April knocked at the door gently at first before she heard Mikey on the other side, getting up as he opened the door. April heard him growl, and frowned knowing she wasn't his favorite person. Nevertheless, he invited her in. She went into his room and sat down on the fold-up chair that Mikey had set up for her.

"So, what've you been up to Mike?" April asked, trying to break the ice. With the look on the turtle's face however, she immediately opened up. "Look, we're sorry, ok? Casey and I...well we weren't exactly sure what to think."

Mikey immediately stood up, pointing to the door. "Do you wanna know where my daughter is now? She up in Don's lab, unconscious because she's too hurt to eat. You two knew, you KNEW how important Jasmine was to Sophie, and you just took her last bit of stability she had!" Mikey was fuming, not believing he had just yelled at April like that. He wasn't one to get angry, but April gave him a sad smile, seeming to understand where he was coming from.

"You're right. But it's not our fault that she has this eating disorder. Jasmine hasn't been the same without Sophie either. She's been going off at Casey and we caught her trying to sneak out a few weeks ago. I know you guys have had your hands full with Sophie, so we kept our distance, probably much more than we should, so I was thinking maybe you guys would like get together sometime. We could bring down a movie and eat pizza, just like old times. Come on, please. " April asked as Mikey slowly broke into a smile, a small one but a smile nonetheless.

"Sure. I'm sorry April, I didn't mean to go off at you. It's just hard to see my little girl like this." Mikey started as April took his hand.

"It's ok. I understand. I'm a mom too." April said.

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(Sophie's POV)

I awoke, still groggy from the sedative. I looked at my leg and although the IV was still there, there was no more fluid pumping into it. I was glad Uncle Don had stopped the IV. Although I had agreed to it, didn't mean I wanted to see it. Besides that, he had probably learned from last time that I'd pull it out, no matter what my previous actions had said. I couldn't exactly get up and walk, even if the IV hadn't been attached, I was still too tired, but I wanted to know how Thomas was doing. I looked around to see the lab was empty.

That was odd, but it was nice to have some quiet, although my shell was aching. I never slept on it, it had always felt unnatural. I usually started on my plastron and woke up in my shell. It was definitely more warm, especially in the sewers. Speaking of temperature, I was freezing, but I couldn't exactly yell and ask for a blanket, and unfortunately with this IV in, I didn't want to risk going into my shell, so I decided to wait.

Soon enough, Raph came in and saw me awake. He came over and sat by me. "Hey kid, you ok?" He asked. Somehow his voice, although rough seemed to calm me down. "Ya know, that was a pretty brave thing ya did, letting Don give you that IV. I know it must have been hard for you, but we're real proud of ya." He said as I smiled lightly, still groggy.

Finally, after shivering a bit, he understood. "Here." He said, pulling a big, comfy blanket up around my arms and plastron, tucking the ends under my legs. Something about my Uncle Raph always made me feel safe, protected, and comforted, maybe that's because he wasn't really sweet to anyone else but me. "Get some rest, I'll let everyone know you're awake." Just as Raph was leaving the room, he turned back to me. "Oh, and your dad has a big surprise for you on Friday night."

I suddenly felt like a little girl again, I was so excited. I missed that feeling, it warmed me inside. To be excited, or anything that wasn't gnawing guilt or depression was a nice change. I briefly wondered what the surprise was. Just then, all my uncles came in, my father carrying Thomas, who was currently asleep. They had that look, we were having another intervention.

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Sophie looked at her family, unsure of exactly what was gonna happen. She felt a much more awake then when she first woke up, about an hour and a half ago. Don of course started the conversation, being the one who knew what to ask. "Ok Sophie, let's not beat around the bush, how are we gonna do this? Because we can't sit back anymore and watch you waste away." Don said, taking the IV out of Sophie's leg, instantly giving the girl relief. Just having it inside her gave her the creeps. Sophie looked up at her purple clad uncle. He was right, she knew, and by now she had gained back any weight she had lost. Although she knew this would make her want to lose weight even more, she nodded, she was too tired of this. She had to stop.

"I don't know how I'm gonna do that. I know it makes sense and everything, but life isn't gonna neatly fall back into place. I want to stop, but I just can't." Sophie said, trying not to cry.

"Can I ask you something Sophie?" Leo said, grabbing the female turtle's attention away from the thick of the issue for a second. She nodded. "What do...? I mean," Leo started, unable of how to ask. "When you do a binge and purge session, what does it feel like? What thoughts are going around in your head?" Sophie somehow felt a bit relieved, thinking at first he'd bring up what their sensei would've thought about what she was doing.

"Oh, ok. First off, I used to choose when to do a session. At first, it was just because I was so ravenously hungry, I couldn't stand another minute of not eating, but now I have a lurching in my stomach, like when your brain tells you you need to go to the bathroom. I keep three stashes of food around the lair." Sophie admitted, knowing that keeping secrets just wouldn't cut in anymore. Her family's eyes all widened at the fact she had three stashes.

"I have one in my room, under the bed. Another I have in that pipe Dad and I used to both hide in when we were little. The last one is..." Sophie stopped herself, she couldn't tell anyone that. Everyone would hate where she had hidden her last stash. It was an area that nobody had talked about or been into (well, except Sophie) for a long time. In that moment, she felt like the worst daughter and the worst niece in the world. The third stash was hidden somewhere they all considered to be sacred now. Sophie couldn't stand to see the shame in her family's faces, so she asked Don for a piece of paper and a pen.

Don looked at her puzzled but nevertheless complied. She wrote down the last place on the paper, and handed it back to him. Her face then went into hysterics as Don unfolded the note and read.

He seemed to understand, but frowned all the same. Just then Sophie couldn't take it anymore. "Don't show Uncle Leo. I can't, he wouldn't... Even if you could ever forgive me, he wouldn't." Sophie pleaded.

Leo looked stunned at what had just come from his yellow clad niece, where could the last stash be that he wouldn't forgive her for? "We're all family Sophia, I'm not here to judge you. Please let Don show me? I just wanna help you." Leo said as she nodded, but quickly went into her shell first, so she wouldn't have to look at his disappointment. Mikey, looking at the insecurity of his daughter, went over and patted her shell, and gave Leo the evil eye, telling him not to get upset, no matter where the third stash was.

The note said... "The third stash is in Sensei's room."