Chapter Six – A Moment Alone
(TV)
"ZAAPPP!" went the ray gun as it hit Captain Ryan.
"AHHH! The panic-cons hit me with an anxiety ray!We are all going to die! And I think I left the food replicater on! What if the ship burns down!?" Captain Ryan says fearfully while cradling his head.
Jasmine squeezed the pillow she had in her lap tighter as she watched the TV, waiting to see what would happen next. When she left the kitchen earlier she could hear all of the commotion that was going on once she sat down in the other room. Not to mention when Mikey decided to do his little joke on Donnie.
"AHHHHH! Jasmine, help me! I'm being attacked by Donnie!" Mikey screamed at Jasmine as he ran by her while being chased by the now furious Donnie.
"I think you are on your own this time, Mikey!" Jasmine yelled back at Mikey while laughing out loud. "You think you would learn by now!"
"Nah! This is…ow…so…ow…worth it!" Mikey said as Donnie hit him with his wooden staff.
"How has your leg been feeling since the attack?" Leo asked Jasmine as he walked into the room and went to go sit down right next to her.
"Huh? Oh…umm…it's alright I guess…I mean it still hurts when I walk on it a little bit but other than that I'm pretty good, and not to mention I probably might not be here if it weren't for you and your brothers…and April, of course." Jasmine replied while turning off the TV and turned to face Leo.
"That's good to hear…hey…I got to tell you something, it's about the dream that you told me earlier but-" Leo started to say but was interrupted by April running in while cradling her arms, looking terrified. Leo looked at Jasmine giving her a worried look, Jasmine just shrugged her shoulders not sure on what had happened to April. He got up and walked towards April but his mind was still on the conversation he wanted with Jasmine. Everyone else ran towards April, except Jasmine because of her injury, concerned for April's safety as she stepped down the stairs into the lair.
"What happened April? You okay?" Donnie asked in a sweet tone.
"Yeah…yeah I'll be fine I just got chased by some Kraang droids but lucky I lost them on the way here…but it was still a little scary not knowing if I would get caught or not…." April said with a shaky voice trying to sound strong but failed in the end.
"Well at least you got here safe…but we better check what's going on with the Kraang to see if they are making any plans," Donnie said.
"Yeah, you right Donnie, we better go top-side and check it out, but how about you guys go on ahead without me, I'll catch up with you later I got to do something first," Leo said to the other three turtles.
The other three turtles nodded their heads in agreement and ran out into the tunnels, to find a manhole cover so they could go top-side. Leo sighed while turning around and went to go stand in front of Jasmine. He squatted down so that he could see her face to face. Jasmine waited patiently for Leo to say something with a small smile and warm eyes; as Leo looked at Jasmine he noticed golden flecks danced a crossed her eyes that wasn't there before making him take in a breath from Jasmine's beauty.
"Leo? You okay?" Jasmine asked with concern.
"Huh…yeah," Leo said as he snapped out of his trance. "Jasmine, what I said earlier about telling you something, well how about later, when everybody else is asleep we can talk about it then, is that okay?" Leo asked Jasmine gently.
"Yeah, that's totally fine, so I'll be waiting for you till' then," Jasmine said with a sweet smile. When Leo saw that smile his heart skipped a beat, he loved it when she smiled like that, it made him feel like she actually cared for him even though he was a mutant. Then he did the unexpected, something he thought that he would never do to anyone but Jasmine completely changed his mind and actions, Leo slowly leaned in and gently kissed Jasmine on the forehead.
"I'll be back soon," Leo said as he stood back up and started to walk towards the exit.
"Okay…." Jasmine said quietly while blushing a lot until her whole face was red as a tomato, not sure on what to say or do. Once Leo left, April ran towards Jasmine squealing with excitement and joy.
"I can't believe he just did that, Jasmine!" April squealed completely forgetting about the whole incident with the Kraang. Jasmine just sat there staring at the floor, not sure on what to do. "JASMINE! Snap out of it!"
