Deciding I wanted to write this story just to satisfy those who just want a regular romance. . .here you are. . .happy birthday. . . Although I have to reccomend this one story on the TMNT forum that is about Mikey and this girl Gwen. I Loved it so much I decided to keep the character Gwen as Mikeys girlfriend just like the ending in the other story. So if you read that . . .then read this it might make just a little more sense. But the other three girls Ive constrived of my own mind.

Gwen woke up to the sun shining through the window, today was going to be a good day. She sat up and stretched, She could hear the sounds of her roomates going about their business on a friday morning of october. She had to shower, get ready, and head to work. When Gwen moved in from Illinois, she at first lived with her boyfriend. Although she made sure to look for a place to call her own, even if she was more comfortable waking up by him every morning. It was probably the best sleep she'd ever gotten in her life. So tonight she was going to see him after she had a few hours of work to catchup on. Gwen Masterson owned a very recommended flower shop. Back in Illinois she worked at a plant store so . . . why not have one of your own. It was called "Gwens Garden", and she had been running for about a year now. Her boyfriend had been very supportive of her and even helped her set up, he was so sweet. Although he was . . .different than most guys. . .but she loved that about him, after she had seen past the differences, and fell for who he was on the inside.

Gwen through on a white flowy long sleeved blouse, let her light brown hair flow to her shoulders, and put on a pair of nice jeans. She looked down in the mirror and smirked. Playing with the locket he had gotten her for her birthday. It had their pictures inside. Both taken at his place. One of them giving eachother the bunny ears, the other was her kissing him on the cheek* She smiled and put on her shoes to walk out.

She walked past into the kitchen where one of her roomates were sitting. She had three and they all had been best friends since college. They seemed to complete eachother. Gwen heard one roomate lived in New York nearby and they struck up a deal to room together again, then . . .the calls were made to the other two roomies. Pretty soon all four were rooming again, and together they could all afford a pretty big spaced pent house apartment with two bathrooms.

Elisa Paltren , She was in her usual attire, Her black hair placed up in a messy bun, her bangs strewn across her face. wearing a t-shirt and a ruffle skirt, with long socks.

"Good morning Miss Paltren your looking very lovely this morning". Gwen said with a slight tease in her voice.

"Your dressed up I see, anything special tonight?" Elisa smirked knowing why.

"I'm going to see Mikey tonight*" Gwen said with a slight sigh in her voice. She was already day dreaming about it.

"Make sure to text us that your alright later when you get there" Elisa said putting her attention back to her work.

Elisa Paltren wanted to be a successful Author. She wrote everything from Poetry to Lyrics, to novels. Although in order to fund any type of future publication she needed money. Elisa worked from 9 am to noon at a Teletmarketing business, then from 12:30 to nine at night she worked as a waitress at "Dickies" a pretty decent burger joint. She was known as the shy one. She had that air about her of the "Girl next door".

Gwen gave Elisa a quick hug before walking down the hall to the bathroom to brush her teeth and to take a quick check over to make sure she was ready. On her way to the bathroom she could hear Rock music blaring from behind a door and some pounding noises. She opened the door to see her other Roomate and other best friend.

Lynnette Nauta was a pistol. She had slightly darker hair than her own, which she hardly brushed, she had this bed head sexy hair she managed to keep. . .all the time. Her bangs had a hint of black highlights put into them, standing out against her naturally golden brown. She had light piercing green eyes, which sometimes seemed ghostly. She was a pretty built girl, she was pretty lean with a bit more to the back end. Lynn was practicing on a punching bag she had installed in her room herself. Lynnette was the Tomboy of us all. While most girls would want to marry and have a family someday, Lynnette dreamed something different. By day Lynnette was a Bounty Hunter, she wanted to be the top 50 female Bail recovery agents of America. Although since sometimes she wouldn't have to go after a guy in a few days time she had another part time job. from 10:45 to 2 am she was a Bartender/D.J at a bar not that far from here "Lobos Den". Another thing that set Lynn from the rest of us she had a Celtic Cross Tattoo on the side of her neck, it was just slightly below her ear, you could hardly see it unless she pulled her hair up. She was a toughie, rocker girl, with a country girl heart. But because of some past she's had she doesnt date. She may try to front a whole bad ass impression some of the time but . ..Gwen knew she just wanted someone to accept her for her and love her that way. If she would let anyone in that is.

"HEY LYNN! I"M HEADING TO WORK!"

Lynn wiped some sweat off her forehead with the back of her fist. She turned off the music.

"Okay, you'll text me to let you know your okay right?" Lynn asked expectantly. Lynn was probably the most loyal friend she'd known, and the most protective.

"Yeah, I know , I'll send a forward to you Eli, and Kirsten"

"Okay, hey tell Mr. Mikey-Mysterious, I said Hey!" She said before turning back to her workout, and I said "I Will" Before I heard her music blare again.

None of the girls had met Mikey, and I had reasons for that, and so did he. Maybe someday, but not right now.

