Willow looked down at the two outfits she laid out for herself on her large queen size, dark magenta bedding. Chewing on her thumbnail, her eyes flicking back and forth over the jeans, black dress slacks, long sleeve black shirt with boat neck, and an emerald sweater with white ribbed tank top. She sighed rolling her eyes.

She couldn't figure out why she had been so nervous. Since Felicia had left her to get ready, she kept wondering why this feeling arose in her stomach. This stomach churning, butterfly infested, twisting feeling that made her palms grow clammy. She wiped her hands across the hips of her sweat pants and sighed running them up through her straightened, long hair. She let grow longer the past months and it was nearing the center of her back. She loved the feeling of Leonardo stroking her long brunette strands.

She smiled for a moment, beside herself and sighed once more, straightening her side bangs back in place to the right. Picking up the dark colored jeans from her bed she slowly slid them on, next with her white tank top over her matching under garments. She turned towards full-length her mirror for a moment, checking her back side and with an approving sigh she slipped on her sweater.

It was turning dusk out as Willow made her way to the familiar manhole cover in a short alleyway a block away from her apartment building. It was already pushed aside, her guess from one of the brothers, knowing her on time attendance. She pushed it over more with her foot and went down the ladder, taking in the familiar musky scent of the sewer.

She made her way to the familiar bricks that secretly hid to the untrained eye a place she called home. Before she place her hand on the piping to open the doors they opened themselves to Michelangelo's smiling normal, green face.

"Hola Senorita!" He exclaimed as she giggled and gave the youngest a hug.

"Hi Mikey. Wow, smells fantastic in here!" She said making her way down the cement stairs, noticing the kitchen with pots and pans filling the stove. "Been busy Mike?" She chuckled as he nodded.

"Leo wanted a big dinner." He shrugged. "Couldn't exactly leave him by himself in the kitchen." Mikey laughed.

"Leo was cooking?" She asked in disbelief as Mikey laughed louder.

"Yeah, a bit. He wouldn't give up. He didn't do half bad."

"Huh…" She said as she eyed the blue clad turtle in the kitchen stirring in a pot. He turned slowly and saw her face with an amused, arched brow expression. Putting the spoon down he ran towards her, grasping her around the waist. Her feet lifted from her ground as she giggled and put her hands at his shoulders as he spun with her in his arms.

"Hello, love." He said setting her back on her feet as she smiled and kissed his lips softly.

"You're making dinner?" She asked motioning towards the mess of the kitchen as he smiled meekly before turning from her.

"Trying." He shrugged as she smiled hugging her body against his arm as her fingers clenched onto his. She kissed his shoulder as he smiled for a moment. "You look beautiful." He sighed looking down at her face, sliding his fingers through her soft hair as her face burned red.

"So, how can I help?" She asked turning towards a pan and grabbing the wooden spoon as Leonardo pulled her back towards him by the waist. She chuckled and was turned back towards his face as she kissed his beak. "What?"

"No helping. You have a night off of cooking. Mikey and myself will deal with this. You go sit." He said pointing towards the table. Rolling her eyes she kissed him once more and walked backwards towards the table sitting.

"Well, Leo do you think that maybe you should stir that pot so that the spaghetti doesn't stick to the…"

"Don't be a backseat cooker Will." Mikey said over his shoulder as he handed a spoon to Leo.

"I'm just making sure that you two don't…" Leo turned around and shot a glare at her as she bit her lip for a moment and cleared her throat. "So Mikey, how was hanging out with Riley?" Mikey's face spread into a wide smile as Leo smirked himself.

"It was nice, we talked." He said causally. Willow smirked for a moment.

"About what…?" She pushed as he smiled wider.

"Well, skating and movies mostly. She told me she's never seen the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and I told her that was ludicrous and she needed to right away!" He exclaimed while stirring a pot. Willow giggled and nodded her head, picking at a piece of Italian bread.

"She say anything about Billy?"

"Uh….No actually." Mikey said with an amused tone.

