Hello again readers! I'm back with another chapter for you. Now, I know some of you were "complaining" about there not being enough LeoXKatie Fluff. I have a surprise for you, so enjoy the chapter. I do not own TMNT, but I own my characters. Enjoy…
Master Splinter's P.O.V.
A calming air flowed throughout the lair. I could feel it. It had been a long time since I felt this. It was nice. I opened my eyes as exited my meditative state. My room had a relaxing glow from the candles. Glancing towards the corner of my room, I slowly rise and head towards the small cabinet. Kneeling down in front, I open it and pull out a picture. It was of Teng Shen and Myself, both of us were about 17. I gently held the picture and traced the wooden frame. I was happy for my sons. Each had found someone they could relate to. It reminded me of how Teng Shen and I. Tracing the picture of my beloved wife before putting it back, I got up and headed back to the center of the room to meditate a few more minutes before the calming silence was once again filled with the chaos of everyday life in my small family.
Mikey and Lizzy
Within Lizzy's room, the two youngest teenagers sat. Each had a controller hooked up to Lizzy's laptop. They were playing the new Nintendo Smash Bro's game that Donnie had hooked up for them.
"You're going down Mikey," Lizzy shouted with glee as her character slammed his into the ground.
"No, you are Lizzy," Mikey laughed as his character grabbed a light saber and started towards Lizzy's. She grabbed an oversized hammer and began to hammer Mikey's Character. He lost the saber and it looked as though Lizzy was going to win, but Mikey had one trick left up his sleeve. He leaned over and gave Lizzy a sweet kiss. She stopped surprise. Mikey took this time to grab the light saber again and use a power move to beat Lizzy. The screen flashed 'WINNER'.
"Told you I'd win," Mikey boasted setting down the controller. Lizzy glared at him before giving him a playful shove.
"You're such a cheater," she smiled. He smirked back before pulling Lizzy into a hug.
"I am not, I just have a few tricks up my sleeves," he laughed.
"You don't have sleeves," Lizzy giggled hugging him back. He laughed and fell backwards onto the pillows with Lizzy. They laid their and cuddled for a few minutes in comfortable silence.
"Mikey?" Lizzy asked looking up at him.
"Yeah?" he questioned back.
"I love you," she smiled.
"I love you too," he smirked before placing a tender kiss to her lips. She happily kissed back in reply. Their kiss ended when they needed air. Mikey kissed her forehead and pulled them back up.
"Let's get back to our game," he suggested.
"Alright… but this time I gonna win," she agreed grabbing the controller.
"Bring it on," he challenged with a laugh. He grabbed his controller and they began the next round.
Donnie and April
Down the hall another young couple sat. They sat cuddled together in the lab in front of Donnie's computer. Instead of doing something sciency today, they decided to watch a movie. They had chosen to watch 'Back to the Future'. They chuckled together when the truck of the rough teenagers drove into the manure truck.
"Imagine how cool it would be to have a car that transported you to the past," April thought aloud.
"I know right. The mechanic's must be amazing. I mean… if I got the right parts…." Donnie wandered off. April gently smacked his plastron and smiled.
"Donnie, you promised me no science today," April scolded.
"I know, sorry. You know how I get," he apologized with a toothy smile, a small blush creeping on his face. She smiled at his gappy toothed grin.
"It's okay, sweet. Besides, it's cute when you talk science," April smiled. He grinned as his blush deepened and she snuggled closer.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yeah," she replied.
"Well, I think you're cute all the time," Donnie smirked laying his head on hers.
"Ya think?" she asked.
"Definitely," he smirked. Donnie then lifted his head up and kissed Aprils cheek. April turned towards him and kissed his lips. He kissed back. They separated briefly before Donnie kissed her lips again. This time it was shorter.
"Alright Romeo, let's get back to the movie," April instructed.
"Anything for my Juliet," he replied as they cuddled back together and began watching the movie once more.
Raph and Cade
Snuggling closely in Cades room, the couple sat on the bed. She laid back on Raph reading their favorite book aloud as Raph laid his chin on her head and hugged her from behind reading along silently.
