Hello everyone. It's that time again for another TMNT adventure. I am soooooo sorry for the longest wait I have ever given you, but now I on summer break (even though this is being posted after a week off). Now remember, I do not own TMNT sadly (Maybe someday). Hey, but I do own my OC's. Now that that part is over, onto the story…
Mikey's P.O.V.
It was 7 o'clock Sunday night, the day right before Lizzy was heading back to school. Currently, we were waiting for April to get here with Lizzy's school stuff, but to pass the time Lizzy and I decided to play some videogames.
"I'm so gonna beat you Lizzy!" I shout to her as my character punches hers. The power level goes down some, but not as much as I'd hoped.
"You will, will you?" She asks gaining a smug smile. Just as she says this, she begins to press random buttons on the remote and before I know it, my character loses all its life and the screen is flashing 'WINNER ELIZABETH'. I sit there stunned as Lizzy drops the remote, stands up, and starts to do a victory dance.
"How?" I ask just staring at the screen still stunned.
"A girl never reveals her secrets," she says stopping her dance and flopping back down on the couch and laying against me.
"Not even to their favorite turtle?" I smile wrapping my arm on her shoulder and pulling her closer. She looks up at me and whispers, "Maybe… for a kiss."
"If you say so," I reply in a seducing voice, reaching with my free hand and lightly grab her chin. I caress it with my thumb a moment, just feeling the softness of her natural sun-kissed skin, before pulling her in for a deep and tender kiss. If feels like forever before we pull away, and even then we don't speak or look away from each other. It isn't until someone from behind us speaks up and pulls us out of our own little world.
"Am I interrupting something?" I familiar female voice asks from behind, making me and Lizzy jump a little. We then turn our heads to see our red-headed friend.
"H-hey April, I didn't hear you come in," Lizzy stammered a blush creeping across her face, which was adorable.
"No worries Liz, but I thought you wanted to see your school supplies," April said with a smile, only to reveal a yellow canvas backpack from behind her back. Lizzy squealed with delight as she ran from my side in the pit over to April.
"Hey Guys, April's here," Lizzy shouts as she dives April a MASSIVE bear hug before grabbing the backpack and coming back over by me on the couch. By this time, everyone was slowly creeping their way out of their corners of the lair to come and visit with April. Well… except for Donnie who was at April's side in a heartbeat.
"Hey April," Donnie greeted his girlfriend before giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. She giggled before replying, "Hey yourself." With that little moment ended, they headed over by us where the others, including Master Splinter, were in the pit. Glancing back at Lizzy I notice that on one of the buckles on her bag there was a stuffed turtle key chain. I'm not the only one who noticed it because Lizzy picked it up and began to pet it.
"April, this is awesome," Lizzy thanked to the red head.
"I thought you would like it. When I saw it in the store, it screamed Lizzy," April explained with a wave of her hand. After that, Lizzy began to open her bag and take out her new school supplies. This consisted of three binders, a pencil case, and multiple book covers in assorted colors. The first binder was a regular yellow one, and the other two were just like it only in orange and green. In the yellow binder were a bunch of free lined papers that were clipped in there, a thick yellow notebook, and two yellow folders. One was plain but the other had a smiley face on it. Lizzy put that one down and picked up the orange one next. Inside was very similar to the yellow, but instead the notebook was orange along with the folders. One was plan orange but the other one was orange with yellow polka dots. She then picked up the last one, which was the green one. It was similar to the other two and (as you have probably guessed) matched the binder. One of the green folders was lime green and the other was dark green with a bright green turtle on the front. Lizzy closed it up and set it down by the others before turning to April and asking, "Okay, what gives? Why do I have three binders? Don't I only need one?'
"Oh dear Lizzy, you could but it's easier this way. You can keep track of your papers this way," April tried to explain, but only got a blank stare from Lizzy as she cocked her head a little. I thought it was cute, even if I didn't understand.
