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【𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟏 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝟏𝟎】
After the three girls had their sleepover, Moon's mom had come to pick her up so she could get to the arena early and get tickets. Lexi and Julianna decided on sleeping in a little longer, still having time till they needed to be there.
When the girls got to the arena, they walked up to the group as Miguel aggressively punched the air. "Yo, Miguel, calm down, man. Save some for the tournament." Hawk said, unconsciously wrapping his arm around Julianna's waist once she was beside him. Miguel just gave him a look before punching the air again.
"Hey don't even bother. He's been super aggro ever since the breakup." Aisha said and Hawk sighed, turning to Julianna, tapping his finger against her waist to get her attention. "Where's your dad? The tournament's gonna start soon."
Julianna shrugged. "I don't know. He wasn't home last night or when we woke up." Julianna turned to Lexi to confirm her story and she nodded her head. "But I'm sure he'll be here." Lexi reassured. "I don't know about that." Everyone turned to Bert confused.
"What do you mean?" Julianna slowly asked. "I saw him last night at the mini-mall. I was buying a.... carton of milk when I heard him in the parking lot, yelling."
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?" Aisha practically screamed at Bert who just stepped back a bit. "I don't know. I guess I'm so used to seeing him drunk, it didn't seem like that big a deal."
"Well, we're here and he's not. So it's officially a big deal." Lexi groaned, running a hand through her hair. "What if something happened to him?" Hawk angrily asked Bert. "Like what?" He asked and Julianna worriedly turned to Lexi. There of course had been nights where her father was so drunk he didn't come home but she knew how important this tournament was to him and knew he wouldn't miss it. What if something bad really happened to him?
"I don't know... Like he drove his car off a cliff, or bought a gun and blew his brains out." Hawk said, forgetting the girl right beside him was Johnny's kid. "No. Sensei would never kill himself. That's too pussy a move." Aisha shot down and Julianna shook her head, wiggling herself out of Hawk's grasp and going to walk away. "Aw, shit! Jules! I'm sorry!" Hawk screamed, finally realizing how bad the conversation sounded.
Julianna turned around to face her group and saw her dad walk out from behind them. She let out a breath of relief, pushing passed her friends and hugging her dad as tight as she could. "Oh, thank God."
"We didn't think you were gonna show up." Hawk said, shrugging his shoulders. "I may not always win, but I never back out of a fight." Johnny mumbled. "Great. Let's sign in." Miguel groaned and Johnny shook his head. "Not yet. There's one more lesson I have to teach you."
