I am sorry for the errors at the end of this chapter. I fixed them and this chapter has been EDITED. I have been working 150 hour weeks and wanted to get this chapter out before people starting giving up on me again! I am determined to finish this story! Thank you to everyone who keeps reviewing! I love them! The next chapter is already started and on it's way! Good things come to those who wait!

Raphael woke up slowly, opening his eyes to the beautiful sleeping face beside him. Her chocolate brown hair laying haphazardly around her face as she snored softly underneath her bright yellow and dark green comforter set. He watched her sleep, remembering how he felt the first time he saw her on Willow's roof top. He knew she was beautiful, he could see that easily. She was his type, dark hair and eyes with a curvy frame. Getting to know her, listening in on the conversations she had with Donnie he realized that she was smart too and almost timid.

He never thought of himself falling for such a scared little thing. She was always so soft spoken and quiet whenever he and his brother's came around to hang out with Willow. He always found himself gravitating more towards strong, independent woman but Felicia was strong in her own way and completely independent. As well as the most sexiest thing he's ever had the pleasure to wake up next to. She had no fears with love and he was scared to death of it. In that sense she was a lot more brave than he was. He gave himself to a woman once and it damn near broke him. He wouldn't let that happen again, he couldn't.

Felicia's eyes fluttered open slowly to Raphael's handsome green face. She smiled up at him and he smiled back, brushing her hair from her eyes.

"Mornin'." He said, the sound of his voice sending a chill down her back. It was rough, husky and wonderful.

"Morning." She said back, the softness of her fresh morning voice brought to mind how soft spoken she really was. He smirked at her, leaning down to her lips and pecking them. "Thanks for staying." She whispered, still snuggled under her thick comforter as he chuckled and nodded his head

"No problem." He shrugged. She pulled herself out from under the covers and wrapped her arms up around the back of his head. She pulled him down to her, giving his mouth a soft kiss. He pulled back quickly, getting from the bed. "Want coffee?" He asked as she looked up at him from her still laying position.

"Uh, yeah... But, um... Maybe we could just lay for a little longer?" She asked as he turned to her, surprised.

"Why?" He asked, sitting back down on her bed.

"Um... Well," She chuckled a little before shaking her head. She was being ridiculous. They agreed they were going to go out. This is her boyfriend now. She needs to be able to tell him anything she wants. Open and honest. That's exactly what she would want from him so why can't she do the same? "I liked laying next to you and you're so gun-ho about getting up and at 'em that we didn't get to... Well... snuggle." She pouted as he shook his head with a laugh.

"You wanna... Snuggle?" He said with almost a grimace. The word sounding just wrong in his mouth.

"Yeah tough guy, I do." She said, her voice getting stronger as she leaned up in bed. "You got a problem with that? You don't wanna snuggle with your girlfriend? You too much of a badass?" She asked through laughter as she crawled over to him on her knees. He raised an eye ridge at her, trying to fight back a smile.

"You are somethin' else. Ya know that?" He said as she shrugged and kissed his beautiful emerald green shoulder. The word girlfriend coming out of her mouth was still so foreign to him. He was happy but, almost unsettled at the same time. He hadn't been in a relationship in a long time and he knew what it entailed but, this was different. He could be human. He could take her out and what if that's all she wanted? Was Felicia even capable of being that kind of woman? So stuck in the thought of him as something he could never be? He doubted it. But, the voice in the back of his head nagged at him not to get too attached just yet. He wish with everything in him that he could just be like her and let himself go in this relationship without any worries, but he just couldn't. Something told him though, that she understood. She had to. It's not exactly a normal relationship she's getting herself into. Of course he's going to have doubts. He hoped she understood...

He broke out of his thoughts to the feel of her soft, beautiful pink lips moving against his skin. She dragged her lips softly over his scarred flesh, kissing his bicep. She looked up at him under her eye lashes and noticed his dark brown eyes were starting to get darker. She smiled at the reaction, loving that she had the same effect on him as he did her. She tugged him back against the bed as she laid her body over his, laying her head on his shoulder.

"We do need to get up sooner or later." He said through a yawn and she chuckled and dragged her finger tips across his chest plate.

"Sure, sure." She smiled, kissing his cheek and moving over to his mouth.

