Chapter 6
Sleepover Antics
"Emily would kill me for not bringing her present," Alex giggled, referring to the lingerie she had gotten her. "I mean, even if we're not really staying the night for that, she'd kill me."
"I don't even know where I put mine," Kerry scoffed as she turned on her blinker at the stoplight. "I was in such a hurry to get it out of my sight."
"I tried mine on a couple weeks ago," Alex admitted, watching a family walk across the street as they waited for the light to change. "It fit perfectly which is really weird if you think about it. How the hell did she know my size?"
"She's pervertly psychic." Kerry grumbled, head resting against her hand, elbow resting on her door as she waited for the light to change.
"Well, it looked nice, I guess," Alex said. "I mean, I like it. Whether or not someone else would? Beats me."
"I am never, ever going to wear mine! Too much skin!" Kerry swore as she looked both ways and started turning as the light turned green and no cars approached. "I don't like seeing that much of my skin, why would anyone else." she scoffed.
"I don't know, I think Don wouldn't mind," Alex teased.
"Well, I would. I wouldn't want him seeing that much either." She rolled her eyes.
"Oh come one! I mean, if you two start dating and progress to that stage of the relationship, he'd be seeing a lot more than just a little bit of exposed skin," Alex said.
"Lights will be off." Kerry grumbled a bit as she picked up speed as they headed to a less crowded part of the city were the boys lived.
"Doesn't mean you can't still see skin," Alex went on.
"Blindfolds. He'd go for it." Kerry tried to joke with her.
"I think he's rather see you," Alex protested. "I mean, he always looks people in the eyes. Don't you think he'd want to then?"
"So you and Raph ran off to make out?" Kerry changed to subject with no shame at all.
"No, he pulled me out of the room to get to the bottom of my not sleeping," Alex corrected.
"And came up with the plan of a slumber party?" Kerry scoffed. "Doesn't seem like the type."
"Honestly?" Alex sighed. "The only time I've felt rested with the nightmares was when Raph stayed the night of my parents funeral. We're just trying to see if this'll help, like it did then."
"And if it does?" Kerry asked with a raised eyebrow. "You going to move in with them? Or them with you?"
"No," Alex scoffed. "It's just too help me get some rest. I mean, I can't remember the last time I've gotten more than three hours of sleep."
"...you could have come to my place." Kerry mumbled.
"I don't think it'd help," Alex sid. "I mean, I stayed at your place two weeks ago. Why do you think I was up making breakfast?"
"You love me?" Kerry scoffed. "And wish to keep my belly happy?"
"Puh-lease," Alex chuckled. "I think you've put on a couple pounds the last couple weeks."
"N-No, I haven't!" Kerry gaped at her. If anything she was losing weight! "I am the perfect size!"
"I'm just teasing, Kerry," Alex said as they pulled up to the Hamato's. Alex got out of the car after Kerry parked, swinging her backpack over her shoulders.
Kerry was grumbling still as she locked the car, her guitar case and overnight back pulled up over her head to rest across her body. "You better be."
"If anything, you need to eat more," Alex told her as they entered the house. "How much weight have you lost lately? I mean, you really don't need to lose any."
"I don't know, I don't pay attention really. I eat when I'm hungry." Kerry rolled her eyes. "And like you should talk."
Alex had no idea how much weight she had lost over the past month or so. She just wasn't hungry most of the time. It could also have something to do with the fact that she often got sick because of her nightmares. She wasn't going to say that to anybody though.
"They're back!" Mikey yelled when the two girls walked into the common area.
"You don't need to yell, Michelangelo," Leo scolded him. "We're all right here."
"We can see them, dumbass." Raph slapped his head harshly, still mad about earlier obviously.
"Easy," Alex told him. She leaned over the back of the couch after dumping her bag on the floor, her arms wrapping around Raph from behind. One of her hands gently gubbed his chest, trying to relax him. "Let it go," she instructed him.
Kerry stayed standing, holding her stuff as the two hotheads glared at eachother. Kerry was not going near him if he was going to hit her. Though with ALex wrapped around him, the chances of it happening were much slimmer. It was a good stand off before Kerry got bored and so just sat down in a chair.
