"Rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop." Kara sang along with the radio while putting up decorations on her newly placed Christmas tree in the corner of the livingroom.
"Mistletoe hung where you can see every couple tries to stop." She pauses, arms full of silver garland tinsel, before continuing to sing beginning to unravel the garland to wrap around the tree. "Rockin' around the Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit ring. Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling." She began climbing onto the step stool she had to reach the middle and top of the tree. "You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear:"
She jumped off the step stool raising her arms to the side. "Voices singing let's be jolly! Deck the halls with the boughs of holly." She sang out loud while doing the infamous Elvis Presley move before continuing to decorate not noticing the guys climbing inside through the balcony, wearing their winter gear obviously.
"Rockin' around the Christmas tree have a happy holiday. Everyone's dancing merrily in the new old fashion way." She was shaking it while untangling the lights not able to hear the guys snickering at her for she was enjoying the music too much.
Once the lights were untangled she began to wrap them around the tree starting from then moving on up climbing onto the step stool. "You will get a sentimental feeling when you heaar: Voices singing let's be jolly. Deck the halls with the boughs of holly. Rockin around the Christmas tree have a happy holiday."
She had just reached the top and had a big smile on her face knowing the song was just about to finish and wanted to do another jump down. "Everyone dancing merrily in the new. old fashion woooah!" She took a too wide of a step backwards and began to fall backwards down to the floor. She clenched her eyes shut waiting for the impact but Donnie was quicker and caught her in his arms down on one knee, looking down at her.
Kara blinked her eyes open feeling someone had caught her and saw Donnie. She smiled wide but her happiness turned to confusion. "Donnie!...When did you get here?"
"Um..just now." He averted his gaze his cheeks flushed a soft pink. She blinked at his reaction and looked over at the others to see them averting their gaze Raph and Mikey looking as if they were holding back laughter and Leo trying to act innocent. She let out a heavy sigh, blushing dark red.
"..You guys saw me, didn't you?"
That was when Raph and Mikey couldn't hold it in anymore and exploded in laughter both of them having to hold onto each other. She stood up glaring at them, her body shaking in anger, before walking over to them and raised her fists over their heads hitting them hard over the head and knocking them out cold a large green bump appearing on both of their heads.
Wiping her hands in satisfaction she turned over to Leo and Donnie with a smile on her face. "So, what brings you over here today?"
"We were going to go do some Christmas shopping. We were gonna ask if you wanted to come." Kara looked at Leo now noticing each of them was carrying a bag or two in their hands.
"Really? Where at?" Thinking they were either being brave or stupid enough to go into actual stores.
"Oh you know, the junkyard, places like that."
"You find stuff there?" She blinked in surprise while leaning against the step stool.
"Yeah, everything we own we found there. Most of it was broken but Donnie here was able to fix everything lickety split." Leo said while placing his hand on the now embarrassed Donnie.
"Heh, it was easy once I knew what the problem was." Donnie said while rubbing the back of his head. Kara smiled at him knowing full well what he was capable of. "That's amazing, Donnie! You never cease to amaze me. Sure, I'll come along I just need to finish decorating my tree. You guys wanna help?"
"Oooh! I wanna put up the star!" Kara yelled in surprise, falling over, when Mikey popped up beside her from out of nowhere. "Guess I didn't hit him hard enough.." She rubbed the back of her head giving him a grumpy look but she smiled and got up. "Sure." She chuckled and went to pick up the ornaments when she noticed Raph starting to wake up. "Heh, have a nice nap Raph?"
He glared at her but blinked in surprise when she held out her hand to him. "Truce?" She gave him her childish grin which he returned with his own grin and took her hand standing up with her help. She handed him the box of ornaments. "We're finishing decorating my tree if you want to help."
"Eh, why not? Don't have anything else better to do." He walked over to the others and helped put up the ornaments. "You guys want some hot cocoa?" She asked while heading into the kitchen.
"Yes! With extra marshmallows!" Mikey shouted with excitement holding the star with care.
"You know, you could be helping us decorate." Raph glanced over at Mikey while placing an ornament on the tree.
"I am. I'm going to put the star on the top. I have to make sure nothing happens to the star." He said stroking the star happily.
