Karai landed on a roof top, crouching in the darkness as four Foot Ninja ascended behind her, covering her flanks. She peered over her shoulder for a moment and back at the alleyway, covered by the night.
Soft whispers could be heard, carried with the wind from her left as she followed the sound, looking down two stories at an open window and a large shadow on a fire escape. She furrowed her brow for a moment, watching and listening as she watched the small girl with glasses smile, and a faint color of pink come to her cheeks.
The window closed with a quiet click slowly making itself into her ears as the shadow turned and their bandana tails flowed rhythmically beside them as they leaped up to another fire escape. Skillfully climbing and jumping until the large, familiar shadow was on the neighboring roof top, looking for an available out.
Their eyes locked and Karai sank lower to the cold cement of the building's ledge, trying to cover her body in complete darkness. The shadow before her hesitated for only a moment before walking closer to the ledge, standing and staring. She could feel their eyes on her body, screaming at her to show herself. Narrowing her eyes back on the darkness she stood, grasping the hilt of her katana at her back.
The Ninja behind her twitched to move but she held up a hand to keep him where they were. This wasn't going to be a fight, not tonight. Not with just one. She needed them all.
Then she realized as a slow smile crawled over her lovely face. This was a girl's apartment, and this freak before her is the reasoning for her flushed cheeks. She had taken a liking to whichever one this was, and Karai knew exactly where she lived, now.
Foolish creature.
If he hadn't made a show of himself, standing and squaring his shoulders daring Karai to attack she wouldn't have been the wiser. He was easily begging her to fight. Just them, alone without his brother's without her Ninja just them. After all these years of taunting and chasing he wanted just them. There had only been one that wanted this and she knew all too well which.
Leonardo was much too noble to have them fight on their own, without his brother's to help him take down their biggest enemy aside from her father. Donatello, much too cautious and Michelangelo too carefree to have even noticed her standing there. Her smirk spread to a smile as realization dawned on her.
Raphael.
The shadow stood, motionless as Karai's smile never left her face. She turned quickly to face her Ninja as they stood. With a nod of her head they fleeted into the night, across the roof tops in which they came. They'd be back soon or later to gather more information on whoever this girl was and ruin the freak's heart that had graced the girl with that sickening feeling of heat.
"Show me the ring!" April exclaimed as soon as Willow walked into April and Casey's apartment. Willow chuckled lightly at her older, red headed friend and extended her left hand. "Oh God! Leo sure has some taste, doesn't he? Who knew?" She chuckled as Willow nodded with a wide smile.
"I know, right. I didn't even hint. It's freaky. It's perfect though." Willow smiled looking down at her hand and stroking the hard diamond lovingly.
"So, you two set a date yet?" April asked, after eyeing her friend with a wide smile.
"I thought the hall set the date?" Willow said in amusement as April agreed pouring herself and Willow a cup of coffee and setting them down on her kitchen table as they both took seats.
"Well yes, but I thought you two wanted a traditional Japanese one first?"
"Oh that, yeah! We're just waiting on Donnie to get his license for it and Splinter is going to do it but Donnie will make it all official." Willow smiled as April giggled.
"I can't believe this. Where are you having it?"
"Down in the lair of course."
"Haven't you thought of doing it up some?" April asked sipping her coffee.
"Riley and Mikey were all over that with ideas. They kind of made my head spin a little, talking so fast about it. Mikey seemed really excited. Of course Izzy was all about decorating and traditional flowers and all that. Felicia and Donnie were going to get the robes for us." She shrugged as April nodded.
"Well, count on Casey and I to be there."
"Oh no doubt. Speakin' of, how is the hockey puck?"
"He's good." April chuckled. "He out getting us a new client."
"On his own?" Willow asked with wide eyes as April only laughed harder.
"Well, he has to grow up someday."
"Glad he figure that out." Willow said sarcastically as April shook her head.
"Oh, before I forget!" April said jumping from her chair and reaching up on her white two door fridge and grabbing a stack of magazines and books. Willow arched a brow for a moment as April spread them out before her. 'Modern Bride'. 'Simple Wedding'. 'The Everything Wedding Organizer'. 'Elegant Bride'. Willow sighed moving only her eyes under her lashes to give April a small smile.
"What's all this?"
"You're homework." April chuckled. "I've known you for quite sometime now missy and come to the realization that you will have absolutely no idea where to even begin with a wedding. The dress, the look, what you want and what is actually possible."
"It's my day, isn't everything possible?" Willow asked flipping open a magazine as April eyed her doubtfully. "Ok then."
