bad habits (johnny lawrence)

chapter 3

soccer practice and tryouts were in play while i was sat watching them. bobby made me come and watch him like he has done for years.

i sit on the stands with my chin resting on my knuckles. i pout watching boys run around the field like mad heads.

"hey frankie!!?" i heard someone shout. i looked towards the right of the field and saw bobby "you wanna come for a kick?" he asked me and i shook my head sending him a smile.

i reached down and grabbed my water out of my bag and sipped on it. i sighed and rubbed my head feeling a headache coming along... great.
"hey.. you ok?" i heard a voice. i look up and see daniel sitting beside me "hey." i smiled back and then sighed "i've got a banging headache coming along."

he frowned. "why don't you go home?"

i sighed and nodded to the pitch where bobby was with the lads, who were all taking glances at either me or daniel. probably some 'hot babe' behind me though. that's usually how it works.

"bobby wanted me here to watch him play football, like every other year." i chuckled then sipped some water
he laughed softly "do you need more water? i don't mind getting you some." he pointed off towards the school.

"no i'm ok.. thank you though." i looked into daniel'a brown eyes. he smiled and nodded.
"why do they keep staring?" he said after a few minutes of us catching up on the first day of school.

"who?" i asked softly looking around

"who do you think?? king cobra and his minions" daniel spoke making me chuckle. johnny and the lads. i liked that name he gave them, it's very fitting.

"there is probably a 'hot babe' behind us" i tell daniel, he looks behind us then back at me "unless you call more stands and a few trees 'hot babes' then you need help. there is no one behind us. they're staring at us." he told me.

i looked down at the pitch and make eye contact with johnny. i roll my eyes and look away from him back at daniel "ignore them. they aren't as tough as they try and look. especially bobby and jimmy."

"tell that to my eye." he chuckled looking around

"i'm sorry about them... bobby isn't normally like this. he's sweet." i tell daniel truthfully.

"it's ok... don't worry yourself about it. it's nothin' i can't handle." he shrugged and i made a face "they just think they can bully and hurt people without consequences. it's not right." i shook my head
"so you and bobby have been friends since you've been kids? aren't you friends with the others?" he asked me

"i sometimes talk to jimmy, he's the nicer one out of the group, the quieter one. apart from that no.. i'm not friends with them." i shook my head truthfully.

"what? what? oh yeah you're right, i know." daniel says looking up at the sky. i make a face and look up at the sky too. nothing? what the hell is he doing. i look back at daniel and frown "oh it's just this little voice, you know, it's telling me i've gotta be some kind of a yo-yo to be talking to you right now." he joked making me smirk and shake my head

"they aren't bothered." i shrugged, making him raise his brows at me "yeah... tell that to the way they're staring at you then." he gave me a look making me shrug "bobby can just get over protective of me sometimes, he treats me like i'm his baby sister. he promised my dad before i died that he'd always look after me and protect me from this world... that includes boys." i smile sadly talking about my dad

"oh i'm sorry.. about your dad.." he rubbed my leg. i nodded and smiled "it's ok.. it's been 5 years."

"did he like bobby?" he asked and i nodded smiling "he loved bobby... he thought the world of bobby and made bobby promise he'd always protect me. he knew the other boys too, my dad was a sensei at the cobra kai dojo where the boys train.. so that's how he knows the rest of them." i said softly

"so you know karate?" he rose his brows making me smile

"yeah... but it's the cobra way of life.. their teachings... well- it's not ethical." i made a face and he nods understanding what i meant.

he slapped his knees and cleared his throat "right, i'm off to carry on with some soccer. will you be ok?" he asked me and i nodded smiling "ok well if you need me or anymore water just shout down to me." he squeezed my shoulder then stepped down on the stands towards the pitch. i laughed seen as though he could've just taken the stairs.

i see the cobra's separate and do their own thing. bobby tommy and jimmy are together on one side of daniel. then dutch and johnny are with another group of lads on the soccer team, they aren't talking to those lads, they're just whispering between each other.

i see ali make her way to daniel and they start talking for a bit then ali does some tricks with the ball and they start laughing.

soon enough, ali leaves and runs straight into the middle of the match the boys are practicing for. she kicks the ball and continues to run off "hi ali" i hear johnny say as his eyes follow her.
"hiii allliiii" she mocks him and jogs off. he watches her then gets back to playing some soccer.

i watch as bobby sweeps daniel's leg and i shake my head. why can't they ever stop fighting?
daniel and bobby roll around on the floor with each other until daniel strikes bobby in his jaw with his fist. the referee pulls up bobby as tommy pulls back daniel.

daniel shouts something about the school sucking. i agree. i get up and grab my stuff and follow daniel.

"frankie?!" bobby yells after me "francesca, what the hell??" he shouts but i ignore him and just carry on following daniel who is storming off.

i finally catch up to daniel and we both agree we should leave here and just head home.