"Hick," Raph greeted.
"Dick," Kerry shot back.
"Raph," Alex warmed softly in his ear. "Be nice."
"Why?" Raph said. "She's not nice." he grumbled.
Alex rolled her eyes. She let her hair fall over his shoulder and slightly hiding her face to prevent the others from seeing what shew as doing. Alex bit his ear beforesucking on it gently. "Doesn't mean you can't try and be the better person," she whispered. "And if you don't want to for that reason, I can give you a little incentive."
"W-What kind of incentive?" Raph mumbled slowly, cheeks turning red as she murmured to him.
"Mm, I'm sure we could think of something," she teased before standing up to side down next to him instead.
"Fine. I won't hit her, tonight that is." He sighed a bit looking at her with red cheeks.
Alex placed her hand on his leg and gave it a gently squeeze. "That's my Pumpkin," she told him with a chuckle. "So, what do we have planned to do?"
"M-Movie night, video games, the works." Raph stuttered looking ahead, trying to ignore her hand.
"Sounds nice," she said, leaning her head against his shoulder. "And Master Splinter was really okay with this?"
"Yeah, as long as we uh...hmm behave as he put it." Raph mumbled awkwardly.
"Well that's no fun," Alex joked.
"Alex please don't, not in front of everyone else." Raph groaned a bit. "I don't need a shower."
"What movie do you want to watch?" Leo asked everybody in general as he stood in front of the DVD bookcase.
"I brought the Corpse Bride!" Kerry chimed in. "The masterpiece of Tim Burton!"
"Will you marry me?" Mikey asked.
"What?" Don gasped.
"Huh?" Kerry blinked a bit at Mikey. "Marry you? Why?"
"Because you have the best taste in movies," Mikey said. "You get me."
"Don't be ridiculous, Mikey," Don mumbled. "You can't just marry someone because you have the same taste in movies."
"But wouldn't that mean we have a lot in common and thus get along well enough to be married?" Kerry asked in thought. Of course she wouldn't really marry Mikey but he had a point.
"I'm not getting into this," Don muttered. "I'll just say that you have to have a connection, right?"
"A connection?" Kerry blinked, not understanding completely. "Isn't that what I just said?"
"No, that's interests," Don said. ""Connection as in romantic feelings. Love," he emphasized with a blush.
"How did we get into this conversation?' Alex whispered to Raph as she watched. She shifted so that she was laying on his lap with a pillow. She pulled the blanket that was hanging over the back of the couch over herself, as well as maneuvering it around so that Raph was covered too.
"Donnie, got jealous." Raph snickered back to her.
"O-Oh, yeah, makes sense, Don." Kerry said quickly looking away. "S-So movie, popcorn, I'll go make some," she said rushing to get out of there. Code red code red, the L word is in use!
"He gets jealous extremely easily," Alex muttered.
"He's not exactly the most confident guy, Alex," Raph sighed. "He really does fear she might find someone else and like him better, even friend wise."
"Impossible," Alex muttered, closing her eyes for a moment. "Kerry really likes him. Might even love him." Her eyes shot open, a hand going to her mouth and she shot up. "You didn't just hear that from me!"
"Well, Donnie does love Kerry." He replied with a scoff. "There, even. And She hasn't said anything so he doesn't know that."
"I don't think she even knows it herself," Alex told him, laying back down.
"I think she does, but she doesn't want to admit it." Raph shrugged as the girl came back in with multiple bowls of popcorn.
"I love you Kerry!" Alex yelled as she flipped onto her back to hold the whole on her stomach, her head still on Raph's lap. "She makes me food. I love anybody who makes me food."
"You called me fat earlier," Kerry pointed out with a pout as she handed a second bowl to Leo to share with Mikey before sitting on the loveseat, leaving enough room for Don to sit next to her to share her popcorn. "And now you love me?"
"I love you and all of your fat, Kerry," Alex told her, popping a piece of popcorn into her mouth with a giggle.
