A/N- Okay this chapter couldn't be lamer. I really didn't like it because it seems like my writing style is getting pretty weak and that's because this is a very important chapter! Hopefully that won't matter to you guys and you will enjoy it anyway.

Sorry for any grammar mistakes!

Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT. I do however own this story and my original characters. I'm just borrowing the characters to make a plot of my own :)

Saving Life's Equals A Date?

Leolani woke up in a panic state. She eyed the room around her. It was dark and spacious, but the moonlight was shining bright enough for her to see where she was at. She observed the room and it turns out that she was lying on her couch in her living room apartment.

She was trying to understand why she was here until she sat up from the couch. Her head injury instantly reminded her what had happened not too long ago. There was quarrel between her and her ex-boyfriend. She comprehended that, but what Leolani didn't understand was how did she get to her apartment in one peace?

The confused Leolani blinked a couple of times and felt the back of her head. She didn't feel any blood coming from her head because it was bandaged up, so how did that happen? She couldn't have possibly fixed her head wound and totally forget about it, could she? She noticed that she was still fully clothed in her dress and her shoes were still on. I better go and change out of this dress. Leolani got up from the sofa a little bit too fast because her head started to pound heavily.

"If I were you I would take it easy." A voice said from the distance.

Leolani instantly grabbed one of her katana blades from under the coffee table and held it out in front of her. She always kept one there just in case she needed it to defend herself. She learned to handle the katana blade over the past two months very well and it was her choice of a weapon that she took a liking to.

Oh great, now she's going to cut herself and I'm going to be the one responsible.

"Who said that? Where are you? What are you doing here?" Leolani asked threateningly while still holding the katana firm in her hand, ready to use if needed.

Wow, she looks really beautiful when she's upset. If only she wasn't about to kill me. Leonardo mentally slapped himself. Get a hold of yourself Leo. I need to calm her down.

Leonardo cleared his throat, "Listen umm ma'am, can you please put down the katana before you hurt yourself even more. I'm not going to hurt you."

Leolani bit the inside of her cheek. She didn't know if she should listen to this unknown stranger that was in her apartment uninvited, or do what she felt was the right thing to do.

"I'm not going to put the….wait. How do you know what this is?" Leolani asked curiously. Could this stranger be a ninja in training as well? How many ninjas roamed New York City anyway? If only Leolani knew.

Leonardo tried to fight off a chuckle, but he couldn't. You could hear laughing and it came from the kitchen area of her apartment. She stepped closer towards the kitchen, but you could hear somebody else moving as well.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Leonardo warned.

Leolani continued to step closer, not obeying the advice in the shadows, "Why not? I need to get a good look at you before I cut you into a million pieces." She continued into the kitchen, but Leonardo spoke again.

"I wouldn't do that either. You wouldn't like what you see."

You wouldn't like what you see, you wouldn't like what you see. Leolani stopped dead in her tracks and held the katana at body length. She kept on replaying those words inside her head. She heard them before. They were fresh on her mind as if she heard them yesterday. It was him, the guy that saved her two months ago, the one that she'd been thinking about meeting since then.

"You" The words barely escaped her mouth. "It's you. The one that saved me awhile back. It can't be." She doubted her accusation, but who else could it be? What were the chances of meeting the same guy in New York?

Leonardo stopped moving when she put two and two together. She remembers me just like how I remember her. That must mean something right? What is wrong with me?! I need to get my head in the game.

"Yes, it is me. I'm the one that saved you that night." Leonardo confirmed Leolani's statement. He knew what she meant. She obviously remembered him.

Leolani was more confused. All the thinking and the flashbacks to that night were making her head spin more rapidly, but she couldn't relax now. That person was still in her house, uninvited.

"How did you know where I lived? How did you find me again?" Leolani asked questionably. Just because he saved me doesn't give a right to come into my apartment uninvited.

Leonardo didn't know how to answer the threatening girl's questions. He wanted to tell the truth, but he couldn't. He had his brothers and his father to protect. He couldn't tell her the whole truth, but he can still tell her some of it.

"I'm waiting" Leolani said impatiently

"Look" He started to say, but paused for a moment. He was going to try to make it sound less bad than it already was. Here goes nothing, Leonardo thought. "The night that I saved you the first time, I might have followed you here to make sure the creep that attacked you wouldn't come after you again." There that didn't sound so bad.

Leolani raised an eyebrow and Leonardo caught the sight of it. He knew instantly the questions weren't going to stop coming. "But you know exactly where I live, the apartment floor and the room number. How?"

Leonardo shook his head and he was thankful that the girl couldn't see him. He was silently cursing at Michelangelo right now. If it wasn't for him, none of this would have happened. He wouldn't have to look like a crazy stalker right now because he couldn't put the blame on his little brother, that would cause more questions and more explaining, and Leonardo wasn't up for that.

He was speechless, but he had to say something. "Yeah about that, I might have been curious and decided to make sure you got into your apartment room safely."

