Hey everyone, here's another chapter. I just wanted to thank all followers and reviewers for sticking with my story. I do not own TMNT, but if anyone has any ideas…. Anyway, I do own my OC's. Now on with the CHAPTER!
Lizzy's P.O.V.
My eyes flutter open to see a turtle lying next to me, greeting me with a smile.
"Good morning," he greets.
"Good morning to you too," I yawn pulling him in closer. He doesn't object to this.
"Thanks for staying with me last night. I just felt safer with you," I confess. "Anyway, how did you sleep?"
"Well, pretty good, considering I fell asleep next to you," he answers making me blush.
"Since when did you get so sweet Mikey?" I ask.
"Psh, I've always been the sweet one and also the fun one. Raph's the tough one, Donnie's the smart one, and Leo's the Leader," He replies as I give a little giggle.
"Yah, I would have to agree to that," I respond. We both lye in my bed and laugh a moment.
"So, was last night a dream?" he asked, looking me in the eyes.
"It was real and very true," I sat inching closer to him.
"Good," he replies leaning down inches away from my face. "Because I meant what I said. I love you Lizzy," he finishes gently placing his lips on my head. I look up at him, into his deep, baby blue eyes which seem to sparkle.
"And I love you too Mikey," I smile kissing his cheek. I snuggle my head under his chin and begin to trace the marks on his plastron. It was quiet in my small, little room for a while until I finally ask him a question, "When?"
"When what?" he asked, clearly confused.
"When did you start liking me silly" I giggle turning my attention back onto his eyes.
"Well I guess the first night we met. When I saw you, I felt a pull. At first I didn't know what it was, but now I know," he explained while cuddling me like a teddy bear. "What about you?"
"Well, I don't really know. Out of all you turtles, there was something different about you, like in a good way. And each time we talked or did something together, this feeling grew stronger. So yeah," I say. We smile at each other, only interrupted when our stomachs make a noise at the same time.
"Time for breakfast," Mikey says climbing out from under the covers.
"Yeah. Hey, I'll meet you there soon, kay?" I say, looking around my room. That's when I notice something shiny on my desk. I quickly walk over and pick up my tessen.
"Hey, when did my tessen get here?" I ask Mikey, who had the door half way open.
"Oh, they fell off you when Dog Pound grabbed you last night. Raph brought them back. He thought you could use them," he answers.
"Cool," I say as he exits the room. I set my tessen back down on my desk and head over to my dresser. I pull out what I want to wear and begin to change. I take off my clothes, which I was still wearing from yesterday, and put on my new jeans, along with my orange tank top, and a different new shirt that I got with April a few days ago. The shirt was long sleeved and had a patch-work turtle on the front. I look in the mirror and see how my shirt slightly hangs off my shoulder, revealing the orange strap of my tank. I pull my hair down from my usual pig tails. Grabbing the hairbrush from the top of my dresser, I begin to brush my hair and I decided to leave it down.
"Hm, tonight I am taking a shower," I determine looking at the shine in my hair. It's not bad, but I need one. Lastly, I fix my mask from its crooked position. I head out of my room, down the hallway, and into the living room, only to see Mikey carrying a large bowl of eggs while running away from Donnie.
"Um, what's going on?" I ask the other two turtles, but I am soon answered by Mikey as he runs up to me.
"Hey Lizzy you godda check this out," Mikey yelled grabbing an egg and smashing it against the floor before I could protest. Only when it smashed, I disappeared and reappeared by the pinball machine.
"No WAY! Are those-" I begin.
"NINJA SMOKE BOMBS!" He shouts.
"Shut up," I yell excitingly.
"Careful, I just made the new batch because last week Mikey dropped the bowl and broke them all," Donnie explained as he approached us.
"How did he get them then?" Raph asked from across the room.
"Well I was about to make pizza omelets for breakfast when I saw the new batch and I just had to show you," Mikey explained. My smile just grew.
"OH MY GOD! This is so cool. Let me see," I yell grabbing the bowl, then an egg and throwing it against the ground. I end up next to Leo, who is punching the dummy, and scaring him a little.
"Did I scare you?" I joked.
"NO!" Leo claimed continuing to punch the dummy.
"LIZZY!" Donnie screamed chasing after me. I quickly threw another egg and landed next to Mikey. We huddle close to each other as Donnie cornered us. That's when Mikey grabbed another egg and announced, "To the kitchen!" Throwing the egg down, we landed right in the kitchen on the stools. We are laughing so hard, I swear I'm going to bust a gut.
"Man that was fun. DID you see the look on Donnie's face? PRICELESS!" I laugh.
