And here it is. The last of my story. Thanks again to those of you
who have been reviewing. Arietti I'm glad you loved your bit in the
story.here's a bit more! I've got the power!!!! Lol, sorry, watching Bruce
Almighty commercial. Disclaimer is kind of like this; I only own Summer,
Amy, Cat, Charity and Hope. The TMNT...no owning on my part!
One Big Happy Family
*~*~*~* Four Months Later *~*~*~*
Delighted baby laughter filled the large, tastefully decorated flat, accompanying the peaceful drumming of rain against the windows. Seated sideways on a large tan and blue upholstered couch and smiling down at the baby laying on a brightly pattered light green and pink blanket in front of him, Raphael glanced up, briefly scanning the spacious room. On the opposite end of the couch sat Leonardo, his arm wrapped around the shoulders of his girlfriend Amy. They were talking quietly every once and a while looking up at the TV. On an identical couch across from them were Michelangelo and his girlfriend Catey. Mikey was leaning on the arm of the couch and facing the TV while the platinum blond Cat was laying between his legs, reclining comfortably against his chest, her head resting on his shoulder. She tilted her head back, whispering something that made Mikey smile and tighten his arm around her waist.
"Donny, sweetie...can I try something?"
Raph turned his gaze to the dinning room table where Donatello sat, his girlfriend Charity perched on his lap, typing something into his laptop. Man, even Donny had a woman now. After meeting her in the hospital the night Hope was born, Charity had given Donny her number and told him to call her. He'd wasted no time, calling her the very next day and the two had talked several times over the week. Donny had learned that she had already received her degree in nursing and was now in her final year of college to receive her masters in computer science. From that moment on he was in love with her and immediately went about convincing his brothers that she should be allowed in the lair. Of course with Summer helping him they couldn't possibly say no. When she had come, meeting Leo, Mikey and Splinter for the first time it was obvious to everyone around them that Charity full heartedly returned Donny's feelings. They had been going out ever since.
It was amazing really, almost unbelievable. Years ago the turtles wouldn't have even bothered thinking about relationships, especially romantic ones. They never thought it could happen to them. And yet...here they were, each of them lucky enough to have found sweet caring women that loved them with all of their hearts. Raph, in his opinion, had to be the luckiest .
He looked down at Hope, his daughter, the second most beautiful thing that had come into his life and his heart caught. He had never seen anything so tiny and so perfect. Even her three over protective uncles and the grandfather who spoiled her rotten couldn't get enough of her.
Raph tickled her neck just below her cheek and she giggles, scrunching up her pert nose. "Damn Hope," he murmured affectionately, "you're too cute for your own good." She gave him a smile that said, "I know that dad," and he laughed. Casting a quick glance in the direction of the kitchen he quickly found Summer digging through her dark wood cupboards. He could hear her muttering something under her breath and knew it couldn't be good. She had just got back from work not even an hour ago and looked exhausted but she had still insisted on cooking for all of them. From the looks of it she didn't look like she was finding anything she wanted.
"Come on kiddo," he said, picking up hope and cradling her gently in his arms, "let's go see mom."
"While you're out have Hope tell mom that Uncle Mikey's hungry for pizza."
"You're always hungry for pizza honey," Cat said, stretching against him.
Mikey shrugged. "I just don't think she should have to cook for all of us. She looks totally out of it."
"Don't worry Mikey. We'll see how persuasive we can be," Raph said, walking into the kitchen and quietly sneaking up behind Summer. "Hey beautiful," he said softly, leaning down to nuzzle her neck.
Summer turned to face him, giving him a dazzling but tired smile. "Hi honey. I see you've brought me a present."
"Yeah. She missed you today. She also wants you to know that Uncle Mikey wants Pizza."
Summer shook her head. Taking Hope, she held her up, rubbing her nose against Hope's tiny one. "Uncle Mikey always wants pizza, doesn't he baby?" Hope's only replay was a thrilled giggle.
Waiting until Summer had Hope settled on her hip, Raph slid his arm around her waist and pulled her close. "Hun, you've had a long day at work and you look tired as hell. Let's just order pizza, okay?" She hesitated and he started to rub the tense muscles in her mid-back, knowing she would cave the second she started to feel relaxed. "Come on Summer, you know you don't even feel like cooking tonight anyway."
