So this chapter has a few references to shows and people and things that Sam will state she is a fan of, I own NOTHING EXCEPT FOR MY OC. Any brands or names I mention DO NOT BELONG TO ME. Thank you and enjoy ^-^

Chapter #7

It was about 8:00 that Saturday night and Mikey was patiently waiting for a good time for him to leave the lair. He wanted to see the girl from the night previous as soon as possible, but he had a hunch that his brothers wouldn't let him leave so easily. He had looked up events that were happening nearby so that he had an accurate alibi as to where he was going. He was just happy that it had been a pretty warm winter to spring season that year since the event he was pretending to go to was held outside, his brothers wouldn't have believed he would go if it was freezing outside. He had been sitting on the couch which was right by one of the exits. This spot was also facing the backs of Donnie who had been sitting in his skateboard chair in front of his collage of monitors, and of Leo who was taking care of his katana's at the eatery across the room. Mikey left the t.v. on as he slowly stood up and walked towards the exit way when suddenly he heard "and where do you think you're going?" He froze and then turned around to face Leo, who actually hadn't moved at all. Sometimes having ninjas as brothers really sucked.
Mikey tried to stay calm and collected as he spoke.
"Well, I read online that there's a movie set that was set up downtown earlier today, and I wanted to see what was going on. I wanted to see if I could get a sneak peek at whatever the new movie is going to be. That and I wanted to look at the hot actress babes" he said with a playful smile and two thumbs up.
Leo paused. "Donnie."
"On it" as the turtle began typing away on his computer. Within a couple minutes he had found a page from a local online newspaper company that had uploaded an article about a movie set being set up in New York. "Yup, there's a movie set downtown. The article talking about it is right here." He turned to face his eldest brother, nodding his head to state that their youngest brother's statement was true.
Leo pursed his lips together and then faced the baby of the group. "Alright, so you're going by yourself?"
Mikey nodded. "Yea, I just don't want to stay cooped up at home on a Saturday night y'know?"
Leo continued to stare at his brother sternly. "You're going to stay in the shadows right?"
"Of course."
"So you're going to do everything to prevent yourself from being seen?"
"Like always."
"And you won't stay out to late?"
"I would never!"
"And you'll contact us if something goes wrong?"
"YESSSS LEO! I'll be a perfect little angel" he said in a sarcastic tone. "And I'll make sure to stay away from strangers, and I'll look both ways before I cross the street, and-"

"Alright I get it." Even though he knew his brother was playfully mocking him, Leo still loved his brother's dorkiness and had to fight to not laugh at his brother's teasing. Donnie on the other hand had cracked as Leo heard him letting out some small chuckles from across the room.
"Alright, see you dudes later. DEUCES!" And with that, Mikey pulled his board off his back and rolled on out of the lair.

Once it was quiet and it was known that their brother was out of hearing range, Donnie spun around in his chair to face his eldest brother. Just as he was about to speak, Raph came storming in from the entry way that Mikey had just used as an exit.
"What's this bs about Mikey going out on his own?!"
Leo sighed. "Raph, all of us are allowed to go out on our own once it's dark out."
Raph glared back. "No shit, but why are we allowing him out on his own NOW? After what just happened yesterday? It's obvious he's going to meet that girl!"
"Oh I know, and I'm wondering how dumb he thinks we are. That or he just doesn't care that we know where he's going."
"Wait, you knew? Then why did you let him leave?"
"Because he's the baby of four teenagers. As the baby he has become the most peaceful of us four, and as a teenager he's curious about everything which then leads him to be rebellious. I'm pretty confident he knows we know exactly where he's going, but he's going to push the limit as far as he can. Donnie?"
He nodded. "I agree 110%. Mikey's smarter than he acts. Like you said, he's going to go as far with this as he possibly can."
Raph had a mix of furry and worry building up inside him. "So we're just allowing this? We're not even going to try and stop this? We still don't know anything about this girl. What if yesterday was just an act and she acts like a jerk towards him tonight, he would break into a million pieces! He would be crushed! Or worse, what if she really is working for the Foot? What if she turns him in while we're all just sitting around relaxing? You two might be okay with this but I'm not." Leo stopped him before he could turn and walk out of the room.

