Chapter 5: Raph's Night Out
Disclaimer: Don't own the turtles, which is completly obvious. How could a thirteen year old own that big of a business huh?
A/N: Howdy! Now, this is more like it! I got some reviews! And, since nobody obviously reads the review replys, I'm not doing review replys for every sigle review( major sighs of relief from readers), I'm just answering questions. Here's one thing I have to answer.
Aliveinthedarkness: The story does have a major conflict, it just hasn't been introduced yet. :)
BTW: Any of you who like lemons(aka adult ickyness) forget about it! You can read sick stuff in other storys not written by thirteen year olds!
Don: Monica, you're on my computer again?! Don't make me get Leo in here to hurt you.
Me: Leo wouldn't hurt me, would you Leo?
Leo: Nope.
Me: Ha!
Don: Just shut up and type, would ya?
Me: Fine by me!
Raphael jumped and groaned. He rolled over in his bed, and shoved the pillow on his head. "Ah, that damn alarm..." he whispered. Then, he felt the covers being pulled off of him, and then he felt a smack on his arm. "ARGH!" he yelped, and lept up to see Linda sneering at him. Oh, had she picked the wrong time. Raph gave her his glare, which Mike said could kill. Lin didn't even flinch, whereas her twin would always run in the other direction as fast as he could. "Wake up, lazy." Linda said, and ran out of the room before Raph could grab her and detach her head from the rest of her body.
Raph lay back down. Like he was going to listen to Linda. Leo maybe, Mike sure, Don yeah, but Linda? Nuh uh. He put his arm around Victoria,who was still sleeping, and pulled her close to him. Raphael leaned his head back into his pillow, and listened to his jumbled thoughts. He really wasn't too good at sorting his head out, but it sometimes worked, and he felt strangly more relaxed. Since it wasn't working, he gave up. Then he thought of something. He had a date with Katie tonight! "Aw, great, nervousness!" he whispered.
Vic woke up about ten minutes later. She yawned smally, and stretched her little arms, She smiled and kissed Raph's beak good morning. "Mornin Raph." Raphael sat up and his sister jumped on his shell, wrapping her amrs around his kneck. "Hurry up, breakfast breakfast!" she squealed, and Raph shushed her. "Do ya' want me maimed for life?" he whispered as he walked out to the hallway, eyeing the dojo, where Leonardo obviously was, wearily. Raph snuck out into the living room, but stopped sort when he glimpsed the couch. There were Leo and Nicole, Leo with his arm arm around her shoulders, Nicole with her hand on his chest. Raph shook his head, and smiled, leaving them alone and going round the living room to the kitchen 'Hehe, so Mr. Perfect isn't training huh?' Raph thought.
When Raph and Vic entered the kitchen, there was already stuff on the counter, even pancake mix in the middle of being mixed. Very confused, Raph stood there, staring around. "HI!" Raph yelled in suprise, but scowled when he saw Mike grinning cheesily at him. "....." was Raph's reply. Mikey's smile faded a bit. Then, the young turtle relised he had annoyed Raph. Uh-oh. Raph pounced at his youngest brother and put poor Mike in a very painful headlock. "Get off!" yelled Mike, his only result being a tighter grip on his kneck. "Oh, C'MON! Leggo! Leo, get this freak off me!" shrieked Mike. It was a while before Leo and his Girl( wink wink) entered, by which time Mikey was pinned to the ground on his stomache, and Raph was pulling Mikey's arm back, painfully stretching the muscles. Leo chuckled," C'mon, Raph, don't hurt the poor wittle baby!" Raph grinned, and released Michaelangelo, who scowled up at Leonardo from the floor.
"Thanks Leo, you're a real help. If Splinter was here..." Leo ignored him completly. "So," Raph started, turning to Nicole," How'd ya sleep, babe?" Nicole blushed, and looked nervously at Leo. "Fine..." she mumbled, and Raph fixed his gaze on Leo. Leonardo was trying hard not to look at him, and hi face was turning red. "Little romantic evening on the couch, Leo?" Leo snapped his head up. "What you think happened definantly did NOT happen! We just fell asleep next to each other! Nothing more!" Raph smirked. "Sure, Ginsu Master." Leo tryed not look flustered by this name, and ignored him again, instead asking Mikey," Didn't you have Hannah with you, Mike?" Then, a playfull yell could be heard from behind them and Raph whipped round. Hannah was running twords him, arms flailing, and smiling. She jumped up on Raph, and Raph yelled in suprise and almost dropped her. 'Geez, a bit hyper, Hannah?" Raphael giggled. Hannah nodded. "Mike gave me five cookies, but he told me not to tell Leo 'cause he would get his ass kicked!" Leonardo gasped at Hannah's vocabulary and turned to Mike. "Michaelangelo!" Leo thundered, making his little brother cower under him. Nobody ever used Mike's full name except when he was in trouble, so Mike knew he was in for it. " WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" Mike smiled sheepishly," I was thinking that it would be a good idea if...um...Hannah learned a couple of...uh, new words!" Leo shook with anger. " MICHAELANGELO! SHE IS FRIGGIN FIVE YEARS OLD!" "Hey, it ain't such a bad word! Look who's talkin anyway!" Mike started snapping back, making Raph widen his eyes. Mike faltered," Sorry, Leo... I didn't mean to talk back." Leo stared. Raph could read the wow-he-respects-me-a-lot look on his face. "It's fine Mike. Geez, talking back is perfectly normal." Mike nodded. Raph spoke up, trying to change the conversation. "So, what were ya doin' with such a big mess?" "Breakfast." Mike said, turning back to his eggs. Raph grinned. He loved Mike's cooking, and was exceptionally grateful it hadn't been Donettello who had been so kind as to make breakfast.
Well," sighed Raph," Where's Lin? I gotta rip 'er hair out." "She's in the dojo reading her training booklet. Why do you have to rip her hair out?" Leo asked, staring sternly at him. " When do I not have to?" Raph grumbled, and Leo laughed, but quickly shut his mouth. Suddenly, Raphael heard a creak of the floor behind him, and turned to see Don standing in the door way, with Jillian on his back. " Hey guys." "Hey Don." Raph greeted," Mike cooked breakfast." Donettello peered over at Mike making the eggs. The young mutant turned and grinned uneasily at his brothers and sisters. "Everyone ok with scrambled eggs?" he asked. Raph rolled his eyes. 'Ruined 'em again, huh Mike?" Mike scowled and gave him the shut-it-you-smart-aleck look. Jill hopped off Donny's back, and ran over to squeeze Mikey round the middle. "Hi Mikey!" she said, grinning up at him. Mike grimaced at her, rubbing his stomache. "Geez, knock the air out of me, why dontcha?" he said, but kissed her on the head. Raph laughed. "At least she didn't kick you in the shin, like she does me." Jill smiled her little inoccent smile, but faltered when Don stared sternly at her. "Hey Mike," Jill peeped, trying to change the conversation away from her," you done the pancakes yet?" Mike shook his head. "Not yet, Jilly Jillian." Jill grinned. "Good, 'cause me and Hanny wanna find our special mix. With the cinnamon stuff in it." Hannah smiled and nodded. Mike shrugged. " 'Kay. Have at the cupboard, girls." Hannah and Jillian both ran to the cupboard, and started throwing things out. Raph laughed. Life was a big game around here.
