Bonding
"That's not fair!" Andrew snapped.
"Oh that's plenty fair." Matt snickered. "You have to go find the girl. Oh I'm sure you'll run into her...in some magical bar or some park, dancing alone...maybe you'll get kissed in the end." He paused. "OOH you might actually get laid."
"That would be a happy ending wouldn't it?" Rachel said with her eyes wide.
Andrew groaned, "Why the fuck do you two care if I get laid or not?"
"I'd lay with you." Rachel said immediately. At the weird looks Andy and Matt gave her she continued. "You haven't had a girl for a year now!"
"…I have no words for any of this." Andrew said as he turned over onto his back, "Thanks for offering."
"You have to know there's someone willing," Rachel shook her head as she started to massage his chest.
Matt was cracking up on the sidelines, "Oh god, a foursome maybe? Well, I don't know how we'll work you in the equation." He glanced over at Raph with a smirk on his face.
Raphael stared at him, "I'd rather not share my anatomy with you…and why so many together? I never understood that…" He shook his head, "Just…no. I'm not quite comfortable with this sort of topic."
Rachel died laughing, resting her head on Andrew's shoulder who was also laughing hysterically. Matt nearly fell off of the couch trying to get himself together. "Sorry, sorry." He snickered.
"You know, I am curious." Andrew said aloud. "I'm asking as a doctor, not as a person whose willing. Can you have sex?"
"Why is that your first question?" Rachel asked as she got off from his shoulder. "That nearly proves my point."
"Hush I want to hear his answer."
Raph nearly turned the color of his bandana, "Yes, I can…"
"You and Rae must have a lot of adventures walking your way." Matt snickered.
Rachel blushed so red it matched her hair.
Raphael swallowed thickly, "I won't do anything to her if she's not willing," he said with nothing but seriousness in his voice.
Matt turned to Rae, "Me and Andy can leave for the night if you want."
Raph took the liberty to slap the back of his hand into Matt's chest, "No."
She bowed her head and covered her face with one of her hands as the other went to her neck. She just couldn't think straight. "Oh jeeze," She sighed as she looked up.
"Holy shit she's freaking red," Matt cracked up.
Raphael's eyes darkened considerably, "That would be rude and dishonorable, Mathew, in any case. I just won her over, I would think, especially since I'm a freaking turtle, she's want to take things at a decent level." 'Wow…I just sounded like Leo right there…'
"That's the whole problem." Andrew pointed out. "You're always going to be a turtle and just because you won her over now, doesn't mean she hasn't been harboring secret feelings for you forever."
"Whose side are you on?" Rachel asked as she got off of him and tossed him his shirt with a laugh.
Matt shook his head and turned to Raph, "True, but the third date is usually the get laid date."
"In your world," Raph looked at him.
"Okay you win on that aspect," Matt nodded, "But would you?"
"Rae rules this situation. I don't want to hurt her," Raph folded his arms, "May we change the topic, or are you in the mood to drill me on my sexuality right now?"
"Let's switch topics. Rae's going to die from blood loss if we continue." Andrew responded, "Let's see……"
"While your thinking of what to ask him, I'm turning on music. I hate how silent the apartment is when we just go dead." Matt said as he grabbed the remote and switched on to dance/pop station.
Andrew made a face at the music that was playing, but continued with a shake of his head. "You said you have brothers. Three of them right? Do they know?"
"Of course they know!" Rachel snapped. "I live with them."
"Since when?" Andrew asked as he looked at her, "I thought you were staying at your shop."
"Oh shit!" Raphael stood up, "I need to call them! They are probably dying of worry right now."
"Here, I don't have a house phone." He said as he tossed a black cell phone towards Raph. "And I don't trust Matt's. I swear to god that thing glitches."
"It does not you just don't know how to work it." Matt pouted.
Raph chuckled and flipped open the phone, then stuck out his tongue, "Damn it…Rae, can you dial?" he pouted, "I'll tell you the number to Leo's shell cell."
"Sure," Rachel replied as he tossed it to her and she caught it. After he told her the number she dialed it and tossed it back to him.
Raph didn't have to wait long and he had to hold the phone away from his ear as Leonardo nearly screamed the typical words, "Ow…"
"And he doesn't even look at the screen to worry about whose dialing the number." Rachel replied with a snicker.
"No one else besides us know it, so he doesn't worry, and Don keeps it secured away from bad sources," Raph replied, "Hai, Leo…Leo…Leo…Leonardo! Calm the fuck down, man!" he screamed back at the phone.
