Trouble

06

I wake up, shooting up out off the couch.

"Izzy? Where are you going in such a hurry?" Sam asks sitting up too.

"I need to be somewhere, thank you, bye" I say running  to the front door of the house. It was 11:20, I'd be fine.

"Do you need a ride somewhere?" A man asks me.

"W-who are you?" I ask.

"I'm Sams dad. Sorry I couldn't introduce myself yesterday" he says holding out his hand.

I shake it and smile. "Yes, thank you, a ride will be great."

Me and Sams dad get into his car and start our drive.

"So where are you heading?" He asks. Again, how do I tell him?

"I'm actually going to see my dad, he works at..the detention center..?" I try to price together mine and his reaction.

"Really? He's a cop?" He says enthusiastically.

"Yeah. It's cool, I guess. I get to hang out with him and he gets to show me the ropes and stuff." I tell him.

"Yeah, Sam was just like that. But uh, if I write a note, will you give it to this one boy in there?" He asks.

"Yeah, sure. To who?"

"Robby Keene." Mr.LaRusso says talking out a piece of paper. Everything clicked. Sam is the same Sam that Robby was talking about, how does this shit happen?!

We pull into a familiar parking lot, and I realize I'm here. Mr. LaRusso hands me the note and I walk inside.

"Back so soon Izzy?" The lady at the desk asks.

"Yes, actually. I know my dads not working right now either, but I need to talk to someone." I tell her.

"Your lover boy? I get it" she says.

"No, it's-" I start but she interrupts me.

"Arms up" she says before scanning me with a medal detector wand. "Go on in, you're clear"

I walk on back to unit 5, with the note hidden in my back pocket. I need to ask Robby about Mr.LaRusso.

I walk into the wreck room and scan the room. I know he had a visitor, but that was earlier...right? Robby wasn't there, and he wasn't in the computer lab either. I ran all over the unit, still no Robby.

I run over to the visitation room, and run over to the only person sitting alone. 

"Hi, are you here with Robby Keene?" I ask, sitting across from him.

"I was. But I better get going now." He says grabbing his brief case.

"What do you mean you where? Where is he? Are you Lawrence? what-" I could go on and on with questions, but he put his hand on mine which shut me up.

"I'm not Johnny Lawrence. Robby left, we were waiting too long for his dad." He says standing up. "Im Bobby. One of Robbys dads old friends." He says holding out his hand to shake.

I do and stand up too. "Im Izzy. But if I give you my phone number, can we meet up sometime? I really want to try to help Robby, and you seem to know more about him then me." I ask.

"Sure, I'm a pastor at the church down the street from west valley high, do you know where that is?"

"Yeah, I pass it a lot when I go for runs" I tell him. We both say goodbye and he leaves. I walk out of the room so I'm in the hallway alone and take out the note that Mr.LaRusso gave me for Robby. I open it and start reading.

Dear Robby,
I know that you don't want to talk to me, and I get that. I just want you to know that I was really trying to help you the whole time. Me, and Amanda, and Sam, we all are hoping that you are doing okay. You'll always have a home with us, and at miagi-do. I spoke to your mom, and good news, she's doing good with her rehab, and will be home in about 3 months. We could really use you at the dealership right now, all the costumers loved you. And Sam, she misses having you here with us and misses having you to help her train. I mean we have Demetri, but we all know you were the better fighter. We all hope to see you soon and wish you well
- Daniel LaRusso

I fold the letter back up and put it back in my pocket before walking around the unit one more time. As I pass one of the dorm rooms, I see a shape of a person laying down so I walk inside.

"Hello?" I ask. They sit up, so their back is facing me.

"Go away" his voice rang. I instantly knew it was Robby.

"I have something for you Robby." I say walking closer to his cot. He turns around and faces me, moving back a little so I could sit down too. "I'm sorry about your dad." I say. "It's not right for him to ditch you like that"

It was silent for a while before Robby spoke again. "It's okay. Thanks. I should be used to it." He starts. "So, what's the thing you were talking about earlier?"

"Oh um, this" I say taking the note from Mr.LaRusso and giving it to Robby. He opens it and starts reading it in his head. When he finishes, he rips the note in half.

"I can't trust him. Or my dad anymore." Robby says.

"Are you, okay? About your dad, I mean that has to be really upsetting" I ask him.

"Yeah I'm fine I'm just pissed." He says. "He always helps Miguel, over me. But I'm over it now"

I quickly get up and close the door, and quickly walk back over to him. Robby looks at me confused, but I just wrap my arms around him, pulling him in close against me. He rests his head against my shoulder and folds his arms around me.

"I hate him, Izzy. I hate my dad, I hate Miguel I hate Sam I hate Mr. LaRusso I hate it all." He says before letting out a light sob.

"I know," I say rubbing his back. "I know"