After a while, when almost the entire cupboard had been emptyed and was strewn all over the floor, Raph heard more footsteps behind him. He and Mike both turned, as Don was over with the girls trying to help them find their wonderful Cinnamon Mix. Erica stood in the doorway, and she smiled at Mike. Mike waved. "Hey Mini Me!" Erica nodded, and giggled at her two sisters, one half of their body sticking out of the cupboard, throwing things out, and Donny trying to dodge the things being tossed out. Erica approached Mike, staring at the eggs. "Scrambled again, huh Mike?" Mikey glared at her, and she shrugged and went to help Don keep the girls under control. When Raph felt two pairs of eyes on his back, he thought 'Wow, everyone's waking up at the same time. We must be really loud.' He turned to see Kara and Linda in the doorway. Kara smiled tirdly, and Linda glared. Raph said good morning to both of them, a greeting that Kara returned, and Linda ignored completly. The two girls walked into the kitchen and started to assist Mike in making breakfast. Soon enough, Raph spotted Jeniffer standing in the doorway with Natalie in her arms and Sasha by her side. Jen and Raph did a high five, and Natalie started whining and reaching out for him. Raph took the little girl from his sister and kissed her on the cheek. Natalie squeeled and clapped her hands. Sasha ran to Leo and hugged his leg real tight, and Leo winced as he felt his leg go numb. "Geez, girl, pop it off while your at it!" Leo said, smiling and hugging his sister.
Soon everyone, even Natalie, was helping make breakfast. Breakfast was a big event of the day, since they had to make it for fourteen people and sometimes Kurai or April and Casey. Leo, Linda and Sasha were all doing the dirty dishes from last night's dinner, with Nicole drying them. Leo and Linda were saving Sasha's kneck by stopping her from splashing suds all over Raph's shell. Nicole had offered herself to help with breakfast, and Leo had been guilty in saying sure. He didn't want her to help as she was the guest, but she had said it didn't feel right to not be helping. They'd argued quite a bit over it, but since Nikki was relentless, Leo had given in.
Raphael, Jeniffer and Victoria were making the bacon. Vic was peeling out bacon strips from their package, and Raph was cooking them, a task that took three pans, since they had to make two pieces of bacon for each person, which added up to thirty, including Nicole. Raph was thankful that Jen and Lin had jobs as waitresses out in town. They looked human enough, and all they had to do was wear a shirt that would cover their shells. Jeniffer and Linda's pay was basically how the family payed for food and things, and sometimes April would give them a lone, which she refused to be paid back for. Jen was keeping an eye on Vicky, since Vic would try to lick her fingers after pulling off bacon, and Jen would have to stop her.
Don, Kara, and Jillian had all been finishing up the eggs, but since that had been done, they were now setting the table for fifteen with Nicole's dryed dishes. They only had one set of dinnerware, so they had to wash the dishes after every meal then use them again. Don and Kara were setting out plates and glasses for everyone, and Jill was on her tiptoes, setting out the silver ware and knapkins in her special way she'd been using since she was three, and Don had been carrying her around the table while she did so.
Mike, Erica, Hannah, and Natalie were all finishing up the pancakes. Mike was mixing Jill and Hannah's special Cinnamon Mix, Erica was slopping the mix into the pancake mixer, which would mold the pancakes into hearts, and Hannah was in charge of putting in the correct ingrediants for the mix. Master Splinter said this would help with her reading and comprehension skills. Natalie was doing every baby girl's job, licking the spoon.
When the huge family had finnally set up the table for breakfast, they sat down. Splinter entered, and all of them stood, Nicole following Leo's lead, not wanting to look stupid. Splinter seated himself, and nodded, then they all sat down again, Nikki again following Leo. Then, the breakfast conversations began.
Splinter, Linda and Sasha were all bothering Leonardo about him 'sleeping' with Nicole, who was watching embarressedly, on the couch last night. "So, you just fell asleep next to each other?" Linda asked, smirking in her evil way. Leo nodded curtly, staring at his herbal tea that he drank every morning. "That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard from you, Leo!" Linda laughed, and Splinter nodded in agreement with her. "She is right my son, I can tell when you are lying." Lenoardo cursed in his head, and his eyes darted quickly to his Master, then to his cup again. "So, what's so great about her, if you don't mind me asking?" Leo stared at Sasha, feeling somewhat irritable. "You want me to tell you my million thoughts?" Leo snapped, Nicole blushing and keeping her attention determidly on the table. Sasha quickly shook her head. "Didn't think so. I don't know how to explain it, Sasha, have a fellow girl explain it to you. Don, or Linda or something..." Leo said, jerking his head at Linda. Linda snickered at the Don comment, but looked up when Splinter cleared his throat. "Leonardo, Sasha is of no age to hear such things. And you two stop back stabbing your brother!." Leo and Linda replyed in unity," Hai Splinter."
Next to them, Raph, Jen, and Vicky were talking about Raph's date with Katie. As though he didn't have enough stress about it on him already. "So," Jeniffer asked, after talking endlessly about the subject, and finally deciding to ask where the date was going to take place," where ya' takin' her?" "I'm takin' her on a cycle ride, and to the beach, ok Jen?" Raph mumbled. Jenny nodded, seeming impressed. "Nice choice. Very romantic, yet tottally you. And grils loooove sunsets and beaches!" "Thanks." grumbled Raph, feeling more and more annoyed with Jen's annoying critic act. Raph took a large drink of orange juice. "So, are you two gunna kiss?" Victoria asked innocently. Raph's eyes shot open and he choked on the juice, Jen snorting and trying to hide her fit of laughter while doubling over. Raph stared at Vicky. "Maybe..." he sputtered, wiping juice off his mouth. Vic looked confused by his reaction, and looked at him wierdly. "You're wierd, Raphy." she said, and Raph nodded, smiling. "And remember, you promised she wouldn't replace me." Vic reminded him, and Raphael nodded. "Yes I did."
Don and Kara were talking about robotics, with Jillian piping up and speaking her opinion when she knew what they were talking about. Their words were hurried, as though they only had a few moments to discuss the matter before they dropped dead. Jill shook her head. "Geez, you two, talk a bit faster and your lips'll fall off!" Don laughed. Jill rolled her eyes. "I know you have no lips, smart aleck!" Don smiled, and continued to talk with his sister.
Mike and Erica were both talking excitedly about the new Silver Sentry comic coming out in a week's time( A/N:if that's spelled wrong or anything tell me, becasue Mike will not let me live if it stays spelled wrong!) "Did you know that in that issue, he has to face a new enemy!" Mike said, talking almost as quickly as Don and Kara. Eric nodded, now getting sort of bored with the conversation and trying to eat. "And-" "Okay, Mike! Just wait for the comic book to come out!" she snapped, and Mike's smile faltered. He shrugged, and started to pig out on the bacon, slapping Leo's hand away when he reached for some.
