The Serpent Queen

All Valley | Part Two

Miguel and Phoebe knocked on the door of apartment number two, "Hey, Sensei."

"Come in!" Johnny's muffled voice came through the door.

They opened the door and entered Johnny's apartment watching him adjust a tie in the mirror. He wore an ill fitting shit with his hair gelled and combed. He looked almost like a new man. In his hand, he had a black 80s briefcase to finish off the look.

"You nervous for your meeting?" His male student wondered aloud.

Johnny replied fired up for the meeting, "I'm not nervous. I'm pissed off."

"Okay, but remember, you have to be nice to these people." The girl reminded him, "So, what will do you if someone pisses you off too much?"

"I usually just punch the guy."

"Well that's not going to work. How about this idea? When you get angry, just make a fist like you're going to punch them...but like don't punch them."

"Hold it in?" He muttered doubtfully, "I guess I could try."

"What's in the briefcase?" Phoebe curiously asked.

Johnny popped it open, revealing that it had nothing in it. "Nothing. Found it in the dumpster."

His female student chuckled. "It's a nice touch."

"Thanks." He peered over to the boy, "What about you? You nervous for your date?"

"Well, yeah, a little. Or a lot."

"I thought you told her it wasn't a date." Phoebe spoke up.

Johnny glanced to her and then back to Miguel, "There's nothing to be nervous about. Just relax, be cool, and when the moment's right, make your move."

"Move? What move? What's my move? I don't have a move." Miguel panicked. He turned to Phoebe to see if she knew what the move was.

"He means you have to kiss her." She answered.

"Oh. Well, I mean, obviously I want to-- but I don't technically have to, right?"

"Of course not."

"Did Hawk kiss you?" Johnny asked the girl.

"No, but that doesn't matter to either of us."

Johnny was surprised that Hawk didn't do it, but he didn't know that their date was before the transformation, "You can just learn how to braid her hair and talk about all the other boys who had the balls to kiss her on a first date."

Miguel realised Johnny had a point. "Shit. What's my move? What's my move?!"

"Easy, you're a Cobra Kai. Strike first. Strike hard." He watched the teenagers. "You think that's just for karate? It's for everything."

Miguel was even more stressed out.

Phoebe sighed, "If the moment is right and the ambience and the feelings are there, then kiss her. If you lean and and see her lean in, kiss her. If she doesn't, don't."

"Where you taking this girl anyway?" Their Sensei asked.

"The observatory. Picnic on the lawn... Chocolate-tasting three-ways. Then if it's a clear night, we'll check out the stars. She likes astronomy."

Phoebe smiled, "That sounds so romantic."

Johnny stared at him like he was an alien. "The only part of that that made any sense at all was 'three-way'."

"It'll be fun."

"Look, if you wanna impress this chick, you need to take her where I took all my babes back in the day."