Turtles aren't slow: A TMNT fanfiction

Chapter 4

Leonardo's P.O.V

I had to go see her, I mean who wouldn't want to though? I kept an eye on her when I could, like at night when we can go out, without worrying about humans seeing us. When I went to talk to her, I went because I wanted our secret to stay like that but more, I really wanted to see her. I tried to act calm, she looked so beautiful with her messy hair from just getting from bed, her little shorts and old t-shirt with her hair in a ponytail. After I jumped off her balcony and ran off into another alley to and up into another roof top where my brothers were. I leaned against one of the vents on top and looked at view of the city, thinking of non other than her. My 3 brothers looked at me. They were just as confused as I was. How could a person like me be in love with a person like her, or how could a person like her, love a mutant like me? Yes I said mutant but that's a story for another day. My eyes sank down to my hands intertwined with each other. My brother Donatello spoke.

"Leo?" My head poked up. He smiled showing the gap in his teeth. I smiled knowing they thought I was mad.

"Yeah Donnie?" He let out a sigh of relief.

"We were wondering where you had went earlier, you had just said you were leaving for a little bit and we needed to keep an eye out for foot soldiers. Did...?" He may have known how to fight but he was always afraid of prying. The guys all looked at me curious and confused.

"Yes Doni... I went to see her." I put my hand on the back of my neck trying not to make eye contact. I knew they were all glaring at me with anger, or confusion or happiness. My brother Raphael broke the silence first, the anger in his eye was unmistakable.

"She's a human! How could take this situation further! Your making this worse then it needs to be!" Situation being her seeing us, we always tried to keep our identity a secret, the reason because people are truly don't know what's out there and if they did they wouldn't accept us, and they would freak out non the less. Raph breathes in and began yelling again. " You should have just left it as it was! She would have just thought she had imaged it or something!" I could help but get angry now.

"Really Rapheal!?! It isn't like she got knocked out! I saved her! She knows I picked her up and took her to the roof! You can't just imagine yourself to a spot!" Before I could ever say anything else Raph shouted again.

"What does that matter? You've saved everyone of us a number of times and now, it's totally different!" I looked at him and hesitated at what I wanted to say but said it anyway.

"Because she's a girl! Some one different! You don't ever get lonely just being down in the lair all the time and never seen at night? You never wish you had someone else other then us that you can talk to?!" I could tell he already was cooling down but he was still frustrated and didn't know what to say. I couldn't help but be angry, how would they ever accept that I liked her if they didn't even think I should be looking in her direction. Mikey spoke up a little scared but confident.

"Leo..." He looked at Raph waiting to be pounded. "I support you no matter what, if you like her go for it." Doni stepped up next, no longer looking at Raph for his acceptance.

"So do I Leo." Raph was pissed. I couldn't understand why, was he jealous that I was the one who found a girl...to try and be friends with. He had always been jealous. When Master Splinter chose me as leader, and countless other times as kids. I didn't want him to be jealous, he's my brother I wanted him to be happy but I couldn't control that, only he could.

"You two are just being suck ups! Just because he's the leader doesn't mean you have to agree with him!" Raph didn't know what to say anymore he was more angry than anything. Then Don out of nowhere spoke up with
no sign of fear what so ever.

"We aren't Raph, I know that I don't want to be alone the rest of my life and if Leo has the balls to be the first to take a stab then I'll be right next to him." I looked at him and how strong he was being and amazed by everything he had just said. "We're here Leo." He smiled at me, I looked at Raph who looked at his hands looking calm but sad more than mad, then he looked up at me, pushed himself off the billboard he was leaning against and ran off. Mikey and Doni just looked at me unsure of what to say next. I didn't know what to do, I knew he was jealous I just didn't understand why he was so jealous. Being leader was never easy and it's not a job I would push on any of my brothers, but I couldn't imagine myself not being leader.

A few hours later...
Back at the lair I was sitting in my room thinking of what I could do to make Raph happy but I couldn't forget about her. As I was brain storming Raph walked in. I was waiting to get yelled at but then I was pleasantly surprised.

"Leo..." He stuttered for a moment and then it just popped out. "I'm sorry Leo. I'm jealous, we are all lonely and want to find somebody, I just handle it different then Mikey and Donni do, I'm sorry I should be supportive of you for all this." I was stunned. Raph wasn't one for apologizes or admiring he was wrong, he almost turned red. "Don't be thinking I'm soft because I'm not, I could kick your ass any day." I couldn't help but laugh. I'm glad Raph and I were cool again I needed my brother, ass kicking or not.