Kara watched them from the kitchen and laughed softly watching Raph trying to take the star from the Mikey. She shook her head pouring the fresh, hot cocoa into four cups for the guys giving Mikey extra marshmallows.
"Wow, guys, the tree looks awesome!" She said in excitement setting the tray of cocoa cups on the coffee table. "Can't wait to light it up tonight." She offers the cups to everyone but blinks when Mikey doesn't take it. "Huh?"
"Shh, my time has come." Mikey says doing some stretches still holding onto the star. She was holding in her laughter while he did his stretches.
"Grrr..get it over with!" Raph shouted at Mikey getting annoyed at his antics. Kara chuckled and handed him his cup of cocoa. "Calm down, let him have his fun. You can put up the star on your Christmas tree however you want."
"What're you talking about? We don't have a tree."
"Gaaaaaaaaaaasp!" She stumbled backwards standing shocked at what he had said. "Impossible!"
"What? We live in the sewers with no money. We could never afford a tree..."
"That's the first thing we're gonna get then!" Kara said grabbing his shoulders. "We are going to get you guys a tree, some decorations, and then decorate the heck out of that tree!"
She ran into her room to get ready but noticed Mikey now popping his back and neck. "PUT THE STAR ON THE TREE ALREADY!" She shouted making Mikey throw the star in the air. He panicked, waving his arms in the air trying to catch it. She tensed up watching his hands catch nothing but air and when he finally caught it last minute she let out the breath of air she was holding. "No more funny business just put up the star, please." She groaned softly feeling as though she was going to have a heart attack.
When Mikey began to climb the step stool she had she went right back in her room to change.
"Good idea bringing the Shellraiser, Kara." Leo said upfront driving the Shellraiser though for the busiest time of the year there wasn't much driving.
"Well, it's going to be hard to carry a Christmas tree with just us through New York. Besides it's not like you guys can walk in the open during the day.." She said softly with a hint of disappointment in her voice, pouting.
"We're still mutants, Kara. No amount of clothing is going to change that." She heard Leo say. She sighed softly knowing what he said was true. "Yeah, I guess you're right.." She leaned back against the back of the van.
"So, where do you usually get your Christmas trees at?" Donnie asked curiously with a small smile hoping to try to cheer her up.
"Well..I bought a fake one at the store but I know a place to get real trees at." She got up and walked beside Mikey's area putting the directions into the computer. "Ok, Leo, follow these directions." She said excitement returning to her voice.
Stopping in a small corner that looked like an old playground in a large neighborhood Kara told Leo to stop the van. "Ok, we'll do the same thing we did for your clothes but this time for the tree. Sound good?" She placed the bluetooth into her ear looking over at the guys wondering if they had any objections to it but when she saw none she grinned before walking over to Donnie, who had one inside the Shellraiser for missions and gave it to her.
Placing it on her cap she walked out of the van to the small lot looking through each tree. "Sooo, do you guys want a big tree or a medium?" She asked running her hand through one of the branches and smiled at how it tickled her fingers. Breathing in the pine smell she sighed in content before wondering around some more. "You guys have a pretty big place so a big tree should do nicely."
"A big tree would be awesome!" Mikey shouted happily. "I can see it now." He said in awe and was most likely daydreaming about it leaving her and his brothers in the dark making her giggle.
"One question though: How are we going to pay for it? We don't have any money." Raph asked in his usual tone of voice.
"There's one, of many, advantages to having me as a friend." She started saying while walking around a particular tree. "One, of said many, is that I have a lot of money to spend so don't worry about costs just leave it to me." She pointed proudly at herself, a large grin plastered on her face.
"You don't have to buy us a tree. We'll manage like we do every year." Donnie said not wanting her to spend a lot of money on them.
"Nonsense! Everyone deserves a tree! Besides, I can finally use the money I've been saving up."
"What reason is that?" Donnie asked the question they were all thinking of.
"Making my friends happy, duh!" She shouted in excitement keeping the same grin on her face though it turned to a soft smile. "I have friends to share with..."
Shaking her head to get rid of the sad, mushy feelings she raised her head up before continuing the search.
