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Alice helped the brothers back to the lair, after everything they had done for her, it was the least she could do now.

When they returned and patched up, Alice made them their favorite meal. Splinter joined their dinner as they laughed and boasted about their battle, whilst Alice was thankful they had all made it out alive, she couldn't help the nagging feeling that she made a mistake letting Eris just run off like that.

She was snapped from her thoughts when Mikey patted her harshly on the back when he spoke about the way she fought. The night drew on, and it starting to turn to early morning. Some of the others had gone to bed exhausted from their endeavors; Alice made her way to the dojo where Master Splinter was sitting on a mat in the center of the room.

She kneeled in front of him and held out the sword he had given her before she left. At this he opened his eyes from his meditation, a small smile played on his face.

"Thank you, Master Splinter." Alice said softly.

Splinter reached out for the sword and took it from her. "No Alice, it is I who should be thanking you. You fought bravely."

"I think Mikey was letting it sound a little more heroic then it was…I don't remember wearing a cape…" she jested, a small chuckle escaped her remembering Mikey's words of how her cape blew in the wind when she entered the room. It didn't make sense on so many levels…

Splinter chuckled throatily. "I am pleased, the sword gave you courage none the less." He bowed his head and watched as Alice bowed hers before standing and walking to the door. She looked back before leaving, seeing his eyes closed yet again, a peaceful smile on his face. Alice smiled fondly before closing the door behind her.

She sighed and moved to the kitchen to clean up, she was surprised to find a turtle with a red bandana beating her to the punch. He was putting the dishes in the sink and now had his back to her clean them up.

She smiled and made her way over to him, grabbing a towel, she started to dry the dishes next to him. They shared a knowing glance, a glance that said more the words. They continued in silence, sharing small glances and warm smiles, their hands touching every so often when Raph passed a dish to her.

When Alice was putting away the last dish Raph rubbed the back of his head watching her stretch to the top cupboard.

"So, I uh thought you might-" Raph started but was interrupted when she turned to meet his gaze.

"You should rest Raph, you look exhausted." Alice smiled warmly.

There was a small silence between them before Raph spoke up with more courage. "I hoped you might stay." He said softly not looking away from her.

Alice wasn't caught of guard by this, she wanted nothing more then to be by his side tonight especially after today.

Alice walked up to him and placed her hand in his softly squeezing his fingers. Raph felt warmth surge through his body at her sheer touch. He wasted no time and moved closer to wrap his arms around her. Bending down he wrapped one under her legs and one around her back lifting her gently as if she were about to break.

He carried her up the stairs to his room and kicked the door softly closed behind him, letting her down on the mattress on the floor he stood and took off his belt, resting it on the side. Raph soon joined Alice on the mattress and kneeled in front of her, leaning forward, he rested his forehead against hers, closing his eyes. He reached up for the collar of her jacket and softly pushed it off of her shoulders and down her arms. Alice smiled and helped pull her arms out of the jacket letting it rest on the floor.

She pulled away momentarily, forcing them to look at each other. She reached up for his bandana and watched his eyes close as she slipped the material over his eyes until it came off. She let it rest on the side carefully before returning her hands to the sides of his face leaning in as if to rest their heads again. Raph was caught off guard when he felt soft lips barely press against his.

Raph's hands instantly went to her shoulders and gently let them fall down into the mattress they kneeled on. Alice slid her arms from his face to wrap around his neck and shoulders, feeling his arms wrap protectively around her waist, they pulled each other closer, not leaving a molecule of air left between them. Kissing softly, no desperation or immediately passion, just soft gentle kissed passed between them. Words weren't necessary; everything was said through touch and gentle gazes. They fell asleep in each other's arms, their grip not loosening even slightly throughout the night.

…

It had been a few hours, and once again Raph had woken up alone. He looked around the room, but no sign. He groaned and slumped back on the bed when something that felt like paper crumpled under his arm. He lifted it to see a piece of paper stuck to the underside of his arm. Pulling it off he unfolded it, rubbing it eyes so it could see properly his face softened t the sight.

It was a small drawing on a turtle asleep in his shell with 'Zs' coming out of the opening of the shell. That made his chuckle; he read the scribbled handwriting, which was obviously Alice's next to the doodle.

'I did try to wake you, but you were dead asleep…

I'm going to try and rescue my jobs today, but I'll be back later. I put my number in your T-phone just incase you missed me too much.

See you soon!