Hanny and Nat were sitting together, and Hannah was helping her eat her baby food. It wasn't working too well; Natalie didn't seem to want to open her mouth, and instead the food was all over her mouth and dripping down her chin. Hannah was being patient though and picked up a knapkin from the table and wiped her baby sister's face off, then tried again. Natalie decided she was hungry now, and took the bite. Hannah smiled, and got another spoon full, and gave Natalie another bite. Natalie grabbed her bottle of juice then, and started to suck it down, with Hannah finally being able to eat her own food. She wiped off her little sister's face, and started to eat her breakfast.
When breakfast was over, and Raph had done his part in washing the dishes, him and Vicky went to watch TV before training. Raphael found it quite hard to spend quality time with any of his sisters. What with nine sisters and three brothers roaming the leigher, it was hard for him to even be alone by himself! Raph sat down and leaned back into the couch, setting Vic on his lap. He sighed and turned on that twisted show, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. After about two minutes, he found himself wondering if his eyes were going to pop out of his head they were so wide open. After a few episodes had passed, April entered. Raph jolted awake from his doze when he felt April's hand on his shoulder. "Oh, sorry Raph. I didn't mean to scare you..." Raph shook his head. "It's fine." Raph noticed Victoria wasn't on his lap, or anywhere else in the living room for that matter. "Hey, where's Vicky?" April shrugged. "Probably with Jen. Hey, how'd Leo's date go last night? Don told me he went out with one of Kurai's students last night." "Her name's Nicole and it went great. He's actually out with her right now." April frowned. "Where at?" "Who knows, the little love birds never tell ya' where they're goin'." April shrugged and sat next to him. "I'm so TIRED!" she complained. "How come?" "Well, the shop is getting a hell of a lot of costumers! I never have one second to even think! And then there is dates with Casey-" "WHAT?!" Raph yelled unintentionally. April didn't flinch. "Didn't you know? Me and Case are dating." Raph stared at her. "Ooook." He said, and leaned back into the couch, slightly embarressed. April shook her head. "So, yeah, I just want some alone time." Raph looked at her in disbelief. "Well, why the hell did you come here? We have like, thirteen mutants in here right now!" April shook her head. " Wrong. You have twelve. You added an extra." Raph stared at her for a second, then remebered. "Oh, that's right you don't know..." "I don't know what?" Raph shook his head, and heard Natalie crying from her room. Raph sat there for a minute, hoping that Splinter would get off his butt to go get her, but no, -he- had to. He growled, and went to get her.
In time, Raphael returned with Natalie in his arms. he spotted April's face, which was confused. "Who's this?" Raph grinned. "The thirteenth memmber, Natalie." April smiled. "Splinter's willing to deal with another one, huh?" Raph shrugged. "I think he's crazy." April laughed, and tickled Nat under her chin. Natalie looked kind of freaked out. Raph understood why, April must look so different to the little girl. Raph laughed," That's April Natalie!" Natalie looked at him confused. How can this thing be her friend? Natalie then looked at April again, and contorted her face, as though trying to figure out what she was. Then, suddenly, Natalie's mood changed, and she dived at April and hugged her. April hugged her too, eyes wide. Raph laughed himself silly. "Well you get your share of being tackled." Raph said, and April scowled.
April yelped when Leo, appearing as if out of nowhere, said," Hey April." She pursed her lips and put hand on his shoulder. "Leo, don't do that." Leo shrugged. "Well, hi anyway." she said, kissing him on the cheek. Leo saluted her, and turned to watch the TV for a minute. Raph smiled. April always had favored Leo and Don most of all of them. He didn't really mind. He had April's boyfriend to hang out with, he really didn't like being around girls much anyway. Then he thought of Katie, and quickly made an exception. "April!" Leo exclaimed, looking at April and the circles under her eyes as though for the first time," You look like you just died! What happened to you?" April smiled. "The shop happened to me." Leo nodded in symapthy and vaulted the couch to sit next to her. Natalie dived for Leo this time and hugged his arm tightly, and Leo put his arm around her very very small body.
"So," April sighed casually, looking at Leo," Where's Don?" "Kitchen." "Mike?" "Same." Raph groaned. Oh boy. Bad things always happened in the kitchen between Mike and Don. Ever since Mike had turned fourteen, Don had been determined to get his 13 years worth of getting back. Sure enough, Mike and Don entered, and Mike was scowling at Don again with murder in his eyes. Mike had pink paint all over his body, and stuck to it were little bits of feather. Don was wheezing with laughter, doubled over and red in the face. Raph chuckled, and Leo couldn't help but giggle himself. Mike frowned at both of them,then glared furiiusly at Donny.
A voice behind Mikey said," Yes, pink is your color Mike." Jeniffer smirked at him, then came to sit on the arm of the couch on Raph's side. "Hey Carrot-Top." Jen greeted, grinning at April. April scowled at her, and Raph and Leo snorted, but they shut thier mouths when April threw a dirty look at them.
After a while, the entire family had entered, and all of the little girls were sitting on some part of Raphael, since they weren't exactly good at sharing him( sorry Lenni, I stole this from you). Natalie and Victoria were both sitting on Raph's legs, leaning back on his plastron, Hannah and Jillian were both snuggled back into his muscular arms, and Sasha was sitting on his shoulders. Mike kept glancing over at Raph, and snorting loudly.
"Truth or Dare, you four?" Jill said, as the family played their usuall game of Truth or Dare," Um... truth." Leo said, announcing him, Raph, Don and Mikey's decision, a worried look on his face."Hm... do you guys have a crush on anyone?" "Yes." They all answered at the same time, looked at each other, and laughed. Hannah rolled her eyes. "We all know -you- do, Leo. That girl's over here all the time." Leo shrugged, smiling.
Around 6:30 at night, Raph was freshening up in his room, getting ready for his date. He kept tying, and retying his bandanna, but it always seemed to look wrong to him. He jumped when he heard a knock on his door, and a call of,"Can I come in?" "Sure, Leo." Leonardo opened the door, and came to sit down on Raph's bed. "So, whatcha doin'?" Leo aksed him, staring at Raph."Gettin' ready for my date." Raph grunted, still struggling to make himself look decent. Leo shook his head, and put a hand on Raph's arm. "Raph, you look fine. It's ok, bro." Raph sighed, and sank down onto the bed next to Leo. "Leo, what is it with girls? Why do I feel like... I dunno, like I'm gunna throw up, but it's a good feeling at the same time?" Leo shrugged, staring at the wall. "That's what I asked myself when I went out with Nikki the other night. I don't really know, Raph. Why're you asking me anyway?" Raph stared at the ground. "Because Splinter's never fallen in love before, so I can't talk to him... and you have." Leo felt his eyes go round. "Oh... well...." Raph put his head in his hands. "I swear I have a feeling I'm gunna say somethin' stupid, and everything'll be ruined..." Raph moaned and Leo looked at him. "Raph, it'll be fine. If I don't say so myself, you're quite the charmer. Just be yourself, okay?" Raph laughed. "You sound like a girl. But it's good advice anyway." Leo shoved him, and they both walked out of Raph's room together.