Eventually finding the perfect tree, in Mikey's thoughts, she went over to the person running the little vendor thing and noticed he was asleep on the job. "Well, that's not good for business. Anyone can walk up to this place and steal a tree.."
Slamming her hands hard on the table she awoken the owner with a start. "Huh?! Whazzit?! Oh..what do you want kid?" He asked in a grumbling manner annoyed to have been woken up from his nap.
"Hi, I'm here to buy that tree over there." Showing the guy the tree by pointing it out she looked back at him and smiled. "So, how much is it?" The guy looked her over judging by how well dressed she was and healthy looking he grinned thinking he'd be able to get some good money off her. "That one will be eighty-nine dollars plus charge to load it onto your vehicle."
Everyone, including her, was in shock at the price. She narrowed her eyes at him knowing full well he was trying to scam her of her money. "I don't believe you. Lower it down to fifty." She said in a low, angry tone already this guy was trying to ruin her day.
"Hey, if you don't like my prices then beat it. I have more important things to do than argue with some snobby kid."
Her eyes widened at his insult. "Oh. No. He. Didn't..." She clenched her fist ready to punch the socks off him when she heard Leo break her train of action. "We don't have to get it here. We can go somewhere else." Leo said while trying to calm her down not wanting things to get ugly but blinked in surprise when he and his brothers saw her slam the money onto the table. "Keep the change..I can load the tree myself." She glanced his way while walking over to the tree.
She looked at it for a second before clenching her fist. "I'll show you snobby kid!" Pocketing her cap so she wouldn't lose it she popped her knuckles before bending down to her knees and with a yell lifted the tree up with all her strength every one of the guy's, including the owners, eyes popped out of their sockets at the sight of her able to lift the tree on her own.
She grinned to herself able to feel his shock and began walking to the van. Seeing it in clear view she smiled thinking she was going to make it but her body betrayed her when she felt her knees begin to quiver, the anger and adrenaline leaving her.
"Oh...this was a bad idea..guys, if you're there, help me! I'm going down!" She yelled while her knees began to buckle but she held herself up with her will and strength though she could feel it fading.
Seeing her struggle just outside the van the guys hurried outside to help her Leo and Raph taking the tree from her and Donnie helping her up.
"What were you thinking?! You could of hurt yourself!" All three of them shouted in unison while Mikey was laughing. "That was great! Did you see his face?! His eyes were so wide they looked like golf balls!"
She looked at him for a moment before joining in with his laughing, soon the others laughing along with them, "Ok, ok I'll be careful next time, promise." She stretched her arms letting them take care of loading it on top of the van.
Walking into the van she plopped down onto the floor not wanting to admit that doing that was a huge mistake having it left her body noodle limp.
Driving back to the lair to drop off the tree she wondered to herself what sort of decorations to get when a sudden realization hit her. "Hey..I never asked you guys what you want for Christmas."
The Shellraiser broke to a sudden stop causing her to jerk forward a little and blinked wondering why Leo stopped the van all of a sudden. Looking up she jumped in surprise to see them all just staring at her. "...Why are you staring at me like that?" She ducked her head starting to feel alittle creeped out when she was suddenly bombarded with different gifts and ideas, all of them speaking at once making it rather difficult for her to hear any of them, their voices jumbling together, it started to give her a headache.
"Woah, woah! Sorry, I asked. Calm down guys, jeez you're gonna make my head explode. Alright, how about you write me a list?"
"Psh, why should I give you my list?" Mikey asked, arms crossed.
She sighed remembering he still believed in santa but smiled winking playfully at him. "Because my dad knows santa. I can give him the list to give to santa so you can get what you want. But you can't tell anyone! It's our secret." She pressed her index finger to her lip making Mikey's eyes sparkle in excitement. "Your dad knows santa!? That is so cool! I have a new respect for you, bra." He said putting his arm around her shoulder making her chuckle.
"Alright, that settles it then." Leo said in agreement before pulling up beside the lair. Kara was the first to leave wanting to greet Master Splinter while they guys unloaded the tree. "Hello, Master Splinter! Merry Christmas." She bowed her head respectfully to him, he doing so in return. "Merry Christmas, my dear. What brings you here this beautiful afternoon?"