Kerry made a gasping noise, putting her hand over her heart. "I can't believe you!"
"Oh hush, you know I'm only joking," Alex told her.
"Well, your jokes pierce me," Kerry said dramatically. "My heart is in a million pieces now." She seemed to sniff.
"That's okay, Don can fix it," Alex giggled, repeating her action. "Don's basically already a doctor." .
"It's emotional distress, not physical. I'm going to die of a broken heart." Kerry seeming to cry falling back on the couch. "Mikey you get my comic books."
"Yes!" Mikey exclaimed.
"Don can still fix that," Alex muttered.
"N-no, he can't." Kerry stuttered. "Leo, you get my apartment."
"Don, you could help her fix that, couldn't you?" the female redhead asked.
"I could try," he muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. "I wouldn't want you to be in pain, emotional or physical."
"Alex!" Kerry swore at her. "Joking! Donnie, I was joking, being over dramatic." she said sitting up ramrod straight now. Alex took another piece and held it up to Raph's mouth to give him some. Raph held open his mouth willingly, liking that she was feeding him
"Oh relax would you?" Alex told her. "Take a deep breathe, eat some popcorn and relax. We're supposed to be having fun."
"I don't know, you keep wounding me!" Kerry glared. "So much pain!"
"You're mean."Raph smirked, taking the popcorn in his mouth.
"I'm not mean," Alex muttered, holding up some more for him. "This is weird. Why am I feeding you?" she giggled.
"Nooooo," Raph pretend to whine. "I'm to lazy to feed my self." he joked.
Alex narrowed her eyes and gave him some more. "You're lucky you're cute and that I like you, you lazy bum," she muttered.
"I am," he laughed. "Okay so movies. Corpse Bride, or Fast Five?"
"Whatever's good with me," Alex said.
"I haven't seen Corpse Bride," Leo said getting up and going over to Kerry to get the movie. "Let's try that," he said and looked for permission to dig in her bag for the movie, which he got.
"I haven't seen this movie in years," Alex admitted.
"It's always the best." Kerry smirked as she finally relaxed across her seat legs across Don's lap.
"Is it your favorite movie?" Mikey asked.
"Hmm, one of them. I like a lot of movies and it depends on my mood. Life is Beautiful is another one, but...so many feels." Kerry sniffed slightly, completely serious this time. "I watch that one and this one when I'm a bit down in the dumps."
"What's your favorite movie, Mikey?" Alex asked.
"The Dark Knight!" Mikey grinned at her. "O-Oh or the Avengers!"
"Good picks," Alex said. "Those movies rock."
"What about you, Alex?" Leo asked as he came back with the remote, movie in the player.
"Hm, I think Secondhand Lions, or maybe Pay It Forward,, and Spirited Away," she answered. "And I already know your favorite movie is The Little Princess."
"W-What? How do you know that?" Leo gasped, his cheeks red. "Who told her!?"
"Don't worry about it," Alex told him. "Don? What's your favorite movie?"
"Uh, The Theory of Everything," he answered, feeling embarrassed that a movie based on one of his favorite scientists was his favorite.
"Oh I love that!" Kerry said. "It was so interesting and not to mention romantic."
"And sad," Alex added. "But a really good movie." She glanced up at Raph and asked, "What's your favorite movie, Loverboy?"
"I like the Jurassic Park movies. The first one specifically." Raph answered. "It was good thriller."
"It was," Alex agreed, giving him some more popcorn.
Leo pressed play on the movie as the title screen came up. "Alright before we get into it. Any bathroom breaks or snack runs? I don't want to pause it every 10 minutes." He grumbled.
"Most of us have seen it so I don't think we need to pause it unless the people who haven't need to go," Alex thought. "And I'm too comfortable to even think about moving."
"I'm good." Mikey promised, though everyone knew he'd be getting up in 15 minutes, tops.
"Good to go here." Kerry said. "Donnie?" she asked looking at the boy holding her legs in his lap.
"I'm fine, thanks," he told her, patting her leg before putting them back at his sides.
"Alright then." Leo said unpausing it and letting the first scene play on the screen. "Is this animated?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Claymation?" Alex thought out loud.