"I know it was all like-" he began making an angry face that copied Donnie's.
"YOU TWO!" An angry voice yelled. We both turn to see a fuming Donnie.
"Here," I say pushing the bowl towards him. He quickly grabs the bowl and walks away.
"So, I'm I gonna be able to try these 'pizza omelets' or what?" I ask.
"Oh yeah, here you can help," he remembers, grabbing my wrists and pulling me into the kitchen. He begins to tell me how to make it, showing my step by step. I can't help but smile at our little moment. We soon finish and dish up a plate. I sit down at the table with Mikey by my side.
"Okay, now try it," he demands. I pick up my fork and cut a little bit off. I stab the piece and bring it up to my mouth. Placing it in my mouth, I begin to taste the flavors. It wasn't bad, actually it was pretty good.
"Mmm, this is good," I say shoveling down another piece.
"Thanks, my brothers don't think I'm a very good cook," he says, beginning to eat his own.
"Don't listen to them. You're a great cook… most of the time," I comfort. It's quiet for a few minutes, besides the sound of forks scraping against the plates.
"So, are we like 'together' now?" Mikey blurt from the quietness.
"Only if you want to be," I sweetly say inching my chair closer to him.
"Good," he answers placing his hand in mine.
"So when are we going to tell your brothers?" I ask as I begin to rub my thumb against his hand.
"When the timing is right," he decides taking the last bite of his omelet. I grab the plates and place them in the sink.
"Don't forget, it's your turn to do the dishes," Mikey yells running into the living room.
"Ug, I know," I groaned turning on the water and adding the dish soap. There's about a stack fifty plates.
"For living in the sewers, they sure do have a lot of dishes," I grumble under my breath. I begin to wash each plate one by one: washing, drying, and repeating. 'This is taking FOREVER', I think almost through the stack.
"Hey Liz," I hear a female voice greet. I turn my head and see April.
"APRIL!" I shout rushing over to hug my friend.
"Ew Lizzy, your hands a wet," April laughs pushing out of my hug. I walk back over to the sink and finish up the last few dishes.
"Why aren't you at school? Isn't it a school day?" I ask.
"It's a school day, but I'm on Christmas vacation. So what's been going on with you? Well besides the note and the kidnapping," she asks.
"How did you know?" I asked very confused while drying my hands.
"Oh, the boys told me when I came in," she explained. I nod my head.
"Well besides that… AMAZING!" I shout as we enter the living room.
"Well tell me," April smiled. All the boys give us weird looks at the sudden noise.
"Later I promise," I tell her running over to the couch and sitting next to Mikey.
"Hey guys, do you know what's in less than a two weeks?" I ask.
"I don't know. What's in less than two weeks Lizzy?" Raph asked sarcastically turning his attention back on his comic book.
"I'm serous, guess," I say.
"Ignore him Lizzy. What's in less than two weeks?" Leo asked.
"CHRISTMAS!" I shout with excitement. They just shrug their shoulders and go back to doing whatever.
"How can you just shrug your shoulders?" I ask astonished by their reaction.
"We don't really celebrate Christmas. It's kind of hard to get a tree and things of that nature when you are a mutant," Donnie explained.
"Well this year is going to be different," I say standing up.
"Do you think sensei will be okay with this?" Leo asked. I thought about it a minute. I didn't really know if he would be okay with it.
"Hm, I'll go ask," I say heading off the dojo. I slide the door open and enter the room, only to see Master Splinter meditating.
"Hello Elizabeth," He greeted without opening his eyes.
"Hello Master Splinter, can I ask you a question?" I ask sitting down in front of him Indian style.
"Yes you may. Go on," he insisted in a calm voice.
"Well, I know you don't usually do this, but I was wondering if we could celebrate Christmas this year. I just thought that it might be nice," I reason.
"I do not know Elizabeth," he pondered, now with his eyes open.
"Please sensei, it'll be fun. You know, spending some time together as a family," I protested.
"Very well, we may celebrate Christmas this year," he finally agreed. I leap over and give him a hug.
"Thank you sensei," I thank. He gently hugs me back before I jump up and leave the dojo.
"He said YES!" I beamed running through the lair to the boys.
"Cool, so what now?" Mikey asked.
"Now I drag April through every Christmas store in town and gather the perfect things," I say grabbing April by the wrists and dragging her to the entrance, grabbing our jackets on the way.
"Wait, what?" she asked.
"Oh come on. It'll be fun," I plead giving her the puppy dog eyes.
"Ug, fine," she agrees.