Alice X'

He rolled his eyes at the fact that she could still put her wit into her words…He was confused by the 'X' at the end of the message. Shaking his head he tucked the paper into the front of his shell before getting up. He reached for his bandana and belt before leaving the room. He stretched himself out and grunted just outside his door before launching himself over the rail and down into the kitchen.

Everyone was already up and sat at the table.

"Hey Raph! Alice made us something to eat! IT'S DELICIOUS!" Mikey sighed with satisfaction taking another bite of what he could recognize as pancakes. Raph smiled, remembering the fit time she had made them in her apartment.

He sat down with his brothers and dug in. "Where is the chef anyways?" Raph finally said, trying to act nonchalant about the fact that she has slept in his room…

"She's gone out to try and get her jobs back in order, she said she'd be back later." Leo said raising an eyebrow.

"You wouldn't think someone with all that money would need that many jobs…" Mikey said through his food.

"It is a humble act." Splinter stated.

Raph looked over at Donnie. "Hey Donnie, what does it mean if someone puts an 'X' at the end of a message?" Raph asked casually.

Donnie thought for a moment. "April's done that a few times, I think she said it was a term of endearment. It's called a kiss! Thought I apparently you not supposed to put more then three…" He said a little defeated.

Raph raised a brow. "Why how many did you use?"

"She…said her phone ran out of memory by the time she got my tenth continued message…" He blushed and looked down poking at his pancake.

The turtles laughed and stuffed their faces.

"Why, who put a 'kiss' at the end of a message for you Raph?" Leo teased, raising an eyebrow at him.

"What!? No one!" Raph slammed his fork into his pancake and shoved it into his mouth.

"Hey I heard she was going to the bar for her singing performance! We should go check it out!" Mikey exclaimed.

"Mikey, it's light out, plus we can't go they'll be people there." Leo reasoned.

"What if…we watched from the shadows? When the show starts no one will see us anyway!" Mikey whined.

"He's right, when music comes on, no one knows you exsist…" Raph said without thinking.

Leo just looked at him. "And how would you know that?"

"Uhhh, common sense…?" He shrugged.

"It's not like we haven't been out during day time before. We can be careful, it sounds like fun!" Donnie reasoned.

Everyone looked to Splinter.

Without opening his eyes he stopped eating and smiled. "If you promise to be careful, I'll allow it." He said sternly.

"Oooooh right! We're going to a real life show!" Mikey jumped up and started dancing on his chair.

Leo just looked at Splinter. "You really think it's a good idea sensei?"

Splinter opened his eyes then. "You can not be sure until you try it. Besides, it could prove as a useful training exercise."

"Um, I never thought of it that way. Alright! Let's do this!" Leo raised his fist.

Everyone cheered and finished up their meal before bolting for the sewers.

"Wait! The dishes!" Splinter called after them, then sighed defeated when they were clearly ignoring him.

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The turtles darted across the rooftops looking out for the Bar that Alice mentioned was next to the pizzeria, had pink and blue lights and was called 'The Beat'.

Leo came to a halt at the edge of a rooftop and signaled to his brothers behind him to stop.

"There it is." He said pointing to the bar across the street.

The others looked over his shoulders at it; there was a queue to get in at the entrance.

"Wow! She must be popular!" Mikey said dreamily.

"There's a back way in by the dumpsters. Looks like our best bet." Leo confirmed keeping an eye out.

"So what're we wait'n ere for!" Raph smirked and jumped down the side of the building to the alleyway, followed by his brothers.

They took the manhole cover back into the sewers that connected to the one just outside of the back entrance.

Leo was up first checking the coast was clear. He nodded and signaled for the others to follow. When they got through the door they went up a set of stairs to avoid the waiters heading to the back door. Continuing up the stairs they came to what looked like a box with four seats in it. It was empty, and there was a sign on a chain across the entrance saying 'Out of use'.

Leo smirked and they ducked under the chain to sit in the seats. The box overlooked the entire downstairs and the stage; there was a dim light so there was no way they'd be seen.

"This is amazing! No one can see us!" Leo exclaimed under his breath.

"Woooow! Look how high up we are!" Mikey cooed from the edge of the box hanging over looking down.

Donnie grabbed the back of his shell and snapped him back away form the edge and sat him down in one of the chairs. "Stay!" Donnie commanded.

Mikey pouted, crossing his arms over his chest and sulking into his chair.

The light started to dim everywhere leaving them in almost totally darkness. A spot light lit up on the stage and a soft beat began to play.

All four turtles leaned over in anticipation looking down at the stage.

Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear

You give me fever, when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night

Her soft voice sounded before she appeared from behind the curtain, when she finally came fully into view, there were cheers and wolf whistles from the crowd. Raph felt his heart swell in his chest and his eyes bulge in his head.