After a few minutes Katie entered. Raph's jaw dropped when he saw her, she was so stunning. Her short black hair was in a messy pony tail, with a red highlighted hair tie in it. Her big brown eyes glittered in the light of the lamp on the side table. She had on a tight fit stomache revealer that was white and said 'I Love New York City!' on it. She also had on tight jeans, and a leather jacket and boots. "Are you ready to go, Raph?" Raph was still staring, not really taking in the fact that she had asked him a question. Leo pushed him, and his head snapped up, and he nodded. Raphael took a deep breath, stood, and strode forward. 'Just be yourself.' Raph thought,' Remember what Leo said.'
Raph and Katie stepped inside the elavator that led to street level. Before the door shifted closed, Mikey gave a loud whoop for Raph, making the turtle go red as his bandanna. He shook his head, and Katie sighed. "You're lucky." "For what?" Raph asked. "Having such a big family. That cares about you. It must be great." Raph stared at his feet. "Yeah, but I want my space too." Katie smiled.
When the elevator reached the top, and the doors shifted open, Katie gasped. "Nice wheels!" she exclaimed, running her delicate hand along the seat of he shell cycle. Raph beamed proudly, and patted it. "Yep, she's my baby." Katie laughed, and shook her head. Raph threw one leg over the bike, and sat down. He put on his helment, dug around in Don's junk and found Mikey's helment under it all, and handed it to Katie. She sat behind him, and screamed when Raph started the engine. Raph rolled his eyes, and yelled over the engine," You okay?" Katie nodded. "Sorry!" Raph sighed, and zoomed out of the garage. Once he got onto the road, he popped a wheelie, and Katie grabbed him round the waist to keep herself from falling off the end. She buried her cheek into his shell and laughed. "YEEEEEHA!" Raph yelled, doing another wheelie.
He turned a corner, and spotted Casey Jones in an alley beating some kids who had drugs with them. Raph yelled," Hey, Case!" Casey looked away from the guy he was socking the daylights out of, and waved. Katie smiled at the guy and asked," Who's that?" "Friend of mine. Casey Jones." Katie nodded, but yelped as Raph revved the engine suddenly and sped down the street. Soon they came to the beach and Raph parked the SC on the grass. The two went to sit down in the sand, and Katie took off her shoes. Raph sighed and fell down onto the sand. Katie laughed, and rolled up her pants, then threw off her leather jacket. She fell down next to Raph, and the two sat there, staring at the water. Raph kept fidgeting, looking over at Katie fervently, but determined to be himself. 'Hey, Jen told me that ladies love a sly man...' Raph thought, and he sneered evily. Katie was staring at the sunset, which was reflecting off of her eyes. Raph stuck his foot in the water. It was freezing. He flicked his foot up, sending water up into Katie's face. She screamed, and wiped her face, then stared at him. He wiggled his eyebrows, and Katie smiled. She put a hand on his back, and shoved him face first into the water. He came up coughing and laughing. Neither one really relized they were acting like they were five years old, they didn't really care at all. Raph pulled Katie down with him by her leg, and they both splashed and laughed for what seemed for ever. They got pretty wet, and Raph was really glad turtles were amphibious, or they might have drowned each other by now.
After a while, Katie tripped, and toppled ontop of Raphael, and stared into his eyes. "Well, this is an awkward position..." Raph whispered. Katie nodded, staring at his face. She lifted her hand up, and took his eye mask into it. He didn't even make a move to stop her as she pulled it up to reveal his brown eyes. "So that's what they look like." Katie whispered, and Raph laughed quietly. Katie lowered her face twords his, and they kissed. She felt Raph's body shudder a bit when their mouths met, but he quickly caught on and returned it. The two were completly oblivious of Casey Jones staring at them from above. Casey took out a camera. "Hahaha, black mail!" Casey said, then whispered," Good for you, bud." and sped off.
When Katie broke away from him, Raph's head was buzzing like mad. Katie's too. "Damn he's a good kisser!" Katie thought, and rested her head on Raph's chest. The warmth of Raph's body made Katie feel safe, and she wanted lie there in his arms forever. Raphael ran his hand over Katie's wet hair, and kissed her head like he did with Victoria. Katie looked up at him, and pressed her lips onto his again. He got brave enough to caress her cheek with his hand, and she put her hands on his shoulders to make the kiss more passionate. Katie lay her head back down, and placed a hand tenderly on his chest. Raph wanted to scream out with joy, announce his love to the world, but he kept it all contained, this resulting in a strange tingling in the pit of his stomache. He smiled, holding Katie close to him. He relised he was still in the water, but he didn't really mind. Raph looked down at Katie who was staring out at the horizon again. "Katie?" She looked up at him. "I-I love you, Katie." Katie smiled softly. "I love you too, Raphael." They kissed again, more passionantly than ever, and Raph's head started to ring with some strange sound that seemed it wasn't really even there, sort of making him feel light headed. Katie pulled Raph closer to her, and she smiled when they broke away. Raph had the urge to pull her back, but he didn't want to make her nervous, so he just lay back down, and closed his eyes. Katie was getting tired too, and she really didn't care if she fell asleep here. Her body was numb from the freezing water but Raphael's arm was making up for it.
Katie woke up much later. It was pure night outside now, the only light being the moon and stars. She looked at Raph, and noticed he was asleep as well. She shook him. "Raph! Raphael!" Raph grunted awake, and stared blearilly at the sky. "Stars? Ah, we gotta go! You can spend the night at my place!" Raph and Katie scrambled up, and hopped onto the shell cycle. Katie was still putting on her coat when Raphael started going down the road, and he had to grab her so she wouldn't fall. Katie smiled as Raph 'accidently' squeezed her backside, and Raph winked at her. 'I am the Flirt Master!' Raph thought evilly. "Hang on!" He warned, and Katie screamed as he took off at full speed twords the layer.
When they reached the garage, the two jumped off, Katie with her arm on Raph's shoulder, and Raph with his arm aroud Katie's waist again. The two crept into the elevator, went down, and Raph went out into the living room first. "Oh, geez, it's 1:00 in the morning, Kate!" He hissed, beckoning her twords him. Katie's eyes widened, and she smiled. The two tiptoed silently to Raph's room, and Raph closed the door behind him, trying not to make a creak. Katie was looking her self over with disgust. "Ugh, I'm so wet!" she whined. Raph smiled. "You're still beautifull anyway." Katie grinned and pushed him. "Ah, you..." She stared around. "Um... excersise much?" Raph looked confused, then laughed. Katie was gazing at the weights stacked on top of each other in the corner, the new punching bag he'd gotten from Mikey, and the weights that he tied on his feet whenever he went on a run by himself. "Hehehe..." Raph replyed, sort of embarressed. Katie shook her head. "You don't have to be nervous, silly." "I know." Katie giggled," So, um... where am I gunna sleep?" Raph grinned, and Katie got the picture. "Oh, you bad bad boy!" she scolded playfully, and Raph smiled, and rummaged around in his drawers. he took out a towel, and placed it round her shoulders, then kissed her tenderly on the cheek.
Katie climbed under the covers of Raph's bed, and Raphael got in next to her, and put his arm around her shoulders. He pulled Katie close to him, the smell of her damp hair lulling him into the best sleep of his life.
A/N: Yeah! All done with this chapter! Bwa ha ha ha ha! Now, show of hands, how many of you LOVE romance? Huh? Huh? Anyway, I'm doing a poll for all you turtle fans. "Who do you think is the hottest turtle?" Pick one, and either e-mail your answer or answer in a review! WPS! LYLF!
