My Life Turned Red

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Lillie's POV:
          I found that my clone hadn't done anything too bad, besides whatever went down with Leo. The blue masked turtle avoided me and seemed extremely uncomfortable in my presence.
         It was my birthday and I had spent the day reviving phone calls and texts from friends and family back home. I was frosting my raspberry cake with chocolate frosting.
My phone went off, it was Raph,
Happy Bday babe! u busy tonight
Nope
K b ready around 9
Ready for what
I got no response, it was probably some surprise for my birthday. I lick the frosting from my finger and place the cake in the fridge.
Around 8:45 I dress in a pair of jeans and a nice grey sweatshirt that said NORTH, on it. I make my way down to the ground, carefully with two slices of my left over cake. Smiling as a few snowflakes land on my face.
"Hey, you ready?" Raph asks, he seems nervous though my prideful boyfriend hides it well with a smirk and crossed arms.
"Yep, I brought some left over cake I made."
"What kind?" He asks eyeing the cake with hungry eyes.
"Raspberry with chocolate frosting."
"Did you have to make it raspberry? Why not all chocolate?" Raph whines.
"Because it's my cake and it's delicious."
We begin walking and get to the rooftops of the city. Raph walks behind me, and places a blindfold around my face, covering my eyes.
"Raph?"
"Ssh, don't want to spoil the surprise right?"
I sigh and he grabs the cake from my hands. We walk a ways with my boyfriend leading me so I didn't fall or run into anything.
After what seemed like forever we finally stopped. "Don't move." Raph says and I hear him shuffle around.
I feel him come up behind me, his breath on my neck. Taking off the blindfold I'm met with a set table with candles and red tablecloth.
"Best birthday ever." I say and give him a hug, "your sweet."
"Don't tell my brothers that."
"Oh, yes. Can't let your stubborn pride take a hit." I reply sarcastically.
We sit down and, Raph had some pizza gyoza. "What's wrong Raph, your acting odd?" I ask, after a few minutes of silence while we ate.
He shakes his head, "nothin, let's crack that cake open shall we?"
We eat the cake, "raspberry isn't that bad now is it?"
"No, though you could make Mikey's pizza good."
"I'm not a miracle worker." I say disgusted by Mikey's taste buds.
"Clone didn't do anything to bad with your family right?" Raph asks concerned.
"No, thankfully. My parents just thought I was-" my face turns red, "um, girl issues." Raph seemed oblivious to what "girl issues" was. "She didn't do something to Leo right? He seems," waving my hand I search for the word. "Flustered."
"Um, it was nothing." Raph looks down and I see pain in his eyes.
"Okay," I'm not sure what it was but I don't think I want to know.
We make more small talk until Raph pulls out a rapped object. He toses it at me and I catch it with ease.
I open it and inside is a small book,  Beauty & The Beast, I glance up. "Open it," Raph says, I do so. In the inside cover a message is written.
         I see us in this book, only your more badass then her.
Happy Birthday Babe
Love
Raph 
           "Your really have gone soft." I say the largest smile plastered on my face.
"Only for you." He says with a chuckle.
        Raph walks me home and I give him a kiss before climbing back inside.
        That night I stay up reading the book from cover to cover. "I think I've fallen in love with a turtle." I say to myself. "A badly tempered, prideful, turtle."
  Raph's POV:
         I look down at the locket in my hand, I had chickened our last minute and had been able to pick up the classic novel of the book. I knew she loved it and the message inside, I had just wanted to tell her how I felt. "We've only been dating for, almost a year." I mutter, "I'd scare her away if I move to fast."
         My anger bubbles and I punch a tree. "Ugh!" I shout, kicking the snow. "She's turned me into some cheesy romantic. My brothers will never let me  hear the end of it when they find out."
"Mikey already, makes those faces at me and Leo would pretends she is behind me in training distracting me."
          I look back at her house, small in from where I stand. "I'm doomed."