Back to New York! (2nd)

Baby time

Kylee was exhausted, more dead than alive and yet she could only think one thing and it was kind of ridiculous-well there goes my bladder. Every time Bec and Mikey make me laugh I’m gonna pee….. she heard someone say her name and so she grudgingly opened her eyes. Raph was looking down at her worriedly, trying to smile. “H-Hey babe. You feeling okay?”

“Well…I feel as good as I could after that little occurrence…never again-we adopt next time.” Kylee smiled sleepily-pitying Becca for what she was up for. Raph chuckled, relieved.

“Na, I’m drawin’ my line at one-thanks”

“Ah, just wait, big guy, till the terrible two’s”

Raph groaned, grimacing. Kylee couldn’t help but laugh, even though it hurt a bit. Raph took Kylee’s hand in his, bending over. The two heard a laugh from the corner and Becca came out of the shadows, Lena was spinning around her legs, like six year olds do. “Awwwwww, is the big bad boy worried for his lil lady?” Becca teased, Raph growled-starting to stand. Kylee touched his forearm, stopping him short. “Now now Becca, I wouldn’t push big daddy if I were you just yet.” Kylee chuckled. Becca took a seat next to her sister, going down somewhat awkwardly.

“Yeesh it was a little rough there for a while-not looking forward to that.”

“Well that would be yer problem, then, for getting all knocked up. At least my times up-you still gotta month to go and isn’t Donny pleased with us?”

“Shuddup, he already nagged at me and Mikey enough eight months ago.” Becca complained, rubbing her swollen tummy.

“Ya think he’ll get over it?”

“If I know Donny, he’ll get over it in about a year or so-until then he’ll be getting our graves ready” Becca teased and both girls burst out with laughter, Raphael groaned-it always worried him about what Don had said almost a year ago. How the girls could laugh about it eluded him. Mikey walked in, peeking through the door to make sure it was safe first, he wouldn’t come in the room while Kylee was giving birth-made him squirmy. “So am I an uncie yet?” He said, looking at his older brother, Raph looked away-uncomfortable, the girls laughed harder.

“No Mikey, I’m still busy here-cant chu tell?”

“Yeah hon, yer an uncle-and NO ONE ever expected Raph to ever become a father.” Becca said sharply, pointing her comment on Raphs dislike for children. He growled and was about to leap and attack Becca when Leo cleared his throat, taking his book away from his face and looking at his brother, leaning on a wall-when the hell did he get there?!!?! “Calm down Raphael. If anything-go after Mikey.” He said, chuckling. Mikey looked as Leo as if he were an executioner.

“Thanks a lot bro! Kill me so that you can be the favorite uncle! Before I can even see the kid or my own!”

“Well with you out of the way, I have a better chance and being the favorite and maybe Becca would end up with Donny, someone who’d actually take her seriously-”

“And kill himself if he ever got me pregnant. Puh-lease Leo, like I’d end up with Donny, maybe in some other dimension of our lives where Mikey here was too immature fer me and I was some twisted, un emotional girl who had wings.” Becca joked

“Glad to hear I’m desirable.” Don said darkly from the door way, his eyebrow cocked. Becca giggled guiltily, rubbing the back of her head. Mikey stuck out his tongue at Donny, doing the nose to finger wiggle thing. Donny rolled his eyes grumpily, having no humor in him at the moment.

“Speaking of babies, Raph tell me what ours looks like, I blacked out after she came out.” Kylee looked at her husband brightly and Raph smiled down at her, shaking his head. “I still wanna know how you knew she wassa girl.”

“Call it a mother’s intuition. Now tell me what the lil one looks like!”

“Hehehe. Well, basically a turtle withouta shell, babe. I guess she’ll  need ta wear cloths like you ‘umans”

“Yes, well, if she lives that long. Listen you two” Donny growled at the parents “You two got lucky, you hear me? Lucky. The kid is a perfect blend of warm and cold blooded creatures; I’ve done all the analysis work. The girl is extremely lucky to be alive, she may be a perfect blend but that does not leave her any less vulnerable. We still have no idea how the human and mutant genes will affect her- they may cancel each other out ending up in her young life coming to a quick end.”

“Donny, Donny, Donny-I thought it was my job to be the negative one. With you there to help Raph and I keep her okay, I’m sure the girlie will be fine”

“Kylee, don’tchu get it yet? I’m not a miracle worker, I’m not god, and it’s not like I know how to keep her alive! The kids a entirely new species on this earth, basically. I know how to help mutants; I’m skilled at helping humans, but mixes-”

“-Are basically the same. She’s a mutant, Donny-same as you and her father. No difference besides the shell part. Now please, quit complaining or I’m coming over there to shut you up myself!” Kylee said confidently, sitting up on her elbows. “Don, it’s gonna be alright. Trust me.”

Don rolled his eyes and walked out of the room, everyone watching him. Kylee hated to get Don all flustered like this, but trying to fight his dark predictions wasn’t easy either, and HE wasn’t making it any easier. Mikey left the room for a moment; everyone thought he was off to comfort Don.

“He acts as if we’re nineteen and don’t have any idea what we’re doing.”

“Well it’s not like we DO know what we’re doin’”

“That’s what every parent thinks that at first Raphael, don’t you get me started.”

Raph put his hands in the air, looking at his wife, he surrendered. Mikey came in the room with a bald, green, squirmy thing, wrapped in a blanket, and gave it to Kylee. He smiled like a clown, standing by his wife with his hands on her shoulders.

Kylee looked down at her daughter with pride and spunk. “Kay Raph, what should we call the lil squirt?”

Raph shrugged

“Knowing you two and seeing as you aren’t up fer real girly names-just call her Nikki.”  Becca shrugged. Raph and Kylee looked at each other and then at their daughter and then at each other again. Mikey and Becca looked at each other shrugging and then looking at their daughter, Lena, who was rolling around on the ground trying to play vacuum cleaner again-and failing.

“I could live with Nikki.” Kylee said content. She had a family. A family she thought she’d never have. Kylee had never thought she’d ever get married, or give birth. She thought she’d just end up adopting ten kids and move to Japan.

“It’s a good New York name.” Raph said in agreement. And so Nikki ended up getting her name from her aunt, and not her thick headed parents. And her cousin gave her aunt a very strong kick-impatient to get out and run around with her older sister and older cousin.

Leo chuckled from his corner. So our family is growing. I don’t even think you could have predicted that our in-laws would have been human, Master Splinter. Or that it was possible for you to become a grandfather. But here we are. If only you were here to see this. “Hey Leo?” He heard, breaking his train of thought, he looked over to Kylee. “Yeah?”

“I want you to be Nikki’s master” Kylee said flatly. Raph almost had a heart attack, falling to the floor with surprise. Becca and her husband started laughing uncontrollably and Kylee looked down at Raph and then at Leo as Raph started pulling himself up.

“Why?” Leo asked for his brother, who was glaring at his wife.

“Cuz, with two hot heads like Raph and I for parents-she’s bound to be trouble” Kylee laughed  “Someone’s gotta be the concrete and structure in her life. And When Donny’s not mad at me anymore I’ll ask Mr. College Professor to be her teacher.”

“Why?” Raph spat

“Cuz it’ll be fun watching you and yer daughter match wits” Kylee teased, stroking her husbands arm, around the volcano scar, without noticing.