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A/N: Thanks for the reviews dudes and dudettes. I really appreciate it.
Mac-yep, she learned her l's and r's. I gave her some ice cream for that.
Doppleganger-I'm just full of surprises. ;) And you are very welcome. I was kinda tired of typing like that anyway.
Motherhood
By: TMNTlover4ever
Chapter 12: Setting Things Right
Michelangelo:
I ran out of the infirmary, looking all around the lair for Leo.
"Leo? Leo?" I called, but no one answered. Duh...
I looked up at his room to see his door wide open, so he couldn't be in there.
I decided to go out into the sewers. Hopefully, I could find him out there.
As I ran out of the lair, I tried to figure out where he could possibly be. I've known Leo for 15 years, but I just realized that...I hardly knew him at all...We've never been close before, actually, Leo hadn't ever been close to anyone...until Sheri came along, that is. Don't get me wrong. We all love each other, but Raph, Don, nor I have ever gotten close enough to Leo to know much about him. I think it's a leader thing.
I groaned to myself, trying to figure out where the shell he could be.
I whipped out my shell-cell and called Sheri's shell-cell. She was the only one that might know where Leo had gone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Sher." I muttered.
"Hey..."
"Do you know where Leo could have gone?" I asked.
"What?"
"I don't know where he could've gone."
"You've lived with him for 15 years and you don't know where he could've gone?" She asked in an amazed voice.
"Yeah...otherwise I wouldn't be calling you now." I said.
I could just see her rolling her eyes at my comment.
"Are you certain he wasn't in the lair?"
"Yeah."
"Try the main sewer junction. He always told me he liked the sound of water moving somehow..." Sheri said.
"Cool. And if he's not there?"
"Then try another place with water moving." She said.
"Oh, that narrows it down." I said sarcastically.
"It's better than nothing ain't it?"
"I guess you're right. Alright then, later."
"Later."
We both hung up. I could tell by her voice she felt a bit awkward by all this. But, she had every right to be. I had kissed her first, it was me who Leo should be angry with...and as much as I hate to say it, I was gonna tell the truth. It wouldn't be fair to Sheri or Leo if I lied.
I walked into the main sewer junction, looking around the huge room. Searching behind the pipes, looking down the other sewer tunnels, and staring at the floor, to find any trace of my heart broken brother.
"Leo?" I called out. My voice echoed through the junction and sewer tunnels.
"Leo...leo...eo...eo..."
Leonardo:
Damn him...Damn him!
I shouldn't have ever trusted him! I should've known better! Just to be a little pain in the ass, he kissed the girl that I liked! Is he trying to make my life miserable? God dammit!
I ran down the sewer tunnels. I had to clear my head. Somehow...
I ran to the first place I could think of; the main sewer junction.
It wasn't the most pretty sight, but did you need sight to meditate? No.
It was the sound that made me fall in love with the place. I found a good spot on the highest pipe. It ran parallel from the ground and was wide enough for me to sit or stand on. I would sit cross-legged and meditate all the time when I was troubled about something and didn't want to talk about it.
I loved the sounds of the water hitting the other water. It was just a beautiful sound and it relaxed me and my mind. No one else knew that I meditated here. No one...not even Sheri.
I jumped up to the pipe, sitting cross-legged on it. I closed my eyes and concentrated on the falling and swirling waters below me. I took a deep breath and tried to find my center.
Unfortunately, my mediation was interrupted by a familiar yell.
"Leo...leo...eo...eo!
I opened my eyes and looked down to see my little brother slowly walking in, his eyes darting everywhere in the junction, looking for me.
"Leo?" He called again. The echoes bounced everywhere in the room, giving me an even bigger headache.
"You like causing me pain, Mikey?" I asked harshly from the pipe, rubbing my temples.
He jumped at the sound of my voice, but I could tell in his eyes he was kind of glad to see me.
"Leo, can we talk?" He asked in a half pleading voice.
"Why should I talk to you?" I asked, making my voice even more harsh when I said you.
"C'mon Leo. I just wanna talk..." He pleaded.
"You already took Sheri. You want my leader position too?" I asked, even more harsher than before. I crossed my arms.
Mike sighed and rubbed one of his temples then looked back up at me.
"Look, Leo, I don't want your leader position. And I didn't mean to kiss Sheri. It was an accident-"
"How do you accidentally kiss someone Mike? Did you just trip over your own two feet and your lips just somehow landed on hers?" My eyes I know were showing a lot of anger. Let me tell ya, if looks could kill...I probably would've killed my own brother.
He growled in frustration.
"Listen Leo, I didn't mean for us to kiss. I didn't know you were given permission to date and it just kinda happened...We weren't thinking...I wasn't thinking..." He said, sounding just as harsh as I was.
"I'm sorry Leo..." He said, his voice changing from harsh to sincere.
I didn't look at him now. I didn't need to. I could just imagine what his face looked like.
"If you don't want to forgive me that's cool, but don't go blamin' Sheri. It isn't her fault. She's still available too. We ain't goin out or anything. We already agreed to forget about it." Michelangelo said.
Then, I could hear his foot steps as he trudged back to the lair.
...Talk about a guilt trip...
Sheri:
I could hear Mike muttering to himself as he walked through the entry way.
"Mike!" I called from my bed, hoping he would come in.
He did, but stayed in the doorway, not wanting to come any closer. He kept his head down, avoiding my gaze.
"Did you find Leo?"
"Yeah..."
"Well?"
"Well what?" He snapped at me.
"What the hell happened!" I asked, getting snippety myself.
"We talked..." He muttered.