"Ha, yeah and when did Leo turn into…" She trailed off, furrowing her brow as Willow arched one questioningly. "Who's that rich vampire you're always going on-"
"Edward Cullen…" Willow sighed rolling her eyes. "He's fictional, you read the books! And, you all need to stop it with that! I think Leo is getting seriously jealous."
"Like you said, he's fictional." April shrugged. "Leo does have the hair though." April chuckled as Willow rolled her eyes.
"Edward has bronze hair, Leo has dirty brown. I like dirty brown."
"Ok, now you're thinking way too much into this." April laughed as Willow sighed.
"Wedding! Remember!"
"Right. Izzy and myself have come up with some things." April said flipping to a page that had been marked with a bright pink prostate. Willow gasped as the page opened to a table, covered in a rose pink table cloth and silver glassware, pearl white plates, bowls and spiral, metal silverware. "Told you." April said proudly."
"I-I wasn't even thinking of…This…" Willow said running the tip of her finger over the beautiful page. "Wow."
"Izzy thought of you instantly." April chuckled. "It's very classy." Willow snorted shaking her head.
"Yeah, that's exactly the first thing you think of when you think of me."
"Oh shush. You like it don't you?"
"Love it."
"Leo has any objections?"
"He doesn't care what I do as long as he's there and dressed in a tux that's all he cares about."
"Good." Was all she said with a wide smile as Willow shook her head.
"Do I have veto power?" She chuckled as April did as well.
"I suppose Izzy and myself can grant you some."
"Red heads of the world unite." She said dryly as April laughed a little louder.
"Damn skippy."
"Why don't you just put on that red sweater you were wearin'?" Riley sighed, as she laid on her back, legs dangling off Felicia's bed as she ran her fingers slowly through her choppy platinum blonde hair.
"Because I don't wanna look too… Showy." Felicia shrugged as she tugged on another heather gray plain shirt with a small pocket over her left breast.
"So causal then?" Riley asked sitting up on her elbows to asses Felicia's next outfit of choice. "That's cute."
"I don't wanna look cute." Felicia grumbled as she ripped the clothing from her body and threw it to the ground like it was diseased.
"What do you want to look like then?" Riley asked rolling her eyes and laying back on the bed in a sigh.
"I don't know. Does Raph seem like the kinda guy that goes for 'cute girls?'" She asked using air quotations as Riley chuckled, peering at the brunette by looking down her body at the end of the bed where Felicia stood, hands on her hips wearing only a pair of tight, dark flare jeans and a black bra.
"No." Riley chuckled, lifting her chin towards the ceiling. "But, he doesn't seem like he'd go for you at all, so…"
"What?"
"Well, you're more a Donnie girl." She shrugged as Felicia's mouth dropped open. Riley tilted her head to look at her mouth agape friend and furrowed her brow. "What?"
"What does that mean?"
"You're a nerd." She shrugged as Felicia just opened her mouth wide again and Riley rolled her eyes looking back towards the ceiling. "Because that's a new thing to you?" She asked a chuckle as Felicia shook her head and turned back towards her closet.
"I'm not a nerd! Just because I'm smart and quiet and rather spend my nights reading books than going out and getting wasted doesn't make me a nerd!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy there killa. I was just sayin' that because you asked." Riley said sitting up as Felicia shook her head, her back still facing her the blonde. "There is nothing wrong with being who you are Leesh."
"Right. So what, am I supposed to go all Sandy Dee on him and smoke a cigarette with a leather jacket and tight leather pants?" She asked in angry sarcasm as Riley chuckled.
"As long as I get to be Rizzo."
"So what, that would make Izzy Frenchy?" Felicia chuckled as Riley let a soft one go.
"And Willow would be Jan." She said before snorting and laughing even harder. Felicia shook her head, letting her smile slowly fade as she pulled on a baseball tee, with black quarter-sleeves and a white middle with the an eight on the back.
"What about this?"
"No, that's Willow's. Wear something of yours." Riley said after sizing her friend up out of the corner of her eye and going back to ranking her fingers slowly through her blonde hair.
Felicia sighed and turned back towards her closet for the hundredth time. She'd never had this feeling before. Utter confusion as she tired to make herself look presentable. She never had a worry about it before, it made her who she was. Her choice of style. Smart, yet fun.
However, now dealing with someone that she knew never went for smart and only fun and possible sexy and devilish was making her stomach churn with worry. She wasn't sexy and she definitely wasn't devilish. Her idea of showing cleavage was a polo shirt with the buttons undone that stopped about half way to her breasts. Not even a inch of skin showing. Her mid-drift never was seen by anyone other than herself. Summer she wore one piece bathing suits and even then she wore a long sundress over it. She was modest and liked it that way.