"Okay, let me try this. At our school we have six classes per day. We have the four core classes: a type of math, English, science, and history depending on what grade you are in. Then you have two fun classes you take. Two of them are for your core classes while the other one is for your fun classes. By the way, I got you class list early for you; it's in your bags outer pocket," April explained. Both Lizzy and I nod our heads slowly now understanding.
"Got it," Lizzy replied before putting her binders back in and pulling out her pencil pouch, which was in the shape of (WHAT ELSE?:), a turtle. Lizzy giggled a little before unzipping the zipper and looking at all the multi colored pencils, pens, and erasers. After zipping it back up, she put it back in her bag and pulled out the final things, four colored book covers. They were: blue, red, purple, and orange.
"Book covers, for what?" Lizzy asked looking over to April… again, who sighed.
"They're for you school books sweety," Cade stepped in before April had to explain.
"Oh… okay. Thanks April, this was really cool of you to do," Lizzy thanked with a smile.
"No problem," she said giving her a smile back.
"Now read off what classes you have," Raph commanded to Lizzy who smiled and went exploring through her bag. Finally finding it, she pulls it out and unfolds it. From what I could see, it had been color coded for her.
"Orange is classes you have with me, pink is for Cade, green is for all of us, and yellow is all by yourself," April said.
"Alright, then that means I have first hour world history with April, second hour English with Cade, third hour art by myself, then it's lunch, fourth hour is biology with April and Cade, fifth hour is gym with Cade and April, and sixth hour is math with Cade. Wow, beginning and ending the day with boring subjects, which also happen to be my worst," Lizzy told us happily until the last part, which she said in a monotone voice.
"Hey, at least you have us to brighten your day, and only one hour by yourself. Plus I can help you with math. It's my best subject. Also, April's a wiz when it comes to history. You'll be fine," Cade cheered giving Lizzy a playful little punch on the arm.
"Yeah, and don't forget you have us too," Donnie, being the one most excited about her going to school, encouraged which was followed by the rest of the guys and me cheering in our response.
"Aw, thanks guys. That means a lot. Now, back to the video games," Lizzy smiled as she grabbed the remote, only for it to be taken away by Master Splinter.
"No, it is time for dinner. Then Lizzy and the rest for you will get ready for bed. We are going to be getting up extra early for training tomorrow and I would like you all to be well rested. So be up by five o'clock my students," Master Splinter informs. We all groan.
"Well, I better get home then. After all, I have school tomorrow too. Bye guys," April says before giving Donnie a kiss and leaves the lair.
"Bye," we all chorus before getting up. I head into the kitchen with the others as Lizzy grabs her bag and runs off. I continue my way to the kitchen and find myself at my usual spot as Master Splinter begins to pass out the roman noodles. Soon Lizzy joins us at the table next to me and Cade. We then begin to eat our dinner while giving advice to Lizzy about tomorrow.
"Remember, if you have the slightest bit of trouble in any subject, any subject at all just come ask me. I'll be happy to assists you," Donnie encouraged.
"And don't let anyone push you around. Stand up to the bullies, and if they hurt you just come tell your big bro Raph," Raph explains while pointing his chopsticks at Lizzy, who nodded with noodles half way out of her mouth before slurping up the rest
"But, try to avoid fights because fights get you into trouble and you don't want that," Leo contradicts while glaring at Raph, who glairs back. If they keep this up there's gonna be a fight. Luckily Master Splinter steps in.
"I think what they are trying to say Elizabeth it that you need to try and avoid fights whenever possible, unless necessary," the wise rat informed her with a smile.
"Right, but I don't want to get into any trouble. I want a little normality in my life, ya know. I love you guys and everything, but with my life something normal might help me," Lizzy explained. We all look at her with a smile.
"Of course Lizzy. Everyone needs something normal in their lives," I agreed taking my hand in hers. She looked back at me with a smile.
"Besides, these boys can get a little… overwhelming," Cade chuckles trying to find the right words.