"I know," she murmured as she rested her head on his shoulder and released a weary sigh. "Okay, fine. Pizza it is."
"I'll have Mikey order. You go change, okay?"
Summer wrapped her free arm around Raph's neck and smiled up at him through her thick lashes. "What's wrong with what I have on now?" she teased, pleasure flooding through her as she watched hunger blaze to life in the ebony depths of his eyes. She was still wearing her clothes from work which consisted of a short black skirt, slit up the side and a tight deep green top that clung to her voluptuous figure and had a plunging scooped neckline.
"Nothing at all," Raph answered, leaning closer to her. He glanced down at Hope who was, as usual, watching them curiously. "I'm gonna kiss your mom now."
Summer laughed softly. "Look away sweetie!" She murmured a second before his lips came down to claim hers. She opened immediately, deepening the kiss as his arms tightened around her.
"Geez you guys! Get a room!" Mikey yelled from the living room.
The two broke apart slowly and Summer smiled up at Raph, brushing her fingers lovingly against his cheek. "Someone should remind him that this is my place."
Raph chuckled, and then gave her a quick hug. "Go change," he demanded softly.
"Yes sir." Moving around him, she led the way out of the kitchen, stopping abruptly when six pairs of eyes turned to her expectantly. She sighed, knowing exactly what they wanted to hear. "Yes you can order pizza."
With an excited whoop, Cat sprang off the couch and ran to get the cordless phone.
"But Mikey has to do it!" Summer added, turning to go upstairs with Hope. "I want to hear him verbally terrorized the poor guy taking the order."
Coming back with the phone, Cat vaulted over the back of the couch and toppled into Mikey's lap. "Here ya go hun," she chirped, smiling up at him as she handed him the phone.
Mikey took it, frowning slightly. "I don't really terrorize the guy, do I?
"YES!" everyone replied in unison.
Several minutes later, after the pizza had been ordered, Summer came back downstairs wearing flannel shorts with a plain white shirt and carrying little Hope, safely tucked in her baby blanket. She sat next to Cat on the couch. "Where are the guys?"
Cat motioned to the kitchen where the guys were standing, talking quietly. She leaned over, offering her finger to Hope and smiling when the baby clutched it in one of her tiny fists. "In the kitchen, not sure what they're up to."
Amy and Charity came over to join them, Amy sitting beside cat and Charity taking the empty spot next to Summer. "Gosh, she sure is somethin'," Cat murmured. "I'm kinda hopping she'll get her mom's looks and her dad's attitude."
"Great, that's what I need," Summer drawled, "never ending phone calls from school telling me to come pick my daughter up because she tried to kick someone's ass for looking at her funny."
The other women laughed at that, then fell silent, content to stare down at the tiny bundle of perfection in Summer's arms.
"You know, I never thought I would fall so hard..and so fast," Charity mused softly, "and I never saw myself falling for..a turtle. But every time I look at Donny I just fall further in love with him."
Cat smiled up at the older woman. "None of us saw it comin' honey. But I'll tell you what..I wouldn't change a single thing. I've never been in love like this before. I can't even picture what my life would be like without Mikey."
"I know what you mean," Amy said softly, a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "Now I get why you wanted to come back so badly Summer."
Summer smiled as she looked down at her daughter. "I don't think I could have kept going without him Ames," she whispered, her voice catching slightly as she painfully remembered how hard it had been to live each day without Raph.
"I know hun." Amy reached over and took Summer's hand. "But you don't have to worry about not being with him anymore."
"None of us do," Cat added.
The four women shared a smile, lapsing into silence once more as they enjoyed the feeling of being truly loved.
"You know, part of me can't believe this is happening."
"That part of you needs to shut up Leo," Raph joked.
Leo shook his head. "I'm serious guys. I mean...look at them."
The four brothers turned to look out into the living room where their girlfriends sat crowded around Hope.
"Four beautiful women...and they're all ours," the blue masked brother said, a subtle note of awe in his voice.
"Don't forget Hope dude," Mikey said, nudging Leo lightly with his elbow but never taking his eyes off Cat.
They watched the women for a while before Donny slung and arm over his little brothers shoulders. "So whadya say Mikey? Cowabunga?"
