Radical Transformation
(What makes you think Prida hasn't put clues together (sly grin))
Saturday. Their second weekend since they started school, which seemed quite far back. It seemed they had been at school a lot longer than two weeks.
After they had arrived home last night, the fours bros said nothing at all to anyone, but kept very quiet and to themselves. Splinter had been meditating all day and had not come out, so the guys did not have to avoid his eyes, as they were sure he would have been able to tell something was wrong. April noticed they seemed quiet, and asked what was wrong. They all told the same lie that they felt ill, must have been something floating around school. She didn't ask again, but insisted that they went to bed earlier. No one argued, and they had all retreated upstairs to the room. Donnie said he wanted some company, and that he didn't feel like sleeping on the couch yet, so he followed them. They discussed, very quietly, what they should do about Tooks. Leo suggested that they should just keep away from him, and told Raph not to get too friendly with Prida anymore, as she seemed to be the reason Tooks was so jealous and resentful of them all. Raph had said nothing, but moved over to his own little corner to think. Then Leo had told Donnie and Mikey that they shouldn't get too chatty with her, because if Tooks saw her with them more and more Leo was positive the jealous git would tell his dad or something nasty. Donnie had suggested that if they hung around with, maybe, some other people - shyly naming girls - Prida would get slightly hurt or jealous and leave them to it. No one liked this idea, but Leo said it might do, though he didn't tell them to act it out. Even he seemed guilty about all this talking of getting Prida to dislike them. Raph sat in the corner, face hidden and frowning sometimes when Donnie said things like 'she hopefully wont like us then' or things like that. They admitted it was cruel, but they wouldn't be staying much longer so it didn't matter. Leo had said he felt this man was going to turn up soon, and after that, they had all gone downstairs, sneaking past April to the door, leaving a note saying they needed fresh air and to patrol at the same time. They had found nothing, and encountered nobody. It had been a boring night and most of the time Mikey had been arguing with Leo about how hard it would be to push Prida away, then admitted quietly that he had grown to attached to her and he wouldn't be able to. He knew when they went back to school the following Monday he would be happy and jolly with her again, and he felt the saddest thing was, that Prida would never know where they would disappear to when they leave . . . and if they did fall out with her, she would be heartbroken, and even more so when they leave. His brothers had said nothing, and they had gone home straight after that to bed, where each of them stayed up late into the night thinking about everything. In the end Mikey told himself he couldn't push Prida away, and that he would be friends with her until they left. He didn't care what Tooks or Leo said, he was her friend, and friends don't do things like that. Satisfied, Mikey had fallen asleep, and this morning, had been the only one smiling and happy.
"Hey guys," April said, smiling. But it faded slightly at the sight of three of them. "Whoa, why the long faces? Still feeling bad?"
"No, I'm just hungry," Mikey smiled, glancing at his brothers, who looked at him, amazed he could still be happy after what they were saying last night.
April smiled. "Nothing new." She turned and grabbed her coat while slipping her shoes on. "Guys, I'm gunna be out for a while today, so get what you want to eat, and don't go anywhere because I'm worried about Donnie's side."
"I'll be fine," Donnie said.
"Where are you going?" Mikey asked from the kitchen, pulling out four bowls and reaching towards the cereal cupboard.
"Oh, erm . . . just - just a day out."
Mikey frowned, smiling at her. "With who?"
April busied herself with her coat. "Casey." She looked up at their smiling faces. "He's just taking me out for the day, nothing wrong with that - I expect one of yous has a date or something!"
"Yeah, I'm going out with the most popular girl in the school," Mikey said, grinning to show he was joking.
April quickly opened the door. "Right, I'll see you guys later, 'kay? Bye!" She disappeared, shutting the door quickly.
"Those two are getting really close," Donnie said, smiling. He walked in and helped Mikey with the breakfast. "Next she'll come home with an engagement ring."