"Yay! Bye guys," I shout jumping over the turntables dragging April.
Leo's P.O.V.
"You think she's gonna go overboard with this?" I ask turning my attention to the TV.
"Probably," Donnie noted from the corner where his lab was.
"Well, I think it'll be fun," Mikey beamed from the couch.
"Whatever," Raph grumbled, but sneaked in a small smile indicating that he liked the idea of Christmas. To tell the truth, I kind of liked the idea of spending time with my family. The new and the old. I turned my attention back on the TV to watch the Space Hero's Marathon. Every so often I would hear a slight giggle from Mikey. I turn my head to Mikey pestering Raph… again.
"Careful Mikey," I warn looking back at the TV.
"Psh, he doesn't mind. Do you Raphie?" Mikey taunts while poking him in the head.
"You know, Lizzy isn't here to protect you this time," Donnie stated from his lab. That's when Raph got a sinister smile.
"Oh Mikey, come here a sec so I BEAT THE SHELL OFF YOU!" Raph yelled jumping up and chasing Mikey, who was laughing hysterically.
"Come on Raphie, you know you love me," Mikey laughs avoiding Raphs punches.
"Come here you little," Raph threatened trying very head to catch or hurt Mikey. I decided to fully ignore them and watch the show. This goes on for about another twenty minutes until the only sound is coming from the TV.
"Gotch yah!" Raph chuckled beginning to hit the back of Mikey's shell.
"Ow-Raph-Ow- stop-Ow-I'm sorry-Ow," Mikey plead protecting his head.
"Not this time buddy," Raph chuckled. I turn my head towards Donnie before asking, "Do you think he had enough?"
"Yah, let's help Mikey before Raph kills him," Donnie chuckles. I get up from my spot and head over by the tire swing, where Raph was hitting Mikey. I pull him away from Raph and push him towards the couch while he rubs him head.
"That's enough for now Raph. Lizzy and April will be home soon anyways," I inform setting Mikey down on the couch and regaining my spot in front of the TV.
"Aw, just when it was getting fun," he wines going over to his beanbag chair and picking up where he left off in his comic. I finish watching the last episode of the Marathon, stand up, and make my way over to the pinball machine. For weeks now I have been trying to beat the high score, which was held by Raph. I pay close attention not to let it through. I glance up at the scorer, watching it grow higher and higher. I'm almost there until-
"WERE HOME!" a high pitched, yet sweet voice yells entering the Lair. I watch the ball enter through the gate, my score just mere points away from beating the high score.
"Oh well, next time," I whisper turning my attention towards Lizzy who had a bunch of bags and was carrying one side of a long, wide, round container.
"Alright April, careful over the turntables. Wait a minute, GUYS, a little help would be kind," Lizzy announced. I make my way over to them, along with the others, and help drag the object over and into the middle of the room.
"What the hell is that thing?" Raph asked.
"The tree silly," Lizzy answers placing the bags by the couch. "Now help us get it up." Lizzy begins to set up the base while the guys, April, and I pull the tree out of its container.
"Careful with it guys. I swear we spent half the time just looking at the trees. Lizzy wanted the perfect one and if you mess it up, so help me I will-" April began.
"Alright we get it," Raph interrupted following Aprils orders.
"Well, the tree is one of the most important parts of Christmas, my sons," Master Splinter noted entering the room.
"Yeah, right after family and friends because without them, Christmas would have no meaning," Lizzy adds, finishing up the base.
"Very true Elizabeth," Sensei responds with a smile. "Here let me help with the tree." As Splinter sets the tree in the holder, Lizzy quickly works on steading it in the base so it won't fall over.
"Is this real?" Mikey smiled, looking up at the tree. I have to admit, it was really nice.
"Only the best for your first Christmas," Lizzy insisted running over to the couch in the pit. "Now everyone come over here so I can show you what I got."
Splinter's P.O.V.
I followed Elizabeth's orders and followed her to the pit and sat on one side of the couch.
"Alright let's start with the stockings'," she began pulling out six different colored stockings. "A red one for Raph, a blue one for Leo, a purple one for Donnie, an orange one for Mikey, a green one for Master Splinter, and a yellow one for me," she continued handing each one as she called the name. I take mine with gratitude and look it over. It is a pine tree green color with a white, fluffy trim. Then the word 'Splinter' was stitched into it. I look over to my sons and realize that they too have their full names stitched into theirs.
"These are very nice Elizabeth, thank you," I tell her.
"Yeah and you even had our names put into them," Mikey agreed.
