A/N: Hello :) This was a fun chapter to write, I hope you all like it! Please R&R!
Back at the home, Mike really was driving everyone nuts. He was going through all his suitcases making sure he had the right magazines. Once he had counted them, he would flip through each making sure that the outfits he had picked were there. Mikey was about to start again for the 26th time when Raph stopped him with a flick to the back of the head.
"Knock it off Mike! We have to leave soon!"
Rubbing his head, Mikey looked up at the clock. "Why? Our plane doesn't leave for a couple hours."
"You still have to go and check in. That could take a while." Leo pointed out, not looking up from the book he had submerged himself in.
"Don and Cassi are probably halfway there by now." Mike said while zipping up his suitcase.
"Nah," Raph disagreed, "They're probably only boarding."
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"I never realized my passport photo was so bad," Cassi complained, taking her seat on the plane. Don sat down beside her.
"I thought it was good," He told her, "At least you look like you're completely there. Ours look almost as if we're fading away."
"Really? Let me see it." Don passed her the passport and she examined the picture. "I must've made a mistake somewhere in my programming. I thought I had fixed it so that the flash of a camera wouldn't affect it," She sighed wearily and handed the passport back to it's owner, "I'll get back to work on it as soon as we're back in New York." Cassi didn't seem quite so energetic as before. Once they were in the air, it became obvious that the effects of little sleep were catching up on her. She was unusually quiet.
"Tell me Cassi, exactly how much sleep did you get last night?" Don asked with a grin. "It certainly wasn't the required eight hours."
"Not much, that's for sure." Cassi murmured, stirring a packet of sugar into her coffee. "This is only my second. I just had one this morning." Cassi answered the question in his mind. "You should have seen me around exam time at University."
"I thought you didn't need to study, you knew pretty much all of it."
"I did know it. How do you think I passed my courses so quickly? I had to help Chris."
"Does she know...?" Don didn't need to finish. After trying to suppress a yawn with little success, Cassi shook her head.
"Imagine the shock she'll get when she finds out who and what I am." Cassi said, grinning.
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Unfortunately, for Mike and Raph, the same person who was at the desk when Cassi and Don checked in was there when they checked. He was more than a little bit confused.
"You were here earlier! At least, one of you was!"
"No, we weren't," Mike replied honestly.
"Yes, you were! You were here with that cute brunette!" Now the two were certain that he meant Don and Cassi, but they remained looking stunned.
"Like my…uh, twin said, we weren' here." Raph said, trying to be patient. She just had to make us look exactly alike, didn't she?
"You're even going to the same place they were!"
"Dude, I think you need a coffee break." Mike suggested.
"I think so too." The employee muttered.
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Everyone decided to meet at the hotel once they all had arrived in the city. They had booked rooms on the same floor, in the same hall. Leo was the last to check in. He headed down the hallway to his room. Raph, Don and Mike were waiting for him.
"Hey guys." The blue-spiked haired teen greeted his brothers, "Where's Cassi?" Leo asked quietly, noticing that she wasn't there. Don pointed to the room a little ways down behind him.
"She's getting some sleep. I don't think she got very much last night." Don grinned. "She nearly fell asleep on the plane a few times, but you know Cassi. If it's her first time with something, she wants to remember every moment, even if it kills her."
"I didn' see her, she was already asleep by the time we got here, but apparently, she looked really trashed." Raph smirked, trying to imagine Cassi looking untidy. Whenever she went out in public, Cassi was one to make sure that she looked presentable.
"Oh gee, thanks Raph." A sarcastic tone said. Cassi was standing behind him, looking somewhat angry, but that soon changed. A grin spread across her face. "He's right." She told Leo. "I did look pretty bad." Cassi certainly didn't anymore. Her hair was brushed and in her usual neat ponytail and the dark circles under her eyes was gone. "How long did I sleep?" She asked Don.
"A couple hours. You could continue to, you know, Cassi." He pointed out. Cassi shook her head.
"No, I can't. We have a rehearsal in just under an hour." Leo checked his watch.
"We do too. I'll meet you guys later. I'm going to put my suitcase away and try to dig out Cassi's necklace." The others agreed and headed off. Leo turned and entered his room, and Cassi followed after him.
"How was the plane ride up here?" Cassi asked Leo as he set his suitcase down on his bed.
"A little lonely, but fine," He admitted, trying his best not to look at her, "Cassi, is there something you want?"
"My necklace."
"I don't have it. You…you left wearing it the other night, remember?"
"Yeah?" she replied, opening the outside pocket on his luggage and pulling out the black case that contained her necklace. "Remember when I stopped by the lair the other day? I slipped it into your suitcase then."
"Why?"
"We may not be dating, but I still trust you. I trust you more then I trust myself." Cassi touched his arm gently, and looked up into his eyes. "I don't want to always be fighting with you. I still like being around you, Leo. Just because we're not romantically involved doesn't mean we can't still be friends."
"After all this time, seeing you the way I have, it's not going to be easy to do that, Cassi…" He whispered, zipping up his suitcase.
"Nothing ever is easy." She whispered back, feeling nearly the same way about it.
"…but I'll agree," Leo finished, giving her a smile. "It'll take a while…"
"But we'll make it work. We always have." Cassi grinned, "Should we start over and put everything behind us?"
"Why not?"
Cassi extended her hand, "Hi, I'm Cassiopeia."
"I'm Leonardo." Leo replied, taking her hand. "It's nice to meet you, Miss. Tell me, you didn't get any sleep last night, or fall asleep this afternoon, did you?" Cassi grinned and blushed.
"No kind sir, I did not."
