Basics: Apritello
Casey is jealous of the special friendship between April and Donnie and confronts Donnie about it.
Donatello sat alone in his lab staring at a picture of him and April that had been taken just a few days before.
They were both happy in the picture, arms around each other grinning like maniacs, grease from the Shellraiser smeared on their faces. They had spent the afternoon fixing the Shellraiser for what seemed like the 100th time, laughing and chatting. Donnie smiled at the memory. For that one afternoon there was no Shredder or Krang. Just the two of them together in a moment that he'd wished would never end. He'd almost asked her out that day but didn't, afraid that she'd say no. The fact that she even hung out with him was a miracle. Donnie sighed, she'd never look at him the way he looked at her. She was perfect, so delecate and beautiful but at the same time strong and determined. Despite everything that she had been through and lost, April had always pulled through stronger than ever.
He looked down at his large reptiliant hands. Casey was right. He was a mutated freak. How could she view him as anything but.
Donnies mind drifted back and hour to when Casey had arrived at the lair. Normally he just hung out with Raph and the others but this time he had come looking for Donnie. Flinching at the memory Donnie recalled the moment when he had come barging into the lab, slamming the door so hard the test tubes on Donnie's desk rattled. He'd always found the boy to be annoying, but today he seemed determined to take it to a whole new level. Casey never really cared about April. To him she was just another girl to claim and forget about. He didn't see what Donnie saw, didn't see how far she had come, how many obsticales she had overcome and how, despite it all, she was still able to smile. How hard she tried to appear strong on the outside when inside she felt like she was dying. Donnie did. They were just a few of the many reasons he had fallen for her.
April and Donnie had always seemed close. She always came to him when ever she had a problem or just needed someone to talk to. He'd seen her at her best and at her worst. She was the closest friend he'd ever had.
But no matter how hard he tried Caseys words swirled round his head:
"You know she only hangs out with you cos she feels sorry for you right"
"You know the reason why you never asked her out? It's because you know she's never gonna feel anything for you and who could blame her? Your not even the same
species"
"What on earth could she possibly see in a mutated freak like you"
He'd carried on like that untill for several minutes before Donnie had composed himself long enough to throw him out of the lab, much to his brothers surprise,
slamming the door and locking it behind him. Since then he had remained locked in his lab, ignoring his brothers attempts to coax him out.
In the picture on his phone April didn't appear to mind hugging a giant mutant turtle. But thats what he was, a mutant, and she would never view him as anything different.