Chapter 71
"Idiot!" Raph hit Mikey off the head again.
"I didn't do it on porpose!" Mikey explained.
"What happened?" Casey asked.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK! WE CRASHED! IF WE DON'T GET OUT OF HERE SOON...I'M GONNA KILL YOU ALL!" April yelled.
Raph and Mikey gave each other scared looks. "Hurry up and let's get out of here!" Raph said.
"Right!" Mikey started putting the battle shell in reverse. Then, the alarm system went off. Everybody looked at me.
"I didn't do that this time! I swear! I'm not even near the buttons!" I said. Everyone turned to Mikey.
"It was the car! Probably because I crashed..." Mikey covered.
"So in other words, you did it?" Leo asked.
"Ahhh...sorry?" Mikey smiled a bit.
"What aren't we moving?" April asked.
"Um, April?" Casey asked. "Just to let you know...we're stuck."
"We're stuck?"
"Yeah. Mikey crashed and the alarm system went off. The only buttons there are to turn the system off, are outside of the battle shell, and Leo has one. Wait a--Leo?"
"It's in the lair..." Leo said.
"I don't even know why I made a button for you." Donny glared at Leo.
"Sorry." Leo said.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Raph asked.
"I'll tell you how, if we don't get out of this thing soon, I'M GONNA KILL YOU ALL!" April yelled.
"Um, #1: that's not teling us how to get out of here. #2: You already said that." Mikey stated.
April glared at him.
"Your not helping." Raph glared at Mikey, too.
"I was just saying..." Mikey trailed off.
"I, for one, have to say that we're stuck." Donny said.
"No kidding." I glared at him.
Donny shot a glare back.
"Guys?" Casey asked.
"What?" Raph turned around.
"I think we really have to get April to the hospital...I think she's gonna explode!"
"She looks it."
"WILL YOU GUYS SHUT UP? I AM NOT GOING TO EXPLODE! DO YOU HEAR ME? NO! I AM NOT GOING TO--"
"Explode! Wow. Pregnant ladies tend to repeat themselves a lot!" Mikey said.
April calmed down.
"Yeah, and you also interuppted her again." Raph said.
"I--oops." Mikey looked at April who was glaring at him.
"Was I talking?" April asked.
"Yes..." Mikey answered.
"Were you talking?"
"No, but April? Do you have to ask me these questions? You must have asked me them a thousand times!"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"THEN HOW COME YOU NEVER LET ME FINISH A SENTENCE!"
"Oh...I don't know..."
"Look mommy! A button!" a little boy pressed the button as he walked past the battle shell.
Raph looked out the window. "Thanks kid! Now, let's go to that hospital!" Raph was ready to go.
"Raph!" Casey yelled. "There's no time! We're going to have to give birth to this baby!"
Raph gave Casey a look of horrer. "We have plenty of time!" Raph left at top-speed.
After two hours in the hostipal...
"I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored...I'm bored..." I chanted.
"Sapphire, I'll take you home." Donny got up.
"Are we taking the battle shell?"
"No!"
"But I thought that that was the only car we brought..."
"No--wait...it was...shell..."
"I promise! I will not touch any of those buttons!"
"How much you wanna bet you will?"
"None."
"Why? You have a good chance at winning!"
"I know. But if I loose, I don't have any money."
"Well then don't loose! Then that way we'll both be happy! My battle shell will be in one piece, so I'd be happy, and then you'd get money so you'd be happy."
"Naw..."
"You know how to spoil a really good time!"
"I know! I only do it if it's you. Or Raph or Leo."
"What about Mikey?"
"He usually spoils it."
"How?"
"He's the reason why we always get caught..." I said.
"That's understandable." Donny replied.
Back at home...
"You can go back to the hospital now. I'll be fine alone." I said.
"I know." Donny answered.
"Then why don't you go?"
"Because I don't trust you."
"How can you not trust me?"
"I have my reasons..."
"Name two."
"How you tricked all of us into getting you four dogs, and what you did to the battle shell,"
"Fine I--"
"And how you made Mikey blind."
