"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!" Chimed a familiar voice in May's ear. She opened her eyes slightly but shut them as the harsh light pierced her eyes. "Awww, come on May. You've been sleeping all day. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were a mutant cat in disguise!" Mikey tossed Mays hair and walked away.

She sat up, rubbed her eyes and brushed through her hair that Mikey messed up. She was on the couch in the lair like she always was.

"May, I'm sorry I had to get Mikey to wake you up. Leatherhead and I are about to work on some things in this area." Donny apologized caring a bunch of boxes.

"Oh, no problem Don. I need to get my lazy but up anyways." She stood and started to walk to the kitchen.

"Hey May…" Donny asked nervously. "Yea, what's up?" She replied turning around to face him. "Is everything all right? April said-"

"Donny I'm fine." May cut him off. "April just worries too much." She walked away looking to the floor.

She walked over to Mikey. "Hey I thought you said you had food made, Mike." She looked around and saw no food at all. He laughed. "Awwww May, I just said that to wake you up!" May frowned, "Cool…Well guess I won't be eating today." She noticed that it was around 5:45 and it was too late to eat breakfast and a little too late to eat lunch.

"You've been sleeping a lot recently. I know that we had a huge battle and everything but you shouldn't be sleeping for two days May!" Mikey leaned back in his chair at the table.

May gasped. "I've been asleep for two days! You've gotta be kidden me!" She slumped down in the chair across from Mikey. "So what's happened these couple of days since we got back? Is the city freaking out?"

"Ha ha ha! You bet! Me and Master Splinter had a run in with these two guys, but we beat them and kicked but! I wished you could have been there to see me!" Mikey got all excited and leaned over towards May. She giggled. "What about the others. Where's Raph and Leo?"

"Ugh, well Raph had to go all noble and the money Splinter and I got from kicking the shell out of those two guys he donated to this old lady so she could stay at her house or something. I don't know. But we could've been rich! The nerve of him!"

May shook her head. "Mikey don't be a prick. That's really nice!" Mikey shrugged. "I know, but I really could have used a new comic book collection or something…"

May laughed. "Once all this craziness is gone, I'll take you to get a new book okay?" Mikey jumped to his feet and ran over to May and hugged her tightly. "Thank you thank you thank you!" He squealed.

"Oh no, what did you promise him?" Leo laughed from the other side of the room.

"A NEW COMIC, LEO! YAY!" Mikey ran off laughing.

"Well there's a new way to get rid of Mikey fast." May giggled and sighed. "So what's been going on? I tried to ask Mikey, but that failed miserably." She asked him placing her hands on her hips.

"Just the usual, oh and people think we are the aliens now." Leo walked over to make a cup of tea.

"Sometimes I think you guys are." She smiled and walked over to him. "Can you make me some too? I'm so hungry but Mikey said there was nothing to eat." She got out another cup and placed it next to his.

"He lied." Leo yawned.

"What?" May paused, "Of course he did…" She realized Leo was telling her all the good food was in Mikey's hiding spot.

She walked to the other side of the kitchen and climbed on the counter to the top of the cabinets. "How is this considered a hiding spot if everyone can get to it?" She took out a bag of chips and a packet of strawberry pop-tarts.

The countertops were fairly high and the only reasonable way to get down was to jump. Climbing back down would be a hassle. So she threw the chips and packet on the table and took a deep breath as Leo looked back at her in confusement.

She turned her back to him, pushed off the top cabinet with her foot and arched her back and flew off the counter top and onto her two feet. She crouched down placing her left hand in between her feet and her right arm in the air. She smiled as her trick worked and stood up facing Leo. "What do you think!" she sat down at the table. Leo finished the teas. "Not too bad," He sat next to her and placed her tea next to his, "Not bad at all Miss Gibson."

May smiled and shook her head. "Stop, now you really sound like splinter." She half whispered sipping her tea gracefully. "What's wrong with that?" Leo looked down on her and sneaked a chip from the bag.

She thought for a moment, "You should be you. Not Splinter. You're two totally different…people. That's all. You're brothers live their own lives. You need to too."

"But Splinter has put so much effort into me becoming-"

"You are teenager Leo and you're only going to be it for so long. Splinter is older, wiser. You have to go through all of your life, your own life, in order to become a wise person. You can't just use his stories." She looked up at him with her eyebrows frowning.

Leo looked relieved. He smirked and nodded, "I know." He barely whispered.

