A/N- Hey everyone! I know I haven't posted what seems to be forever! I got caught up in college and things have been hectic for me. I felt really bad that I haven't updated in a while, but I felt encouraged to write more, so I will try to update chapters more often. I also just recently saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle trailer, you know, the one with Megan Fox. Well I really can't say that it's going to be a bad movie, but from what I saw, I really don't like it. Megan is supposed to be April and her hair is not even red! What is up with that? Don't' get me started. Anyway, I have been getting story alerts and reviews from this story and I want to say thank you mucho! I love all you guys Also, since I want to get to know you guys and such you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook if you like. I like social networks, mostly Instagram though So if you want, follow me and all that good stuff. Feedback is always welcome. Enjoy the story!

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Now or never

"Haha Leo, you're so funny. I love spending time with you." Leolani said to the blue masked turtle as they both were inside her apartment, sitting on the couch.

"Even if I'm a big, scary, mutant ninja turtle?" Leonardo asked surprisingly.

Leolani shook her head, "Oh yes. You fascinate me." Leolani scooted closer to Leonardo. She put her hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear "and for the record, I don't think you're scary at all."

Leonardo couldn't breathe. His skin was on fire from where Leolani was touching him, but yet his body was getting the chills and he didn't know how to react.

Leonardo took a deep breathe, "Please don't do that. You're making me feel quite…..uncomfortable." He paused for a brief moment. He tried to scoot away from Leolani, but she kept getting closer, pressing her body onto him.

Leolani looked too innocent, pouting at Leo. "Uncomfortable in a good way or bad?" She started twirling her fingers at the end of his blue bandana.

Leonardo couldn't take it anymore. He liked this feeling this girl was giving him, no! Girl was an understatement. This woman was driving him crazy! It was a feeling he never experienced before. He didn't want to say magical, that was too cliché. His heart was tugging on him, making him understand that this was right, like if it was fate.

The leader turned to the blue-eyed girl and grabbed her by the shoulders, "You make me feel emotions I've never felt before." That was all Leolani needed to hear as she grabbed Leo by the neck and brought her lips to his and in that moment Leonardo felt alive. A sensation that ran through himself and he was on the edge of knowing what that feeling was or even meant…until he woke up by the sound of somebody screaming.

"Ahh! Raph get away from me! How was I supposed to know that you didn't like fresh water thrown on you in the morning?!" Mikey screamed faintly. You could hear running through their home and imagine the scene that was happening outside Leonardo's room.

Leonardo shook his head, "I was this close, this close trying to understand my feelings for her." The leader groaned as he sat up from his bed. He looked at his alarm clock and it read 9:00 A.M. He grabbed his blue banana and quickly tied it onto his head. He hopped out of bed and went to go see what Raph was going to attack Mikey for.

Today was Sunday, meaning that it was their day off. Also the day known as Leonardo was going to finally meet the raven haired girl. Saturday flew right by for him. He spent all day Saturday trying to come up with topics to talk about. The leader of the turtles also thought of ways of protecting his identity. He would think of worse case scenarios in his head, What if she wants to see me? What do I say? Do I show her? Do I tell her what happened to me? Where would I even begin? What if she wants to see me again? Do I agree, or not?

Leonardo didn't sleep very good last night because of the questions in his head, which is why he woke up so late. He cursed at himself several times that night for letting the girl that haunted his dreams get the best of him.

He has battled other mutants, ninja skilled masters, his brothers (while practicing), but nothing compared to what was challenging him at the moment. A female.

He read about the opposite of sex before and of course when you have a genius brother, how could you not know about anything? Of course, he couldn't forget how April hangs around the liar most of the time and she's a female. If the raven-haired girl acts anything like April, then there shouldn't be a problem.

If only Leo knew.

Leonardo came out of the bathroom, all freshened up and ready to start the day. He walked into the living room where he saw Raphael sitting on the sofa flipping through the channels. The red clad turtle must have just woken up too because Leonardo could see his brother's red bandana wet from where, (Leo's guess), Mikey threw water on him earlier.