"Good morning Mikey." Leo said slowly and unsure as he watched his youngest brother making about a dozen eggs in Willow's kitchen. Mikey whistled to himself scrambling the eggs around a large skillet, looking over his shoulder.

"Hey Leo!" He said, reaching across the counter and sliding a mug of tea to the eldest. Leo grabbed it before it landed on the floor and eyed the light greenish liquid carefully then his brother.

"You're, uh... Up early and... Happy?" He said as Mikey chuckled.

"Had a good night I guess." He shrugged as Leo smirked, sitting down at Willow's small table.

"I'm sure you did." Leo said sipping his tea. He furrowed his brow, remembering the conversation he had with Don and cleared his throat. "I had a talk with Don last night." Mikey turned, noticing the change in tone to his brother's voice and pulled the large pan off the stoves heat.

"What about?" Mikey asked, turning one of Willow's chairs towards his and sitting in a swift motion.

"He was walking Betty home and was going through an alleyway when some new recruits landed on a fire escape above him..."

"He's ok right?" Mikey asked cautiously. He knew if something happened to his brother Leo would have already been gone. He just needed to make sure.

"No, he's fine. They didn't see him he said he kept to the shadows." Leo reassured him and Mikey nodded with a breath of relief, relaxing back into the chair.

"What new recruits?"

"Well, that's what he was unsure of. He thought that they may have mentioned Karai, but he couldn't be sure. They kept saying her so, who else could it be?" Leo asked, pinching the bridge of his beak. "I knew something was going to come up soon rather than later. I just wished it would have happened before the wedding. I can't put this all on Willow with her stressing about the wedding as she is. It's unfair. This problem is ours to bare. It shouldn't burden her." He sighed, taking a sip of his tea. Mikey nodded.

"We have to figure out something to do in the mean time." He shrugged as Leo nodded.

"We have to stay human as much as possible. They don't know us as humans yet, only as turtles. We need to stay out of sight, try and do more patrols through the streets as humans." Leo shrugged, shaking his head at how ridiculous it all sounded. Patrolling as humans was almost as bad as those kids playing vigilantly through the streets at night, getting themselves killed. As though he and his brothers were going to play cops and robbers in jeans and t-shirts. It was stupidity.

He had been trying to train himself in his human form, forcing himself to get used to holding his katana another way. He had five fingers now and the thumb was always off. He nearly broke his wrist the other day trying to maneuver through a lesson Splinter had taught him when he was a teenager. He felt useless. He mentioned to his brothers before to try and train as well and knew Don did. He was actually very good with his bo staff as human, nearly as good as he is normally but Raph and Mikey, he had no idea. At least they knew how to fight without weapons if worse came to worse.

"You shouldn't patrol." Willow said softly as she walked into the kitchen. Mikey and Leo both looked up at her in surprise. "That's just looking for trouble."

"I didn't hear you get up." Leo said, as Willow poured herself a cup of coffee that Mikey had made for herself and Riley.

"I have been up since you got up, I was just... Listening for awhile." She shrugged as Leo sighed. "You and your brother's don't burden me. You never have, and your never will. I am used to this and have seen it before if you don't remember Leonardo. I am well aware what I am marrying into." She said at Leo. "I think you worrying about me, worrying about the wedding is ridiculous. I will get over it. It's just a day. But, if that psychopath is out there searching for you as turtles maybe the best thing for you to be right now is stay human? It might have been a blessing Donnie figured out that serum, not only for the stupid wedding but for your own safety." She said, sitting at the table as Mikey nodded, going back to his eggs.

"She's right bro. It's not like its a bad thing. And the wedding isn't stupid." He said looking over at Willow, pointing the egg covered spatula at her as eggs fell to the floor. Boba wagged her tail quickly licking them up.

"Coffee." Riley grumbled as she walked like a zombie into the kitchen. Mikey pulled down a coffee mug from the cabinet and handed it to her. She smiled at him, giving him a kiss on his adorable green cheek. "Thanks jerk face."

"Welcome ass hat." He nodded, going back to the eggs.

"How many eggs do you think we can eat?" She laughed, looking at the mess of the counter and large skillet filled with fluffy scrambled eggs.

"Who said these were for you?" He asked as Willow laughed out.

"I want eggs!" She said getting from the table and hip checking Riley out of the way. She grabbed a plate and handed it to Mikey. "Load me up!" She smiled as Riley laughed and grabbed plates for everyone.

