Later in the morning Chloe was awoken by loud noises from beyond the double doors of the lab she was staying in, are there no normal ways of being woken up here she thought to herself drowsily, remembering the big red turtle last night.

She stumbled to her feet clumsily and half limped half hopped to the door, pulling it open and wafting the smell of scrambled eggs. The scent made her stomach rumble noisily and all the turtles turned to find the source of the sound, Donatello smiled at her shyly and Michelangelo waved energetically, his smile was so wide he reminded her of a Cheshire cat. The other two turtles just watched her, giving no way of morning greeting and turned back to their food after a few seconds.

"Are you hungry?" Leo asked politely, his shell still turned to her, "we made you some extra fo-"

"You mean I did Leo, I made you some extra eggs Chloe!" Mikey interrupted proudly while he skipped around the kitchen with a bowl of scrambled eggs in his hand. He placed them on a make-shift table made of pizza boxes and turned to her expectantly.

"Uh thanks," she stammered, still not sure how one creature could be so cheerful and energetic, especially in the morning. She limped across the room, trying to keep her head held high and retain some shred of dignity, but lost that in an instant when she tripped over air, and, unable to catch herself, she fell on her back with an echoing smack.

They all seemed to move at once towards her, so fast it seemed like someone had pressed fast forward, the blue one picked her up in his arms and shook her gently while the purple one started flashing a small light in her eyes, the orange one was holding her hand and calling out to her and the red one was pacing back and forth anxiously only a few metres away. She thought she could hear him growling.

Honestly, Chloe didn't even think she was going to have a bruise.

"Uhh guys…" she started, "Chloe Chloe Chloe" Mikey said quickly, trying to grasp her attention, "are you ok, where does it hurt?!"

"I'm actually uh fine… just fine" she was just freaked out at having so many giant impossible creatures so close to her at once.

"Can you feel this?!" Donnie asked, just as panicked as before and pinching her big toe softly.

Her eyes began to water and she shook gently in Leos arms before a burst of noise escaped her lips, all the turtles looked at each other in wonder, the girls seemed so happy, but why?

Mikey was smiling up at her, like she was some kind of angel in disguise "why are you so happy?" he asked.

"I'm not" she said, still laughing, "when you let me down I'm gonna kick your butt!"

All the turtles laughed at that, even Raph. Leo started to let her down and Donnie released her toe, Mikey still holding onto her hand.

At that moment her smile disappeared and she rounded on the brainy turtle, her eyebrows knitted together in an angry scowl. "Don't you dare touch my feet again " her tone was deathly calm and she emphasized the first three words to show her point. Donatello actually looked frightened and seemed to shrink under her furious gaze.

"Why did you all freak out so much anyway?" she snapped, turning to face the rest of the brothers, scowl still firmly in place.

"You fell on your back" Leo answered hesitantly, "so what?" she replied venomously, still embarrassed due to her lack of coordination.

"You don't have a shell" Donnie pointed out, "thanks for clearing that up" Chloe answered sarcastically.

"Chloe" Raph said softly, "we thought you might have damaged your spine."

"Oh" everything made sense now, why they were all so panicked, why Leo had picked her up, why Donnie had been pinching her toe, asking if she could feel anything.

"I'm sorry," she murmured softly, ashamed of her behaviour, these creatures really were trying to care for her.

Mikey gently tapped her shoulder and she turned to him, her eyes softening as she saw his innocent expression.

"Would you still like some breakfast?" he asked, smiling nervously. Her stomach rumbled again at the thought of food, "that seems like a good idea" she replied optimistically, limping towards the table once again.

Nearly one hour and four huge servings of Mikey's scrambled eggs later

"How did you eat that much!" Mikey exclaimed, more impressed than anything else, the girl across from him shrugged unfazed, "it was delicious" she said sleepily, leaning onto the table and resting her head on her arms "thank you."

"Any time lil' one" Mikey smiled, grabbing her plate and walking towards the kitchen, she usually hated that nickname, it made her feel small, but when the orange turtle said it, she found herself not minding quite so much.

"I got out of morning training so really I owe you!" he shouted from the other room.

When Mikey returned from washing Chloe's plate only 2 minutes later the girl was lying with her head flat on the table and snoring softly.

LAST CHANCE TO DECIDE WHO YOU WANT CHLOE TO END UP WITH

I will be deciding in the next chapter or 2 so please please please let me know

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