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The next day was filled with lectures and lessons that I all couldn't concentrate on due to my lack of sleep.

I had thought about him all night, in every possible way. It was worse in my dreams; there my visions of us together came to life- at least awake I could hide a small amount of them.

But now my eyes were weak and my features were tired and sloppy.

I scribbled down some small notes in class yawning as I went. I sighed.

If only Raph were coming tonight, to make today better.

I scowled feeling my bad mood kicking in, knowing I was being a stubborn little girl at the idea of not seeing him for a few days.

I huffed, pursed my lips and crossed my eyebrows tightly.

I felt like I was five and my favourite toy had been pulled off me.

I huffed again.

I needed to grow up.

My fingers drummed on the small of the desk as the minutes went by drastically slow, painfully slow and I tried to fight away the burning images of Raphael's smile.

I looked around the lecture hall, I looked at all the different guys sat around me- all full haired normal skinned guys.

And felt nothing. Not even a twitch of attraction.

Maybe because most of them wouldn't even give me the time of day.

Maybe because I hadn't really paid attention to any of them anyway.

Or maybe its because you're falling in love with that turtle guy who keeps hanging out with you…

I growled and ran a hand down my face.

The only friend I had made since moving here- and I was starting to want more.

But I couldn't…I shouldn't…

The day rushed on as I flew out of college and headed down to April's shop. We had organised stock to come in for this evening and were getting ready to load the back room up.

"Hey April!" I called cheerily as she smiled to me and flung her dark hair over the back of her shoulder.

"Hey! How was college today?"

"oh soooo boring; I nearly fell asleep in fifth period" I told her as she giggled and lifted a brown box out of the door way. I took it from her and carried it into the back room as we chatted lightly about the events of the day. Soon the pink evening sky turned to black and street lights flickered and glowed evenly outside.

The little shop illuminated gently as we sat on boxes and counter tops drinking hot cocoa.

"So…you met anyone at college yet?" she asked politely as I looked to her with a soft smile.

"Like friends? Sorta- I have a girl I sit with in class…we chat" I shrugged as she nodded positively.

"Any cute guys?" she asked with a knowing sort of smirk. I blushed and rolled my eyes at her.

"Oh come on April!" I chuckled as she laughed back and nudged me with her shoulder.

"Spill! Who's the guy?" her eyes glowed with excitement as I stared at her in shock.

"Who says there's even a guy?" I taunted sticking my tongue out. she laughed and pointed to me accusingly.

"The blush on your face is all I need to concur my dear Watson; there is a guy" I huffed and she laughed, enjoying her winning moment.

I felt myself bite the inside of my cheek as I mulled over what to say to her, my foot underneath the chair started to thrum a little. Maybe there was a way I could explain to April my issue…maybe I could dodge the question but still answer it, talk to her in a girly chat that my brain so desperately needed right now.

I sighed, lifted my feet up and turned so that I could face her a little better.

"Okay…there's this one…guy" I started, my face keeping steady and even as I watched her expression for any sign of clue that she was cracking onto my case.

"Ohhh what's his name?!" she hurried excitedly as I clamped my teeth down.

A name beginning with R!, any name beginning with R!

"Ronald"

fuck…Ronald!? Of all the fucking normal names to pick…

I gritted my teeth down as she nodded to me with a laugh.

"Ronald? - wow; haven't heard of a one of them in a long time" I took a big swing of my cocoa letting it burn my tongue as punishment.

Fucking Ronald?!, I brushed it away quickly as I swallowed and April waited for me to continue my story.

"We met…a few months ago…he sorta helped me with directions home" I told her, again stopping to see if she was linking the two of us together.

"Oooo a college guy?"

"same age yeah" I mumbled, keeping my lies to a minimum; it was a twisted truth but held my story up…

I felt ridiculously silly; there was no way she could link the two together with that information. Suddenly I felt the surge to bundle out more to her.