Running her hands through her chocolate hair her bangs fell slowly back over her forehead. With a sigh, she adjusted her thick rimmed cat-eyed glasses on her scrunched nose. Pursing her lips she appraised her closet once again.
Sexy, but causal. Sexy, but causal.
The words kept running through her head, and yet she could not for the life of her figure out their meaning. Causal was a shirt and jeans and apparently after the fourth time showing said plain shirt and jeans to Riley it was lacking that certain something. She tired a red sweater for just amusement as Riley's eyes lit up and her head bobbed up and down enthusiastically. She couldn't wear that! Red? Of all colors! She had to find something different.
Tilting her head in confusion she heard her bed groan as Riley pushed herself onto the floor and dragged her feet to Felicia's side. They both stood, looking into the lightened closet, Riley with her hands on her hips as she brushed her bangs back into place.
"Here." Riley said simply, picking up a deep plum cardigan sweater and a black tank top, with a lacy edges on the top and bottom. Felicia arched a brow at her friend as she shoved the clothing towards her. "Perfect." She said placing the clothing over her friends nearly bare chest at arms length.
"But, this is…"
"What? It's not that bad. You'll have to put on a push up though." Riley mused as she went over to her friends dresser. Felicia eyed the clothing that was pressed against her body as she lifted her eyes at her friend going through her underwear drawer.
"What are you do…" Before she could finish Riley turned to her with a wide mischievous smile. "No." Was all the dark brunette said as Riley chuckled, tossing the red garment at her. "This was a joke gift!"
"And now the jokes on Raph." Riley chuckled as Felicia sighed.
"I'm not putting it on."
"It's perfect!"
"There are sparkles on it!" Felicia defended shaking the red push-up bra at her friend as Riley laughed harder.
"Just do it and quit ya bitchin'. Raph won't even know… Unless…" She smirked. "You plan on showin' him your undies? In that case, I'd totally go with those Felix ones you got in there." She whistled shaking her hand. "Sex-ie." She said as Felicia groaned, rolling her eyes and walking out of her room. "I'll know if you don't put the bra on! You boobs don't make cleavage on their own missy!"
"Well we all can't be graced with C cups!" Felicia yelled from the bathroom as Riley chuckled.
"You and Willow with this boob business. It only matters if their a handful." Riley defended laying back on her friends comforter.
"Ok, you and Izzy always say this and yet I've never heard any man in their right mind actually confirm it."
"That's because you date assholes." Riley shrugged. "Get your cute ass in here and lemme see."
Felicia looked at herself in the bathroom mirror as a sigh slowly went through her parted lips. She turned pushing the sweater closed a little more as Riley was completely right about the show visible cleavage. She should never listen to her. Maybe she'd leave and she could change into that heather gray shirt. With another sigh and roll of her eyes she exited the bathroom, crossing the hall into her bedroom.
"You look perfect! Sexy, and causal." Riley said with a gleaming smile as Felicia shook her head. It's so easy for Riley to say it and yet, she couldn't even comprehend the idea. She felt exposed and as if she was over doing it, just for a simple date? With Raph? He wouldn't even notice. She thought glumly as Riley hopped off the bed and opened Felicia's make-up bag.
"I can do that."
"I want to, it's fun playing dress up!" Riley chuckled as Felicia sighed and sat on the edge of her bed. "What shoes are you wearing?" She asked as Felicia pointed to her black beat up Doc Martains at the edge of her closet. "No." Riley shook her head. "Wear those boots Izzy let you borrow." She said with a smile as Felicia's eyes widened.
"I wore those for Halloween!"
"Yeah, and now you're gonna wear 'em tonight."
"I think this is ridiculous. He's not even going to notice half of this shit. It's totally uncalled for. It's just a date. We're probably going to just watch a movie at the lair. Which is fine with me. I want that. I want to be comfortable with him. I shouldn't have to…" She sighed shaking her head as Riley held it still applying foundation.
"Most of those things are true. He's totally going to notice as soon as he lays eyes on you. Raph isn't stupid, and you look amazing, even more so when I'm done your face. Shoes, fine you wanna wear those ratty things be my guest. It's almost as worse as Willow with those disgusting Chucks she's got. I'm waiting for her to ask if she can wear them under her dress." Riley snorted as Felicia smiled.
"You know she already considered sneaking them in right?"
"Oh Izzy and I will burn them if she does!" Riley said shaking her head as Felicia laughed. "I know Leo is going to be made to wear Chucks. Which, actually is a good idea and kinda hot."
