This chapter was co-written by Pinkberrycitrus!
After some hours working on putting together their science experiment, it was pretty obvious that everyone was done for the day.
"Anton you haven't really said much since you've gotten here. Do you have any last minute ideas you want to share?" Donatello asked. They all looked at Anton. He looked down to avoid eye contact. He stood quiet. Anton wasn't good at science or much of other subjects. Mona knew that since elementary school.
"It alright if you don't. But if you ever do, you can message one of us to share." Mona smiled. Anton smiled Mona and nodded. He packed up his stuff and left.
"So, Donatello, do you mind if I stay for dinner?" Karai asked, while batting her fake eyelashes at him. Donatello hesitated until he got a text message. Well, messages.
'Noooooooo hell noooooooo' Mikey texted. After him, a message from Leo.
'Please don't. Let Mona stay!'
'Yea! I agree with Leo!'
'Stop being nosy and how does that look that I invite one and not the other?!' Donatello texted back. He looked towards the hallway and saw his brothers poking out from around the corner.
"Sorry Karai. We're having guests tonight and have no extra room." Donatello finally said. Karai huffed and pouted. Mona packed up her stuff as she watch the two interact. Karai then stormed out of the house; the brothers could hear her car screeching down the street. Mona smiled to herself as she saw one of the enemies get bested.
"Umm well I'm gonna head home. Bye guys." She said as she made her way to the front door and let herself out.
Mona walked towards the direction of her house.
"Mona! MONA! Wait up!" She heard someone call to her. She turned around and saw Mikey running towards her. She stopped and waited for him.
"Hey, do you want to stay for dinner?" He asked. Mona gave him a confused look.
"I thought you guys were having guests over and had no room for more?"
Mikey laughed. "Well, that was a lie. No one really wanted Karai here." Mona held back her laughter.
"Uhh..." She thought about it for a second. "Yeah sure. Um, I'm sure my mom will be fine with it."
"Great! Let's go! Our mom is a great cook!" Mikey put his arm around Mona's shoulder and lead her back home.
As they got into the house, Mikey lead Mona into the kitchen, where Kimora, Donnie and Leo were prepping the dinner. Kimora smiled towards Mona, who smiled in return. Then, Mikey had an idea.
"Mama, let me and the bros help make dinner." Kimora looked a little skeptical but gave in to the baby blues of her youngest son.
"Fine, but don't make a mess. Mona, could you please make sure they don't destroy my kitchen?"
Mona giggled and nodded. Kimora then walked out the kitchen and Mona was then pulled towards the stove.
"We have no idea how to cook. Could you help us out?" Mikey used the same look on Mona as with his mother, and Mona couldn't resist.
"Sure, but you all ARE going to help out." With that, the brothers and Mona started cooking dinner.
Meanwhile, Raphael had gotten a ride back home from one of his boxing buddies. He hopped off the back of the truck and waved goodbye as his friends rode away. He walked to the door and was met by his mother.
"You know how I feel about those boys!" She exclaimed as she hugged him. He smiled and kissed her cheek.
"Hi to you too, Ma." He and his mother stepped back inside. He threw his gym bag on the floor. Kimora gave him the dirtiest look and Raph knew better to go against his mother. He picked up his bag and headed towards the kitchen, but was pulled back by his mother.
"What?" He asked.
"Go take a shower and change into something nice!" She tried to whisper, but still was a little too loud.
"What for? I'll take a shower later I'm starving." He tried to walk away again but was stopped again.
"Donnie brought home a friend. She's very, very pretty. Muy bonita. I think you'll like her!" She smiled. Raph sighed.
"Ma, that's Donnie's 'friend' not mine. I don't care." He said as he walked into the put his gym bag on the table. Kimora put her hands on her hips, but smiled.
Michelangelo, Leo, Donnie, and Donatello's 'friend' had their backs towards him looking at the 'friend' stir the pot. Raph had to admit it smelled really good.
"'Sup guys." He said as he sat down. Mikey turned around.
"Hey Raph. Mona's making dinner! Do you know Mona? She goes to our school." He smiled at his older brother. Mona? Slash's friend Mona? Mona from the gym?! Raph's heart started to race. Mona turned around and stared at Raph.
"Oh! I remember you. I meet you in the gym." She said. Raph said nothing. Just grabbed his gym bag and left. He ran past his mother who was standing in the doorway. He could hear her laughing while climbing up the stairs. He reached the bathroom. What is she doing here?! Is she the science wiz Donnie was talking about? He pulled himself together and finally took a cold shower.
The other brothers and Mona all looked stunned at Raph's behavior. Donnie was the first to move, as he shook his head and laughed. Mona noticed him laughing.
"What's up, Donnie?"
"Oh nothing. It's a twin thing." Donnie walked back over to stove, with Mona trailing behind him.