She nudged him and smiled confidently. "My dad would always say stuff like that…" Just then a wave of nausea came over her body. dad would say stuff like that to me. Whenever I was a brat, or upset…he knew how to comfort me.

"…Right? May? Hey, did you hear me?" Leo shook her shoulder gently.

"…dad…" May started to form tears in her eyes.

"Hey, May. Are you okay-"

She sat up out of the chair. "I'm fine. That's all I've ever heard from anyone since they died. 'Are you okay?' I'm so sick of hearing those three words." She slammed the chair back underneath the table and started to walk away. Then she turned around to face him. "I'm sorry." She took a deep breath. "I just have to clear my head quickly…" She locked eyes with him. "I'm sorry…" And walked out of the lair and into the sewer.

May ran through the thick sewer water. It either must have been raining or it was raining because the water was very thick, but May didn't care, running made her feel better. She remembered a shortcut Mikey had told her about that cut through to the subway station and followed it. Sure enough it took her there in no time.

She walked up to where the subway cars ran and looked both ways to make sure nothing was flying past the station. When the coast was clear, she quickly hopped through, thankfully this wasn't a busy stop in the least bit.

She should have paid attention to which station this was, but May was so focused on getting to the streets that she honestly didn't care. As she found her way to the upper ground she realized it was raining which explained the high water in the sewer.

"Hey there lady. You need a rain coat or an umbrella or something." A man going into the station informed May.

"I'm good, thanks." She ran out into the rain with her lonely green tank top and black shorts unknowing to the dangerous part of town she was in.

'Dad would always comfort me and Josh. No matter what was happening. Even if mom was having a bad day and being mean to me. Or when I was being a prick or being mean to Josh. Dad would always tell me something wise and make me realize what I had done.' She stopped running and rested against a brick building at the saddening thought of her father.

"Why dad…why can't you be here now to help me go through life…a daughter needs her dad. To protect her and spoil her." She breathed heavily as the cold rain dripped from her face and hair. She rested her back on the wall as she started to cry.

"It's not fair. I've been without you guys for almost a year now and it hasn't gotten better." She continued to cry for about five minutes or so until she heard a clank of metal in the distance.

She took two deep breaths and looked back into the alley.

"Purple dragons." She frowned and crossed her eyes at the three thugs. One big black guy, a white girl and a short white guy all with purple dragon tattoos over different parts of their bodies.

"Aww is the baby upset of something?" The black haired girl makes fun of May.

May cracks her knuckles. "This'll be fun." She smirks and runs over to the black guy and hits him in the balls. He leans over and her knocks him in the head and punches him in the rib cage.

The black haired girl runs over and with her metal pipe hits May in the stomach. May screams out for a moment but quickly grabs the pipe from the bitch. She kicks her in the face and then knocks her over on the side of the face throwing the metal pipe on top of the girl.

The short white guy was next and as May went up to face him she noticed that he had started to sprint away. With the other two in pain, May quickly ran off towards him.

"Hey get your ass back here!" She ran to him and then stopped once she found nothing but a brick wall in front of her. "Where the hell did he go?" She pushed her wet, at this point almost brown hair, from in front of her face.

Remembering the time that Master Splinter went through the brick wall she started to push and tap the wall looking for a trap door or something. Nothing budged. She looked back and saw that the two thugs had run away. 'Serves them right…' she thought and looked back up at the sky. It didn't look like it was going to stop soon. The sky was starting to darken and she knew that she'd ought to start to head back or she'd have more to worry about than three purple dragons.

She turned around and came face to face with a foot ninja. She screamed and ran back against the wall. She looked around and noticed she was cornered by about 15 foot ninjas.

"Not a good part of town for little Miss May to be all by herself with not a turtle in sight." Mockingly the foot ninja that came face to face with her said.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" May thought aloud and noticed an escape ladder from a building across from the ninjas.

"Well, from my personal experience, fighting you and the terrapins, you always seem to be. What would you call it, a damsel in distress?" Even though May couldn't see his face she knew he was smirking underneath his mask.

"I can take care of myself thank you!" She round kicked him in the face forcing him to fall to the floor. The other ninjas around him crouched down for battle. He raised his arm out to the side as he stood up from the floor.

"So you are alone…aren't you? Ran away maybe?" He walked towards her. With May's back against the wall there was nowhere for her to go. "None of your damn business!" She snapped back at him.

He started to laugh and rubbed May's cheek with his index finger. He leaned into May's face and grabbed her waist with the opposite hand. "The turtles can't save you now." May's eyes widened as he took the hand on her face and grasped her neck lifting her up.

