One Year Later...
"Izzy... Yes, I know..." Willow sighed as she juggled with her keys in one hand and a large box in the other. Her cell phone was perched as well as it could be against her shoulder and cheek as her hyperactive, newly engaged friend babbled on the other end of the phone. "Izzy I just stepped through the door, literally. Can I call you ba... No, I'm not trying to rush you off I ju... Can I please just..." She sighed heavily again, dropping her purse and box of things from her office desk on the floor. "Oh, for fuck sake..." She breathed, putting her hand on the phone. "Uh huh..." She said half listening to Izzy on the other line carrying on about wedding plans.
Six months ago...
"I have kinda big news..." Izzy said as she sat on Willow's leather couch with the other girls around her, all with glasses filled to the brim with wine.
"What's that?" Felicia asked, scrunching her nose as she tried to adjust her eyes to look through the TV guide.
"Well, can we all focus please?" Izzy asked in an exasperated sigh, looking at all the girls as Riley texted, Willow brushed Boba, cooing at the dog softly and Felicia focused on a rerun of Supernatural.
"What?" Willow said, looking at Riley with a roll of her eyes as she blonde snickered.
"Zachary..."
"Zach." Felicia corrected as Izzy sighed once more.
"Can I just please finish?" She snapped as all the girls looked to each other then their aggravated red headed and red faced friend.
"Alright, alright..." Riley said, as Felicia turned off the TV.
"Zachary asked me to marry him." She said with a large smile as Felicia's mouth dropped open and Willow got to her feet bouncing over to her friend who put out her hand with a sparkling ring.
"Oh wow..." Willow said, taking her friend's hand and looking at the new addition.
"He really is a doctor huh?" Riley chuckled coming in next to take a look at the large diamond on her friends freckled finger.
"I know isn't it perfect?" She exclaimed, with a growing smile.
"It's beautiful." Felicia said taking a sip of her wine, not getting from her seat to gawk over the large diamond.
"You think Raph is ever gonna propose?" Izzy asked noticing her friend's passive disposition. Felicia breathing in with a gasp, chocking back on her sip of wine.
"W-What? No... I don't think so."
"It's not a weird question, is it?" Izzy asked as Felicia coughed up her wine. Willow shook her head with a laugh.
"No, I'm married." She shrugged as Izzy pointed to her friend.
"Exactly, so why can't Raph do what Leo did?"
"Because Raph and Leo are completely different pe-turtles." Felicia sighed, rolling her eyes. "I don't think he ever will and..."
"Really? Not even after you guys have been together for say like... five years?" Izzy said, looking over at Willow who rolled her eyes next.
"Yes, even then and I'm OK with it." Felicia said getting from the couch. "I'm getting more wine."
"What about Mikey?" Izzy asked, looking over her shoulder at Riley who chuckled.
"He asks me every day." She said rolling her eyes. "He has no idea what he wants he's never been in this type of relationship where he can walk the streets with me. He gets too comfortable and forgets what he is sometimes. It's... I don't know. I always tell him to take off the patch but, he just shrugs and says he's fine."
"Huh..." Willow said with a furrowed brow. "Even when you're at the lair?"
"We're barely there anymore. He always wants to go out and do something. The only reason I'm here tonight is because Leo basically dragged him out by his bandana." She said with a chuckle.
"Are you alright with that?" Izzy asked as Felicia took her spot back on the couch.
"Alright with what?" Riley asked, taking the bottle of wine from her cat-eye glasses wearing friend and refilled her glass.
"Mikey's addiction to being human." Izzy said as Felicia furrowed her brow.
"I wouldn't call it an addiction." Riley defended.
"It's complete text book addiction." Izzy said taking out her phone. "Here, I'll show you."
"I'm alright with it... I do miss him though, and I tell him that. Plus Leo, well Willow you know how Leo gets with him..." She sighed as Willow nodded.
"He's been getting frustrated really easily lately... I think it's the dojo and he doesn't meditate as much anymore..."
"Could be Splinter's health too..." Felicia sighed. "Raph told me the other night he's not doing so hot."
"That's getting to all of them I think..." Riley said with a solemn nod.
Willow brushed her bangs back from her face, looking at the mess on the floor and kneeling down to gather it. Boba's tail wagged as she licked her master's cheek having Willow's face heated with anger cool with a smile. Leonardo came in from the bedroom with a worried expression as Willow gestured towards the phone.