"So..." Willow sang out slowly as her and Riley worked on cleaning up the mess that Mikey had left them with. After breakfast he and Leo left Willow's, leaving through her bedroom window down to the alleyway below. They quickly went to the closest manhole cover and disappeared underneath the city.

"So what?" Riley asked as she dried a pan.

"How was last night?" She asked, looking over at her blonde friend who's face nearly turned the florescent pink of her tank top.

"It was um... interesting..." She shrugged as Willow rolled her eyes.

"Oh, whatever. Give me the deets!" She exclaimed as Riley laughed.

"There aren't that many deets to give. We made out, a little under the pants stuff... That's it." She said, placing the pan in its spot under the counter as Willow's mouth dropped open.

"Just under the pants stuff?" She asked in disbelief. "Like what?"

"Do I really need to explain that to you? Didn't Maggie give you the talk?" She asked as Willow glared at her.

"C'mon on you and he are my best friends. I need something!"

"I gave you something."

"Well, was it nice?" Willow asked as Riley's face split into a large smile.

"Nice is an understatement." She chuckled and Willow clapped her hands.

"I know, it's amazing isn't it?"

"Its so, precise." Riley sighed, remembering the feeling of Michelangelo's fingers move along her body in the exact spots that made her body arch and beg him for more...

"Mikey, please." She begged softly, as he chuckled. The sound was like smooth velvet as he breathed into her ear. She shivered to the feeling and arched again as his index finger slid up between her legs. Her pants were off and thrown to the floor along with his but, they kept their underwear on.

The alcohol helped but, in the back of his head he knew that this was wrong. They weren't ready and he definitely wasn't going to kick off their sexual relationship as a human. She did try and take off all her clothes and his but, he was as firm as he could be with her cleavage about to be exposed to him. Thankfully she understood and clasped her bra back with a smile. He was so scared she was going to explode at him and feel dejected after but, he should have known better with Riley. There's not a dejected bone in her beautiful body.

"Ya know, there's plenty of stuff we can do without having sex..." She offered running her palms slowly up Mikey's perfect chiseled form. The largest smile she had ever seen spread over his face. Her body was too overwhelmed by excitement and lust that she couldn't just lay next to him and have nothing happen. Human or no human this man was driving her nuts.

He looked down at her body, almost bare before him. Her lace panties matching her dark pink lace bra that was so thin he could just make out how her nipples puckered through the fabric. His mouth watered and he reached for them, his finger circling over one then the other. Her body squirmed against her mattress, her eyes opened onto his and saw the lust color dark blue of them. Reaching up she pulled his body over hers, their lips crashed together wildly. Tongues, teeth and lips moving against each other as they fought to deepen the kiss.

She couldn't even fathom how good he was at this. All of this. It was like her body was an instrument and only he knew how to play it. She never felt so open to someone during a sexual experience before. Every time he did something he left her in her rawest form. He opened her up completely, so easily and it scared the hell out o her. But, she never wanted any of it to stop.

She reached between them, running her hands over his bare chest and down to the seam of his boxer briefs. Her smile before when he took off his pants as they kissed their way to her room nearly an hour ago was priceless. The briefs were so perfect on his body she wanted to rip everything off him right then and there and just take him, but she restrained herself. She rubbed her palm against the fabric and his hips bucked against her. He moved his hand that was at her breasts between her and played against the lace of her sex.

"It was... new." Riley smiled finally as Willow nodded knowingly.

"I'm just happy, you two are happy." She shrugged as Riley rolled her eyes.

"You think that just because some punks at three a'clock in the mornin' said somethin' about someone you ain't even sure who, you want us to stay human?" Raphael asked Donnie, pointing a finger at the second youngest.

All the brother's stood around their kitchen table in the lair. Raphael had finally decided to join them after about a dozen calls on his Shell Cell from Leonardo. They needed to figure out the safest and easiest way to stay out of the whoever Donnie ran into last night way. Leonardo was sure that sooner or later one of the new recruits would slip up and one of his brothers would be there to witness it. He wanted to survey the City, through human eyes with his brothers. Not to fight or patrol over rooftops, Donnie suggested that would be a little too noticeable. But, once one of these kids messed up they'd be there with questions ready.

"Well... Yeah." Don shrugged as Raph snorted in disapproval.

"That's bullshit."

