The tunnels were dark as usual as they made there way back toward Julies apartment complex, she had been relatively quite which didn't seem to phase Mikey at all he jabbered on most of the way about the movie. Some times she felt bad for him the seclusion seemed to bother him a lot more than his brothers , he really did remind her of a puppy always excited to see people.
They were nearing her exit when Mikey's voice broke through her thoughts.
"Uh earth to Jules, come in Jules" Damn he must have asked her something.
"Hmm?"
"You okay?" He questioned.
"Yeah I'm fine just a little tired I suppose" It wasn't a complete lie she was tired but she still couldn't seem to stop her mind from wondering back to the mugging the more she thought about it the stupider she felt, why hadn't she just ran down the block to the store she was half way there already, stupid panic!
"So you gonna tell me what happened?" He was giving her one of those tell me or I'll bug you senseless looks.
"I already told you I got mugged , its not a big deal it was only twenty bucks and a bloody lip it could have been worse" She made little attempt to keep the irritation out of her voice, why did have to push. She attempted to continue off down the tunnel but by the tie she reached the corner she realized she didn't hear Mikey behind her. She turned to see him standing there hands on hips tapping his foot with a look of mock irritation, it occurred to her then that she didn't think she had ever seen him make a face of real irritation , or anger for that matter.
"What?" She asked already having a pretty good idea of the answer.
"I'm not moving a muscle until to tell me… in fact make me wait too long and I'll hold my breath"
She did her best to suppress a giggle at the thought of a six foot turtle through a temper tantrum and holding his breath.
"Fine" She gave in "Start walking and I'll start talking"
Mikey let out the breath he was preparing to hold and followed her off down the tunnel. By the time they had reached her exit she had filled him in on the short incident from early this evening, it sounded like even less of a big deal as recounted it, damn why hadn't she done something different. She concluded as they stopped under the ladder leading to the man hole in the now infamous alleyway.
Mikey stopped and pulled a thoughtful expression before saying
"You right, that really wasn't a big deal" Which earned him a quick punch in the shoulder, let it to him to try and joke the problem away.
"You know "he added as a after thought "I could probably teach you a few moves if you wanted… you know so next time the drunken boogie man tries to take my snack money you can smack him around a little bit for me"
This time she had to laugh. She quickly agreed favoring Mikey with a hug and a quick kiss on the cheek which left him blushing furiously in the dark while she happily climbed the ladder and skipped to the front doors of her apartment instantly feeling better about the whole evening.