"I said two...not three."
"Either way I win." Donny shrugged.
"Fine..." I started walking upstairs. "Hey, Donny?"
"Can I just read my book in peace? Just this one time!"
"No."
"Fine. What?"
"Do you think April will have her baby today or tomorrow?"
"I don't know!"
"Well what do you hope?"
"Today."
"Why?"
"Sapphire, why are you asking me these--"
"Why!"
"I don't know...it's probably painful for April and probably painful for Casey."
"Yeah...you do realize that if she does have the baby today, there will be two birthdays?"
"No there--"
"Yes--" I nodded.
"That's right!" Donny got wide-eyed.
Ring! Ring!
"Hello?" Donny asked. "Oh, hi. Listen, Leo, do me a favor, would ya? Good! Tell April to have her baby tomorrow. Please? Why can't you? Is that the reason you called? Really? That's sweet!" Donny covered up the phone for a minute. "April had a boy!" Donny turned back to Leo. "What did they name him? They haven't decided? Do they at least have any ideas? No? Boy, that's stupid! They should've--(I handed Donny a piece of paper) what's this?"
"Just read it!" I went to my room.
"No, Sapphire just handed me some paper. It says: Eddie, Alex, Joey, Kevin, Marcus, Dylan, Cole, Zack, Ryan, and Josh? I think there name suggustions. Write the names down...Eddie, Alex, Joey, Kevin, Marcus, Dylan, Cole, Zack, Ryan, and Josh. You got all that? Ok, go give them to April and Casey...I have to go. Bye!" Donny hung up the phone and came into my room. "What are you doing to your turtles?"
"Seven birthdays today!" I smiled.
"What? Electric just had--" I cut Donny off.
"Three boys, and two girls..."
"Oh...shell...
"What? It's a good thing!"
"I know, but--hey, what are you gonna name them?"
"I have no idea..."
"This day of the month, is going to be the biggest day of the whole month! Or the whole year..."
"What about Christmas?"
"Ok, maybe it'll be the biggest day of the whole month..."
"Really? So can this day be a holiday?"
"What?" Donny asked.
"Can this be a holiday?" I asked again.
"Why?"
"Because it's a special day!"
"What do you want me to do? Call up the Mayor and ask him? Hi, I was just wondering, could you make today a holiday? Because today's my daughter's birthday and her pet urtle just had five babies, and my friend just gave birth to a boy today..."
"Yeah, that's sounds good!" I smiled.
"I was being sarcastic..."
"Please?"
"No."
"Did April and Casey name their baby, yet?"
"No. Leo will call if they do."
"Did Leo call?"
"What do you think?"
"Yes?"
"Yes? How could it be yes?"
"He called once."
"Yeah, to tell us that April had a boy..."
"What's taking them so long? April's probably still crankey...all she has to do is say a name, Casey will say no, she'll yell at him, and then he'll say yes. It's not that hard!" I said.
"Yeah, but what if April doesn't know what name she wants? Ever think of that?" Donny asked.
"Do I ever think at all?"
"No."
"Then obviously I haven't thought of that!"
"One day, I'll get you..."
"Get me what? A convirtible?"
"NO! How come everything is such a mystery to you?"
"Because I can't think."
Donny glared at me.
"What? It's true!"
"Look where you are in school! By the way, did you get your report card yet?"
"English a, math a-, science b-, history a-, and spanish b." I took the report card out from under my pillow and gave it to Donny.
"So you got Honor role?" Donny asked.
"Yeah."
"See? You can think! Otherwise, these can't be your grades."
"I know. But what if I had someone doing the work for me?"
"Don't even joke about that..."
"What if I'm not joking?"
"Sapphire!"
"Fine, fine!"
Ring! Ring!
"APRIL NAMED HER BABY!" I raced to the phone. "What's his name? What do you mean they didn't name him, yet? Then why are you calling? Fine...Donny? It's boogerbreath." I handed the phone to Donny.
Donny glared at me. "Hi Mikey."