Always Been You- Eli Moskowitz

Chapter 11- Victory?

"Never before
had i wanted to say
so much,
But said so little;
Felt so much
but stayed
So silent."

-Anonymous

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As promised, they all stuffed their faces with loaded nachos, wings and milkshakes to celebrate their Cobra Kai victory that day. The students occupied about three booths and were the loudest out of all of the restaurant goers.

Michelle was sat at a table between Demetri and James. Across the table, sat Eli, Aisha, and sitting directly in front of her to her dismay, was Moon herself.

James seemed to be getting along well with pretty much everyone at the table. Except for with the blue- haired maniac sitting in the corner staring daggers into him every time he spoke.

"So, how does it feel to have gotten so far in the tournament? Wasn't it all your first year competing?" James asked curiously.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Eli replied to him rolling his eyes and taking a sip from his vanilla milkshake.

Michelle tried to kick Eli under the table but ended up hitting Moon in the shin. She jumped and let out a loud shriek that caused Michelle to lean across the table and cover her mouth. Everyone in that corner of the restaurant turned to face them as Michelle waved and mouthed "she's okay" until they turned back around. 

Michelle sat back down and rolled her eyes. "Dramatic much?"

Demetri smacked her arm and signaled to Moon who was still looking at her confused and rubbing her shin.

"Do I have to?" Michelle whispered to him. He just nodded his head quickly and signaled towards Moon again.

"I'm sorry Moon. I meant to kick your stupid boyfriend and if the two of you hadn't been playing footsies under the table, maybe I would have," Michelle said to her in an innocent voice with a sarcastic smile on her face. She grabbed a chip and bit into it, her eyes shifting over to look at Eli who had been glaring at her.

Moon's face went from confused to slightly embarrassed as her cheeks flushed red and she gave a shy laugh. "Oh you felt that?"

Demetri snorted loudly but tried to cover it up when Eli turned to glare at him. Aisha and James tried to hold in their laughter but when they made eye contact with one another they burst out laughing. Michelle stared at her incredulously. Miss lady was not good at the sarcasm thing.

Michelle let out a sarcastic laugh and then got serious almost immediately afterwards causing Aisha and James to laugh even harder.

Just then, James's phone started ringing. He stood up and walked a short distance away to answer it. Michelle immediately turned to Eli.

"You don't have to be so damn rude. He's been nothing but nice to you," Michelle said. Eli just shrugged his shoulders and kept stuffing his face with nachos.

"Well, I think he's great, " Aisha said to her. "Do you think he would want to join Cobra Kai?"

"I'm not sure. I would have to ask him. I'm not even sure if he likes karate like that," Michelle replied. She took a few more sips of her vanilla milkshake as James walked back to the table.

"Michelle, I'm sorry but i have to go. I forgot that i had to babysit my sister tonight. My mom took a late shift at the hospital," He said to her with a sad look on his face.