Surprise, I'm back with another fic I wrote in 2012-13! This was written early in the series, so I guess it's more of an AU (well, scratch that, it's definitely an AU now) where April and Karai end up going to the same high school and become friends before either of them know about the other's involvement with the turtles.

I do not own anything. Texts are meant to be in bold. I hope you all enjoy!

"April O'Neil! Get your butt down here! You're gonna be late for school again!" April was jerked from her sleep as her aunt yelled up at her from the bottom of the stairs. "You have ten minutes!"

April groaned, stretching and looking over at her clock. "Crap!" She was going to be late! "I'm gonna kill Leo!" She flew out of bed and stumbled to her dresser, hastily throwing clothes onto her bed trying to find something decent to wear. Leo had come to her place in the middle of last night, starstruck and moony eyed over some foot clan girl. He kept her up all night talking about her, and he never even told her the girl's name! April groaned again and rubbed her eyes.

"Five minutes, April!" her aunt shouted. April flew around her room, throwing a new shirt on and a pair of jeans that she'd only worn once before. She pulled her hair back into her typical ponytail, not even bothering with make-up. She bounded downstairs, grabbing her backpack and slinging it over her shoulder. She shoved a Pop-Tart into her mouth. Her aunt leaned against the counter and groaned. "I swear, April, if your school calls me again to tell me you're late, we're gonna have to have a talk!"

April grinned at her messily, crumbs falling out of her mouth. She knew Aunt Robyn was kidding. (Maybe...) Either way, she didn't have time for that right now, and with a wave, ran out the front door and onto the streets. She ran through the crowds of people; man, don't these tourists know a girl's gotta get to school? Thankfully, it was only a couple of blocks from her aunt's apartment, and she ran inside right after the front gates shut.

She sprinted inside the school and down the hallways, her hair flying everywhere. She burst into her homeroom class, chest heaving. Startled, her classmates looked up, and seeing that it was only her, resumed whatever it was they were doing before. Her teacher, Ms. Hoffman, decided to make a nasally comment.

"You're late, April. Per usual," Ms. Hoffman said, with a look on her face that April decided to count as a sneer. "Go check in with the front office." She groaned, and her teacher raised her eyes at her. "Do not talk back to me, young lady. Go!" April looked at her sullenly as she headed out the door, running a hand through her wayward bangs.

Well, if she was gonna be considered late anyway, might as well make it count, and she threw her backpack into her locker on her way. She stopped to talk to some friends at the water fountain, and finally meandered her way to the office. The secretary smiled knowingly at her, eyes dancing with amusement.

"Hello, April. Late again?" April scowled and nodded. The secretary typed something into her computer, and April sat down in one of the chairs in front. She pulled out her phone to text an early apology to Robyn, and saw she had three missed texts from Irma to distract her instead:

April? Where are you?

Girl, you better hurry up.

Ms. Hoffman is in a really bad mood today. Congrats, you're only gonna make it worse!

April couldn't help but smile a little at them. Irma was her best friend... aside from the guys, of course. But lately Irma had been acting kinda strangely - sitting with different people, ignoring her calls, and she didn't really know why. It was true she was a little bit busier than she used to be, but she was still making time for her. She shook her head and decided to text back:

Calm down. I'm in the office now. Ms. Hoffman will just have to deal, she sent. Now she was gonna give Leo a piece of her mind! She typed out a long, drawn out message in all caps and sent it. There. Maybe then they'd realize not everyone was practically nocturnal like them. She huffed and crossed her arms.

"Well," a voice laughed in front of her. "Looks like he must've done something pretty bad."

In her haste to chew Leo out, she hadn't even noticed this girl come and sit down in the seat across from her. She had cropped black hair, with a few longe tendrils that framed her face, with some heavy red eye makeup. She w. as skinny and tall, and had piercings up both of her ears. She was decked out in all black and was looking at April with a cross between a sneer and a smirk on her face.

"Just kept me from getting any sleep last night," she replied, turning off her phone and shoving it back down into her pocket. She took in the girl's face. Must be new... "I'm April," she said.

"Karai," the girl said.

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