I wonder how that went. Leonardo questioned in his mind.

The leader walked over to where Raphael was and sat on the opposite side of him. Raphael turned to his big brother and gave him a heads up. "Sup Fearless?" Raphael said and continued to switch through the channels.

The blue-masked turtle responded, "Just woke up." And on cue Leonardo yawned loudly and rubbed his eyes.

Raphael had an eye ridge raised at his older brother, "You barely woke up? It's the end of the world as we know it. Leonardo just barely woke up!"

Raph was gloating about the whole thing because Leo never wakes up late. He's always up before the sun, but that all changed today.

Raphael was still going on and on, while Leonardo was staring down his hot headed brother. His lips were pressed into a thin line and he was biting the inside of his cheeks. He couldn't take it anymore, he needed to say something, before he exploded.

"I get it Raph okay!? Shell. I woke up late, big deal." Leonardo huffed and crossed his arms.

Raphael responded to his brother's outburst. "Keep your shell on Lame-o-nardo and take the joking around like a man."

Leo rolled his eyes, "Shut up Raph. At least I didn't get a wakeup call from Mikey." The leader smirked at his brother. "At least I'm completely dry."

Raph's smirk turned into a frown. Leo knew that he hit a nerve. "Hey, just so that we're clear, I got revenge on that little dork. Next time he's going to think twice before messing with me.

Meanwhile in Mikey's room…

"Let's see how the next time I'm going to wake up Raph." MIkey smiled while flipping through pages and pages of prank ideas.

Back to the living room…

Leonardo shook his head, got up, and started heading towards his room. He wanted some time to himself before he starts practicing in the dojo and before he meets up with the raven-haired girl.

"Where are you going Fearless? Afraid I'm going to start making fun of you again?" The red-masked turtle asked with a smug look.

Leonardo turned back around and looked at his hot headed brother in the eyes. "Don't even start Raph. I'm just going to meditate for a little bit."

"Oh are you?" Raphael asked innocently. "So that means you wouldn't care for a little bit of sparing?

Leonardo raised an eye ridge and a smirk spread across his face. "You're on!" The leader exclaimed while pulling out his katana blade. Both the brothers headed towards the dojo.

~*TMNT*~

"No Charles I'm done talking to you!" Leolani screamed into her cell phone.

Charles has been calling her all day, trying to apologize for what happened last night. Like an apology was going to make it all better. Her head still hurt from where she was thrown into the wall.

He keeps calling her sweet names like baby, sweetheart, honey, beautiful. Leolani was completely gagging from all of them. She just wanted Charles to get a life and quit pestering her. They were never going to get back together.

"Look baby, I'm sorry. I'll do anything for you I swear. Let me take you out to a nice fancy restaurant, or better yet, let me take you shopping before that. I'll buy you the most expensive thing or things that you like. Come on sweetheart."

Leolani was putting her finger in her mouth, making a gagging gesture. She was in the kitchen making herself some cereal.

"No Charles I'm done. Go do that with the other girls that you like. I'm sure they'll like you for your personality instead of your wallet size." And with that being said, she hung up.

"Geez, I'm tired with him already. Can't he take the hint?" Leolani asked aloud to herself.

She sighed heavily while eating her cereal on the kitchen island. Yes, she really did like Charles, but she couldn't say that she loved him. She had strong feelings for him yes, but she wasn't stupid. He was a player. She already knew that from the start, but she didn't listen to what her heart said. She still fell for his great looks and classy attitude. She was happy that she didn't have to put up with that anymore.

*ring ring ring!*

Leolani answered her phone without looking at the caller i.d. "I'm fucking done with you Charles damn it!"

"Leolani? What the hell? I'm not Charles. This is Bailey."

Leolani spit the cereal out of her mouth and it flew across the island. "Bailey! Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! I didn't look at the caller i.d."