"Huh…Wha…?" Jasmine said as she slowly came out of her trance.
"I said I can't believe he just did that, I mean I never thought Leo would do something so bold and sweet!" April said while shaking Jasmine back and forth, making Jasmine get dizzy from the sudden movement.
"Apr-April! Please stop it…if you don't…I might get…sick," Jasmine tried to say without losing her lunch in the process.
"Ohh…sorry," April said while letting go of Jasmine. "So why do you think he did that?"
"I-I'm not sure but…" Jasmine trailed off as she thought about it. "Umm…April, this is hard to admit and a little embarrassing to say but…I might have…a little crush…on Leo. And when he did that…it just made…my feelings get even stronger than before…."
"REALLY!? OH…MY…GOSH! I was not expecting that, when did you start feeling like this?" April squealed again.
"I-I don't know maybe when I saw him on the roof the other night but j-just don't tell anyone, okay? I mean I'm not ready to tell him and I-I thought I could tell you cause' I trust you not to tell anybody…and I mean anybody…promise?" Jasmine said while trying to keep a safe distance from April's flaying arms.
"Okay, I promise," April said as she held up three fingers like a girl's scout honor.
"APRIL!" Splinter yelled from the training arena. "It's time for your training."
"Hai, Sensei," April yelled back, she stood up and started to walk towards the dojo but stopped halfway there and turned towards Jasmine. "Ohh and Jasmine, I'm glad you told me this and don't worry your secret is safe with me."
"Thanks, April. That means a lot to me, and maybe once my leg is healed and I can walk properly again, we can go to Muracami's to hang out," Jasmine said.
"Yeah, that's sounds like fun-" April said but was immediately interrupted by Splinter yelling her name again. "Crap…gotta go, I see you later Jasmine."
"Yeah, I'll see you later…" Jasmine chuckled.
April ran towards the dojo in a rush, hoping she won't get yelled at for being late for her training session. Jasmine sighed and propped her leg back up on a pillow so it could get better circulation. She grabbed another pillow and silently squeezed it thinking about the kiss that Leo gave her. She smiled at the thought and decided that this was the best day of her life, like ever!
Leo caught up with his brothers just as they were climbing out of the manhole. When he walked up to them, Donnie turned around and gave Leo a weird look.
"What?" Leo asked Donnie.
"Nothing, you were just smiling funny when you walked up," Donnie replied.
"I was!?" Leo asked surprisingly.
"Yeah, you were, did you do something that we should know about? Did you do something to Jasmine?" Mikey teased.
"Wha-what? N-no…" Leo said while putting his hand behind his head.
"We can read you like a book, Leo, spill it!" Raph said.
"It's that noticeable, huh…well…how should I put this…." Leo said. "Well…" His three brothers leaned closer to him, waiting impatiently for his response to their questions.
"Well…I might have…kissed Jasmine-" Leo started to say but was interrupted by Mikey.
"YES! I KNEW IT!" Mikey yelled while pumping his fists into the cold air.
"On the forehead…." Leo finished.
"Really!? You did that?" Donnie asked with wide eyes.
"Y-Yeah…" Leo replied.
"Pffttt…so what…." Raph said but as Leo looked over at his hot tempered brother; Raph was smiling more than normal. "Let's go up to the surface, already."
The turtles climbed out of the dark sewers and ran towards the side of a random building. They climbed up to roof so they could get a better view of the sleeping city. Once they got to the top they moved into the shadows and moved swiftly and quickly across the rooftops. About three hours later of searching for the Kraang the group of turtles stopped near a random market store.
"Well we better get back to the lair, it's getting late," Leo told his brothers.
"What!? Why? The Kraang still might be out here," Donnie said Leo.
"You just want to keep looking for April's sake, don't ya?" Raph teased Donnie.
"More like for your girlfriend," Mikey teased while poking Donnie.
"Yeah, so what and FYI she a girl and my friend and that doesn't make her my girlfriend!" Donnie yelled at Mikey and Raph.
