Walk Away•Eli Moskowitz•

Sassy Swayze

Jasmine and Eli sat side by side on the mats with her legs stretches out infront of them as Miguel talked their ears off about what happened with Sam at school

"Everyone fall in" Johnny calls walking out his office. Jasmine walked to the front while Eli and Miguel took their place between the other kids

"Crater face?" Johnny asks turning towards his daughter who shakes her head slightly

"Nose ring? Slingshot?" Jasmine shakes her head again before Miguel speaks

"They quit, Sensei" he explains avoiding the older man's gaze

"Are you serious?" Johnny asks with a scoff,"I mean good" he corrects

"That was a test" Jasmine rolls her eyes at her father's cover up as she stands still in her place

"I wanted to see who the quitters are. Not you guys, youre in it to win it right?"

"You could be ar home playing your iComputers, playing your video games, eating candy" Jasmine's eyes scan the room as her father rambles, she's not the only one who saw through his act

"Instead you're here, doing push-ups, learning how to fight"

"Lip. Look" he says pointing to Eli,"Even lips tougher then those guys. Hes no quitter" Jasmine sends a hard glare in her father's direction. Johnny caught the look with a grimace

"Could you not call me that" Eli says with an emotionless expression, Johnny couldn't help the small smirk that tugged at the corner of his lip, maybe the kid wasn't the loser he thought he was

"Excuse me, what?" Johnny asks holding eye contact with the boy.

Jasmine knew what this was, it wasn't about Eli's lip, it was a test. He wanted the boy to stand up for himself, to not take shit lying down.

"Could you not call me that" Eli repeats more confidently then he had before. Jasmine watches on stand by, preparing for something bad to happen

"I'll warm them up sensei" Miguel tries to interven

"Miguel, not now" Jasmine says not looking away from the two, knowing this had to happen

"If you wanna be more then a nerd with a scar on his lip, you gotta flip the script, okay?" Johnny says taking a step forward

"Get Ace to give you a face tattoo" he suggests

"Absolutely not" Jasmine scoffs

"Gouge your eye out, we'll call you 'patch'" Jasmine stares at her father in disbelief at his suggestions while Eli stands will in thought, not breaking eye contact with the man infront of him

"No, don't do that one" Johnny quickly corrects with wide eyes once he realizes what he said. He could feel the burn of his daughters glare on his back, he had no doubt he was about to be in very deep shit

"Diaz, warm ups" Jasmine instructs walking into the office, Johnny stands still for a second realizing he'd have to follow her, Miguel sends a smirk of amusement towards the man before he starts warming up the class. With a sigh the older man follows his daughter into the office before closing the door

Jasmine stands with her arms crossed over her chest, glaring at him in silence. After a second Johnny spoke feeling uncomfortable

"Look, it was a good thing, we now know the kid can stand up for himself" he tries

"That was a passing contest, nothing more" his daughter disagrees

"Eli and I are in a relationship, that's not ganna chance anytime soon. You don't have to accept that, but it would make me really happy if you did" She said with a small smile before taking over warm ups from Miguel