"She said something about heading that way tonight when I was getting ready." Willow shrugged. Mikey froze for a moment as she picked the piece of bread apart, not noticing his suddenly stiffened posture. "She didn't seem all that thrilled." She said looking back towards him as he let out a soft breath and continued stirring. "Is Raph up?" She asked patting her hands together to dust the crumbs off of them and getting from the table.

"Yeah, he's in the dojo." Leo said nodding in the direction.

"I just need to ask him something." Willow smiled talking into the alcove as Leo furrowed his brow, turning towards Mikey as he shrugged.

Sliding her hand slowly along the cold bricks a smile went across her face to the repetitive smacking of skin against leather. She slowly slid open the large wooden door of the Dojo, watching him punch his large fist forward as it connected with the old, faded red leather punching bag. He brought his head up to her as she entered looking back at the bag with another punch.

"Hey slick." She winked as he sighed stretching his arms out, stepping back from the bag.

"What's up?" He asked turning away from her and cracking his knuckles as she walked towards him.

"Have a good night last night?" She asked dryly as he shook his head, turning to look at her over his shoulder. She arched a brow at him as he sighed.

"I dun wanna hear it." He said turning from her and reaching for his sais.

"Do you really think it would have changed anything Raph?"

"I didn't do it, did I?" He said turning back towards her as she rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, thank God Licia needed you."

"Even if she didn't call I still wouldn't of…"

"Oh bullshit!" She cut him off as he rolled his eyes and turned back to his sais running a rag over the tip, shinning them. "You were totally going to and you know it." She said placing her hands on her hips.

"You ain't my mother, you can't tell me what I can and can't…"

"The hell I can't! You know it was stupid!"

"Nothin' happened!" He snapped back throwing the rag against the barbells in the corner.

"But somethin' could have!" She yelled as he growled and turned from her.

"You're bein' retarded. It ain't even your business."

"Her hurting you is my business." She said a little spfter, walking closer to him as he twisted his sai in his hand, sliding it back into place on his belt.

"She can't hurt me anymore Will, and you can't keep protectin' me from her." He said, his voice slowly dropping as he crossed his arms over his plastron. She sighed walking over to him and leaning against the metal holds of the barbells..

"I just want…"

"I know, I know. Jesus… If you weren't meant for Fearless I don't who is. You two nag the shit outta me worse than a girlfriend and mother combined." He said turning towards her in a small smile. She smirked back punching his shoulder.

"Whatever keeps you sane." She shrugged.

"Barely…" He muttered as she punched him again. "Easy! I'm breakable." He said as she rolled her eyes. "So…Licia said somethin' to ya 'bout last night?"

"Yeah, she did." Willow said looking down at her shoes as she tapped them together slowly, before peeking back at the red-clad brother from under her lashes. He arched an eye ridge at her.

"And?" He asked slightly impatient as she laughed softly, leaning away from the barbells and walking back out of the dojo. "Hey! I asked you somethin'!"

"Smells good huh?" She asked ignoring him completely as he growled under his breath. He caught up to her in the alcove grabbing her by the tricep. She looked at his large hand wrapped easily around her arm and back up to his amber eyes, arching a brow slowly. "What?"

"What she say?" He asked softly, looking down to the main room for a moment. Willow follow his gaze and smiled wider.

"She just told me what happened." She shrugged. He nodded his head slowly letting her arm go as she kept her wondering expression on his face. "That's it?" She asked as he looked back towards her and nodded taking a step back.

"Yeah." He said plainly, walking into the main room. Willow watched him walk away as she shook her head with a small laugh.

"Men…" She mumbled to herself following after him.

Dinner was finished as Donnie and Mikey made their way in front of the TV for a movie. Raph went to Casey's for a beer and most likely than not staying till he crawled back early tomorrow morning. Leo and Willow stayed in the kitchen as she dried a dish that he handed her.

She smiled at him as he gave a small smirk back leaning over and kissing his cheek.

