Once everyone was gone, Leo and Marla went into the house.

Leo gave out a big breath of relief. "Wow. What a day." He said as he collapsed onto the couch.

"I know what you mean." She agreed. "But it was all about us. Something that wasn't done in front of everyone very often. I hope your brothers find happiness like us with someone of their own someday."

"Me too."

Marla sat down next to him and took a moment to catch her breath too. "So, what now?"

"Well, we could begin what we've wanted to do for so long." Leo suggested.

"Ok, but first, I want to change out of my wedding attire. I want this planned as if I was in normal clothes." she said.

"Ok. I can agree to that. I want to get out of mine too." Leo said.

They both got up and went to their separate rooms that they had gotten dressed in earlier. They both stripped out of their wedding attires.

After Marla got out of her dress and into normal clothes, she went and wrote a note and left it on the bed. This was the part of her and Carlos's plan. He was waiting for her a little distance away. Her clothes were still in their suitcase. She knew she had to hurry if she was going to pull this off.

Marla finished the note and left it on the bed. She also left her wedding dress there too. She grabbed her suitcase and slid out the window, making sure to be quiet and slid it back down quietly. Her phone was also in her dresser drawer.

She quietly ran to the edge of the driveway where her brother's car was waiting. She dumped her suitcase in the back seat and got in the front and Carlos got the car in gear and they took off for another place.

In his room, Leonardo was unaware of what just happened. He had just gotten out of his wedding garb and was trying to prepare himself to make his new wife happy. The one thing that he had denied her for so long he was now ready to give to her. He had made her wait for this occasion. Though he was extremely nervous, he was trying to make himself get in the mood.

He waited for a little bit, and as she didn't come to get him, eventually, he went to her room to see if she was ready. Maybe she was wanting him to make the first move?

He knocked on her door. "Marla? Are you ready?"

No answer.

"Marla?" Leo's smile turned to a frown when she didn't answer him. Then, something didn't feel right. He hoped she was alright.

"Marla? Answer me. Are you alright?"

Again, no answer.

Then he carefully unlatched the door to go inside her room. Was she wanting to surprise him with something?

When he got in there, he didn't see her in sight at all. That was strange. He hadn't heard her leave the room.

He checked the closet. All her stuff was gone, with the exception of her wedding dress on the bed. And then, he saw a piece of paper on the bed. He went over and picked it up.

When he saw what it said, now he knew his wife wasn't here.

My dear Leo,

I'm sorry, but Carlos had to come back and get me as an emergency with my mom came up. We had to leave in a hurry. I'll be back when I get back.

I love you,

Marla

This was so unexpected. He would have thought that she could have at least told him in person. Now that totally killed his happy mood.

Leo went back to his room and sulked. This was not a happy start to the honeymoon that he had envisioned in his mind for his new wife. He had waited so long for this happy night, and now, it was turning into a not so happy night, though the wedding and reception had been a real good day.

He hoped she would get back soon. He would be understanding and supportive of what ever happened with her mom. But he still wanted to spend a happy honeymoon with her.

…

"Are you happy about what you did, Marla?" Carlos asked.

"I love Leo, but after all the disappointments before then, just when he's ready to give in, that's where I feel 'a taste of the own medicine' saying comes in." Marla replied.

"He was the first guy who I actually thought was good for you, so don't blow it with him." Carlos warned.

"Thanks, and I won't. I'll make it up to Leo when I return." Marla said.

Carlos was taking Marla back to New York to board a cruise ship that had been promised a time ago to her and she wasn't going to miss it. It came with her job for a vacation. She had tickets for four, but she was only using three of them. Her mom was coming too. They were going to Florida.

Carlos and Marla met their mom at the gate and got on board. The girls shared a room and Carlos got his own room. This was going to be a fun trip. Though Marla did continue to think about Leo. She just hoped he learned this lesson. Enough disappointment for her made someone miss an opportunity later on about something.