"Just the idea of them in suits…" Felicia said quietly as Riley let out a soft moan.
"Mmm… Yeah. And then after, at the reception. Mikey's hair will be all crazy messy from the gel to hold it back and him being fed up and shaking his hands through it…" She sighed biting her lip. "And, rolling up his dress shirt sleeves and loosening his tie, unbuttoning his shirt, showing off his tanned chest and neck and…"
"Alright, alright!" Felicia said grabbing the closet book to her and fanning Riley's face. "Jesus, you wanna minuet alone or something?"
"I need to stop, you're right." She sighed. "Billy has been wondering why I've not been hanging out with him." Her voice grew softer as Felicia's eyes traveled down to her friends frowning face. She watched for a moment as Riley's brows slowly furrowed, and her head tilted to watch more carefully as the eye shadow brush swept slowly over Felicia's eye lid.
"What did you tell him."
"That I was just hanging out with Willow because of the wedding plans… And, I think he's, I don't know. He seems as less interested in me as I am in him. He gets mad really quickly too."
"Mad how?"
"Well, the other night we were watching a movie and Mikey called me. I answered." She shrugged. "Only because, I don't know really. I just saw the name and…" She sighed again. "Anyways, he asked me who it was and I said it was a friend and he demanded details and I said who it was and once he knew it was a guy he freaked on me. Telling me to get the fuck out and if I wanted to fuck another guy I shouldn't waste my time with him. I told him it wasn't like that and he just seemed to get even more riled up so I left and let him cool down. Two hours later he was at our apartment and apologized." She sighed again, looking down at her hands resting on Felicia's knees.
"Seems like a winner." Felicia snorted as Riley shook her head.
"He is a really good guy. He's just, confused and has a lot of things to worry about. I mean, when I met him he was just getting over an addiction and out of rehab, I just wanted to be there for him."
"I don't understand the attraction to men with tortured souls."
"It's not an attraction. I am attracted to him but not the fact that I want to help." She shrugged as Felicia sighed and nodded. "I just, I want him to be ok. Once he's ok maybe we can figure something out. But, I don't know this whole up and down bullshit is giving me a headache."
"Which is why Mikey is an easy out." Felicia mused, looking out her window as Riley sighed.
"I'd never use Mikey. He's too good. But, it's also so easy with him. To just sit and talk, or just sit and not talk. Just be close to him and not have to say anything at all. Comfortable. It's comfortable with him, like I've known the kid my whole life."
"But, he's a freak." Felicia said, her eyes still set on the slowly fading sun from behind the buildings of the city as the sky turned purple.
"It's not that." She sighed as Felicia shook her head.
"It's not. They're wonderful. All of them, for being exactly who they are without any formula or anything. They is nothing wrong with them. It's not like they asked for that to happen to them. Think of how tortured Mikey must be, how he must feel everyday knowing that you're going back to some other man. Something he can't ever be without a chemical to help him get there."
"I-I never thought of it…"
A knock at the front door made both girl's heads snap in the direction. Riley shifted from her knees to her feet as she gave Felicia a once over. Her face still hanging low, and Felicia could tell her mind was miles away. She sighed and cupped her hand around the blondes cheek, stroking it gently with her thumb.
"You'll figure it out." She said softly before turning out of bedroom door and walking to the small kitchenette and towards her front door. With a sigh and running her hands nervously through her short, choppy dark hair she opened the door.
Raphael stood beautiful at six foot two, leaning his large forearm against the door frame of Felicia's apartment. A small smile at his lips spread wider as he rank his eyes slowly over her small frame. She felt her face heat up instantly as those dark amber eyes landed on her own.
"Hey." He said with a slight nod of his head as Felicia tried to bit back another smile. Clearing her throat.
"Hi." She chocked out as the hand behind his back came forward and he held out a single red rose. She smiled wider looking at the delicate flower and back at him as he shrugged.
"Donnie said it'd be a good idea." He said as she smiled.
"It was."
"Good." He smiled as she took the rose.
"Come in." She said moving aside as he walked past her. She pressed the soft petals to the tip of her nose as she took in the sweet scent laced with the scent of his cologne as he passed. She removed the rose quickly as took in a deep breath of the air around her.
Riley walked into the kitchen, grabbing her bag from a chair as Raph smile at her. She gave a meek one back kissing Felicia on the cheek before leaving the apartment with a timid click of Felicia's door.