"The guys want to take me Christmas shopping. Guess they need help with ideas or something." She rubbed the back of her head laughing softly and turned around hearing the guys walk in carrying the tree. "Ugh, this thing is so itchy!" Mikey said wanting to scratch the itchy areas but having his arms occupied he was doing a weird dance.
"Just set it down for now. We'll find a place once we get the decorations and go 'shopping'." She smiled watching them set it down and bowed her head to Master Splinter before running after the guys to the Shellraiser.
Arriving at the junkyard she blinked imagining muscular, scary looking guard dogs but...there was no one. "Huh, guess that's another false advertisement.."
"So, where should we star-"
"KARA'S COMING WITH ME!" All four brothers shouted in unison each of them grabbing at her arms pulling at her like a stretching toy.
"You can't take her, she's my girlfriend!" Donnie shouted at them all trying to pull her close to him. "So she should come with me!"
"Who cares?! I'm the oldest so she's coming with me!" Leo shouted next close to pulling her to him.
"But she knows santa! She has to come with meeee!" Mikey shouted using all of his strength to bring her to him.
"I don't have a reason but she's still coming with me!" Raph shouted close to yanking her from the others.
Kara closed her eyes starting to get annoyed. "Will you guys STOP IT!?" She shouted making them all freeze in place. "You're pulling so hard you're gonna yank my arms off and I need them! Ok, to make it fair, pick a number between one and a hundred. Closest number wins then so on and so forth. You will get two hours to shop with me. Ok, I'm ready."
Choosing the number fifty five she waited for them to pick their answers.
"Thirty two." Leo said with a confident smile.
"Sixteen! No wait, eighty seven! No, thirty...sevith..teen?" Mikey shouted."Gah, twoo many numbers to choose!"
"Fifty seven." Raph said.
"According to my calculations fifty fifty percent of it being an even or odd number and the most used numbers would be three, five.." Donnie rambled on making her sigh.
"Just pick a number already!" Raph shouted in annoyance.
"...seventy two.." He twiddled his fingers looking away.
"Wow, Raph wins. Number was fifty five. So first it's Raph, then Donnie, Leo, and lastly, Mikey. Good? Ok, let's go!" She grabbed Raph's arm and ran off a random direction everyone parting ways.
Each of them getting their two hours with her and finding some pretty awesome things, who knew people threw out some cool stuff. Driving back to the lair she watched them leave to their own rooms, probably to hide their gifts no doubt, so she waited in the livingroom going over what sort of gifts to give them and not long after they all came out with their Christmas lists. "Awesome." She said with a smile taking each of their lists and looking over them curiously before looking up at Mikey. "Ahem, I'll have my dad deliver them to Santa right away." She stands up and grins excitedly. "I'll come by later with some decorations for your tree."
"Wait, you don't need to buy us anything else, the tree is plenty." Leo says placing a hand on her shoulder. She sighs but nods. "Fine, I should have some left over from last year. I'll drop these off and get the decorations. No sweat." She says before running off.
On her way to back to her house she bumps into April carrying a lot of bags in each of her hands. "Oh, hey April. How's it going?"
"Hey Kara." She looked exhausted. "Just doing some Christmas errands for my aunt while trying to do some of my own. Everyone wasn't kidding when they said it was the busiest time of the year. What about you?"
"Just got back from getting the guys a Christmas tree. Gonna go home and get some decorations for the tree then do some shopping for them." She said while holding up their lists. "You look like you could use a break wanna come with me? I make a mean batch of cocoa." She said trying to get her to come along with her.
"Cocoa does sound good. Alright, fine, just let me drop these off at my aunt's and I'll meet you at your place."
"Awesome! See you then!" She ran off while waving bye to her.
Arriving back at her place she hid their lists to look at later thinking of going Christmas shopping tomorrow or something before she began looking through the guest closet for her old holiday decorations only to be bombarded from shoving anything she could fit in there.
"Ahhh!" She shouted just before boxes and bags fell on top of her. "Ugh..gotta clean up later.." She shoved everything off of her and began rummaging through everything til she eventually found them in a somewhat large crate. "You would be in the far back.." She grumbled to herself while opening it to see everything looked just as it did when she opened it last year. "Haha, sweet. This is going to be awesome." She said before picking up the crate and walking out of the room.