My last stop to the bathroom I smiled and leaned against the doorway to my last roomate and my last best friend's room. Kira Delowry.

"Chris Browns "Wall to Wall" was playing". Kira was dancing to it.

Kira was a hip hop dancer, and she was also very very good. The girls and I had gone to some of her shows and she was like fireworks, exploding onto the stage. She was practicing some new moves and she was always so intent when she was practicing, and so serious. I thought dancing was supposed to be fun but for Kira it was like training for a marathon. She was so serious about it, but . . somedays she would be like water, letting it flow to her without thinking about it, thats when she danced best.

"Leaving?" Kira asked breathing heavily bent on her knees.

"Yeah, Work then . . ."

"Go ahead and give my best to prince charming okay?" She said with a smile.

"Seeya , dont break anything" I called out rushing to the bathroom so I could leave. When I checked myself over and deemed myself worthy of heading out into the world I hailed a cab. "West on Gwens Garden".

When I got to work the lights were off and I flicked them on, turning on the open sign. I went to the back to check on the new shipment of roses I just got in. When I found the lightswitch I heard something move behind me. It was a shadow out of the corner of my eye. I smirked . . . before turning around after turning on the lights. Nothing was there, I was thinking . . . Oh well I kinda thought it might be. I turned to go back to the shop room and nearly stumbled backwards from yelping in surprise. I was caught from behind. "Boo" He said looking down at me, catching me by the elbows. I stood up straight before nearly jumping on him.

"I missed you! Hows things?" I said not letting go. He twirled me around before putting me down, his eyes with that adorable twinkle of youth in him, even if he was 22 he still acted like a kid. He gave a final squeeze and then let go. "Ha, I knew you'd be surprised to see me. I'm great, so how ya been babe?"

"Good, the girls all say hi" I said smiling before leaning up to kiss him.

"You can tell them that I said hey back, on MONDAY!" He said giving another quick kiss. he was just as excited as I was, that I was staying the weekend with him. "Hows the family doing?" I asked a little more calm.

"Eh same old same old, except Dons given up on the whole trying to find a girl on the internet thing, hes been doing other stuff lately".

"Oh" I said frowning a little. "He shouldn't give up, it'll happen soon I bet"

"Well yeah I mean. . .Look at us" He said smiling pulling me closer. I giggled then told him I had to actually work at work today. He awwwwed but then I told him he could help me and he was happy again.

During the next two hours of arranging flowers, and hearing the beeping of Mikey's hand held nintendo D.S. I looked at the arrangements and sighed in content to myself. I had to make three different types of arrangements for three different weddings to needed these examples for next week. I was all set and I could finally chill.

I let Mikey Drive, he was driving his van, which he used for his business. He worked little kid birthday parties. Which I thought was cute until he came back bruised up one night. I asked what happened all worried and half ready to cry because he looked like he was really hurt. He told me it was no huge deal that it was some 10 year olds birthday and they got a little over hyped from the sugar rush of the cake. I guess the birthday party business is also a dangerous one. When he pulled into an abandoned garage he helped me out of my seat. "Why thankyou sir". We walked over to a sewer conduit. It lead down into the sewers of New York. Yes he lived in the sewers. I mean if you thought about it, it was cheap. Not too many bills to pay, and it was secret. He climbed down the ladder first, then she followed.

"I forgot my glasses, crap" I said muttering.

"You dont need them, and to be honest neither do I, I kinda like the view from where I'm at just fine". He said with that charming grin of his.

"I bet you do" I said laughing down the whole time. When I was on the last step He scooped me over his shoulder. I kicked slightly and laughed.

"What are you doing?" I asked laughing.

"WERE GOING TO MISS THE X GAME PRELIMINARIES!" He said, sprinting toward his target. I laughed the whole way. I loved the way he held me, and when we came to a slow stop he pulled a lever and in turn that opened the door to his home. We were met in the 'living room' with a blue couch and a giant t.v stacked with little ones all on the same channel. There were stome arcade games like Pac Man and Mortal Kombat off to the side by a pool table. I was still giggling as he ran and then dropped me with a soft plop on the couch. He leaned over me, but not to kiss me, to lean and grab the remote. Like a happy little kid he changed the channel just as there was a skating event going on, just some half pipe practice. But to Mikey this was like . . .Christmas*

for about an hour I leaned against him his arm around me on the couch, watching the X-Games. I heard someone behind us lean against the couch.

"Well look whose here" I heard a rough sarcastic voice comment.

"Hello Raphael" I smiled, he was one of Mikey's brothers, he had three. They all almost looked alike except Raphael was a bit bigger than the others, more brute strength, like a bull. "How are you?" I asked politely.

"Eh, I'm alright" He said before heading off somewhere. Mikey looked around to make sure we were alone, because the lights were off, the volume was low, we were cuddling, and . . . it was commercial. I could feel him lean in so I went to meet him halfway . . .

