Hot For Sensei

Chapter Forty-Eight

On Monday, Ivy was at school having lunch with Sam at the Miyagi-Do table. They stuck to small talk, deciding to save their training plans for the Dojo. As they were talking, Moon and Yasmine suddenly appeared and sat down with them. Sam was unbothered, but Ivy's blood began to boil.

"The fuck are you doing here?" she sneered, dropping her fork to her tray.

"We were invited, wastoid. Dimitri's in our group for our Earth Science project." Yasmine spat, thick with attitude.

"Watch your tongue, queen nobody, or I'll rip it out." Ivy warned.

"Alright, alright." Sam stepped in, "Don't we have enough to deal with?"

"A true fighter never stops practicing." Ivy glared at Yasmine before she relented.

"Hey, are you ready to rock...our Earth Science presentation?" Dimitri asked excitedly from behind them, proud of his pun.

Ivy looked to see that he was carrying something huge under a sheet. Everyone moved their trays so he could set it down on the lunch table.

"I'm ready to go back to a world where we don't have to talk to each other on a regular basis." Yasmine rolled her eyes at him.

"Hey, hey, hey! My popularity is on the rise, while yours is steadily declining!" Dimitri knocked her down a peg, and Yasmine looked horrified, "But, uh, maybe we can meet in the middle, like a sexual venn diagram."

Dimitri made a clicking noise with his mouth as he air drew the circles and Yasmine scoffed, disgusted. Moon laughed in her usual annoying pitch, but Ivy couldn't be bothered this time. She was too busy smirking at Dimitri, glad that he was finally gaining some confidence.

"So, what's under the sheet?" Moon asked.

"I'm glad you asked!" Dimitri stood proudly and removed the sheet, "Behold! What scientists believed used to be the Valley when dinosaurs roamed the Earth!"

Ivy was floored by his work. He had meticulously made every inch of the prehistoric Valley out of Legos. The patience that probably took alone was astounding, but his attention to detail was impressive.

"Wow, Dimitri, you really went all out!" Ivy gasped, and the looks on the other girls faces said they were impressed too.

"Oh, it gets better." Dimitri turned to Yasmine, "Go ahead, press the Hadrosaurus egg."

She was hesitant, but soon pressed it, and the model came to life, filling the room with dinosaur and other environmental noises. There was a hiss, and smoke started to pour out of the volcano as rumbling joined the crescendo of noises to signal an eruption. Ivy didn't know what to say, it was that cool.

"Not bad." Yasmine gave him a smile, "My parents might not have to pay for my A this time."

"Oh, your parents will never have to pay for an A again." Dimitri assured her.

"You've got to be kidding me." Ivy groaned as Dimitri went into explaining the model to the other girls.

"Pick your battles." Sam mumbled and nudged her.

"Girl, I have enough time and strength to pick them all." Ivy muttered back.

Ivy barely got her sentence out before she was startled by a loud crash, and before she could register what was going on, there were Legos flying all around them. Nearly everyone in the lunchroom gasped or laughed, and as they tried to figure out what was going on, Ivy noticed a soccer ball rolling away on the floor. Dimitri looked absolutely horrified, his entire model shattered on the table before him.