"I love you…" She said in a soft sing-song voice. He smiled wider as she leaned her body against his arm, resting her chin on his shoulder as she placed the plate on the counter.

"I wanted to show you something." He said placing another plate on another dish towel. She picked it up drying it off quickly and stacking it on the other.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" She asked turning back towards him and only raising her eyes to his as he looked at her out of the corner of his, keeping his smile.

"We'll finish up here, you'll need your jacket." He said nodding towards the table behind them where her jacket hung on the back of her chair. She nodded her head and wiped off another dish.

"So we're going out?" She asked after a moment of silence as he chuckled lightly.

"Yes."

"Like, out…Out?" She asked slightly confused as he chuckled again.

"You'll see." He said leaning against her as she grasped his bicep letting him hold her weight as he leaned over her to put the dishes away. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him as she smiled before his lips kissed her. "Ready?"

"When you are baby." She said kissing him against as he laughed and took a step from her walking to the table and grabbing her jacket. He held it open for her as she smiled and put her arms through. He placed it on her shoulder smoothing out the ivory corduroy. "Thank you." She said with a smile as he nodded, holding out his arm as she hooked hers through his.

"We'll be back later." He called over his shoulder. Mikey held up a hand in acknowledgement as Donnie smiled.

"Sure thing Leo, have fun." He said as Leo turned back towards Willow with a smile as they walked up the stairs.

He held open the manhole cover for her as she pulled herself up the ladder, kissing him on the way out as he jumped out after waiting for her to look around the empty alleyway. He pushed it in place with his foot as he took her hand, guiding her through the shadows as the night was already thick in darkness.

They turned two corners, a block and a half away from the manhole they left and he jumped up to a fire escape pulling the ladder down. He held it in place as she watched him carefully. He caught her eyes with his and nodded his head to jester her to go first. She smiled and walked to him climbing up the cold metal. She placed her foot over the railing, stepping onto the platform of someone's fire escape and pressing her lips together to keep silent.

"Leo…" She whispered softly.

"Sh…" He said coming up beside her quickly as she covered her mouth from a scream. "What?" He chuckled as she slapped his arm.

"What's wrong with you?" She hissed. "I thought you were still down there." His shoulders shook with laughter as he leaped up to another platform, leaning down and holding his hands out.

"C'mon." He said shaking his hands at her as she furrowed her brow.

"What?"

"Grab on." He said, still whispering as shook her head.

"Are you crazy?" She hissed back as he sighed.

"Will, I'm not gonna drop you, grab on."

"I'm not worried 'bout you." She said looking over her shoulder at the ground two stories down.

"Will, just hold my hands it'll take a second, I promise. Then we're on the roof from there." She bit her lip and looked back at him, bouncing her weight from foot to foot. She looked over her shoulder at the dark street and back to his trusting eyes. She smiled for a moment, stretching her arms to his as he grasped her around her wrists.

She bit her lip harder to keep from yelping as he placed her feet on the platform in front of him.

"See, wasn't that bad." He said with a smile, tilting her face to his by her chin as she smiled and nodded her head. "Trust me." He said as she sighed softly.

"Always." He smiled taking her hand in his as he climbed the fire escape to the roof. She took in a slow breath as she noticed the wind pick up around her, sending her hair to wisped past her face, lifting from her shoulders as his bandana flowed with it. She closed her eyes as he took the large step first to the high ledge, putting his hands out for her as she opened her eyes slowly looking at him above her, the moonlight showing itself from behind a smog cloud. He smiled for a moment as she felt her heart leap up in her chest. Always in certain moments she would feel that certain pulse of undeniable love for him. Taking in a breath she placed her thick soled Doc Martin boot on the ledge and he lifted her up on the ledge.

She smelt the wind more clear up her, away from the streets and different restaurants and apartment cooking. The ocean was in the air as she sighed softly to the scent. He walked backwards, holding her hands as he lead her to the other side of the roof. She smiled at him as he kept his smile and eyes on her.

