A New Home ( TMNT Leonardo love story)

Journal Entry

There is one room left on your side of the hall. The three of you take a quick peek, only to find a mostly empty room with a few items of baby furniture. Raph softly closes the door, and the three of you head for the rondevu point.

So did you find anything?" Leo asks "we only found empty guest rooms."

"We found the daughters rearm." You say "We also found her diary"

"What does it say?" Donnie asks

"I only read the inscription" You say "It felt wrong to sit down and read it right then and there"

"Well Y/N, I guess you should be the one to read it" Leo says "That is, if you're up for it."

" Why?" Mikey asks "We all read the dude's journals"

"A girls diary is different." You say "Don't ask why, it just is."

"Then can we have a snack while YIN reads?" Mikey asks, digging into his backpack without waiting for a reply. As soon as Mikey opens his bag, the smell of pizza fills the room.

"Mikey!" Leo says " I said no pizza!"

"I asked why and you never gave me an answer" Mikey shrugs "So I brought it."

"I did give you a reason," Leo facepalms "You're too messy with pizza and we don't want to leave any indication that we were here."

"Fine." Mikey mumbles through a mouthful of pizza "But you didn't give me a good reason."

You power through a granola bar before opening the diary. You read through the first few entries and then skip forward till you hit her Mom's death.

"Dear Diary,

We buried Mom today. Everyone was nice and gave us tons of food. But something happened to Dad, he hasn't been the same since. He Says he's Ok, but sometimes he starts talking to himself and I can't understand him. It's like... I don't know. All I want to do right now is sleep and wake up when things are better.

G'night

Maggie

You continue to skim through the entries

until you hit the last one.

Dear Diary,

I've been So sick for So long now. I don't think I'm going to make it through this time. But that's okay, I'llget to see Mom again and Grandma and Grandpa. I only hope that when Dad joins us, he'll be whole again. Ever since I got sick, he's been even worse than when Mom died. I only see him when he brings me food and medicine and he never stays for lang. Just long enough to see me eat and tell me that he's making progress in his goal to make me walk again. The rest of the time he's in his shed working. Sleepy now.

later

Maggie

The turtles look up and see you with the diary in your lap and your eyes glaze over.

"Y /n?" Mikey shakes your shoulder "Are you ok?"

Reality comes back into focus. Kinda.

"I'm ok" You whisper "But you all need to hear this."

Trying to keep your voice steady, you read them the final entry.

Once you finish, the fine of you sit in silence, not sure of what to say or do.

Your eyes scan the room and then drop to the floor. You didn't want the others to see the tears that were once again forming in your eyes. You haven't had this much trouble trying to hide your feelings in weeks. You were really starting to regret joining the gang for this outing.

"I'm going to return the journal first." You almost whisper, getting up. "I think that now we know what's in it, it should be put back where it belongs"

You knew that you weren't going to be able to hold back the tears much longer. You figure you'd be able to compose yourself with a few minutes alone. You were concentrating so much on talking yourself out of crying, you didn't hear the soft footsteps behind you. Upon reaching the room, you slowly step inside and make your way to the bookcase. You pick up the book sleeve that you had left on the shelf and gently slip it back on the diary and place the book back in it's spot. You glance around the room again, picturing Maggie in her day to day life. She would wake up and read a bit from the book on her nightstand. When she was ready to get up she would get herself into her wheelchair and head over to her dresser to pick out the outfit for the day. You were slowly turning, as though you were actually watching her. A figure in the doorway catches your eye.