"Riiight…" Mikey teased.
"Okay you guys, knock it off, let's head back to the lair," Leo told his auguring brothers.
They headed towards a random manhole and gathered around it. Raph took off the cover and hopped into the sewers with Mikey right behind him. Leo was about to jump in after his brothers when Donnie grabbed his shoulder.
"Hey Leo, you understand, right? I mean Raph and Mikey don't know how it feels to…." Donnie tried to explain what he was worried about but trailed off in the end. Leo stared at his brother completely understanding what his true conflictions were about.
"Yeah, I understand, you don't have to say anymore, Mikey and Raph are just giving you a hard time because they know that they can," Leo tried to comfort his brother.
Donnie sighed, "I kinda wish that they didn't do that but I know that's not going to happen. Anyways, so it's true you like Jasmine a lot?"
Leo blushed at the sudden change in the subject, "U-umm…." Leo started but ended up looking at his brother which was a mistake. Donnie was looking at his older brother with puppy dog eyes trying to get Leo to tell him the truth. "Uhh…yeah, I do" he said while blushing intensely and put his hand behind his head.
"That's what I thought but I wanted to see if I was right," Donnie said while smiling showing his wide gap in his teeth.
"Just, don't tell Raph and Mikey I said that because they most likely won't let it down for months, and I really don't want to deal with that right now," Leo said.
"Yeah, I know what you mean there," Donnie chuckled. "I won't tell them, well not until your ready anyway.
Leo sighs with relief and jumped down into the sewers with Donnie following right behind him. Once the turtles got to the lair they found Jasmine, April, and Splinter sitting in front of the TV talking to each other.
"So that's why you came to New York, I mean I never heard a student randomly changing schools in the middle of the school year," April said.
"Yeah, I really didn't have a choice but I'm glad I came here," Jasmine said with a warm smile. "But I have to admit I really miss my old friends, we had a LOT of fun and crazy moments."
"Yeah, I bet you do…." April said but was cut off by the clicking sound of the returning turtles going through the entrance of the lair.
The turtles walked down the stairs. April stood up and went to go hug Donnie, hoping to cheer him up a little. Leo walked over to Jasmine and sat down next to her. Jasmine looked at him with a worried look not sure if everything was okay or not. Mikey and Raph sat down near Splinter waiting for their sensei to ask about their mission. Jasmine looked around at the turtles and found out the answer to her question by the expressions on their faces.
"I'm guessing you guys didn't find anything," Jasmine said with concern.
"Yeah, we couldn't find anything, absolutely nothing, not a trace of the Kraang," Donnie responded.
"Next time we are out on an evening patrol we keep an eye out for the Kraang," Leo said.
"You guys don't have to do this, you know," April said. "I got here safe and not a scratch on me so I don't see why you guys have to keep looking."
"Yeah, but we need to know why they were chasing after you, there's got to be some reason for their weird behavior," Donnie told April.
"Yeah, but what could that be?" Raph asked no one in particular.
"Who knows…." Leo said.
Everyone dissipated after their small discussion and went to go do what they did best. Jasmine stayed where she was and waited for Leo while he went to go get something. Mikey started to play the pinball machine and Raph went to sit on the hanging tire to read his favorite comic. April followed Donnie back into his lair to help with his newest invention he was working on. Splinter went into his room to meditate for the night. After a while Leo came back with a couple of pillows and a blanket.
"Do you want to head to my room?" Leo asked Jasmine as he came into the room.
"Huh? Oh, yeah sure…but…I'm gonna need some help…I think," Jasmine said. She tried to stand up and walk towards Leo but her leg gave out sending her flopping back onto the couch with a small surprising yelp. "Yeah…I'm going to need help…."
"Okay, uh…hang on…" Leo said while trying to find a spot to put the stuff down. He set the blankets and pillows down by the pinball machine that Mikey was playing earlier. He walked over to Jasmine and helped her to her feet. They got about seven feet to his room when Jasmine's leg decides to give out again. She falls to the floor taking Leo with her.