She was wearing a long black dress that had a slit running from the hem to the top of her thigh. When ever she took a step her entire leg could be seen, including the seductive tilt in her calf from the black heels she wore.

Her hair was slightly curled framing her face, and her lips a blood red. There was a dark shading around her eyes that made them look wider and deeper then he remembered. When he turned to look at his brothers, he noticed, his jaw wasn't the only one that had landed in the sewers.

Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I'm gonna treat you right

You give me fever, when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the mornin'
A fever all through the night

Everybody's got the fever
That is somethin' you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

Raph tore his angry gaze from his brothers and back at Alice, when he did, he felt like the only one in the room she was singing too. Her eyes darted straight up to him. He didn't know if she saw him, or even knew he was there but…that gaze made his shell tighten.

The sight of her was too much; he couldn't drink her all in or even get close enough to do so. Memories of their night together started plaguing his mind; every move of her hips made him think of her writhing beneath him, every time her lips moved reminded him of the way she kissed him.

A smirk broke out across his face when he thought that last night he had slept in the arms of this woman, and no one else…

Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, "Julie baby you're my flame"

Thou givest fever, when we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm on fire
Fever yeah I burn forsooth

Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said, "Daddy oh don't you dare"

He gives me fever with his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his missus
And daddy won't you treat him right?

He watched as she started to walk down the causeway of the stage and rock her hips side to side with the tempo of the music.

She was memorising to him, he shifted uncomfortably trying desperately to calm himself down, if it wasn't for everyone else in the room, he would be down there loosing control on the stage. Wrapping his protective arms around her and keeping her all to himself.

Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade

They give you fever when we kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever till you sizzle
Oh what a lovely way to burn

What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
And what a lovely way to burn

As her voice started to drift off so did the music, on the last line she disappeared behind the curtain and the lights turned back on.

The four turtles were still sat there in awe of what they had just seen, unable to move, for certain reasons.

"That. Was. AWESOME!" Mikey exclaimed jumping out of his seat, luckily, the people below were clapping and cheering loud enough that they didn't hear him.

They took that as a cue to leave, pegging it down the stairs and back into the darkness of the sewers.

Just before they did, Raph noticed a couple just coming out of the bar, the man had his arm around the woman and she rested her head against his shoulder. He frowned as a dark thought entered her head. He would never be able to be out in public with her…he would never be seen with her, no one would know she was his…

"Raph! Come on!" Leo's voice snapped Raph out of his thoughts and they disappeared into the shadows.

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When the turtles made it back to the lair, the rest of the day dragged on until Alice made an appearance at the entrance of the lair, bags in hand.

"Hey guys!" She exclaimed as she entered.

She was surprised when they all seemed to whizz over to her suddenly, but didn't quite look her in the eye. What was surprising most of all, was that Raph was nowhere to be seen.

"What's in the bags?" Mikey asked curious.

Alice put them on the table in the kitchen and took her bag off of her shoulder. "Well you guys can't exactly go food shopping so I bought some stuff to stock you up." She explained getting stuff out of the bags.

"Alice, you didn't have to…" Leo started rubbing the back of his neck.

Mikey on the other hand glomped her tightly around her mid-section. "You rock Alice! You didn't happen to get any stuff to make pizza did ya?" He pleaded.

Alice smiled warmly. "Of course, that and some bits for ramen." She said trying to pry Mikey off of her.

"Really Alice, that was a kind thought." Splinters voice sounded from the dojo door as he entered the main area.

Alice just smiled. "Where's Raph?" She blurted out without thinking.

Splinter smiled warmly. "He is up in his room, he's not been down since the show." He smirked at the others before making his way into the kitchen to make some tea.

Alice raised an eyebrow. "The show?" She asked curiously.

Leo and the others looked away whistling nonchalantly, unable to meet her gaze.

"Ok then, I bought him a lettuce for Spike, I'll just go give it to him." She said, still a little confused. She heard the turtles start rummaging through the bags, she knew they had found the treaty bits she bought when she heard them all yell simultaneously.

"DOUGHNUTS!"

Alice smiled and made her way up the stairs to Raph's door. Tapping on it, she found it was slightly ajar. She pushed it open the rest of the way and saw Raph asleep on the mattress. She smiled fondly and walked in closing the door. She bent down to see him laying on his front half off the mattress his mouth open slightly breathing heavily. Alice brushed the tail of his band from his eyes and smiled.