Mikey smiled, appearing to think it over and then nodded. "Cowabunga."
Raph and Leo rolled their eyes. Some people never grew up.
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Yes I know the ending was sappy but I couldn't resist!!!
One Big Happy Family
*~*~*~* Four Months Later *~*~*~*
Delighted baby laughter filled the large, tastefully decorated flat, accompanying the peaceful drumming of rain against the windows. Seated sideways on a large tan and blue upholstered couch and smiling down at the baby laying on a brightly pattered light green and pink blanket in front of him, Raphael glanced up, briefly scanning the spacious room. On the opposite end of the couch sat Leonardo, his arm wrapped around the shoulders of his girlfriend Amy. They were talking quietly every once and a while looking up at the TV. On an identical couch across from them were Michelangelo and his girlfriend Catey. Mikey was leaning on the arm of the couch and facing the TV while the platinum blond Cat was laying between his legs, reclining comfortably against his chest, her head resting on his shoulder. She tilted her head back, whispering something that made Mikey smile and tighten his arm around her waist.
"Donny, sweetie...can I try something?"
Raph turned his gaze to the dinning room table where Donatello sat, his girlfriend Charity perched on his lap, typing something into his laptop. Man, even Donny had a woman now. After meeting her in the hospital the night Hope was born, Charity had given Donny her number and told him to call her. He'd wasted no time, calling her the very next day and the two had talked several times over the week. Donny had learned that she had already received her degree in nursing and was now in her final year of college to receive her masters in computer science. From that moment on he was in love with her and immediately went about convincing his brothers that she should be allowed in the lair. Of course with Summer helping him they couldn't possibly say no. When she had come, meeting Leo, Mikey and Splinter for the first time it was obvious to everyone around them that Charity full heartedly returned Donny's feelings. They had been going out ever since.
It was amazing really, almost unbelievable. Years ago the turtles wouldn't have even bothered thinking about relationships, especially romantic ones. They never thought it could happen to them. And yet...here they were, each of them lucky enough to have found sweet caring women that loved them with all of their hearts. Raph, in his opinion, had to be the luckiest .
He looked down at Hope, his daughter, the second most beautiful thing that had come into his life and his heart caught. He had never seen anything so tiny and so perfect. Even her three over protective uncles and the grandfather who spoiled her rotten couldn't get enough of her.
Raph tickled her neck just below her cheek and she giggles, scrunching up her pert nose. "Damn Hope," he murmured affectionately, "you're too cute for your own good." She gave him a smile that said, "I know that dad," and he laughed. Casting a quick glance in the direction of the kitchen he quickly found Summer digging through her dark wood cupboards. He could hear her muttering something under her breath and knew it couldn't be good. She had just got back from work not even an hour ago and looked exhausted but she had still insisted on cooking for all of them. From the looks of it she didn't look like she was finding anything she wanted.
"Come on kiddo," he said, picking up hope and cradling her gently in his arms, "let's go see mom."
"While you're out have Hope tell mom that Uncle Mikey's hungry for pizza."
"You're always hungry for pizza honey," Cat said, stretching against him.
Mikey shrugged. "I just don't think she should have to cook for all of us. She looks totally out of it."
"Don't worry Mikey. We'll see how persuasive we can be," Raph said, walking into the kitchen and quietly sneaking up behind Summer. "Hey beautiful," he said softly, leaning down to nuzzle her neck.
Summer turned to face him, giving him a dazzling but tired smile. "Hi honey. I see you've brought me a present."
"Yeah. She missed you today. She also wants you to know that Uncle Mikey wants Pizza."
Summer shook her head. Taking Hope, she held her up, rubbing her nose against Hope's tiny one. "Uncle Mikey always wants pizza, doesn't he baby?" Hope's only replay was a thrilled giggle.
Waiting until Summer had Hope settled on her hip, Raph slid his arm around her waist and pulled her close. "Hun, you've had a long day at work and you look tired as hell. Let's just order pizza, okay?" She hesitated and he started to rub the tense muscles in her mid-back, knowing she would cave the second she started to feel relaxed. "Come on Summer, you know you don't even feel like cooking tonight anyway."
"I know," she murmured as she rested her head on his shoulder and released a weary sigh. "Okay, fine. Pizza it is."
