sit well with her somehow. She should have been pleased, living a less stressful life, right? Yet it felt like someone was smothering her. There wasn't anything to work hard for right now. She was set up, with everything falling into place, and it just felt wrong.

She wondered if she was getting a touch of depression. There was no reason not to be happy, but she just wasn't. Her phone rang in her pocket, startling her out of her daydream. She looked at it, a text from Bea. At first she worried over Sophia's safety then she opened the message. 'Another wonderful day with So-So winning 2nd place in the art show, she's so proud of her swans.' Another message pinged through. 'I told Becca, and Mikey wants to give her some more comics for the achievement, sorry.' Tabitha groaned. There went the peace she'd been feeling and any downhearted feelings with it.

She started to vamp up her mood. She'd need to be firing on all cylinders to deal with pushy Leo and ADHD positive Mikey. 'Grumpy' wasn't so bad as he sat and said little until he could pester Bea, and Donnie was even kind of nice. She recalled Leo trying to defy her parenting of Sophia. He'd apologized but it still stuck her as rude. It was her niece and her responsibility.

Again she back tracked in her own head, reminding herself that he probably never got to deal with children. It wasn't intentional.

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Leo had finally figured out a solution to Jordan's crying. Old 'Space Heroes' reruns. He'd been playing with him, trying to tire him out, when they had come on TV. As if a spell had been placed over the boy, his head turned to the TV as he lay on the couch, mesmerized. Leo raised his brow, looking between him and the TV. Once a commercial came on Jordan was right back to being fussy, but not crying. Leo cooed to him, something that had stopped seeming to be utterly ridiculous, and waited for the show to come back on.

Just like the first time, Jordan ignored him and watched the TV. "Hey Sara, come see this." He called to her. He showed her his findings and she groaned. "Watching TV is bad for the brain, we don't need him addicted to it before he is even a year old." Still she smiled as all of her children were quiet and happy for just a few minutes. Leo beemed inwardly with a bit of pride. His sister used to be able to smile at nearly anything, just like Becca. Seeing her soak up a moment where she wasn't stressed was nice.

"Hey, Leo." Mikey whispered and Leo looked over to his brother. "So-So got 2nd place in an art competition so I'm going over to Bea's tonight to give her some more comics, okay?" Leo could tell it wasn't really a question, but a statement that let Leo know this was something his little brother was going to do regardless.

That was how he ended up there in Bea's apartment. Sophia and Tabitha-Lynn had yet to appear. Becca and Bea talked back and forth about something at the pharmacy. Raph had opted to stay at home and help Donnie and Sara. Mikey was jittery, constantly reorganizing his comics for the little girl. When they finally arrived it was like a small explosion had gone off in the room. Mikey cheered, as did Bea and Becca. Leo tried to remain calm. There was so much energy around the room as Sophia ran to everyone, hugging and showing off her picture as she made her rounds.

He had thought that she would have stopped to talk to Mikey about the picture, get is opinion. He was the one here with gifts for her. So it surprised him when he was the one she went to last and immediately crawled into his lap and opened up the rolled piece of extra large construction paper. "See what I made? It's the skyline, on a smoggy day when the sun shines on it and makes it all orange. I used different rulers to make different sizes for the buildings. I even added the water, it's blue, like your mask. Do you like it?" Leo nodded, smiling down at her.

"It looks like you put a lot of effort into it, but I have a question." Leo spoke softly with a small. Sophia tilted her head. "Do you like it? Cause even if we all like it, it only matters if it makes you happy."

"I do like it, it was fun to draw and it was hard, but still fun." Sophia beamed, smiling down at her own picture. "I worked hard, but Naomi's looked even better."

"Psh," Leo smirked with a dismissive noise. "That just means you'll have to draw more so yours are even better. Don't forget though, we are all different people so some of us are better at different things than others. I can't draw nearly as good as you, or Mikey, but I'm really good at making sure my brothers don't get hurt."

Sophia nodded before hugging him. "Thank you," she whispered before jumping up, remembering her present from Mikey. Leo smiled after her before he noticed Tabitha's eyes on him. She didn't say anything, but gave him a thumbs up.

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A/N: Still here, still trying to figure this one out. Sorry it's short, but it's all I've got for now. Love you all.