"Isabella, I just walked through my door. I will call you back in ten minuets." She said, hanging up on her protesting friend. "Jesus... I couldn't get a word in edgewise and she kept asking me about the dress yesterday and one from like two months ago... I can't remember what the hell it looked like! They all look the friggin same..." She sighed gathering the pile of things that came out of the box back into it.
"So... Today went well I see." Leo ask cautiously as he knelt down next to his wife, helping her put things back in her box.
"Well, it was an ultimatum and I hate ultimatums so I told him to go fuck himself. He can't think that he can just tell me my opinion. It's mine. Why even write a column about the kind of music I like if it's not even going to be my opinion anymore? He tweaks every single word. He'll say it doesn't sound realistic. What the fuck is there to be realistic about? I went to the club, they sucked so, I wrote it. Just because the label pays for adds in our magazine I have to say they're a God send? No. Fuck that. I write what I damn well please." Willow said as Leo just let her rant, getting from the floor and picking up her box as she pet her dog's head.
"So, he fired you?" He asked with a smirk as she sighed.
"Apparently." She said gesturing towards the box. "Whatever, he was an old blue blood, fuck head anyways. He didn't know the Beatles from the Black Eyed Peas. Old jackass." She grumbled, getting to her feet and walking into her kitchen for a glass of wine. "Hi." She said with a smile, looking towards her husbands familiar face with blue surrounding his eyes.
"Hello love." He said with a smile of his own, giving her a chaste kiss. "So, aside from the obvious... How was the rest of your day?" He asked putting the tea kettle on the stove and setting up a cup for himself.
"You mean besides the Gustavo harping me with wedding plans and asking about what songs Betty and I plan to sing." She sighed, shaking her head. "I should have never agreed to be apart of the band with them."
"Izzy, I don't want to play at the wedding I want to enjoy it with you as a bridesmaid..." Betty said with a sigh as all the girls walked down the New York City streets to various different wedding boutiques.
"Oh, please you just wanna get drunk and dance with Donnie." Izzy said rolling her eyes.
"Yes, exactly what I didn't get to do at Willow's wedding!... No offense Willow."
"It's fine, my wedding left a lot to be desired." She said with a roll of her eyes as Felicia sighed beside her.
"Yeah, let's not talk about that." The brunette said, pulling her jacket closer to her petite body. "I'm still jumpy when we pass alleyways." She said, grimacing as they came to one. Riley fastened her pace, walking along side Felicia and taking her arm.
"Anyways... I want you guys to be my band." Izzy said, looking at her phone for another close by shop.
"Who's you guys." Willow asked as Izzy looked over at her with a smile.
"I was thinking that could be your wedding present to me?" She said coyly as Willow eyed her for a moment.
"What do you mean exactly?"
"You and Betty can sing and Hayden, Tyler and Riley can play the instruments like at your wedding." She shrugged as Willow stopped walking.
"You want me to sing at your wedding?"
"As a present!" Izzy said pointing her gloved finger at Willow as she sighed, crossing her arms.
"I don't have to buy you a ridiculously expensive silverware set?" She asked as Izzy smiled shaking her head.
"No, just this and of course be my bridesmaid." She shrugged as Willow rolled her eyes.
"I already knew that."
"So, what do you say?" Izzy asked, looking back towards Riley and Betty. Riley shrugged with a smile as Betty rolled her eyes looking towards her older friend.
"If you do it I'll do it." She shrugged as Willow chuckled.
"I guess we're in." Willow said as Izzy clapped her hands.
"Perfect! Now, we have two more shops." She said, walking ahead again as all the girls groaned.
"It's a wedding present. We can't exactly give her what she gave us for our wedding." Leo shrugged as Willow agreed with a nod her head.
"We have been putting a lot of our money into the Dojo." She said shaking her head as Leonardo, kissing her cheek. "How is it looking?"
"Raph and I got the walls painted yesterday, now we're just waiting for the reception desk to come in and Donnie said another shipment of equipment is suppose to come in next Tuesday." He sighed, getting up as his tea started to whistle.
"How's the budget looking?" She asked with a grimace as Leo smiled softly.