Mikey laughed, and pulled out four spoons. He put two on the counter, and flicked the other two to his brothers, who caught them expertly.
They all made themselves comfortable on the couch and armchair, and sat down to watch the news, munching on their food. There wasn't much on.
"This is boring," Mikey moaned. "Let's go see another movie."
"There's nothing on," Leo said, flicking through the newspaper and sighing.
"Well then let's go uptown or something! Anything's better than sitting here doing nothing."
After a few more minutes of moaning, Leo finally agreed to go out and see Men In Black 2 again, only to shut Mikey up. But he told his brother that they didn't have any money so to be enormous amounts of food, so they brought a few things from home, which they stuffed in a different backpack from last week. Some people at the cinema looked at it, because of its bulge (Mikey had stuffed too much in, despite Leo telling him not to).
When they were sat down, Mikey sighed with content and started on his food, even though the movie hadn't started yet.
"I bet this movie'll go real quick," Mikey said. "I bet this weekend will go quick as well, and the week after, 'till Friday."
Leo frowned. "Why will it go quick?"
Mikey grinned. "The disco, remember?"
And indeed the movie did go quickly. It seemed only half an hour later they were walking out of the movie and walking home, all the food eaten, except for Donnie who was still crunching on a small chocolate snack bar. Leo had hardly got any of the food, and Raph hadn't eaten anything.
It seemed Mikey's excitement about the disco speed up time, working for him, just as his wish had. A few hours later it was getting dark, and in no time it was late at night and they left the house to patrol. April hadn't got back, and Splinter had been meditating in his armchair when they had got in. He seemed to be concentrating very hard on something while he meditated, and his sons did not want to bother him to ask what about. Instead they left a note, and walked out the building into the cool air.
They started about thirteen streets away from April's, and had encountered a few punk kids, who only shouted a few nasty words in their direction before disappearing again before Raph, who was going for the, could reach them.
"Man, I need to punch somebody," Raph muttered. Mikey eyed him and moved away. His brother had been unusually quiet today, but it didn't take a brain to know why. Mikey knew Raph was still sore about what they were saying last night, and about Tooks still. Mikey hadn't known a guy like that before. Who could be so jealous about a girl that they blackmailed? Some guys could be idiots, and it just showed how humans treat each other.
The night drew on, and nothing came up. No word about this man, no sighting of his pocket-covered coat. All that happened was the temperature dropped, and soon they were forced to return home, because they didn't have coats. They knew April had let them use a denim jacket she had, but none of them took it because the others wouldn't have had one then. So they went home, back to April's. Before they went in the building, Leo glanced at the long ladder that they always used to climb around one side of the building. He sighed; it had been a long while since they had used it. Taking his eyes away, Leo followed his brothers inside, where they all collapsed on the couch, slightly squished. Splinter had moved from his armchair, and was obviously in his room. From the smell he had made himself a cuppa and had only just retreated. A few minutes after the guys had come in and got comfortable on the couch, April opened her door and came in, holding a hand, which belonged to Casey.
"Yo guys," Casey grinned, nodding to the four, utterly bored brothers all sat together on the couch.
"Have a good time?" Mikey asked, rather drearily.
"Yes," April smiled happily. "Casey's staying for a bit." She let go of his hand and went into the kitchen where she started to make two cups of chocolate, asking the guys if they wanted some. Mikey was the only one who said yes.
"How's this school thing going then?" Casey asked, sitting down in the armchair.
"Boring," Mikey answered dully.
"Man, you guys look bored to tears," Casey said, looking at them. Mikey was leaning on the couch arm, head on one hand, the other on his leg holding the TV remote; Donnie was next to him, leaning on him with his head in his hands; Leo was leaning on his knees, head in both hands; and Raph was leant back into the chair, fist closed and his cheek leaning on it, making his face look funny. They were all staring at the TV. No one said anything to him.
"Their just bore," April said as she came through handing Casey his chocolate and the Mikey his. She went back for hers.
