Winter seemed to drag on too long. The turtles soon returned before the next snowstorm hit.

Randall watched the blistering snow outside as another blizzard took hold of the city. Even the turtles stayed in their lair when it got this way outside, though they would do a couple of patrols during the week, provided it wasn't too cold for them.

Everyone was glad that they had things to do to occupy them inside in this cold wintry weather, with TV mostly being the entertainment.

When Randall felt like he needed someone to talk to, when not working, he would go upstairs and talk and hang out with April. She would let him hang out on her couch. They would even share cups of hot chocolate. It was the perfect drink for the coldest days.

April found that Randall was good company and he wasn't pushing romantic moves on her either. She loved him like another adopted brother. They were just friends.

Valentine's Day was coming up and she wondered what Casey had planned for them.

April did ask the guys if they knew anything of what Casey had planned and they said they had no idea. Casey had mentioned ideas to them, but what he wanted to do in the end would be all his own.

When it came to the romantic feelings between the two humans, Randall generally stayed away from them. He wasn't going to be the problem. No girl had ever wanted him before anyway.

One day, while hanging down in the lair, working on projects with Don, Mikey came in to stir things up a bit. "Can you hang out with me now, Randall. I've got an awesome new video game to be tried out."

"Mikey, I really need his help in finishing this camera for outside the lair." Don said.

Mike and Don seemed to be the ones that fought for his attention the most. Just for needing him for what they wanted or needed.

"Mike, if you want your home to be safe as possible, the security needs to be dealt with first. Games come second." Randall made it clear he was still busy. "Give me a little bit longer."

"Fine!"

Mikey hated to be ignored, but then, he just didn't fully understand the 'grownup' type of thinking all the time.

"How much longer is it going to take to finish the wiring?" Randall asked.

"Another hour at least." Don replied. "We just have to install it. It shouldn't take that long."

They had finished putting in the internal wires and now were going outside the lair to hook it up somewhere.

Mikey saw them leaving. "Don gets all the girls and now he gets my best friend to himself most of the time." He muttered.

"Mikey, you know that Randall is just as much a mechanic as what Don is. This is the best way he gets to fulfill that need." Leo said.

"I know. I just wish he would play with me."

"He will, when he gets back. He has just as much the adult type of thinking that we do. You just have a different type of thinking than we do."

"Yeah, and it makes it much more fun."

"I know I'm going nuts down here." Raph said.

"Can you play the game with me, Raph? It could give you something to do besides hit your punching bag." Mikey said.

"Fine."

Mikey was thrilled he got one of his brothers to play with him. Raph was just in it for some release of boredom.

It was another space fighters game. Meant for two players.

Once the game got going, it did seem to release both of Mike and Raph's boredom. It was fun. Mikey beat his brother at the high score. He was the video game champion.

When Don and Randall got back to the lair, Randall saw Mikey was already playing the game with someone else. He shrugged his shoulders. It wasn't that big a deal to him. He would just go back on working on other stuff.

"I can't hang out with him all the time." Randall said.

"It's hard for him to accept when we get busy sometimes that we have things to do to try to keep this lair safe." Don said.

"I know. I know he's been like that since I met him. But some of his childish nature is funny."

"For us, we grew up with him. We know most of his habits. He knows how to get us to cave to his needs and wants, although we don't always give in and that's where he might go and pull something that he shouldn't. Lucky this time that Raph must have been feeling bored enough to play with him." Don said.

"I think I give him enough of my attention."

"Of course you do. The video game isn't going anywhere. There will be a later time."

"I heard him say on the way out that you get all the girls and then you get me." Randall said.

Don blushed. "Yeah, I do tend to get girls' attention anytime we deal with others other than just April. And don't worry, there's nothing else going on in feelings. We're just brotherly friends."

"Good. I'm not in the ways of that trying. I never could score girls very well even when I tried to."

"There might be someone someday."

"I doubt it. No one likes reptiles."

"There are some that do, but yes, those numbers are so few."

They continued to work on more projects until dinner. Then after dinner, Don said Randall could play with Mikey.

Mikey was still disappointed about earlier, but he let Randall play with him. Raph was ready for his lifting weights before bedtime.

...

The next day was Valentine's Day and Casey wanted as much support from the guys as possible.

They tried to give him as much support as possible and Don gave him tips, from what he had read about.

There was a special restaurant uptown that April talked about a lot and he had reservations for dinner there. He put on a nice suit and made himself look nice. He even pulled his hair back. He got her some flowers.

When April answered the door, she was dressed in a red dress and had her coat ready to go.

"Thanks for the flowers, Casey." She said.

She went to put then in a vase before they took off.

"So where are we going?" She asked.

"It's a surprise. But I know you'll love it." Casey said.

Randall was invisible in the far corner back by the bathroom. He wasn't jealous, he was just observing. He saw the two humans leave and he unblended himself. He walked over to the window and saw them leave in April's van.

Sometimes he wondered what it would be like to have a girlfriend. He had spent the majority of his life alone. He was glad he had this new family, but it wasn't the same. But then, surely his friends felt the same way. How could they score females in this world?

And then, there was that other dimension that he remembered, Leonardo's friend, Usagi, that came from a world where animals instead of humans dominated their world. There could be chances of scoring females there. But that was a long shot chance at best. And there was his own world for himself, if he could find another one like himself perhaps, though reptile females were hard to come by.

But then, who said any female that loved you had to be the same species? The right one would come along when they came along.

Randall wasn't sure how long the turtles would live, but his kind could live a real long time. But then, some species of reptiles were also so long lived in the human world. He hoped they would be around for a long time.

Hope you all are enjoying this. Just one more left. Is there anyone who wants to see a sequel? I'd probably be able to come up with one, just would need time to think it up. But I would love to see those lovely reviews.