"I love the way you read," Raph stated interrupting her. She smiled and looked up at him.
"You're such a big softie Raph," she replied marking her place and putting the book down.
"Only for you… but don't tell the guys. I have a persona to keep," Raph advised.
"Oh yeah tough guy, what will you do if I tell them?" Cade asked playfully. Raph playfully smirked.
"This," he yelled flipping on top of her and began to tickle her sides. Cade laughed hard in response.
"RAPH! Stop please, I'm ticklish," Cade laughed as tears began to appear. She squirmed and tried to push him off as Raph continued to tickle her sides and stomach.
"I don't know if I should," he smirked taking her hands with one of his and holding it above her while he continued to tickle her.
"Please! I won't tell the guys'. I was just joking," Cade howled in laughter. Raph stopped a minute and tauntingly held one finger above her stomach.
"Promise?" he asked.
"I promise," she smiled. Raph shifted his weight to his elbows as he moved his face inches away from hers.
"That wasn't so hard, was it?" he asked. She rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Maybe for you," she smirked.
"Well maybe this will be a little easier," he said before filling the gap between, kissing her. She happily kissed back. The book they were reading was forgotten as their make out session began.
Leo and Katie
"Come on Leo, you can do it. Just follow the steps I showed you," Katie instructed as she twirled around Leo. They were in the dojo and Katie decided to cash in on the dancing lesson she offered Leo. He agreed to his girlfriend's wishes and followed her into the dojo where they were now.
"I don't know Katie. I don't know if I'll be any good," Leo confessed. Katie huffed before grabbing his arm and pulling him into the center of the dojo.
"It'll be easy Leo. Besides, you're a ninja. Ninja's are supposed to be light in their feet, right?" Katie smiled.
"I guess," he replied. She then turned on the ball room music and directed him to the center of the dojo and lined up with him.
"Then dance with me," Katie smiled. Leo sighed before nodding and returning her smile. They started off with a simple dance for Leo's first dancing lesson: the waltz. Katie began to lead him until him until he got the hang of it. Soon, they were dancing in step with the music. Leo smiled down at Katie, who blushed. They were still a new couple compared to the other three, so they still got embarrassed at times, even if they were by themselves. Eventually, Leo and Katie started to twirl and dance around the dojo. As Leo glanced down at Katie, he thought she looked beautiful. Her hair spun with them as they danced and she had a look of pure enlightenment on her face. Leo decided to take a chance and spun Katie out and pulled her back in. Her back was to his plastron as begun they swayed back and forth. Leo held her close as the music died down and moved into a slower song than the up-beat one before.
"See Leo, I knew you had it in you. I didn't even have to teach you how to spin someone," Katie complimented, big brown eyes looking up into his dark blue ones.
"I guess you were right," he smirked before spinning her again, this time though Katie and Leo were face to face. Leo hugged her as they swayed once more.
"Katie, can I tell you something?" Leo asked nervously.
"Anything," she replied.
"See, I've been thinking a lot lately and I just wanna say… I love you," he confessed a small blush playing on his cheeks. Katie looked up at him, gently pushed his head so they were seeing eye to eye again, and touched her forehead with his.
"I love you too," she replied before leaning forward and giving him a short kiss, seeing as how it was their first real kiss on the lips, after all, they were still a new couple (as was said before). Leo smiled when the broke apart and kissed her again. They broke apart once more when a beeping went off. Katie pulled her cellphone out of her pocket and checked it. She sighed when she put it back.
"I have to go," she sighed. Leo frowned.
"I wish you could stay longer," he admitted as they hugged before separating and heading over towards her dancer's bag.
"So do I, but that was my mom. She said it was urgent, so I better go," Katie told him as they walked out of the dojo.
"I understand. I'll text you later, alright," Leo said as they stood at the entrance.
"Got it," she smiled. Leo kissed her cheek and she hurried home.
Katie's P.O.V.
The walk from the lair didn't take too long, so I arrived at home around 4:30. I opened the door and as I stepped in I immediately stopped in my tracks. Something was off. It was way too quiet, and with five siblings, that means something bad was going on. Either someone was in trouble or someone was hurt. I closed the door, dropped my bag, and ran up the stairs to find my mom.