"He got me home- and then the next night, literally showed up at my door and it was just so…playful, I thought he would be a really good friend and that that's where we would grow to. And we were, you know, we are; he comes over for a beer, we chat, watch TV, nothing serious…it's comfortable, nice"

My head rolled back at the memories as I blushed harder, my cheeks heating up at the image of us laughing together, sitting close by each other…just revelling in each others company…

"But…its more than nice now…its- well its now my favourite time of day and the worst part of the day is when he leaves…and the other night we had this moment" I looked away from her out to the doorway, my eyes scanning the dark streets as if wanting him to appear.

"And it hit me- how crazy I am for him…"

I trailed off as April watched me. She grinned at me her face illuminated.

"Sounds like love to me" she giggled as I bypassed her comment sharply. I was about to open my mouth when she carried on.

"What's he like?" she pushed biting her lip with interest as I giggled.

"He's…a hot head…but…he wears his heart on his sleeve, he cares so much about things and he looks at me like…well no one's ever looked at me like that" I shrugged as my eyes moved from her down to the floor picturing him again as they glowed softly.

"He has, the loveliest eyes…and makes me laugh…makes me feel safe…" I mumbled out incoherently as April watched me- her eyes studied my face with a small smile.

I looked back up to her nervously.

Oh shit- had she guessed?

"What's he look like?" she pushed leaning back into her chair. April tilted her head, her face smiling softly matching the voice she spoke to me with.

Then I bit down hard on the inside of my lip.

How the fuck could I dodge that?

"Tall…really tall…a-and real buff…" I nodded with a small laugh. My cheeks turned up into a grin at my next passing thought. "…Red hair- amber eyes" I added with a chuckle.

"ooooh sounds dreamy"

"You have no idea" I whispered taking a sip of the hot cocoa.

"So what's stopping you asking Mr dreamboat out?" she said drinking her own drink. My eyes fell on her heavily and wide.

"a-are you kidding?" I bluffed out a light laugh as she turned back to look at me confused.

"Well- its obvious you're in love with him- and if he keeps coming back then..."

"Woah woah- April, I can't be in love with him; its insane! It wouldn't work! I'm most definitely not his…type, I'd loose my only friend in this entire city, and…and…" I froze my mouth falling short of words.

I looked down to the floor deflated and walked over to the glass window; my own reflection evidently clear there.

"Bonnie?" April asked softly.

"What if he doesn't love me back?" I whispered feeling my insides twirl and turn at the idea.

Sure, the idea that he wouldn't be attracted to humans passed my mind, but in my head I didn't really care. It didn't really matter what he was or what I was.

It only mattered that now, and the idea that he could possibly break my heart was soul crushing.

And then I wouldn't have anything.

What if he already had someone?

My fingers reached out to my reflection as I eyed myself.

I wasn't anything special. I was probably a little worse than someone who would be considered 'not anything special'.

I sighed, disappointingly.

"Bonnie- you do know how gorgeous you are right?" April added as I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"You have to say that; you're family" I reminded her as she shook her head.

"Don't matter- you are, besides…how do you know you're not his type?"

I chewed my lip.

How do I get out of this one?

"He's just…not into…that- at least I don't think he would be"

She looked confused about my comment but I rolled it off; I needed to vent- even if it was about a ginger tall guy called Ronald.

"Is he gay?" April added as I turned to look at her exasperatingly. Then my mouth slammed shut.

Huh.

I hadn't considered that.

"I don't…think so- he doesn't strike me as being gay" I told her honestly. Maybe he was, maybe I needed to think about that…

"How can you not know his preference?" April asked exasperatedly.

"Well he doesn't exactly go about shouting which sex he prefers from the roof tops" I told her.

I sighed.

No, Raphael wasn't gay was he? Or did he not have a preference? He was part turtle after all- did they even have preferences?

The confusion buzzed in my head as I rubbed my forehead and shook it away.

"Well if you guys had a moment- he can't be can he? And if you had a moment then it means there's something there!"

I turned to look at her. She was right.

There was something there.

But it was probably best to take it away from there. I couldn't handle the stress of an abusive father, moving away, going to a new college and have my heart broken all in the space of a year.

I could visualise him letting me down gently.

His hands waving me off speaking to me in the gruff softness of his tone.

My anxiety sprang forward. I couldn't deal with that.