"Right… HEY!" We all chorus giving a glare at Cade. The girls look at each other and then back at us before laughing, with Master Splinter joining in with a small chuckle of his own.
"Thanks for understanding guys," Lizzy said recovering and moving on.
"Do you have any advice for Elizabeth Cade?" Master Splinter questioned. Cade quickly looked up from her hunched over position with half of the noodles hanging out of her mouth, clearly not paying attention to the conversation. Quickly slurping the noodles and straightening her back, she began to say, "Liz and I already talked yesterday during our 'girl time'. I practically covered everything you've covered guys…plus more. Plus, April and I will be there with Lizzy. So just relax," putting air quotes around girl time. I watch everyone relax a little, including Lizzy. We all go back to our noodles and continue to eat in silence. Soon we all finish eating and Lizzy and I begin to pick up to dishes, since it's our night to do them. Everyone else leaves the kitchen as Lizzy begins to wash as I dry. For a few minutes we wash in silence until I start to talk.
"I'm gonna miss you Lizzy-Bear," I confess from out of nowhere. She stops cleaning a moment before putting the plate back in the sink, turning to me, and giving me a bear hug. This is one of the reasons for her nickname. She's cute like a teddy bear, but can attack you out of nowhere and she gives the best bear hugs… all the time.
"And I'm gonna miss you too, and the guys, and Master Splinter, but this is something I have to do," she explains as we hug.
"Yeah I know, but still, it's not gonna be the same without you here," I retort pulling out of the hug and holding her out at arm's length.
"Yeah, but you'll be fine. Come on, let's finish these dishes and head to bed. After all, we have to get up extra early tomorrow," she smiles, which makes me smile as I nod my head. We turn back to our stations and quickly begin to finish up the dishes. Once done, I glance at the clock and see that it's about 9 o'clock.
"Alright Lizzy, bed time," I say. She only smiles and nods as I grab her hand and lead her out into the living room. There we see everyone, except Master Splinter.
"We're going to bed, Night guys," Lizzy informs. We hear a chorus of nights before we head down the hallway and down to our doors.
"Goodnight Mikey, I love you," Lizzy lovingly states.
"Goodnight Lizzy, I love you too," I reply before pulling her in for another hug while gently placing a kiss on top of her forehead. She smiles as we break away and heads into her room. With this I head into my room to get a good night sleep, not knowing how much I would need it for tomorrow.
Lizzy's P.O.V.
I woke up to banging and yelling at my door.
"Lizzy, time to get up. It's 4:45 and you have fifteen minutes to get up and get ready for training," a voice I could only recognize as Mikey was on the other side of that door.
"Alright Mikey, I'm gettin' up," I yawn with some of my words slurring together. I lay there for a few more seconds before realizing what he said and what day it was. I literally shot out of bed and with all my momentum I soon met face to face with the floor, making a loud thump, but I got up and made my way over to my dresser, pull out my black yoga pants and yellow tank top with the orange frill, and quickly get dressed. Then I head over to my mirror and pull my hair up in a ponytail. After I adjust my mask and pull on my green socks. Quickly I run over by my desk and put on my belt, which held my tessen, and then I slipped on my protection. With that, I ran out of my room, down the hallway, and into the dojo where everyone else was waiting for me. I soon make my way over to the boys and we kneel before Master Splinter.
"Good morning Elizabeth, right on time. Now we may begin. First, you shall begin today with your katas. Once you are done, we will spend our training session focusing on mind over body," he explained.
"Wait… do you mean meditation, sensei?" Leo asked.
"Correct Leonardo. This is something all of you need to practice more often," he answered, eyeing all of us.
"Hai sensei," we all chorus.
"Very good, now begin," he instructs. Everyone nods and stands up. Quickly we make are way over by the far wall and line up once ore, only this time we begin to practice our katas to help relax our body. It is silent for the first few minutes, until one of the turtles begins a conversation.