"Mama," I yelled walking down the hallway and into the main room. I turned to find my mom at the kitchen table, hugging Zack closely to her. He seemed fine, but considering he was only two, that was normal. My mom, however, looked terrible. Her eyes were red and teary. I could hear her sniffle.
"Mom, what's going on?" I asked as I walked near her. She looked at me a moment before pulling me into a tight embrace with her free arm. I hugged her, but I still didn't understand. That was… until I looked at the table where a suspicious note was. I picked up the note and opened it. Tears immediately came to my eyes. I threw the letter back on the table and hugged my mom again.
"Papa…" I whispered sadly as tears poured down my face.
Cade's P.O.V.
Three days. Three days since we've heard from Katie and not even Leo could get ahold of her. So far she's missed two days of school and no one knew why. We were all kind of worried, especially Leo. Today we decided we were going to go see Katie. So as soon as school ended, we headed to her house. Now, we stood at the back door as Lizzy knocked on the door. We waited a few minutes until Katie's mom answered the door. Her eyes were red and sore. Not to mention she looked really tired, not the vibrant woman we were used to.
"Hello girls," she sniffled.
"Hello Mrs. Ramirez. We haven't heard from Katie and we got worried so we came to see her," Lizzy explained. Mrs. Ramirez stopped to think a minute before smiling at us.
"She's in her room," she explained opening the door. We quickly made our way up the stairs and approached her door. The place seemed quieter than usual. The air was… sad, I guess. April knocked on the door and called out her name. No answer. So I reached for the doorknob and twisted it. It creaked open as we entered. On her bed under a mound of blankets was Katie. We approached her, and upon hearing a faint sound of crying, flipped the blankets slightly. Under was our red, teary-eyed friend.
"Katie, what's going on? What happened?" April asked gently sitting on the edge of the bed. Katie looked at all of us before pulling out a picture from under the blanket. It was the one of her dad in his uniform.
"He… he's," she stammered sitting up as silent tears rolled down her cheeks.
"He's what?" I asked as Lizzy and I kneeled down in front of her.
"He's gone," she cried out. With that we gathered her in a hug as she began to cry again. I felt sorry for her. She had lost someone. Someone she loved, just like I did. I looked around at my friends and realized something; we had all lost someone we loved. I sighed and laid my head on hers. For the next couple of hours we sat in silence and comforted our friend. The silence was only interrupted when my phone went off. I quickly pulled it out and answered it.
"Hello," I answered.
"Cade, where are you three?" Raph asked somewhat angrily. I knew he was only worried.
"We're at Katie's. Raph, please put Leo on it's important," I instructed. I heard him sigh and hand over the phone.
"Cade, I heard you're at Katie's. What's going on?" he asked worriedly.
"Leo, come over when it's late enough. Katie needs you right now, alright," I instructed.
"Alright, I'll be there as soon as possible," he replied before hanging up. I put my phone away and resumed my position.
"It'll be okay. It may not seem like it right now, but it'll be okay," I cooed gently. We moved to where we were all laying down on the bed. That's how we stayed for a while until we heard a knock at the window. I got up and went to the window where Leo was. I noticed it was barely twilight out as I opened the windows. He came in and headed towards Katie. The girls got off the bed and we grabbed our stuff.
"We'll call you later," April told her with a smile. We wave goodbye and headed up to the roof where the boys were waiting to take us back to the lair.
Leo's P.O.V.
I quickly made my way over to my girlfriend and sat on her bed.
"Katie, what happened?" I questioned as I wiped the tears off her cheeks. I hated seeing her like this. This wasn't her at all. The sad look, the frown, the wet eyes. Even her tan looked dull.
"Leo… my papa… h-he was killed in action," she sobbed. I pulled her into a hug and shushed her.
"He was fine Saturday night. I had Skyped with him. Then my mama gets a note delivered to us saying that he was shot down from the helicopter. I don't get it. How can that happen in such a short time. Why?" she cried. I held her close and tight.
