Chapter two is here! Hope y'all like it. I don't own any ninja turtles. And I think I may have forgotten to say this, but this story will also be sort of following the 80's episode, Raphael Meets His Match. Watch it! And if you don't see it yet, you'll definitely see it in future chapters!

Enjoy!

Chapter Two

"April, are you sure this is going to work?" Raph asked, hesitation thick in his voice. April spared a quick glance towards her friend.

"Suuuurrrreeeee," she drawled, busy lathering the green paint all over her arms and cheeks. "Don't worry; it'll be fine!"

A loud banging on the door made both teens jump. "Hurry up in there!" A familiar voice whined. "I hafta pee!"

Raph rolled his eyes. "Shut up, Mikey! We're getting ready!"

"But why in the bathroom?" Mikey wailed, clunking his forehead against the locked door in despair. Raph growled at the door, clenching his fists.

"Easy, Raph. Calm down; I'm almost done." April glared at his reflection in the mirror, and he scowled at her.

"Do girls always take this long?" He mumbled absently, sighing and sitting on the bathtub ledge. April rolled her eyes. Are boys always this impatient?

"I'm done!" She exclaimed, taking off the wide yellow headband to allow her bangs to settle back down on her forehead again.

"Great. Yippee. Woohoo." Raph said sarcastically. "Can we go now?" He screwed up his beak.

"Hold on; I have something for you, too." April smirked inwardly at the horrified look on his face. She reached into her bag lying at her feet and pulled out a large, plastic, adhesive zipper and held it out with a smile.

"What the shell is that for?" Raph asked, gingerly picking it up and turning it in his hands. April rolled her eyes and snatched it back. She ripped off the adhesive and placed it on the top of his plastron, smoothing it down by running her hand up and down it.

"Now it looks like you have on a costume. A realistic costume, but a costume." She motioned towards her costume. "See, I've got one on, too."

This time it was Raph's turn to roll his eyes. "Are we done NOW?" April nodded, and he flung open the bathroom door. His three brothers were lounging around on the floor outside the door, but looked up at the couple when they stepped out.

Leo laughed. "Nice job, April! Like that zipper, Raph." The red clad turtle scowled menacingly at his older brother.

"Whoa," Donnie's jaw dropped. "April, you look amazing!" With an elbow in the plastron from Leo, he tacked on, "as a turtle, I mean. Not that you don't look good as a human! I mean-" Mikey clamped a hand over the flustering turtle's mouth.

"Lookin' good, Dudette!" Mikey winked at the two of them. Donnie tried to say something, but it was muffled, so he cringed and licked his hand. "EW! Donnie germs!" He wiped his hand on Leo, who panicked and frantically pushed his brother away.

April blushed at the boys' compliment. "Thanks, guys!" She had covered every visible piece of skin with bright green face paint and was decked out in a matching green jumpsuit, complete with a shell and plastron slip on made out of plaster and plastic. On her own plastron armor, she had a fake zipper, just like Raph's. She twirled and curtsied, allowing the boys to whistle and clap.

"Now can we go " Raph grumbled, sick of the attention he and April were receiving.

"Fine!" April snatched up their two tickets and their T-Phones. "Bye, guys! I won't get him home too late!" She winked, grabbed Raph's hand, and skipped out, pulling his along with her.

"Finally!" Raph grumbled. "I was beginning to think we'd never get to leave!"

"What a pity that'd be," April teased lightly. She giggled at the faux scowl on his beak. The two chatted amiably about random things like the weather and other TV shows as they made their way through the sewers.

Once they got to the manhole the turtles used to get topside; Raph got a funny look on his face.

"What's wrong?" April asked, glancing at him quizzically. Raph glanced towards her and frowned.

"I don't know," he said. "I just got a funny feeling about tonight." April shrugged.

"You're probably just nervous about going to the party. Happens every time." Raph nodded, but his face still shone with disbelief.

April lifted up the manhole cover, scanned the alley to make sure no one was watching them, then scurried out; Raph followed suit.

"You ready?" April grabbed Raph's hand to reassure him, which he frowned at, but didn't pull away. At his nod, the pair began their way out of the alley and towards April's school.

To be honest, Raph didn't know what to expect. He was afraid someone was going to stop him at any time and scream "FREAK!" All he got was a few curious glances, but mainly the other New Yorkers ignored them.

Both he and April visibly relaxed once they reached the small, brick school. Raph gave her a crooked grin.

"That was easier than expected." He joked.

"You're not kidding." She reached into her pocket and pulled out two crumpled tickets. They walked up to a gangly teen in a lame zombie costume who was collecting them.

"Dude, nice costume!" The boy exclaimed, pushing holes into their tickets and handing them back to April. His brown eyes were wide with excitement, and he reached for the zipper sticker on Raph's plastron. Raph's green eyes grew as wide as dinner plates, and April slapped the boy's hand away.

"Are you crazy? We worked hard on these costumes, and we don't need you messing them up!" April hmphed and yanked on Raph's carapace. "Come on, Raph! Let's get out of here!"

"I'm sorry!" The boy called out, visibly surprised by the redhead's outburst. His apology was cut short by the slamming of the heavy metal doors.

"Man, April! Who knew you had it in you?" Raph teased, using a finger to poke at the shell. She scowled, slapping his hand away and rolling her eyes.

"Oh, shut up!"

"Donnie couldn't keep his eyes off of ya!" Raph teased. "I bet his hands would have been the same way..."

"RAPH!" April hissed, grabbing the turtle's plastron and yanking it down to her height. "Shut up!" She released him, pushing him slightly away, and he stumbled back, almost as surprised as the zombie.

Raph rolled his eyes. Girls are way too sensitive, he thought.

"Donnie!" April suddenly gasped. "Ooh, that reminds me!" She pulled out a thin purple mask and held it up. "Do you think you can tie this on for me?" Raph's eyes widened in surprise.

"How did you even get this?" Raph asked, motioning her to turn around and beginning to fumble over the knot.

"Leo swiped it for me." April smirked, feeling the knot to check that it was secure when Raph patted her on the shoulder.

"LEO swiped it?" Raph repeated in disbelief. "Leo, the one who would never steal from his little brothers, the almighty, perfect Leonardo?"

April smirked. "Not so perfect, huh?" Her blue eyes stood out from the purple mask.

Raph groaned, throwing an arm over his eyes. "Well, there went my entire childhood," he remarked. April rolled her eyes and linked arms with the boy.

"Oh, let's just go." April grinned. "Before Leo steals your place away." Raph just gave her the 'look' as he opened the door for her. The gym was flashing and pulsating with different colored lights, and the floor was thumping with the heavy and loud music.

The duo walked into the gym, and Raph's jaw dropped in astonishment. "So this is a party," he said. "I always wondered what one would be like!" He slowly made his way to the center of the gym, and April followed him.

"Raph? You okay?"

The red clad turtle turned towards the girl with a grin on his beak. "Let's get this party started!"

Sorry this chapter is so short; I just wanted the party to be one by itself! Leave a review please! I hope y'all enjoyed this. Have a good week!