"So, is everything cool?" I asked.
"Don't know. He didn't say if he forgave me or not."
"Forgave you? What about me? Don't tell me I'm not on his bad side now." I said.
I didn't want Mike to get in trouble for something we both did. It just wasn't right. I couldn't let him take all the blame. I mean, I didn't stop myself from kissing him. I didn't tell him to not kiss me again. I don't know what came over me. But, I had to admit, the boy could kiss.
"No, you're fine. I told him it's my fault." He said.
"But, Mike, it was my fault too. I didn't stop you from kissing me. I don't want you to take all of the blame." I said.
"Too late. I already did." Mikey said, as he walked out of the infirmary.
I sighed and closed my eyes.
I hate love...It's so freakin' complicated...
"Is Mikey in here?" asked a new voice from the doorway.
"No. He isn't. You just missed him." I said.
"You know where he went?" Leo asked.
"No. Leo, can we talk?" I asked.
"I guess..." He muttered. He walked all the way in and pulled up the chair that Mike had been sitting in earlier.
"Leo...please don't be mad at Mikey. He didn't mean for this to happen. And, it was partially my fault too. I didn't stop him. So please, don't be just mad at Mike. I'm to blame too." I said, looking him in the eyes.
He put his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm not mad at either of you. Well, not now anyway. I'm sorry I acted like that, but...I didn't know how else to react. I will admit, I can be a bit of a drama turtle sometimes. And I apologize for that. You and Mike do not deserve to be yelled at or mad at. I have forgiven both of you." Leo said with a reassuring smile.
Leonardo:
"Thank you, Leonardo-san." She said. It may have been me. I'm still not sure, but I swear when she said 'Leonardo-san' she said it in a sexier voice. Like I said, it could've just been me, but the way she said my name, well, let's just say, it got my attention. Or it could've possibly been that gleam in her eyes when she said my name that made me believe it. Either I'm losing my mind, or maybe...she really does like me.
I got up from the chair and started walking to the hallway that led to our rooms.
"You gonna try his room?" She asked.
"Yeah. That's where he usually holes up when he's upset." I informed her.
"Here," She began, tossing his Gameboy to me, "tell Mike he can have his Gameboy back. I can't get passed the last level in a game and it's bothering the crap out of me."
I smiled. "I'll be sure to tell him."
I walked to his door that was shut and I knocked.
"Mike?" I asked.
"What?"
"I'm ready to talk now." I said.
"Come in." He muttered.
I opened the door with a deep breath and looked around his usual messy room.
Comic books, drawings, potato chip bags, and other things littered his floor. I smiled at the sight of it.
"Yeah, don't tell me. This place looks like a pig sty." Mikey joked.
"Well, I wouldn't exactly say a pig sty. Maybe more of a turtle sty." I said.
He smiled a little, but then sat on his bed.
"Look, Leo. I'm really sorry. I would never mean to-" Mike began, but I held my hand up to stop him.
As I walked toward his bed, I laid the Gameboy on his desk and then sat beside him.
"Mike, it's okay. I'm not mad at either of you anymore. I've just spoken with Sheri and my head is a little more clearer than what it was when I first saw you both kissing. To me, it looked like you were backstabbing me, but I know to you two, it just happened. It was an accident. I know that you wouldn't take Sheri away from me. Now, if you were Raph, I'd believe it. But you aren't. You're Mikey. And even though, we give you a lot of crap all the time, you're still my brother. And brothers forgive each other and move on. I'm not going to let a girl come between us. No matter what. I love ya bro." I said, pulling him into a hug.
"I love ya too, dude." Mike said, returning the hug.
After a minute or two of hugging, Mike released me and looked me in the eyes with a smile on his face.
"Now, go get your woman, before Raph decides too." He said.
I nodded. "Thanks bro." I said.
"Hey, I'm not too upset. I wouldn't be able to settle down anyway. I need to be a bachelor so I can flirt with all the ladies. Sheri and I probably wouldn't have a very good or long relationship." He informed me.
"Still bro. Thanks. I was a real jerk back there."
"Yeah, you're a real drama queen." Mike teased. "Now, go get her tiger." He said, standing up.
I stood up as well and walked back to the infirmary, giving Mike a wink as I walked out of his room.
"Sheri?" I asked as I walked into the infirmary. However, I didn't see her there and the extra pair of crutches were gone.
I cocked an eye ridge.
Where'd she go to now?
I heard the toilet flush and the sound of the sink running. I turned to see Sheri coming from the bathroom, on crutches.
I walked toward her, and then noticed that her crutch was going to land on Mike's skateboard that he left on the floor.
"Sheri, sto-" I tried to say, but her crutch had already touched the skateboard.
"Whoah!" She yelled as her crutch fell beneath her.
I rushed over and put my arm under her back and caught her.
It looked like I had dipped her for the finishing part of a dance or something.
"You alright?" I asked.
"I'm fine...now." She said with a smile.
We leaned in and kissed on the lips. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped mine around her waist.
Whoever it was running the world up there, thank you sooooo much.
Michelangelo:
It had been a gutsy move. Yeah, I know it was dangerous putting that skateboard there. But I knew it would work. I smiled as I watched Leo get to kiss the woman of his dreams. I then noiselessly closed the door to my room and laid on the bed.
If Leo had ever figured out that I put that skateboard there on purpose, he'd kill me.
Even worse, if Sheri had gotten hurt worse, he would've skinned me alive.
I looked at my alarm clock. It was just going on noon now. So much had happened in the last 3 hours. I couldn't believe it.
I had set things right. And I was proud of it...
TBC