"What was that 'bout?" He asked with a furrowed brow as he leaned his shoulder into the separation of her living room and kitchen. She watched his muscle form in his biceps as his large arms crossed over his board chest. The fitted black shirt he wore, under a beat up leather jacket, clung to his body almost perfectly. Too perfectly. Another flash of heat burned in her face. She shook her head to herself and cleared her throat once more.
"Sh-She just needs to figure some things out with Billy." She said with a shrug as Raph nodded. "So, um… You look nice." She said, trying to fight back another blush. He smirked, his perfect dimple in his perfectly five-o'clock shadowed face made itself known as he looked down at his feet that were covered in the same boots as last time.
"Thanks. You uh, you do too." He said looking back up at her, tilting his head up only slightly as he let his eyes slowly, once more rank over her body. She couldn't fight back the blush this time.
"So, um, where we going? I thought we'd just hang out at the lair?" She shrugged, suggestively as he shook his head.
"Nah, too stuffy. Let's go out." He said, not suggesting at all, almost telling, so certain of himself. She felt her stomach twist, in another sure pleasure she felt from last night.
"O-ok." She stammered as he smirked once more pushing himself away from the wall and walking over to her. His body got closer with ever stride. His boots making a slight noise on her hardwood floor, matching the tone in her ears from her pounding heart. He stopped, inches away from her body as the smirk on his face never faltered. She felt her breath hitch, as she sucked it in from the contact of his hand on her exposed forearm.
Slowly gliding his large hand down her soft skin she had to fight the urge to close her eyes as she looked up into his. Finally, he took her small hand into his grasping it gently and walking past her, tugging her body beside his softly. She followed willingly, grabbing her bag on the way out and locking her apartment.
She tired to not smile as he held her hand the whole time, as her free hand locked the door. Turning back towards him, his beautifully crooked smirk against his lips still showing as she gave one back turning to walk down the hallway.
They walked out into the cool night as Felicia tugged her sweater closer to her body from the chill of the wind. Raph walked over to his bike that rested snugly against the sidewalk and took out a red helmet handing it to her from his side. She took it, as her body shuddered from another gust of wind and goose bumps crawled over her skin. He furrowed his brow, watching her shake against the cold as he shrugged out of his jacket.
She watched him for a moment, trying to figure out what he was doing as he held out the jacket towards her. She held tightly onto the helmet, looking at the leather jacket and the back at him. His face was almost pleading as he shoved it at her again. She placed the red helmet against the back seat and slowly, cautiously judging his expression slid the leather from Raphael's hands.
"You're gonna be cold." She said softly as he smirked and grabbed his own helmet. He only had on that black shirt, which apparently was long sleeved, but rolled up at his elbow and really did fit to ever curve of his muscle as she watched his back muscles move with him when his back was to her. The twist returned, along with a strike of heat, starting from her face and slowly rolling down her body.
"Cold blooded remember." He said softly, leaning towards her as he steadied the bike for her to get on. She smiled and slid into the large jacket. The lining was silky and a deep crimson as she slid it against her cold skin. The linger warmth of his body engulfed her own as she sighed softly, tasting the scent of his cologne as she did.
He took off down the dark streets and just like last time, she clung onto his body as tightly as she could. She felt the soft fabric of his shirt in her finger tips as the rest of her hand was covered with the long sleeves of his jacket. She felt a vibration in his chest and back as she grasped tighter when he sped up. She smiled herself, placing her cheek onto a strong shoulder blade.
"So where are we going?" She yelled over the roar of his engine and gust of wind. He chuckled again, she could feel it against her chest as he turned his head for a moment.
"Some place, nice." He said over his shoulder and looked back towards the road as she furrowed her brow.
"I don't think I'm dressed for nice." She said slightly nervous as he chuckled again.
"You'll be fine. It's not fancy or nothin'." He explained, turning his head periodically so she could hear over the wind. She nodded her head against his shoulder as he smiled, turning his face back towards the road.
She could smell the sea air getting closer and the scent of the city diminish as she tried to get a glimpse of where he was taking her. They could be leaving Manhattan completely but, where would they go from there? She wondered as she finally felt him slowing as he took another corner towards an alleyway. She took in a deep breath of ocean air once more as he turned the rumbling bike off, the vibrations slowly stopping from under her.
She unclenched her hands from around his waist as he looked over his shoulder at her with a smirk. She slid off the helmet, her hands instantly going to her hair as she smoothed it down, running her fingers through it. He got off the bike, holding it steady as she handed him back his helmet. He placed it on the handle bars and held his hand out for her as she arched a brow for a moment and let her cold hand fall into his warmer one. The heat was like an electric bolt, striking up her arm and into her face as he tugged her to her feet easily.
