Leo's p.o.v.
I've always had a small crush on Danielle. I mean who wouldn't love her? I've known it wouldn't work so I'm just super protective of her. I wouldn't want anything to happen to her. When she met Casey I freaked out because he might hurt her. The way he looks at her, I know he likes her. He better not hurt her or he will have to deal with me.
Danielle's p.o.v
School ends quickly and Casey and I go our separate ways. He has to go home and take a shower and change then he's going to come over to my house to do homework. He needed help with English, which is my best subject.
That and art I've always been good in. People always tell me I'm an excellent drawer, I think I'm just okay.
I've always loved it. I was changing when my phone rang.
I see its my mother and I smile widely. "Hey mom!" I say loudly due to my excitement. "How's everything going?" I ask quickly after.
"Ms. Gray?" I hear an unknown voice say and my smile disappears.
"Um.. yes? I say worried.
"Are you Elizabeth's daughter?" The voice says.
"Yes I am, is there a problem... Is my mother ok?" I ask. My heart feels like it's going to pound out of my chest.
"Well, I regret to inform you that while your mother was working with a new disease... she caught it. Her body wasnt immune to it like most people are. And I'm sorry to tell you that your mother has passed away from it."
Silence.
I can't even speak. Why didn't I get a call when she was sick. Tears immediately form and I start to cry. I throw my phone across the room and I'm sure I broke it. What am I suppose to do without my mother. She's been there for everything. I couldn't stop crying. I didn't even get to say goodbye I think to myself. In the midst of me crying I hear a knock at the door which I assume is Casey. I can't even move I'm so scared of what is going to happen without my mother.
"Danielle are you okay?" Casey yells. I assume he hears me crying. I give no response.
"Danielle open the door."
"Open it or I'm breaking it down." I bring up myself and slowly walk to the door shaking immensely. I open it slowly and hang my head. I don't want him to see me crying. Just when I do I feel myself getting dizzy and I fall and with that I black out.
I wake up in my bed and I glance over to a chair beside my bed and I see Casey sleeping. I smile and sit mself up right. I bring me knees up and dig my head into them. I can't believe what happened. I start to cry once again and I feel a hand on my back. Then I feel the bed sink in deeper.
Casey had sat down beside me and was rubbing my back. I didn't dare look at him with my puffy red face. I hadn't ever even let the turtles see me cry. I see crying as being weak and I don't want anyone to see me as weak.
It's like I lost control of my body because before I knew it I turned and wraped my arms around Casey and he held me while I cried onto his shoulder. It was Strange but I felt comfort in this. It felt right being like this with him, holding me. After five minutes of utter silence other then me crying I let him go. I think I've cried all my tears I possibly could.
I sit back and look up to him and I've never seen someone with a more worried look on their face in my life. I give a small smile but his expression doesn't change.
"Danielle.. what's wrong?" He asks.
I stutter and sniffle while I answer "w-well I got a call f-from my mom. B-but it wasn't her. T-they told me t-that she caught a disease and that she.. she.. sh" He stops me and pulls me in again.
"Danielle I'm so sorry." He says sincerely and with that more tears start to flow. I guess I didn't cry them all out. Another five minutes pass of only me crying when Casey breaks the silence.
"Want me to call the turtles?" He asks me.
I let go of him and look him straight in the eye. "No no no" I say waving my hands back and forth. "I don't want them to see me like this, I don't let anyone see me cry."
He shrugs "except me right?" He gives a small smile. And he's right. I rarely let my mother see me cry, what am I doing crying on Casey's shoulder when I've only known him for a few days.
"Yeah I guess." I say and smile slightly.
It's obvious that I wasn't going to school at all this week and Casey said he'd stay with me. He's not as bad as I thought he would be. Now I just have to worry about telling the turtles and when I do I'm sure I'm going to break down crying... 'great' I think to myself.
Casey's p.o.v
"Except me right?" I ask her and give her a small smile. The fact that she smiles back surprises me. How can a girl who just lost her mother smile just like that? Shes stronger then I thought she was.
I know she needs to tell the turtles eventually and I can tell she's dreading it. She tells me that she doesn't wanna go to school the rest of the week and I don't blame her.
"I'll stay with you, you know if you don't want to be alone." I say
"Yeah, I don't think it'd be good for me to be alone." She says.
"I'll be out there if you need me" I say pointing to the door to the family room area. She nods and I get up and leave. Not before she grabs my hand. I turn to her and all she says is "thanks" and I leave. I will protect this girl no matter what.