"Well, no not really." Donnie correctly slowly. "If we just stay human then no problems will come to the girls, or us, or the wedding. This is something we all agreed on for Willow and Leo coming into it. So, you're either going to be with us or against us and that includes Felicia." Donnie said raising an eye ridge. "I mean unless you wanna stay down here for five months straight not seeing anyone because, if Felicia even attempts to enter the sewer you know they'll be on her like white on rice." Raph sighed letting his head fall and thinking years ago about how bad he felt when Willow had gotten caught. The arrow. The anger and mistrust she had to fight through. It was hard on everyone.

"Fine. But, if that's the case then I'm stayin' at Licia's till this shit is done and ova with." He said looking towards Leo who nodded in agreement.

"Well have to pack enough serum to last us til the wedding..." Donnie mused, walking away from the brothers in thought and going into his lab.

"Does anyone else get annoyed when he does that?" Mikey asked as the brother's followed Don. He was already typing rapidly on his computer, pulling up old files of his serum.

"I need to expand the time limit on the serum..." He mused as Leo walked to him, looking over his brainy brother's shoulder.

"Ok, but how can you do that without causing all of us to inject ourselves with a harmful substance?" Leo asked as Donnie sighed.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. The serum as of now has just the correct amount of mutagen in it to keep us human for around eight hours and the more our bodies get used to it the shorter it'll stay in our system."

"Really? Ah man, that sucks." Mikey said, hopping up on Donnie's metal table.

"In lack of better words, yes it does suck." Donnie agreed still typing, his shell still towards his brother's.

"So, what if we just inject more than one vial at a time?" Raph suggested as Donnie shook his head.

"No, the vials are pre-measured precisely to the millimeter of how much we put into our system. It's the amount that worries me the most because the more we put in to ourselves in shorter time spans... Our bodies might... Change..." He grimaced looking over at his brother's.

"What do you mean change?" Leo asked as Donnie sighed.

"Well... If we put enough into our systems throughout a day and keep doing it for the span of the five months we could, possible... Stay human." He said turning in his chair to look at his brothers.

"I thought you said it wouldn't cause harm." Leo reminded him as Donnie nodded.

"Being human isn't harmful." He shrugged as Raph snorted.

"Speak for yourself."

"Yeah dude, I love being a turtle." Mikey said jumping from the table.

"Well, it's not certain yet." Don said turning back to his computers. "Just give me a couple hours and I'll try and find another solution."

"What if we just stay with the girls and keep out of sight?" Mikey suggested as Leo shook his head.

"What about Splinter?"

"We move him in too." Mikey exclaimed happily as Leo shrugged.

"You really think Willow would allow all of us to stay with her for five months while she's planning her wedding?" Donnie asked as Leo held up his hand.

"She's done more for us before." Leo said, pulling out his Shell Cell. It only rang for a moment before Willow's chipper voice came through the other end. "Hey babe, I uh, have a question."

"Shoot Tiger."

"You know what happened with Don and Karai possible looking for us again..."

"Yes...?" She dragged out slowly. She could only assume the worst when she heard that name. That's all it was, was bad.

"Well, we all came to an agreement of sorts. We thought it would be best to spend most of our time as human and when we couldn't we'd stay at your place?" He grimaced, waiting for her reactions. She was quiet for a while before she smiled to herself.

"You stay here anyways." She mused with a chuckle.

"All of us." Leo corrected.

"Oh..." She said slowly. "It's gonna be pretty tight quarters around here." She said looking at her small apartment and then over at her best friend who shared it with her.

"What's up?" Riley asked as Willow held up a finger.

"I think it's doable...?" Willow shrugged.

"What's doable?" Riley asked as Willow rolled her eyes.

"Hold on a minuet, Jesus." She sighed as Riley got up and pressed her head against the phone on Willow's ear.

"You're sure?" Leo asked as Willow nodded.

"Yeah, I mean if you think it'll keep you guys safe? And I need your help with the wedding more so now than before, so you'd be staying with me anyways."

"Raph said he'd stay with Felicia." Leo added.

"You guys are movin' in?" Riley asked as Willow pushed her away from the phone.

"Yes, shut up for a second. What about Splinter?" Willow asked as Leo sighed.

"He'd be there too."

"Or we could always have Casey and April take him in?" Donnie suggested as Leo nodded.