"This is my favorite place in the city." He said as he kept her hand in his and walked over towards the docks. She felt her breathing stop as she looked out towards the beautiful display before her.
The city was fully lit, lights glistening off the water in the harbor as she let her eyes wonder quickly across the skyline. She smiled and remembered the first night she and Willow sat on Willow's roof top, looking at the beautiful lights and the first night she met Raphael and his brother's.
"It's beautiful." She said softly, then looked over at him as he turned his head at almost the exact moment they made eye contact. He nodded, his lips slightly pursed and brow deeply furrowed as he leaned forward, crossing his arms over the railing, and lifting a foot to rest on the second.
She copied his movements, leaning her body slightly closer to his and felt his heat washing against her cold body as he turned towards her at the contact. His smirk was back as he lifted an arm from the railing and snaked it slowly around her waist, tugging her body against his side. She felt her face heat up, aside from the cold and her stomach twist. She molded perfectly beside him and tired not to think too much of that fact.
Clenching her eyes shut from the scenery before her she focused on something else. Anything else. She didn't want to get too caught up too quickly. She spent the whole night prior going over tactics in her head to keep this exact moment from happening. The comfort. The warmth rolling through her, the feeling of her heart hammering on in her chest. She ignored it all as she felt his thumb slowly start to moved up and down in a soothing motion on her side. Her heart sped up faster, and her stomach twisted, mixing with the heat and she thought for sure this was how she would die.
"So you like it?" His husk voice broke the silence as she snapped her eyes opened to the same glowing lights and glistening water before her. She nodded her head, not trusting her voice and he said nothing else. She took in fast gulps of air to full her lungs so she could try and talk normally for a moment, ignoring the hammer and heat.
Before she could manage a word his voice broke through the silence again.
"Wanna go grab somethin' to eat?" He asked, and she could tell from his tone that he was smiling. She nodded, turning her head towards his and almost stopped breathing again altogether as she noticed how close his face was to his. The smirk never faltered again and he never took a step back as he turned his body to nearly brush against hers.
Wind blew from the ocean and he brushed hair that wisped in her face back behind her ear and ran his thumb slowly across the warmth of her cheek. She closed her eyes for a moment, enjoying the soft feeling and swallowing the salvia gathering in her mouth. Her eyes darted quickly to his lips, as the pink of his tongue slowly rolling over his full bottom lip and back into his mouth. She made herself stay where she was. The muscle in her legs begging for her feet to just move an inch closer, push herself to her tip toes for just one second so their lips could touch. But she stayed where she was and his smirk never left.
"Y-yeah. I'm definitely hungry." She said after a moment of their eyes dancing over each others. He smiled wider for a second and then took a step from her and pulled her along with him back towards the bike.
They stopped at a 'mom and pop' pizza parlor that Raphael said was the best pizza in the whole city. Felicia chuckled, apparently he thought a lot of run down pizza parlors in the city.
"What?"
"Nothing." She shrugged as she walked into the warm, small restaurant covered in yellow tinted lights and red, and white checkered table clothes. Raphael order to large pizzas and Felicia arched a brow at him.
"Mikey." He shrugged as she chuckled.
"Is he joining us?" She asked as they took a seat at a high table, with two stools. Raph shook his head opening his Sam Adams as Felicia sipping her coke.
"Nah, it's for later. You wanted to go watch a movie or somethin' after?"
"Yeah, what's playin'?" She asked, leaning her elbows against the high table as he snorted, shaking his head.
"Whatever we have at the lair." He said almost bitterly. "This only lasts so long." He shrugged, motioning towards his body as she shook her head, looking down at the table. "I'd rather we did go somewhere." He sighed, almost frustrated as she raised her eyes to his face. It scowled down at the table as he twisted his bottle cap in his fingers.
"I like the lair." She said softly as he rose his eyes back up at hers. She smiled sweetly as he returned a small one.
Holding the pizza as best she could with one hand and grasping onto his soft black shirt with the other Felicia buried her face into the warmth of Raphael's back. He chuckled and the husk of his voice sent vibrations along her skin.
"Hold on tight." He said amused as she sighed, clenching her eyes.
"It's a short ride, right?" She said as he nodded in reassurance.
"Like two turns and we're there. You won't drop the pizza and I won't let you fall off." He said in complete certainty that made her doubt drift away.
"Ok." She said, clenching tighter as he snorted a laugh and took off towards the street entrance to the lair.
The large, metal double doors opened as Raphael's headlights closed in on them. Felicia never lost her grip on the pizza or on Raphael as he sped down the twisting alleyways with skill and beautiful manures that couldn't be performed by a professional biker.
