A Sense of Belonging

Chapter VII: Dinner Time Part 1

By: Michelle

"I'm starving." Michaelangelo moaned. "Your turn to cook Venus."

Raphael rolled his eyes. "I'd rather have Donnie cook."

"What's wrong with my cooking?" Venus asked.

"The last time you cooked." Raphael began. "You fed us snake."

"It was prepared like eel." Venus defended. "And all of you liked it until I told you what it was."

"No offence Venus, but we like knowing what we are eating." Leonardo added.

Donatello agreed. "Yeah, it must be clearly identifiable."

Venus smiled. "Alright."

"AND NO PIGEON EGGS!!!"

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"Mmmmmm." Michaelangelo sniffed in the air. "Something smells good."

"Dinner is served." Venus placed a platter of fried food in front of them.

The four of them looked it over. No pigeon eggs. No snake. It looked safe, so they dug in.

"Mmm. Potatoes."

Leonardo commented. "Venus these shrimp are good."

"And so are these chewy onion rings." Michaelangelo added.

Venus thought for a moment. She didn't fry any onion rings.

"Hey Venus, these things with legs are good." Donatello said.

"Oh, the squid." Venus replied.

"SQUID."

They all dropped their months.

"Yeah, don't you see the testicles?" Venus pointed.

They months dropped even further.

"I meant tentacles." Venus smiled even though she was embarrassed.

"It's squid." Michaelangelo felt nauseated.

Donatello thought for a moment. "Venus, did you get this from the back of the freezer?"

"Yes."

"That's Sensei's food." Leonardo reminded them.

"EEEEWWEEWEWEWEWEWEEW"

They all got up, and ran or limped to the bathroom to throw up.

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The four of them walked or limped out of the bathroom with angry looks on their faces.

"What?" Venus asked. "It was identifiable."

"It was squid." Raphael snapped.

Venus shook her head. "You guys just don't appreciate good food."

"Yeah, we do." Michaelangelo defended. "As long as it's deep dish with extra cheese."