Monica
Disclaimer: Don't own the turtles, which is completly obvious. How could a thirteen year old own that big of a business huh?
A/N: Howdy! Now, this is more like it! I got some reviews! And, since nobody obviously reads the review replys, I'm not doing review replys for every sigle review( major sighs of relief from readers), I'm just answering questions. Here's one thing I have to answer.
Aliveinthedarkness: The story does have a major conflict, it just hasn't been introduced yet. :)
BTW: Any of you who like lemons(aka adult ickyness) forget about it! You can read sick stuff in other storys not written by thirteen year olds!
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Don: Just shut up and type, would ya?
Me: Fine by me!
Raphael jumped and groaned. He rolled over in his bed, and shoved the pillow on his head. "Ah, that damn alarm..." he whispered. Then, he felt the covers being pulled off of him, and then he felt a smack on his arm. "ARGH!" he yelped, and lept up to see Linda sneering at him. Oh, had she picked the wrong time. Raph gave her his glare, which Mike said could kill. Lin didn't even flinch, whereas her twin would always run in the other direction as fast as he could. "Wake up, lazy." Linda said, and ran out of the room before Raph could grab her and detach her head from the rest of her body.
Raph lay back down. Like he was going to listen to Linda. Leo maybe, Mike sure, Don yeah, but Linda? Nuh uh. He put his arm around Victoria,who was still sleeping, and pulled her close to him. Raphael leaned his head back into his pillow, and listened to his jumbled thoughts. He really wasn't too good at sorting his head out, but it sometimes worked, and he felt strangly more relaxed. Since it wasn't working, he gave up. Then he thought of something. He had a date with Katie tonight! "Aw, great, nervousness!" he whispered.
Vic woke up about ten minutes later. She yawned smally, and stretched her little arms, She smiled and kissed Raph's beak good morning. "Mornin Raph." Raphael sat up and his sister jumped on his shell, wrapping her amrs around his kneck. "Hurry up, breakfast breakfast!" she squealed, and Raph shushed her. "Do ya' want me maimed for life?" he whispered as he walked out to the hallway, eyeing the dojo, where Leonardo obviously was, wearily. Raph snuck out into the living room, but stopped sort when he glimpsed the couch. There were Leo and Nicole, Leo with his arm arm around her shoulders, Nicole with her hand on his chest. Raph shook his head, and smiled, leaving them alone and going round the living room to the kitchen 'Hehe, so Mr. Perfect isn't training huh?' Raph thought.
When Raph and Vic entered the kitchen, there was already stuff on the counter, even pancake mix in the middle of being mixed. Very confused, Raph stood there, staring around. "HI!" Raph yelled in suprise, but scowled when he saw Mike grinning cheesily at him. "....." was Raph's reply. Mikey's smile faded a bit. Then, the young turtle relised he had annoyed Raph. Uh-oh. Raph pounced at his youngest brother and put poor Mike in a very painful headlock. "Get off!" yelled Mike, his only result being a tighter grip on his kneck. "Oh, C'MON! Leggo! Leo, get this freak off me!" shrieked Mike. It was a while before Leo and his Girl( wink wink) entered, by which time Mikey was pinned to the ground on his stomache, and Raph was pulling Mikey's arm back, painfully stretching the muscles. Leo chuckled," C'mon, Raph, don't hurt the poor wittle baby!" Raph grinned, and released Michaelangelo, who scowled up at Leonardo from the floor.
"Thanks Leo, you're a real help. If Splinter was here..." Leo ignored him completly. "So," Raph started, turning to Nicole," How'd ya sleep, babe?" Nicole blushed, and looked nervously at Leo. "Fine..." she mumbled, and Raph fixed his gaze on Leo. Leonardo was trying hard not to look at him, and hi face was turning red. "Little romantic evening on the couch, Leo?" Leo snapped his head up. "What you think happened definantly did NOT happen! We just fell asleep next to each other! Nothing more!" Raph smirked. "Sure, Ginsu Master." Leo tryed not look flustered by this name, and ignored him again, instead asking Mikey," Didn't you have Hannah with you, Mike?" Then, a playfull yell could be heard from behind them and Raph whipped round. Hannah was running twords him, arms flailing, and smiling. She jumped up on Raph, and Raph yelled in suprise and almost dropped her. 'Geez, a bit hyper, Hannah?" Raphael giggled. Hannah nodded. "Mike gave me five cookies, but he told me not to tell Leo 'cause he would get his ass kicked!" Leonardo gasped at Hannah's vocabulary and turned to Mike. "Michaelangelo!" Leo thundered, making his little brother cower under him. Nobody ever used Mike's full name except when he was in trouble, so Mike knew he was in for it. " WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" Mike smiled sheepishly," I was thinking that it would be a good idea if...um...Hannah learned a couple of...uh, new words!" Leo shook with anger. " MICHAELANGELO! SHE IS FRIGGIN FIVE YEARS OLD!" "Hey, it ain't such a bad word! Look who's talkin anyway!" Mike started snapping back, making Raph widen his eyes. Mike faltered," Sorry, Leo... I didn't mean to talk back." Leo stared. Raph could read the wow-he-respects-me-a-lot look on his face. "It's fine Mike. Geez, talking back is perfectly normal." Mike nodded. Raph spoke up, trying to change the conversation. "So, what were ya doin' with such a big mess?" "Breakfast." Mike said, turning back to his eggs. Raph grinned. He loved Mike's cooking, and was exceptionally grateful it hadn't been Donettello who had been so kind as to make breakfast.
Well," sighed Raph," Where's Lin? I gotta rip 'er hair out." "She's in the dojo reading her training booklet. Why do you have to rip her hair out?" Leo asked, staring sternly at him. " When do I not have to?" Raph grumbled, and Leo laughed, but quickly shut his mouth. Suddenly, Raphael heard a creak of the floor behind him, and turned to see Don standing in the door way, with Jillian on his back. " Hey guys." "Hey Don." Raph greeted," Mike cooked breakfast." Donettello peered over at Mike making the eggs. The young mutant turned and grinned uneasily at his brothers and sisters. "Everyone ok with scrambled eggs?" he asked. Raph rolled his eyes. 'Ruined 'em again, huh Mike?" Mike scowled and gave him the shut-it-you-smart-aleck look. Jill hopped off Donny's back, and ran over to squeeze Mikey round the middle. "Hi Mikey!" she said, grinning up at him. Mike grimaced at her, rubbing his stomache. "Geez, knock the air out of me, why dontcha?" he said, but kissed her on the head. Raph laughed. "At least she didn't kick you in the shin, like she does me." Jill smiled her little inoccent smile, but faltered when Don stared sternly at her. "Hey Mike," Jill peeped, trying to change the conversation away from her," you done the pancakes yet?" Mike shook his head. "Not yet, Jilly Jillian." Jill grinned. "Good, 'cause me and Hanny wanna find our special mix. With the cinnamon stuff in it." Hannah smiled and nodded. Mike shrugged. " 'Kay. Have at the cupboard, girls." Hannah and Jillian both ran to the cupboard, and started throwing things out. Raph laughed. Life was a big game around here.
