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Odessa grew up hearing her parents talk about karate when they were in school, especially about the All Valley Under 18 tournament. Her father was in Cobra Kai along with Johnny. Her mom wasn't a big fan of the dojo. There was times Christian questioned why he was a part of the dojo but he was there for Johnny. They were best friends. Practically brothers.
Thalia didn't know how she felt about her daughter being in Cobra Kai. But she was seeing a change in Odessa's attitude since staring karate and she didn't want to ruin it. She had been unhappy for so long. But she was also a mother and Thalia had seen the damage that Cobra Kai did to Johnny. She didn't want that for her daughter.
The day of the tournament had everyone on edge. Odessa sat cross crossed on the ground biting her nails. Miguel's aggressive punching wasn't making it better. "Yo, Miguel, calm down man. Save some for the tournament." Said Eli with a face full of concern.
Miguel just looked at him with narrow eyes and continued with the aggressive punching.
"Imagining anybody specifically?" Odessa asked and spit out one of her finger nails.
"Hey, don't even bother. He's been super agro ever since the break up." Aisha told them, referring to Miguel's break up with Sam.
Oliver joined in and patted the boy on the back. "Don't feel bad, Miguel. Break ups are inevitable. At least you're good looking."
He went to sit down with Odessa. Miguel narrowed his eyes. "Uh, thank you?"
Odessa pulled her nails away from her mouth and grabbed Eli's hand. He swung them back and forth slightly. "Where's sensei? The tournament gonna start soon?" He questioned.
"He'll be here. He wouldn't leave us hanging." Said Oliver.
"I don't know about that," Bert chimed in.
They all looked at him. "What do you mean, Bert?" Aisha asked him.
"I saw him last night at the Mini-Mall. I was buying a. . . carton of milk when I heard him in the parking lot, yelling." The young boy explained, skipping over some details.
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?"
"I don't know. I guess i'm so used to seeing him drunk it didn't seem like it was a big deal."
"Well, we're here and he's not. So it's officially a big deal." Eli sighed in frustration.
Odessa stood up from the ground and nudged his side. "Hey, chill out. I'm sure he's probably on his way." She told them all.
Grayson, who stood quietly to the side with Hailey (The new couple couldn't keep their hands off of each other.) spoke up, "What if something happened to him?"
