Me(pretending I've won an award): Okay...I just want to thank everyone for reading my story...,don't know where I'd be without you...and of course I would also like to thank Leo, Raph, Donnie, and especially Mikey for allowing me their services...(continuing rambling)

Raph(whispering to Donnie): This is worse than Space Hero's...could it get any more corny?

Donnie:nods in silent agreement

Mikey:*fake sniff* I'm so proud...

Raph: Me too...NOT!

Me(glaring at them): ...and I'd also like to thank the original owners for selling me complete rights to their franchise...I've always dreamed of it, but never would have guessed it would actually happen!

All four turtles: WHAT!

Me: LOL...just kidding...still don't own you guys...but I still want to.

Mikey: Keep dreaming...do it enough and it might come true...unless Raph's in it...then he'll scare The Wish- Granters away with his ugly face!

Raph(glares at Mikey threateningly, cracking his knuckles): What's that you say?

Mikey(chuckling nervously): Ummmm...Let's see Chapter 5!

Me: Okay...*ignoring Raph's growl*

Rose was beside herself with mixed emotions consisting of pain, confusion, anger, and why not- the one person in her life who she thought she could trust and count on to be there for her- she had never known what betrayal was until now, this was almost too much to bear. So was the silence on his end.

"Jake? Why don't you want us to be together anymore? Is it because I moved? Did you find someone better than me? Is it me? Why?"

Jake was mentally cursing himself- how could he not have seen this coming? Why couldn't he just tell her? Was he more afraid of hurting her, or feeling like crap for hiding his true feelings, like a coward "Rose...I don't really know what to say...this wasn't the way I planned on telling you..."

"When did you plan on telling me? When I walked into you're house? When she decided to leave you? Next year?! How long have you been hiding this from me?" She was not going to give him the satisfaction of seeing her hurt by what he did-and what he didn't do. She would be strong! She had to, she just lost her trust in her one friend. She wondered if it would have hurt less had he just told her the truth. 'Probably not' she thought bitterly. So goes her new life- every person that's held dear in her life- disappearing, or being taken from her life, leaving voids that couldn't be filled no matter how hard she tried to fill them.

Jake winced at the accusing bite in her voice. He knew he deserved every bit of what he was getting- she had every right to feel the way she did...if he could even imagine all the thoughts going through her mind. There was still some things he needed to tell her though, so, swallowing his pride and fears, he finally spoke in a controlled, yet calming tone in his voice.

"Rose, I do love you...but not in a romantic way. We grew up together...you always were and always will. I view you my sister, and I never want you to see you get hurt- and I see now how stupid it was of me to not being completely honest with you- I was afraid you'd hate me, and I couldn't live with that. I'm sorry, but I thought I was protecting you from unnecessary pain. Please forgive me sis."

Rose felt torn. She could tell Jake was truly sorry, and that he was being honest with her now, but that didn't help her feel any better. She had felt a lot of pain, and he hadn't helped any- he made it worse.

"Rose-are you still there? I need you to know you that I'll be here for you whenever you need a brother to lean on or talk to. I just, Rose, please don't hate me-"

"Jake I don't hate you, but I do need time to find myself again, and to get over this..."

"You know you can count on me, right? I really am sorry" Jake needed her to confirm her forgiveness towards him.

"Jake, it'll take awhile for me to truly forgive you...and I told you already I don't hate you, but..."she paused, unsure if she should continue or not.

"But..." Jake encouraged her to continue, but his gut told him he wasn't going to feel good about whatever she was going to say.

"Jake, I just don't trust you anymore like I used to" she blurted out. Mouth covered, she snapped her phone shut. Then, letting her feelings burst out, she began to cry in passionate tears, not caring whether anyone watched her or not.

Jake stared at his phone in a combination of agony, horror, and shock, as the dial tone on his told him that she had hung up. He didn't know what to do. He felt like crap- like someone had just cut a piece of his heart from his chest. He felt convinced that his actions led to the complete loss of Rose as a sister, and he didn't know if he would ever gain her trust and friendship back. Then he did something only Rose had seen him do. He cried.

While Rose had been talking on her phone, he listened and he observed her facial expressions, as his brothers were discussing, well whatever it was they were talking about. He could care less at the moment, as he was focusedly intent on observing her. He had never seen someone so beautiful, but she seemed so sad. What was she saying? He desperately longed to know what she was saying, if her voice sounded as pretty as he imagined it would. he wished his brothers would stop talking altogether as he strained to hear her. No luck, darn it. His mind began to ask various questions about her- who she was talking to, who her friends were, where she lived, if she was new- he definitely would have remember if he had seen her before. What was she doing out at this time?

Before he knew what was happening, he found himself in the shadows of an alley. 'Huh' he thought 'when did I get here?' Then he heard her speak again, and closed his eyes. He felt his heart stop. This had to be an angel, her voice was too sweet to be just another human girl. He noticed it had something unusual to it, a different accent? What was it? Who was she? He really wanted to know, more than anything. Why did he have to be a mutant turtle? Normally, he was cool with that- even considered it an important aspect of his awesomeness, but for the first time in a long time, knowing what he was kinda bothered him.

He snapped from his thoughts as he heard her again, this time,

"When did you plan on telling me? When I walked into you're house? When she decided to leave you? Next year?! How long have you been hiding this from me?"

He could hear pain in her voice, but also her attempt at hiding her pain by using anger. He was used to his brother Raph doing that, but hearing this girl do that disturbed him tremendously. It sounded like she was being cheated on. He felt pain in his hands, looked down, he saw why- his hands were clenched into tight fists. He must have picked that up from Raph. Why was he doing this?

'Never mind Mikey, focus on gathering as much info as possible about her.' So far, he was gathering her deep emotional pain, man, this must have been a nasty break- up. She was really hurtin' by the looks and sound of it- was that due to her current "problem", or was there something else that happened to her, making her this way? Taking a closer look at her, he decided it was the latter option.

It wasn't 'til she said goodbye, that he realized how deep in thought he was. This was Donnie's thing- this whole thinking business. He was the funny one- the cheerful turtle. Why was he acting like his older brothers? Next, he'd probably be meditating like Leo...ugh!

He hated that more than anything, even more than-

He stopped and stared in shock. She was crying! Not the I- just- finished-cutting-up- onion crying, but an uncontrollable my-entire world-just-fell-apart sobbing. That was the maximum highest level cry level he knew of. He knew there was only one thing to do as he started to walk towards her, but he felt himself dragged back as a hand was clamped tightly over his mouth.

Yeah, I know Mikey sounds a little cheesy, but my entire goal is that he's feeling things that are entirely new to him. As for Jake, I didn't want him to be an evil villain, just to make a life-impacting choice. Besides, there's more to this story than what I'm letting the way, I'm thinking of tying all my stories together later on, so all my OC's and the turtles will eventually be in each others stories, but I am unsure of whether to follow through with this or not. Please let me know what u think, and also let me know what you're thoughts are regarding the story. I am also open to suggestions.