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Chapter 4: Gallivanting?

As Violet left Splinters study so he could meditate, she nearly bumped into two of the brothers. One wore orange and the other red. "Um... Hi?" she said to them, she hadn't really met these two though.

Mikey was ecstatic "HI! I'M MIKEY!" he vaguely glanced in Raph's direction and added after receiving a glare "oh, and that's Raph" which he said really unenthusiastically.

"I'm Violet, it's nice to meet you" she replied. She noticed Mikey was almost restraining himself from grabbing her, probably due to the severity of bruising. She also got the impression they didn't have much experience with girls. Mikey couldn't stay quiet any longer.

"Do you want me to show you around the lair?" he asked eagerly.

"Sure, why not?" Violet shrugged.

"COOL! Let's start with my room!" he seemed so pleased with himself. Raph rolled his eyes and glared at Mikey again as he stuck his tongue out at him. Mikey was careful to grab Violet's left arm as it wasn't hurt, and pulled her away before even having the chance to talk to Raph.

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Violet awoke the next morning with a start as she heard someone knock at the door. "Come in" she groaned as she saw the vague figure of Don walk in. He switched on her lights, "Oh hiya!" she greeted him.

He hadn't yet seen her without that mysterious pink mask on; he could now see her eyes in more detail. Her long lashes, her lovely hazel eyes... he shook himself out of this state of mind by claiming "I came in to check up on you" She acknowledged this and slid out to the edge of her bed.

After she had spoken to Splinter, Mikey had shown her around the lair and Master Splinter then told them of her origins as well as informing Violet about theirs'. She had been given the room next door to Splinter's study, as it was currently unused. It was also next to the dojo so she could hear if someone was practising.

Don felt her shoulder again, she flinched due to the pain. She had noticed that Don seemed to have such a delicate touch to him, he was so gentle when dealing with anything. Generally, she felt better but her right arm and especially her shoulder was excruciatingly painful. Don decided to put her arm in a sling to help in recover. She had to admit, as annoying as it was it made it feel better.

She came out of her room after rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She looked around, Don was heading for his lab, Leo was practising with his katana under the watchful eye of Master Splinter while Mikey and Raph were presumably still in bed.

She sighed as she walked into the kitchen and got a drink of coffee and some cereal. She thought to herself 'I haven't REALLY met Raph that well. I met him by name but nothing else. The only conversation between us was when I was in shock and I answered him back. I don't even know how I got here or even where I am for that matter!'

As she was just finishing her coffee, Raph appeared from his room and looked at her as she was in a sort of confused daze. "What's with you?" he grumbled her.

"I'm not quite sure" she answered as he got a can of fizz from the fridge and sat a few seats away from her. She felt as if he was trying to keep himself closed off from her, which was quite upsetting.

"So I heard the foot did this to you" he suddenly said to her.

"I guess..." she looked at him.

"Well don't worry you're pretty little head off" he was almost trying to comfort her, in his way. "Me n' my bros will get them and make em' wish they'd never messed with you!" He was obviously pissed off at them.

The day went by slowly, but Mikey eventually emerged from his slumber fairly soon after Violet had spoken with Raph and continued to try to flirt with her. "Hey Babe!" he ran up to her and hugged her gently after seeing the sling. She blushed but didn't bother to resist. He let go and gazed at her "Sorry, but you're just soooo hot!" he grinned at her.

"Well I sure don't feel that way" she replied sadly.

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Later that night, she was in her room, doodling on some paper Donny had given her after she had taken off the sling he'd put on her that morning, when she heard a knock on the door. She stopped and went to the door, expecting Mikey to be expecting a late night flirting session. To her surprise, it was Raphael. "Hey Raph!" she said cheerily.

"You may wanna come with me while no ones about" he whispered as he double-checked the coast was clear. He grabbed her hand and led her quickly and quietly out of the lair.

"Are we allowed to do this?" she asked as he continued to lead her away from what they called home.

"I told ya', you gotta trust me" he stopped at a manhole. "You comin' or what?" he turned to her.

"Do I have a choice?" she questioned sarcastically. He realised she couldn't climb so picked her up and carried her out. She held on tightly to him as he jumped out and up to the rooftops.

For the second time in the last day or so, she couldn't believe her eyes. "Welcome to New York" Raph muttered to her.

"Oh great!" she was almost speechless.

"What's the problem then?" he asked her. She had to consider it but eventually told him.

"I'm so far away from where I lived!" She looked around; the city was twinkling with thousands of lights, like stars in the sky. She'd always wanted to come to New York City, but not like this. She approached Raph and hugged him suddenly. He tensed up but embraced it as she spoke softly to him, "You've helped ease my mind so much tonight Raphie, thank you" she looked up to see him smiling at her. She smiled back. The moon was shining down on them, Violet felt as safe as she had in Leo's arms the night before. Even though she wasn't scared, she still felt she needed comfort and support.

"We'd better head back" Raph suggested, "If Leo, Don or Splinter find out I took you out like this, they'll kill me"

He helped her back to the lair and just before they went to their rooms, Violet hugged Raph again and kissed his cheek gently. She then said goodnight and went back to her room. As she closed the door she saw Raphael still standing where she had kissed him. He was looking towards her door but she heard him heading up to his room after she had closed it.

She was tired, but relatively happy compared to what she had been. She went and lay on the bed and glanced at the abandoned ninja mask on the desk next to her doodles. She hadn't worn that thing since she took it off, and wasn't planning to any time soon. She let herself drift off into a peaceful sleep hoping for no nightmares like that of the night before. She hadn't told them she had nightmares, and wasn't planning to. She just thought 'How could a dream hurt you?'