A Sense of Belonging

Chapter XVI: Getting Ready for Venus

By: Michelle

April picked up the phone to call her friends.

"Hello." Michaelangelo answered.

"Hey Mike."

'Hey April." Michaelangelo said. "How's it hanging?"

"Good." April answered. "Venus is here. We had a little talk."

"Is she alright?"

"She is." April replied. "Since it is daylight now, she is going to spend the day here until it is dark enough to go home."

"Alright." Michaelangelo jumped up and down. "We'll be waiting."

"Talk later Mikey.'

"Thanks April."

"Bye."

Michaelangelo hung up the phone. "HEY GUYS. Venus is chillin' at April's until it gets dark."

"So we better get moving."

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Venus watched as April helped Shadow get ready for preschool. Shadow was so cute. April had fixed her hair into two pigtails.

"Can Aunt Venus go to school with me?" Shadow asked.

'No sweetie." April looked up from tying Shadow's shoes. "Aunt Venus is going to stay here."

"But I want to show her my school." Shadow explained. "It's fun. She'd like it."

"I'm sure she would, but Venus is too old to go to your school. She'll be here when you get home."

"Ok." Shadow said disappointed.

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"Donnie come help." Leonardo yelled.

Donatello grabbed one end of Venus's shrine for Chung I and helped Leonardo lift it up.

Leonardo and Donatello moved the shrine into a corner of the new room for Venus.

"Damn, that thing was heavy." Donatello said as he rested it down with Leonardo.

Michaelangelo walked into the room with an armful of plants.

"What are those?"

"It's for an herb garden." Michaelangelo explained. "You know how Venus likes making teas and medicines and stuff."

"HEY." Raphael yelled from across the lair. "ARE YA'LL GONNA HELP ME WITH THIS MATTRESSES OR WHAT?"

"Raph, you think you got a big enough bed?" Leonardo questioned.

Raphael growled. "Goodwill didn't have no more twin beds, so I got a double. You have a problem with that."

"Alright. Thinking ahead." Michaelangelo nodded.

"Oh please."

"Ok. Donnie and Mikey, you two go set up the frame and me and Raph will get the two mattresses.

"Yes Sir, Sergeant Leo Sir." Michaelangelo saluted.

Donatello and Raphael began laughed.

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"So Shadow, how was preschool today." Venus asked as April walked in the door with Shadow.

"It was fun." Shadow explained. "We got to draw pictures of words that start with T."

"You did."

Shadow showed Venus her picture. "This is Uncle Leo. This is Uncle Mikey. This is Uncle Donnie. This is Uncle Raph. And this is you."

Venus smiled. Even a three year old noticed that she was apart of the family. She was part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She wanted to cry.