Bailey responded, "It's fine Leolani. But since we're on the subject, why are you cussing out Charles on the phone and what happened to you last night? I heard that you bitch slapped Charles. Is everything okay?"

Leolani knew that she was going to have to fill in the details of what happened last night. She told Bailey everything, everything except the part where some mysterious figure saved her from Charles. She just lied and said that she woke up and walked herself home.

"Leolani! Gosh! Are you okay? Do you need anything? Hailey and I can come over right now and we can have a girl's day. Charles is a jerk anyway, so don't worry about it."

The teenage girl laughed into the phone. "No it's okay Bailey, I'm fine. I kind of got plans of my own later." Leolani was hesitant to say that to Bailey, but she knew that Bailey wasn't as nosy as her twin sister.

"Okay, well if you need anything just call me okay?"

"I will Bailey. I'll talk to you later. Bye!" Leolani hung up the phone and continued to eat her cereal.

Leolani shook her head. The events that happened last night didn't seem real at all. She woke up this morning excited because she was actually going to have dinner with the person that saved her twice. She didn't care if she couldn't see his face, she was just glad that he was going to be in her presence.

"I can hardly wait," Leolani squealed as she got up from the island chair and put her dishes in the sink. She half ran to her room to think about the possibilities that were going to happen tonight.

~*TMNT*~

Leonardo looked at himself in the mirror one last time before stepping out into the living room. Raphael and Michelangelo were watching a movie, Master Splinter was in his room meditating, and Donatello was in his lab, working on God only knows. He had to sneak out quietly so his brothers wouldn't know where he was heading.

He tip-toed behind the couch where Raph and Mikey were sitting and actually being civil with each other.

Leonardo jumped when Mikey spoke unexpectedly.

"Oh come on! That is so unrealistic it's not even funny," Mikey raised his voice at the TV. "How can someone trip and fall while a guy with a knife is coming after you?"

"That's Hollywood for you." Raph responsed.

Leonardo rolled his eyes and headed towards the door. He never snuck out before, so this was a new feeling and experience that he has never felt before. He knew that this was only a one time thing and he knew that he could never make a habit out of it.

He found Leolani's apartment with no hassle. Being a ninja, Leonardo had great memory and he knew that he couldn't forget where this girl lived.

The blue bandana turtle climbed up to her apartment floor and found the same window that he climbed through the last time he was here. He peeked through the window and saw the girl. Leo couldn't remember how he didn't notice how gorgeous she looked. She wasn't just beautiful, she was gorgeous. Her curled black hair went midway down her back. She had jeans and a button up shirt, nothing fancy, and some zipped up boots.

Leonardo noticed all of this and he didn't understand why. He never paid attention to what other humans wear, especially females. He found this odd.

He continued to watch her. She walked into the kitchen and received the plates and put them on the island, right next to the pizza box. She continued to move around in the kitchen, until she disappeared around the corner. A couple minutes later she returned with something in her hands. Leonardo watched closely. He noticed that she had candles and some matches.

That's odd. Why would she have candles? Leo questioned to himself while the raven haired girl lit the candles.

She set some on the coffee table and some on the kitchen island. She put her hands on her hips and nodded to herself, looking satisfied. She walked over to the light switch and turned off the lights.

Leonardo scrunched his eye ridges together, trying to understand why she would do such a thing. He couldn't see anything now. He could barely see her. Why would she not have the lights on if she was expecting to see…..

Leonardo blinked a couple of times. He knew what the girl was doing. She was trying to make things comfortable for him. She knew he didn't want to be seen, so she thought having candles would be a great light source for this evening.

"How thoughtful," Leonardo spoke aloud, not having any emotion in his voice.

He was beginning to have second thoughts.

What if she doesn't like me? What if she finds out my identity? Will I get caught? Will I have to explain who I am?

Leonardo shook his thoughts from his head. It was now or never. He knew he had to do this and that was the only thought that scared him.