After a while, when almost the entire cupboard had been emptyed and was strewn all over the floor, Raph heard more footsteps behind him. He and Mike both turned, as Don was over with the girls trying to help them find their wonderful Cinnamon Mix. Erica stood in the doorway, and she smiled at Mike. Mike waved. "Hey Mini Me!" Erica nodded, and giggled at her two sisters, one half of their body sticking out of the cupboard, throwing things out, and Donny trying to dodge the things being tossed out. Erica approached Mike, staring at the eggs. "Scrambled again, huh Mike?" Mikey glared at her, and she shrugged and went to help Don keep the girls under control. When Raph felt two pairs of eyes on his back, he thought 'Wow, everyone's waking up at the same time. We must be really loud.' He turned to see Kara and Linda in the doorway. Kara smiled tirdly, and Linda glared. Raph said good morning to both of them, a greeting that Kara returned, and Linda ignored completly. The two girls walked into the kitchen and started to assist Mike in making breakfast. Soon enough, Raph spotted Jeniffer standing in the doorway with Natalie in her arms and Sasha by her side. Jen and Raph did a high five, and Natalie started whining and reaching out for him. Raph took the little girl from his sister and kissed her on the cheek. Natalie squeeled and clapped her hands. Sasha ran to Leo and hugged his leg real tight, and Leo winced as he felt his leg go numb. "Geez, girl, pop it off while your at it!" Leo said, smiling and hugging his sister.
Soon everyone, even Natalie, was helping make breakfast. Breakfast was a big event of the day, since they had to make it for fourteen people and sometimes Kurai or April and Casey. Leo, Linda and Sasha were all doing the dirty dishes from last night's dinner, with Nicole drying them. Leo and Linda were saving Sasha's kneck by stopping her from splashing suds all over Raph's shell. Nicole had offered herself to help with breakfast, and Leo had been guilty in saying sure. He didn't want her to help as she was the guest, but she had said it didn't feel right to not be helping. They'd argued quite a bit over it, but since Nikki was relentless, Leo had given in.
Raphael, Jeniffer and Victoria were making the bacon. Vic was peeling out bacon strips from their package, and Raph was cooking them, a task that took three pans, since they had to make two pieces of bacon for each person, which added up to thirty, including Nicole. Raph was thankful that Jen and Lin had jobs as waitresses out in town. They looked human enough, and all they had to do was wear a shirt that would cover their shells. Jeniffer and Linda's pay was basically how the family payed for food and things, and sometimes April would give them a lone, which she refused to be paid back for. Jen was keeping an eye on Vicky, since Vic would try to lick her fingers after pulling off bacon, and Jen would have to stop her.
Don, Kara, and Jillian had all been finishing up the eggs, but since that had been done, they were now setting the table for fifteen with Nicole's dryed dishes. They only had one set of dinnerware, so they had to wash the dishes after every meal then use them again. Don and Kara were setting out plates and glasses for everyone, and Jill was on her tiptoes, setting out the silver ware and knapkins in her special way she'd been using since she was three, and Don had been carrying her around the table while she did so.
Mike, Erica, Hannah, and Natalie were all finishing up the pancakes. Mike was mixing Jill and Hannah's special Cinnamon Mix, Erica was slopping the mix into the pancake mixer, which would mold the pancakes into hearts, and Hannah was in charge of putting in the correct ingrediants for the mix. Master Splinter said this would help with her reading and comprehension skills. Natalie was doing every baby girl's job, licking the spoon.
When the huge family had finnally set up the table for breakfast, they sat down. Splinter entered, and all of them stood, Nicole following Leo's lead, not wanting to look stupid. Splinter seated himself, and nodded, then they all sat down again, Nikki again following Leo. Then, the breakfast conversations began.
Splinter, Linda and Sasha were all bothering Leonardo about him 'sleeping' with Nicole, who was watching embarressedly, on the couch last night. "So, you just fell asleep next to each other?" Linda asked, smirking in her evil way. Leo nodded curtly, staring at his herbal tea that he drank every morning. "That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard from you, Leo!" Linda laughed, and Splinter nodded in agreement with her. "She is right my son, I can tell when you are lying." Lenoardo cursed in his head, and his eyes darted quickly to his Master, then to his cup again. "So, what's so great about her, if you don't mind me asking?" Leo stared at Sasha, feeling somewhat irritable. "You want me to tell you my million thoughts?" Leo snapped, Nicole blushing and keeping her attention determidly on the table. Sasha quickly shook her head. "Didn't think so. I don't know how to explain it, Sasha, have a fellow girl explain it to you. Don, or Linda or something..." Leo said, jerking his head at Linda. Linda snickered at the Don comment, but looked up when Splinter cleared his throat. "Leonardo, Sasha is of no age to hear such things. And you two stop back stabbing your brother!." Leo and Linda replyed in unity," Hai Splinter."
Next to them, Raph, Jen, and Vicky were talking about Raph's date with Katie. As though he didn't have enough stress about it on him already. "So," Jeniffer asked, after talking endlessly about the subject, and finally deciding to ask where the date was going to take place," where ya' takin' her?" "I'm takin' her on a cycle ride, and to the beach, ok Jen?" Raph mumbled. Jenny nodded, seeming impressed. "Nice choice. Very romantic, yet tottally you. And grils loooove sunsets and beaches!" "Thanks." grumbled Raph, feeling more and more annoyed with Jen's annoying critic act. Raph took a large drink of orange juice. "So, are you two gunna kiss?" Victoria asked innocently. Raph's eyes shot open and he choked on the juice, Jen snorting and trying to hide her fit of laughter while doubling over. Raph stared at Vicky. "Maybe..." he sputtered, wiping juice off his mouth. Vic looked confused by his reaction, and looked at him wierdly. "You're wierd, Raphy." she said, and Raph nodded, smiling. "And remember, you promised she wouldn't replace me." Vic reminded him, and Raphael nodded. "Yes I did."
Don and Kara were talking about robotics, with Jillian piping up and speaking her opinion when she knew what they were talking about. Their words were hurried, as though they only had a few moments to discuss the matter before they dropped dead. Jill shook her head. "Geez, you two, talk a bit faster and your lips'll fall off!" Don laughed. Jill rolled her eyes. "I know you have no lips, smart aleck!" Don smiled, and continued to talk with his sister.
Mike and Erica were both talking excitedly about the new Silver Sentry comic coming out in a week's time( A/N:if that's spelled wrong or anything tell me, becasue Mike will not let me live if it stays spelled wrong!) "Did you know that in that issue, he has to face a new enemy!" Mike said, talking almost as quickly as Don and Kara. Eric nodded, now getting sort of bored with the conversation and trying to eat. "And-" "Okay, Mike! Just wait for the comic book to come out!" she snapped, and Mike's smile faltered. He shrugged, and started to pig out on the bacon, slapping Leo's hand away when he reached for some.
Hanny and Nat were sitting together, and Hannah was helping her eat her baby food. It wasn't working too well; Natalie didn't seem to want to open her mouth, and instead the food was all over her mouth and dripping down her chin. Hannah was being patient though and picked up a knapkin from the table and wiped her baby sister's face off, then tried again. Natalie decided she was hungry now, and took the bite. Hannah smiled, and got another spoon full, and gave Natalie another bite. Natalie grabbed her bottle of juice then, and started to suck it down, with Hannah finally being able to eat her own food. She wiped off her little sister's face, and started to eat her breakfast.
