Chapter 1

Do I tell him? No I can't. Should I say I love him? He's right there. Just say it!

" Hey Donnie?"

" Yeah?"

" Umm Never mind." ... Dang it!

So I guess your wondering whats going on. Well I'll tell ya. First off my name is Taylor. And I'm 14 years old, working at a coffee shop. I live in New York. Also my best friends are 4 mutant turtles and one giant rat. Their names are Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo. The rat's name is Splinter. Anyway the turtles train as ninja's and I call them by their nicknames Leo, Raph, Don or Donnie, and Mikey. Leo is the leader of the turtles and the oldest, Raph is classified as the muscles, Donnie is known as the brains and, last but not the least, the baby brother of the pack, Mikey. He is..well... the wild one.

I usually come down to the sewers to see the turtles at least once a week. I know the sewers are dirty but I don't think New York city would like to see giant turtles walking around the streets. They do however come out at night when the city is a sleep. They also have this arch nemesis called the Shredder. Creepy name I know. They fight him all the time. There's also a bunch of other enemies but I'll get to those guys later. Oh yeah, I'm also a 14 year old girl in love with a mutant turtle. Donnie to be exact. This is our story.

I was walking down the street on my way to work just chatting with my best friends Lily and John. Lily is a bit shorter then I am and has a blond hair colour with blue eyes. John on the other hand, is tall and has dark brown hair with green eyes. Lily works at the nail boutique just a block away from my work and John has his dream job. He works at a comic book store. Their an interesting bunch but their my friends, so I have to like them. Anyway the three of us were on our way to work on a Saturday morning.

" It really sucks that we have to work on Saturday." Lily complained

" I know, but since we're still in school we can't exactly work during school hours." I said as my response.

" Well I love working on Saturday!" cried John.

" That just because you work in a comic book store and your a comic book freak John. Oh and Lily, at least we have jobs when were only 14."

" Yeah I now." Lily wined.

There was a brief moment of silence until John broke that silence with a good bye and a meet you after work at the doughnut shop. We usually meet at the doughnut shop after work just to chat and complain on how awful our day at work was. After John left, Lily and I continued walking and talking about what kind of doughnut we were gonna get this time. I waved good bye to Lily when I got to " Fill Me Up coffee shop."

I walked through the door just to see the same setting I always see. Beige walls, the colour of coffee with cream in it and the "fancy" chairs with dark wood tables. Claire, my boss, had just flipped the sign too open and gave me a friendly smile as I walked by.

Oh great. I thought to my self as I walked behind the counter putting my apron on. Mindy is working the cash register. Mindy is this stuck up snob that says mean things to other people but if you say the tininess insult to her, she gets all worked up and says your just mean. It gets so annoying.

" Hey Mindy." I greeted her, trying to be nice.

In response I just got a snort. Like a ''I'm too good to talk to you'' snort. So I just continued on with my day. Poring some coffee and serving some coffee, at least until 5 o'clock came. That's when the evening shift starts. So I hung up my apron and stet off to the doughnut shop.

John and Lily were already there when I arrived. I pulled up a chair and then I asked them

" So what kind of doughnuts are we gonna get today?"

" I vote maple nut!" Lily suggested.

" I can't eat nuts Lily."

"Oh yeah, sorry John, forgot."

" How about cream cheese delight?" I suggested.

John and Lily simultaneously said " Yes!"

" Here," John said as he handed me the money to go buy the doughnuts.

I walked up to the counter and ordered three cream cheese delight doughnuts, two ice teas and one large milk. I walked back to the table and handed Lily a doughnut and ice tea, then I handed John his doughnut and large milk.

" So Lily," I asked, " how was work today?"

" Pretty good I suppose, Natalie wasn't working so the environment was a lot happier."

" Aw come on she can't be that bad" John exasperated.

" Oh really? She complains all the time on how bad it smells in the nail boutique and she does a terrible job on the daisy nail design. I mean if she doesn't like...

I kinda zoned out on Lily's rant, she tends to go on and on about stuff so I just usually nod my head along and add in a gasp once in while so she thinks I'm listening. But this time was different. Something actually caught my eye. Just across the street was Murakami's noodle shop. A little red Japanese restaurant that's famous for it's noodles. It looked liked it was getting robed.

" Hey guys." I interrupter Lily's rant.

" What's the matter cheese and crackers?" John teased.

" You know Murakami's noodle shop..."

"Yeah, why?" Lily asked.

" Well I think its getting robed."

" Oh my gosh are you serious?!"

" No Lily, it's just a hysterical joke, YES I'm being serious!" I yelled back.

" Yeah, I heard that Murakami's gets robed a lot by this street gang." John added in.

" Well should we do something?" I wondered, glancing back and forth between my friends and the noodle shop.

" I don't know Taylor, it could be dangerous, my Lily senses are acting up."

" Please, Lily we all know that you don't have magical senses." John moaned.

" Well I'm gonna go over there and help." I decided.

" Wait," John said, " honestly, what can a couple of 14 year old kids do?"

I gave John a hard glare and I spat back

" Well I'm not gonna sit here like a couple of wimps that aren't gonna do anything when a innocent man is getting rob. Now are you with me or not?"

They hesitated. And as soon as they did, I knew that I was going to do this alone.

" Fine." I growled, and I stomped out the door.