"I… I don't know K," I replied. I laid us down on the bed and cuddled her comfortingly as she cried. I don't know how long we stayed like this, but I promised I'd be here all night if I had to. I gently rubbed her back as she cried. Soon she was down to a dull whimper. I kissed her head and wiped her tears away. I glanced out the window and noticed that the sun had gone down and the moon was up. I looked down at her again and noticed how tired she looked.
"Katie, go to sleep, you look tired," I commanded. She nodded and cuddled into my plastron.
"I love you Katie, and I promise that I'll be here for you, always," I told her.
"I love you too," she mumbled with a dry voice. Soon her breathing evened out and she fell asleep. I laid there for a while, just watching her sleep. I glanced at the clock and watched the time clicked by. It was soon midnight when I got to thinking. I wouldn't know what to do if Master Splinter passed on. We'd be lost, unsure of what to do. I shook that thought out of my head and turned back to Katie. I kissed her head before pulling out my phone, texting Raph to tell him I was staying the night, and then set the alarm to wake me up. Once that was done, I snuggled up to Katie and closed my eyes welcoming the sleep that was sure to come. I don't remember what I dreamt about. It was kind of hazy. I woke up to the soft beeping of my alarm. Clicking it off I turned to Katie, who opened her eyes and looked up at me.
"You stayed all night?" she asked.
"Yeah. I'll stay here as long as you need," I told her. She smiled sadly. I leaned down and kissed her gently. I looked out the window to see the sun barely shining on the horizon. I knew I'd have to leave soon.
"When do you have to go?" she asked, as if reading my mind.
"Soon," I replied.
"If you leave now you'll be able to get a few more hours of sleep in before training," she told me. I looked down and smiled.
"Would you be okay?" I asked, concerned about leaving. She smiled lovingly at me.
"I'll be okay. You were here all night. It's okay," she smiled. I nodded, gave her a hug and a kiss on the lips, and then got up. I walked to the window and looked back at her one last time, before opening the window and heading home. By the time I got there the girls were up and doing their own thing, as were my brothers. I smiled towards them, who smiled back, and headed towards my room. There I collapsed on the bed and once again fell asleep.
*Saturday Morning, three days later* NO P.O.V.
It was a beautiful, sunny spring morning as the girls surrounded their friend, all dressed in black. They were supporting their friend through this the whole way, so they came to Mr. Ramirez's funeral. The preacher began, though none of them listened as the others did. The three glanced to their friend, who was consoling her brother Luke. Her two sisters hugged each other while Mrs. Ramirez held the youngest and held the second youngest hand. Though the three tried to listen the preacher, they were lost in their own thoughts. Lizzy couldn't help but think about back to when she was five. The funeral was small, and only about five people showed up, including Lizzy. Though she was only five when it happened, she remembered feeling angry about not more people showing up, but was mostly mad for someone taking her mom away. Cade thought about the double funeral of her mother and brother. Many people had showed up, she remembered. She remembered holding her father's hand. It was one of the last affectionate things he did for her. April was young when her mom died, so she didn't remember much. What she could remember was the little things about her mom. The way she smiled, laughed, sounded, and even smelled. That's what she tried to focus on, the positive things about her.
The sermon soon ended and they began to lower the casket into the ground before each person threw a handful of dirt into the ground. Once that was done most of the people left, the only people left were the girls and Katie's family. The three girls pulled out a single rose and set it on the grave. They gave Katie a hug and left to head back to the lair. Soon, it was the Ramirez's turn to leave, but Katie stayed a little longer.
"Oh Papa… I'm gonna miss you," she told him kneeling to the ground and patting the freshly upturned dirt.
"Papa, I wish you could've met my friends. They would have loved your jokes. I wish you could have met the Hamato's too. I think you would have gotten along well with Master Splinter, and the guy's would have liked you too," she continued as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I really wish you could have met Leo. Papa, he's the best. I truly love him. Like the way mama loves you. I love you papa and I always will," she cried before standing up, giving a soft smile, and then headed home to be with her family.
Guy's I have a plan. Trust me things will work out. (*hint* he will show up again). And don't you think I didn't cry during this chapter, because I did. Just have faith in me please. REVIEW PLEASE. Bye :)