"No big deal. Okay, next we have the videos. You know Rudolph, Frosty the snowman, a Charlie Brown Christmas, Mikey's Christmas Special, The Grinch who stole Christmas, all the Tim Allen movies, a couple about Santa Clause, and my personal favorite A Christmas Story!" She announced excitingly holding each one up.
"What's the point in those," Raph grumbles. Lizzy ignores his comment and continues, "Now here's the best story of all time, A Night before Christmas," she smiled holding up a book.
"Next is one of the best parts of the holiday season, the music. Also, don't worry you'll know all the songs be the end of the night," she assures. "On to the decorations." Lizzy begins to search through the bags frantically until she finds what she was looking for.
"This is thing is called mistletoe," she begins.
"What's that for?" Mikey asks wide-eyed.
"Well, let me show you. You place it somewhere in the house, like a major walkway. Then you drag someone underneath it with you and you do this," she began before she kissed Michelangelo on the cheek. He blush a moment and smiled.
"I like mistletoe," he declared. Everyone gave a few chuckles before she continued.
"Alright, this shiny stuff is called Garland. You hang it all over like crazy," she beamed showing three different colors the guys: gold, red and green.
"Now I'll show you the rest as we decorate the tree," she claimed standing up, grabbing a huge bag full of tree decorations and walking over to the tree. Everyone follows, curious to what she'll say next.
"First we start with the lights. Since this is a tall tree, I will need some help.
"I will help you Elizabeth," I volunteer grabbing the lights from her and carefully wrap the lights around the tree: from top to bottom.
"Then the garland," April chimes in. Lizzy hands me the red and gold garland and I begin to wrap them around the tree the same way as the lights.
"Ooo, don't forget the tinsel," she remembered, pulling out a bag of shiny, silver strands, which has caught the attention of Michelangelo. Lizzy takes a handful and sprinkles it on the tree to show them how to do it.
"Who wants to try?" she asked. Michelangelo immediately raised his hand. She only laughed and handed him the bag. He quickly made work of decorating the whole tree with tinsel.
"Now, let's start decorating the tree with the ornaments," Lizzy said opening up a big box with about 100 ornaments in it. Everyone dives in and begins to place them thought the tree. Even I join in on the fun. Soon it is finished and covered with colorful ornaments. Lizzy then pulls out another box.
"Now guys, this is the tree topper. This is the most important part of the tree. Usually it I a star, but I thought this was more appropriate," she began. Lizzy opened the box and showed everyone what was inside. It was an angle with beautiful black hair and chocolate brown eyes. It was what the angle was holding that made my heart ache. She was holding a little baby.
"I thought it looked like Tang Shen from the picture and thought it would be nice, you know. Like she and Miwa were watching over us," she explained in a gentle and soft voice.
"I would have to agree Elizabeth. That was very nice. I believe you should top the tree," I suggest.
"Really?" she asked with wide eyes. Everyone nodded in agreement. She took the angle out of its box, so I reached over to Elizabeth and pick her up. She gentle places the angle on top, making it perfect, before I place her back down on the floor.
"Alright, now for the rest of the house," Lizzy announced. Everyone immediately begins to decorate the lair in garland and lights, with a few other decorations Elizabeth had picked up. By the time they were finished, the lair looked like Christmas. Even the stockings were hung up nicely on the wall near the television.
"Good job everyone," I smile.
"Oh, I almost forgot! Now on to the food," Lizzy beams.
"Let's see there are cookies, chocolate, cookies, hot coca, cookies, candy canes, cookies, brownies, and cookies!" she yells.
"You said cookies five times," Donnie noted.
"Did I?" she asked. "Hm, I just love cookies. Making and eating them. We already have all the stuff to them and April has already put them away, so thank you April. But we'll get to that closer to Christmas."
"No problem guys. Well I godda go guys bye," April says leaving the lair, which is followed by a chorus of 'byes'.
"What about presents?" Mikey asked.
"Well, I already got you guys yours so you will all get one. I don't need any though, I already got enough from you guys," Lizzy insists.
"Don't be silly Lizzy, besides I already have the perfect thing in mind for all of you," Mikey shouts. Everyone nods in agreement.
"Alright cool. Now for the Christmas music," Lizzy shouts, which is followed by a bunch of moans from my sons. I take this moment to leave before she can turn on the music. I sit in the room and begin to meditate to the sound of the holiday music.
Well there's the chapter everyone. I'm sure you all know what's coming up next. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! I do not own anything mentioned about Christmas in this chapter or anything of that matter. I promise you that there is an exciting part coming up soon, like in the next chapter or the one after that so just keep following along, okay? Well bye everyone!