The Shadow's Secret│TMNT

34 || Return to Normality

"Raiya!" Olivia's cheerful, sing-songy voice roused me from my sleep, making me groan and turn over.

"Liiiiv," I complained, "I was having a good dream."

"What was it about?" Her voice was right outside my closed door.

I scrunched my face up, trying to recall it. "Can't remember. But it was so good!" I whined, pressing my face into a pillow.

"Well, you better make yourself look presentable. Andy's gonna be here in fifteen minutes and you're meeting him whether you're decent or not."

That was all she needed to say for me to jump to my feet and race about my room to get ready. I was going to the lair as soon as they were gone, but the last thing I needed was Liv's future husband thinking I was a slob, so I grudgingly decided that I should dress less like a homeless person today. Green camo-print leggings and a fitting white tank-top were at last decided upon. I took my hair from its braid and ran a brush through it, satisfied with the auburn waves it created.

"Raiya!" Olivia called.

"Chill out, I'm coming!" I yelled, brushing mascara onto my non-existent eyelashes. I grabbed a black leather jacket from my closet and pulled it on as I left my room.

"Oh my god, you're going to a museum, not the Yule Ball," I laughed, seeing Olivia hurrying around the kitchen cleaning like a madwoman.

"I'm overdressed!?" She shrieked, looking down at herself in a panic. She wore a dark purple halter dress that came to just below her knees and her hair was twisted up into a fancy bun I had no idea she was capable of doing.

"Uhm, yeah. By a lot. When's he going to be here again?"

She glanced at the oven, which displayed the time, and I thought she was going to have a stroke. "Two minutes!"

"Okay, come on, we have to fix this or else he'll think you're expecting a proposal." I hurried into her room and threw the closet door open, searching for something more casual.

"Would that be such a bad thing, though?" She asked innocently.

"Yes!" I cried, grabbing a pair of skinny, light wash jeans. "Put these on." She took the pants from my hand and did as she was told.

"You know, this is usually supposed to be the other way around," I laughed, sifting through her nicer selection of tops.

She snorted. "Yeah, too bad you don't have a man so I can persuade you out of wearing a hoodie to one of your dates."

I grinned and threw a pastel pink long-sleeve shirt at her. "Put that on too, I'll find a necklace." There was a knock on the apartment door just as I selected a long, thin, silver chain that held a heart locket strung on it.

"Shoot, here! Take it take it take it!" I dropped the necklace into her palm and raced into the kitchen to pretend-clean.

Olivia ran out behind me and fixed her rushed appearance a little before opening the door with a big smile. "Hey!"

"Hey, Liv. You look awesome!"

Hell yeah she does, kudos to me! I rolled my eyes when she giggled, then said,

"Thanks. Come on in, I want you to meet my sister." I heard the door close softly.

"Raiy?" She called. I dried my hands on a dishtowel and left the kitchen to meet them near the doorway. Andy was only a few inches taller than Olivia, with coffee skin and close-cropped black hair. Thankfully, he wasn't dressed too formally in jeans and a light blue button-up shirt.