Regrets

Force

"Well, come in." Tigerclaw said nervously. The social worker didn't pay him any mind as she stepped into the kitchen.

"Mrs. Saiyo, I am Lisa Summers, we had a referral from your doctor. I am sure she'll have told you that she'd be getting in contact with us." The woman explained, looking her nose down at the mutant fox.

"She mentioned something, I didn't expect you to turn up out of the blue on our doorstep." She replied.

"Nevertheless, it's about your daughter, Leona. Is this her?" She asked, looking at Leo. Alopex nodded and Lisa smiled warmly at the teen. "Hello there."

"Uh, I don't wish to be rude but what is it you want?" Tigerclaw asked and Lisa's smile quickly vanished.

"When ever we're notified of an underage pregnancy we visit the family at least once."

"So you've come to check up on us?" Alopex glared.

"No, but there is a childcare issue here."

"Yes and we're dealing with it as a family." Tigerclaw replied defensively.

"Well do you want to see all of us or just me and Tigerclaw?"

"I'll talk with all of you and then I'd like to speak to Leona on her own." Lisa explained and went into the living room...

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Raphael couldn't seem to eat. He was sat at the dinner table with his parents and brothers but as his family chatted among themselves he just couldn't stop thinking about Leo's face when he saw her when she came to school yesterday.

Suddenly Donnie shook his shoulder.

"You okay bro?" He asked. Raph just shrugged as he ate his food.

"Just thinking about Leo." He sighed.

Donnie just groaned. "You've had other girlfriends, just forget her." He said.

"No, Leona Saiyo is something else."...

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"So, it's just the three of you living here?" Lisa Summers asked as she wrote on her clipboard.

"My mother is also living here but she's away at the moment and should be back in a month." Alopex replied. "But she doesn't know anything about this."

"She doesn't?"

"It's not like we're trying to keep it from her but we just haven't found the right time to tell her, we haven't had a chance to get used to it ourselves." Tigerclaw quickly said.

"Are Leona's natural parents?" She asked and the two mutants looked at each other nervously.

"Um, no, she's our adopted daughter but we love her as our own." Alopex replied.

"Do you both work?"

"Yeah, I'm a cop for our local precinct." He replied.

"And I work at the museum of natural history."

"I take it you both work shifts?"

"And what's wrong with that?" Tigerclaw glared slightly. Lisa didn't answer and looked at Leo.

"Leona, is it ok if we can have a talk in private?" She asked with a smile. Leo nodded and went up to her room with Lisa close behind her...

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"I don't wish to intrude, I was hoping to have a talk with you." Lisa said when they came into Leo's bedroom.

"You're not going to take me into care are you?" Leo asked as she sat on the bed.

"Of course not, but there is a important decision that needs to made here." She said and sat down next to the mutant turtle. "Have you thought of giving the baby up for adoption?"

Leo looked at her in disbelief, but the human didn't seem to notice.

"It's not uncommon for teenage mothers to give their babies away to families that would take much better care of them then their own mothers could; personal I think that teenagers could never be the perfect mother for a fragil baby and if you think of all the couples that can't have children, like your parents-"

"I'm not giving my baby up for adoption." Leona stated firmly with a scowl. But Lisa Summers just laughed.

"Oh don't be silly, Leona, you can't possibly afford to keep it, and what about the father?" She asked asked. Leo's eyes widened and Lisa smirked. "I assume that either he doesn't know or doesn't want to know, but let's face it, when you do tell him he won't want anything to do with you or the baby. So won't it be best if you gave your child to a loving home with BOTH parents?"

"Leave." Leo glared.

Lisa shrugged and place her business card on Leo's desk. "Just incase you come to your senses and stop being selfish." She glared before leaving...