"We're fine love. With the money your mom and dad gave us plus what we've saved, plus what Donnie saved from his IT job, Raph with fixing those bikes and Mikey with the job he got for the summer we shouldn't have anything to worry about."
"Yeah, but this is your dream, not theirs. Are they okay with just giving you their hard earned money?" She asked hesitantly as Leo shrugged.
"It is their dream in a way. They want to put an end to crime in this city and giving these kids an outlet is going to be apart of it." He said as Willow nodded.
"I just don't want them to ever have a grudge on you for doing this..."
"It's going to be our Dojo, not just mine. I couldn't just leave my brothers out of something this big." He smiled as Willow sighed softly.
"I know that... Mikey does like his new job." She chuckled. "A little too much."
"Please, he just likes the tips." Leo said with a smirk and roll of his eyes.
"Exactly..." Willow said, sipping her wine.
The apartment door opened up with a slam as Riley and Michelangelo fell against it, both of their bodies pressed tightly together in a kiss. Riley had her hands gripped tightly to Mikey's human head as he wore a plain white t-shirt and black slacks with a black apron around his waist.
Willow arched an eyebrow, watching the two of them for a moment as Leonardo started to get up. Willow shook her head and leaned against the kitchen island as the two made out wildly against the door.
"A-hem..." Will said with a clear of her throat and Mikey jumped quickly away from Riley putting her behind him with his arm out in defense. He looked between his brother and sister-in law as she waved at him with a smile. "Hey guys... We do have neighbors." She shrugged as Riley chuckled, fixing her hair as Mikey closed to door slowly behind him.
"Why are you home?" He asked as Willow rolled her eyes.
"Hi to you too Mikey. How was your day? Mine was stupendous. I got fired." Willow said sipping her wine and sitting back at the table as Mikey brushed his hair from his eyes.
"Awe man Will, I'm sorry. I-I thought you guys would be out... Leo you said you'd be at the dojo..."
"Raph had plans with Felicia." He shrugged. "You were apparently working..." He said giving his little brother a look as Mikey's face reddened. "So you couldn't help me with some finishing touches on the Dojo, Donnie is stuck at work as well... So, I came home to meditate." He said, getting up from the table to fix his tea.
"I was working." Mikey said pointing towards his apron. "But, boss said that it was slow so I could head home." He shrugged.
"And school had a half day." Riley chipped in with a smile as Willow rolled her eyes.
"So, you went to the restaurant to claim whats yours?" She chuckled as Riley shrugged.
"School had a half day." She said again. "Little pre-teen fan girls would have been all over him. And they don't tip well."
"It's true, they don't." Mikey added, taking a seat at the table after he untied his apron, folding it and putting it on the kitchen island counter top. "Plus, they creep me out."
"Says the large mutant turtle." Willow said with a smirk.
"Well ya know Will, the English Teacher just quit. Maybe you could sub?" Riley said with a shrug as she sat down at the table.
"Don't you need a degree to be a teacher?" Willow asked with a shake of her head.
"You have your bachelors in English and creative writing compositions... Apply and I'll talk to the Principal about it, maybe I can get you in. And you'd just be subbing, it wouldn't be anything serious." She shrugged as Willow chuckled.
"So, movies and a lot of silent reading?"
"Yeah, you could always enforce Twilight upon them too." Riley chuckled as Willow rolled her eyes.
"I'm sure they've already read it."
"I think it's a good idea." Leo shrugged. "I think you'd be great with teenage kids and you love to read and write. I can see you grading papers." He said with a smirk as Willow scoffed with a sip of her wine.
"You can just see me with my glasses and bun."
"Sexy librarian look." Mikey said with an approving nod. "Nice bro." He chuckled as it was Leo's turn to roll his eyes.
"Not what I meant." He said with a smile, kissing Willow's cheek as he got from his chair. "I think you should apply, it wouldn't hurt."
"That's true and in the mean time I can do that freelance garbage I was doing before." She sighed as Riley nodded.
"Maybe start a blog? 'Life with a Turtle' by Willow Hamato." She said putting her hands out to show an imaginary headline.
"Yeah, I don't think so." Willow chuckled as she nodded towards Mikey. "Besides, you could write it too."
"Yeah and I'm way more interesting than Leo." Mikey defended as Riley chuckled, kissing his human cheek.