"Did anybody hear that big bang this morning?" Raph questioned me and the others. Everyone nodded their head, including myself knowing perfectly well what it was.
"Yeah, I heard it as I was leaving Lizzy from when I was waking her up," Mikey agreed.
"You think it could have been something in the sewers?" Leo asked.
"No, my sensors would have picked something up," Donnie noted putting on his thinking face. I feel my cheeks warm up before sighing.
"Yeah… I kinda… fell outa bed this morning," I confessed, still doing my kata.
"See nothing to worry about," Donnie chuckled. I only stuck my tong out at him and continued my katas. Soon, we finished warming up, so we went into the middle of the room and sat Indian style on the ground along with Master Splinter. I positioned myself so I was sitting properly because if I didn't I would hurt later. I watched everyone close their eyes until I closed my eyes and began to listen to Master Splinter's calming words.
"Breath in, and out. Clear your minds and relax you're body. Find a place that helps you relax…" was all I heard from him. I knew he was still talking, but it just faded away as I entered my happy place. My place was a cherry blossom tree next to a giant pond filled with the most beautiful fish and turtles. In the distance there were mountains. Not too far away from me was a little house, but not a normal house. It was like one from Japan. You see, my place was based off of Japan. Here, I could do anything. Today I decided I was just going to relax under my tree and watch the clouds. I have no clue how long I did this before a certain turtle's voice pulled me out of my state.
"Lizzy, we're done. Come on, you got to get ready," Mikey said. Slowly I opened my eyes to see a happy, smiling Mikey in front of me. I smiled back before nodding. He stood straight and held out a hand. I gratefully took it as he helped me up. Then I stripped myself of my weapons and protection and left them in the dojo for now. After that I soon found myself heading in the direction of the bathroom. It was around 6 am and we were leaving at 7:30, so I decided to take a shower. I started up the water and felt it warm up to a nice warm temp. Slowly I stripped myself of my training clothes, placed my mask by the sink, pulled down my hair, and slipped into the shower. The water felt nice and warm on my muscles. After a few minutes of relaxing in the shower, I begin to shampoo and condition my hair until it's out. All too soon I have to get out, so I stop the water, grab my towel and wrap it around myself. Tucking in the corner so it doesn't fall off, I grab yet another towel and begin to dry my hair. Wrapping it up in the towel to dry, I grab my tooth brush and tooth paste and begin to brush my teeth. After that, I pull out the hair dryer (thank you Cade) and begin to properly dry my hair. Usually I let it air dry but April is always telling me it looks nicer it I blow dry it. Anyway, I continue to dry my hair as it takes forever to do so because I have so much of it. After 20 minutes I finally get it completely dried. With that done, I grab my clothes and my mask and sneak out of the bathroom, down the hallway and into my room. Thankfully, the bathroom is close to my bedroom. In my room, I head over to my dresser and pull out a pair of underwear, a bra, orange socks, white skinny jeans, and a yellow and gray baseball style shirt that said 'New York Yankee's on the front in navy blue. Once pulled out I begin to dress myself. Once done, I stand in front of my mirror and look at myself. Everything seemed to be in order from how the pants clung to my body; the shirt flowed loosely, and even the sleeves came down to just where my elbow was. Everything was right for my first day… and then I saw my hair. I groaned as I grabbed my hair brush and began to brush my hair. Once tamed, I pull my hair into two high pigtails. After that, I grabbed my mask from the pile on the floor and tied it on my head like a headband, leaving the ties in the front at an angle, letting my bangs hang loosely in the front barely grazing the top of my eyes.
'Mental note, buy a hamper,' I think eyeing the mass of dirty clothes on the floor.
