Always ~Cobra Kai~

25 | Meeting the Parents

The doorbell rang and Hawk ran as quickly as he could to the door, sliding on his socks a little. Hawk's father was always away on business, but he'd taken the night off to meet his son's girlfriend, and he couldn't be more nervous.

Mr and Mrs. Moskowitz stood behind their son as he opened the door, revealing Maria, Miguel, Mrs. Diaz, and Ms. Diaz.

Hawk fist bumped Miguel and gave Maria a kiss on the cheek. Mrs. Moskowitz extended her hand to shake Mrs. Diazs.

"Hi, I'm Shannon," She introduced herself by her first name, that was a good sign, right?

"I'm Carmen, this is Rosa." Maria's mom introduced herself and her mother.

"I'm Rick," Mr. Moskowitz shook one of Carmen's hands with with both of his own, and did the same to Rosa.

Shannon and Rick then turned to the twins. "Which one of you is my son dating?" Rick joked.

"Dad," Hawk whispered in a slightly scolding tone while the twins chuckled nervously.

"That would be me," Maria replied shaking his hand. "I'm Maria."

"And I'm just the best friend and twin brother," Miguel shrugged nodding at the parents. "Miguel."

"I'm Hawk," He introduces himself to Carmen and Rosa. They give each other a questioning look, but shake his hand anyways.

The seven sit around a table for a slightly awkward dinner, Rick at one end, Shannon on the other, Hawk and Maria on one side, Miguel, Rosa and Carmen on the other.

For a while they did nothing but eat, but that got boring, and the Diazs had come over for a reason.

"So, Maria, do you play any sports?" Rick asked, swallowing down a piece of chicken.

"Uh, karate." She nods at him with a polite smile.

"I do karate too," Miguel's voice starts out strong but slowly melts as he realizes no one's talking to him.

"Este pollo está terriblemente seco." (This chicken is awfully dry.) Rosa says absentmindedly.

"¡Mamà!" Carmen scolds her.

Hawk chokes on his drink a little when Rosa speaks, he takes Spanish in school, and it's one of his best classes. Luckily, both his parents took French all throughout school.

"What did she say?" Rick looks around the table, confused.

"Just complimenting the chicken," Miguel informs with a nervous laugh.

"Does she not know English?" Rick inquires.

Now it's Maria's turn to choke on her drink. She can see her mother stiffen a little, but she gives Rick a small smile while she speaks.

"She does know a little bit, but Spanish was her first language, so that's what she prefers to speak." Carmen informs.

"Estúpida," (Asshole.) Rosa mutters.

No one says anything, but Carmen does give her mother a scolding look.

After that awkward moment, no one speaks right away. "Hawk, honey, want to help me bring out the dessert?"

"Sure, mom." He nods and follows his mother into the kitchen

"Nombre raro para un niño. ¿Qué le pasó a su labio también? " (Strange name for a boy. What happened to his lip, also?) Rosa turns to speak to Rick, and all the Diazs know that it's to annoy him.

And it works. Maybe a little too well. "Sorry, I don't speak Spic."

"Hey!" Miguel snaps at the same time as Maria. Rosa gives him an offended look and Carmen chokes on her drink.

"I don't know if you know this," Maria barks at Rick, ignoring her mother's scoldings. "But that is a racist term. Which means you can't say it!"

"Oh, but you can?" Rick inquires sarcastically.

Was he serious?  "Yes!" Maria replied like it was obvious.

Rick rolls his eyes as Hawk and Shannon reenter the dining room, carrying a large cheesecake.

"¿Qué le pasó a su labio?" (What happened to his lip? )Rosa repeats, staring at Shannon this time.

She looks at Carmen to translate, and she does hesitantly. "She . . . uh . . . wants to know what happened to his lip."

Shannon looks over at Hawk with a small smile and an encouraging nod. Hawk looks to Maria, who gives him a strong look, telling him he's okay.

"I was, uh, born with a cleft lip," He informs, looking at Rosa. "This is the scar from the surgery."

Carmen translates.

"¿Qué demonios es eso?" (What the hell is that?) Since Hawk can speak Spanish, Carmen can't soften the blow of Rosa's words.

Hawk shifts uncomfortably in his chair. "It's when my lip is stuck to my nose, I guess." He lifts up his lip where it lines up with the scar, pushing it up so she can see what it looked like before.

"¿Duele? " (Does it hurt ?)

Hawk shrugs in reply. There's an awkward silence, and even the ignorant Rick knows that that conversation was about his son's lip.

Hawk fidgets with his utensils. "I'm going to use the bathroom," He says after a moment, his voice breaking a little at the end of his words.

Maria looks around the table, noticing how neither of Hawk's parents get up to comfort him. "I'll go then." Maria says shortly before getting to her feet and following after her boyfriend.

She finds him in his bedroom, laying on his bed with his face in his pillow. Maria can hear his soft, quiet sobs as she walks over to him.

"She was just curious," Maria says lightly. She pulls him up and into her arms.

"Now she hates me," Hawk cries into her  chest.

"That's what this is about?" Maria asks, tilting his chin up so that their eyes meet. "If she likes you or not?"

Hawk closes his eyes and lets a few tears fall. "Everywhere I go, its always there. Even with the haircut, and the tattoo, I'll always be the kid with the lip."

Maria pulls him closer, kissing his lips gently. "That's okay," She whispers and he waits for more. "Because the people that really love you don't care what you look like."

Hawk stares at her lips as she speaks, and then he pulls her close. He kissed her softly and slowly, nothing like their first kiss. Maria kisses him back.

"I have to get back out there, but clean up and come back out when you're ready." Maria whispers, pecking his forehead.

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So I didn't know Hawk's parents actual names, so I just went with Rick and Shannon. Also, Rick is such an asshole, actually though.
And only a few more chapters until season two!! I'm so excited!!
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