Winter was getting closer to its end. It was still cold outside, but the temperatures were rising a bit more. Temperatures were now up in the 40's during the day, and 30's at night.

The turtles were starting to venture out in the early evenings before the temperatures fell to too cold. They were all way too restless down in the lair and were ready for spring weather. So was Randall. He wanted to run on the rooftops again too.

Randall hadn't given up on his training by a long shot. He still trained with the turtles when he came down at times and with April in her apartment. Just because he had been inside all winter didn't mean he was lazy by any means.

This had been the first winter Randall had been in that he had seen how bad the weather could get full force with snow. Winters back in his former world weren't even quite as bad as here in the human world.

When the calendar month changed once again, Randall looked at a certain date. It would be after spring arrived. It wasn't like he had ever gotten anything special on it from anyone who loved him. He growled.

Leo saw him looking at the calendar and walking away.

"What's wrong, Randall?" Leo asked.

"Nothing."

"There must be something that was making you upset. A certain date?"

"No. I'm just ready for warmer weather."

"So are we and it won't be long." Leo said.

"I'm fine, Leonardo." Randall just walked off to the kitchen for a soda out of the fridge.

Leo knew something was bothering the lizard. He went to talk to Mikey, as he knew Randall probably the best on a personal level, other than Don.

"Hey, Mikey, do you know of something going on with Randall?" Leo asked.

"No, why?"

"He seems down about something. He was looking at the month of March, since it's now March."

"Oh, I think I know what it is. His birthday is coming up on the 26th. He never had his birthday celebrated before." Mikey said.

Leo knew that would be a big time downer, to never have your birthday celebrated.

"Then how about we throw him a surprise party?" Leo said in a quiet voice.

"I'm all for it, big bro." Mikey said with a grin. Then they high threed each other.

Leo and Mikey told Raph, Splinter, and Don, plus April and Casey and LH they were going to plan a party for Randall. And he couldn't know until the night of the party.

Everyone began to help plan the party. There were some things they got real sneaky about behind his back.

Randall could try to find out if he wanted to, but he just kept himself busy. And whoever he was hanging out with, made sure to keep him busy while the others were all making sure to not give anything away.

The first day of spring finally came and it was warming up some more. Tonight was in the 50's.

Randall thought it was warm enough he would go on his first run with the turtles since before winter started.

That night, it felt good to get out and stretch his legs like that. They even ran into some Purple Dragons. And Randall even helped out in fighting them, as usual, in his invisible state. It was the best way he could.

During the week, everyone said they were ready for the party. Even if they didn't get gifts, they just wanted to show him how fun a birthday party could be. The party itself was a gift.

Don told her everything was ready. April got Randall's attention after her shift was over that day at the store. He had gone down to the basement when he was done, but she went down to get him.

"Hey, Randall. Do you want to go to the lair for dinner tonight?" She asked.

"Not really."

"Mikey cooked your favorite. Come on. It's not the same without you." She said.

Randall had wanted alone time tonight, but at her begging, he caved. "Alright, but I'm not staying there overnight."

"You don't have to. Just come on." April said.

It was in the 60s out today and they went out to her van. They headed for the warehouse.

Randall figured it was going to be like every other dinner he had gone down to. April texted they were there.

Down below ground, everyone was ready to spring a surprise.

There was a banner, balloons, a big cake, ice cream in the freezer, a dinner that was Randall's favorite, and just all his friends there.

April and Randall got in the elevator and went down. When the door opened, the lights were off.

"What's going on?" Randall asked.

The lights came on and there was a huge "SURPRISE!"

Randall was taken by surprise alright. He stumbled backwards into April's arms. His left upper hand held his chest.

She helped him to stand back up again.

The others laughed.

"We got ya, didn't we?" Mikey laughed.

"Yeah. What's all this for?" Randall asked. Then he saw the banner.

It read 'Happy Birthday, Randall!' in big purple words.

"A birthday party?" Randall asked.

"Yes. We know you've had a hard life and never had one celebrated. Why not now?" April said.

Randall didn't know what to say.

"How about we have the dinner that was made for you?" April said.

"I made the cake and the dinner." Mikey said.

Randall nodded.

They were all eating at the kitchen table that had been dragged out of the kitchen this time. Everyone that he was closest to was there. Just the turtle family, April and Casey, Splinter, and Leatherhead were all there to make this a good day for him.

Some chicken and noodles were some of Randall's favorite dinners, hence was served tonight as the main course. Some corn for others and some mashed potatoes. It was a good dinner.

Randall couldn't get enough of the chicken and noodles. But he knew he had to save some room for dessert, his own birthday cake.

There was the birthday song sung just for him, and he couldn't help but let tears come to his eyes, as he was happy and sad at the same time his friends were doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. His birthday had never meant that much to anyone but him before.

Everyone else celebrated their own special days, and now they were doing it for him.

The cake had his name on it and it was chocolate. There was also a choice of chocolate or vanilla ice cream. He definitely choose chocolate there too.

They all were served cake and ice cream and it was all amazing.

"Thank you all for making this a great day. This has just never been done for my birthday before." Randall said.

"You're welcome, Randall. We were happy to do this for you. Everyone deserves to have the day they were born celebrated." Splinter said.

"I wish it could have been done when I was a kid."

"What did they do on your birthday when you were a kid?" Casey asked.

"Treated it like every other day. I never got a cake. Sometimes I was lucky if I even got dinner."

"It sucks when you don't have a family that loves you." April said.

"No one in my world loved reptiles. I was lucky I survived at all." Randall said.

"Well, you have and it does make you a survivor. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Leo said.

"It sure has made us all that way." Raph said.

Randall could agree with that.

"Thanks for the party, everyone." Randall said. "This is the best present I have ever gotten on this day I was born."

The others were happy that Randall liked them throwing a party for him.

At last, he had a family that did truly care about him and there were always going to be trials and errors out here in the human world, but at least now, he didn't have to face such a hard life alone.

Randall still knew there was a chance of going back to the monster world, maybe one day, but he had such a wonderful life with these guys that he couldn't think of going back now. He wanted to stay with the ones that had taught him so much over the last several months. He had been with them for nearly a year and it had been a lot of lessons learned.

Randall wouldn't trade anything this new life for anything that it was like compared to back in his old world. This was his life now, full of a new family and friends that cared about him for who and what he was. And who had helped him to overcome some issues of his past, but there would always be some to deal with, possibly in the future.

The End

Does anyone think this is worth to have a sequel? If so, feel free to give ideas. I'm sure I can come up with one. But I hope you all enjoyed this. I sure did.