My Life Turned Red

Courage

Raph's POV:
       Lillie and I had known each other for about two months now and I knew I really liked her. I also knew I really wanted to ask her out.
       I was writing down a list of ways to tell her.
"Ugh!" I say and bang my head on my desk, pulling up a photo album on my T-phone of the decent photos I had of her and us.
      Sliding through them I smiled and forgot my impossible task at hand.
        Lillie and I with mud on our faces after falling in mud then throwing it at each other.
Lillie taking pictures of herself as I watched a movie in the background.
Me trying to get my phone back as she continued to take pictures.
Her soaking wet in a river, wearing a pissed expression that didn't reach her eyes.
Me wringing out my bandana, next to the river, playfully glaring at her.
Lillie doing a cannonball into a lake that was a out two miles away from her house.
Me shell flopping into said lake.
Me reading a book she had loaned me called Hunger Games (a/n I don't own hunger games)
Me looking pissed as I read the second book.
Me looking depressed as I read he last book, damn those books are amazing.
Me and her grinning with frosting on our faces.
The last picture warmed my heart. It was of us sitting on top of a building, New York City lite up at night in the background. A peaceful look on our faces.
       I knock on my door disturbed me. "What!" I say shutting my phone and going to the door, it's Leo.
      "Where leaving for patrol, come on." He says and leaves. I follow and we head out.
      The next evening I text Lillie to see I can come over. Sneaking past Leo, I went through the garage.
       "Okay tonight's the night, you can do this. Just ask her at the end, yep okay I can do this." I reassure myself as I make my way through the woods.
       She's waiting for me as usual, we talk about our day and random stuff pushing each other and laughing.
       I was slightly distracted the whole night though, as I walk her back, I start to panic.
       "Raph!" Lillie shouts me back to reality.
"What!" I snap "sorry." I quickly apologize.
"What's with you? You seem distracted the whole night."
"Um, well it's just, um." I scramble to think of something.
"Well it's just, um, I like you." Wow, blunt much? "I mean I really like you and well, I was wondering if you would. Liketogoonadate?" I finally throw the words out of my mouth too quickly.
"What?" She asked looking confused.
"Ugh, just go on a damn date with we would ya?" I say loosing my temper and feeling vulnerable.
       A beat, a smirk. Here it came, the laughs, the disgust.
         "Use your manners." She said
"What?"
"That's not how you ask someone is it?"
I chuckle, relieved.
"Will, you please go out on a date with me?"
"Well.." she then tackled me in a hug.
"Yes!" She said. I spun around with her in an embrace.
"Okay well, um, does Saturday work? Saturday about 9:30?" I ask pulling apart and setting her down.
"Yeah that should work."
       We then stood there awkwardly, "oh um here." I gave her a boost and she climbed up. Waving to me I watched her finally retreat inside.
"Yes!" I say and raise my arms in victory.
Lillie's POV:
       I was buzzing with exhilaration, I squealed into my pillow, changing, I then fell asleep with a smile on my face.