"YES!" Kerry groaned. "He is one of the last, and best, claymation movie makers." She sighed dreamily. "It's gorgeous!"
"Claymation kind of creeps me out," Alex muttered.
"B-But look at it. It's so three dimensional, way different than 2-D animation and the odd glitchy-ness of CGI," Kerry pointed out earning a high five from Mikey.
"I don't know, it just does," Alex said. "Plus, I like 2-D animation."
"I'm not saying 2-D is bad, I draw 2-D after all, but this is something different."
"I don't know why it bothers me," Alex admitted. "I think they remind me of puppets and puppets kind of give me the creeps too."
"Oh right, your thing with clowns." Kerry teased her.
Alex placed the bowl of popcorn on the table. "Shut up," ALex muttered, turning over so that her head was facing Raph's stomach.
"That feels weird." Raph mumbled playing with her hair gently.
"What?" Alex asked, glancing up at the Raph. Her head tilted into his touch, her eyes closing slightly as she enjoyed the feeling of him playing with her hair.
"Your breathing on my stomach." he scoffed.
"Bad weird or okay weird?" she sighed, closing her eyes. He was making her sleepy,
"Uh, okay weird. I don't mind it but it's weird." Raph rolled his eyes.
"I can move if you'd like," she muttered, grabbing his hand from her hair and holding onto it.
"You're fine." Raph shrugged a bit as he looked back to the movie.
Despite having the nightmare, Alex barely moved. However, her breathing had increased slightly as her heart rate increased and a cold sweat started to coat her skin. When she finally woke up from the nightmare, her body jerked slightly, much like when people had dreams of falling into darkness and jumped awake.
"Alex?" Raph murmured quietly, easily hidden by the sounds of the racing movie on tv. "Are you okay?"
Alex just rubbed her eyes and sat up, swinging her legs off the couch to stand up. Her stomach was churning and bile was building up in her mouth. She had woken up many times the same way in the past month and she knew exactly what was coming. She needed to get to the bathroom.
The long haired redhead stood up and slowly made her way towards the door without a single word to anybody, despite the fact that Raph had addressed her directly. She knew that if she even tried to open her mouth, she would either groan, gag or be sick right then and there. And she wasn't going to ruin everybody else's night by doing that.
Once she was in the bathroom, she shut the door behind her and sat at the door of the toilet, emptying the content of her stomach inside. Tears welled up in her eyes from the stinging in her nose. She groaned, hunching over and rubbing the tears from her eyes.
Raph was at the door in an instant, her backpack in his hands, leaning against the frame for a moment before making his way over to her side. He knelt down and pulled her long red tresses back from her face so she wouldn't have to worry about that. Another hand rubbed her back gently, trying to calm her down gently.
"You don't have to be in here," she told him, glancing up at Raph before reaching out to flush the toilet. "You can go back to the movie if you want. I'll be fine in a minute."
"Yeah, like I'm going to sit out there while you toss your cookies," he scoffed a bit. "I'm here, so deal with it."
"Thanks," she muttered. She took in a deep breath before standing up and making her way to the sink. She pulled out her toothbrush from her bag that Raph brought in for her and brushed her teeth. "Happens about two times a week," she told him. "Used to happen almost every night."
"Alex, have you thought about, I don't know," Raph sighed. "Getting therapy? Or at least talking to someone with experience in this kind of thing. Like that Esme lady."
"Don't want it," she muttered with her toothbrush in her mouth. "It's getting better," she said, as if trying to convince herself more than him.
"Yeah cause this is fucking healthy." Raph grumbled a bit, running a hand through his hair.
Alex spit and rinsed before putting her toothbrush away. A soft, tired sigh escaped her lips. "I'm not going to do this right now, Raph. Please?"
"Yeah but when are you going to do it, Alex?" Raph said hands going into the air. "When you're so tired you step out in front of a car while trying to cross the street?"
"Can we deal with this after I get some sleep tonight?" she begged. "I mean, how long was I asleep for, two hours? And I mean, that's the best sleep I've gotten since you stayed the night. Can't we just let me rest tonight and deal with it tomorrow when I'm feeling better?"
