Chapter 2

April was awakened by the sound of her alarm clock telling her that is was 4:45. She groaned and sat up in her bed. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out her usual outfit. Then, she went into the bathroom and took a nice, hot shower. Once she was done with that, April got dressed and blow dried her hair, then, put her hair in her signature ponytail.

April put her dirty clothes and towel in the hamper, then, walked into the kitchen. She pulled out a box of cheerios and poured some into a bowl. She ate silently, waiting for 6:00 to draw nearer. When she was done eating, April put her bowl in the sink and started doing the dishes. As 6:00 drew nearer and nearer, April grew anxious every second.

When 6:00 hit, April jumped up and started pacing around her apartment. The airport was only 15 minutes away from her, so she knew it wouldn't take long for Katie to get here. 5 minutes passed, then 10, soon it was 6:15. No knock on the door.

6:20 rolled around, April was getting worried. But all her worries decreased when she heard a knock on her apartment door. She ran over to it and unlocked it for her cousin. She yanked it open and saw another red headed girl with brown eyes. She was wearing a T-shirt that said Just Act Natural and a pair of skinny jeans.

"Katie!" She exclaimed, hugging her celebrity cousin.

Katie hugged her back. "Hey, April. How ya doing? Don't answer that, lets get my stuff inside before the paparazzi find me."

"Yes, of course," April helped Katie bring in her suitcases and they placed them all in Katie's room. When they were done putting the suitcases in the room, they sat down in the living room and talked about what it was like being on tour and starring in movies.

"April? Where's your Dad?" Katie asked, curious of why she hadn't seen her uncle. It was Saturday, wouldn't he have the day off?

April looked up at her, "That's what I wanted to tell you early, but I thought of a better way," April stood up and walked towards the door, she looked over her shoulder, "Well, aren't you coming?"

Katie stood up and followed her cousin out the door. Once they closed it, they went down the stairs and out the door. They walked along the sidewalk, many people stopped and pulled out their phones to take pictures of the wonderful actress.

They walked until they reached the abandoned alley. April quickly walked over to the manhole and shooed away several stray cats off of it. She lifted the manhole up and motioned for Katie to climb down.

"Me? Go down there? What for?" Katie questioned.

April rolled her eyes, "Trust me. Now get down there."

Katie doubted her cousin, but did what she was told. She walked over to the hole and jumped in, without using the ladder. She landed with a big splash and looked up to see that April was coming down. When April reached the bottom of the ladder, she told Katie to follow her and stay close. They started walking through the sewers.

Soon, they reached a tunnel with a little bit of light at the end of it. April turned to Katie and told her to close her eyes. Katie rolled her eyes, but closed her eyes anyways. She let April lead her forward. April lead Katie to the entrance of the Lair and told her to stay put. Katie nodded.

April left her cousin to see where the guys were. She looked in the living area and sighed with relief. All the turtles were sitting there watching Space Heroes. Donnie was the first turtle to notice her. He jumped up and was about to say something, but she motioned him to be quite. Without saying a word, she told them that Katie Bracket was just a outside the entrance. Mikey started jumping up and down, squealing like a little girl. It took Raph and Leo to get him to calm down.

Once they got Mikey calmed down, April walked back to get Katie. She lead her into the Lair. From the dim lighting, Raph saw that the girl had red hair, like April. He had never heard of Katie Bracket, the only time he'd ever hear of her is if Mikey brought it up. Honestly, he was jealous that she could fight better than him.

April lead Katie to some open space in the Lair. She told her to open her eyes. Katie slowly opened her eyes, unprepared of what she was going to see. When her eyes were fully open, she looked at the Turtles and shrugged as if this was all normal. She turned to April.

"This is a joke, right?" She asked her cousin, to see if she was playing some sick joke on her.

April shook her head. "Nope. These are real, mutant turtles."

Katie took in a deep breath. She turned back to the Turtles. "Katie Bracket."

Obviously Mikey didn't need an invitation because he ran straight up to her and hugged her. "I know who you are! I'm your biggest fan!"

She hugged him back, "always nice to meet a fan,"

Mikey backed off, "So, you don't think I'm scary?"

She shook her head, "Not at all, I used to own a turtle myself. Then he ran away,"

Raph made a snarky remark, "How do you lose a turtle?"

Katie pointed at him, "Hey, I left him in the backyard for, like, 20 minutes and when I came back out, he was gone,"

"But, why'd you put him out there in the first place?" He shot back at her.

"I was 5! I probably was going to dress him up in a Barbie dress!" She informed him.

"Why would you even do that!?" He yelled at her. Neither of them noticed that everybody had backed off incase a fight broke out.

"I was 5, for lord's sake! Kids do weird things when their 5!" She snapped at him. They were glaring at each other now.

"I didn't," He smirked. "I wouldn't even do that to my turtle."

"Well, you weren't me when you were 5, were you?" She asked.

"No," He muttered. "But, at least I still have my turtle,' He laughed.

"Did you just say that you're more responsible than me?" She said through gritted teeth.

He smiled, "Yup."

"Take it back!" She exclaimed.

"Never!" He yelled back.

"You asked for it now, Raph," Mikey said from the couch.

Raph turned his head to give Mikey a puzzled look, when he realized what Mikey meant. He turned his head back to Katie, just as her foot met his face. He stumbled back, holding his face.

"I told you to take it back," She said.