When breakfast was over, and Raph had done his part in washing the dishes, him and Vicky went to watch TV before training. Raphael found it quite hard to spend quality time with any of his sisters. What with nine sisters and three brothers roaming the leigher, it was hard for him to even be alone by himself! Raph sat down and leaned back into the couch, setting Vic on his lap. He sighed and turned on that twisted show, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. After about two minutes, he found himself wondering if his eyes were going to pop out of his head they were so wide open. After a few episodes had passed, April entered. Raph jolted awake from his doze when he felt April's hand on his shoulder. "Oh, sorry Raph. I didn't mean to scare you..." Raph shook his head. "It's fine." Raph noticed Victoria wasn't on his lap, or anywhere else in the living room for that matter. "Hey, where's Vicky?" April shrugged. "Probably with Jen. Hey, how'd Leo's date go last night? Don told me he went out with one of Kurai's students last night." "Her name's Nicole and it went great. He's actually out with her right now." April frowned. "Where at?" "Who knows, the little love birds never tell ya' where they're goin'." April shrugged and sat next to him. "I'm so TIRED!" she complained. "How come?" "Well, the shop is getting a hell of a lot of costumers! I never have one second to even think! And then there is dates with Casey-" "WHAT?!" Raph yelled unintentionally. April didn't flinch. "Didn't you know? Me and Case are dating." Raph stared at her. "Ooook." He said, and leaned back into the couch, slightly embarressed. April shook her head. "So, yeah, I just want some alone time." Raph looked at her in disbelief. "Well, why the hell did you come here? We have like, thirteen mutants in here right now!" April shook her head. " Wrong. You have twelve. You added an extra." Raph stared at her for a second, then remebered. "Oh, that's right you don't know..." "I don't know what?" Raph shook his head, and heard Natalie crying from her room. Raph sat there for a minute, hoping that Splinter would get off his butt to go get her, but no, -he- had to. He growled, and went to get her.
In time, Raphael returned with Natalie in his arms. he spotted April's face, which was confused. "Who's this?" Raph grinned. "The thirteenth memmber, Natalie." April smiled. "Splinter's willing to deal with another one, huh?" Raph shrugged. "I think he's crazy." April laughed, and tickled Nat under her chin. Natalie looked kind of freaked out. Raph understood why, April must look so different to the little girl. Raph laughed," That's April Natalie!" Natalie looked at him confused. How can this thing be her friend? Natalie then looked at April again, and contorted her face, as though trying to figure out what she was. Then, suddenly, Natalie's mood changed, and she dived at April and hugged her. April hugged her too, eyes wide. Raph laughed himself silly. "Well you get your share of being tackled." Raph said, and April scowled.
April yelped when Leo, appearing as if out of nowhere, said," Hey April." She pursed her lips and put hand on his shoulder. "Leo, don't do that." Leo shrugged. "Well, hi anyway." she said, kissing him on the cheek. Leo saluted her, and turned to watch the TV for a minute. Raph smiled. April always had favored Leo and Don most of all of them. He didn't really mind. He had April's boyfriend to hang out with, he really didn't like being around girls much anyway. Then he thought of Katie, and quickly made an exception. "April!" Leo exclaimed, looking at April and the circles under her eyes as though for the first time," You look like you just died! What happened to you?" April smiled. "The shop happened to me." Leo nodded in symapthy and vaulted the couch to sit next to her. Natalie dived for Leo this time and hugged his arm tightly, and Leo put his arm around her very very small body.
"So," April sighed casually, looking at Leo," Where's Don?" "Kitchen." "Mike?" "Same." Raph groaned. Oh boy. Bad things always happened in the kitchen between Mike and Don. Ever since Mike had turned fourteen, Don had been determined to get his 13 years worth of getting back. Sure enough, Mike and Don entered, and Mike was scowling at Don again with murder in his eyes. Mike had pink paint all over his body, and stuck to it were little bits of feather. Don was wheezing with laughter, doubled over and red in the face. Raph chuckled, and Leo couldn't help but giggle himself. Mike frowned at both of them,then glared furiiusly at Donny.
A voice behind Mikey said," Yes, pink is your color Mike." Jeniffer smirked at him, then came to sit on the arm of the couch on Raph's side. "Hey Carrot-Top." Jen greeted, grinning at April. April scowled at her, and Raph and Leo snorted, but they shut thier mouths when April threw a dirty look at them.
After a while, the entire family had entered, and all of the little girls were sitting on some part of Raphael, since they weren't exactly good at sharing him( sorry Lenni, I stole this from you). Natalie and Victoria were both sitting on Raph's legs, leaning back on his plastron, Hannah and Jillian were both snuggled back into his muscular arms, and Sasha was sitting on his shoulders. Mike kept glancing over at Raph, and snorting loudly.
"Truth or Dare, you four?" Jill said, as the family played their usuall game of Truth or Dare," Um... truth." Leo said, announcing him, Raph, Don and Mikey's decision, a worried look on his face."Hm... do you guys have a crush on anyone?" "Yes." They all answered at the same time, looked at each other, and laughed. Hannah rolled her eyes. "We all know -you- do, Leo. That girl's over here all the time." Leo shrugged, smiling.
Around 6:30 at night, Raph was freshening up in his room, getting ready for his date. He kept tying, and retying his bandanna, but it always seemed to look wrong to him. He jumped when he heard a knock on his door, and a call of,"Can I come in?" "Sure, Leo." Leonardo opened the door, and came to sit down on Raph's bed. "So, whatcha doin'?" Leo aksed him, staring at Raph."Gettin' ready for my date." Raph grunted, still struggling to make himself look decent. Leo shook his head, and put a hand on Raph's arm. "Raph, you look fine. It's ok, bro." Raph sighed, and sank down onto the bed next to Leo. "Leo, what is it with girls? Why do I feel like... I dunno, like I'm gunna throw up, but it's a good feeling at the same time?" Leo shrugged, staring at the wall. "That's what I asked myself when I went out with Nikki the other night. I don't really know, Raph. Why're you asking me anyway?" Raph stared at the ground. "Because Splinter's never fallen in love before, so I can't talk to him... and you have." Leo felt his eyes go round. "Oh... well...." Raph put his head in his hands. "I swear I have a feeling I'm gunna say somethin' stupid, and everything'll be ruined..." Raph moaned and Leo looked at him. "Raph, it'll be fine. If I don't say so myself, you're quite the charmer. Just be yourself, okay?" Raph laughed. "You sound like a girl. But it's good advice anyway." Leo shoved him, and they both walked out of Raph's room together.
After a few minutes Katie entered. Raph's jaw dropped when he saw her, she was so stunning. Her short black hair was in a messy pony tail, with a red highlighted hair tie in it. Her big brown eyes glittered in the light of the lamp on the side table. She had on a tight fit stomache revealer that was white and said 'I Love New York City!' on it. She also had on tight jeans, and a leather jacket and boots. "Are you ready to go, Raph?" Raph was still staring, not really taking in the fact that she had asked him a question. Leo pushed him, and his head snapped up, and he nodded. Raphael took a deep breath, stood, and strode forward. 'Just be yourself.' Raph thought,' Remember what Leo said.'