"Ya know what I don't understand." Raph said as Felicia sat snuggled next to him on the crowded subway station.
"What's that?" Felicia chuckled, waiting for yet another one of Raphael's 'humans are a waste of space' talk.
"Why the hell do ya all do this to ya selves? It don't take that long to get from one block to the next and even if ya travelin' far, why cram yaselves into a small movin' twinkie? I don't get it." He said, looking around at the people around him. Headphones in their ears and faces down in magazines, books and newspapers.
"I don't know babe." Felicia smiled. "Then why are we on it?" She asked, looking up at his beautiful, five o'clock shadowed human face. He shrugged, looking around the crowded area, watching as an old man sat next to him and he moved closer to Felicia.
"It's cold outside." He shrugged as Felicia chuckled.
"Says the cold blooded reptile." She said with a whisper as he looked over at her with a smile.
"This human body fucks everything up." He shrugged as she nodded, kissing him softly on the lips.
"How is the dojo coming along, speaking of." She asked, wrapping her arm around his larger one to bring their bodies in closer together for warmth.
"It's goin' good so far. Leo has been stressed out 'bout it. It's actually kinda funny to see 'em like that." He chuckled as Felicia shook her head with a fighting smile.
"I can't wait to see it when it's finished."
"Just a coat or two more of paint and we should be there." He sighed. "Never thought we'd own our own Dojo. Never mind be on a subway in the middle of the day with..." He looked down at Felicia's face as she smiled up at him. The hint of the scar left from Karai's mishap just barely being seen from under her foundation. "With someone as beautiful as you." He said softly, kissing her lips again as Felicia's face warmed up from his words. It was extremely rare when Raph would let out his sweet side but, when he did everything inside of her would turn to mess of warm gooeiness. It was disgusting.
"It's a strange time we live in." She sighed with a nod as Raph chuckled.
"It sure is."
"Hey!" They heard Donatello call out from the other side of the train. He tried to fight his way through the mass of people, stumbling with a few 'excuses me' and 'I'm sorrys' thrown around. "Hi guys." He breathed as he reached his brother and friend.
"Hey Donnie, just getting out of work?" Felicia asked as he nodded, fixing his purple beanie hat on his moppy head.
"Yeah, interesting stuff today. We were able to fix the motherboard for that big business guy I was telling you about last week. Me and Rosie took it apart completely, and..."
"Who's Rosie?" Raph asked as Donnie's face heated a bit.
"It's some girl I work with." He shrugged as Felicia eyed him carefully.
"Does Betty know about this Rosie?" She asked as Donnie nodded.
"It's nothing like that." He defended. "She's just a friend, and not even that a colleague really." He said quickly as Felicia nodded her head.
"As long as Betty knows."
"She does... She has a lot more guy friends than I do girl friends anyways." He sighed, shaking his head. "Anyways, the motherboard..."
"Right, I'll let you guys geek out." Raph sighed, laying his head back and closing his eyes as Felicia chuckled, kissing his cheek.
"We took it apart and I mean, we went through so much solder to get this thing active again. I honestly thought it was gonna be worthless once we were done because of all the damage it went through. He was apparently in a car crash and needed to get the files off of it for a meeting, or something like that. Anyways, I hook the memory board up to my laptop and finally get the configurations to transfer his files off of it and they're all there. It's like a smorgasbord of data sheets and pie charts. He was so happy he gave me a tip! So, pizza is on me tonight." He smiled, patting his pea coat pocket as Felicia chuckled.
"Awesome job Don! I knew this tech job would be perfect for you!" She said as he nodded.
"It's really great, thank you again. What about you Raph, how was work today?" Donnie asked as some people got on and off the train, making a little more room so Don could take a seat next to his brother.
"Fixed bikes and cars and got paid for it so, it was pretty great." He shrugged as Donnie nodded with a smile.
"Who could have ever thought we'd be doing this, huh bro?"
"It's weird." Raph sighed as Donnie nodded with a growing smile.
"Weird meaning amazing, or weird meaning weird?" He asked as Raph mused for a minuet, looking back over at his nerdy brother who still wore a goofy, happy smile.
"Both..." He shrugged as Donnie nodded.
"Agreed. Where are you guys headed?"
"Raph has never been on the subway before so I wanted to..."
"So, she wanted to torment me before we headed to Willow and Leo's." Raph interjected as Felicia stuck her tongue out at him.