"This is my favorite place in the city." He said softly as he finally moved out of her sight line. She gasped, taking her hand from his and placing it over her mouth and looking out at the skyline before her, glistening against the water in the harbor.

"This is beautiful…" She whispered as he smiled.

"Not comparatively." He said back, looking at her from the corner of his eye as she smiled turning head towards him.

"Smooth." She said, adding a soft chuckled as he leaned forward against the cement ledge. She followed, leaning against his side as his arms crossed in front of him. "This is beautiful Tiger." She said, laying her head against his shoulder as the moon moved from another cloud and shimmered against the rippled waters.

"I wanted to show you this, and ask you something." He said, seeming as though he was searching carefully for his words. She furrowed her brow slowly lifting her head to look at him.

"Ask me what?"

"Something important, actually." He said keeping his eyes out towards the water. His expression in a serious frown as she took in a slow breath.

"Ok, well…What?" He smiled to himself before turning his face towards hers. He reached into the side of his belt as she watched his hand, almost disappear in the shadows of both their bodies. It reappeared before her, a small black box. She furrowed her brow again, slowly as she reached towards it letting her finger tips trace against the soft faux velvet. "Wha…Um…" She stammered as he kept his smiled, moving his thumb as the box crept open, reveling a small white gold band with a small diamond in the center. "Leo…" She breathed as he took her hand with his free one.

"Willow Ann Giordano…" He said softly looking into her eyes. They darted to the ring for a moment and then back into his as her mouth slowly opened. "Will you marry me?"

"Where did you get this ring?" She asked looking back down at it as he sighed.

"April has been accumulating money from us for awhile." He said as she took it out of its place and looked at it closer.

"What?" She asked looking at him as he shrugged, leaning against the ledge.

"Rewards, things like that. April would take the money for our efforts. She kept it in a savings. That and a lot of the money Donnie made doing his tech job."

"So, you bought this?" She asked still confused as he nodded his head. "You, you walked into a store and picked this out and handed the sales person money?" She asked in disbelief as he chuckled a little and nodded his head again. "Was it a woman?" She asked her brow creasing further as he arched an eye ridge.

"What's that matter?"

"Because you're… Attractive…When you're in…That other form…Like, ya know human. And if it was a woman she was most likely flirting with you but you're, you so you wouldn't of known. I should have went with you!" She said crossing her arms as he rolled his eyes in a sigh.

"Will." He said trying to break into her train of thought.

"What?"

"You didn't answer my question." He said softly, lifting a finger and pointing to the small black box in her hands. She pressed her lips together and looked back down at the delicate ring and back to him.

"It was a stupid question." She shrugged. He furrowed his brow, sitting up straighter.

"What?"

"You already know the answer." She smiled slowly, handing him back the box. His brow creased again in disappointment as she rolled her eyes and stuck out her left hand. "I'm not placing my engagement ring on my own finger." She sighed wiggling her fingers. He smirked shaking his head and taking the ring from the box and sliding it slowly onto her ring finger.

She looked down at it on her finger, the smile growing wider on her face. She jumped up in a squeal, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. He took a step back, supporting her body that was thrown onto him as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"This is real." She said softly into his neck as he nodded.

"Very."

"Are you sure?" She asked furrowing her brow, thinking of the different things he was going through for this wedding for her. All for her. She felt her stomach twist to the thought and then the small circling of his cheeks against hers.

"Never been more sure about anything in my life." He said softly into her ear. She sighed, placing her forehead on his shoulder.

"We're getting married…" She sighed.

"Yes we are." He smiled. She pulled back from his, placing her hands on his shoulders to hold him away from her to read his expression.

"This is happening…" She said in a serious tone as he kept his smile.

"Yes, it is."

"Wow…" She breathed.

"Yes." He said in a chuckle.

"You're so calm… I don't understand why that's a surprise. You're always calm… I feel like my heart is gonna pop out of my chest…"

"Did you want to sit..?" He asked in concern as she chuckled patting his shoulder, turning from him to lean her back against the high ledge.

"No…No. I don't think sitting will help."