"Wait… He's your twin brother?" She was shocked. She thought they looked a lot alike.
"Yep. Not identical though. You see…" Donnie trailed off, and told Mona about how he and Raphael were adopted by Kimora and her husband when they were babies. Mikey had then joined the conversation, and had to put his two cents and let Mona know that he, too, was adopted by the Hamatos. That had left Leonardo.
"Kimora and Splinter are my birth parents, and they adopted my brothers about a year after I was born. But, we all started school at the same time."
Mona then nodded her head and went back to finishing up the dinner. She still wondered where Raphael had run off to.
When Raphael finally came down stairs after changing his clothes multiple times and fixing his hair. He opened his door and he could smell that the house was filled with a great aroma. He could hear his stomach growl. He raced down stairs and into the kitchen. Mona was serving the food.
"I thought my boys were going to cook. You didn't have to cook for us, Mona." Kimora said as she got extra plates from the cabinets.
"It's fine! I like cooking for other people. I don't always get a chance to." Mona handed Leo a plate full of food. Raph grabbed a plate and stood next to Mona to get served.
"Uh… This smells really good." He felt terribly shy when saying that to her. She smiled up at him and grabbed his plate.
"Thanks." She filled his plate with food and handed it back to him. He was still staring at her. Mona started to feel awkward and blushed.
"Bro, you okay? You look red." Mikey asked with a mouthful of food. Donnie snickered. Raph snapped out of it and growled. Mona laughed a little and his anger went away. He grinned at her and went to sit down at the table. Mona sat by Mikey. Raph had to admit he was a little jealous. He took a bite from his plate and was speechless. This is really good! He started eating faster.
"Raphael, slow down! There's more where that came from." Kimora patted his arm. Raph looked at his mother and then at Mona. She smiled at him.
"You really like it, huh?" She asked.
"Yea this is really good."
"Yeah! You should come by more often and make us food!" Mikey got up and got a second plate. Leo smacked him on the back of the head as he also got seconds.
"Oh no! I don't want to impose!"
"You're not. You're cool Mona!" Mikey hugged her from behind. Mona smiled. This is nice. I wish she was here...
"Yeah, you're awesome Mona. Your food is as good as Mom's." Donnie said, while eating slowly but enjoying every single bite of it. After a while, dinner was finished and they all sat around the table talking.
Kimora sat back and watched what unfolded with her sons and the young girl. Her eyes then trailed over to Raphael and Leonardo, whose eyes were glued to Mona.
¡Ay! This doesn't look like it will end well.
"Boys? Can you take Mona Lisa into the living room and just… you know… hang?"
"'Hang' Momma? You know people your age don't speak like that, right?"
Leo, Donnie, and Raph all ducked their heads as a flip flop came flying across the room and hit Mikey right square on the forehead.
"Qué fue eso?! Decir ese chico de nuevo, poco y obtendrá más de un zapato lanzado en usted! Now go take Mona into the living room."
Mikey, looking crestfallen, held his forehead and motioned Mona and his brothers into the living room. Meanwhile in the kitchen, Kimora was grumbling and at times screaming in Spanish.
Mona heard her and started laughing hysterically. Leo was the first to notice and smiled at the sound of her laugh.
"What are you laughing about?"
Mona couldn't talk as she could still hear Kimora ranting and raving about her sons. Donnie put two and two together.
"Mona, I didn't know you understood Spanish?"
Mona finally got herself together and looked over to Donnie.
"Yeah, I speak it too. My mother is Puerto Rican, but she was born here in NYC. My grandmother, when she was alive, only spoke Spanish." Mona looked down thoughtfully.
"Well, thank god for that. I mean, we speak it to. Actually, we speak three languages: English, Japanese and Spanish." Donnie went on and on.
Raphael sat on the couch across from Mona and couldn't help but stare at her. Damn, Mom was wrong. She's not just pretty, she's beautiful. But then, his bright green eyes locked with a pair of icy blue ones.
Leonardo had been looking over to Mona as well, and Raphael felt a twinge a jealousy, and for Leonardo, the feeling was mutual.
However, they both broke their staredown when their mother walked into the room and sat down in between Mikey and Leo. Mikey immediately put his head against her chest, as an act of apology and Kimora tapped it and then turned her attention to Mona.
"Mona, let me know when you want to go? I will drive you home."
Mona knew it was getting late, but she didn't mind. Tomorrow was the weekend and she had nothing to do. But…
"I don't want to intrude, so I guess soon? I don't want my mom to worry."
"Ok, so we'll go now. Get your stuff and I'll meet you at the car."
Once Mona left the room, Kimora turned her attention to her sons.
"I like her. Donnie, bring her over more often." With that, Kimora walked out the door, leaving the boys thunderstruck. But, that was their mother.
Raphael and Leonardo then looked at each other again, and no words were said, but the air showed its meaning.
It's on.