Until the end - Eli Moskowitz/Hawk

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"So what do you say?" Moon says to Jess while on the phone. She had just asked if Jess would like to be involved in a car wash to help raise money for Miguel. Jess was sat on the couch eating chips.

"You know I'd love to help Miguel out but Samantha LaRusso is running it and you already know that we don't get on" she says "thanks for the offer but I'm gonna stay out of it"

"Yeah I guess so" Moon replies "I'm going to get the cheerleaders involved"

"I thought you were a feminist?" Jess inquires since girls washing cars didn't seem very empowering to women.

"I am" she replies "I'm a sex positive feminist" Jess raises her eyebrows "I think bodies are a way of expression"

Jess chuckled a little "yeah I suppose" she says "anyway, I've got to go now, I'll see you soon"

"Bye" Moon says before hanging up. Just as she puts the phone down her dad walks into the room.

"Who was that?" He asks

"Moon" she answers and turns to him "what's that for" indicating to the cardboard box full of random stuff he was carrying.

"I'm gonna try and sell this crap" he says putting it down on the counter "try and get at least a buck for it"

"Well good luck with that" Jess says knowing it was unlikely any of that is worth anything

"I'm going to visit Sid after" he says "as much as I don't want to I've got to at least try and see if he'll give us anything to pay for Miguel's surgery"

"Yeah I guess" she says. She was glad she didn't have to go as well, she hated that old man. "Hopefully it works out"

"Yeah well we'll see" he says before leaving with the box. Robby was now in juvy after Johnny and Daniel tracked him down. Johnny felt bad for it all, for both Robby and Miguel. He wanted to help.

About a three hours later, Jess had just started her fifth episode of Criminal Minds for the day when she heard a motorbikes outside. She paused the tv and looked out the window. "What the fuck" she muttered to herself before heading outside.

"What is this?" She asks Eli as he takes his helmet off

"We're gonna go take the money from the car wash" he tells her and she looks towards Mitch "make sure Miguel knows it's from Cobra Kai and not those pussy Miyagi dos"

He furrows her eyebrows "what's the point when he'll get the money either way?" She asks

"You want them to get all the credit for paying for the surgery?" he asks and she thinks about it "exactly. Are you coming?"

She considers it "I don't know Eli, I'm not sure I want beat some poor kid up"

"I promise you don't have to do anything" he tells her

She sighs and gives in "fine I'll come" she says making him smile "I swear if you crash this thing I'll never forgive you" she tells him as she climbs on the bike behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Don't worry about it" he says before driving off. The short journey to where the car wash was consisted in Jess screaming quite a bit at any moment, she realised in that moment that she was definitely not meant for that kind of life. When they got there, the three bikes surrounded the small boy. The three older boys were quick to take their helmets off and approach the boy, Jess watched from the bike.

"You picked the wrong side" Eli says in a menacing tone while Mitch steals the money from his hand.

"Hey give it back" the boy says and attempts to grab it. Eli holds him back and puts an arm round his neck and another across his body.

"Nothing like a long day of charity" Mitch says "we'll make sure Miguel knows it's from Cobra Kai"

"Come on we all want to help pay for Miguel's surgery" the boy exclaims

"Oh you're gonna pay alright" Eli tells him. The three older boys start to beat up the Miyagi do boy pretty badly until he was bruised and cut.

"Okay come on" Jess says standing up "he gets the message" they listen to her and stop. As Eli heads back the bike she pushes him a little.

"Whats got you like that?" He says raising his hands up as the way 'geez'.

"Take me home" she says getting on the bike. On the journey home the other boys go in their own direction while Eli takes her back home. As the bike stops she quickly gets off and starts walking away.

"Hey come back" he says taking the helmet off and chasing after her. She turns around.

"You went too hard" she says

"He's Miyagi do" he replies

"He's a kid" she emphasises and spins around in frustration and then takes a deep breath "please remember what's important" she grabs his shirt with both hands looking directly in his eyes

"I will don't worry" he says taking her hands in his to hold instead "what's really got you upset?" He asks, he can read her so easily.

She pauses and looks down at their hands "I'm really worried about Miguel" she admits "what if the surgery doesn't work, what it he can't walk again, what if everything gets worse"

He moves his hands to either side of her face so she is looking at him "the doctors know what they're doing, it's going to be okay"

She pauses and nods. It's true, Miguel was going to be okay.

Jess lets him come inside with her, her dad was still out and she couldn't pretend she wasn't somewhat bored being alone. She puts Criminal Minds back on since she was pretty addicted now. She sits with her head resting on Eli's shoulder and her legs up on the couch as they watch.

"Why do you like this show so much?" He asks "it's just about FBI agents solving crimes"

"Yeah, hot FBI agents" she answers

He looks at her, surprised with her response "which one?"

"Spencer" she tells him

"What! He is such a nerd" he says

"Looks like I have a type" she smiles

"I'm not a nerd" he says

"Sure, who again can recite the release order and the timeline order of the MCU movies?" She teases and laughs "I'm kidding, I love you really" she says and then pauses when she realises. "I mean I-"

"I love you too" he cuts her off "Jess I've probably loved you since you first started sitting with us at lunch"

She couldn't help but smile. "Eli Moskowitz I love you so much" he kisses her, sinking down into the couch and bringing her more on top of him.

After a while they hear the front door open and they quickly pull apart.

"Hi dad" Jess says sitting up and brushing her fingers through her hair to try and make it look more presentable.

Eli sits up as well, wiping the lip gloss off his lips with his tshirt.

"Hey Jess" Johnny says before turning to them. He looks over as sees Eli "and Hawk"

"Hey" Eli says with an awkward smile.

"Please don't do it on the couch, I live here too" Johnny says to them

"oh my god dad!" Jess exclaims

"I'm being serious!"

"I'm gonna go" Eli says to Jess standing up

"Yeah I'll see you at school Eli" she says to him

"Bye" he says to her and then turns to Johnny "bye". He leaves.

"Who is Eli?" Her dad asks and Jess puts her head in her hands.

(Do I have to make every original character watch Criminal Minds and think Spencer Reid is fit? Yes, yes I do)

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