The Twin Convention

Seeing Double

"*sigh* Donnie, I'm bored." Leo complains, dramatically as he leaned against his brother on the couch.

"'Funny' Mikey used to always start a conversation like that with me." Donnie pushed him away. Then continued to type on his cell phone.

Leo flopped back to the other side of the couch. "*sigh* There hasn't been any crime to stop in like, forever." He whined.

"Most people would call that a good thing." Donnie said without taking his eyes off the phone.

"I am serious, Don. No villains to fight, no new games to play, no new movies to watch, no NOTHING! It's like the whole world is on pause until I die of boredom!" Leo stated with over exasperation.

"Jeez, I can't 'possibly' imagine why anyone would conspire against you. Specifically you, like that." Donnie responds sarcastically with his eyes still glued to his phone.

"Ugh, come on Donnie." Leo snatches Donnie's phone away. "What's a guy gotta do to get some action around here?" He asked with mild annoyance.

"Hey!" With irritation Donnie, wrestles for his phone back. "Here's an idea. Why don't you just go hang out with Raph and Mikey, instead of bothering me!"

"I said I wanted 'action' not babysitting a bunch of little puppies for nothing." Leo retorted as he held the phone farther away from Donnie, struggling to hold him back.

Donnie stops and facepalms with a sigh. "Then do what most teens do these days."

"Like what?" Leo asked as he leaned against the armrest. Donnie took this perfect opportunity to snatch his phone back.

Donnie protectively holds his phone close to his plastron as if it was an abandoned baby. "Oh I don't know. You could always watch dumb, dumb entertainment on YOUR phone." Donnie chastised.

"Ugh, I can't. I lost my phone." Leo complained.

Donnie just rolled his eyes. Then proceeded to reach under the sofa and reveal Leo's phone in his hand. "You mean this."

"What the what? How did you know it was there?" Leo took the phone in disbelief.

"I put a tracker in it." Donnie stated simply.

"And you didn't tell me this until now because..." Leo waits for an explanation.

"I thought you were smart enough to find it on your own. But I clearly overestimated you." Donnie gave him a smug grin.

Leo sticks his tongue out in retaliation. "Whatever." He starts to look through his phone. After a few minutes his eyes widened and he shook Donnie in excitement. "Donnie, Donnie, Donnie, guess what!"

"Ugh, what is it now Leo? Can't you see I'm too busy pretending like I can't talk to you." Donnie gestures to his phone as if it was super obvious.

"There's a twin convention in town! Apparently it's a birthday party for some rich lady's twin ferrets. It says 'all twins are welcomed'. We should totally go!" Leo told him with a sparkle of determination in his eyes.

"Tired of constantly having to explain the obvious but in case you haven't noticed, we are not twins." Donnie stated plainly to the red eared slider.

"Oh come on, Donnie. It's not like we 'actually' know when our birthdays are. Besides we do look kinda similar and if we take away your sadistic nature..." Leo tells the softshell.

"Pfft, you're one to talk." Donnie retorted with an eye roll.

"Then bada bing, bada boom, we're twins! Come on Donnie, I know you can feel it in your veins." Leo told him with joyful intensity.