Raph was quiet for a moment before he breathed deeply, "Fine, but we will talk about it." he told her.
"Promise," she told him, holding up her hand with her pinky sticking out, an innocent smirk on her lips.
"Freaking hell," Raph grumbled but wrapped his pinky around hers.
"Oh, you think it's cute," she giggled, wrapping an arm around his back.
"Whatever, you dork." Raph chuckled arm around her shoulders as she walked with him, back into the hallway.
"Being a dork keeps things funny and interesting, you have to admit," she told him, bumping him with her hip.
"I suppose so. Now come on," Raph smirked at her. "Were going to play some video games now that you're up."
"You could have played them before, you know," she said. "You didn't have to wait."
"You know how Kerry and Mikey get, we all agreed we wanted you to sleep." Raph said with a shrug. "You needed it."
"Thanks," she told him. "Really, I needed tonight. And by just that little nap, I can tell I'm going to get a lot of rest tonight. And," Alex cleared her throat, running a hand through her hair, "it's because of you."
Raph smirked a bit, pulling her close and planting a soft and quick kiss to her lips. "Anytime." he smirked.
"Hey, where'd you two run off to?" Mikey asked as the two walked back in.
"Oh you know, it's just the morning sickness," Alex joked, making it completely obvious she was lying by the look on her face.
"How's my godchild doing?" Kerry asked. "Gabriel needs a playmate." she snickered.
"The freakin' kids giving me hell!" Alex laughed, plopping down on the couch, her legs pulled under her. "There'll be a hellraiser for sure!" Alex turned to Raph, who had sat down next to her. "I blame you. They're obviously taking after you."
"Hey, hey hey, he's getting good genes." Raph played along.
"Dude, he or she better not corrupt my perfect angel." Kerry snickered.
"Angel? Pff, if they're anything like you we should be the worried ones," Alex joked.
"Not if they have some of Donnie in there, That should temper them." Raph shot out there.
"Yeah, but it doesn't have Don's genes, it has Elliot's," Alex reminded her.
"Oh shit." Leo joked. "We're doomed. Good luck with that guys, Don I feel sorry for you."
"But Don can talk anybody down," Mikey said. "He's be able to trick the kid into being good, right?"
"That's a good point, Mike," Alex thought.
"Can he talk Kerry into being good?" Raph asked.
"Obviously," Alex said.
"Really?" Don muttered, wonder if he had ever actually done that. If he had he did it without realizing it.
"You are a genius, Donnie." Kerry laughed, "You could probably talk me into anything, without blinking." Kerry said rolling her eyes.
"Anything?" Alex and Mikey both giggled out at the same time.
Kerry blushed darkly and looked down. "W-Well, he's Donnie, he wouldn't ask me to do anything bad, I don't think."
"But if he did he'd be able to get you to do it," Alex muttered.
"How did we get talking about this?" Don asked. "And can we stop? Please?"
"Sorry, we were trying to compliment you." Kerry chuckled a bit, hand fixing his hair slightly.
"I-It's okay," he said with a blush. "T-Thanks, I guess."
"So what game do you guys want to play?" Mikey asked as she went over to his consol.
"Whatever's fine by me," Alex said. "There can only be four people, so I'm just going to watch this time. I played earlier anyway."
"I'm cool with just watching too, I don't need to start raging now." Kerry said leaning back.
"A raging Kerry is never a good thing," Alex said.
"Hey, I've been told that I'm sexy as hell when pissed." Kerry laughed a bit.
"Who said that?" Alex asked.
"Well Mikey for one," Kerry said listing off. "Marcus, Elliot, and Emily."
"Mikey!" Don yelled with a side of growl.
"What? I shall not tell a lie!" he yelled. "I was being honest."
"Doesn't mean you say anything." Raph rolled his eyes slightly.
"Why not? I mean, just like Kerry's hot when she's pissed, Alex is super sexy when she's being all sweet and taking care of people," Mikey said.
