𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 , anthony larusso

xxi. the prize

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE —
the prize

❝ THAT WAS SWEET! ❞ charlotte exclaimed after miguel read out his letter for stanford. "a little corny, but sweet!" she giggled when miguel reached over to mess up her curled hair.

"go for more of a jugular at the end, they'll be begging you to go there." johnny advised, charlotte and adeline sharing looks of disapproval.

"okay." miguel laughed, nodding his head and looking at robby and adeline. "what about you two? what do you think?"

"it's great." robby nodded his head. "even though i'm kind of the bad guy in it."

"i'll change your name!" miguel's finger tips quickly hover above the keyboard to change it but robby shook his head and stopped him.

"no, dude. i'm kidding." he shut down. "it's not like i'm applying to stanford, or anywhere really."

"come on, robby. you have great futures ahead of you, all four of you do." johnny reassured them, wrapping an arm around charlotte as she smiled at her dad. "but when we win the sekai taikai, doors will be flying open for all of us."

the smile on adeline's face quickly wiped off, no one noticing though. rose leaned over and grabbed miguel in a hug, crying and sobbing as her tears got on the laptop.

"hey, hey, easy with the waterworks!" johnny exclaims to stop them. they pulled away but the group noticed it wasn't rosa's tears that was dripping, it was the pipe above them that was leaking.

"oh shit!" charlotte yelled when the ceiling broke through, covering her nose when it reeked of poo and all sorts of things. robby and miguel grabbed the bowls to place on the table.

"ew! it smells like dad's bathroom!" she yelled once again, stepping back into robby's chest as she watched all of them try to fix the pipe.

CHARLOTTE STOOD BY THE LOCKERS. anthony stood by her side while they waited for their siblings to leave the college stands. "god, how long do they take?"

"they're just grabbing some papers and seeing some opportunities." anthony told her, shrugging his shoulders.

"i wanna go home." she complained, rolling her eyes as her head was thrown back into the locker.

anthony laughed at his girlfriends words and actions, turning his head to see devon walking towards them with a smile. "oh, hey devon."

"hey guys." she greeted, charlotte's eyes widened and looked at the brunette. "um, can i talk to you charlotte?"

charlotte furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before, looking at anthony who motioned for her to say yes but she panicked.

"we were just leaving. bye! see you at practice!"

"oh- okay.." devon trails off watching her leave with a frown on her face. anthony looks back at her with a sympathetic expression, mouthing the words i'm sorry while charlotte dragged him away.

the brunette gave him a side smile before turning around and leaving as well. anthony turned his head and stopped charlotte from dragging him away, a stern expression on his face. she turned around with a tilt of her head.

"what's wrong?" she asked him, completely oblivious of how rude she just was, leaving devon there while she clearly wanted to talk things out.

"lottie, you can't keep avoiding her. you two really need to talk things out, i'm serious this time!" he scolded her, charlotte rolling her eyes slightly. "charlotte."

shivers went down her spine when she heard her full name, glancing back up at him. anthony raised a brow, waiting for her response and charlotte finally gave in.

"okay fine! i'll talk to her tonight but that means you and kenny need to work some shit out as well even thought you claim things are good now, i don't believe it." she crossed her arms, pursing her lips.

anthony chuckled, reaching for her hand and uncrossing her arms, intertwining their hands together. "yeah okay freckles, let's go now."

charlotte smiled at the nickname, leaning her head down when anthony leaned in and kisses her forehead. they both walk down the hall together, holding each others hands.

CHARLOTTE PUNCHED THE punching bag, anthony holding it in it's place so it doesn't hit her in the face like it did last time. she had been building the courage to talk to devon this whole time, stealing glances towards her every now and then, trying not to make it obvious.

daniel larusso walked through the doors. "you all are excused to go home now. get some good rest and be sure to be ready for tomorrow's practice."

everyone stood in front of him, bowing as he excused them. they all began grabbing their bags and charlotte looked back at her sister who decided to finally go to a practice. adeline was talking to hawk, a smile on her face as she swung her bag over her shoulder.

anthony nudged her shoulder. charlotte looked at him, he nodded behind him and she followed the direction he nodded to and saw devon getting ready to go home. she sighed and nodded her head.

"i'll see you tomorrow, i love you." he told her.

"i love you too." she smiled, the both of them leaning in and sharing a soft kiss. charlotte walked towards her older sister. "i'll see you in the car, i have to talk to somebody."

adeline furrowed her eyebrows before looking in the direction charlotte was looking in, seeing devon. "okay, don't take too long."

"i won't." charlotte shook her head before waiting for everyone to leave. devon was the last one to leave the dojo, looking down at the floor as she walked. the blonde stepped in front of her, playing with the pedant on her necklace.

"hey devon, can we talk?" she spoke up which made devon's head snap up in surprise.

"yes!" devon exclaimed, realizing her sudden outburst before clearing her throat. "yeah, of course we can talk." charlotte lets out a little giggle before they sat down on the steps to the dojo.

there was a moment of awkward silence, charlotte didn't know where to start. "why didn't you just tell me."

"i knew that if i told you, you wouldn't wanna be friends with me anymore so i kept it away from you for as long as possible." devon explained, both of them feeling a pang in their chest. "it was like cobra kai was my only thing  i could turn to."

"but you knew how much cobra kai affected me and my family and everyone else. you knew that cobra kai changed people and the last person i needed to change was you." tears pricked charlotte's eyes, turning to look at her best friend. "i felt so betrayed."

"i know you did." she sighed. "the last thing i wanted to do was hurt you. and i'm so sorry that i did lottie, i just want us to be best friends again. everyday since i wanted to be best friends again and make up for my mistakes."

charlotte let her talk, finally understanding her side. tears streamed down on both of their faces before charlotte cut off devon mid talk, hugging her tight.

"you've always been my best friend devon, even if i tried to tell myself that you weren't." she muttered into her shoulder, not wanting to let go.

devon wrapped her arms around her as well, scared that if she let go, charlotte would be gone again.

charlotte was devon's sun and devon was charlotte's moon.

and it will always be that way.

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