"No butts to kick on patrol," Raph said tiredly. Sounded like he was dropping off the sleep. Donnie already had.
"Aw man, now there's serious news," Casey said as April seated herself on the arm of his chair with her mug cupped in her hands.
The guys were happy to see Casey, as they hadn't seen him in a while, and he sort of reminded them of the old times. But As Donnie had dropped off, with Raph not far behind, and Leo and Mikey bored, they soon went to bed, leaving Donnie on the couch again. Casey said goodbye as they disappeared up the stairs, and it was two hours later before the noise of the TV couldn't be heard upstairs, and the door shutting; Casey had gone home and April was settling down for the night. It was half an hour later when everyone in the apartment was finally asleep.
()()()()
Now it was Sunday. Mikey seemed to be right about the weekend whizzing by. Saturday had disappeared quickly, and when he awoke this morning, he knew this day would too.
The three bros in the room upstairs all woke up pretty much at the same time. Down stairs Donnie had woken up as well, and was joined by his three brothers a few minutes later. Splinter also joined them, greeting them and making his usual morning tea. April was obviously going to sleep in, because they hadn't heard her moving.
"Morning Master Splinter," the guys chorused, and seated themselves on the couch again.
Splinter came out from the kitchen and told his sons that he wanted them to spend this day in a quiet meditation session.
At last! Leo smiled, and joined his brothers, cross-legged on the floor.
They did spend most of their Sunday meditating, and through it Leo was sure his feelings were telling him that this man they were searching for would find them - or they him - in short time. Very short time . . . and at a certain time . . . concentrating harder, Leo was able to understand his feelings enough to know that it would be at least a week . . . after an exciting event that would take place . . .
Okay, im shortening this one down. Sorry, I realised my chapter were quite long. Anyway . . . I didn't want too much detail on the weekend... the disco is getting nearer! Lol, thanks for the reviews, thank you sooo much, hehe. SFAM.
(What makes you think Prida hasn't put clues together (sly grin))
Saturday. Their second weekend since they started school, which seemed quite far back. It seemed they had been at school a lot longer than two weeks.
After they had arrived home last night, the fours bros said nothing at all to anyone, but kept very quiet and to themselves. Splinter had been meditating all day and had not come out, so the guys did not have to avoid his eyes, as they were sure he would have been able to tell something was wrong. April noticed they seemed quiet, and asked what was wrong. They all told the same lie that they felt ill, must have been something floating around school. She didn't ask again, but insisted that they went to bed earlier. No one argued, and they had all retreated upstairs to the room. Donnie said he wanted some company, and that he didn't feel like sleeping on the couch yet, so he followed them. They discussed, very quietly, what they should do about Tooks. Leo suggested that they should just keep away from him, and told Raph not to get too friendly with Prida anymore, as she seemed to be the reason Tooks was so jealous and resentful of them all. Raph had said nothing, but moved over to his own little corner to think. Then Leo had told Donnie and Mikey that they shouldn't get too chatty with her, because if Tooks saw her with them more and more Leo was positive the jealous git would tell his dad or something nasty. Donnie had suggested that if they hung around with, maybe, some other people - shyly naming girls - Prida would get slightly hurt or jealous and leave them to it. No one liked this idea, but Leo said it might do, though he didn't tell them to act it out. Even he seemed guilty about all this talking of getting Prida to dislike them. Raph sat in the corner, face hidden and frowning sometimes when Donnie said things like 'she hopefully wont like us then' or things like that. They admitted it was cruel, but they wouldn't be staying much longer so it didn't matter. Leo had said he felt this man was going to turn up soon, and after that, they had all gone downstairs, sneaking past April to the door, leaving a note saying they needed fresh air and to patrol at the same time. They had found nothing, and encountered nobody. It had been a boring night and most of the time Mikey had been arguing with Leo about how hard it would be to push Prida away, then admitted quietly that he had grown to attached to her and he wouldn't be able to. He knew when they went back to school the following Monday he would be happy and jolly with her again, and he felt the saddest thing was, that Prida would never know where they would disappear to when they leave . . . and if they did fall out with her, she would be heartbroken, and even more so when they leave. His brothers had said nothing, and they had gone home straight after that to bed, where each of them stayed up late into the night thinking about everything. In the end Mikey told himself he couldn't push Prida away, and that he would be friends with her until they left. He didn't care what Tooks or Leo said, he was her friend, and friends don't do things like that. Satisfied, Mikey had fallen asleep, and this morning, had been the only one smiling and happy.