"Well, this is it," I calmly say to myself, trying to encourage myself. With that, I grab my boots that April got me before Christmas (you remember, girls day out with April) and slipped them on. They were like April's, but were a light gray, matching the gray on my shirt. I then grab my green sweatshirt and slip it on. Lastly I make my way over by my right night stand, the one with the pictures, and grab the small silver jewelry box the Master Splinter gave to me. Carefully opening it up, I take out my mom's necklace and place it around my neck with one hand, as the other one was occupied with the silver metal box. After, I close the box and place it back where it was in-between the pictures. I then grab my bag and ran out of my room, down the hallway, and into the living room. I four tiered looking turtles, a calm Master Splinter, and a very tiered looking Cade.
"Well, how do I look?" I ask them, as they turned to me.
"Beautiful, as always," Mikey said as he came up from behind and hugged me.
"Thanks Mikey," I replied giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Ug, get a room you two," Raph groaned from his spot on the couch, which mind you was next to Cade. I only stuck my tong at him as my reply, as did Mikey. Cade gave him a playful punch in the arm before saying, "You look great Blondie." I smiled at her in response. I glanced at the clock which read 7:05, just enough time to get breakfast and get out.
"Come on Cade, breakfast," I say running over to her, grabbing her arm, and dragging her away to the kitchen as the boys followed, not including Master Splinter. Quickly, I grabbed my bowl, spoon, the milk, and the cereal. I brought all the stuff towards the table and began to assemble my breakfast. As soon as I was finished I passed the cereal and milk to Cade to make her cereal. I then begin to eat my breakfast, as did everyone else. I was so excited to get to school I gobbled up the whole bowl within 5 minutes. As soon as I finished I put the bowl in the sink and ran out into the living room. To occupy myself while the others ate, I went through my bag to make sure I had everything as I sat in the pit on the couch.
"Binders, check. Pencils, check. Book covers, check. Tphone, check. Wallet, check…" I say to myself making my mental checklist. Once done I strap my backpack close and glance at the clock. It was only 7:20. I still had ten minutes till we were to leave.
"Ugg," I groaned. Time could not go by fast enough, that is until Mikey came trotting out of the kitchen.
"Hey Mikey, come occupy me for ten minutes please," I beg as I turn to face him. He looks at me and smiles.
"Sure Liz, whatcha wanna do?" He asked making his way over by the couch and sitting next to me.
"Hmm, we could talk… or more," I say leaning into his side. As if by reflex he wraps his arms around me.
"Okay sooo, you excited about going back to school?" he asked.
"Yes… and no," I confess. He gives me a weird look before asking, "Why do you say it like that?"
"Well, I'm excited and happy about going back to school and continuing my sophomore year (10th grade), but I'm worried about things not going right. Worst of all I'm worried about nobody not liking me," I continue my smile beginning to point downwards.
"Nobody liking you, that's not possible. You're the funniest, sweetest, kindest, bravest, and most kick butt girl I know. How could anybody not like you?" He ask with a smile letting his mature side shine through, which doesn't happen often. This made me smile.
"Thanks Mikey, you're so sweet to me," I say looking into his eyes.
"It's what I do," he replied.
"And that is why, my fine turtle, I love you," I continue.
"And I love you too," and with that, he pulled me into a sweet, loving kiss. This ended our conversation. After the kiss, I glanced at the clock and noticed that it was now five minutes till we had to leave. Finally, Cade comes out of the kitchen with her black backpack on her shoulder.
"Come on Shorty, we godda leave," she said heading towards the exit/entrance. I quickly got off the couch and followed her, but Mikey quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me into a hug.
"Good luck Lizzy-Bear and have fun. I just know how everyone will love you as much as I do," he whispered in my ear before he let me go. I gave him a loving smile and head towards Cade.
"Good bye everyone, we're leaving," I shout through the lair. I hear their 'good byes' and head out into the sewers with Cade. Now all I have to do is get to school and face my first day in public high school. It can't be that hard… right?
Alright everyone, the next chapter. How'd yall like it? And yes, the next chapter will be up sooner than later. Maybe even by the end of this weekend. Who knows, but it will be soon. Bub-bye for now, my lovely readers and reviewers :)