"You should text Betty, let her know we'll be there." Felicia said as Donnie nodded, taking out his cell phone.
"She'll already be there. Izzy has been driving her and Willow nuts so she needed some time out of the newly engaged couples house." He chuckled as Felicia nodded.
"Maybe she and I should get a place together?" She mused, looking over at Raph as he shrugged.
"I think that would be good, your place is shit anyways." He sighed. "I've been telling you to give up that lease for months now."
"I have to actual wait until it's time Raph, I can't just go to the landlord and be like oh, by the way I'm out."
"Why not? See, another reason you humans don't make any sense. You pay for it, why can't you leave when you want. Why are you obligated to stay there?"
"Because..."
"'Cause why?" He asked as she glared at him, sticking her tongue out again. "Mature Fee." He said with a chuckled.
"I think she'd be fine with it." Donnie said with a shrug as Felicia leaned over to look past Raph.
"It's closer to her school than Izzy and Zach's place. Plus, I don't think she realized they were gonna be getting married right in the middle of her junior year."
"No, not at all." Donnie sighed as the train came to their stop.
The threesome got off the train, Felicia pulling her scarf closer up to her face as the bite of the New York City air blew around them. Raphael wrapped his arm tightly around her body, keeping it close to his as they walked through the busy streets. He still watched every move anyone made towards Felicia, keeping the poor girl safe from anymore torments that might come after her.
Six Months ago...
"Raph, I'll be alright walking home." Felicia sighed from the lair's street entrance as the two tried to say goodnight.
"I'm walkin' you and that's that." He shrugged, defiant and having the last word as Felicia rolled her eyes.
"It's literally two blocks."
"So, I'll literally be walkin' ya two blocks." Raph argued as Felicia sighed, shaking her head and walking down the street. Raph put his leather jacket around his shoulders and followed his annoyed girlfriend towards her apartment.
"I need to get over this in my own time Raph, by myself." She said softly as Raph nodded, grabbing her hand as he caught up to her.
"I know that Fee, but you're still not walkin' these streets this late at night. It ain't happenin'." He said as Felicia rolled her eyes.
"What if you're not always there?" She asked as he stopped for a second and looked down at her.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... What if you get hurt, what if something happens to you what if... We break up, again?" She asked softly as he bent down at the knees to look at her face.
"You want that?" He asked as she shook her head, tears welling behind her thick frames. "Then why you askin' that?"
"Because, it wasn't me who broke things off in the first place." She shrugged, walking ahead again as Raph stood for a moment. He sighed and caught up to her quickly.
"You hav'ta know why I did it. It wasn't like you were being exactly fair with that list?" Raph asked as Felicia shook her head.
"I know that and I know that I was wrong about it, it wasn't exactly my idea..."
"It was your hand writin' Fee, you can't blame Izz for everything. That list, deep down I know came from you." He shrugged as she stopped now to look up at him.
"You really think that?" She asked as he shrugged.
"You did write it."
"Yeah because I was upset and I was over thinking, everything. Izzy seemed like a voice of reason in that moment but only that moment..."
"So, you don't regret gettin' back together wit me?"
"I'm here aren't I?" She asked, tossing her arms out to the side before the sound of a pocket knife sliding open echoed through the empty streets.
"Give me all ya cash and no one gets hurt." Raphael looked past Felicia as she stood frozen in fear.
"Raph..." She breathed softly as he looked down at her for a moment with a small smile.
"Shh..." He said softly, putting her slowly behind him as the skinny mugger with a small blade stood before them. Raphael stepped more into the street lights as the mugger's hand started to tremble with the pitiful knife. "We don't got any money." He shrugged as the mugger sighed heavily.
"I don't wanna hav'ta do this man... Just gimme the cash and no body gets hurt."
"No one will get hurt if ya put down the knife." Raph said, opening his arms in defense as Felicia clung tightly to the back of his leather jacket.
"No! Don't move, gimme your wallet and her, gimme her purse!" The mugger said, shaking the knife at Raph as he sighed, shaking his head.
"Alright man, just relax." He sighed, looking over his shoulder at Felicia. "Give 'em your bag." He said nodding towards the mugger as Felicia's eyes widened.
"What?" She said softly as Raph smirked.