"That's a good idea. We still should probably run this by him before we just uproot him from his home." Leo sighed. "Babe, let me call you back. We'll most likely be headed your way in an hour or so." Willow and Leo said their good-byes before looking at all his brothers. "He's not going to take this well..." Raph nodded along with Donnie as all the guys left Donnie's lab.

"What's the best approach fearless?" Raph asked as Leo shrugged.

"Ask first, I suppose. Let him know the situation. He can't be by himself and we can't be running back and forth."

"Wait bro, what if we kinda make the street entrance into like a little apartment?" Mikey asked as Donnie, Raph and Leo all looked at him.

"How do you mean?" Donnie asked.

"Well, we could easily bring all his stuff up from the lair...?"

"But, if they get a glimpse of Splinter we're done for and they have the location of our lair." Leo said shaking his head. "It was a good idea Mikey but, too risky. We all know Karai and if it is her who's behind this we need to be very careful." Mikey nodded with a sigh.

"So what then?" Donnie asked as Leo started walking in the direction of his Master's room.

"We ask." Leo shrugged again.

All the brother's entered Splinter's room where their Master was meditating. His long beard, grey with age and along with the tips of his ears. His eyes were closed and his breathing steady as all the guys sat before him on their knees.

"Master..." Leo coaxed softly to get him to open his eyes.

"Yes my Sons." He said, his eyes still closed.

"We have a question for you."

"Is this about Karai and taking you and your brothers from their home?" Splinter asked, opening his eyes finally. Leonardo's eyes widened as the old rat smiled. "Walls may be brick but, are very thin my son."

"So, what do you think Master?" Donnie asked as Splinter sighed, getting to his feet slowly. He grabbed his walking stick and walked over to his sons.

"I think that I am an old rat and as long as I am near you four that is where my home shall be." He said, patting Leonardo's shoulder in passing. "Let me get some things together."

Felicia sat in her Jeep at the lair's street entrance for what felt like forever. Her knee bounced up and down and her thumb nail was tight between her teeth. She was trying so hard not to be suspicious as Raph and Donnie both asked of her but, she kept looking around frantically. Her rear view mirror, the neighboring roof tops, down an alleyway that was across the street. She was freaking out.

"C'mon guys..." She said to herself. Finally she left a breath of relief as the large metal doors opened to the four of them and a fifth in a oversized coat. Felicia quickly hopped from the cab of her Jeep and went over to the other side and opened the doors quickly.

"Thanks for doing this again Licia." Donnie smiled as Felicia shrugged back with a smile of her own.

"No problem. You guys do plenty for us."

"Yes, thank you my child." Splinter said, his hand coming exposed as he reached for Felicia, patting her forearm. She looked down at the furry hand and then up and Raphael who smiled at her.

"I'll explain it later. Get in, I'll drive." He said nudging her towards the passenger side door. She agreed and climbed in, along with the other brother's and their Master.

"I'm sorry if it's a little packed back there..." Felicia said as they made their way to Willow's apartment. "Betty has another show tonight and asked me to help set up for her." She shrugged as Donnie, moved aside a microphone stand that was banging against the top of his brunette moppy head. He, Leonardo and Michelangelo were crammed in the back of Felicia's Jeep with Splinter safely in the middle.

"Betty's having another show? Do you need a hand?" Donnie chimed in as Felicia smirked over her shoulder at him.

"I would love one and I'm sure Betty would be pleased to see you again. She's been asking about you. 'How's Donnie, have you seen Donnie, I wonder if Donnie would like this or that Donnie, Donnie Donnie." Felicia mocked as Donatello's face turned a dark red.

"Looks like Brainiacs got himself a little girlfriend." Raph teased, looking in the rear view mirror at his brother as he parked Felicia's car in Willow's parking garage.

"Donnie and Betty sittin' in a tree..." Mikey started before Splinter hit him in the back of his head with his large walking stick. "Ow..."

Under the cover of the parking garage the guys moved Splinter easier into Willow's apartment building. Leo took out his key Willow had made him and saw her as the elevator doors opened. They smiled at each other as he went to her, kissing her lips softly.

"Thank you so much." He said into her hair, pressing her lips to the side of her head.

"We're all family Tiger. They'd do the same for me." She shrugged as he nodded. "You have done the same for me." She chuckled.

Donnie walked out of Willow's bathroom, trying to straighten out his moppy head on his head that was damp from a shower. Riley smiled at him as she passed, making her way into the kitchen.

