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They were in the bedroom again, the remains of dinner taken care off. The dishes washed, put back where they wouldn't be used for weeks like in the past. Digging through the closet, she had managed to find a few blankets and pillows. They were somewhat dusty, but were easily shaken off to be used. At the moment, instead of her sisters sleeping they were arguing…which in a way wasn't that much of a surprise.
"Just take the bed" She rolled her eyes, they were so stubborn
"You shouldn't have to sleep on the couch" Simone replied, looking from the queen size bed with blue sheets to her, who was in love with a blue banded turtle (not they knew he existed for that matter)
"As the homeowner…" She was cut off
"It's an apartment and you rent it" Tori snorted, she glared at the redhead
"As the apartment tenant, I am required to give up my bed to make sure you are comfortable" Her statement meant little to nothing to them, she had a hunch there was a different problem
But what could it be? She mused, as they started to argue against her
"We are your sisters…" She cut the pink bandanna off, earning an eye roll from the youngest
"That still means I have to do the polite and honorable thing" All three raised an eye ridge at her
"It's polite to do so, but I don't know about the latter…" The bo staff user ran off
"How is giving up your bed honorable?" Amber eyes asked, knowing that the younger two were wondering the same thing
She took a deep breath and began to speak.
"As the eldest, I am honor bound to make sure that you three have the best of everything. I am to do everything that is in my power to protect you. You will always have the better lives than me, because you will always have the best. I will…" Her answer was cut off by a synchronized eye roll saying "Yeah, yeah, whatever" from her sisters and at the same time Tori said "Cut out the lecture, we'll take the bed"
"Good night" She said, before heading for the door
My name is going to be said, she thought.
In 3…
2…
"Jasmine?"
Bingo.
She turned back to see Alice had asked the question. Baby blue eyes looked at her with an emotion she didn't expect…fear. Her little sister was scared; she knew what the problem was. It was the same reason the others didn't want her to sleep on the couch. They rather sleep on the floor than her be in another room. She really didn't want to be away from them either but the bed would have a hard time fitting three shells, not to mention four. Despite her sisterly instincts to stay near them, being the oldest she had to take the mature role. She was going to be in the same apartment, just not in the same room. It would be okay, they would be fine. She was going to sleep well and so were they. They would be fine, by themselves.
It wasn't like the Foot was going to burst in, the Shredder laughing manically as they lit the rooms on fire…killing them in front of her and then leaving her alive in a pool of tears, with the pain of failing them not once but twice…
But, like that was every going to happen again…right?
No, it wouldn't…right?
Who was she kidding? She wasn't going to sleep at all, getting up every other moment to see if they were there.
Swallowing her own fear of them not being there, like many nights in the past, she spoke to answer the question. She knew she had to reassure Alice and the other two that it would be okay for them not to be in the same room, like they had since they had been reunited once more. Never had they moved more than ten feet from the other. Wherever they went, she went and vice versa. Right now they were all suffering from monophobia…the fear of being alone. It made sense logically, but it made no difference when it came to being away from one another.
"I'll be right in here" She gestured towards the invisible living room which was hidden from view by the bedroom walls
They looked at her, the youngest especially, with the sense that they believed her but it changed nothing dealing with the situation.
She put a small smile on her face and spoke again "If you need anything just enter my mind or come and wake me up. Or you can, as Tori loves to, scream at me in till I come and slap said turtle upside the head. I suggest doing the first two, or dealing with my wrath from attempting the third"
"I do not scream at you" Tori growled
"JASMINE! GET ME A GLASS OF WATER!" She raised her voice as the younger two snickered
The red head didn't respond, sounds of what could only be life threatening growls coming from her throat. Not like she cared, she had seen scarier.
"WHILE YOU'RE UP, GET ME A SANDWICH! HAM, CHEESE, AND MUSTARD! NO MAYO!" She yelled over her shoulder, like she was ordering around an imaginary person in the kitchen. She didn't care if it was one in the morning, or that they should be asleep. She was proving a point and enjoying it.
Alice went first, but Simone wasn't face behind. Both doubled over in laughter, while the third eldest just glared.