"I'll have Mikey order. You go change, okay?"
Summer wrapped her free arm around Raph's neck and smiled up at him through her thick lashes. "What's wrong with what I have on now?" she teased, pleasure flooding through her as she watched hunger blaze to life in the ebony depths of his eyes. She was still wearing her clothes from work which consisted of a short black skirt, slit up the side and a tight deep green top that clung to her voluptuous figure and had a plunging scooped neckline.
"Nothing at all," Raph answered, leaning closer to her. He glanced down at Hope who was, as usual, watching them curiously. "I'm gonna kiss your mom now."
Summer laughed softly. "Look away sweetie!" She murmured a second before his lips came down to claim hers. She opened immediately, deepening the kiss as his arms tightened around her.
"Geez you guys! Get a room!" Mikey yelled from the living room.
The two broke apart slowly and Summer smiled up at Raph, brushing her fingers lovingly against his cheek. "Someone should remind him that this is my place."
Raph chuckled, and then gave her a quick hug. "Go change," he demanded softly.
"Yes sir." Moving around him, she led the way out of the kitchen, stopping abruptly when six pairs of eyes turned to her expectantly. She sighed, knowing exactly what they wanted to hear. "Yes you can order pizza."
With an excited whoop, Cat sprang off the couch and ran to get the cordless phone.
"But Mikey has to do it!" Summer added, turning to go upstairs with Hope. "I want to hear him verbally terrorized the poor guy taking the order."
Coming back with the phone, Cat vaulted over the back of the couch and toppled into Mikey's lap. "Here ya go hun," she chirped, smiling up at him as she handed him the phone.
Mikey took it, frowning slightly. "I don't really terrorize the guy, do I?
"YES!" everyone replied in unison.
Several minutes later, after the pizza had been ordered, Summer came back downstairs wearing flannel shorts with a plain white shirt and carrying little Hope, safely tucked in her baby blanket. She sat next to Cat on the couch. "Where are the guys?"
Cat motioned to the kitchen where the guys were standing, talking quietly. She leaned over, offering her finger to Hope and smiling when the baby clutched it in one of her tiny fists. "In the kitchen, not sure what they're up to."
Amy and Charity came over to join them, Amy sitting beside cat and Charity taking the empty spot next to Summer. "Gosh, she sure is somethin'," Cat murmured. "I'm kinda hopping she'll get her mom's looks and her dad's attitude."
"Great, that's what I need," Summer drawled, "never ending phone calls from school telling me to come pick my daughter up because she tried to kick someone's ass for looking at her funny."
The other women laughed at that, then fell silent, content to stare down at the tiny bundle of perfection in Summer's arms.
"You know, I never thought I would fall so hard..and so fast," Charity mused softly, "and I never saw myself falling for..a turtle. But every time I look at Donny I just fall further in love with him."
Cat smiled up at the older woman. "None of us saw it comin' honey. But I'll tell you what..I wouldn't change a single thing. I've never been in love like this before. I can't even picture what my life would be like without Mikey."
"I know what you mean," Amy said softly, a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "Now I get why you wanted to come back so badly Summer."
Summer smiled as she looked down at her daughter. "I don't think I could have kept going without him Ames," she whispered, her voice catching slightly as she painfully remembered how hard it had been to live each day without Raph.
"I know hun." Amy reached over and took Summer's hand. "But you don't have to worry about not being with him anymore."
"None of us do," Cat added.
The four women shared a smile, lapsing into silence once more as they enjoyed the feeling of being truly loved.
"You know, part of me can't believe this is happening."
"That part of you needs to shut up Leo," Raph joked.
Leo shook his head. "I'm serious guys. I mean...look at them."
The four brothers turned to look out into the living room where their girlfriends sat crowded around Hope.
"Four beautiful women...and they're all ours," the blue masked brother said, a subtle note of awe in his voice.
"Don't forget Hope dude," Mikey said, nudging Leo lightly with his elbow but never taking his eyes off Cat.
They watched the women for a while before Donny slung and arm over his little brothers shoulders. "So whadya say Mikey? Cowabunga?"
Mikey smiled, appearing to think it over and then nodded. "Cowabunga."
Raph and Leo rolled their eyes. Some people never grew up.
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Yes I know the ending was sappy but I couldn't resist!!!