For a second, she had a flashback to when Hun had done the same to her. But that second ended and rage filled her head. She quickly kneed him in the balls and he dropped her neck. Landing in a crouched tiger, she looked up at the other ninjas that were about to strike and focused on reaching the ladder across the way.

Quickly she ran towards the ninjas, kicking and punching a few out of the way and jumping up to the ladder. She climbed up as fast as she could and landed on top of the old building. Looking back down she kicked the ladder off its base causing it to fall on a few of the ninjas below. The leader looked up and pointed at May.

"That's my cue!" May smiled and waved to them below and then ran in the opposite direction.

Unfortunately she stopped halfway on top of the building as she saw foot ninja's jumping all around her surrounding her in another circle. She stepped back knowing she was cornered for sure this time.

"Ahahaha, you see little girl, we've been following you. We have eyes and ears all over this city. And after your little friends and you had the alien encounter, we've been stopping at nothing to try to capture the turtles." His tone got a little darker, "And since you're by yourself what not a better way to lure them in." The leader started to walk towards May.

He stopped in front of May and laughed just before he then smacked May across the face. She lost her balance and fell into a deep puddle. Before she could even comprehend what had happened she was yanked out of the puddle by her right arm.

Face-to-face with the same ninja mask, she growled and punched him in the face. Just then a pain from her right side of her torso stung in unimaginable pain. She was struck with a bo staff from one of the ninjas and fell 10 feet to the left side of where the leader had picked her up.

May tried to breathe deep and catch her breath but more footsteps surrounded her.

Just when she was about to give up, she heard screaming and the clashing of metal on the right side where she had just came from.

She attempted to pick herself up but the throbbing on her side said otherwise. She looked up and to her honest dismay she saw a blue headed bandana turtle fighting the foot ninjas. Angered, May ignored the pain and ran to the fight kicking and punching the ninjas and Leo as well.

"Hey what the shell May?" Leo blocked a punch from her. She growled and tripped him and then jumped over him to block a foot soldier from attacking him.

"Why are you here, Leo?" She screamed and fought. Just then the leader foot soldier punched her again in the stomach and strangled May threatening her with a small but sharp knife to her choked throat.

"Don't move Leonardo!" He commanded. May's hands were held down by his other hand. She tried to get out of the locked position but with her side throbbing, it became impossible to do.

"Surrender Leonardo, or May Gibson will die at the fault of your hands." The ninja threaten.

"Leo…Don't…Why are you here…You followed…Me!" May gasped looking at Leo in the eyes.

"May I…I wanted to make sure you were…" He stopped remembering why she left in the first part. Her words rang through his head. "I'm fine. That's all I've ever heard from anyone since they died. 'Are you okay?' I'm so sick of hearing those three words."

"I wanted to make sure you didn't get into trouble. Guess I was right." He threw down his Katanas.

"Excellent. Foot ninja's!" The leader called out and Leo was beaten to a pulp. As the ninja's finished he landed right in front of May's sneakers.

'I have to win. I have to show him…' "I'm not a damsel!" May screamed out and with all of her strength she stepped on the leader's foot and elbowed him in the side. In pain, the ninja dropped the knife and clutched his foot.

"After her-!" He started to command but May hook punched him in the face and he fell from off the building and into a garbage dumpster. She ran past Leo and skidded past the ninjas to collect Leo's swords. "Catch!" She threw one katana to him as he stood up and they fought their way knocking out all of the foot ninja soldiers.

The two tried to catch their breaths. With the cold rain pouring down on them, it was quite a difficult task.

Leo looked over at May holding his sword in both her hands. "Great job." He caught up to his breath and walked over to May. Without hesitation, May ran over to him and with his sword starting to swing at him. Luckily, he still had his other sword in his hand and blocked her attacks.

"WHY LEO! WHY IS IT ALWAYS YOU!" She yelled at him. They came face to face with equally matched force between the two katanas.

"May this isn't a game! What are you doing?" He yelled back at her. He used his complete force and pushed her off. "What do you mean it's always me?" He dropped the Katana to the side of him.

She wiped her drenched face off and threw the sword to the side. "Leo…Lee…" She started to walk off but stopped and crouched down holding her side. "Leo. Why do you always rescue me! It's always you! You hate me!" She yelled as he walked to her side.

"Is that what you think?" He placed his hand on her shoulder but she snatched it off of her.