"Just do it." He said as Felicia's trembling hands reached to her shoulder for the purses strap. She handed it to Raph with a shaky hand as Raph turned quickly, slamming the bag hard against the muggers face. He kicked the knife from the kids hand and stepped hard on his wrist with his large biker boots. "I have one thing to say to thugs and low lives like you..." He said, leaning down to the muggers face as he squirmed and struggled under Raphael's strength. "You should join a Dojo." He said with a smirked as the mugger looked up at him confused. "How old are you?" He asked, getting off the kids arm and picking up the knife.
"E-eighteen..." The kid said, rubbing his sore wrist as Felicia watched the exchange in confusion and fear. Her body shook under the minimal street light of the alleyway.
"Yeah, you don't need to be out here muggin' people for shit man. You can do somethin' with ya life." Raph said with a shrug. "I'm gonna keep this." He said holding up the small knife as the kid watched it go into Raph's jacket pocket. "I see you again and you're gonna have a lot more than a sore wrist, you got me? I got eyes and ears all over this city so, don't play me kid."
"What are you some kinda cop?"
"Somethin' like that." He smirked, handing Felicia back her bag and wrapping his arm tightly around her shoulders. They walked out onto the main street now, with street lights glowing overhead, lighting up everything around them.
"That's why I come with you." He said, looking down at her as Felicia nodded her head slowly.
Betty ran over from across the street as she noticed the familiar faces leave the subway station. She nudged against Donatello's side as he smiled over at her, putting his lanky arm around her small frame.
"Hello beautiful." He said softly against the side of her face, breathing in her hair as she smiled.
"Hello handsome." She said, kissing his beautiful human face and putting her arms tightly around his shoulders.
"Alright you two, seriously. We're in the middle of the street." Raph sighed, walking around them as Betty chuckled, kissing Donnie deeper on the sidewalk.
"You never kiss me like that anymore." Felicia said with a pout as she looked back at the young couple. Raph chuckled as looked down at her.
"I never kissed you like that. I always did it better." He smirked as she rolled her eyes. "I'm wrong?" He asked as she shook her head, walking slightly ahead of him. He grabbed her by the back of her jacket, bringing her body back hard against his. "Really?" He asked, leaning down at pressing his lips tightly to hers. She melted against his hard body, reaching to his strong shoulders to keep her legs from buckling as his tongue slowly grazed her bottom lip. He pulled back from her, letting his eyes dance back and forth from hers.
"OK, you're better." She smiled as he nodded his head, putting his arm around her and slapping her on the backside.
"Ya damn right I am." He chuckled.
"You know she's going to want an insane engagement party and bachelorette party." Betty sighed, taking a swig of her beer as Willow nodded.
"Who's her Maid of Honor did she even say yet?" Riley asked, sitting on Michelangelo's green lap, finally being able to enjoy him as himself.
"Me, I think?" Betty shrugged. "She keeps dropping hints like my dress will be a different color and all that but, she didn't actually come out and say it."
"Where is she?" Felicia asked leaning against the back of the couch, kissing Raphael's strong, green shoulder as he sat in front of her. He looked back at her with a small smile that she returned.
"Zach took her out for the evening to unwind from all this wedding crap." Betty sighed. "She's not even a bridezilla, it's more than that. She's like...Bride of the living dead or something." She said with a shake of her head as Mikey chuckled.
"She can't be that bad?" Leo offered as all the girls looked over at him. "Is she?" He asked as Willow nodded from her perch on his lap.
"Tiger, she spent three hours on the phone with the florist explaining the exact color of pink she wanted the roses to be. 'Not too pink, a pink, pink kind of pink'. Those were her exact words, I shit you not. My head was gonna explode." Willow sighed as Betty and the other girls chuckled.
"You don't have to live with her. Everyday before class I'm getting fabric samples and colors shoved in my face and I haven't even gotten out of bed yet." She sighed, laying her head back against Donnie's shoulder.
"That reminds me..." Felicia said, going around the couch to sit on the arm of it next to Raph. "You wanna move in with me? I'm still taking some classes for my Masters and we have the same schedule..."
"And she's not getting married anytime soon." Willow chuckled as Raph and Felicia both looked over at her with a glare. "What? Am I wrong?" She asked her brother in law who sighed and got up from the couch.
"I'm gettin' a beer."