Kneeling back up she set the lettuce down and torn off a leaf putting it in Spikes tank. "So…" she said awkwardly. "Does he ever talk about me?" She said leaning on her hand, watching Spike much at the leaf.

"Chew your leaf if he talks about me."

Spike took a large chunk of the leaf and munched on it. Alice smiled and rewarded him with another leaf. She turned around to leave but was stopped when she saw Raph sat up looking at the floor.

"Jeez Raph! You scared me. I didn't mean to barge in, if you think I was, I just bought Spike a lettuce and wanted to give it to you-to him!" She corrected whilst babbling.

Raph didn't look up form the floor, Alice's awkward smile faded and her brow furrowed with worry. She sat down beside him on the mattress. Her heart swelled with panic, he look as if he was about to confess something.

"What's wrong?" She all but whispered, to afraid to truly know what was on his mind.

Raph Closed his eyes and took a deep breathe, his face at this angle looked filled with hurt and pain…but it soon changed to a frustrated grimace.

"I don't do the fluffy stuff dollface, but seein' you today on that stage…" He paused, still not looking at her.

Alice's eyes widened in slight shock, mostly embarrassment, staying quiet she decided not to dwell on it, or yell at him until he had finished.

Raph stood and continued not turning around, his shell to Alice still sat on the mattress.

"Ya can't be with someone like me, I could only watch from a distance, I couldn't ave gone down there, held ya hand and let everyone know ya were mine…" Alice could hear his voice break slightly, it wasn't as dense and confident as usual, something about that sound just made her want to jump up and hug him…

"We can never go out, I'll never meet ya friends…and if we got caught together, you'd be slandered all over the news!" Raph turned around now and raged at the floor in front of him.

Alice sat there, taking in everything he was saying, this wasn't a side she would see often…though the use of frustration and anger instead of upset and hurt was generally something Raph would do.

Were they even an item now, they only had that one night…and they hadn't said much to each other since…or done much to each other since. Why is he thinking like this all of a sudden…? Alice thought to herself.

Alice finally stood in front no further then a foot away.

"I am a sociopath that enjoys her own company, dislikes being around too many people for too long, keeps occupied so I don't have to think about anything. On top of that! I have a psychopathic sister who killed my parents and hunted me down for 2 years…I don't have many friends and my boyfriend is a turtle!" She panted at the end of her rant her shoulders moving up and down.

Raph was stood there, the wind punched right out of his sails by her confession, a small smile played on his lips as he watched her compose her self.

"Should I continue?" She put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Wow…you're…" Raph tried hard not to smile through his words. Alice beat him to the punch.

"Messed up! I know! I couldn't care less if I'm not seen with you, or if people think I live in the sewers, or if you don't meet my friends…" She stopped herself from rambling further.

"Alice I wouldn't even be able ta live with ya! I have to stay down ere with my brothers, you got ya fancy apartment up top!" He pointed up stepping closer to her.

"So what!? What do you want me to do, move in!? Not going to happen, I refuse to live with a GROUP of men AND I like my shower!" Alice growled with frustration, they hadn't even decided if they were anything yet and already he was worrying about this stuff, where was this coming from.

"Oh! Sorry our little abode isn't good enough for you princess!" Raph roared back throwing his arms in the air in frustration.

"What!? I never said that, I would happily live on the street if need be! But I doubt your brothers are going to want a girl living here! Let alone Master Splinter!" She argued, feeling her voice lower slightly, not really wanting the others to hear their argument…it was most likely too late for that.

"Whatever dollface! Face it, you couldn't be with a broke guy, let alone, a broke turtle livin in da sewers!" Raph growled louder.

"So that's what you think of me is it!? I'm just some rich girl that has everything and couldn't possibly fall for anyone you deem unfit for me? Right?" She all but screamed at the beginning, but it was plain on her face that he had hurt her feelings she recoiled and stepped back.

"Very well…" Alcie finally said, a break in her voice.

Raphs posture immediately became sympathetic, he stepped closer his face fell with worry.

"Alice…I didn't mean…" Raph started.

Alice didn't look at him, when she rushed to the door and slammed it firmly behind her. She ignored the looks form the others in the kitchen and headed for the exit of the sewer.

After a silence, they could hear the manhole cover go, and they knew she was gone. Mikey looked up to Leo. "She's isn't staying?" His voice was almost sad and slightly broken.

"I don't think so Mikey." Leo said patting his back.

Mikey sniffed and held up the pizza dough Alice had bought. "So who's cooking dinner?" Mikey sniffled.

Leo just rolled his eyes before glaring up at Raph door.

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