"Lookin' good Don." She said, giving him a whistle as he rolled his eyes.

"It's just a button up shirt." He sighed as she nodded.

"And you wear that shirt! Boy go ahead!" She exclaimed, snapping her fingers as Donnie walked past her ignoring her antics.

"It's no wonder you and Mikey are together." He said as she laughed, sitting on the said brother's lap who sat at the kitchen table. Mikey handed Riley her beer, kissing her cheek.

"Oh c'mon it's a little bit of a wonder." Felicia chuckled as Raph snorted out one as well. Donnie sighed and leaned against the kitchen counter.

"Is the ridicule going to stop?" He asked as Willow pouted at him, placing her glass of wine down and putting her arms around his strong shoulders.

"Awe, Don! They're only teasing. You'd think after all these years you'd be used to it." She chuckled as he rolled his eyes once more.

"Not so much." He sighed.

"Are you excited to see Betty?" Felicia asked leaning her back against Raphael's front as he leaned against the oven next Donnie.

"I'm excited to be working on something." He shrugged as Mikey scoffed.

"C'mon dude, we all know you like her. Get over it. It's alright, we're all for it." He shrugged as Donnie did the same. The action looking so similar it was a reminder they were actual brother's.

"Well since everyone is so preoccupied with my life, yes I do like Betty." He said as Felicia smiled with a clap.

"No shit." Raph said as Felicia back handed him in the stomach. "What the hell was that for?" He asked looking down at her as she rolled her eyes.

"Oh shut up, you're being mean." She said walking away from him, and going over to the bottle of wine that was near Willow. Willow and Leo watched the couple talk to each other in surprise, Leo with a large smile on his face. Finally someone could handle his hot temperamental brother.

"You're beggin' for it woman." He said as she stopped and turned to look at him over her glasses, with her hand on her hip.

"Oh really?" She asked as he glared at her and muttered something into the opening of his bottled beer. "That's what I thought" she said, pouring herself some wine.

"Thanks again for helping us out." Betty said, flinging her bangs from her eyes to take in the beautiful smile Donnie had grace his face. His dimples were so adorable. She couldn't help but watch him all night, moving speakers and amps easily from one end of the stage to the other. He was so strong and gracefully, it was hard not to keep her eyes off of him. He helped Felicia set up her sound board in the back of the bar, picking up the large button covered board with ease, doing mic tests. His voice over the speakers made Betty stop whatever she was doing and smile over at him. Colin watched and smiled too but, Betty made it loud and clear she already had dibs.

"No problem." He smiled, perfect and dimples. Her heart started to thud up into her throat. "You were really great last time." He said, looking back down at his work as he tried to rewire a cord that was stripped in travels.

"Yeah, you mentioned that." She chuckled as his face heated. He had no idea how to talk to woman who weren't in trouble or screaming for their life. Or Willow, or April.

"Sorry, I just..." He sighed and she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Will you have coffee with me sometime? Um, like... After class or something? My class... Not yours... Obviously you don't have classes..." She stammered rolling her eyes. "Not that you don't have classes, I mean you could have classes somewhere else and..." Donnie put a finger to her lips, and chuckled. It smelt of copper and rubber and she sighed against it, the breath sending a small shiver up his spine.

"I'd love to have coffee with you." He nodded.

"Really? I mean you don't have to I know you're probably busy with other things and maybe a girlfriend or whatever, somewhere..." She hedged as he laughed.

"No, no girlfriend to speak of." He shrugged as she sighed a breath of relief. That had been bugging her since she just leaned up and kissed him that night. She felt so bad and didn't want to be a home wreaker if he did have a girlfriend. If he did she thought she was perfect and sweet and blonde and beautiful. She loathed the girl that didn't even exist, she just created her in her mind. /divdiv /divdiv

"That's good." She smiled going back to the wire.

"Is it?" He chuckled and now her face heated.

"Well... No, not for you..."

"Then for who?" He asked and they're eyes met. Her face was on fire and his eyes were so intense she thought she was going to combust.

"A girl that... Might, like you?" She asked as he stopped what he was doing and turned completely to her on the stage. Both of them kneeling on the floor, trying to fix a clump of wires.

"Am I going to have to drag with out of you?" He chuckled, not knowing where this new burst of confidence was coming from but, he liked it. Maybe her feeling uncomfortable made him feel more comfortable. He knew how she felt and it made him more at ease.

