Chapter 90
The next morning in the kitchen at breakfast...
"So...who's gonna teach me how to drive today?" I asked.
"Raph can." Leo answered.
"What! Why me?" Raph asked.
"Because it was your idea to say yes."
"No it wasn't! It was Mikey's!"
"I know."
"Then--"
"We don't want Mikey teaching her because we know that he's going to screw up..." Donny interupted.
"Oh. Ok, then..." Raph went back onto eating his breakfast.
Mikey walked in yawning. "What did I screw up?"
"Nothing." Donny said.
"...Yet..." Raph added.
Mikey glared at him.
"Raph, what time do you want me to be ready?" I asked.
"Aren't you already ready, though?" Raph asked.
"Well no...unless you want me to drive in my pajamas, a bathrobe, and my slippers...yeah I'm ready..."
"Alright...alright...never mind..."
"What time?"
"I don't care..."
"You have to give me a time."
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, I'll never get ready."
"So?"
"So, we won't be able to drive today." I said.
"Oh, what a pity..." Raph said sarcasticly.
I made a face behind Raph's back. "Leo, what are you doing?"
"Pouring coff--milk." Leo stammered.
"Coffmilk?"
"No...just milk...sorry...it's just milk..."
"But I smell coffee..."
"Well then your smelling things..."
"No, I'm not. Give me some coffee."
"No! You know how you are when you drink coffee!"
"Just one little sip!"
"No! You'll get really really hyper!" Leo yelled.
"So it is coffee!" I smiled.
Leo rolled his eyes.
"If she has coffee, I'm not teaching her..." Raph said.
"Speaking of which--what time do you want me to be ready by?" I asked.
"What time is it now?"
"Quarter to ten." Donny answered.
"Then ten o'clock..." Raph said.
"But I haven't even gotten my breakfast, yet!" I yelled.
"Exactly! Leo! Pick up the pace!"
"Hey," Leo started waving his spatula in front of Raph's face. "If your hungry so much; you cook."
"No, don't let him cook! He'll burn the food!" Mikey said.
"Oh! Like you never burn food!" Raph yelled.
Mikey made him the same face I did when Raph turned his back to look at Leo again.
"What are we even having, anyway?" Raph asked.
"Do you not have eyes?" Leo rested the dishtowel on the pan and caught on fire.
"LEO!" Raph yelled.
Donny got up and ran over toward the fire extinguisher and threw it to Raph. Raph sprayed it all over our breakfast while Leo stepped out of the way to let him through.
Raph sprayed our breakfast one more time and then turned to glare at Leo. "Very smart, Dummy!"
"Sorry..." Leo said.
It was silent for a minute.
Then Mikey broke it. "You know, maybe Raph should've cooked after all...
Leo, Donny, and Mikey walked Raph and me out to the battleshell.
"Can I have your baseball cards?" Mikey asked.
"Why?" Raph looked confused.
"Your teaching Sapphire how to drive...I don't think your gonna live..."
"Hey," Donny said. "If I survived teaching you, Leo, and Raph how to drive, I think Raph can survive with Sapphire." Donny said.
"Good. So, since you've been through this more than once...you can do it!" Raph smiled.
"No..." Donny shook his head.
"But I'm gonna die with her!" Raph shrugged.
"Not my problem!" Donny walked away.
"But it is! It is your problem! This is YOUR battleshell that she's going to kill! This is YOUR BROTHER that she's going to kill!"
"Hello? I'm standing right here!" I yelled.
Raph turned around to face me. "Oh...sorry..."
"Well--good luck!" Mikey said and walked away after Donny.
Leo walked up to Raph and blessed Raph. "May God be with you..." and he walked away.
"OH FOR GOD'S SAKE! THIS IS JUST A DRIVING LESSON!" I yelled after Leo, Donny, and Mikey.
"Well...Leo certainly made me feel a lot better..." Raph looked down at me.
"Can we just do this?"
"Umm...how 'bout not and we can just say we did..."
"Raph..."
"Come on! We could go get ice cream! I know how much you love ice cream!"
"I do love ice cream. Let's go."
"Yes!"
"But I'm driving there."
"No!"