Disclaimer: I do not own the Turtles. They belong to the meanies at Mirage Studios who won't give them to me even though I've sent them a few very polite letters. I even asked Santa!

…sorry about that, I promise you I'm not too upset. So, let's do a recap: Sam kicked Mikey out of her house, he's sad, the guys have no clue what's going on, and you all hate Sam. Am I correct up to this point? Well good news, you won't be angry much longer! And no, I don't mean I'm going to drop an anvil on her head. That would be much too graphic.

That's all I can tell you, so I guess you should simply read to find out what happens. Enjoy!

PS-last edited March 17, 2010

Sam's parents return to find Sam on the couch with her knees tucked up to her chest, her expression pained. Surprised, it takes her father only two strides to reach the couch and he sits down, wrapping his arms around her tightly. Hands clasped atop her knees, Sam whispers, "I made the biggest mistake of my life."

Kissing her hair lovingly, her father rocks her back and forth as her mother comes around her other side, guiding her daughter's head to her shoulder. While hugging her shoulders, her mom asks, "What happened?"

Sniffling dejectedly, Sam manages to utter, "I made him leave. I got angry, let my temper get the best of me, and I told him to leave!" Then she breaks down into her mother's blouse, frightening her parents. The last time she cried like this was when she was battling her brief depression, and they don't want her to go back to that. It was so scary when they found her with a kitchen knife in her hand and a fresh red cut on her wrist, and they always worried afterward. Sam promised them it was the first time and she would never do it again, but they still kept a close eye on her. Mikey made her the happiest thing alive, and they prayed he could keep her from that swirling vortex. It was only a year and a half after her depression had subsided that she met him. Her world was turned upside down.

"Honey, all you have to do is apologize," her mother murmurs, knowing that Sam's talking about Mikey. His hand moving in circles on her back, her father assures, "He's a nice person, he'll forgive you. He knows how much you love him."

'Love him?' The thought hadn't fully occurred to her, but the searing emptiness and self disappointment force her to realize: 'I love Mikey. I pushed him away not because I hate him, but because I love him so much. They say that people to that to those that they love. Like I did."

"I don't think that I deserve to be forgiven," Sam sighs, running a hand over her face. Smiling sympathetically, her father whispers, "Mikey wouldn't want you feeling like this."

"Why not? I deserve it," she insists, rubbing the remnants of tears from her cheeks. Catching her gaze, her mother advises, "Do what you think is best." Sam swallows the lump in her throat and sits up from the couch, walking to her bedroom and closing the door softly.

April starts to the blaring ring of the phone and leaps over the coffee table strewn with papers, answering with a dazed, "Hello?"

"April? It's me, Sam." April's body becomes tense at her name, and voice cold she demands shortly, "Is there a reason you called?"

"Yes, and it's about Mikey," Sam replies. "I know that you probably heard about the other night, and you, along with Mikey and his brothers have every right to be angry with me. I feel terrible about how I acted and what I said, but I didn't really mean any of it. I just…want a way to set things right."

April nods slowly as she takes in Sam's words, the honest sound in her voice convincing her that Sam means what she's saying. Even April had trouble accepting the turtles were real when she first met them, and knows the feeling of having your world turned upside down by someone you meet. Mikey was even happier than usual with Sam, and she wants to get that back. "How can I help?"

Overjoyed that April's offering to help, Sam answers, "I need to get to where they live to talk to him."

Biting her lip, April ponders how she can do it. Mikey won't be thrilled to see her, Leo will be upset that she's leading her to their lair, and Raph will try to knock Sam's block off if she's not careful. It's a tall order, but Mikey's worth it. "Meet me at the Second Time Around Store on Wednesday at six o'clock."

Breathing a thank you, Sam hangs up the receiver and hugs her pillow to her chest. Now, the only problem is: will Mikey forgive her?

! Sam's gonna make everything better! :D

Okay, I just have a public announcement before we move on: I am writing a new story, and I need is your help. Yes, you. I need to come up with interview questions for the turtles from TMNT fans, and I said to myself: Why not ask real TMNT fans? It's genius! Here's what you do: Send me your suggestions for interview questions by either a message on my profile page, or through a review. Thanks, and please review!