"Probably." She sighed, shaking her head. "I did already ask you out." She pointed out as he laughed.

"Touché." He said with a nod. "But, what about dinner instead of coffee?" He asked, his face heating once more as she chuckled.

"Sounds perfect."

"It's a date then." He said, getting up from the speaker and going over to the guitar that was hooked up to it.

Raphael bobbed his head to the beat as Betty belted out lyrics into her microphone. The crowd was loving it and he smiled at his brother behind the stage who was watching Betty like a love sick puppy. She was a good chick, he just hoped she stayed that way after she finds out...

He felt someone brush against him at the bar and moved aside for them. "Sorry..." he said looking over at the dark haired woman next to him.

"No problem." She smiled, looking him up and down slowly, too slowly for his liking. The lights from the stage lit up her face and he nearly stumbled back. "I'm Meredith." She purred at him, her hot pink and sparkled manicured hand reaching in between them for him to shake. He looked down at it for a moment then back up in the familiar eyes he'd grown to despise. He wanted to laugh, scoff, walk away, tell her in her dreams and go find Felicia but, he was stuck.

"Hey Raph..." He heard her voice like a God send next to him, through the music and crowd. Felicia placed her hand on his back, the feeling of warmth of her touch gave him incentive to finally react to the situation. Meredith looked between them, and dropped her hand that she had extended to Raphael. She eyed him carefully, he knew that she knew his name, it wasn't exactly common around New York City. But, how could she possibly even think it was him? He was standing before her, as a human. Someone she's never met before and frankly was completely out of her league. "Who's your friend?" Felicia asked, looking towards the confused dark haired woman.

Felicia adjusted her thick rimmed glasses and tried to calm her sweaty mess of hair that was stuck around her face. She had been running back and forth all night and was not looking nearly as beautiful as this woman before her, that had captured Raphael's attention. The woman was dressed in a tight, blood red dress and high black stiletto shoes that had little silver studs along the side that matched her leather bracelets wrapped around her little delicate writs. Felicia looked back up at Raphael who was locked on to the woman before them and her stomach churned.

"Uh, Meredith... Apparently." He said as Felicia's eyes widened. She looked back towards the woman and back at Raph.

"Thee Meredith?" She asked as Raph shrugged.

"I'm infamous?" Meredith asked with a chuckled as she patted Raphael's leather jacket covered bicep. Felicia glared at Meredith hand touching her man. She never thought she'd be the jealous type but, be it the drinks she had going through her system, the exhaustion from running back and forth or the dehydration she was ready to take this bitch down.

Not to mention the fact that this was Meredith. The woman who kept Felicia from getting Raphael when she wanted because he was so broken by her, and still is. She knows he has to be. She knows that he barely care trust her and probably doesn't love her as much as she does him yet... Whoa, wait... What?

"So how'd you do it?" Meredith nearly slurred, as she picked up her large drink of something blue and sipped on it. Her mouth wrapping around the straw a little too slowly as her tongue twisted around the plastic. Felicia growled under her breath at the girl and clenched her hands into fists.

"How'd I do what? Do I know you?" Raph asked, putting his arm around Felicia as she relaxed against his warm, hard side. The smell of him engulfed her senses and she melted against him.

"Right..." Meredith said with a roll of her eyes. "Raph, it's me!" She said, tossing her arms to the side. "I know you better than you know yourself." She scoffed as Raphael did the same.

"Whatever you say sweetheart. Hey!" He called out, looking over at the bartender. He nodded his head at Raph and made his way over.

"This ones had a little too much. I'd send her home before she gets herself hurt." He said as Meredith's mouth dropped open.

"I have not! He's lying. This is my ex and..."

"Sweetheart, I don't know who your ex is, but that sad bastard has a lot of shit to work through if he's ever met you." Raph smiled down at Felicia and kissed her softly on her lips, lingering for a moment before pulling back slowly. He looked her in the eyes, and only her and she felt like there was no one else around them for that one instant. "Let's go relax at the booth baby." He said into her ear as she giggled softly to the feeling of his warm breath against her skin. He pulled her away from Meredith who was arguing with the bartender. Felicia looked back at her and they locked eyes. With a smile and wink Felicia turned back to Raphael who let her sit in the booth first.