Disclaimer: I don't own the TMNT

*The guys are 25 years old in this fic.*

Chapter Seven: A Good Laugh

"Kon'nichiwa Leo," Jamie greeted as she spotted Leo entering the kitchen warily; delighted that she had learned some Japanese from Mike and Splinter as Raph had cleaned up the mess in the kitchen and Don had quickly repaired the fridge door.

Leo nodded a hello to everyone else.

"Konbanwa Jeimī wa, no tasuke ni kansha suru," Leo greeted. (good evening Jamie, thank you for your help)

Jamie blinked.

"You did that on purpose right? I should throw a marshmallow at you," Jamie muttered, eyeing the marshmallows floating in her hot chocolate.

Mike nearly snorted the pop he was drinking out of his nose.

Raph muttered something inaudible and proceeded to roll his eyes.

Don chuckled softly.

Splinter and April just smiled.

"You ok bro?" Don asked

Leo nodded.

"Yeah," Leo muttered, "as good as I get…at least at this point."

A marshmallow suddenly bounced off of his skull causing the eldest to jump.

Everybody blinked in surprise. Leo had the best reflexes out of all of them.

"Delayed reflexes…good you took your pills," Jamie stated with a grin.

Leo frowned at her before moving past and grabbing a glass from the counter, fingers twitching slightly as he reached for it.

Jamie watched him worriedly.

"Still feelin' like crap?" she asked bluntly.

"Yeah," he sighed, suddenly, losing his balance.

Mike grabbed his elbow to steady him. Raph tracked him worriedly with his gaze.

"Leo?" Don and Mike demanded.

"M'fine, just tired," Leo whispered.

"Nerve exhaustion," Jamie explained, "from the seizure."

Leo nodded.

"You should rest, but I am planning on showing them the video from when we first met. So you should chill with us and laugh at freaking out Trish," Jamie stated.

"You mean freaking out you? Right?" Leo asked tiredly.

"Uh…no I believe I was the calm one…Trish was the one freaking out…I mean shesh she hit you with her car," Jamie replied.

"You got hit with a car?" April sputtered.

"Yeah," Leo replied, "it's how I met Trish and Jamie. The video's pretty funny actually."

"I gotta see this," Mike said with a grin.

"I'd have to agree," Don laughed.

Raph grunted, snorting slightly with laughter.

"Casey should be here any minute," April commented, "I'll have him just bring it into the TV room."

Jamie grinned and picked up a DVD beside her.

"Where's the player?" Jamie asked, "forewarning…I'll probably cry…but…I'll laugh too."

Leo nodded, mouth quirking up in a hint of a smile.

"Yeah," he said softly, accepting the glass of water Mike had gotten for him.

Minutes later as the group gathered around the TV as Casey divvied out the food the homemade movie started up.

"THANK YOU TRISH…..the picture on this thing is awesome!" Jamie proclaimed as the video started, panning around a small car and then out the window.

Trish, who they caught a glimpse of as Jamie panned the camera around the car and out to the front of the car and the road before it, was a auburn haired young woman with bright brown eyes.

It snapped back to the driver. A slender woman with short-blunt bob haircut accented her auburn hair. Brown eyes laughed out the corner of her eye.

"Say Hello Trish! The camera loves you!"

She laughed.

"Hi, inanimate object, oh I mean Jamie's little friend,"

"Pssshhh, she didn't mean it my little friend,"

"You are such a dork,"

"Whatever miss nurse lady,"

"Excuse me?"

"I mean spectacularly epic elder sister who bought me my new friend,"

"Dork,"

"Hey Trish? What is that?

The camera suddenly moved toward the front window again and a shadowy figure darted from the edge of the street, right in front of the car.

"Holy CRAP!" Trish shrieked as a second figure shot after the first, froze at the sight of the struggling to stop car as it skated across the ice sheet and then jumped up. But not fast enough.

Glass shattered as a heavy body slammed into the hood and windshield.

"TRISH! WHAT WAS THAT! IT WASN'T HUMAN! IT'S AN ALIEN!"

"SHUT UP SHUT UP! DID I KILL IT?"

Everybody in the room laughed as the girls continued to freak out on the screen. Leo was even chuckling softly.

"WHY ARE YOU STILL MOVING!"

"DID I RUN IT OVER! I'M A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING!"

