{A/N: Photo above is Aria's gift to April}
Aria's POV:
April, the guys, and I are driving around the city in search of something to do to celebrate April's birthday.
Turtles & I:
Birthday girl, it's your birthday
Birthday girl, it's your birthday
April: "I don't know why you are even bothering. I told you guys my birthdays are always a disaster. It's cursed."
Leo: "Curse, smursh. We are gonna birthday so hard, you're gonna need a permission slip."
Me: "And to kick things off on a positive note."
I hand April a small box containing my birthday present for her. April opens it to reveal a specially engraved bracelet that reads 'Not sisters by blood, but sisters by heart' on the inside.
April: "Oh, Ari, thank you. I-"
Suddenly, a large object crashes into the hood of the Turtle Tank, stopping us in our tracks.
April: "What was that?"
Raph & Mikey leap out of the Tank to inspect the damage.
Donnie: "Ok, give it to me straight. How bad is the damage?"
Raph: "Oh, it's uh, not that bad."
Mikey: "Oh, it's real bad. Real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real bad."
I gently massage Donnie's shoulders as he grimaces at the idea of his most prized invention damaged while April glances at her phone.
April: "See, I told you my birthday was cursed."
Leo: "Come on, mi vida, relax. This is just a minor bump in the road, a hiccup. There's no way this night gets worse."
And yet, another crash sounds from the front of the tank, which isn't making Donnie any less stressed.
Donnie: "What was that?"
Me: "Easy, von Ryan. Breathe."
Donnie follows me in taking a deep breath.
Me: "Leo's right. Everything's fine, and nothing else is gonna go wrong tonight."
Then, Raph & Mikey jump into the tank with nervous smiles.
Raph: "Real quick, we just need to take care of this tiny, no-big-deal, non-life-threatening situation. Then, it's onto April birthday fun. Prepare to fire some cool weapons!"
Donnie & I share determined looks as we ready the defense systems.
Donnie & I: "Which ones?"
Warren Stone: "All of them."
We all turn in surprise to see Warren Stone sitting, or standing since he's a worm, on the console.
Leo: "Ok, who is that and how'd he get in here?"
April looks up from her phone with an excited grin as she rushes to lean her elbows against the console next to Warren.
April: "Hold the phone! You're Warren Stone. I'd recognize that hair anywhere!"
As far back as I can remember, April was a huge fan of Warren back when he was a newscaster as a human.
BINABASA MO ANG
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