"I still can't believe that you get ta go visit the knucklehead while me and Don are stuck in Brooklyn" Raph complained to his older brother over the phone and Leo had to stifle his laughter when Donnie corrected Raph on his poor grammar.

"Maybe next time you should actually study and not fail your History Midterm" Donnie commented and Leo could imagine the genius sitting on his bed tinkering with whatever electronics he had managed to snag from his adoptive moms lab.

"Maybe next time you should offer to help me study!" Raph snapped back at his twin.

"He did" Leo commented at the same time Donnie said, "I did"

Raph simply mumbled a few choice words and went to get a drink from the kitchen, leaving the phone with Donnie.

"It does suck though that mom won't let us go. I mean dad was still fine with it and I didn't fail the test" Donnie stated in a slightly annoyed voice.

"Yeah but April doesn't want to send one of you without the other, and it's not like you won't get a chance to ever see Mikey again. There will be other visits" Leo said trying to comfort his little brother.

Leo and his brothers were all separated after an incident that had killed their parents. The accident had happened when Leo was 8, Raph and Donnie had been 6, and little Mikey was just turning 4. They had been unable to find a family who wanted or had the means to care for the four heart broken and terrified boys, but they each eventually had found places to call home. Leo had been adopted by a man who ran a martial arts dojo, Raph and Donnie had luckily been adopted by the same people, by a nice couple who couldn't bear to separate the two twins, and Mikey had been adopted by a woman who had a history of being a foster mother.

Thankfully their adoptive families all thought it would be best to allow the boys to stay in contact and visit each other as often as possible, something that had become more difficult with Mikey's sudden move to Hawaii. The three older boys were to visit during spring break but thanks to a bad grade from Raph, he and Donnie were no longer able to make the trip with Leo.

Leo was pulled from his thoughts as his plane was called to begin boarding, "I have to go Donnie, my plane is boarding. I'll call you and Raph once I've landed and found Mikey"

"Okay Leo, be safe! And try to get some sleep on the plane." Donnie said and Leo could faintly hear, "Later Fearless!" from Raph somewhere in the background.

Smiling Leo hung up and walked towards the plane terminal to wait till his section was called. He wished he didn't have to take the 5 hour flight to Phoenix and then from there the 9 hour flight to Hawaii by himself. Leo was terrified of height and would have felt better with his brothers there, but he was just going to have to suck it up.

His section was finally called and taking a calming breath he boarded the plane, ready for a week with his youngest brother.