"SHUT UP! WHERE IS IT!"

"I KILLED SOMETHING DIDN'T I! OH MY GOD…."

"SHUT UP! WE…we need to figure out…what…that was…"

Silence for a few moments.

"Is….is it under the car?" Trish asked weakly.

"I don't know….maybe we should check?"

"yeah…ok…um…I'll check…uh….stay here…"

The camera followed Trish getting out of the car and along the side windows as she got out and peered around the edge of the door.

"JAMIE!"

The camera hit the seat and bounced eliciting a panicked shriek from the girl.

"What is wrong with you!"

"PUT THE CAMERA AWAY AND HELP ME!"

The camera skittered around and then turned off.

Seconds later the camera was focused on a limp form, sprawled out on the couch covered in bandages.

"Jamie…turn that off how'd you like to wake up with a camera in your face after getting ran over?"

"I'd love it…I'd put it on youtube"

"I doubt he'd want you to put this on youtube…"

"He? How do you know for sure it's a he?"

"Muscular structure"

"Right…."

The camera panned over the Trish who was rolling her eyes.

"I owned a turtle once remember?"

"So…?"

Trish blinked and sighed.

"So I think I can tell"

"YOU CHECKED? AND you are mad at me? Wow…something is wrong with you!"

Trish rolled her eyes again.

"At least I'm not considering posting his existence all over the internet"

"What? He'd be famous"

"Not in a good way"

"True…hey he'd waking up I think"

The camera snapped back to Leo's limp frame which was twitching slightly.

A low groan of pain followed by a weird wining gasp sounded as Leo started to move. He grunted, gasping in pain as he tried to move again.

"Nani ga watashi o osotta," (What hit me)

"Dude…it just spoke Japanese."

"Dare ga sokodesu ka?" (Who's there?)

"Yūjin. Watashi wa amari nihongo o hanasu koto wa arimasen. Anata ga eigo o hanasemasu ka?"( A friend. I don't speak much Japanese. Do you speak English?)

"Since when do you know Japanese?"

"Since we had a patient come in and I had to learn on the spot,"

"Yeah, I speak English, who are you?"

"Um"

"We hit you with our car."

"Thanks for that…I kinda figured that much"

Trish laughed nervously.

"I'm so sorry, we couldn't stop because of the ice."

"She screamed a lot,"

"It's fine but thanks" he laughed at Jamie's comment "I need to get home."

"You just got hit by a car…by all logical responses you should be in a hospital."

"Unfortunately I don't have that luxury."

"Yeah Trish, he's green."

Leo suddenly froze on the camera, eyes snapping towards the camera, he moved fast and jerked Trish who had moved in next to him against him and a short knife from his belt was pressed against her throat.

"Turn. The. Camera. Off."

"GET THAT KNFE AWAY FROM YM SISTER!"

"TURN THE CAMERA OFF!"

"DROP THE KNIFE!"

"SHUT UP! JAMIE CAMERA off! You whatever your name is drop it or I'll break your wrist!"

Neither of the offenders moved, Leo's eyes were boring into the camera, his face pale from the pain he was obviously in. Trish glared at her sister.

"JAMIE!"

The camera switched off but not before they heard Leo yelp as Trish grabbed his wrist and a sickening pop was heard.

"DUDE…she took you down," Mike laughed.

Leo grunted, fingers pressing against his eyes.

"Miss her," Leo mumbled as Don touched his shoulder.

Jamie nodded next to him.

"Oh bro," Mike whispered, "I'm sorry."

Leo nodded a half gasp, half sob tearing from his throat. He pressed the palms of his hands tightly to his eyes, straining to stop the tears.

Splinter stood and laid a hand on Leo's head.

"Greif eases the pain by allowing your tears to fall. It is alright to cry my son. There is no shame in grief." Splinter soothed, then after patting Jamie's head, "It is alright my dear. It is alright to cry."

Don glanced at Leo and smiled softly before getting up and wrapping arms around his brother's shoulders and pulling him tight.

Leo broke, sobs erupting.

Mike leaned over and wrapped a hug around him too.

Raph watched sadly, though bitterly, despite this he moved over and rested a hand on Leo's carapace in comfort.

Jamie ended up burying her face in Splinter's chest as April gently hugged her.

A/N: Be thankful of the time you had with those you love and have a Happy Thanksgiving. Please Review!