Chapter 3, I hope you enjoy and please review and tell me what you think

Donatello was working in the lab when he heard the entrance to the lair open and saw Chris walking in. He noticed a change in Chris's demeaner as he walked in and decided to see if everything was ok.

"Hey Chris, everything ok?" he asked

"Yea, everything is fine, why do you ask?" Chris replied

"Well you seem a little distracted?" Donny said

"No, no, everything is good, as matter of fact I feel great" Chris said

"Ok, well April and Casey are comming to dinner tonight, so you might want to help Mikey in the kitchen with making supper" Donny told him.

"Ok, no problem" Chris said as he turned and walked towards the kitchen. As he got to the kitchen he passed Leo. Chris so did not want to talk to Leo and Raph after what they said earlier that morning but he wanted to be polite decided to say hello as he passed him.

"Hey, how was class?" Leo asked

"Hu? o yea, class, it was ok, we learned some new things in American History" Chris lied

"O that is good well keep up the good work and remember after dinner we have maditation training" Leo told him

"I remeber and don't worry I'll be there" Chris said as he walked into the kitchen to help Mikey. when he got in the kitchen he saw Mikey already covered in flour, trying to make dow for biscuits. He couldn't help but let out a laugh when Mikey turned and faced him.

"You look like the the dowboy" Chris laughed

"Hey, I am an artist when it comes to food I just did this to help give me inspiration" Mikey stated

"Yea, ok, so what you need help with?" Chris asked

"Well you could help by cutting up those carrots over there I am making salads and roast tonight as well as a side of mashed potatos with gravy" Mikey said.

As they worked to get dinner ready Chris decided that since Mikey seemed to be the most laid back of the family he could have a conversation to get some insight on how his family felt about the ouside world above ground.

"Mikey, can I ask you something?" Chis asked

"Sure, I am always here when you need a turtle to talk to" Mikey smiled

"What do you think of the war in Iraq?" Chris asked

Mikey took a deep breath and sighed before answereing, " well, I think that it is a good thing that the military is over there, I mean those people needed help. I don't agree with my brothers when they say that soldiers are dishonorable because they firght with guns, that is what they have to do, and what they are trained to do, I mean we are trained with weapons and that might be dishonorable to people who think taht fighting should be done with there bare hands, so yes, I do think that the military should be over there. Why do you ask?"

"No reason, don't worry about, it was just something that was on my mind, and thanks you were really helpful" Chris said

Later that night April and Casey came over and were watching tv when Mikey called out from the kitchen that dinner was ready. Everyone got up and walked to the kitchen and sat at the table and waited for Mikey and Chris to sit all the food on the table, once they did they sat down and everyone was about to start eating when Chris spoke up.

"Wait, are we going to say grace?" Chris asked

"What?, we don't do that here, we don't even beleive in God" Raph said

"Well I do and I think we should say grace" Chris said

"I think that it would be a good idea to try other religous practices, so yes, we will say grace" Splinter told everyone.

"Alright everyone bow their ahead and I will say grace" Chris said and everyone bowed there heads as he started, "Dear Lord I thank you for this food that we about to recieve and I thank you for my family that is here with me and to bless them. Also I ask that you watch over the men and women in our military who are away from their families tonight fight for their country, please keep them safe until they return home, Amen"

"Alright dig in" Mikey said

"So Rapheal, what did you do today?" Splinter asked

"Not much Master, I just worked on the shell cycle and trained" Raph answered

"Michelangelo, what did you do today?" Splinter asked him next

"Well master I trained like you told me to and then i spent the rest of the day watching Transformers and Revenge of the Fallen, and then I made dinner" Chris elbowed him in the side then Mikey stated " I mean me and Chris made dinner".

"Donatello?"

"Well today I trained for a few hours then finished my new invention and then I worked on the battle shell until April and Casey came over"

"Leonardo?"

Yes master, I just trained and then went topside to see if there was any foot activity, I mean they have been queit for to long, I dont know how long this truce of ours will last, so i like to keep alert" Leo said.

"Ah, good my sons, and what did you do today Chris?" Splinter asked

"I went to class then studied for a while, and then came home and helped Mikey with dinner" Chris lied. He didn't want to lie but he wasn't sure how to tell his family the news.

"What did you do in class today?" Splinter asked

"well, we just studied some business doing and that was about it" he said

Leo looked up confused, "wait, I thought you said you studied history today?"

"My son" Splinter said looking up at Chris with a disapproving look on his face.

Chris sighed and looked at everyone, " I have something to tell everyone here, I didn't go to class today, I had to run an errand that I have been thinking about for a long time and I did it today".

"What did u do" Raph asked

"Everyone, I joined the US ARMY!"