"Raph wait." The furious turtle paused and listened. "Look, we're all his older brothers and we're all worried about him, hell I don't know when we aren't. But we also have to trust him and give him a chance. Trust me when I say I feel the same way I do now as when we let him go out on his own for the first time. At the same time, I don't want to lose my brother because we didn't allow him to make his own decisions and give him a chance to learn lessons on his own."
Raph paused for a bit, taking in Leo's words. He then turned towards Donnie, waiting for his take on the situation.
Donnie put his hands up in defense. "Couldn't have said it better myself."
Raph hated to admit it, really he HATED admitting defeat in anyway, but he knew Leo was right. He knew that Mikey deserved the right to grow up and learn on his own like the rest of them had, but what worried him was that Mikey might be blind to a criminals tricks because of him being to kind which could lead to him getting hurt, physically and emotionally. But in certain scenarios, maybe his youngest brother needed to experience this pain at some point to truly understand the viewpoints of the older brothers. God being an older brother sucked at times like this, especially when you're supposed to be the badass of the group yet you're getting so worried about your sensitive baby brother.

Raph calmed himself and turned around. He then began to walk back into the lair and then turned right, heading towards the far right wall where his workout area was located.
"Fine. But if anything bad happens" he turned his head towards Leo "then you better be able to fix it."
Leo took his brothers words in, praying that everything would be fine if they backed off and didn't restrict Mikey, leading him to soon getting bored of this rebellious behavior and eventually stopping it altogether. As he was thinking to himself, he heard a faint repeat of everything Raph had said whilst he had been in the room, followed by chuckles from Donatello.
"Heh, next time he packs on me, I'll have my revenge."
"DELETE IT NOW OR I'LL BASH YOUR FACE IN!"
Without hesitation, Donnie sprinted out of the lair and into the hallways within the sewers with Raph not far behind him.
Leo chuckled and shook his head. "One baby brother leaves, and the next one in line takes his place."

Sam was drying her hair in the bathroom down the hall from her room. She decided that tonight was going to be another mellow night filled with video games and graphic novels, so she had showered and gotten ready for bed early so that whenever she was ready she could just crash. She was still pretty depressed about being kicked out of the lair the previous night, that and she was still very sore. Once the adrenaline had stopped kicking in, the next morning she had woken up miserably from being sore. Her foot was swollen pretty badly and her face had some pretty bad bruises, but luckily she could cover that up with a crap ton of concealer. While she was brushing her hair she heard the alarms go off from the sensors near her window, someone was breaking into her room.
She grabbed her pocket knife which she had left on the side of the sink and ran out of the room. When she got to her room, she was shocked at what she saw. Standing right by the window was Michelangelo, the youngest of the turtles she had met the other night. Once he saw that she had entered the room he threw his hands up in defense. She pulled her phone out from her pocket and silenced the alarm.

He lowered his arms and stared at her. "Uh, hey? Hehe."
She gave him a small smile. "So, how long have you been spying on me at school?"
His eyes went wide. "How did you know I was watching videos of you at school?"
"I didn't." She smiled as she shut her bedroom door. "Hey can you shut the window behind you?"
Mikey stared at her in disbelief. "Dude, so not cool."
"Hey, you climbed through the window, so you can shut it."
"That's not what I meant" he said as he turned around and shut the windows and then the shades.

Sam walked over and sat on her bed. "So, what has caused you to break into my room tonight good sir?" she said playfully. She nodded her head towards a bean bag chair that was along the same wall as the windows.
He sat down and sighed. "I just, I just wanted to apologize for how my brother's and I treated you yesterday. You seem really nice and you didn't deserve that."
Same was a bit shocked at how serious he was acting, especially after seeing how goofy he was the night previous.
"Look, uh how do you want me to address you?"
"Oh, ladies call me Mikey."
Sam laughed lightly at hearing him using the plural of the word lady, since his brothers had made it clear that they've never met anyone except for that lady April.
"Okay Mikey, I really appreciate you coming up here to talk to me, but you don't have to apologize. I wasn't exactly friendly towards you guys either and that's how all this started. But thanks for being the nice one and allowing me to share my side of the story as well."
Mikey rubbed his hand on the back of his head. "Sadly I'm the one that kind of ruined everything since I'm the one who slipped and made you run. My brothers were actually going to try and talk peacefully with you if you would have allowed, but because of me you ran away, and then Raph knocked you out, and then you kicked me which scared the shit out of the others, and then Leo knocked you out and everything just kept spiraling out of control."