"I don't…I can't get my heart broken right now- with everything that's happened this year…I could do without any more hurting- so my love life is casual for now…I'm good with that- that way I don't loose him" I told her honestly.

The idea of loosing him crippling as I pictured his face once more in my head- his smile playful and goofy.

Slowly becoming the most beautiful smile I had ever seen.

"Well if its casual dating you want; I could set you up on a few blind dates, that way you could feel out what the guys are like in New York" she giggled as I rolled my eyes.

To please her I nodded and blushed, shaking my head. "Yeah you do that" I giggled sarcastically.

We were laughing loosely, then all too soon a click of the door had my attention as both April and I spun to look around.

Three guys stood tall and flawless in the doorway, all dressed in black.

I took a slight step back anxiously.

April stood-her eyes on them as she watched them carefully.

Soon she was stood beside me, her face stern and fixated in an alarmed manor. I noticed her hand slowly move to the back of her jeans, where she flicked something which looked like a beeper and a red light flashed.

I looked back to the men concerned.

"Can I help you?" She asked in a strong voice. She stayed still complied and stoic as they moved further in.

"Take them" a calm voice called from a small walkie-talkie attached to one of the guy's arms. A word was shouted into the air, a word I didn't understand as suddenly boxes were flown backwards shooting at us as I ducked with April. I grabbed her and turned as the men barrelled towards us.

We flew backwards out the little door where the storage unit was.

"April! What the fuck is going on?!" I demanded as we fled. She didn't answer me, but kept running dragging me with her as we barrelled over the stock we had just arranged.

It flew everywhere as I pulled it down behind me; adrenaline seeming to kick in viciously. As I pulled things fell, violently blocking the way and the men following on our tails. Then my eyes caught a bright beige long smooth wooden item.

A bat.

I gasped my mouth twitching into a smile as I wrapped my hand around it as April pulled me with her.

"Come on Bonnie!" she whined nervously as we took off again. The black men clambered over the stuff as we turned and pulled on the back door. With it ripped off its hinges, we flew out of his barrelling down the street into an alleyway, and then turning left we ran down another and another until unluckily we reached a dead end.

We breathed heavily almost out of breath as the three men approached.

I gripped my bat tightly as April stood tall.

"Who the fuck are these guys?" I whispered to her my eyes raking at them feeling cornered as they circled us.

"They want my friends" she breathed deeply as she angled up our options.

Friends…

Did she mean Raph?

"Over my dead body" I growled as I moved forward. I bunched the balls of my feet deep into the ground as the ran at us. I swung around expertly, hitting the other on the back twisting the bat in my hand as I jabbed and kicked. April managed to kick one in the groan as it doubled over.

I grabbed her hand as we ran quickly away from them. We laughed into the air triumphantly as we turned left.

Only to skid to a stop.

And nothing could have prepared me for the next sighting.

Two giant mutants; a warthog and a rhino- probably two feet taller than Raph, who clearly didn't work out as much as Raphael, stood firmly, intimidatingly.

My mind doubled over as I took them in. April watched me nervously her eyes alarmed and her teeth gritted as I took a deep breath and leaned down letting my feelings swing around my head.

It was mainly disbelief.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me!" I breathed out leaning forward for a moment as I shook my head.

Both animals growled and grinned.

"Awww yeeeeaaaah, you gotta new addition to the little pack"

"Come on beep, they gotta lead us back to dem damn turtles"

My mouth fell open and my eyes scrunched up watching the mutants.

"Left!" April shrieked, pushing me with her shoulder as she turned and spun me down the alley to the left. We ran heavily, almost quicker than I could ever possibly go running on fumes as we barrelled to another dead end.

"FUCK! What is it with this city and fucking dead ends?!" I whined out, my hand slamming at the brick as we moved back slowly.

This time, there was no interfering, as shapes suddenly blurred and bandana's flew down in front of my eyesight. My back fell against the wall as suddenly I was backed up with four shells and a 6ft man wearing a white hockey mask.

They moved fast, battling down on the two new mutants as bodies blurred and I could no longer keep up with what was going on. My hands fell on the brick as shapes blurred.

A purple banded turtle flew round twisting expertly over the rhino which grunted as an orange banded turtle excitedly manoeuvred in front of it, causing its actions to be put off.

