The Serpent Queen

Molting | Part Three

Hawk had been sitting on a bed in the emergency department of the West Valley General Hospital for a few hours. There had been a influx of patients due to a pretty bad car accident, so his arm didn't qualify for immediate attention. His mum sat in the waiting room for him.

He had passed the time by texting a picture of his arm to Phoebe and then texting her in general and then to Demetri.

The boy glanced down to his arm, secretly hoping it wouldn't scar. Though if it did, it would be pretty badass to say he got mauled by an angry rabid dog and lived was awesome.

"I'll take this one." A distance nurses' voice sounded.

After a few minutes, he put his phone away when the blue curtain suddenly opened and a nurse came in. Hawk immediately recognised her, "Hello, Mrs Alexopoulos."

"Hello, Eli....Hawk. What seems to be the problem?"

He held up his arm for her to see. "I got bit by an angry dog."

The nurse washed and dried her hands thoroughly and put latex free gloves on, "Are you able to move it okay?"

"Yeah. I can still do jab punches. It's just throbbing right now."

Sophie nodded and inspected the bite marks and the surrounding area. She could tell that the teen was in a bit of pain, but didn't flinch or show it in the slightest. "The teeth went in quite deep, but luckily it's not infected. It looks worse than how it actually is. I'll get you a rabies shot and then bandage it up. It shouldn't scar."

"Thank you, Mrs Alexopoulos."

"Please call me Sophie."

Hawk smiled to himself. He was on a first name basis with one of his girlfriend's parents. This was great for their relationship.

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Already dressed in comfortable clothing, Phoebe sat in her bed, watching a movie on her laptop. Her eyes left the screen when she paused it, as she heard a thumping noise in her room. Hearing the sound again, she turned her head to the wall behind her.

Placing her fist on the wall, she thumped it twice. Seconds later, her ringtone sounded. Phoebe picked up her phone and slid her finger on the screen. "Yes?" She asked as Miguel's face popped up on the screen.

He had hit the wall to see if she was in her room and available to talk. Phoebe responded yes to each with her fist against the wall.

"So I was talking to Sam earlier on FaceTime, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"And she suggested that I switch dojos."

"To where?"

"Another one in the Valley."

"Why? Because you're in Cobra Kai?"

Miguel just shrugged. "I guess so."

"That's quite selfish of her to ask that of you. I think so anyway. Did she specifically say it was because of Cobra Kai?"

"Well...no. That's not all when she walked by she called me her 'lab partner'. What does that mean?"

"I don't know. You have to talk to her, Miguel. Find out for sure what she means. Maybe her parents don't know she's dating anyone? Don't worry about it, alright?"

"Yeah...yeah."

"Don't make me come over there."

"I'm fine, okay? There's no need to burst through the wall. My mom, Yaya, and your parents would kill you."