CHAPTER FOUR-rock paper scissors

Eight faces turned to see Splinter standing there on the staircase.

He walked over to us as he spoke. "I see options. One, Leonardo and Donatello will have to share a room while Michelangelo and Raphael share one as well. That would leave two rooms for them."

Angie spoke. "Sir, we don't want them to have to leave their rooms. That wasn't our intent."

"Well then, you would each be assigned a cot in one of the rooms."

Jessa looked to Angie. "Well… if they aren't put or anything…"

Splinter shook his head. "I am certain my sons would not mind." He looked at them, waiting for an answer.

Leo spoke first. "What? Oh, yes Master Splinter…."

Raph spoke as well, but his take on the situation was a little different. "Wait. What? Nuh uh! I don't want one of those parasites in my room."

He glared at Adele as he said this. She rolled her eyes. "Raphael. Do not speak of our guests in that way. They are staying. It is not your decision."

Raph crossed his arms, but he didn't say any more. "I will leave you to choose between the rooms. With that, Splinter left the four teenagers.

After a moment of quiet, Jessa spoke up. "Well, I need a room that has internet connection. So, who is it?"

Donny raised his hand. "That'd be me. Come on, I'll help you set up your stuff."

They left. Then an excited voice spoke up. "Hey! I call pizza girl."

Sarah rolled her eyes at Mikey. "The name's Sarah."

He nodded. "Ok. I call pizza girl Sarah."

Sarah smiled. "Fine."

They left, leaving two leaders and two hotheads. Raph looked at Adele annoyed.

"That is not coming in my room."

Adele glared at Raph. "Don't be a moron… oh, sorry too late."

Leo hid a snicker while Angie cast a warning glance at Adele. "Actually maybe you should. Serves you both right for being argumentative."

Adele looked at Angie like she'd lost her marbles. "Hello? Earth to Angie! There's no way-"

Angie cut in. "You wanna bet?"

Adele smirked and put her fist against Angie's. Since it was just the two of them, the more scientific method was in order…

"Rock, Paper, Scissors…."

Angie trumped Adele's paper with her scissors. Adele raised an eyebrow. "Best two out of three?"

Angie shrugged.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors…"

Adele cursed to herself as her rock was beat by Angie's paper.

Angie stepped back and turned to Leo. "I guess I'm staying in your room."

Leo nodded curtly. "Ok. Right this way."

Raph looked furiously at Adele. "I can't believe you played Rock Paper Scissors so you didn't have to stay in my room."

Adele looked at him funny. "I thought you didn't want me in your room."

"I don't! I mean, ugh. Whatever just hurry up."

Adele grabbed her bag and followed him. How was she supposed to stay with this?

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Donny helped Jessa set up her computer. While she was finishing it up, Donny set up a cot for her to sleep in. when Jessa saw what he'd done, she smiled. "Thanks, Donny."

He grinned back at her. "No prob."

She hesitated. "Um, where's the bathroom?"

"Right down the hall."

She nodded. "Thanks." She grabbed a bundle from her bag and left, leaving Donny to finish up the cot.

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Sarah absolutely loved Mikey's room. The loft bed was amazing and it just had a fun vibe. Mikey helped her set up the cot.

"Gracias."

Mikey grinned. "No hablo espanol…"

Sarah laughed. Then something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. "Hey… what's that?"

Her eyes grew wide at the stack of video games. He looked at her expectantly. "You play?"

Sarah nodded. "I'll give you a run for your money too…"

Mikey grinned. "Good thing I'm broke!"

Sarah shook her head, smiling. "Hey, Donde esta el banjo?" She knew he wouldn't understand. Her thoughts were confirmed as he looked at her blankly.

"Where's the bathroom?"

"Oh. Right down the hall."

Sarah smiled. "Gracias."

She tucked her bundle under her arm and took off down the hall, leaving Mikey wishing he'd asked her what her favorite video game was.

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Angie's first thought about the room was that it was… serious. It was obvious that it was lived in by a teenage boy, but all traces of fun was missing. There was an area for meditation and a door leading to the closet.

Angie was quiet as they set up the cot. Finally she spoke. "Look, I'm sorry for imposing on you like this. We didn't mean to cause any trouble. We were just looking for a place to stay, and…I'm sorry."

Leo looked at her. "don't be. It's not your fault. Sometimes life gives us more than we can handle. You're doing a good job…"

Angie smiled. "Thanks Leo. Excuse me for a moment."

She took a bundle out of her bag and walked to the bathroom she'd seen earlier, leaving Leo curious as to who Angie really was.

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Adele followed a furious Raphael. He tossed the cot roughly to the ground, along with a blanket and a pillow.
"Gee, thanks." She said sarcastically.

Raph ignored her. Finally when she'd settled everything, she grabbed a bundle from her bag. She had no idea where the bathroom was, but she wasn't about to ask him.

