|Sparks Fly| A Hawk/Sam Fanfiction

Chapter 40: Consider This Payback

*Sam's P.O.V*

I walked through the back door of the house and entered the kitchen as I saw my dad there, who is also home. I thought he would've been at work.

"Hey, why aren't you in school?" He asked me.

I put my bag to the side as I said, "Uh, I only had a study hall left so I played the cramps card and came home."

"You played the.." He started to say but then stopped himself.

Then he asked, "So what, you are skipping class now?"

"No, I'm not skipping. I'm just setting my own schedule."

"What about you? Why aren't you at work?" I asked.

"I, uh, wasn't feeling well." He said, "I had a bit of a rough night."

I nodded. "Makes sense."

But then I added more to the conversation, "I saw Johnny's tweets. Everybody at school's talking about the fight."

"Oh, great." My dad sighed.

"So what did you do to set him off?"

"What did I do? Th- that guy gets set off by anything. Okay? That's the problem here, Sam. I've tried to make this work and Johnny's impossible."

"No, he's not. He's just.. Has a different style." I defended Johnny.

"It's not a different style, it's the wrong style. Okay. Now's not the time to be aggressive. Trust me." My dad tried to reason with me but I'm not completely buying it.

"Does this have something to do with the guy who showed up at the dojo with Kreese?" I asked.

"Yeah." My dad nodded. "Yes, he lured me into Cobra Kai when I was young. It was only through Mr. Miyagi's teachings that I was able to snap out of it. So right now, we had to double-down on Miyagi-Do."

I had a look on my face after what my dad said, "So, what, no more Eagle Fang? Johnny's never gonna go for that."

"Yeah. Yeah. So he says."

Then my dad continued, "That's how this whole thing started. We were.. But don't worry, there's not gonna be any fight."

I grabbed a soda bottle from the fridge and then turned back to my dad, "Of course not. Miyagi-Do is all about avoiding fights whenever possible."

"Yes. It is. And since when did you have a problem with that?"

"Since a psycho attacked me with nunchucks."

I continued to say, "Johnny says if we keep taking shit from Cobra Kai, they're gonna keep coming at us."

"That's what Johnny says? I'm sorry, Sam, uh, whose side are you on?" He asked.

"I'm not on anybody's side. I just wanna learn both styles so I have twice the techniques if I face Tory at the tournament." I explained.

"You sure you can wait that long? Your mom told me about the birthday party. It seems like you were doing the instigating."

I scoffed. "Come on. Compared to what Tory's done? That was nothing."

"I get that." My dad said, "But you know we don't believe in aggression. That's not how we act."

"Maybe that's not how you act, but I can make my own decisions." I said as I flicked the bottle cap onto the kitchen island and then I marched straight to my room.

Eli will text me to let me know when I can go to the park so I have plenty of time to get myself ready. I could change into a bit more comfortable clothes because I don't feel like being in jeans now.