"It's all good, I mean I'm the one that started the whole thing by stealing from you guys, so I completely understand them acting the way they did, and again I'm sorry for kicking you. How's your face?"
Mikey lightly tapped his face where he had gotten hit. "This? Don't worry, that stopped hurting about 20 minutes or so after it happened." His smile then turned to a frown as he looked at the girls face. "I see your wounds are more noticeable though."
Sam gave him a big smile. "Don't worry, it feels a lot better than it did earlier today, so already it's getting better. Plus this one is easier to cover up."
"So what does that mean about your foot then?"
"Sadly that one is still a bit bruised, but it's slowly starting to feel better."

They both gave each other small smiles, each happy that the other was feeling better from the injuries they had received from the night previous.

Theme: Taru-"I Wish You Were Here" audio
Belle Epoque-"May" audio

"So, do your brothers know that you're here?"
"Welllll, yes and no."
Sam raised an eyebrow, questioning what this meant.
"I told them I was going to observe a movie set that's set up downtown, but I know they know that was a total lie. They definitely knew where I was going."
"Wow, lying to your older brothers. Welcome to the club."
He chuckled. "You lie to your older brothers?"
"Mostly one in specific, but that's because I live with him. But I've lied to all of them at least once. I mean hey, it's not my fault that they won't let me do anything just because 'they've lived longer than me so they know better' and all that crap" she said in a mocking tone.
"THANK YOU! That's literally one of the worst reasons to tell someone not to do something! Like Raph and Leo went out one night and when they got back they told me that I didn't need to go out on my own because 'nothing happened and I would just find it boring'," he mocked. "Like give me a break."
"Ugh, that one is even worse!" Sam retorted.

"So, how old are your seven other siblings?"
Sam paused for a moment, using her fingers to count. "Okay, Jamie should be 27, Amber should be 25, Jay is 23, Brian should be 21, Nick should be 20, Haley should be 18, and Chuck should be 14."
"Wait, they 'should' be those ages?" he questioned.
"Hey! You try and remember seven people's birthdays and ages and then you can come complain to me!"
He laughed. "So is Jay the brother you live with? Since he's the only one you said without the word 'should' after his name."
"Yup! That browski is my roommate."
"What about everyone else?"
"It's…a really long and complicated story. Everyone is okay and all, we've just gone through some rough times. In the end I ended up living with my oldest brother, but overall everything is good. Heh, if you guys have any concerns about why I was able to fight the way I did, talk to Jay. He's the one who signed me up for self-defense classes."
"Ahhhh! That explains a whole lot!" he joked. "What made him want you to do that though?"
"Are you kidding me? You're a ninja who has fought the Foot, I'm sure you know that as great as New York is, there's also a lot of danger within this city as well."
He chuckled. "Fair enough, hey is that Glenn on your shirt?" He pointed to the shirt she had on. The shirt had the word "Claimed" printed across the front with a picture of Glenn from The Walking Dead.

Sam's face was filled with joy. "Yea, he's my favorite character, with Darryl following very closely behind him. You watch the show?"
Mikey was ecstatic. "Heck yea! Right now my two favorites are tied between Carol and Abraham. Abraham is tough and has the best catch phrases ever, but man Carol is one of the most badass characters ever! Did you see how she saved everyone from Terminus?"

"That was insane! She literally blew up a ton of walkers and just walked in and rescued everyone. I've had a love hate feeling towards her character for a while now, but she officially won me back over after that performance!"

Sam couldn't believe this conversation was actually being held. She NEVER got to rant or fangirl over anything ever unless Jay was with her, but finally she had found someone who had the same interests as her, and she soon would learn that this one show was just the beginning. Mikey noticed some graphic novels on a shelving unit nearby and gasped out loud, literally energetically slumped down and rolled out of the bean bag chair, and began looking through each one.

"Dude, you read manga to?! Where have you been my whole life!?"
"Says the guy who lives underground in the sewers."
"….HAHA!" he laughed sarcastically as he still looked through the novels. "Do you watch the anime as well?"
"Yea, I enjoy the anime more, but the manga comes out so much sooner. Like Attack On Titan is literally killing me right now!" She said as she flopped down on her bed.
He groaned. "Tell me about it! Like all the fight scenes with the beast titan, and we now know who in the group is the armored and colossus titans, and even who a third titan is! It would be so awesome to see all of that in the anime, but it's taking forever!"

