More Than You Think

7

I woke up to the sound of two car doors opening and closing. It was Johnny and Vanessa exiting the car. Turning off my music I notice I'm practically on Raphael's lap. Our bodies turned and tangle into each other. Not wanting to draw attention from the others, I gently took my hand that was free and tap Raphael awake. "Raph." I whispered near his ear. His eyes slowing open revealing those emerald green eyes. His eyes lock with my, his lips barely an inch away from mine. We froze for a moment before I had the courage to break our trance, "I think we're here... You could let go of me." I say to him. Slowly he released me from his embrace, his fingers gently run over my body as his arms pull away. I felt my body heat up, 'No, don't do it.' I tell myself before getting out of the car with Johnny and Vanessa. We were at the house we were renting out for the weekend.
"Okay two people down to wake up." My brother sees Raphael and I get out of the car.
"And here I thought you two hated each other." Vanessa said with a smirk before showing me her phone. She took a picture of us sleeping in each other arms, my head on his chest and one arm around his neck. His head rests on top of mine, while one arm went around my waist and his other hand was on my upper thigh.  "Delete that." I threaten her. "Okay, okay." She says deleting the photo in front of me.
"What happened?" Raph asked his dark Auburn brown hair a mess. He seems to be still trying to wake up. Stretching his tan body, his veins pop out a bit.
"We have to wake up the others." I lie to him before heading to Erica and Mikey's side to wake them up.

After waking everyone up, we took our bags out from the trunk of the SUV and settle inside the home. No couples were to share a room for obvious reasons. After picking our rooms and roommate, we all got ready for sleep and set up our alarms to wake up early enough to eat something outside of snacks then we go to our planned activities. I hope I still know how to ice skate. I thought before getting comfortable in the bed to hopefully fall asleep. "Night, bro." I tell my brother before shutting my eyes. "Night, short stuff."

Next morning

"Yes, Angel we ate breakfast."
"You're not sharing a room with a boy, are you?"
"I'm sharing a room with Johnny."
"Uh-huh, didn't sneak out the room to use the 'bathroom' did you?"
"Ew, Angel please never say that again."
"I'm just saying you're all teenagers-"
"I will hang up."
"Okay, okay. Cálmate hija... Crap, call me later I have to take this call." With that Angel hangs up the phone. Going back inside I hand Johnny his phone back.
"He said to call him again later." I tell my older brother.
"Alright, go start the car I just need to find V's lip gloss, yes she put her makeup thingy in my gym bag." Johnny answers my unasked question before tossing me the car keys then returned to the task of finding Vanessa's makeup bag.
"Knowing V, that little bag is probably yellow or sparkling." I tell him knowing none of his things will be bright or shiny. Heading into the living room where everyone is waiting, "V, you may want to help my brother." I tell Vanessa seeing that she's finally out of the bathroom.
"Everyone else, follow me to the car." I say before walking outside unlocking the door.
"So, we are goin' today?" I hear a familiar voice enter the passenger side.
"Hold up, who said you can sit up here?" I stop Raphael holding my hand up. He simply rolled eyes sliding into the seat, "What's wrong, (y/n)? Worried I'll be distracting or are you just that bad at driving?" He began pushing my buttons again. I swear Raphael gets a rise out of pissing me off.
"That depends... Do you want to go through a windshield?" I threaten with a scowl on my face hoping he'll drop the weirdness.
"I did say you can have me all to yourself." Confusion takes over my expression, wondering why he's acting like this. When we first met we couldn't stand each other and now all we do is vex each other almost for fun. "Okay, but I hope you know how to-" pausing in hopes to think a word that will make this hint difficult to piece together "glide." Finally, Johnny and Vanessa enter the car. "Let's go, we still have to go to the boardwalk tonight." Johnny rushes me.
"Jeez, calm yourself." I say before reversing out of the driveway.

Time Skip

"What's wrong all-star? Scared of ice?" Yelling at Raph I laugh seeing him struggle to stand up. His hands tighten on the railing as he stares at the cold rink below him. Shaking my head I slowly skate to him. "Take my hand." I instruct him holding my hand out for him. Those emerald eyes focus on me, "You wanna learn how to skate or what?" I ask him, losing my patience.
"What if I fall?" He looks at me.
"Then we both fall, who cares it's for fun anyway no need to be embarrassed." I tell him realizing that he wasn't scared of trying it was failing that scared him.
We hear someone fall that causes laughter to erupt from their lips.
Erica and Mikey fell on to the cold ground luckily Johnny and Vanessa were nearby, sadly for them, the couple pulled them down with them. They all started laughing before finally standing again.
"See, there's nothing wrong with falling." I say turning my attention back to Raphael. Slowly his larger hands took a hold of my smaller one. Donnie and Amy slowly make their way to us, Amy grabbed the last skate trainer for Donnie and is slowly leading him around the rink until he felt confident enough to try by himself. 
Pulling Raphael's other hand I began staking backward, "You better not make me bump into someone." His signature smirk reveals itself as he tries to push me into his older brother that wasn't far from us.
"Hey, Leo catch!" Raphael shouts. Yelping I stopped then Raphael fell pulling me with him. Giggles slip out, which seemed to put Raphael at ease. "Hey, Leonard! Mind giving us a hand?" I ask Leo, his neat dark brown hair never a strand of hair out of place despite wearing a beanie earlier. Glide by glide he made his way toward us before helping me off of his buff brother. Standing up I help Raphael onto his feet.
"Thanks, now Raphie you better learn quick or next time it'll be your ass on the ice without me." I jokingly threatened. Taking his hand once again I stake backward.
"Don't call me Raphie, Buggy." We bicker
"Ew... You win." I say shivering at the thought of those crawling little nuances.
"Well, well is my favorite firecracker scared of bugs?" He continues pushing my buttons.
"Oh shut it Johnny Bravo... Wait, your favorite firecracker?" I tease.
His mouth opens then closes, "Whatever Punk." I couldn't help but laugh.

Leo's POV

Her small, gentle giggles fill the cooling air, it sounds almost carefree. Her body lays on my brother's body. Raphael's body became rigid the second he landed onto the ice-cold rink, but somehow the second her smiles release the soft laughs his body relaxes. "Hey, Leonardo! Mind giving us a hand?" She yells for me, her (e/c) eyes meeting my sapphire eyes. I could understand Raph's attraction toward her, but she's wild even by Raph's standards.
Making my way to the two fallen bodies I help (y/n) off my younger, short-tempered brother. Steadying herself we help Raphael onto his feet before they continue bickering back and forth.
Mikey and Erica are taking a hot chocolate break, as everyone else stayed on the rink. Donnie seems to be having an engaging conversation with Amy as they practically snail skate around. 'I need to get to know her. Make sure she's trustworthy and not a threat to us.' I concluded seeing (y/n) and Raph smile.
Then I realized the past few months have been hell, but ever since we met (Y/n) and her friends we finally began laughing and smiling without faking it as we have been around Casey and April. Not that we don't have fun with Casey and April, but there are many painful memories in our past. It becomes difficult when you want to forget, even if it's for a moment.
"Hey, Leonardo. Would you like hot chocolate?" Erica's cheerful voice grabbed my attention from my thoughts. Mikey baby blue eyes were filled with innocence and pure joy as his arms wrap around the ginger hair girl. His dirty blonde waves drape off to the side. I miss seeing my brothers like this.