"HURRY UP! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!" She grinned evilly, laughing at her own comment
"HAHAHAHHAHHAH!" Alice collapsed, rolling in a fit of laughter on the floor
"Oh…my…gosh…" Simone was trying to laugh, while gasping for breath at the same time, which wasn't going well
"I wasn't that loud" The redhead retorted
"Yes you were, the utroms complained every morning!" She teased, poking fun at her sister's ego
"No they didn't" Tori looked at her, puzzled
"Oh that's right" She paused "They complained to me, not you"
"Why would they do that?" Simone said, mostly getting over the laughing attack
Alice on the other hand was still rolling on the floor, her laugh going from funny to a hysterical level.
"Because I'm the leader, the top dog, and…" She ran off and let out a laugh
"And?" Tori said
"They thought I could handle it, being the eldest and all, but they also didn't want to talk to you directly. They found you hostile, which I can't imagine why?" She smirked, the comment made Simone chuckle and Alice laugh even more
"It's because she's a hothead" Simone said
"Well she is fire…" Alice gasped, finally rising from the floor
"…and that's why we love her" She added, sending a wink towards the redhead
"That's why you're here, to deal with me" Tori commented, a small smile coming to her face
"Correction, she's here to deal with all of us" Simone replied
"It's true" Alice added
Time to end this conversation, she thought, knowing they needed to get to bed.
"I'll be right in here, so if you need to talk…" She pointed to Simone "…or a hug" Her gaze switched to Alice "…or if you need a sandwich" she finished at Tori "…come get me"
"We got it Invi" Tori rolled her eyes
"Good, see you in the morning" She turned to close the door, waiting for a moment for them to come after her. She heard nothing of the sort, no hurried steps or grabbing to wrench open the door, only the sounds of them climbing into bed. She smiled; maybe they would get some sleep.
She walked through the dark apartment, towards the couch. Taking off her katanas, she set them on the glass table for easy access, her bandanna, shell cell, necklace, and bracelet joining the blades afterwards. Silently opening the black couch, she quickly made it before laying down on it. It wasn't the most comfortable surface, but it was better that the floor. She closed her eyes, hoping that sleep would come effortlessly…
She looked at the kitchen clock again, the neon time flashed at her.
3:45 in the morning…it had been two and a half hours since she had laid down, still she hadn't had a decent minute of sleep. At the moment she was in lotus position, gazing out the bay window. The city was still very much alive, the lights illuminating the dark sky. She had resorted to meditation about after an hour of tossing and turning, trying to find a comfortable position. Finding that it was impossible to do so, she had checked on them.
Three rhythmic breaths reached her ears, they were safe.
Then she had settled in front of the window, staring at the sky. She knew that there was much to be done, that she needed to sleep, even if she couldn't. She mused how she was going to hide the dark circles that resided under her eyes from them, she would figure something out. She would need coffee, lots and lots of…
A sound brought her from her thoughts, it was so soft that a normal person wouldn't have heard it, but she did. She moved instinctively into the shadows, her eyes darting towards where she had left her swords. She saw a figure move through the darkness, to the couch.
The footsteps were silent, trained to not make a sound. She ruled out the purple dragons, who couldn't go anywhere without being loud. The Foot were the people who came to mind, a silent growl escaped her throat. She shifted to roll towards the glass table and then to slice the person in half.
They would die for coming here, coming near her sisters.
Then the person did the unexpected, stop. The figure froze, peering upon the place she was supposed to be sleeping.
"Jasmine?"
Her name shocked her, the voice made it worse.
Oh shit, she thought, this was bad.
"Jasmine? You there?" The voice was growing even more desperate; her body disobeyed her order to move
The figure did a double take, from the couch to looking around the apartment. The dark room gave nothing away, she was hidden.
"Where are you? Jasmine!" The voice grew louder, she made herself move
Wrapping her arms around the figure, she whispered in the person's ear "I'm here"
Tears pored onto her skin, as the person pressed her face into her chest. She moved the blond hair out of the way to look into baby blue eyes.
"You weren't…I thought…" Alice stuttered
She guided her sister to the fold out bed, lying so that her sister could try and fall back asleep.
"I was meditating because I couldn't sleep" She replied, the younger turtle's head on her chest
"I thought you were gone" The blond whispered, the tears fading away
She used her arm to pull the turtle closer, knowing that she was calming down.
