bloody fists , e. moskowitz & r. keene

chapter seven

Bloody Fists
chapter seven

When Davina left her room the following morning, she caught her two younger brothers death starring Robby as the boy made pancakes on the kitchen stove.

"So he cooks." Davina rounded the bench and walked into the kitchen "in this case, you can live here now."

Robby only smiled at her.

"Davina why is there a boy in our house?" Logan questioned.

"Well, because there's already three of you, I decided I wanted another boy in the house, we've adopted Robby." Davina replied, grabbing five plates from the dishwasher.

"Devin left for work earlier." Jayden informed her, Davina nodded, putting a plate back.

"I woke up to these two starring down at me and so I offered to make them breakfast. They said you guys always have pancakes." Robby spoke up "pancakes are my speciality."

"Thank god" Logan groaned "because they're not Davina's. She burns them, every time!"

"You still eat them, don't you little hag?" Davina questioned "that's what I thought"

It was Saturday and Davina was going to join Eli and Miguel at Cobra Kai later that day. Miguel's abuela had offered to take the boys that day, Davina had met her a few nights ago along with Miguel's mother, both were wonderful women and the two boys liked them. Davina planned to walk them over after breakfast.

"So, big man Robby boy, what are your plans for today?" Davina lifted herself up onto the kitchen bench beside him swinging her legs.

"What? Hate me already?" Robby teased "I'm not sure yet, I'll be out of your hair soon though and I'll have enough money to stay at a motel for a few nights after tonight. I'm meeting up with some friends tomorrow."

Davina nodded "all good"

Robby slid the final pancake off the spactula and onto a plate "breakfast is served."

. . .

"okay, everyone fall in" johnny walked out of his office and into the dojo, immediately observing the lack of students standing on the mats of the dojo that day "where is everyone? crator face? nose ring? slingshot?" He started to list the people he gave names to

"they quit sensei" Miguel muttered

"are you serious?" Johnny dropped his arms to his side, clearly upset. he looked at the remainders of his students "i mean, good. that was a test, i wanted to see who the quitters are. not you guys. you're in it to win it, right? you could be at home playing your icomputers, playing your video games. eating candy. instead you're here, doing push-ups, learning how to fight.  .  . Playing on your cell blocks." Johnny listed off, he pointed a finger at Eli "lip, look. even lip's tough her than those guys. he's no quitter"

"could you please not call me that?" Eli spoke up for the first time, though it was only a mutter, it still caught Johnnys attention.

"excuse me. what?" Johnny stopped, asking Eli to repeat what he had just said.

"could you please not call me that." Eli repeated, louder before quickly adverting his eyes to the floor.

Miguel scratched his nose, desperate to stop Eli and Johnny into doing the same thing Johnny and Demetri had done the session prior "i'll warm them up, sensei"