"Hey guys," April said, smiling. But it faded slightly at the sight of three of them. "Whoa, why the long faces? Still feeling bad?"
"No, I'm just hungry," Mikey smiled, glancing at his brothers, who looked at him, amazed he could still be happy after what they were saying last night.
April smiled. "Nothing new." She turned and grabbed her coat while slipping her shoes on. "Guys, I'm gunna be out for a while today, so get what you want to eat, and don't go anywhere because I'm worried about Donnie's side."
"I'll be fine," Donnie said.
"Where are you going?" Mikey asked from the kitchen, pulling out four bowls and reaching towards the cereal cupboard.
"Oh, erm . . . just - just a day out."
Mikey frowned, smiling at her. "With who?"
April busied herself with her coat. "Casey." She looked up at their smiling faces. "He's just taking me out for the day, nothing wrong with that - I expect one of yous has a date or something!"
"Yeah, I'm going out with the most popular girl in the school," Mikey said, grinning to show he was joking.
April quickly opened the door. "Right, I'll see you guys later, 'kay? Bye!" She disappeared, shutting the door quickly.
"Those two are getting really close," Donnie said, smiling. He walked in and helped Mikey with the breakfast. "Next she'll come home with an engagement ring."
Mikey laughed, and pulled out four spoons. He put two on the counter, and flicked the other two to his brothers, who caught them expertly.
They all made themselves comfortable on the couch and armchair, and sat down to watch the news, munching on their food. There wasn't much on.
"This is boring," Mikey moaned. "Let's go see another movie."
"There's nothing on," Leo said, flicking through the newspaper and sighing.
"Well then let's go uptown or something! Anything's better than sitting here doing nothing."
After a few more minutes of moaning, Leo finally agreed to go out and see Men In Black 2 again, only to shut Mikey up. But he told his brother that they didn't have any money so to be enormous amounts of food, so they brought a few things from home, which they stuffed in a different backpack from last week. Some people at the cinema looked at it, because of its bulge (Mikey had stuffed too much in, despite Leo telling him not to).
When they were sat down, Mikey sighed with content and started on his food, even though the movie hadn't started yet.
"I bet this movie'll go real quick," Mikey said. "I bet this weekend will go quick as well, and the week after, 'till Friday."
Leo frowned. "Why will it go quick?"
Mikey grinned. "The disco, remember?"
And indeed the movie did go quickly. It seemed only half an hour later they were walking out of the movie and walking home, all the food eaten, except for Donnie who was still crunching on a small chocolate snack bar. Leo had hardly got any of the food, and Raph hadn't eaten anything.
It seemed Mikey's excitement about the disco speed up time, working for him, just as his wish had. A few hours later it was getting dark, and in no time it was late at night and they left the house to patrol. April hadn't got back, and Splinter had been meditating in his armchair when they had got in. He seemed to be concentrating very hard on something while he meditated, and his sons did not want to bother him to ask what about. Instead they left a note, and walked out the building into the cool air.
They started about thirteen streets away from April's, and had encountered a few punk kids, who only shouted a few nasty words in their direction before disappearing again before Raph, who was going for the, could reach them.