"Hey Gwen, Welcome back" I heard a chippier gentler voice say behind us. It was his other brother, Donitello. "Hey, hows things?" I asked, happy to see him happy, but a little miffed being interrupted, I could hear Mikey get impatient. I remembered Mikey telling me that Donitello was having some emotional issues with the whole 'not finding someone' thing. I felt for the guy. I was lucky, Mikey was one in a million. and It was one in a million chance he found me. A year or so ago Mikey ran away from home, he made it all the way to Illinois, and when I saw him walking alone on the road carrying all this stuff I felt bad for him, so I gave him a ride. he was really sick, and stayed at my house a few days, . . .a few days turned into weeks, weeks turned to a month and a half. Friendship turned to love. It didn't have its complications at first, but . . .Lets not go over the bad parts. I remember Mikey and I having our first almost kiss. Then the next day or so he confessed he loved me. Before then it was watching movies, he would make breakfast and usually dinner because I was a lousy cook. and His pancakes were to die for. His brothers found him and took him back, I had to track him down, by asking for help from their friend April O Neil. Mikey mentioned that she was the first human to know about them. Then it was Casey Jones who was Aprils boyfriend, and Raphaels best bud. I came and found him telling that I did love him, just when he told me i was shocked. Also I brought a box of supreme pizza, without Anchovies, it couldn't hurt right? We ended up forgetting everyone else was there and kissed in front of his whole family. It was then we agreed I could stay for awhile until I found a place to stay. Now a year later and we were stronger than ever considering . . .the differences.

"I'm fine" Don answered , while I shook myself from the memories.

He sort of had a slump to his walk heading back to his room, carrying some equipment. I sighed, half sad. "Come on, I know that face" Mikey said half serious half teasing. "Well . . .I feel bad for him" I said sighing. Mikey sat thinking a moment. "I KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FROWNY FACE" He said. . . then wiggled his fingers teasingly. I yelped then went to jump off the couch. He caught me around the middle and had me in a grip lock. He used the other to tickle me around my sides. I could not stop laughing.

"No, Mikey. STOP!" I Laughed.

"Nope, cuz now your laughing, I wanna keep it that way!" He laughed back. I used my arms to grab his free tickling hand. Holding it still against me. He could no longer tickle me, so I thought I had won.

;) "HA you cant do it now!" I said laughing. "I guess not" he said sighing as if he had given up, I knew him better.

He suddenly flipped me on my back my arms above me, he pinned me down, holding my hands up with one hand and tickling me with the other. I couldn't push him off with my legs. I almost started crying I was laughing so hard. "THATS NOT FAIR!" I nearly screamed. I decided to turn the tables on him. I leaned up and kissed him, he stopped tickling me and I could feel him smile under our kissing.

"Michaelangelo, Sorry to intrude on your . . . activities, but I would like to speak to you and your brothers about an important matter".

"Oh uh sure Sensei , sorry" he laughed sheepishly, he looked down at me and winked before getting up and helping me up. I was blushing so bad I must have been red all over.

"Hello, Sorry if I kept him" I said sheepishly smiling.

"It is perfectly alright, I will only borrow him for a moment Miss Masterson". I pulled my knees to my chest watching Mikey walk off. His father figure he had known all his life, who had taught him martial arts, and took care of him, who basically was his father. His name was Splinter. I watched as they formed a semi circle in front of him. Mikey and his brothers. His other brother who I had not said a "Hey" to yet was Leonardo. He was their leader, was how Mikey put it. They were the strangest looking family ever but . . .She loved them anyway. Even if they were a Mutated Rat, and Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles. This was why she couldn't let her friends meet Mikey. This family had kept themselves hidden from the world for so long, and she didn't want to jeapordize that. But Splinter seemed to understand that She didn't want to leave Mikey, she would rather face the evils of the world by herself, than never be able to See Mikey again. While they were talking quietly so she could barely hear, she laid her head down on the couch and dozed off, smiling.

The clock said around 2 A.M. She felt her body being lifted from the couch, and she wrapped her arms around his neck. She could tell he smiled but she didn't open her eyes.

"Aww aint that Cute" She heard Raphael say sarcastically.

"I think it shows the right amout on affection" Donitello Agreed.

Gwen moved her head deeper into Mikeys neck with a sigh.

"Can you guys keep quiet, my girls trying to sleep". He said defensively. When she heard them laugh silently, she knew they were alone again. Only Mikey's footsteps could be heard. She heard him open a door with his foot, and then a quiet voice.

"Hey Mikey, We wont have to train tomorrow, so you can spend some time with Gwen if you want".

"Man, thanks Leo" he whispered happily before shushing Leonardo to signal him not to wake me. Even though I was technically awake :)

"Well goodnight Mikey" I heard mikey open the door softly and walk over to the side of his room. The bed springs pushed softly when I was put on the inside part of the bed, Mikey liked being on the outside so I wouldn't fall out, and to keep me warm. I heard the lightswitch flick and then felt his side of the bed filling in. His arm wrapped around my middle and the other partially in my hair against the pillow above me. He sighed in content and I placed my hand over his, and the other around his arm around me. I leaned in making sure my back was to his chest. Having another good nights sleep.