Marla took off her wedding ring and hid it in her pocket. She didn't want her mom to see it. Her marriage was secret. She knew her mom would otherwise ask who her beloved was and she knew her mom wouldn't understand if she told her the true love. If she came up with a lie, she would want to meet him, and that wouldn't happen, so she had to continue to play being single around her mother.

…

At the farmhouse, all the phones were off. Leo didn't call anyone. He figured Marla would be back and they could get on with their honeymoon. Over the week, Leo barely ate at all.

He would sit in the kitchen or living room with tea in his hands mostly, watching the fireplace. He would envision what he and Marla would be doing enjoying each other's company, but right now, it made him sad and angry.

At one point, he got so mad that he broke his cup on the floor, making a mess of glass and tea on the floor. He charged upstairs and took out his swords and went outside and started sparring just to get his angry energy out.

Whatever was going on was really bad timing coinciding with his and Marla's wedding and honeymoon plans.

Leo spent the majority of the week mostly training. There was no way he was in a happy mood. He barely slept even. He would lay in bed at night, wondering why she wasn't back yet. Something bad must have happened. If she returned with sad news, then he knew she wouldn't be in the mood for love making.

The next Saturday, April came and checked on her friends, but only found Leonardo at the farmhouse.

"Where's Marla?" she asked.

"She left with Carlos after everyone left last week. She said in a note there was an emergency with her mom. I wish she would have told me in person. I didn't even hear her leave." Leo explained. "I've been here all week by myself, April. I haven't heard anything from her."

"I'm so sorry, Leo. Do you want to come home with me or stay here and wait for her? She could come back."

"Then she'll have to come find me back in the city. I don't want to stay here another moment more." Leo said. He was virtually packed already.

April took him home to the lair.

When Leo entered the lair, when his family came to greet him, they saw he had an unhappy look on his face.

"So how was the first week of being married?" Raph asked, curious.

"There was nothing, Raph. Marla left with her brother for something to do with her mom." Leo said.

The others now saw what was wrong.

"So, after we all left, nothing happened?" Mikey asked.

"No. We changed out of our party clothes and that's it. We never got to do anything. She was gone when I went to get her. I know nothing else. It was a long, lonely week up there." Leo said. "I can tolerate being alone, but this time was different. It wasn't what I expected in my first week of being married."

"We're sorry to hear that, Leo. I'm sure she'll be back. Must have been real bad if she didn't come back at all." Don said.

"We will hear her explanation when she returns, my son." Splinter said.

"Yes, Father." Leo said and then went to his room, closing the door behind him.

Here at home, his room was now going to be shared with Marla. His old bed had been taken out and replaced with a new double bed, fit for couples. It had been done during the week while he was supposed to be at the farmhouse with his new wife.

Leo saw the new bed and felt quite unhappy with it at the moment. It would have been a nice surprise if circumstances were different. He went and sat down on the bed, testing its comfort.

It did feel comfortable, but at the moment, Leo wasn't interested in sleeping. He went and sat on his meditation mat. He felt he had to let his energy go.

Pretty soon, Mikey knocked on his door for dinner.

Leo did want to go on meditating, but his stomach gave off a serious growl. He got up and blew out his candles. He went to join his family for dinner.

…

During the week, Marla had the time of her life with her mom and brother on the cruise and down in Florida. Great food, animals, sights, and just a great adventure. It was probably not something she was going to experience again for a long time.

When they pulled back into the New York port, Marla knew what she had to do. Her mom went home to her house, while Marla had Carlos take her to her apartment where she dumped off her souvenirs and then, they went back to the farmhouse.

Marla hoped it wasn't too late.

Carlos waited outside to make sure she wasn't going to be there alone.

Marla went inside to see if Leo was in there. When she found he wasn't, she knew where he would be. Carlos took her back to the city.

I know the supposed to consummation that follows a wedding typically wasn't in this one, but this was doing what the title implies. I wanted to do something different. I just thought that a bride-to-be that wanted to make love so much before the wedding was denied so much that it made her so mad, and just wanting to give the 'taste of their own medicine' saying a new approach.