Teenager In Love

Chapter 1

Donnie waited quietly on top of the roof access of the apartment, wondering how he had let his brothers convince him into go through with meeting Coffi. He could have easily waited until a few hours before they were supposed to meet before contacting them to say something came up. Instead, he found himself occasionally glancing at his phone to check the time as he waited.

Donnie found himself wondering if Coffi really was a girl. He had never asked and Coffi had never told him. He never really saw the point in knowing their gender. Then again, he never thought they would be meeting in person. What if Coffi was a girl? The thought made his stomach fill with butterflies. The only girl he had ever really talked to was April and she screamed the first time they met. How was Coffi going to react?
The metal door clicked as it swung open, making Donnie jump before he ducked into the shadows. His eyes widened as a short, pale girl walk onto the roof. Her long blonde hair fell passed her waist and her bangs seemed to frame her dark grey eyes. He watched as she tugged at the hem of her short black and pink dress, biting her bottom lip as she looked around nervously. This couldn't be Coffi, could it?
Donnie pulled his phone out, going to Coffi's contact information, and sent a short text saying, "Are you there?"
A quick five toned chime echoed from the girls pocket. She quickly pulled her phone out, smiling as her thumbs danced across the screen.
Donnie's phone buzzed in his hand as he looked to see the message, "I am! =D Are you running late? I don't see you here."
"I am here, just promise you won't scream. Okay?" Donnie replied.
Donnie watched as the girls face seemed to scrunch up in confusion before she looked around the rooftop.
"Umm, I don't think you realize how creepy that sounds Smartguy." The girl said nervously as she continued scanning the roof.
Donnie reread his message before slapping his forehead, "I'm sorry, that came off completely wrong."
"Why are you hiding?" The girl asked as she clutched her phone.
Donnie took a deep breath before taking a step out of the shadows. The girls eyes widened as he fully stepped into the light.
"Um, hi?" Donnie said sheepishly.
"Y-You're... You're a turtle..." She breathed.
"Um, yea. I am." Donnie said, looking around awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"That's so cool!" The girl exclaimed, quickly walking up to him, "Why didn't you tell me?!"
"Would you have believed me if I did?" Donnie asked, laughing nervously as she walked around him, looking him up and down.
She stopped for a minute, blinking at him before she spoke again, "Okay, fair point, but still! This is too cool!"
Donnie couldn't help smiling at her reaction. Here he was worried she would scream and run away, instead she seemed completely fascinated with him.
"Um, c-could I touch you?" The blonde asked, a faint pink color rising in her cheeks.
Donnie felt himself blush as he slowly nodded, offering his hand to the girl. She gently took his large hand into her smaller hands, running her fingers over his. Donnie felt as if little bolts of electricity were exploding in his stomach as the girl examined his hand, her fingers tickling his skin as she traced over the white wraps.
"Oh! My name's Nina, by the way." She said with a smile, her dark grey eyes meeting his.
"I-I'm Donatello. Everyone calls me Donnie though." Donnie replied, smiling at her.
While the two teens continued to talk, the three other turtles watched them from the next roof top.
"I can't believe you two told him to go meet this girl." Leo said as he carefully watched them.
"Come on, Leo." Mikey said, motioning to the two, "When was the last time we saw D like that?"
"Besides," Raph added, "We've faced Kraang bots, Foot bots, other mutants, stopped a Kraang invasion... Do you really think we wouldn't be able to handle a girl Donnie met online?"
"What if it wasn't a girl though?" Leo said, "You know those stories about the creeps online pretending to be someone they're not to trick people into meeting them."
"Yeah," Raph said, "but even if it was some creep we still could have taken them!"
"I guess, but-" Leo stopped when he heard the two teens burst into laughter.
With a small sigh, Leo smiled as he watched his younger brother with the blonde girl. It had been a while since he had seen Donnie so happy. Raph and Mikey gave Leo a smug grin, making the blue clad turtle roll his eyes.