"Oww…." Jasmine groaned tried to get up but her spinning head stopped her. Her head hurt from impact onto the floor.
"Sorry I didn't know this was going to happen…." Leo said with a hint of embarrassment. "But…u-uhh…."
Leo stopped mid-sentence finally realizing where he was. Jasmine was holding her head on the floor but the thing was she wasn't beside him, she was under him. He couldn't believe what had just happened, he was just helping Jasmine walk to his room where they would talk about the dream she had the other night. And next thing he knew she was on the floor and he was on top of her. Jasmine stopped holding her head and was staring up at Leo, not sure on what to do or say. He started to blush until his whole face was red as a tomato well as close it could get to one.
"Umm…Leo…."Jasmine said while blushing.
"Yeah…uhh…I'm going to…get up now…." Leo said awkwardly.
"Ummm….yeah…." Jasmine said awkwardly.
Leo got up trying not to hurt Jasmine in the process. Once Leo got up Jasmine sat up next to him. They both just sat there, staring at the floor or something else that wasn't each other. After about a minute, Jasmine got the courage to speak.
"Um…Leo, I'm sorry-" Jasmine said.
"No…no it's ok…it wasn't your fault…" Leo interrupted Jasmine.
"I know but…" Jasmine said while blushing. "Thanks for helping—uhh….Leo w-what are you doing…?"
"You will see…." Leo said while standing up. He held out his hand to Jasmine and she took it.
"Wha-what are you going-" Jasmine started to say. "LEO!"
Leo picked the surprised Jasmine up, bridal style and walked towards his room. On the way there Jasmine just sat there in his arms, her face completely red from embarrassment. They walked into his room and Leo set Jasmine down onto his bed. She just sat there not sure on what to say.
"I'm going to go get the blankets and pillows…and sorry….if I startled you by doing that…." Leo said. "I just thought it would be easier to get you here that way…"
"…it's ok…" Jasmine said shyly.
Once Leo left the room, Jasmine sat there for a couple of seconds trying to comprehend on what just happened. She looked around the room even though there wasn't much to see. Jasmine sighed and fell back onto his bed covering her eyes from the light. Leo came back into the room and set the pile of blankets and pillows on to the bed beside Jasmine.
"Are you okay?" Leo asked Jasmine.
"Huh? Oh…yeah, I'm fine just a little tired that's all…but how about you tell me the thing you wanted to talk about earlier today…" Jasmine suggested while un-covering her eyes.
"Yeah, but it might take a while…" Leo warned her.
"That's okay," Jasmine chuckled. "I mean I don't think I'm gonna be going anywhere, plus I want to hear what you want to tell me."
"Well, where should I start…." Leo sighed.
Jasmine sat back up and scooted towards the edge of the bed that was pushed up against the wall. She leaned against the wall and waited for Leo to start. Leo stared at her and smiled he scooted back and sat beside her making sure he didn't hit her leg. He leaned back against the wall while still trying to find a way to start the conversation. After a couple of minutes of silence he finally got the courage to start, but when he looked at Jasmine she was fast asleep. He smiled and chuckled a little to himself, he just have to find another way to talk to her, tomorrow. Jasmine sighed in her sleep and scooted closer to Leo, she leaned her head onto his shoulder making Leo jolt a little. He got a blanket and pillow that were on the other side of Jasmine trying not to wake her up from his movements. He covered Jasmine with a soft, warm blue blanket making sure she didn't wake up in the process. A couple of seconds later he could feel his eyelids getting heavy from sleep and next thing he knew he was fast asleep with his head on Jasmine's, completely forgetting about the talk he wanted to have with her.
IMA DONE! Lol It took a little bit but I finally finished this chapter ^^ Well I tried my best on the alone parts but idk if it turned out the best but I hope you like it anyways. :3 if you have any questions don't be afraid to ask! XD PLEASE COMMENT! ^^