New Boy | Miguel Diaz

December 19

"Heard you were throwing a party. Hope you don't mind if we crash." I smirked.

"Ava, you don't have to do this."

"It's too late."

"This ends tonight! No mercy!" Tory yelled, before chaos erupted.

We all got into our fighting positions, and fought. I fought with one of the guys from Miyagi-Do, and caught a glimpse of Sam. She kicked over a guy, making the lights to the house turn off. I finished off the dude and walked her way.

She saw me and backed up. Tory came up to her other side, smirking at me. I was suddenly thrown into the wall by Miguel.

"Ava, please don't do this." His face was all bloodied up and he had a few cuts on his eye and lip. My facial expression softened, but I shook it off. I kicked him back into Kyler and followed Tory out who was following Sam.

She led us to a room out back. Tory stepped aside and I kicked Sam right in the face, making her fall to the ground.

"I gotta be honest, LaRusso. I thought you'd put up more of a fight." Tory walked over to a shelf, grabbing nunchucks. "Guess, we'll have to make our own fun."

She swung at Sam, knocking over a couple things.

"Where you gonna go, LaRusso?" Sam ducked down and Tory hit a picture that was hung up on the wall of a man. It was a picture of Mr. Miyagi. Sam told me about him when we were younger, he seemed like a great man.

That's when something in my head clicked. I remember my dad telling me, "I wasn't taught the difference between mercy and honor and I paid for it. If i'm extra hard on you, it's only because you have the potential to be better than I ever was."

I should listen to him, but I can't. He never did for me.

I saw two staffs to the side and grabbed one. Tory and I circled Sam; Tory swinging the nunchucks around, and I, with the staff in my hand.

Sam ended up fighting with the other staff, and she pushed Tory against the wall and flung the nunchucks out of her hands, across the room.

I stood behind Sam, the staff pointing at her.

Hawk, Demetri, and Miguel ran in. "Guys, stop!"

"The fight's over."

"It's not over. This will never be over, LaRusso. You hear me?"

"You know where to find me."

I dropped the staff, but Sam kept her's pointing at us. Tory looked at Hawk and Miguel.

"Traitors. You better watch your back." She snarled.

Demetri stopped her from walking out. "They won't have to. They've got friends watching it for them."

She scoffed and walked out. I looked at Hawk and Demetri; I couldn't tell whether their facial expressions meant "Get out" or "Please stay".

But I left.

-

I dropped my bag, "Hey, are you sure staying here is okay?"

Tory set the glass of water on the coffee table. "Yeah, my mom doesn't mind. If you need anything, just ask me... or don't, I don't really care what you do."

I nodded, and sat down on the couch. The blanket Tory gave me was actually pretty soft and comfortable.

She sat next to me, and we awkwardly glanced at each other.

"Hey, I know this feels weird. Especially after what happened between the two of us. But if I'm being totally honest... I think having you here would make me feel less alone."

"Yeah, well, I'm sure I won't be here for long. At least, until I find my own place." Tory looked upset after that last bit. "Tory... even if I'm not actually here with you, you can always come to me."

To my surprise, she smiled. "You're so nice to people who hurt you. I don't want you to be scared of me, Ava."

"I'm not scared of you."

She put her hand out, "I'm Tory."

I laughed and shook her hand. "Hey Tory, I'm Ava."

We smiled at each other, and sat back on the couch without saying anything. I think staying here wouldn't be so bad.