Raph and Katie stepped inside the elavator that led to street level. Before the door shifted closed, Mikey gave a loud whoop for Raph, making the turtle go red as his bandanna. He shook his head, and Katie sighed. "You're lucky." "For what?" Raph asked. "Having such a big family. That cares about you. It must be great." Raph stared at his feet. "Yeah, but I want my space too." Katie smiled.
When the elevator reached the top, and the doors shifted open, Katie gasped. "Nice wheels!" she exclaimed, running her delicate hand along the seat of he shell cycle. Raph beamed proudly, and patted it. "Yep, she's my baby." Katie laughed, and shook her head. Raph threw one leg over the bike, and sat down. He put on his helment, dug around in Don's junk and found Mikey's helment under it all, and handed it to Katie. She sat behind him, and screamed when Raph started the engine. Raph rolled his eyes, and yelled over the engine," You okay?" Katie nodded. "Sorry!" Raph sighed, and zoomed out of the garage. Once he got onto the road, he popped a wheelie, and Katie grabbed him round the waist to keep herself from falling off the end. She buried her cheek into his shell and laughed. "YEEEEEHA!" Raph yelled, doing another wheelie.
He turned a corner, and spotted Casey Jones in an alley beating some kids who had drugs with them. Raph yelled," Hey, Case!" Casey looked away from the guy he was socking the daylights out of, and waved. Katie smiled at the guy and asked," Who's that?" "Friend of mine. Casey Jones." Katie nodded, but yelped as Raph revved the engine suddenly and sped down the street. Soon they came to the beach and Raph parked the SC on the grass. The two went to sit down in the sand, and Katie took off her shoes. Raph sighed and fell down onto the sand. Katie laughed, and rolled up her pants, then threw off her leather jacket. She fell down next to Raph, and the two sat there, staring at the water. Raph kept fidgeting, looking over at Katie fervently, but determined to be himself. 'Hey, Jen told me that ladies love a sly man...' Raph thought, and he sneered evily. Katie was staring at the sunset, which was reflecting off of her eyes. Raph stuck his foot in the water. It was freezing. He flicked his foot up, sending water up into Katie's face. She screamed, and wiped her face, then stared at him. He wiggled his eyebrows, and Katie smiled. She put a hand on his back, and shoved him face first into the water. He came up coughing and laughing. Neither one really relized they were acting like they were five years old, they didn't really care at all. Raph pulled Katie down with him by her leg, and they both splashed and laughed for what seemed for ever. They got pretty wet, and Raph was really glad turtles were amphibious, or they might have drowned each other by now.
After a while, Katie tripped, and toppled ontop of Raphael, and stared into his eyes. "Well, this is an awkward position..." Raph whispered. Katie nodded, staring at his face. She lifted her hand up, and took his eye mask into it. He didn't even make a move to stop her as she pulled it up to reveal his brown eyes. "So that's what they look like." Katie whispered, and Raph laughed quietly. Katie lowered her face twords his, and they kissed. She felt Raph's body shudder a bit when their mouths met, but he quickly caught on and returned it. The two were completly oblivious of Casey Jones staring at them from above. Casey took out a camera. "Hahaha, black mail!" Casey said, then whispered," Good for you, bud." and sped off.
When Katie broke away from him, Raph's head was buzzing like mad. Katie's too. "Damn he's a good kisser!" Katie thought, and rested her head on Raph's chest. The warmth of Raph's body made Katie feel safe, and she wanted lie there in his arms forever. Raphael ran his hand over Katie's wet hair, and kissed her head like he did with Victoria. Katie looked up at him, and pressed her lips onto his again. He got brave enough to caress her cheek with his hand, and she put her hands on his shoulders to make the kiss more passionate. Katie lay her head back down, and placed a hand tenderly on his chest. Raph wanted to scream out with joy, announce his love to the world, but he kept it all contained, this resulting in a strange tingling in the pit of his stomache. He smiled, holding Katie close to him. He relised he was still in the water, but he didn't really mind. Raph looked down at Katie who was staring out at the horizon again. "Katie?" She looked up at him. "I-I love you, Katie." Katie smiled softly. "I love you too, Raphael." They kissed again, more passionantly than ever, and Raph's head started to ring with some strange sound that seemed it wasn't really even there, sort of making him feel light headed. Katie pulled Raph closer to her, and she smiled when they broke away. Raph had the urge to pull her back, but he didn't want to make her nervous, so he just lay back down, and closed his eyes. Katie was getting tired too, and she really didn't care if she fell asleep here. Her body was numb from the freezing water but Raphael's arm was making up for it.
Katie woke up much later. It was pure night outside now, the only light being the moon and stars. She looked at Raph, and noticed he was asleep as well. She shook him. "Raph! Raphael!" Raph grunted awake, and stared blearilly at the sky. "Stars? Ah, we gotta go! You can spend the night at my place!" Raph and Katie scrambled up, and hopped onto the shell cycle. Katie was still putting on her coat when Raphael started going down the road, and he had to grab her so she wouldn't fall. Katie smiled as Raph 'accidently' squeezed her backside, and Raph winked at her. 'I am the Flirt Master!' Raph thought evilly. "Hang on!" He warned, and Katie screamed as he took off at full speed twords the layer.
When they reached the garage, the two jumped off, Katie with her arm on Raph's shoulder, and Raph with his arm aroud Katie's waist again. The two crept into the elevator, went down, and Raph went out into the living room first. "Oh, geez, it's 1:00 in the morning, Kate!" He hissed, beckoning her twords him. Katie's eyes widened, and she smiled. The two tiptoed silently to Raph's room, and Raph closed the door behind him, trying not to make a creak. Katie was looking her self over with disgust. "Ugh, I'm so wet!" she whined. Raph smiled. "You're still beautifull anyway." Katie grinned and pushed him. "Ah, you..." She stared around. "Um... excersise much?" Raph looked confused, then laughed. Katie was gazing at the weights stacked on top of each other in the corner, the new punching bag he'd gotten from Mikey, and the weights that he tied on his feet whenever he went on a run by himself. "Hehehe..." Raph replyed, sort of embarressed. Katie shook her head. "You don't have to be nervous, silly." "I know." Katie giggled," So, um... where am I gunna sleep?" Raph grinned, and Katie got the picture. "Oh, you bad bad boy!" she scolded playfully, and Raph smiled, and rummaged around in his drawers. he took out a towel, and placed it round her shoulders, then kissed her tenderly on the cheek.
Katie climbed under the covers of Raph's bed, and Raphael got in next to her, and put his arm around her shoulders. He pulled Katie close to him, the smell of her damp hair lulling him into the best sleep of his life.
A/N: Yeah! All done with this chapter! Bwa ha ha ha ha! Now, show of hands, how many of you LOVE romance? Huh? Huh? Anyway, I'm doing a poll for all you turtle fans. "Who do you think is the hottest turtle?" Pick one, and either e-mail your answer or answer in a review! WPS! LYLF!
Monica