"Yeah, you don't think I realize that?" He ran at her, with his Sai drawn. She quickly dodged his first swipe, but when he did it the second time, he got her cheek. She didn't even check it. She focused on getting him back. When he came back the third time, she flipped over him and managed to get one of his Sai.

She put it against his throat, "Take it back, or else this goes through," She threatened him.

He started to panic, then decided to tell her what she wanted to hear, "I take it back! I take it back! I swear!" He pleaded.

Katie released her grip. "That's better," She handed him his Sai. She gave him an apologetic smile. He just scowled at her and went to his room.

Katie walked back to the rest of the gang. "What's his problem?"

"He doesn't like to get beaten, especially by a girl," Leo said, he got up from the couch. "I better go see if he's going to come back. After all, we have such a great person in our presence."

Katie put her hand on her heart, "You flatter me,"

He smiled and walked to Raph's room. He knocked on the door. There was a faint "Come in." Leo opened the door and the whole room was dark, except for Raph's emerald green eyes piercing the room. He was sitting on his bed, petting Spike. Leo went and sat next to him.

He put his hand on Raph's knee, "Why did you leave?"

Raph looked at his oldest brother. "I was beaten by a girl. A girl!" He exclaimed, furious of why he didn't defend himself when she pressed his Sai against his throat. He shook his head.

"Just because you were beaten by a girl, doesn't mean you should be ashamed about it. Look at it this way, you need to train a little bit more, then you might be able to beat her," Leo told him. "Plus, I've got an idea."

Raph gave his brother a questioning look. Leo explained his plan to get Master Splinter to get Katie on the team. He told him about how they could use her to get Mr. O'Neil back.

Raph shook his head, "I don't think it's a good idea."

Leo stood up, "You know what? You can stay here and mope OR you can come out there with me and actually make a friend. And, I think you're jealous that if Master Splinter accepts Katie, she'll take your spot as the muscle," He started to walk towards the door, he looked over his shoulder "Your choice,"

Leo had his hand on the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked and saw Raph. "I'm coming with you," He said. Leo smiled and opened the door. They walked back to the living area and saw that everybody was laughing.

"Then Jim Carrey was like: "I ordered shrimp not wimp," Katie was telling them about the time she sat next to Jim Carrey at the Emmys. Mikey burst out laughing. Then he saw that Raph had come back and his smile faded.

"Look who decided to join the party," Mikey laughed.

Katie turned around to see that Raph was glaring at her. Leo caught this and hit him upside the head.

"Ow!" He yelled and rubbed the back of his head. Leo went and sat in front of the TV and turned on Space Heroes. Raph sat on the couch, as far away as he could from Katie. She proceeded on telling Mikey about all the actors and actresses she's met and worked with. She told him about the music artist's she's met. He was fasinated about it all, probably cause he loved her.

She turned to the T. "Is that Star Trek?" She asked Leo.

He shook his head without looking at her. "It's Space Heroes. What's Star Trek?"

She gasped, "You don't know what Star Trek is?"

Donnie raised his hand, "I know what it is."

Katie turned to the brother in the purple bandana, "Then, please, show him what it is. If he likes this," She pointed to the TV, "I'm sure he'll like Star Trek," Donnie nodded.

They spent about 5 more hours there, Katie telling Mikey everything she's done over the years and he drank it all in. April stood up, "Katie, it's 4:30, time to go,"

Katie stood up, "Guess you're right," She patted Mikey's head. "Talk to ya later, Mikey," She started to follow her cousin to the entrance. She glanced over her shoulder as she walked out and saw that Raph was starring at her back. She tuned her head back to the front and gave herself a satisfied smile. Katie noticed that April was up ahead a little ways and she ran to catch up with her.

They walked until they came to the ladder that they came up. April went up first and opened the manhole. Then Katie came up. Once Katie was on the pavement, April closed the manhole. They walked out of the alley and started towards the apartment complex. People gasped and shrieked when they saw Katie, some of them even came up to her and asked for her autograph. She signed at least 10 napkins, 5 hats, 3 notebooks, and 1 forehead (A crazy bald man.) They reached the apartments at 5:00. They walked up the steps and into the building. They walked to April's apartment and unlocked it. They walked in, making sure that they locked it behind them. They went into the kitchen and made some hamburgers for supper.

After they were done eating, they went into living room and turned the news on. It talked about the President, the weather, local murders, then a news segment about Katie.

"Today, Katie Bracket was seen going down the sidewalk with another girl. Reasons why she is in New York, we'll have that for you at the 6:00 news tomorrow morning," The news anchor said. Katie quickly grabbed the remote and turned the TV off.

She sat back. "So, when does school start?" She asked casually.

"In 2 weeks. That reminds me that we have to get you enrolled and go school shopping!" April squealed at the last part. Katie acted excited too.

Soon it was 6:30 and they decided to go to bed. Katie went to her room and got out a green tank top and a pair of light green shorts. She put her dirty clothes in the hamper that was in her room. She walked over to the nightstand next to her bed that held an alarm clock. She set it to 5:30 and climbed into bed.

Katie stayed up for a little bit, thinking of why Raph was starring at her when she was leaving. She thought of many reasons. Like he saw a mouse or he didn't know what was going on. She just couldn't think of anything reasonable. When she finally went to sleep she couldn't help but think; Does he like me?

A/N; 1 review! That's a lot better than I thought! Btw, this was not the orginal idea, but this idea is so much better. Please leave more reviews, the fun is only beginning. Just wait till I start doing the episodes. And let's not forget about school and homecoming! That's going to be a real treat! Reviews please!