Red venom, Cobra Kai.

03. The Billboard.

Miguel's mom was really mad when Johnny dropped Miguel at his house to see bruises and cuts all over her son's body. She even told Johnny that he couldn't teach Miguel anymore. It obviously really hurt her to see her son like that. Afterwards, though, Johnny drove Taylor back to the school for her to pick up her car and drive back home herself. Even though the dance was still going, Taylor didn't want to go back in.

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Once Taylor arrived home, she discovered her mom unconscious on the couch with the TV playing next to her. Marley had just come in with a glass of water.

"What happened?" Taylor asked as she walked through the front door.

Marley kneeled by Laurie's side and started to shake her awake. "She drank a lot and took some pills. I think water will help."

Taylor walked towards the couch with a sigh. "I'll go and soak a cloth with cold water for her to cool her down."

"I've already done that." Marley responded. "I put it on her forehead for an hour. I even have air conditioning on." She explained before looking up at her niece. "Was the dance any good? You're home a bit early."

Taylor shrugged. "It was fine. Yasmine kind of ruined it for me, though."

"Oh yeah? How'd she do that?"

"So, all my friends were actually going as something as a group, but they didn't tell me. They went as laker girls. I think Yasmine didn't tell me because she didn't want to hang out with anymore, so she decided to just stand me up."

Marley scoffed, shaking her head. "I never liked that girl. She's too clumsy. Remember that one time she dropped a glass of water on the ground and slipped?"

Taylor nodded in amusement. "Yeah, I do. I should've recorded it." Just as she said that, Laurie groaned slightly as she attempted to sit up, but Marley just lightly pushed her back down. Taylor rushed over to her mother's side. "Mom. How are you feeling?"

Laurie smiled, leaning back into the couch. "Tired, thirsty, and hot."

"Here's some water." Marley said, handing the glass to her sister. "I just have to go to the kitchen really quick." And then Marley walked away.

"I'm so sorry." Laurie uttered. "I did all this just because I got fired? I'm such a waste."

Taylor instantly shook her head, putting a hand on her shoulder. "No. No, you're not. I mean, you might have overreacted a little, but you're not a waste. Okay?" She reassured her.

Laurie's expression quickly turned into a light frown. "Why'd she let me sleep? What if I had a concussion?"

"Well, you're alive at the moment, so you're good. Though you do have a cold, we think. You've got a fever too." Taylor explained, "And it isn't going away since aunt Marley put a wet cloth on your head for an hour and nothing happened."

Marley soon came back with a small bottle of ibuprofen. "Taylor, you should go to bed, yeah?" She said as she put the pill into Laurie's glass of water.

"Yeah, I should." Taylor nodded in agreement before pulling her mother into a hug. "Goodnight. I'll see you in the morning, okay?"

Laurie hugged her back. "Yeah, goodnight."

Taylor leaned back and gave her mom a soft smile before going straight upstairs. She had a quick shower, got into comfortable pyjamas, and got into bed. She thought about her dad. The fact that he just showed up out of the blue after they hadn't seen each other in three years was insane, but also really strange. Unfortunately for Taylor, she had nobody to tell. She couldn't tell her mother because she was sure that she hated Johnny, and Marley also most definitely hated Johnny's guts. The only person that came to mind was Sam, but Sam was with Yasmine and Moon, and Taylor was sure that they all weren't friends anymore.