Kelen hurriedly ran to the phone. Lauren smiled widely and followed close at her heels. Kelen missed the kitchen and had to turn back around, crashing head on into Lauren. "Ow!" they said in unison. Then they both laughed uncontrollably.

"Hey," Lauren said between laughs, "If I ever call basketball stupid again, hit me."

Kelen continued to laugh and nodded. She hadn't been this happy in a long time. She walked over to a chair in the kitchen, almost falling over her own feet, and picked up the phone. She took a couple deep breaths and Lauren sat down beside her as she dialed a phone number.

In the turtle's lair, the phone rang. Raph happened to be walking by it and picked it up before it finished the first ring.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Hey!" came a peppy voice from the other end of the phone.

"Hey Kel! What's up?"

He heard her laughing. "Guess what?"

He smiled, he loved her laugh. "What?" he asked.

"I have a championship basketball game next week!"

He laughed a little too, he didn't get why she was so happy. "That's great."

"No it isn't! That isn't the great part! Guess where it is?"

His heart jumped into his throat. "Where?" he asked hopefully.

"Manhattan!" she screamed.





*This is not the end! More chapters will follow shortly!