Andrew and Matt both had to quiet their laughter to hear what was going on. "Where are you?!" Leo shrieked. "We've been looking all over the city for you and Mikey found your bike!"
"Is my baby alright?" Raphael asked, "Dear Kami…how long since I've been gone?"
"It's nearing dawn." Leo replied. "And it's pretty smashed and Don's fixing it. Did you find Rae? Is she alright? Are you alright? Don said that the impact would have really hurt you."
Raph pinched the bridge of his nose and slowly and carefully explained the whole situation, handing the phone to Rae to fill in the gaps after he blacked out.
"Will you two be coming home? Can you trust these two? Master Splinter isn't going to be happy with this." Leo told her after she explained the story.
"I'd like to stay here, honestly, just for a day or two," Raph said gently, "Is that ok, Andy, Matt? I just don't feel up to being moved anywhere very far."
"Go ahead." Matt and Andrew said together at the same time.
"We're staying." Rachel said firmly into the phone.
"Will you two come back? When will you guys come back?" Leo replied.
"Of course," Raphael rolled his eyes, "I just need time to heal."
Rae decided to tease Leo, "It's going to be a while. Give us a week. He's pretty injured and shouldn't be moved." She knew that was going to make the blue-bandanna go nuts.
Raphael couldn't help the fact his jaw dropped a little. Matt and Andrew stared at her nearly mouthing "what the fuck" at the same time.
"What do you mean pretty injured?! He sounded fine! What happened?" Leo demanded. "Well his memory is a bit faulty so Andrew wants to make sure he can get around okay, and then he hurt his ribs so he should lie down." Rachel replied.
It took everything Matt had not to start cracking up.
"Oh and he has a really bad concussion, hence the faulty memory," Rachel continued.
"Oh Kami…" Raph decided to sit back down on the couch and let Rae have her fun.
Andrew watched as Rae took on a serious face to whatever Leo was saying. "I trust them with everything I have." She said honestly. "They're men made with honor and pride. Like their going to let your brother die." She paused again and smiled faintly. "I promise." She said gently. "Leo...Leo..." She paused, rolling her eyes. "Leo." She tried again. "I'm hanging up on you." She threatened. "I will." She paused. "Goodbye." And she hung up and handed he phone back to Andrew. "He was ranting."
"And you hung up on him in a middle of a rant?" Andrew asked.
"No, he said goodbye." Rachel said. "After trying to make me swear you two were honorable."
"So…a week…" Raph tapped his chin, "This is going to be……interesting to say the least."
"Andrew and I work during the days and he sometimes works at nights so you two will be alone most of the time. I have a day off not tomorrow but the next day and if Andrew does what he said he was going to do then, he'll be your company for tomorrow." Matt explained.
"Are you still stripping?" Rae asked as she stretched out on the floor.
"Yep," Matt nodded. "I might quit though."
"Stripping?" Raphael blinked a few times, "Why the hell would you do a job like that? I so can't see it…You've got an ability to do more, you should try."
"I get a lot of money. Rae used to do it too before she became a bartender," Matt said with a smile.
"Used to until I fell off the stage," Rachel winced as she touched her head, "That lasted what? Three days?"
"You got most of the guys and the girls. You rocked it." Matt said with a smirk. "As for me…well…the gays obviously."
"You don't…seem to be a ladies man, really," Raph admitted, "You seem more…feminine."
Both Matt and Rae just looked at each other before they just nodded a few times. "I get that a lot." Matt said with a slight blush.
"Even when we were together," Rachel said with a smile.
"If you grow your hair longer, I swear you would like a girl," Raph smiled nervously, not sure if that would be a bad statement.
"Hmm…" Matt said as he fingered his hair and tried to look at it.
"You do cross dress sometimes and you look cute," Rachel giggled, "Remember? For that one time?" She tempted.
"That was ONCE and I swore to GOD never to do THAT again!" Matt said, looking horror-struck.
"It could work," Raph told him honestly, "If you say you get the gays all the time and you even admit you don't have much luck with women…Rae not included…"
"I suppose…" Matt said thoughtfully.
"See? You're even listening to me more than Rae," Raphael laughed.
"That's because when you say it, it makes sense. When she says it...well...she tried getting Andy to cross-dress just to see and god did that turn ugly." Matt said with a shudder and even Andrew looked a bit pale.
