The Anger of the Angels (a Cobra Kai Fanfiction "What If")

Secrets

As soon as Demetri was inside, I dragged my father to a more private place to ask him:
-Dad, but what the h... what did you do?-. I said, spying on Demetri over my shoulder.
-What? I just needed some help with my computer, and Demetri told me he could help me whenever I needed it-. He said smiling, it was obvious he was making fun of me.
-And couldn't you call someone else?-.
-It's just that the other people I called were asking me for money, Demetri is the only one I got that was trustworthy (in addition to being completely free)-.
-Let me guess, some extra points?-.
-Well, yes, but...-. I just sighed and rolled my eyes.
-Oh, come on, honey, if I really wanted to embarrass you, I would have called Aisha, or I would have gone straight to knock on the next door-. I knew he was referring to Samantha; This time, I looked at him angry with all my anger.
-Don't worry, the McGowen's secret is still safe, I know Demetri won't tell anyone about this, he also knows all my punishments-. That may have sounded rude, but, my dad might be right, (also, I knew that the worst thing dad could do to Demetri would be take his extra points); but, anyway, I decided to test him with a little experiment. I poured two big glasses of lemonade, and took them to where Demetri was:
-And... Um... how are you doing?-. I tried to start a little conversation with him.
-Even a baby could do some like this, I wonder why he didn't ask you?-.
-Because I'm probably not as good with computers as you are-. I (have to) tell him and offered him the lemonade.
-Thank you, I must admit that I never thought that Professor Mack was your dad-.
-And where did you think "Mack" came from?-.
-From anywhere, except McGowen, honestly, you don't look much like him-. The truth is, I always looked more like my mom.
-And why did you think he was my sug... you know...-.
-Well, cause at school I always see you together, I once saw him kissing you on the forehead, and then I started to suspect that you weren't going to his classes to see Kyler-. I don't know what offended me more, that Demetri thought I had a sugar daddy, or that I went to the gym to see that idiot Kyler (or even that I could like someone like him).
-And isn't there anyone else in the school who believes that?-.
-Like who?-.
-I don't know, like... your friends?-.
-Well, I doubt Eli did it, but I guess Miguel did for a short time-.
-Since when?-.
-I guess since that day you were threatening him at school, and he approached us, and I think he stopped bothering you about Cobra Kai more for him than for you, but they've been training that karate thing, maybe he's already forgotten-. He said, and continued typing.
-Hey, Demetri, speaking of Cobra Kai, I need to ask you something very important-.
-Don't tell me you're reconsidering joining because if so, me too-. I looked at him with my "really?" face.

-What?-.
-It's not about that, I just want to ask you not to talk about anything about Cobra Kai in front of my dad, he just... doesn't like them-.
-Why not?-.
-He says they are "ruining" their Alpha Elite' program-.
-I imagine that he doesn't know anything about your "test", to go in there, right?-. He said taking another sip of the lemonade.
-Maybe...-.
Suddenly, he choked on his lemonade.
-What the f...-.
-Shut up-. I said whispering.
-He could heard you-.
-Wait, you really didn't tell him?-. I just shook my head.
-Why?-.
-Because if he finds out, he's going to break Miguel and Sensei Lawrence's nose...-. Demetri gulped.
-...Hopefully... And also, he would punish me for be a liar-. I think I scared him.
-Don't worry, my dad is a great guy, it's just that when someone touches his little special girl, it's a little hard for him to control himself-. Demetri considered it for a minute and finally nodded.
-Your secret is safe with me-.
-Great-. I answered and I was about to leave.
-But, wait... Miguel told us that he defended him after that fight in the cafeteria-.
-Because he really earned it-. I suspected that he didn't believe me.
-I swear!-. I yelled, after that, I sighed and whispered:
-This was because I didn't want anyone to find out-.
-Its fine, if you say so, you can count on me-. Suddenly, my dad came in:
-What are you guys talking about?-. I looked at Demetri.
-Oh, hi, Mr. Mack, I was just telling Ann how to upgrade the hard drive to increase storage capacity-. Dad looked at me like he was suspicious of us too, but after that night, I knew that look wouldn't change for a while; After that, he smiled.
-I'm glad you're friends-. I just nodded and smiled.
-Oh, and, you can call me McGowen now-. That had already gotten strange, so I decided to leave the two gentlemen alone and went to read for a while in my room; After that I felt a little more relieved, the two secrets were as they should be, and I knew that if Demetri dared to say something, I would give him a lesson that he would not forget (only if it was necessary).
A while later, while playing with Jackie in the yard, I saw how Demetri said goodbye to my father, shaking his hand, and I heard how my dad called me; Jackie ran in, and I followed him, dad just asked me to accompany him to the entrance. As I closed the door, I noticed that Demetri was looking at my van.
-Beautiful, right?-.
-Whose truck is this?-. A "truck"? For God's sake.
-It's not a "truck", it's a van, and it's mine (although not for now)-.
-Wow, that's... that's cool, where did you get it?-.
-It was a gift... from some friends, It used to be my dad's-.
-Nice, I didn't know you knew how to drive-.
-Have you not seen me arrive at school in it?-.
-Well, normally my mom takes me to and picks me up from school, I hardly have time to look other people's cars-. I heard a phone vibrate, sadly, it wasn't mine.
-Uh, it's Moon, says she will come pick me up-.
-Moon?-.
-Yep-.
-No offense, but why would Moon come pick you up?-.
-We will go to a karate championship...-. I still didn't understand.
-To see Miguel and Eli compete-.
-I thought he was "Hawk" now-.
-He will always be Eli to me-. I laughed.
-Do you want to come?-.
-I would love to, but I'm... I have things to do...-. I couldn't tell him that I was punished for my little escape.
-...But you guys have fun-.
-And we will, I just hope the boys kick someone's ass-. I smiled uncomfortably as I remembered how Miguel kicked my ass recently. When I saw a red car approaching, I realized it was time to go back inside.
-Alright, I have to go back, say hello to Moon for me-.
-It wasn't so bad, was it?-. My father asked me as soon as I set foot on the threshold.
-Nah, it wasn't-. Dad looked proud of himself.
-Good, but you're still punished, go wash the dishes-.
-Fine-. I couldn't complain anymore. From time to time I heard my phone ring, it must have been Cobra Kai posts in that competition that Demetri told me about, or memes from Yasmine's frontal wedgie, and although both were pretty unmissable, I pretended that I didn't care. Maybe that boy Larusso was there, maybe everyone was laughing at Yasmine, but it wasn't worth it, I preferred to let dad see all that and accept my well-deserved punishment (even if I missed my phone).

That night before dinner, everything was quiet, when someone knocked on the door again, and I looked at my dad who was cooking. He said nothing, then I worried.
-God, don't tell me you called Aisha-.
-This time I have nothing to do-.
At that moment, I just had to take a deep breath and go to open the door, but, to my surprise, or my misfortune, it wasn't Aisha, it was Sam.