A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it's taken so long for me to update. School's been really busy and the college baseball season started a month ago. Since I work for a college team, I'm at practice or a game nearly every day, along with school, and prepping for my summer job. All in all I don't have as much time to write. Then my computer broke. Haha Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll try to update again soon!

Boys' ages: Leo-17, Raph/Don-16, Mikey-14; I know this prompt has been done before but I just love it so much. Enjoy!

Mikey's eyes shot open. It was still dark outside and the fact that Leo was still asleep the in the bed across the room from him meant that it was really early. Mikey glanced at the clock and nearly groaned. It was an hour before the alarm would go off but he was just too excited to go back to sleep. Unlike most kids who weren't fond of school, Mikey couldn't wait to go. It wasn't just the first day of school for Mikey; it was the first day of high school. Mikey had been waiting for this day since Leo's freshman year.

As quietly as a ninja, Mikey snuck out of the bedroom without changing out of his pajamas. Unsure of what to do for the next hour, Mikey double-checked his backpack and then went to the dojo to train. It was about forty minutes before Leo walked in fully dressed in his gi and his hair already combed. Mikey wasn't surprised that his brother would wake up before the alarm clock. Leo raised an eyebrow at Mikey as he went for his katanas. Mikey was never up this early, even for training. "Mikey? What are you doing up so early?"

Mikey finished his routine and tucked his nun chucks under his arms as he turned to his older brother. "Couldn't sleep," Mikey answered as he ran a hand over his sweaty blond hair, the strands sticking up everywhere. "I'm too excited," he added.

Leo grinned. Mikey was nearly bouncing on the balls of his feet. Of course, Mikey was almost always excited about something. It wasn't long before the rest of the family joined them in the dojo. It had become a daily event for the family to meet in the dojo and spar for about an hour before breakfast. Raph was facing Mikey when he saw an opening and swept his leg under Mikey. He sighed and then helped his baby brother up, knocking him in the head with a gentle fist. "What's going on in that head of yours this morning?" Raph asked. "You're better than that."

Mikey grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry Raph. I guess I'm just a bit nervous about school."

Don laughed. "You? Nervous?"

Raph grabbed his brother into a headlock and ruffled his hair. "You'll be fine, and if anyone messes with you, you come find me."

Mikey fought his way out of Raph's hold and patted his perpetually messy hair down. "Gotcha."

Splinter had opted to send the boys to public school so that they could meet different people, but after having lived in the same area for so long, nearly everybody knew the brothers, especially the always-friendly Mikey. Even the high school teachers knew of Mikey while he was still in elementary school because he would cross the street to the high school every day to meet his brothers at the end of the day. But now he didn't need to cross the street. Now he walked into the same building as his brothers after Leo parked.

Don helped Mikey find his lockers before the brothers parted ways as the first bell rang. Mikey's classes were fun; out of his eight teachers, five of them had had one or more of his brothers in previous years. He was popular with his classmates already due to his cheerful nature and shared his lunch period with Raph and Casey who were more than happy to eat with the freshman. The first was going smoothly, until Mikey ran into some trouble while waiting for his brothers at the end of the school day.

Mikey had promised to wait for his brothers just outside of the school. Raph usually hung out with Casey but Leo had to finish up Student Council business as the new President and Don was now running the school's science club. Mikey looked at the time on his phone when he sensed a group of people approaching him. He looked up and inwardly groaned. A group of five large seniors were walking towards him with matching sinister grins. He recognized them from when he would walk over and his brothers had talked about them over dinner. Jeff, Cameron, Luke, Mark, and Terrance were the epitomes of high school bullies, stealing lunch money, beating kids up, and generally picking on those weaker than they.

Jeff, their leader, drew up so close to Mikey that the blond had to consciously avoid not backing away from his stale breath. "Look boys, another Hamato orphan, or as I like to call them, fresh meat. What's wrong baby Hamato? Did your brothers abandon you like your parents?" His friends laughed.

Mikey's fist clenched in anger but he kept quiet. "He asked you a question kid," Terrance said getting into Mikey's face.

"Guys, someone's coming," Mark warned.

"Too bad, I'm not done playing with my new favorite toy," Jeff taunted. "I'll see you tomorrow baby Hamato. And no crying to big brothers, or else."

Mikey watched gratefully as Leo and Don came out of the building just as Jeff and his gang left. "Sorry it took so long Mikey," Leo apologized. He frowned. "You okay?"

Mikey blinked in surprise. He wasn't aware that he looked like something was wrong but he plastered on a fake smile anyway. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Leo and Don studied him for a minute before Leo nodded and said, "Okay, let's go home."