"Oh come on, if you would have let me put on the wig he wouldn't have looked so bad." Rachel pouted. "You nearly blew our cover it too stupid." She shot this at Andy who shrugged helplessly.
"Andrew? Cross-dressing? No." Raph said firmly and laughed when Andy threw his hands in the air thankfully.
Matt laughed and watched Raph and Rae. "Hey, did you two notice that your bandanna and her hair match colors? Usually their shades redder, but yours is dark and hers is the same dark shade. Random I know."
"You always are random," Andrew and Rae said together. She gently took a strand of her hair and stared at it.
"Andy…if you had your hair just a bit more shaggy, the way your day goes might be different," Raphael said to the doctor.
"Ha. Ha. I like being straight." Andrew replied.
"And not cross dress?" Rachel asked innocently.
"And not cross dress." He replied firmly.
"No, no, not what I was getting at," Raph shook his head, "You just seem more like the shaggy hair-style type. Having it combed back like that is too…" he fought to find a word, "Formal. You're more of a laid-back sort."
"Alright, alright I get the point. I'm taking a shower." Andrew rolled his eyes as he got up and went into the bathroom.
Matt sighed as they heard the water pouring, "Poor Andy."
"What?" Raph frowned.
Both Rae and Matt just looked at each other and then looked away and thought about it. "It probably explains why he's not getting laid." Matt said seriously.
"No one would approach a business man now would they?" Rachel thought to herself.
Raph didn't say anything, just rested for a bit while Rae and Matt talked to each other and then they just listened to the music. After a good half hour, Andy walked out of the bathroom with a pair of sweats on and no shirt, rubbing a towel over his hair, "Bria would drool over that scene right there," Raph looked at Rae.
Matt snickered and Rae once more turned hot. "I think she's already getting a mental picture." Matt promised Raph as Andrew tossed the towel at Matt. "So, now I just wait for it to dry and see what happens. I bet it looks awful."
"I bet not." Rae said.
"But that's because you go after the guys with the long hair or the gothic/emo look." Matt pointed out to her. "Tattoos only get you hotter." Rachel blushed furiously.
Andrew rolled his eyes. "I have short hair, not long."
"What are you saying?" Raph looked at Matt.
"It's her preferred type of guy." Matt replied. "Um...let's see. Ever heard of Tracey Cyrus or um..." He placed a finger to his mouth, "Chad Kroguer?"
"Tracey is singer of Metro Station and Chad is singer of Nickelback." Rachel replied before Raph could say anything.
"Chad, yeah," Raph frowned.
"Well, he has long hair right? He's a rocker, easily Rae's type. Now Tracey, he's the perfect eye-candy for her." Matt smirked.
"Shut up." Rachel said blushing heatedly, "So I used to have celebrity crushes. Big deal,"
"Darling you still have them." Matt smirked.
Raphael pouted and looked at Andy, "Now I don't feel like if I approach you you'll bite me," he smirked a bit, "You hair looks awesome that way."
"Thanks." Andrew said as he fingered his hair. "Was I really that scary?"
Matt coughed and Rae looked away.
"Oh thanks." Andrew responded with an eyeroll.
"I'm sorry, but yes, you were. Not scary, but just unapproachable," Raph said, "Whenever you go to work again, and come back, tell us how it goes," he grinned, "You'll no doubt notice a change."
Rachel stared at Andrew before she got up from the floor and hugged him. Andrew just stared at her as he stumbled back a bit. "What's gotten into you?"
"I think it's one of those "You're all grownup now" moments." Matt replied.
"I'm the adult here!" Andrew snapped at Matt. "You both are just kids!"
Rae let him go. "And yet you're always doing what a kid says." She pointed out with a grin.
"Damn," Andrew snapped his fingers.
Matt smiled before turning back to Raph. "So…" He paused as he listened to the music for a bit. "What are you going to do now?"
"What do you mean? Talk about or do?" Raph asked.
"Talk," Matt replied. "There's really nothing you can do around here."
"I don't know, you guys have been asking the questions and we go from there," Raph looked out the window to the sunrise.
"Poor Andy, you didn't get any sleep and you have to go to work." Rachel snickered.
"It's not the first all nighters I pulled," Andrew muttered. "I have to leave in an hour though. So Matt's going to be your company unless he decides to run off."
"I'd probably run off for a bit." Matt replied with a shrug.
"Run off where?" Raphael asked.
"Anywhere," The three of them responded together.