She left without looking at Raph, leaving him furious that he was gonna have to put up with her.

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When Adele finally got to the bathroom, everyone else was there.

Angie was finishing changing into her Pjs.

Sarah had on her orange tank top and her favorite daffy duck shorts. Jessa had on her black t-shirt and purple striped capris. Angie was straitening her midnight blue shirt and pants that were donned with little stars and moon.

Adele looked at them laughing and immediately felt better. "Hey, what'd I miss?"

Sarah smiled at her. "Nuthin. Hurry up and change. We gotta do the video!"

Adele changed into her pajamas which consisted of baggy black sweat pants that tied in the front and a white t-shirt with the red hot candy face. (A/N- I can't describe it, but it's that little character that's on the red hot candy package; the one that's a flame looking thing)

After she finished, the rest of them were waiting for her.

Angie stood up. "Did everybody bring everything?"

Angie pulled out the mini tripod. Jessa revealed the camera out of her bag. Sarah brought out the tape and Adele was on set duty. She pulled the bench against the wall. She marked the date on the tape while Angie and Jessa set up the camera.

Jessa stood up. "Alright, positions, everybody! Action in three… two…" She pressed the recording button.

Angie spoke up first. "Hello! It's us again. I'm of course Angie, the brilliant leader."

Sarah snickered. "Yes, and I'm Sarah. I also double as Angie's personality."

Adele smirked. "I'm Adele, the one with the backbone…"

Jessa slid on the bench next to Adele. "…and the temper."

She ducked when Adele tried to hit her. Jessa spoke again. "Anyways, I'm Jessa, the brains of the operation."

Angie chuckled. "Alright, down to business. Today of course, was moving day. We've been dreading that for a while, but we picked out a pretty good place…"

Sarah piped up. "Definitely! The guys here love pizza!"

Angie shushed her. "You know the rules, facts first, then annoying comments. Well, like Sarah said, this place comes with a few tenants. There's Leo, Donny, Mikey, and Raph- Adele's favorite."

Adele snorted. "Yah, right. If I had a choice, we'd be in different solar systems."

Jessa laughed. "Yep. They're full of young love. There's another guy here too. His name is Mister Splinter. He's really nice."

They continued for a while, laughing, making comments and such. It was a time honored tradition. Every night they would talk about the day's events. Whenever they got in a fight or something bad happened, they'd watch the videos to remind themselves of fun. It was a fun way to laugh off the worries that four homeless teenage abused girls had.

When they got done, they wrapped up the supplies. "Remember, Sarah. You're on set duty tomorrow."

Sarah nodded. "Kay."

They giggled as they left the small boxcar that doubled as a bathroom. "G'night!" Jessa said.

"Sleep tight." Angie chimed.

"Drink Sprite." Said Sarah.

"Don't let the bed bugs bite." Finished Adele. She chuckled as they went their separate ways for the night.

When she got back to Raph's room, he was standing there, waiting. He was furious, but Adele didn't know why he would be mad at her since she hadn't even been there!

"Where have you been?!"

Adele was surprised at the question. "What?"

"Are ya deaf?"

"No… I was just surprised at the question, is all."

"So, where were ya?"

Adele didn't like his attitude. Who was he to interrogate her? "Why do you wanna know?"

"Answer the question. My room, my rules."

Adele rolled her eyes. "Then I'll sleep on the couch. Goodnight."

"Don't do that! Uh, Leo would kill me!"

"That gives me even more reason to sleep on the couch!" but she didn't leave.

She sighed. "Me and Angie, Sarah, and Jessa were talking. We've done it every night since we… uh, started living together, I guess you'd say."

"Oh…" Raph was caught off guard by the sudden confession.

"So, your highness, may I go to sleep now?"

Raph scratched his head. "Uh, yah…"

Adele shook her head and crawled into bed, facing the wall. She had the early work shift the next morning.

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Donny was snoring when Jessa came in. She held back a giggle.

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Leo was definitely not asleep when Angie came in, but he was pretending. Angie knew he was suspicious of anyone in his home, but my goodness, this was ridiculous!

She let out a small yawn and crawled into bed. It had been an exhausting day.

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Mikey was up when Sarah came. She'd been trying to be quiet in case he was asleep, but he was sitting there, watching.

"Hey, you got work in the morning?"

Sarah shook her head. "Me? Morning shift? You gotta be kidding. I work in the afternoons mostly."

He gestured to the game console. "You game?"

Sarah grinned. "Duh. Be ready to beg for mercy."

Mikey laughed. "Hey, I think you got it wrong; that's my line!"

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Splinter sat on his bed, wondering if having the four ladies to stay had been a good idea. But, he saw good in their hearts. Despite all the hardships they'd faced, they still stayed together.

Mostly, he thought they would show his sons loyalty. Splinter sighed and closed his eyes. He hoped he'd made the right decision.