Alex blushed, rubbing the back of her neck rather embarrassed. "Uh, thanks Mike. I think."
"Mikey!" Don and Raph snapped standing up. Mikey gave a yell and scrambled up to run away from them both.
"Raph," Alex complained, grabbing his arm before he had a chance to really run after Mikey. "Relax and sit back down. You were keeping me warm, idiot."
"B-But, Don isn't going to beat him up enough! He's a one hit guy!" Raph complained as he watched Don run out of the room after Mikey.
"I don't care, Mike's entitled to his own opinion," Alex said. "And why are you angry anyway?" She hushed her voice so that only he could hear, "Don and Kerry are kind of an undeclared thing, but why are you worked up about it?"
She was honestly very curious about it. She understood that Don was jealous and didn't want anybody to even think about Kerry in the way that he did, but why was Raph angry about Mikey saying something about her?
"I-I umm I uh well." Raph looked away. "I um doesn't mean I like him talking about you like that."
Alex just smirked and rolled her eyes. "Relax," she told him again, pulling him down. She chuckled as he huffed upon landing on the couch. "If it makes you feel any better, just think that I'm sitting here like this with you and not Mikey. He can think what he wants, but that doesn't mean I'd do this with him. Does that help?"
"...I guess." Raph mumbled a bit slowly easing an arm around her again. "Makes me feel a bit better."
"Good," Alex said, cuddling up to his side. "Sometimes it funny when you get worked up like that, but I don't like it when you're angry." She leaned up and kissed his cheek. "I'd rather you be relaxed and happy."
"Well, anger is kind of my thing," he mumbled slightly.
"No, I know that," she laughed. "I mean, you have annoyed angry, that's all good. That's the sometimes funny, sexy angry. But there's that white, hot, furious, murderous anger. The thought of that scares me."
"Fine fine," Raph said looking away quickly. "...sorry." he mumbled a bit. "I don't mean to scare people."
"I don't think I've ever seen that," she told him, rubbing his arm comfortingly. "I know it's there, so that's why I try to keep you calm and happy and away from things that could instigate that. Because, I mean, why put yourself in a situation that'll do that to you? It's best to just remove yourself from a situation like that. So don't worry about it. You don't scare me, Raph."
"I scare a lot of people." Raph shrugged. "That's sometimes a good thing, sometimes a bad thing. I've learned to reel in the anger when I need to."
Alex giggled softly. "That's my boy," she said, poking him in the side. "You're growing up!"
"Oh shut it." Raph grumbled a bit,
"Make me, Pumpkin," she said, flicking his forehead.
Raph gave a tug to her hair. "Hows that?"
Alex whined, sticking her tongue out. "Loser," she muttered, poking him in the side again.
"You're the loser." he grumbled.
"Oh, how am I the loser. hm?" she asked, a smirk in place and an eyebrow raised.
"You're the one being all sentimental on me."
"Oh, as if you don't secretly love it when I do that," she said with a fake glare. "You're the one that changes the subject and gets all embarrassed."
"Because I don't like heavy conversations." Raph looked away.
"Life is full of deep things, Raphael. Plus, when I generally get all deep and heavy like that, it's not usually with bad things," Alex said. "You should learn to deal with it, just like you did with your anger."
"I'll think about it." Raph rolled his eyes a bit. Watching as Don walked back in, a smirk in place and Mikey trailing behind him like a scolded puppy.
"What did you do to poor Mikey?" Alex asked.
"Oh we just had a nice long discussion. I am good with words, as you said," Donatello said innocently as he sat back down.
"He looks like you told him you ran over his puppy!" Alex said. Huh, speaking of pets, I wonder how Spike is, she thought of hand.
"Mikey's always been overly dramatic about things." Don said nonchalantly. "Don't worry bout it, Alex," he said with a blinding smile.
"Okay," Alex muttered, unsure. She then turned her attention to Raph and asked, "How's Spike doing, by the way? I miss the little guy."
"Hmm? Oh he's fine. Chillin' in the awesome tank you got him." Raph smirked slightly.
"He like it here?" she asked.