"Okay, okay." Leo said, "Maybe this was a good thing for Donnie, but we should be more careful..."
As the three brothers continued their surveillance, Donnie and Nina continued their conversation, unaware of the other three teenagers.
"Can I see your staff?" Nina asked, motioning to the long weapon on Donnie's back.
"Uh..." Donnie hesitated for a moment before pulling the staff from his back, "Okay, but you may want to be careful."
Nina carefully took it, feeling the weight of it before she slowly started to twirl the staff between her fingers. Donnie watched in amazement as the blonde began twirling it faster, moving her arm from one side to the other.
"How...?"
"It's like my baton!" Nina giggled, "I was in marching band for three years and I always twirled my bat-OW!"
Nina dropped the staff when it smacked hard against the side of her head.
"Are you okay?" Donnie asked, gently moving her hands from the spot she held as he examined her head.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Nina replied, her eyes watering as she looked up at him, "I think I just forgot to account for your staff being longer than my baton."
A weak, but relieved smile crossed Donnie's face as Nina picked his staff up and handed it to him, "Thanks for letting me mess with it."
"Uh, s-sure." Donnie replied.
Nina laughed quietly as she watched Donnie slide the staff back onto his shell. Donnie gave her a curious look, wondering what was so funny.
"Sorry, sorry," Nina said, "I just can't help thinking about how crazy all this is. I mean... Timmy was right! He'd flip if he could actually meet you! Well... He would have I mean."
"Timmy?" Donnie asked, feeling as if a boulder was forming in his stomach as he watched her smile fade.
"Yeah." Nina replied, finding a spot to sit down, "He was a good friend of mine that disappeared a little over a year ago."
"Y-you don't say..." Donnie said nervously, taking a seat next to her.
Donnie's mind raced. He knew it was safe to assume Timmy was Timothy, The Pulverizer. He wasn't sure how to tell Nina what had happened to him though. Would she blame him? Would she be mad at him like April was when her dad was mutated? Was he going to lose her if he told her what happened?
"I wish I just knew what happened to him, you know?" Nina said, letting her back lean against the edge of the roof as she sighed, "He was so excited about joining something called The Foot and he kept sending me texts saying he felt like a spy. Whenever I asked what he was talking about he just said he couldn't say yet, but he'd tell me later. Then the last text I got was something about he was going to become a super hero and then he would show everyone how cool he was. It made no sense! He stopped texting after that though and I haven't heard anything from him since then."
Donnie felt as if his insides were turning into knots he could never untie. He had no other choice, seeing the worried look on the girls face, he knew he had to tell her what happened.
"I... I know what happened to him." Donnie said quietly, "He called himself The Pulverizer, right?"
"What?" Nina turned to him, her eyes wide in surprise, "How'd you know that?"
'It was nice while it lasted.' Donnie thought to himself.
"Well... It's a long story." Donnie started, taking a breath before speaking again, "You see, one night when my brothers and I..."
Donnie told her everything. How they first met Timothy, meeting him again, him acting as a spy for them, how he mutated, Timothy going after April, and finally having to freeze him to keep him from hurting anyone. Nina listened carefully, her face shifting from confusion to panic, back to confusion, and then to disbelief. Donnie watched as she quietly stared at her hands.
"Nina?" He said quietly, shifting awkwardly.
"Timmy... Timmy's gone then?" Nina asked, her chest feeling tight as tears began to swell in her eyes.
"No, no, no!" Donnie said quickly, shifting onto his knees as he waved his hands, "Timothy's still alive! He's just... Until I can figure out a retro-mutagen for him, he has to stay frozen. He doesn't know his own strength now. I think the mutagen may have messed with his mind."
Donnie prepared himself for her reaction. He expected her to be angry, for her to blame him, but instead Nina remained silent. He sat quietly, feeling tense and anxious in the silence.
