Nobody says anything until Cece and I calm down. We sat there for a second all a little shocked. I guess nobody expected Raph to respond that way. Leo and Donnie are rubbing my back. Leo still seems confused. Donnie seems fine though mostly focused on me not on Cece. I shake my head and turn to Leo.
"Mikey, why didn't you come home last night," Leo questions. Not in a rude or harsh way just like he wants to know.
"I guess I didn't want to see Raph," I answer as honestly as I can.
" Well, I guess after that blowout I understand why. Just, please check with me first bro. I would have understood," Leo lectures out sounded exhausted. Cece is calming down and breathing slowly out. Her eyes glance towards me filling with a firey passion.
"I need to speak to Mikey alone," she barks out to Leo and Donnie. Their heads snap towards each other hair moving with the momentum. They slowly back out of the room. I hear the thumps of four feet go down the stairs to I imagine the living room. Cece sits on her bed and lays back.
"We should run away and never have to deal with people like this," Cece gowns. I can't tell if she's being serious or not. She turns over on her stomach and lays her face into her pillow and screams.
"Mikey, I just don't know any more. I like you so much but, your friends are so hard to deal with. Don is fine, Leo is a bit bossy, April is just ugg, and Raph I don't even want to mention," she bellows out in one breath. I cast my eyes downward to process the information.
" I love them but, I know the feeling," I say as quietly as possible so my brothers down stairs don't hear me. Cece sits up against the headboard and pats the bed besides her. I shuffle over to her and sit.
" You need to get a boyfriend," she says with a chuckle. Her eyes light up and she lightly taps me upside the head. I smirk and jump on top of her tickling her sides. She kicks and chuckles trying to slide out from underneath me. I just press my pelvis into hers to stop the movements. We hear a cough from across the room, two of my three brothers are in the doorway.
"Mikey we just got a call that we need to get home, " Leo pauses then continues, "and you're grounded." I groan and roll over on my back looking up at the ceiling. Cece rubs my shoulder and I slowly sit up. Leo and Don turn to leave I speed and my process and sprit jumping on to Leo's back.
"Mikey get off," he sternly says while struggle and close my eyes and snuggle into his shoulder. He groans and just lets me stay there. Apparently somewhere on the walk home I feel asleep and drooled on his shoulder.
I woke up in my bed and snuggled back into my sheets. Donnie comes in and shakes my shoulder. Mikey get up dinners done. I groan and raise my arms up making grabby hands. Donnie lets out a long sigh and picks me up. I rub my eyes as we bump down the stairs. He sets me down at the bottom and I steady myself. I scan the room for any sign of Raph.
I jump when I hear Master Splinter's voice behind me, "Raphael is at a friends house Michelangelo." I turn to him and nod heading into the kitchen. A puzzled look grows across his face as I walk away in silence. I settle down into the chair and a large plate of spaghetti is placed in front of me.
"Mikey are you okay," April asks in concern. I nod with my stupid, big, wide eyes. She sighs and sits in the flowery, cushioned chair besides me.
" No your not, your eyes let me read you like an open book," April stats nonchalantly. nervously pick at my food and shut my eyes.
"We never had this much fucking drama when we were normal," I shout and here a sharp scold come from the living room. Donnie and Leo peak their heads in from the other room and April laughs.
"When were you ever normal," she chuckles out. I shake my head and stand up. After wrapping my untouched food up and setting it in the fridge and run outside to play some basketball. It's so cold I can see my breath in the air. I don't have a coat on or anything but, I don't really care. I throw my basketball as hard as I can at the back bored and close my eyes. I hear a honking when a large white van turns the corner. It stops and the window rolls down revealing Cece.
"Hop in, we got invited to a party." I pause then look to the house.
"Can't I'm grounded," I groan out. She opens the door anyway and motions for me to come in.
"Were teenages we are supposed to break the rules," she motions again. I once again look back to the house. Raph is supposed to come back tonight. I shrug and hop in rubbing my arms for the frictions heat. Cecelia notices my shivers and dials up the heat.
We turn a sharp corner and my head bangs against the glass. I swear I heard a soft ouch come from the back but, brush it off due to my window facepalm. I see a large house with flashing lights and pumping music coming from the inside. Cece parks on the side of the road and we head in.
"What's up Cece and um who are you," I tall Brunette with fascinating blue eyes ask. His eyes twinkle as he waits for an answer.
"Umm um, Mikelangelo, m-mikey," I blubber out softly. I smiles with a set of perfect teeth and moves a piece of hair out of my face.
"Sorry, it was bothering me," he chuckles. I smile up at him and Cece nudges me. I face palm at my mistake.
"I didn't catch your name," I stutter out with all my bravado up front. Why does he make me feel this way it's so frustrating.
"Excuse me it's Lyle," he states. A song I recognize starts playing and Cece and Lyle drag me to the living room which is cleared out to dance. I think it's by Katy Perry but, I'm not sure. We dance for about a half an hour and chat in between. I freeze when I hear Raph's booming laughter from the next room over. I grab the back of Cece's black blouse and the sleeve of Lyle's dark blue button up that compliments his icy blue eyes so well. Sorry I'm getting carried away. We peak in the door and see a scrawny boy about 14 or 15 sitting in the middle of the kitchen wearing only his underwear. Raph and Will are lifting a bucket over his head which I assume is full of ice water. It starts to tip and I run to push the boy out of the way. The water rains down on me and laughter fills the room.
"Mikey let's get out here they are all drunk to hell anyways," I hear Cece say. Lyle waves his hand to me and we meet outside. We all hop in Cece's van.
"So where to next," Lyle shout from the back. Cece shrugs and turns her head to me and Lyle.
"I should get home before my brother's notice I'm gone," I shrug and check my phone noticing no missed calls. Cece nods and starts the car. We are driving and I turn my head back to Lyle.
"Do you have any brothers or sisters," I ask
"Ya one, her name is Karai, she is not my sister by blood because she was adopted and didn't you know Ce…" he gets cut off by Cece.
"We're almost there do you need help sneaking through a window or something," Cece asks me. Wait pause do you think it's the same Karai I mean she was adopted so she could just be from japan. Anyways about her question the thought of having Lyle lifting me anywhere gets my blood pumping.
"Yeah um, Lyle can lift and you can spot," I say as we turn the corner to see my brothers.
Authors note: Ugg, basketball, school, friends, death, depression you know the story. I have no beta reader right now so you know. Anyone who wants to see a Lyle character reff just ask.