"Man, I need to punch somebody," Raph muttered. Mikey eyed him and moved away. His brother had been unusually quiet today, but it didn't take a brain to know why. Mikey knew Raph was still sore about what they were saying last night, and about Tooks still. Mikey hadn't known a guy like that before. Who could be so jealous about a girl that they blackmailed? Some guys could be idiots, and it just showed how humans treat each other.
The night drew on, and nothing came up. No word about this man, no sighting of his pocket-covered coat. All that happened was the temperature dropped, and soon they were forced to return home, because they didn't have coats. They knew April had let them use a denim jacket she had, but none of them took it because the others wouldn't have had one then. So they went home, back to April's. Before they went in the building, Leo glanced at the long ladder that they always used to climb around one side of the building. He sighed; it had been a long while since they had used it. Taking his eyes away, Leo followed his brothers inside, where they all collapsed on the couch, slightly squished. Splinter had moved from his armchair, and was obviously in his room. From the smell he had made himself a cuppa and had only just retreated. A few minutes after the guys had come in and got comfortable on the couch, April opened her door and came in, holding a hand, which belonged to Casey.
"Yo guys," Casey grinned, nodding to the four, utterly bored brothers all sat together on the couch.
"Have a good time?" Mikey asked, rather drearily.
"Yes," April smiled happily. "Casey's staying for a bit." She let go of his hand and went into the kitchen where she started to make two cups of chocolate, asking the guys if they wanted some. Mikey was the only one who said yes.
"How's this school thing going then?" Casey asked, sitting down in the armchair.
"Boring," Mikey answered dully.
"Man, you guys look bored to tears," Casey said, looking at them. Mikey was leaning on the couch arm, head on one hand, the other on his leg holding the TV remote; Donnie was next to him, leaning on him with his head in his hands; Leo was leaning on his knees, head in both hands; and Raph was leant back into the chair, fist closed and his cheek leaning on it, making his face look funny. They were all staring at the TV. No one said anything to him.
"Their just bore," April said as she came through handing Casey his chocolate and the Mikey his. She went back for hers.
"No butts to kick on patrol," Raph said tiredly. Sounded like he was dropping off the sleep. Donnie already had.
"Aw man, now there's serious news," Casey said as April seated herself on the arm of his chair with her mug cupped in her hands.
The guys were happy to see Casey, as they hadn't seen him in a while, and he sort of reminded them of the old times. But As Donnie had dropped off, with Raph not far behind, and Leo and Mikey bored, they soon went to bed, leaving Donnie on the couch again. Casey said goodbye as they disappeared up the stairs, and it was two hours later before the noise of the TV couldn't be heard upstairs, and the door shutting; Casey had gone home and April was settling down for the night. It was half an hour later when everyone in the apartment was finally asleep.
()()()()
Now it was Sunday. Mikey seemed to be right about the weekend whizzing by. Saturday had disappeared quickly, and when he awoke this morning, he knew this day would too.
The three bros in the room upstairs all woke up pretty much at the same time. Down stairs Donnie had woken up as well, and was joined by his three brothers a few minutes later. Splinter also joined them, greeting them and making his usual morning tea. April was obviously going to sleep in, because they hadn't heard her moving.
"Morning Master Splinter," the guys chorused, and seated themselves on the couch again.
Splinter came out from the kitchen and told his sons that he wanted them to spend this day in a quiet meditation session.
At last! Leo smiled, and joined his brothers, cross-legged on the floor.
They did spend most of their Sunday meditating, and through it Leo was sure his feelings were telling him that this man they were searching for would find them - or they him - in short time. Very short time . . . and at a certain time . . . concentrating harder, Leo was able to understand his feelings enough to know that it would be at least a week . . . after an exciting event that would take place . . .
Okay, im shortening this one down. Sorry, I realised my chapter were quite long. Anyway . . . I didn't want too much detail on the weekend... the disco is getting nearer! Lol, thanks for the reviews, thank you sooo much, hehe. SFAM.