The following morning, Chloe entered the living room and found the turtles sitting up on the air mattress covered in a large blanket. She checked to see if their fevers had dropped during the night and it turned out that each of them now had a 100°F fever.
"Any way we could spend some time with the cats today?" Donny asked.
"You still need to stay in bed," Chloe replied. "All of you still have fevers. I'll let you spend time with the cats when you're better."
"It's boring staying in bed all the time," Mikey complained.
"I actually miss training," Raph said.
"Hopefully, we'll be better when Master Splinter comes back from Japan," Leo said.
"I'm going to get some crackers for you," Chloe said. "Not to mention soup and peppermint tea."
The turtles nodded in agreement and Chloe left the room. She came back with crackers, soup, and tea, put them on a tray, and the turtles slowly ate the soup and crackers and drank the tea.
Chloe gathered the dishes when the turtles were done and headed for the kitchen. When she came back to the living room, she saw the turtles snuggled up together and sleeping soundly.
She made sure the turtles were covered with the blanket and tucked them in. Then she laid down on the sofa, covered herself with a blanket, and fell asleep.
The turtles woke up a couple hours later. They saw Chloe sleeping on the sofa covered in a blanket.
"We should let her sleep," Leo said.
"She's done so much for us," Mikey said.
"True," Raph said.
Just then, Chloe woke up. She noticed that the turtles were awake.
"How're you all doing?" Chloe asked.
"A little better than we've been the past day or so," Donny replied and his brothers nodded in agreement.
Chloe got up and checked to see if the turtles were still running fevers. It turned out that they were back down to normal.
"You're down to normal but you should still rest," Chloe said. "That way, you won't suffer a relapse."
"Good thinking, Chloe," Donny said.
"We need to be in shape for training," Raph said.
"When does Splinter come back?" Mikey asked.
"Tomorrow afternoon," Leo replied.
Chloe left the room and came back with chicken soup, peppermint tea, and saltine crackers. The turtles ate the food and drank the tea and finished in about half an hour.
"Glad all of you have your appetites back," Chloe said and the turtles nodded in agreement.
"Will we be able to spend time with the cats tomorrow?" Mikey asked.
"As long as you get plenty of rest tonight," Chloe replied.
"Chloe, we really appreciate you taking care of us," Leo said.
"I'm happy to do so," Chloe said.
"It'll be nice to do our normal activities," Donny said.
"It does get boring having to stay in bed all the time," Raph agreed.
"The one good thing that came out of staying in bed is that you're getting better now," Chloe said and the turtles nodded in agreement.
"Would it be all right to spend time with the cats?" Mikey asked.
"Only for a few minutes," Chloe replied. "You still need your rest."
The turtles slowly got up. Then they followed Chloe out of the room.
In the cat area, the turtles were playing with the cats. Chloe was filling the cat feeders, changing the water, and cleaning the litter boxes.
"Need any help, Chloe?" Leo asked.
"I'm all right," Chloe replied.
Several minutes later, Chloe finished her cat chores. Then she, along with the turtles, left the room.
Half an hour, the turtles were sleeping on the air mattress snuggled up together. Chloe made sure the blanket was covering them. Then she went upstairs, got ready for bed, went into her room, and fell asleep as soon as her head landed on her pillow.
To be continued…