He kicked his stand down and steady the bike for her to get off as he took the pizza from her hands. He waited for her to grab her things and adjust herself before he extended his free hand to her. She took it almost automatically as they walked towards the elevator that led down to the underground lair he called home.
"What did you wanna watch?" She asked, trying to cut through the silence in the ride down as he looked over at her with a smirk and shrugged.
"Doesn't matter." He said. "Mikey'll probably pick it and bug us the whole time."
"You don't have a TV in your room?" She asked curiously and then furrowed her brow at what she had just said.
"Well, yeah…?" He said almost as confused as she was. She swallowed the hard lump of nerves in her throat and continued with her thought process.
"Well, uh, we could, if you wanted, watch it there." She shrugged.
"Do you?" He asked in a hurry as she looked over at his wide eyed expression. She smiled and looked back down at her feet with a shrug.
"Yeah." She answered and everything seemed to flow much more simply now.
"Hey Pippy!" Mikey called from the kitchen as he and Leo both looked up from what they were doing when the doors slowly slid open. Felicia chuckled and waved as Raph grumbled something along the lines of 'idiot' or 'numb nuts' to his overly enthused brother.
"Felicia." Leonardo greeted from the table as Raphael dropped the pizza on it in front of his older brother. "Mikey, why'd you make Raph get you this if you're making food already?" He sighed, going back to running a cloth over the gleaming metal of his katana.
"Because dude, this is like the best pizza in the world. I couldn't have him not get me some!" Felicia giggled as Raph rolled his eyes going into the living room. He began to look over the vast amount of DVDs they had collected over the years on the large book shelve beside the even larger television. "You guys gonna watch a movie?" Mikey asked with a smile as Felicia opened her mouth to speak but Raph shot a glare at the youngest.
"Alone, yeah." He said curtly as Mikey rolled his eyes.
"Mikey needs to practice his katas anyways." Leo said over his shoulder at his little brother as he sighed rolling his eyes once more.
"Don't you have to be somewhere Leo, like away from me?" Mikey asked grabbing a piece of pizza as Leo chuckled.
"Nope, Willow is coming down later this evening and I am all yours until then. And I suggest you eat this after so you don't cramp up like last time." Leo said standing up as he slid is large blade into it's hold on his shell and quickly grabbing the pizza from his brother's hands before it entered his mouth.
"Aw man, c'mon! I'm so…. Hungry! I could die!" Mikey said as he went for another slice and Leo quickly moved in front of him, blocking his way to the pizza.
"I've seen you eat your weight in chips for the past hour. You're not anywhere near deprivation. Now, go." Leo pointed towards the Dojo as Mikey pouted and turned a heel, grumbling under his breath. "Have a good evening you two." He called over his shoulder as Raph slowly made his way back towards the table beside Felicia.
"You uh, you ready?" He asked softly as she smile, easily and nodded. So much simpler. So much ease to it now. She sighed happily as he took her hand in his again and walked with her up the stairs to brother's rooms.
He opened the door for her and she stepped in, shrugging out of his jacket and placing it on a set of barbells in the corner. He watched her carefully from the doorway, before softly clicking it behind him.
She closed her eyes and took in the familiar scent of him with the linger cologne he applied earlier still linger in the air around his bed. She sat on the edge of it and looked up at him as he slowly walked into the center of his room.
"It ain't much." He shrugged as she shook her head.
"Simplicity is best." She smiled as he gave one back and sat next to her. "What did you choose?"
"Oh, uh, Willow let us borrow Sin City and I've never seen it…"
"Oh awesome!" Felicia said grabbing the DVD that Raph extended towards her as she got from the bed and placed it into his player. "I can't believe you've never seen this? It's amazing."
"You've seen it?"
"Only a million times." She chuckled.
"We can get somethin' different if you-"
"No, I haven't seen it in awhile. It's not a movie you tire of." She explained as she sat back on his bed, towards the middle, Indian style. He smirked, watching her causal posture and leaned back against his headboard, crossing his arms over his chest as he kicked his boots off, crossing his legs at his ankles.
She looked over her shoulder at him with a smile and pushed herself back, sitting next to him and leaning back on the headboard as well. The movie started as she felt his arm move beside her as her hand lay limply against her stomach. His fingers slowly brushed against the soft skin on her arm, slowly crawling their way up to her hand until he grasped it tightly, pulling it over to him and laying it against his stomach. She looked at him from the corner of her eyes as his smirk was on his face and his dimple making itself known in his cheek that faced her. The twisting and heat returned in her stomach as he softly rubbed his thumb across the back of her hand.