When she met up with April they headed straight to the lair and saw the guys in the livingroom with a bunch of art and crafts. "Whatcha guys doing?" She asked while walking up to them noticing they were making their own decorations and blinked in surprise.
"We've done this every year ever since we were little." She heard Mikey say while she set the bag down and picked up the paper tinsel they made. "This..this is pretty good. I..haven't done this since I was living with my aunt. Can I give it a try?" She sat down between Raph and Donnie and joined them in with April.
Kara noticed Raph seemed to have a knack for this and smiled before looking down at her own creation. "Heh, could use more practice." She laughed having a good time with them forgetting about the bag she brought.
Once they were finished they began putting their creations onto the tree. Standing back to look at their work she tilted her head to the side. "Hm...something is missing.." Her gaze wandered away over to her bag able to see the star poking out from the mouth and smiled, going over to it. "Almost forgot the most important part." She grabbed it, holding it out for them to see it. "It has a light bulb in the middle so when you turn it on it lights up. Like so." She said flicking the little switch in the back to turn it on.
The guys gasp in surprise as the star lights up making her smile. "So, who wants to put it on top of the tree?" She looked at them all and blinked when they just stared at each other. Opening her mouth to ask them if something was wrong she closed it when they turned to her and smiled.
"Well, why don't you put it on top?" Leo asked with a smile.
"Me?" Blinking in surprise.
"Yeah, you've done so much for us so..why not?" Donnie said with a blush.
She smiled and looked at the others wondering if they felt the same. When they nodded in agreement her smile grew bigger. "Awesome! Ok, I'm going to need a boost." Donnie helped her up with Leo, Mikey and Raph standing behind them in case she lost her balance and fell.
Placing the star on top of the tree she was lowered to the ground and stood back staring in awe at their work. "It's beautiful." She said with a soft smile. "Not bad for a couple of teenagers." She grinned looking over at April and the guys.
April looked down at her watch and sighed. "It's getting late guys, we should head home." She looked at Kara and smiled. Nodding to her she stretched her arms and yawned. "Yeah, we'll see you guys later!" April and Kara ran to the exit to return to her place.
"So, should we begin our Christmas shopping tomorrow? It's gonna be a loooong day." Kara said before parting ways with April for the night.
For the next couple days April and Kara shopped for their families and the guys while trying to hide their gifts every time they came over, it was exhausting.
"It's Christmas Eve.." She said with an exhausted sigh wrapping the last of the presents April right beside her. Falling on her back when she was done she took her cap off wiping the sweat from her forehead and looked up at April. "I don't want to see another present for another year." She laughed jokingly.
"You're gonna be disappointed then." April said with a chuckle before pointing at a small pile of gifts in the corner. "Nggggh, no moooore..." She groaned while curling into the fetal position and rocking herself side to side making April laugh. "We're almost done plus we have to deliver the presents to the lair before they wake up." April said before bringing the rest of the presents over. "You have so much energy, April." She pouted while lifting herself up.
-Christmas Eve Night-
Sneaking inside the lair with arms full of presents was nearly impossible for them to do, specially when they're friends with masters of ninjitsu and stealth but, miraculously, they managed to do so.
Both of them tired to no end they smiled at each other at their own work but blinked seeing a plate of pizza and milk near the tree for Santa. They both looked at each other with a soft smile on their faces and shared the slice. Kara drank the milk but immediately spat it back out with a look of disgust on her face. "Ugh, it's spoiled.." She whispered but blinked hearing movement in the lair. "Come on." She whispered before setting the glass back down and leaving pressing their backs against the wall and peeked over the side curiously.
It was Mikey walking out his room rubbing his eyes and blinked when he saw all the presents. "P-P-Presents?" He ran to one of them and saw the tag saying it was from Santa. "Santa? Gotta make sure.." He ran to the table and saw the pizza was eaten and the milk had been drank then spit out. "I knew he was real! Guys! Guys! Santa came! He's real!"
Both of the girls looked at each other suppressing a giggle and both went their separate ways to spend the holidays with their families.