"THAT IDIOT!" Nina shouted, balling her hands into fists as tears started rolling down her cheeks.
Donnie jumped at her sudden outburst, "I-it's okay, I'm-"
"It's not okay Donnie!" Nina snapped, turning to him, "If Timmy had listened to you– if you're brothers would have let him out-"
"They didn't know-"
"I don't care!" Nina exclaimed, jumping to her feet, "If all of them had just listened to you Timmy wouldn't be a frozen tube of goo!"
Donnie quickly got to his feet. He felt like his heart was in his throat as every tense nerve seemed to scream for him to run away. He knew he couldn't do that though, he had to at least try to calm Nina down.
"Nina, no one could have guessed this would happen." He said, trying to hide the panic in his voice, "If anyone's to blame then it's me! Timothy was my responsibility, I-"
After seeing and hearing the panic in Donnie's body language, Nina did the only thing she could think of to comfort him. She threw her arms around him and hugged him tight as she quietly tried to stop crying into his plastron. Donnie tensed up at the sudden contact, then slowly relaxed as he wrapped his arms around Her.
"It's not your fault. You tried to stop him." Nina said quietly, "I just... Timmy's always been obsessed with super heroes. With wanting to be a hero. I just can't believe Timmy would go that far to be one."
"I'm so sorry, Nina." Donnie said, gently squeezing her before he stepped away.
Nina shook her head as she wiped her eyes, "You don't have to be, Donnie. I just figured he would have learned his lesson by now, you know?"
"His lesson?" Donnie gave her a confused look.
"Yeah." She nodded, "When we were kids he decided he wanted to be like Spiderman. So he collected a bunch of spiders and let them bite him."
"He did what?!" Donnie exclaimed, looking at her in shock.
"He let the spiders bite him." Nina said, a weak chuckle escaping her, "The poor guy's hand looked like a balloon for weeks!"
As Donnie opened his mouth to say something, he was interrupted by Nina's phone ringing.
"Oh! T-that's my dad." Nina said, "He must be wondering where I'm at. I should get back home."
"Oh, alright." Donnie replied, opening his mouth, then shutting it again.
He wanted to see her again, but he wasn't sure if Nina would still be willing to after everything that had happened. Before he could figure out how to ask, Nina spoke up again.
"Um, thanks for telling me about Timmy." She said, "I mean, you could have chose not to tell me and I never would have known any different. I really appreciate it, Donnie."
"Y-yeah. I mean, you're welcome." Donnie said, fumbling a bit for his words, "I-I thought it would be better to tell you."
A small smile crossed the blondes face as she began walking backwards towards the door, "I'll text you tomorrow, okay? Maybe we could hang out again?"
"Yeah, sure!" Donnie said, flashing his gap toothed grin at her.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow." Nina said, a small chuckle leaving her when she saw his grin.
"Okay," Donnie said, "H-have a good night!"
"Night!" Nina called back to him as she let the metallic door swing shut behind her.
Donnie released a heavy sigh. Hearing that Nina didn't blame him for Timothy's current state, hearing her say it wasn't his fault, it was as if an unknown weight had been lifted from him. How had he not realized everything with Timothy had been weighing so heavily on him?
"So that seemed like it went well." Mikey said, his sudden presence making his tallest brother jump.
"How long have you been there?!" Donnie exclaimed, turning to face all three of his brothers.
"Long enough to hear her call you creepy." Raph said with a teasing smirk.
"Creepy? When did she..?" Donnie thought for a moment, then quickly realized Raph was referring to his last text before coming out of the shadows.
"You guys have been watching me all night?!" Donnie exclaimed, feeling his face start to burn.
"We just wanted to make sure you would be okay." Leo said, "Then you guys started talking about Timothy and... well..."
"We wanted to make sure things stayed okay." Mikey added, "And it looks like they did!"
Donnie groaned, running a hand down his face. He understood his brothers concern, but it didn't make it any less embarrassing for him.