"You, you want to get married…Don't you?"

"Yes! Yes I do! Of course I do Leo."

"Good." He sighed. She smiled a little sliding closer to him until her side rested against his plastron. He kissed her temple softly, moving her soft hair aside with his beak. "I love you." He whispered softly as she felt a chill rush over her skin and down her spine.

"That never sounded more true, than at that moment." She said in surprise, turning to look at him. He smiled, tucking her wild hair behind her ear, and cupping her cheek in his hand.

"That's because it was." He said, letting his eyes dance over hers. She smirked placing her small hand over his.

"Oh shit." She gasped.

"What?"

"We have to tell my mom…" She sighed. She grimaced, shrinking away from him as he laughed.

"I know. We could go this weekend. Call her and tell her we're coming down." He said letting his fingers play in her hair as she sighed feeling more relaxed.

"Ok. This weekend then. For real, this is really happening."

"You keep saying that as if this isn't." He arched an eye ridge.

"I just feel like… I don't know. That…It's not." She shrugged. He tugged her head forward as his lips pressed against hers. She moved her body into his as his hands circled around her waist. He pulled back, opening his eyes on hers as she let out a soft sigh.

"Was that real?" He asked.

"That always feels like a dream." She whispered. He smiled leaning into her again with a soft kiss. "Man…This is really happ-" He kissed her again, placing his hand at the back of her neck, forcing her lips harder to his. She clenched her eyes shut tighter, putting her hands on his shoulders and slowly sliding them across the muscles until her wrists crossed out behind him pressing her chest to his.

"Are you finished?" He asked, pulling away from her lips to look down at her face. She smiled nodding her head. "Wonderful. Let's get you back to the lair to warm you up." He said rubbing his hands over her arms. She nodded with a smile following him back down the fire escape.

She bit her lip as the thoughts raced through her head at that moment. Her stomach fluttered in suspense as she wanted to know what was going to happen. She was anxious and as she placed her hand on the cold metal railing of the fire escape the moon uncovered itself again that night, shinning down on her small diamond. Her heart caught in her throat as she looked at it and down the level to his face.

He turned towards her holding his arms out to caught her. She smiled sliding into them as he held her by the waist. Her eyes caught with his and her smile widened.

"What?" He asked setting her down.

"I never felt like this." She shrugged.

"Like what?" He asked looking down to the ladder and stepping down on it to hold it steady for her with his weight.

"Whole." She said stepping down and looking at him, eye level as he held her to the ladder with one arm.

"Me too." He said softly. "Weird isn't it?"

"Very." She chuckled.

The light from the apartment they were on clicked on as a man on the other side of the window rushed towards it, opening the curtain. Leo grasped Willow's waist tighter against his body, swinging himself with one hand and leaping down the fire escape. He pressed her back tightly against the alleyway wall and placed his larger hand over her mouth to cover her yelp of surprise from the leap.

"Who's out there?!" The man yelled, opening his window and looking out onto the empty platform.

"Sh…" Leo said softly, looking up at the fire escape as the man stepped out onto it. Willow smiled under his hand as Leo's eyes darted up at the man, holding a bat in his hand and leaned over the railing.

The man grunted something to himself before going back into his apartment and slamming the window shut. They heard it lock and the curtains close before Leo released his hand. She chuckled lightly as he let out the breath he was holding.

"That was exciting." She said in a smile as he groaned and walked to the alleyway. "What?" She chuckled following after him. "Can you remind me to have you teach me those amazing Ninja skills?" She said laughing as he shook his head.

"You're the one that made noise." He said over his shoulder, lifting the manhole cover.

"You were trespassing!" She said in between laughter. He sighed shaking his head as he opened his arm for her to enter the sewer. "Wait till Raph hears this."

"No! This is not to be mentioned." He said sternly as she only laughed harder.

"Yes Master." She said bowing and laughing again as he rolled his eyes and dropped down the ladder first.

"Get down here!" He growled as she chuckled moving down the ladder and pushing the manhole over her head into place.