"Nice Will." Felicia hissed as her long time friend shrugged.
"What? I am not wrong. Am I?" She asked Leo as he shook his head.
"Not your place my love." He whispered as Willow sighed, looking into the kitchen at Raph who twisted the bottle cap from his beer.
"Sorry Fee." She said, getting from her husbands lap and going into her kitchen. "Raph..."
"Don't start with me Will." He said holding up his large hand as she rolled her eyes.
"I was gonna apologize ya jerk."
"Great apology." He said with a shake of his head as Willow eyed him for a moment.
"What's wrong?" She asked as he shook his head again.
"Leave it along Willow, I'm warnin' ya." He said, looking up at her as her mouth dropped open slowly.
"You're thinking about marriage?" She whispered in excitement as Raphael sighed heavily, moving away from his sister in law.
"You're askin' for it Will." He said as she chuckled.
"When did you start thinkin' 'bout it?" She asked, hopping from foot to foot as Raphael looked past her at Felicia on the couch nodding happily with Betty as they discussed roommate plans.
"I don't know... I'm not even sure... Shut up OK? I'm not even gonna do it, it was just... Shut up!" He sighed, walking past her towards the living room as Willow chuckled behind him. He turned quickly as she nudged into his hard plastron. "You say a word of this to her and I swear to God Willow." He said glaring down at her as she nodded with a smile. His ways of intimidating her were long over.
"Sure, sure big guy." She said slapping his arm as he sighed with a shake of his head. "You're lovable secret is safe with me."
"Yeah, I'm so sure." He said sitting back down on the couch. Felicia looked down at him from her spot on the arm and gave him a sorry look. He shook his head in their silent, couples communication and kissed her cheek softly. "I'm good." He said softly as she nodded with a smile.
"So, I guess we should start looking for places." Betty shrugged as Donnie smiled with a nod.
"That way you guys can actually have alone time." Mikey chuckled as Betty rolled her eyes.
"We get plenty thank you." She said as Donnie's face reddened.
"I'm sure Izzy loves that." Riley chuckled as Betty sighed.
"Anyways!" Donnie said with a clap of his hands. "What kinda party do you plan on throwing for Izzy and Zach? Should we rent a space..."
"I think your parents place would be nice?" Willow asked, nodding towards Betty who agreed with a nod of her head.
"Yeah I'm sure Mom is already renting linens and ice swans for her darling daughters engagement to a doctor." She said rolling her eyes as Willow smirked.
"Well, you have a genius so, poo on them." Willow said as Betty chuckled.
"Mom actually likes Don..." She said looking over her shoulder at her boyfriend. "She's very impressed with his job and all that. Daddy... Well..."
"He's starting to come around I think." Donnie shrugged as Betty smiled at him.
"Sure he is baby." She said, kissing the top of his head.
"Thankfully, I was able to get that meeting the family thing out of the way quick and easy." Felicia smiled as Riley looked over at her with a confused expression.
"Uh, you and Raph weren't together and I'm pretty sure you made that clear to your brother and dad." She said as Felicia glared over at her.
"Whatever, they knew we were kinda together." She shrugged as Willow chuckled into her wine glass.
"Not the same thing." Riley said.
"What about your dad? Why don't you take Mikey to go see him?"
"My dad would love Mikey, human or no." Riley chuckled as Felicia sighed.
"She's right." Willow said with a shrug. "He'd be so excited it would be hilarious."
"Why are we talkin' 'bout this again?" Raph asked with a sigh, taking a long pull of his beer.
"We'll have another family get together thing at my mum's and have Fee's family come and get it over with. We'll drink, play games Leo can take the pressure off with his charm and wit." Willow chuckled as Leo rolled his eyes. "It'll be great." She said with a sip of wine as Felicia shrugged.
"Maybe after all this wedding nonsense." She sighed as Raph nodded.
"Or never, that works too." He shrugged.
"So, you don't wanna meet my family?" Felicia asked, looking down at him from her perch on the arm couch. Raph looked up at her with a furrowed brow.
"Ya seriously wanna talk 'bout this right now?" He asked as Felicia sighed shaking her head.
"Is there a time that you two aren't fighting?" Mikey asked as Riley chuckled on his lap.
"Is there a time that you had a braincell in your head?" Raph asked as everyone else started laughing.