"Loves it, he likes sunning himself on the window sill over there the best," Raph said pointing to the window along the wall.
"That's adorable!" she giggled, resting her head in the crook of his neck. "I can't wait to see him later. He's in your room, right?"
"Yep, sleeping all cosy." He said nodding.
Alex chuckled, "Well, that's the both of us then. You make a great pillow."
"Good to know," Raph mumbled. "I'm good for something, oh joy." he chuckled.
"You're good at a lot of things other than being a pillow, Pumpkin," she muttered, closing her eyes. She wasn't going to sleep with time, she was just relaxing and enjoying being in Raph's arms.
"Tch, I know that." Raph rolled his eyes. "I'm the best of the best."
"Don't get ahead of yourself, Darling," she chuckled, poking him on the arm.
"Oi, you playing Raph or what?" Mikey asked holding up a controller.
"I can move so you can play," Alex said, starting to sit up.
"Just lay here instead," he told her as he moved to the corner of the sectional. "I can play around you," he said shrugging as he took the controler.
"If you're sure," she said, moving to sit between his legs. She rested her back against his chest, covering them with the blanket. He wrapped his arms around her, his hands resting on her stomach with the controler slightly. Alex blushed slightly, feeling his rest his chin on top of her head in order to get the best view of the television screen.
"What game did you guys settle on?" Alex asked the boys.
"Sonic," Mikey said. "The best Hedgehog ever."
"They smell," Alex muttered. "We had one as a class pet when I was in fourth grade."
"Ferrets are so worse." Kerry said snuggling down under a blanket on her spot next to Don. Unlike Alex she was fighting tooth and nail to stay awake.
"I've never had one of those," Alex said. "You know you can go to sleep, right Kerry? You don't have to stay awake if you're that tired."
"Don't tell me what to do." Kerry grumbled to her. "I'll stay awake if I wanna stay awake."
"She's not telling you what to do," Don chuckled at her. "She's just letting you know that you don't need to feel obliged to stay awake if you're tired. We don't want to keep you from getting your rest."
"I want to be awake okay?" Kerry rolled her eyes. "I want to stay up."
"Okay," he chuckled. "But if you get too tired, you can, uh, you know, if you want, can rest your head on my, uh, lap," he stammered. "I-If you want."
"I-I umm right. Thanks Donnie, maybe I will." Kerry mumbled, hiding her lower face under her blanket, blush very apparent anyway.
Don smiled at her, a blush of his own dusting his tan cheeks. "Okay," he said.
"Kerry, just lay down already!" Alex said. "You'll be more comfortable. And I'm not saying you have to sleep, before you say anything."
"I-I, okay." Kerry mumbled. "Only to get you to be quiet!" She sat up blanket around her.
Don shifted to pull a pillow that he had been leaning on and placed it on his lap for Kerry to rest on. "T-There you go," he muttered to the dark haired girl. Kerry blushed as she moved over and rested lightly onto the pillow, black blanket resting over her.
"Thank you." Kerry mumbled, cheeks a dark red.
Don blushed deeply and nodded his head, gently placing a hand on her head to pet her hair for a moment as he said, "Y-Yeah, no problem, K-Kerry." He then removed his hand to place it back on the controler.
Alex giggled. She looked up at Raph and whispered, "Operating Korny is making a lot of progress today."
"Hell ya, they might just get up to holding hands." He said rolling his eyes. "It's still too slow."
"I agree," she said. "But at least it's getting somewhere, right?"
"Yeah, maybe we can give some incentive to make a move? You saw how Don reacted to that Greg guy."
"Yeah," Alex said. "What do you think we should do though?"
"I don't know, I mean, they need to experience what it would be like if they wait too long, it might be too late." Raph shrugged.
Does that count for me too? Alex thought. Should I just come right out and say how I feel? But what if he doesn't feel the same? How can I put our friendship in danger like that? Alex gulped. "That's not really something we can show them though, is it?" Alex sighed.
"No." Raph mumbled. "But we can always hope."
Alex glanced over at Kerry and Don. "Yeah, always hope," she muttered.