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TMNT AU - The Science Project - Chapter 3

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I waited there for a few seconds before the door opened. A younger girl answered the door. She looked to be about 12 and had features similar to Don. I looked down at her and she glared up at me with a face that was half confusion and half anger.

“Who are you?” She asked, rather rudely.

“I’m Leo. Does Don live here?” I asked, starting to question the address. I quickly pulled it out of my pocket and glanced at it again. Yeah, this was the right address.

“You must have the wrong Don. My brother doesn’t have any friends. And if he did, he wouldn’t bring them here.” She shook her head. “Alright, it was nice talking to you.” She smiled evilly as she closed the door.

I stood there mostly confused. Does Don live here or not? I then heard the sound of running down the stairs and Don yelling. “Amelia! Who was at the door?” He shouted.

“Oh, no one important.” She said back.

“I’m expecting company, Amelia. You can’t just close the door on people. Now who was it?” Don shouted even louder. I didn’t know that he could scream. I waited outside, hoping he would open the door and let me in. Him and his sister started a full blown argument right there by the door. I could hear everything they were saying. She insisted the door wasn’t for him, and he tried to open the door while she blocked it with her smaller frame. I felt very awkward standing there on their porch while they fought.

After a few more minutes, the girl ran away crying after Don shouted mean things about her, using words I didn’t know he knew. Don opened the door with a deep blush in his cheeks. “D-did you hear all that?” he asked, scratching his head in an embarrassed fashion. I nodded and he invited me inside. “Sorry about that. It won’t happen again. I promise.” Don seemed mortified by the whole situation, which was entirely understandable.

“Don’t worry about it. No harm done.” I half smiled at him. “So, I guess I’m the first one here.” I clasped my hands together and rolled onto the balls of my feet, then back on my heels.

“Yeah.” Don felt just as awkward as I did. There was no talking for a good five minutes before Don’s mother walked into the room.

“Aww, Donnie. Who’s your little friend?” His mother seemed just as surprised as his sister.

The blush returned to Don’s face very quickly. “Mom. Leo. Leo. My mom.” He waved his hands around like an improper introduction.

“Leo. Very nice. You know, Donnie doesn’t have many friends come over. It’s nice to finally meet one of Don’s friends.” His mother smiled.

I glanced over at Don for a minute. The look on his face screamed ‘smash something really hard against my head’ and I laughed a little. I could tell Don had it pretty rough. I decided to cut him some slack and play along, “Yeah, Don and I are good friends. It’s so nice to finally visit him at home.” I smiled at Don, wrapping my arm around him in a friendly manner.

Don looked at me with confusion, then back at his mother. “Alright, mom. We are going up to my room.” He led me up the stairs and into his bedroom, leaning against it to close it. I looked around the room. It had a sci-fi theme to it; covered with Star Wars and Star Trek and other space related stuff. There was a large Yoda poster hanging above his bed that said: “Do or do not. There is no try.” I was slightly freaked out, but I contained my laughter and stood in the center of the room, looking at Don who looked like he wanted to kill over in humiliation. He looked up at me, “Why did you do that?” he asked, pushing himself off the door.

“Do what?” I asked, having some idea what he was referring to.

“Why did you say we are friends?” He said. I figured that was what he was talking about.

“I dunno. I felt kinda bad for you I guess.” I shrugged and smiled a little.

“You don’t have to feel bad for me. I can deal on my own. I don’t need you lying to my parents” He rubbed his forehead agitatedly, “Now she’s gonna keep asking me when you’re coming over again.”

I had no idea having a friend come over would be such a big deal. Both to Don and his mother. I’m starting to wonder if he had any friends at all. I see him in school with other nerds, but were they his friends? Or maybe they just did homework together and never saw each other outside the walls of the school. “I am coming over again, you know. We have to keep working on this assignment.” I told him, shoving my hands in my pockets.

“Well, you’re the only one here, so we can’t exactly start working yet.” He sat down on the floor and gestured me to sit down as well. I sat across from him and we sat in a long awkward silence. I took this silent opportunity to look around the room some more. He had a bookshelf stocked to the brim with books covering a broad range of topics. Most of them were non-fiction books about space or other science things like that. He had a few books I was familiar with, like the Harry Potter series, and some other books I’ve read.

I turned my head and looked at his desk. It was simple, covered in text books and binders and other school things which basically smothered his laptop. A few pencils and a huge graphing calculator were also about that organized chaos. On the shelves surrounding his desk were dozens and dozens of trophies and ribbons. That was about the only similarity between his room and mine. But my trophies and ribbons were from sports victories, and his were from chess matches and science fair contests and things like that.

“Thanks for sticking up for me in class today.” He said out of absolutely nowhere. I started to forget he was in the room with me before he spoke up.

“What?” I asked, looking at him curiously.

“In class today, you told Raph to leave me alone. I wanted to thank you then, but I didn’t know how. So I’m thanking you now.” He lifted his head up, his hair still covering most of his eyes.

This kid was really starting to grow on me. Not in a romantic way, in a brotherly kind of way. That way that makes me feel like I owe him something when I really don’t owe him anything. He’s never done anything for me. I mean, I hardly knew he existed until yesterday, and now I’m constantly feeling indebted to him. I wondered what my real friends would think if they saw me being kind to a guy like Don. I would be out of the loop in a heartbeat.

“You’re welcome, I guess. I mean. I don’t know you or anything, but you seem like a pretty good guy. And Raph is just an ass…” I let my voice trail off, wondering if I was allowed to curse in his house or not. When there was no offended reaction, I continued on my trail of thought, “and he can’t treat you like just a dork. You’re more than a dork.”

He laughed a little sarcastically, “Thanks. I always thought there was nothing more to me than school and science fiction.” He rolled his eyes and put his elbows on his elevated knees.

I gave the room one more obvious look over, clearly judging him for it, “Yeah. I can definitely feel the science fiction.” I said trying to remember that really important big Star Wars thing. “The force is strong with this one.” I joked.

Don knew I was joking as I made it pretty obvious. “You think it’s a little too much?” He rubbed the back of his head, looking at his room through my eyes. I just nodded, not needing to say much more. He stood up and started clearing out some of the excess space junk.

“Hey. I was only joking!” I stood up and stopped him, “You don’t have to change anything. I think you have a nice room.” He smiled a little and put his things back. As we exchanged a friendly glance, we both heard the sounds of wheels rolling down the sidewalk. I looked out of his window and saw Mike skateboarding up to the house.
Chapter 3 - Getting to know Don

Leo spends some alone time with Don and wonders some things about himself.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the franchises mentioned in this chapter. I do own the AU and the writing.
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(SQUEALS) Oh I can't wait for the next chapter to come out. n_n