"Why do you save me? Even the foot knows I'm not strong enough…" She wiped tears out of her eyes and stood up, wobbling and shaking to hold her body up. "You know…I'm not strong enough." She turned and faced him, the rain falling heavily on both of them.

"You are strong, May. You're putting words into my mouth-"

"Because you never talk to me!" Angry that May was verbally attacking Leo he started to stand up for himself.

"Then what about just before you walked out! You and I had a decent conversation! Huh? Then you have a moment and leave suddenly! What the heck was I supposed to do?"

"Let me go! I don't understand why you have to save me! Ugh!" She screamed and walked away. Leo stopped and grabbed her right wrist pulling her back to face him.

"What are you talking about! It's not always me, just a few times!"

"Oh really Leo! Well let's see, how about the ultimate ninja! The very first night he captured me! And the very first night I met you and your brothers! You saved me from falling in that alley. And when Hun was about to kill you the night shredder attacked April's house! You, broken and bruised had to fight to save me. And…and…when the ultimate ninja tried to have you killed. I had to save you and when I thought I could be the hero, you came out saving me instead…" She stopped looking away from Leo.

He thought he saw tears in her eyes but the rain had been falling too hard that it was difficult to tell.

"I'm not…" She looked back at him. "I'm not strong enough. I can't. I want to but it's not possible is it?" She frowned looking at him.

He started to talk but she cut him off. "It'll be a year." She looked down.

"What do you mean?" He asked tipping her face upwards to look back at him.

"A year since they died. That's why I ran away. That's why I've been trying to be strong. I guess…I wasn't there to save them. And I don't know what I would do if the same happened all of you." She slowly placed her head on his chest. "I'm the one that always needs to be saved though. I'm so angry all the time." She cried.

"You've been around Raph too much, I guess." Leo laughed placing his hand on her back.

"No…I haven't. I train with you everyday Leo. I…want to figure you out." She looked back at him. "And I mean it. You don't have to act like Splinter all the time. Be you!" She wiped the water from her face.

Leo looked around and found a shed on the building next to the one they were on. He pulled her onto his shell on his back and hopped to the other building. "Let's try to get somewhat dry." He avoided her sentence. As they got to the other building she ran to the edge of the building.
"No Leo. Don't avoid this. I'm…I'm serious."

"Me too, but let's try to stay dry." He reached back and pulled her wrist back to his embrace. "May why are you telling me this now?" He looked down at her.

"Why not now?" She snaked her arms behind his head and pulled off Leo's mask.

Confused Leo looked at her in shock, "May what are-"

"I can never tell when you guys are really looking at me or not." She smirked.

"May, I…I always try to protect you because…" Leo looked at May with his brown hazel eyes.

"Because why Leo?" She snapped angry at his cowardness.

Leo frowned and growled. "Because…"

"Just tell me! Stop being a cowar-" Just then May had two, three-fingered hands pulling her face towards his. Leo snaked his hands around her head and the other to her back and pulled her closer to him.

May's body froze at first, but she calmed down and closed her eyes enjoying the moment for a second or so until Leo pulled her away. She looked puzzled by his pull away movement and just as she was about to yell at him for stopping he answered for her.

"Because I like you, and I don't want anything to happen to you. I've liked you from the very first couple of times I had met you. You're beautiful, you have a fighting spirit and you are the strongest creature I've ever met in my life."

Astounded by his words May had nothing to say. She just kept on breathing in and out, in and out…

"I don't want you to hurt anymore, but I know that's not possible because of what I and my brother are. Things are out there to destroy us and our friends. And I know that you hurt everyday by the sight of me and my family. I know you think of them all the time. And I'm sorry; I wish I could have done something to stop them from dying. I really do. Even if that meant…never meeting you. May…" He gulped and took a deep breath looking at the now red faced crying May.

"I…I think I love you."

May sniffed and smiled. "Good." She wiped her face and kissed him again.

As she pulled away her eyes started to roll in the back of her head and her knees gave away on her. Leo caught her in one swift move and walked back to the shed.

"Can you lean against this?" He asked leaning her on the side of the shed. She nodded and held her weight against the wall. She held onto his mask that was still in her hand and held it close to her chest. It was hers. The famous leader, Leonardo, was hers…

Leo took out one of his Katana and cut the lock to the door off. He opened the door and picked up May and sat her against the wall. He looked back and closed the door and pulled a chair and locked the door from the inside. He looked around and found a blanket and wrapped it around May.

