Together Forever (Book Five)

31. The trials of being parents

Leonardo
Olivia and Liv sat Carter down for a nap. He seemed pretty sleepy, and, they were pretty tired too. They laid down on their bed, the baby between them. Leo smiled sleepily at Olivia. "Night." He said. "Night." Olivia yawned. And slowly, they dozed off. What they didn't know, however was that Carter wasn't planning on sleeping anytime soon. He was able to crawl now, and he was definitely putting it to use.

He crawled to the edge of the bed and peered over, in his drowsy state, Leo had just left his katana laying around. Carter giggled, his blue eyes sparkling. Without so much as a cry of pain, he rolled off of the bed and onto the floor where he picked up his father's weapon. He began to make satisfying blubbering sounds as he waved the weapon around. Then he squealed in happiness.

Leo and Olivia shot up at the sound and they were instantly shocked to see their son was nowhere to be found. "WHERE'S THE BABY?!?!" Olivia demanded shooting out of bed. Then she gasped at the sight of her son playing with her husband's weapon. She quickly snatched it away from him and placed it on the bed, lifting her son into her arms. "Leo! I told you that Carter pick up anything and everything! You can't just leave your things hanging around anymore!" She scolded. "I'm sorry! I-I forgot!" Leo explained shyly. Carter giggled and Olivia couldn't help but smile at him. Then she turned to Leo. "It's fine...just don't forget again."

Raphael
"Eat, Yuko!" He mumbled as he tried to give his fussy daughter another spoonful of the baby food. He was covered in most of it, seeing as she would spit it on him once he managed to get it in her mouth. His mask hung around his neck and his eyes contained bags under them from lack of sleep last night. Scar was asleep beside him, her head on the table and her hair unkept.

Yuko practically refused to cooperate, her arms crossed and her green eyes blazing with defiance. "Yuko, ya gotta eat!" Raph frowned. The baby merely glared at him. Leo walked into the kitchen and saw the scene. He walked over to Scar and gently shook her awake. "NO! I'M UP!" She exclaimed, shooting upward. Leo jumped a bit at her reaction. "Sorry." She mumbled. "I'm just tired..."

"She won't eat!" Raph said, past frustrated by now. Scar raised a brow. "She's eating right now." Raph turned around to see that she was in fact using her hand to scoop up handfuls of baby food and stuffing it in her mouth. "That's it! I'm done!"

Donatello
Donnie and Hannah were beyond exhausted. Who knew that a little kid could be so tedious to take care of. They collapsed on the bed and it didn't take long for them to get tired. They'd already laid Danielle down to bed and they were done for the day! Just as they began to doze off, cries erupted through the lair. And they knew exactly who they belonged to. "It's your turn." Donnie mumbled. "No, I did it yesterday. Today is your turn." Hannah retorted. "No, remember, because she threw the monkey wrench at the wall when I picked her up and sat her on the work desk." "That was me!" Hannah protested. Donnie groaned. "You know what, how about we just both handle it!" He offered. "Fine." Hannah said getting up. Donnie sighed and heaved himself out if the comfort of his bead. "Danielle! Mommy and Daddy are coming. Hold on!" Hannah yelled sleepily

Michelangelo
Mikey felt his eye lids grow heavy as he bounced Aaron on his leg. Faith sipped a cup of coffee, that didn't really help much as she rocked Sarina to sleep. She turned to Mikey. "You too, huh?" He nodded sleepily. "I wish we had more us time..." Mikey murmured. "Yeah." Faith agreed. Mikey scooted closer to her and she laid her head on his shoulder. "But for now, I'm just happy we have a family." Faith added. "Mikey kissed her temple. "Me too."