-Christmas Day-
Kara decided to sleep in today knowing her parents wouldn't arrive til later and, well, after the last couple weeks of waking up early, carrying many heavy boxes, walking with said boxes and wrapping them all she could really use some sleep.
Hugging her pillow and nuzzling it to her face she had a smile on her face having a dream of food but jolted in her sleep hearing her phone beginning to ring. "Huh..?" She stared at her phone her eyes struggling to stay awake. "seven thirty...uugggggh!" She answered the phone already starting to nod off. "He-hello?" She cleared her throat trying to moisten her mouth feeling dry saliva on the side of her mouth.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Was what she heard Mikey say on the otherside of the phone. Throwing the phone away from her at the screaming but blinked her mind starting to wake up and she dove out of bed for her phone only to realize her mistake and fell to the floor. "Ugh, Merry Christmas Mikey.."
"COME OVER HERE SO WE CAN OPEN PRESENTS!"
"Mikey, please..please stop yelling. Give me a few minutes and I'll be over soon." She hung up the phone before he could yell and went limp on the floor just laying there for a couple minutes trying to wake herself up. "The floor feels so nice.' She said with a soft sigh beginning to close her eyes but snapped them open when her phone notified her of a text.
Beginning to get irritated she opened her phone and saw it was from Donnie, wishing her a Merry Christmas and that they'll see each other soon with a smiling picture of him wearing a santa hat. She smiled softly before forcing herself to stand up and walk to the bathroom to wake herself up and get ready.
Arriving at the lair she was greeted with excitement. "Kara! Santa came!" Mikey shouted jumping up and down like a little kid on Christmas, which is what was happening right now. Laughing softly she let him drag her to the tree where there was an enormous pile of gifts for them the others looking through to find their present.
She snuck into the kitchen and began making them hot cocoa but blinked hearing someone enter. Turning around she saw Master Splinter and smiled, nodding her head to him. "Good Morning Master Splinter, Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, Kara. It seems we had a late night visitor stop by." Master Splinter stroked his beard in thought glancing at her curiously as she went back to making cocoa. "I've noticed. It looks festive out there." She tried her best to keep calm knowing full well she wasn't a very good liar and knew Master Splinter was, well, a Master. "I can't wait to see what they got." She went to turn around but felt his hand on her shoulder. "Thank you, my dear child." He said softly kissing the top of her head making her blush but smile.
Bringing out the finished cocoa she set it down on the table near the couch and watched them open presents first, from one another, then from Santa. She smiled softly at their excitement while sipping her cocoa quietly smiling to them when they showed off their presents.
April arrived later on in the day with some more presents. April sat down beside Kara who offered her some cocoa before they turned to watch the guys with joy.
"So, do they know who its from?" April whispered to Kara while lifting the cocoa to her lips glancing at her curiously.
"Master Splinter does." She whispered back giving her the sheepish grin. "It's hard to hide anything from him but the others don't. Think it's best to keep it that way, specially with Mikey. Though I'm sure they'll figure it out eventually."
All throughout the rest of the day they made Christmas cookies, sat around telling stories while drinking hot cocoa til she got a call from her family saying they were in town.
"Well, guys, it's been fun. I'll see you guys later! Merry Christmas!" She went to run hoping to be the first one to her place but was stopped by Donnie.
"Wait! W-We have a gift for you..For everything you do for us all." The other brothers came up to her holding out a small box. Inside was a metal flower pin they made with different jewels fake and real making it sparkle and shine.
She gasps softly at it looking up at all of them. "It's beautiful..thank you." She hugs them all but noticed a mistletoe above them and laughed before giving Mikey and Raph a kiss on the cheek, Leo one on the forehead, and lastly, Donnie on the lips. "Thank you all so much. I love it! Oh, gotta go! Bye, guys!" Immediately putting it on she ran off with a large smile on her face.
Oh, my gosh! I'm finally done! It took forever! I was so busy this month I barely had time to work on it Dx I tried to shorten it as much as I could so sorry if it feels..rushed. Either way, I hope you all enjoy it and had a Merry Christmas! Tell me how it went and what you all got for Christmas! Rate/comment. All feedback is well appreciated! :D