She could feel his hardened stomach beneath her hand and arm as it rested against his abdomen. The lump returned in her throat as she tried to swallow it down, feeling the nerves kick in slowly. She wanted to do so much to him and had no where to even start. She wanted to just jump him right then and there but that would give him the wrong impression. She never wanted him to think less of her, or less of himself.
She sighed softly and he turned his head towards her with a furrowed brow. She met his worried gaze and gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand. He smirked for a moment and squeezed back as he returned his eyes back to his television.
Her eyes went to the screen for only a moment as they gazed back at him from the corner of her eye and her breathing hitched. His tongue slowly darted out from his mouth and painfully slowly dragged itself across his full bottom lip. The heat twisted in her stomach and her hips twitched for a moment. She looked back towards the screen, clenching her eyes shut and opening them as Goldie and Marv started going at it in the heart shaped bed. She groaned softly at the scene as Raphael chuckled beside her. She could feel his stomach muscle tightening under her hand.
Then his hand left hers on his stomach. She froze as she felt the weight shift beside her as he turned on his side. Half of his body covered her own as she sank down into his sheets, laying her head back against his pillows. She could smell his scent filling her scenes from all around her as his dark eyes bore into hers. She swallowed hard as his hand that once held hers moved to the side of her face, softly grazing her cheek. He watched his fingers move across her soft skin and down the side of her neck as she closed her eyes to the caress.
"Do ya know how beautiful you are?" He asked furrowing his brow as if it were a real question and not just a random line. She snapped her eyes open and looked back into his as she shook her head. He sighed, as his hot breath washed against her face. "Ya really not as fuckin' smart as Donnie goes on 'bout then." He said fighting back a smile as he leaned off of her.
He went back to his previous position beside her, arms crossed over his chest and feet crossed over an ankle. She tried to steady her heart beat as she started up at his brick ceiling, gasping for air. Her body felt cold without the warmth of him hovering that close to her. She wanted more and yet nothing at the same time. She didn't want to ruin the feeling and she didn't want the feeling to begin with. Slow, she wanted to take this slow but things were too simple. Too hot for her to handle.
She slowly repositioned herself back against the headboard, hands against her stomach as he smirked to himself, reaching over and grasping her hand in his. He left his hand on her stomach this time and she felt her body tense. It wasn't as flat and tight as his was and she tried to suck in to hid that fact. He looked over at her with an arched brow and she let out the breath she was holding, slowly escape through her parted lips.
"What are ya doin'?" He asked with a furrowed brow, but slightly amused.
"Nothing." she shrugged as he rolled his eyes and laid his hand flat on her stomach. She placed her hands over his as he gripped the silky fabric of her tank top and opened it flat again. She let out another slow breath to the feeling as he turned his head over to her as it still leaned against his headboard.
"You keep doin' that." He said still looking towards her as she looked back.
"Doing what?"
'Breathin' all heavy and shit? You ok?" He asked in amusement again as she sighed once more.
"I think so." She shrugged.
"You want me to take you ho-"
"No." She said quickly as he smiled.
"Good."
"I'm comfortable." She sighed again as he smiled wider, turning back towards the screen.
"Good." He said again, slightly softer as she felt a smile of her own. He took his hand from her stomach, and lifted it up over her head. She watched it hover for a moment as he she looked back at him with a confused expression. He nodded his head forward as she understood and leaned up. He snaked his arm around her shoulders and down her back until it rested at her waist and softly tugged her body closer against his side. She couldn't fight back the smile as she turned her body into his, laying her head down on his strong shoulder.
His fingers lazily ran patterns across the skin on her hip. She turned her face into his shoulder, close to the side of his neck and took in a slow, long breath letting it out with a smile. His body shuddered the tiniest bit from the hot air from her breath washing against his neck as she smiled when his hold around her tightened.
I........... suck! I'm sorry its taken me forever to write this but I've been working on like three other things and retail during the holidys is just the worst thing ever. Also, I didn't know if you all noticed but Twilight came out, and yeah I've been obsessed with Edward Cullen since Twilight came out as a book. So I was just a little TOO excited for that fact and Rob Pattinson has just been preoccupying my time lately with all his British sexy glory. hahaha. So am very very sorry and Missing Piece (for those of you who are reading that as well) is on a little hitaus at the moment. Apparenlty the writers block hasn't been lifted from my brain just yet. It'll come along though, I have faith! Thank you all for sticking with me and my crazy randomness!! Love you!!