"I'm not going anywhere" She replied, as her sister's breathing became more stable
With that, the room became silent once more. With in minutes, she knew Alice was asleep. Her own eye lids were drooping; somehow her insomniac was gone with her sister by her side. It would be good to get some sleep, she settled into the pillow under her head. The weight on her right side didn't bother her at all; it was just a reminder tat one of her sister's was safely by her side.
Then from the shadows she heard somewhat chuckle, she tensed before relaxing. She smiled before saying "Well?"
The bed shifted as someone joined them to press Alice even closer.
"I wondered where she went" Simone smirked, her head settling to her shoulder
"So you weren't jealous she got here first?" She asked, as she adjusted to the extra weight on her right side
The grey bandanna didn't answer, a sign that she was fading back to the world of sleep. She had given up on a response, when she heard a whisper "You wish", she grinned. Again she went back to the task of trying to fall asleep, but didn't get far before realizing that there was one missing…one hothead.
"What do ya want?" She used her best street voice, which mimicked Tori's normal
"Nothin" A gruff voice replied
"The left side is open" She said
"So?" The brown bandanna replied, she could just imagine the eye roll
"So get your turtle ass over here" She shot back
"Ooh, Jas cussed" Tori teased, small chuckles coming from the turtles that she assumed were asleep
"You woke them up" She growled in annoyance
"Chill, I was just wondering why the bed was empty" Amber eyes stared at her, as her left side became occupied
"Well blame them" She sighed, knowing she had just set up a punch line
"Why? You're the one that decided to break us up" The reply came, she rolled her eyes
"Just go to sleep" She said, not expecting a response
"Love you too" The hothead replied in somewhat sarcasm, but she knew that the redhead meant it
"Ditto" Came Alice's soft sleepy voice
"I third that" That was Simone, whose voice was slightly harder to hear due to the fact that her voice was soft to begin with
The room went quite; there were four sets of breaths.
Her eyes closed, she was there and so were they.
The night had passed smoothly, the warm rays of the sun now blinding her. Slipping seamlessly out of her sister's clutches, Jasmine pulled down the shade so they could sleep longer. Rubbing her eyes, she strapped on her twin blades and putting her jewelry in sits normal places. Running her three fingers through her hair, she tied the yellow mask around her face. About to slide the cell into her belt, it began to ring.
Good thing it's on vibrate, she thought, walking into the kitchen before answering it.
"Hello?" She asked
"Morning beautiful" Leo's voice came back, a smile coming to her face
"Good morning to you too" She shot back, moving around the kitchen
"Sleep well?" He asked, as she turned on a pot of coffee
"Yes, did Mikey keep you up?" She teased
"He did, going on about how you were mean. What is that about?" He replied
"You'll see soon enough, just keep him in the lair" She commented
"Can you tell me, please?" She knew he wanted to know; he wanted to know what was going on…where she was
"Leo, I'll tell you everything later" This was a excuse and he knew it
"Why not now?" He pressed harder, but she knew she wasn't about to break
"Because I want to tell you face to face" She added a little spice to the end, hoping he would get her drift
"I can't wait"
He got it.
"I love you" She said
"Love you too" He replied, then the line went dead
She sighed, getting out three mugs; this was going to be interesting.
She rolled over, into an empty space.
Opening her amber eyes, she looked to where Jasmine was supposed to be. Yawning, she crept out of bed. About to enter the kitchen, she listened to the conversation that was filling the kitchen. Her sister was on the phone again, she wondered who was on the other end.
Leo perhaps? She snuck as close as possible.
"Leo, I'll tell you everything later"
Yup, it was him, whoever he was.
Words she couldn't make out came from the other end, before her sister replied
"Because I want to tell you face to face"
Tell him what? The redhead didn't really like the somewhat sexy tone her sister was using.
"I love you"
Again she wondered who this guy was, that had her sister saying I love you, it was just plain weird. The yellow bandanna closed the phone, before setting out three mugs, most likely for coffee.
Taking a moment to seem like she had just rolled out of bed, she stumbled into the kitchen. Immediately Jasmine passed her a cup of Joe and she sat at the table before taking a seat. Taking a sip, she rubbed her eyes like she usually did.
She stole a look at her sister, who was this guy?
Her sister's came in soon after her, but she ignored them.
Leo, she thought, you better hope that I never meet you.
Little did she know that was exactly what she was going to do.
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Leo VS the three sisters, they meet next chapter!
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