He then noticed some video games next to the stack of graphic novels. He looked through the stack to see what she had and was shocked to see that they both played a lot of the same games. "Hey, which of these is your favorite?"
Sam sat back up to see what he was talking about. "Kingdom Hearts. As shocking as that might sound, that series has always been my favorite. My younger brother and I got soooo into that series, it's crazy that we're STILL waiting for KH3, but hopefully that just means that the wait will be worth it."
Mikey chuckled. "Of course your favorite is the one game I know nothing about."
Sam's eyes went wide. "Do you know about Final Fantasy?"
"Yes."
"Do you know about Disney characters?"
"Yes."
"Combine the two, and you get Kingdom Hearts!" she said with a smile as she excitedly threw her hands up in the air. "You have time to play?"
Mikey smiled, thrilled that Sam had basically just asked him to stay longer. "Yea I have time."
"Great! Hand me the game and go grab a controller. I just got one of the latest editions where they've combined a bunch of the past games from different systems and merged them all onto one.

The two played for hours and hours, not realizing how long they had actually been playing the game until they had finally beaten all of the original and remastered version of the first KH game.

"Hey, you have a curfew?" she asked him as she looked behind her at her alarm clock beside her bed.
"Ummm, not exactly, as long as I don't stay out to late. Why?"
"Because it's 2 in the morning."
"UGHHH NOOOOO!" He quickly got up and grabbed his board which he had laid along the wall since after a while it made sitting in the bean bag chair rather uncomfortable.

Sam looked over and forced a smile, assuming that this would officially be the last time that she would ever get to see the orange sporting turtle.
"Well thanks for stopping by." She tried to think of things to say without sounding desperate. She had loved his company, something that she rarely ever had in general, and the fact that she could talk so easily around him because of their multiple interests made her enjoy his company even more. She didn't want this to be known though, she didn't want to seem clingy or annoying, but she really would have loved to have hung out with him again.
"Um, if you ever want to see how the rest of the series plays out then my windows always open, hehe" she said nervously.

Mikey deadpanned and stared at her with wide eyes. "You mean, you're cool if I come back?"
"Yea of course, I don't get visitors often, so this was really fun" she said with an honest smile.
Mikey then thought back to the video footage Donnie had hacked into from the high school and remembered how lonely the girl looked, and then realized that she had done nothing but smile ever since she entered the room hours ago.
"Ummm" Sam interrupted his thoughts. "I mean, I understand if you're busy though, I don't want you to feel like you have to come back or anything, and-"
"I'll be back" he said with a smile. "But if it's ever a bad time then just let me know. Kay?"
She smiled back and made an 'O.K' symbol with her hand before she spoke again.
"Oh, just a heads up, knock on the window next time so that the alarm doesn't go off. And if the blinds are shut, then just give me a sec and then I'll let you in."
Mikey nodded. "Got it, knock on the window and no peeping. Understood! You free tomorrow?"
"Yup, homework is done and I study earlier in the day. Same time?"
He pointed at her with enthusiasm. "Same time. Well, see you tomorrow then." And with that, he opened the window, ran across the walkway, and jumped onto his board with the rockets on the sides helping allow him to glide down to the ground.

Sam walked over and shut the window and re-set the alarm. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop smiling. For the first time in years she had felt a happiness that had been stolen from her a long while ago. Besides for Jay who was rarely ever home, she never got to just talk and hangout with someone the way she had with Mikey that night. And he wanted to come back, that's the part that amazed her the most. Everyone else in the world had cast her out and wanted nothing to do with her, and the only time anyone ever approached her was to ask for a favor of some sort. But Mikey had taken the time to find her and then took the time to actually sit down and talk to her. As Sam turned off the lights and crawled under her covers, she tried to fight to think of something else besides Michelangelo so that when she woke up the next morning her brother wouldn't question her as to why she couldn't stop smiling. He would excitedly question her and then he would freak out if he discovered it was because of a boy. Eventually Sam fell asleep with a small smile still displayed across her face. She just couldn't get over the fact that for two days in a row she would get to hang out with a new friend.

So if you're still reading my story up to this point, I just want to say thank you for continuing to give my story a chance, and also thank you for being so patient. I wanted to be uploading chapters quicker than I have been, but some day's life is busier than others. But to those who are still reading, thank you so much. If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can improve then I'm always up for kind constructive criticism