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the next day at karate we all went to kayote creek. a place kreese always took his class.

soo why are we here? some asks as we all stand around in this forest.

today we will be testing your strength. there will be two teams. red and black. the goal is to get all of the other teams headbands so that one of your players is the last one standing kreese says

so how do we get the headbands? hawk asks

you do whatever you need to kreese says

but be smart. use what I've been teaching you in class johnny says.

we all spread out and the game begins. I'm on the black team with miguel and him and i have taken out a lot of people. we were the top people on our team.

i was walking alone and heard ruffling in the trees. i turn around and hawk jumps down from one of them

sorry babe but I'm gonna need that he says referring to my headband.

we begin fighting and he had me pinned on the ground.

i know it was you who trashed miyagi do i say and that catches him off gaurd and i quickly kick him off of me.

he does this weird jump thing off of a tree and ends up getting my headband

i did what i had to via. they don't get to trash our dojo online and get no consequences. hawk says

was it really about the review? i yell as he was walking away

what else would it be about? he asks his nose twitching. he was clearly really angry and i didn't know if i should mention the robby thing but i did anyway

i know robby told you at the mall about him and i i say avoiding eye contact

and how would you know that? he asks getting closer to me

i- i saw robby lastnight. after i saw what was in your bag i wanted to see the dojo for myself. so i could be 100% sure it was you. robby ended up showing up to the dojo too and he told me i say there was an awkward silence and hawk just walked away. i trudged back to the rest of the group and hoped miguel would come back with hawks headband

minutes later miguel came back holding a red headband and we all cheered. until... stingray comes out from a pile of leaves and attacks miguel getting his headband and it was over. the red team had won.

miguel didn't look too happy. i didn't know if it was because he lost or something else.

hey what's wrong? i ask catching up to him as he stormed off to aisha's car

hawk was the one who trashed miyagi do miguel says

i know i- i say

wait did you go with him?! miguel asks angrily

no no of course not. his bag was at my house and i looked in it and saw a bunch of spray paint and stuff. i kinda just put two and two together i say

why was his bag at your house? miguel asks confused

um... he was over the night before i say

were you guys like... are you guys dating? miguel asks

no no definitely not we were just kinda hooking up i say and his eyes go wide

oh wow he whispers

yeah but don't tell him i told you i say

okay well he had the medal of honor. I'm going to go give it back to sam tonight miguel says

wait he had it? i assumed it was just lost i didn't think he would steal something from them i say disappointed

hey guys good job today aisha says as she meets us at her car

yeah you all were good. not as good as me bu- hawk says but i cut him off

you took the medal? i ask

via i told you. i had to fight back i wasnt just going to let them talk bad about cobra kai he says as he slams the door shut and the ride home we were all just silent.

aisha dropped us all off at the dojo and we all got out saying bye to her

by man miguel says to hawk and they do their handshake he looks over at me but i don't say anything.

you need a ride home? hawk asks as he unlocks his car

no I'll walk i say

your not walking miguel says pushing me towards hawk

i give him a "really" look and he just laughs as he walks back to his house.

i get into hawks car awkwardly for a silent ride back to my place. i could tell he wanted to say something but didn't really know how or what to say. when him and i were alone he was a lot nicer and more like eli.

he pulled into my drive way and sat there awkwardly

thanks i say pulling the door open and hopping out

via he says quietly

i just turn and look at him. i didn't have time for his bullshit and he knew it

it was about you... it was always about you he says looking into my eyes. i could tell he ment it but i knew tomorrow he would be the asshole hawk that i didn't like.

i just nod and close the door. i know that hurt him but i didn't care. i knew if i told him i liked him too he would think we could be something but we can't.

i sat in my bed for hours just thinking about hawk and robby. i didn't know what to do. was it to late for me to be with either of them? hawk just told me he liked me and i didn't say it back. he probably won't talk to me ever again. and robby... yesterday he seemed like he would leave sam for me. when we talked it's like she wasnt even a thing.

i knew what i wanted. it might not be the smart choice but neither of them were. i just knew what i was feeling right now and i needed to tell him.

i finally reach his house and i see a light on in the back. i couldn't knock on the door cause i didn't want anyone else to know i was here.

i walked around back and saw him and sam training. i felt my heart sting a little but what really hurt was when they kissed. i backed up slowly realizing this was stupid and i hit this dangly thing on their tree and robby looked out seeing my face. sam didn't see but i quickly walked away tears forming in my eyes and i didn't even know why. sure i loved the kid but i knew he had something with sam. it was surprising that they kissed it just hurt more than i thought it would.

hey hey hey he says running up to me spinning me around

wha- what are you doing here he says his eyes hurt and full of regret that i had just seen that

i just... wanted to tell you something but it was dumb and it isn't the right time so I'm just gonna go i say trying to walk away but he pulls me back again

via tell me is all he says his eyes glossed over but there was a sparkle in there with clear hope for what i was about to say

robby i... i think i still love you i say tears falling down my face

why are you crying he asks softly as his hand cups my cheeks his thumps wiping away the tears

because your with sam now... and I'm too late i say more tears falling and he just looks at me sadly and pulls me in for a hug

via... you know i love you too. i never stopped and I'm never going to. but i think.... it's better like this. at least for now he says

w-what? i ask confused

i think you need to see where things go with hawk... a-nd i need to see where things go with sam. if we got back together right now those feelings for them would just linger and i think we would just hurt each other robby says and i just feel like self deflate

okay is all i say

I'm always gonna be here for you though he says placing a kiss on my forehead.