"No, Leo your cold blooded…You need this more than me." She held it back to him. He smiled. "Okay hold on." He started looking through the shelves and then smiled when he found a flashlight he had been looking for.

He sat next to May and turned on the flashlight and sat it with the light looking at the roof of the shed.

May smiled at him and wrapped the blanket on him. "Hold on…" He pulled her next to him. "Oh my gosh, you really are cold!" She laughed quietly at the coldness of Leo's skin.

"Yea, yea…just like my heart I guess."

May sighed and looked back at him with a soft smile. "Your heart is mine, and I know for a fact that your heart is warm, Leo.

Leo smiled, his brown eyes gazing down at the wet blonde girl.

"I think we should keep this a secret." Leo rubbed May's arms. She nodded. "I agree."

She looked back at him and held out his mask in her hand.

They started to drift into sleep, the two of their breaths in opposition singing them to sleep. Just as May was about to dream she coughed.

"Leo…?"

"Yea?"

"I like you too…A lot…"

And with that her head rolled to his shoulder and drifted to sleep.

May woke up with a bang being heard from far away. She sat up and gasped at her surroundings. She was in the same room that she woke up in after the battle with the shredder at April's apartment. She stood up but fell back down at the pain of her side. She lifted up her clothes, they were not the same clothes she had been with Leo in the rain in, and saw a huge black bruise on her right ribcage.

She took a deep breath but gasped in pain as she did. "What the hell happened?" The clothes she was wearing were baggy but comfortable. A pair of forest green pants and a huge baby blue pajama top with a collar. She looked at the night stand and saw all types of medicine and gadgets.

"Donny…" She smiled and took the pills placed next to the glass of water. She took another painful breath after taking the pills and opened the door across the room. Holding a death grip onto the rail, she slowly walked down the steps and looked out the front porch window when she reached the bottom of the stairs.

To her dismay, she noticed Casey and April holding hands watching Leo and Splinter fighting. Trying not to be too noticeable, she opened the door as hard as she could into Casey's head.

April screamed as Casey fell and May tried to pretend to gasp as if it were an accident but in the process, she hurt her side and clenched the shirt where the giant bruise covered half of her torso.

"May Catherine Gibson!" April yelled out helping Casey back to his feet.

"I'm sorry April…I didn't, ouch, mean too…" She rubbed her head. As she did she caught a glance at Leo who was smirking and shaking his head at her. She smiled knowing he knew she did it on purpose and continued to fight with Splinter.

"I'm really sorry Casey. I wasn't paying attention. All you alright?" She asked walking over and sitting on the stairs trying to reduce the pain.

"Oh I'm fine…" Casey stood up rubbing his head. "Um are you okay?" He asked looking concerned at May.

She shook her head. "No, that freaking hurt. Ouch!" She laid her head on the step above her.

April ran to her side and placed her cold hand on May's forehead. "It feels like you're starting to get a fever."

"Man May, you took a real beating. Good thing Leo was there to help you beat up those stupid foot ninjas! But I heard you took out most of them yourself! Too bad I couldn't have seen it in action!" He smiled rubbing his head.

"Yea…"She took another couple of breaths, "Come here, I'll show you what I did." She grinned evilly.

"May!" April slapped May's hand. May just laughed but stopped as it hurt her side.

"Casey grab her other arm and help me move her to the couch." April and Casey helped move May from the stairs to the couch in the dusty old living room.

"Now if you will excuse us, Casey and I will be heading out for a walk. With NO interruptions!" She pointed a finger at May and walked off with Casey trailing behind.

May smiled and shook her head. "Greaaaaaatt." She closed her eyes for a moment or two but opened them back up as she heard the door open and close. She looked to the left of her and smiled as she saw Leo staring back at her. He was crouched down by her side.

"How you doing?" He whispered. She looked past him and saw Splinter in the kitchen. Looking back at him she smiled, "Fine except for the man-eating bruise on my whole right side, but you know."

He smiled back at her, "Don said you broke two ribs. But you need to take a break." He got closer and whispered, "More of an excuse to spend time and talk." He smiled and stood back up and helped Splinter in the kitchen.

May watched Leo and grinned happily at the thought of what all had happened between the two. But she closed her eyes and started to sleep.

(Leo's POV)

"Here Sensei, let me get that for you." Leo reached over and grabbed a tea pot from the top shelf.