Leolani tilted her head and scrunched her eyebrows together. "I think they have a word for that. Oh yeah I know, it's called stalking!" She raised her voice at the word stalking.

Leonardo flinched back and shook his head. "No! I wasn't stalking I was just making sure you got home safely."

"Why?" Leolani questioned again.

Leonardo gave a sarcastic sigh, "You sure do ask a lot of questions."

Leolani gave the figure a smug look, "And you sure don't explain yourself correctly."

Leonardo caught on and smiled for a minute. She was a tough one. This girl acted nothing like April, and here he thought all females acted the same all around. He had a great view of Leolani and he knew for sure she didn't have a great view of him. He was trying to memorize her features. Her long black curly hair that went way past her shoulders did look messy, but he didn't care, she still looked beautiful to him. He was right about her eyes; they were a sky blue color, just like his except his were a darker color. Her creamy skin still looked as soft as ever. He wanted this image to be plastered to his memory, so he could cherish it forever.

The blue-masked leader tried to get back to the problem at hand, but she was easily distracting him and he didn't like it. He went into 'leader mode', which made him focus on getting out of there without her spotting him.

"Miss, listen closely. I save people. It's what I do. It just so happened that I ran into you twice in the last couple of months. I'm not stalking you and I mean no harm because if that was the case…I would have harmed you the night I found you."

Leolani listened to the figure's voice. It was the only sense she could use since she couldn't see him. His voice sounded sincere, but yet firm at the same time. She knew that he meant business, but she also knew that he was trying to be gentle. Leolani tried to listen to her heart to see what she should do now. He did save my life three times now, maybe he isn't so bad after all. Leolani made a decision. She set her katana blade on the kitchen island.

"Thank you" Leolani simply said.

Leonardo scrunched his eyeridges together. He didn't quite understand what she meant. "I'm sorry, what did you say?"

Leolani made a huge sigh that even Leonardo could tell she was having a hard time getting the words out. "Thank you" She said again, but she continued, "for saving my life for the third time tonight."

The third time?, Leonardo questioned himself. He only knew of the two accidents that happened in the past couple of months. What was the third one? "I think you miss counted. I've only saved you twice."

Leolani shook her head slowly and quietly spoke, "No you didn't. The incident that happened two months ago, that's one. Tonight with my head injury and whatnot, that's two. And the third…" There was a five second pause and Leonardo was listening very carefully. Leolani took a deep breath, "the third is that you put my mind at ease. I was literally going crazy on the inside because I really thought that I wasn't going to see you again, well in this case, I wasn't ever going to speak to you again. I am truly thankful that you were the one to find me this time."

Leonardo's mind was completely going nuts. He didn't know what to say to that. He was still trying to process what this girl was saying. She actually wanted to meet me again? Am I dreaming or something? Leonardo was not dreaming because if he was, then the dream would turn into a nightmare, and he wasn't going to let that happen.

Leolani was afraid that she had frightened the guy in the shadows. She didn't want to scare him, but she couldn't hide what she was thinking anymore. She had to get it off her chest.

"You're welcome." Leonardo's voice filled the room. That was all he could say for now.

Silence filled the room. Seconds turned into minutes and they both didn't say anything, but their minds said otherwise.

I don't want to go, but I've done enough damage for one night. I've probably frightened this girl beyond repair. The best thing for me is to go home and pretend none of this ever happened. Leonardo didn't want to go home, he knew that. He wanted to stay and find out as much information about this girl that has been haunting his dreams.

Leolani had similar thoughts on her mind. I don't want this guy to go just yet. He saved my life twice already hypothetically speaking. That must mean something right? Could it be a sign? A sign that means he should stick around? But how do I get him to stay, or even see him again? Leolani was thinking of ways for the shadow figure to stay or see her again. Suddenly an idea popped into her head and she had a smirk across her face.

"I wish there was some way for me to actually thank you."Leolani said innocently.

Leonardo suppressed a smile. "It's okay. There isn't anything you could do for me, but I appreciate your kindness."

Bingo! "Well, there is at least one thing I could do, if you agree to it."

Leonardo bit his lip, suddenly becoming nervous. "I'm listening." He was curious to what the raven haired girl would offer.

Leolani was starting to get nervous. What if he rejects the idea? Then what am I going to do? "I was thinking, only if you're okay with it, but I was thinking that maybe you could come over for dinner tomorrow night?"

Silence filled the room once again and Leolani was terrified. The only person that was more terrified was Leonardo. He didn't know what to say to that either. This girl was full of surprises and Leonardo wasn't prepared for any of them. Again, his heart and his mind were at war with each other. His mind was telling him no, that it was too dangerous, but his heart was telling him the opposite.

"I know this great pizza place downtown, it's my favorite. I'll get a few boxes and we can eat them here."

That made Leonardo's decision even worse. His favorite food was pizza and she was offering it for free! This girl is going to be the death of me I swear. If he did say yes, how was he going to keep his identity a secret?

"I don't know" Leonardo spoke up, "I really don't want you seeing me and….." He was cut off.