It was only then when the Hockey masked vigilante turned and called to April.

"Get back!" he yelled. His voice the exact same as my…

"CASEY?!" I barrelled moving forward as April pushed her hand on me keeping me still.

A blue banded turtle moved so swiftly, using its swords to bash and scrape down the side of the warthog, it moved so fast, quicker than the others as it barrel rolled and knocked the rhino down to the ground.

Then I saw him.

Red bandana; twirling forks. I gasped out loud, my eyes fixed on him as he moved fast- punching right at the warthog his comrade was knocking over. My eyes held tight on him as he moved, biting down his name from leaving my lips as they flew over the head of the remaining animal.

I gripped the bat tighter in my arms as I instinctively stepped down hard on the foot holding me, throwing my elbow back into their face and twirling the bat in my hand around as I jabbed it outwards. I grunted and turned to April

"Duck" I told her as my bat made contact with the black masked figure holding her. It retracted immediately and fell to the ground as I kicked them, rolling them away.

I turned sharply, and found myself staring at Raph, who was watching me totally unsure of what to do next.

That's when the downed Rhino, pulled his legs out from under him and I found his name slipping from my mouth.

"Raphael!" I called desperately, as April turned to look at me wide eyed in absolute shock. Her mouth fell open as she stared hard. But she didn't have time to say anything- as one of the creatures noticed and grinned towards us for a minute. Then it grunted and swung out left, throwing something towards my head as I ducked, pulling April with me.

It stuck to the wall as it started to flicker red.

I froze.

So did April.

"MOVE!" Casey bellowed.

But my eyes tried to catch Raphael again. Instinctively, my eyes reached for him but found him already there as he grabbed me in less than a second. My body whipped around in his arms at a lightening pace. I let him pull me, feeling dizzy and blurred as he tucked me to the floor under his shell.

I couldn't see anything else going on around me. Just feel the warmth of him as he held me tight.

Then it went off, the explosion was small but distractible and both enemy mutants seemed to flair off during the commotion as rocks and loose metal flew in all directions. I could hear some of it landing and scraping against the back of his shell.

I lay still, gripping onto my turtle tightly, not sure if what I was feeling was terror, or adrenaline or worry or excitement.

The crumbling of rock seemed to steady, and in the distance there was a drunken laugh.

"Next time turtles!" it sung in the distance.

My heart drowned it out as the voices seemed to distance away.

I swallowed as Raph began shuffling above me, moving his shoulders first to check himself; shaking like a bear would against a tree, but much slower. Then he stilled and his head, which I hadn't noticed was tucked above mine protecting me, pulled back as his breathing steadied out.

His face pulled back to look at mine; my body lay flat underneath him as he watched me with a worried startled expression.

His hands nervously checked at my shoulders, my waist, my arms. I wiggled once like he had done, feeling for pain- but there was nothing.

"Its okay…I'm…I'm okay" I breathed to him in a whisper as he nodded. He swallowed once unable to remove his startling expression. My hands began repeating his own action as terror filled my eyes.

What if he was hurt?

"Oh god" I stood quickly, feeling him pull me to my feet as his hands steadied on my waist.

"Are you hurt? Did they hurt you?"

"nah…no Doll- I'm fine…I'm good" he breathed in this new breathy voice.

My hands carried on searching him anyway, until I found my hands on his neck as I felt his breath intake in and out as he moved.

Then the panic seemed to still inside me as I steadied myself.

His eyes bored into mine and mine bored right back.

I swallowed.

A silent message passed between us as my stomach flipped inside.

I'm so glad you're safe…

"So…ya can handle ya sel den…" he added with a low voice as I allowed a tired laugh to slip out once.

"Told you I didn't need your services" I said lowly with a smile. He smiled back too, only it didn't reach his eyes- they stayed soft and safe, taking me in.

And then there was a shuffle, bringing me away from my red banded turtle as my head flicked left to over the way from us.

And there, watching us, brushing themselves down carefully.

Stood Casey, April, and three more turtles…

His brothers…

I didn't have to look at Raph to understand our joint words this time.

Shit.