"Thank you Leonardo." He took the pot from him and poured the water into the pot putting it onto the stove. "Leonardo, your training is going well. You have been concentrating more lately. Why is that?" He looked at his eldest son.

Leo sighed, "After this fight with May, I need to get stronger. She got hurt. And I need to get better. Plus you have so much to teach me still, sensei. I want to learn more to become stronger and-"
"My son, sometimes you say too much. Come let us meditate." Splinter walked over to the living room and sat on the rug across from the couch May slept on.

Leo smirked at her sleeping body and sat next to splinter. He thought about the way she had glistened in the rain. He had never seen her so pretty before. Even though she was fighting him, he couldn't believe how much she had looked like a goddess. She had grown so much from when he had first started teaching her and he knew that with time, she would only get better and stronger. And he would get stronger to protect her too. He had too. After all, if there were people out there like the shredder and some of these aliens that had been fighting with him and his brothers, there had to be others and he would be ready for them.

Just then the door slammed and woke Leo out of his meditation. It was April and Casey fighting as usual. "Did you tell your mother we're engaged!" April yelled. "NO!" Casey yelled back, "uh, kinda…" He slumped back. "You've gotta understand my mom hates every girl I eva brought home! I just said it to shut her up! I never thought she come looking for ya!" Casey walked over to April by the fireplace.

"I just wanted her to like you, that's all." He placed a caring hand on her shoulder to try to calm her down. "Cuz you're ya know, special…"

"Aww really?" April lean in to kiss Casey when she noticed Leo and Splinter still in the room. "Um, don't mind us guys!" She placed her hands on her hips and pouted.

Master splinter coughed. "Perhaps we should continue our meditation session, elsewhere." Just then a knock came at the door. "So are you gonna make me stand outside all alone all day?" A grumpy old voice yelled from the other side. Leo and Splinter hopped back out into the kitchen and into the old barn.

"Well that sounds like a fun argument to watch." Leo laughed at Casey's ignorance. "Love has many battles my son, but this is one that we cannot and do not want to intrude in." Splinter hobbled over to a chair.

"What do you mean?" Leo looked out the window and noticed Casey and April arguing on the back porch.

"Well, love is not an easy thing. It has many battles, but it is true love that stands out when everything is going wrong." Leo nodded and watched poor April given a job to take in a whole load of apples from out of Casey's mom's car. Leo opened the barn door and helped April. "Need a hand?" he smiled and grabbed two bushels above his head.

April scowled. "Now I see where Casey gets his annoying from. His mother!" She pouted placing the bushel down.

"Do not take his mother's disapproval so personally Miss O'Neil. Parents can be very over protective of their children."

Leo laughed, "Tell me about it!" He placed the two buckets next to her one.

(May's POV)

May sniffed the air from her deep slumber. She shook her head and sat up at the sweet sent. "Owwww. Gosh why does this hurt so much!" She stood up and grimaced at the pain in her side. She walked to the kitchen about to start a conversation with April but gasped as she saw a short and very muscular old lady instead.

"Oh my gosh! You scared me!" May started to breath heavily.

"Oh dear you poor thing. Casey told me you had a nasty accident and you needed to rest, here, sit down.
The lady grabbed May's hand pulled her to the table and sat her in one of the chairs.

"Do you like apple pie? You look very skinny, so I have to ask if you get enough food from your aunt." The lady continued to make her pie.

May rubbed her head. "Yea I like pie, I like to eat too. And my aunt is the most amazing caregiver I could ask for." May looked up at the lady. "Who are you anyway?" She asked.

"Well you speak your mind, huh? I'm Casey's mother." The lady looked back at May and handed her an apple slice.

May took it in shock. "Really? Well I see the resemblance." She giggled and took a bite of the apple. "Oh my gosh. This is really good. It's sweet. Yum." She finished the rest of it.

The old lady laughed and placed the back of her hand on May's head. "You have a fever dear. Go back on the couch and sleep. Here's a couple of apple slices to fill your empty stomach." The lady handed her a plate of apples.

May stood up and smiled. "Thank you so much. Good night." She walked over to the couch and ate the apples. After she ate in silence, she stretched out across the couch and rubbed her head and eyes.

She felt how hot her head really was and noticed how much she was sweating. She sat up and pulled the blanket off the top of the couch over her shivering body. How could she be so cold and yet sweating?

"Just the fever I guess." She whispered to herself and started to sleep. May thought right before she completely fell asleep, 'I swear this is the only thing I do nowadays. Well at least I'm not at school…'