"You don't have to worry about that." Leolani said a little bit too eagerly. She cleared her throat, "I mean, you can eat somewhere in the dark while I'll eat somewhere that's light enough, or we could both eat in the dark." That would be kind of weird, eating in the dark, but I guess it's the first time for everything.

Leonardo pondered on the offer. Eating pizza without her knowing it was him AND getting to talk to her more. What more could he ask for, but then he realized tonight would be Saturday night, and his brothers and him would do their nightly patrol together. He wouldn't be able to slip away from them, but on Sunday nights it was different. They didn't patrol on Sundays, making it a little bit easier for him to sneak out and see her. Sounds like plan.

"I can't come tomorrow night." Leonardo said.

"Oh" You could hear the disappointment in Leolani's voice and it tugged on Leonardo's heart. Luckily, he was just beating around the bush.

"But I can come Sunday night if that's okay with you."

Leolani gave a broad smile. She was extremely happy, but she didn't understand why. Leonardo noticed and it made him feel the same way. They were both confused about their emotions.

After Leolani was done jumping for joy in her mind she spoke, "That will be fine and you can come by anytime you want. Just let me know." She wasn't worried about staying up late. School was a total breeze for her and it wasn't like staying up late was going to affect her greatly. Leonardo stepped closer to the kitchen window and spoke, "I'll be here at midnight"

Leolani's heart was truly happy, but she was truly nervous as well, "Okay that's fine. Let yourself through that door over there." She pointed towards the balcony slide doors and even though Leonardo knew that she couldn't see him, he nodded anyway.

"Alright, I'll see you Sunday night then." He opened the kitchen window and was about to go through it until he had something else to say. "Make sure you check to see that you don't have a concussion." Leolani nodded, but he continued. "And put that katana blade up. We don't want anymore accidents." He slipped through the window so fast that Leolani didn't even get a glimpse of him.

She was still smiling while she walked over and flicked on the lights. She palmed her hand instantly. "Why didn't I just turn on the lights in the first place?" Leolani was referring to seeing him. She felt so stupid for not doing that. "Well either way, I still get to meet up with him again." The smiling teenager grabbed her katana blade and went to go place it back under the coffee table.

~*TMNT*~

Leonardo finally made it home and he couldn't be happier. He was happy for two reasons. The first one was that he was actually going to meet up with the girl that has been invading his dreams for the past couple of months. The second reason was that he was finally home, identity still kept under wraps.

He entered his home and saw that everything was right where it was supposed to be. It actually looked a little bit cleaner. He saw that nobody was around so it must have been pretty late.

He was trying to see how late it actually was. It was around midnight when he spotted the raven haired girl getting harassed in the alley-way. Leonardo figured it was another hour or two before she woke up in her apartment and an extra thirty minutes for him to actually leave. The blue-masked turtle was proud of himself. He wasn't as late as he thought he was going to be.

The leader walked over into the kitchen to get a soda when he heard somebody behind him. He turned around and he saw his second oldest brother, arms crossed, staring at him.

"Hey Raph, what are you doing up so late?" Leonardo asked nervously as he opened the refrigerator and grabbed himself a soda.

"Couldn't sleep and I heard somebody come in. I figured it was you, but I decided to come out and see for myself."

Leonardo opened his soda and took a sip from it. "Well that's good. I'm going to bed. Have to get up for practice and whatnot."

Leonardo started to walk towards his room, but Raphael followed closely behind him. "So I guess you cleared your mind and all that junk."

"Sure did." Leonardo responded.

"Are you sure?" Raphael questioned.

"Yup" Leonardo answered without skipping a beat.

"Hmm" Raphael raised an eyeridge. "You're acting different. Are you sure nothing exciting happened tonight?"

Leonardo took a deep breath and turned around. The leader had a hard time lying over the years. He never lied because he could not lie. It was one of those qualities that he hadn't mastered yet, but tonight had to be different. He had to protect his secret.

"Nothing happened. Patrolled New York for a little bit and took a nice mediation session on a rooftop. Nothing exciting about that." The leader gave a nervous laugh and his heart was starting to pound violently.

Raphael thought for a minute and shrugged his shoulders, "Sounds like you had a boring night. Remind me to never ask again." The red-masked turtle walked passed his brother, heading towards his room.

Leonardo relaxed and gave a sigh of relieve. He smiled, "Oh yes, it was the most boring night I will never forget."

A/N- Hi again! 12 Reviews, 2 Favorites, and 8 Followers?! You guys are awesome! I really didn't think this story was going to be this successful (yes, I think that this story is successful in my opinion). I really do appreciate all the reviews I get and I appreciate you silent readers as well. On another note, I need your help. I'm trying to look for a cover photo for this story. I've been searching the internet for a drawing of Leonardo and a girl that looks like Leolani (you know black hair, blue eyes) but I can't find any. If you've seen a picture like that or a person that can draw one, please let me know. I would actually want one Thank you for reading!