Clem woke up  to her body being pushed " clem."  She rolled her eyes awake she gave out a small ' hm'  blinking her surroundings into focus. She'd Fallen asleep at elis house, usually this wasn't an issue, because usually it was on a weekend or she had clothes to wear. But this time  neither of those things were true " we've got school"  eli advised.

" shit" she huffed rolling out of the boys bed and standing up." Can I shower?" She asked pulling her hair out of her face

Eli nodded.she looked around a bit disoriented still "can i borrow a shirt or something?" Clem looked to the boy " I really don't have any clothes. "
" uhum" eli walked towards his closet " you think this sweater will fit?" He asked pulling out one of his classic sweaters.

She nodded" yeah, thanks I'll be right out"  she grabbed the sweater and slummed over to his bathroom door.

~
Clem stepped out of the bathroom  drying her hair out with a towel. " you ready to go?" The girl asked , tossing the towel in his laundry basket. "Yeah" eli said breathlessly, a smile tugged on his lips seeing the girl in his sweater.

Clem sat on the floor near the boys window and shoved her boots on zipping them up. She took her backpack and  threw it over her shoulder. " alright I'll meet you out front" the girl heaved herself up from the floor reaching for the window. " okay"  eli zipped up his back pack.

The girl tugged open the window, stepping onto the  large tree.  She climbed down the tree and walked to the front yard, grabbing the keys from her backpack pocket and unlocking it.  She waiting in the car for a minute before eli made it out of the front door.

Eli stepped into the truck framed suv," Here," the boy held out a yellow box" My mom picked them up on her way home  from work yesterday."  Clem took the yoohoo with a smile " thanks"

She opened the straw puncturing the foil circle. She took a sip then beginning to drive off. On there way to demetris it was pretty quiet

Clem's thoughts ran . When eli brought her the yoohoo, it was a can.his mom bought the boxes.He had bought the drink especially for the girl. A lump formed in her throat.

She looked to the boy trying to hide her ear to ear smile but she couldn't help but let out a small chuckle. " what?"  The boys eyebrows raised  " nothing.just love you"
Eli smiled butterfly fluttering in his stomach.

~

Clem sat in shop with Miguel, talking quietly." Yeah and so I guess that sensai Lawrence talked to my mom. And they agreed that  I'd be able to  continue training" miguel  smiled, clems brows lowered " are you alright?"miguel noticed the girls expression.

"yeah. yeah, i just-  i wish i could fight y'know? with what happened to you and the shit with kyler i just don't want to feel helpless" clem expressed. miguel leaned a bit closer to the girl "you could still join cobra kai. sensai is always looking for new recruits" miguel gave the girl a small smile.  she shook her head"what is up with you and karate?" she laughed. " if you come to class you would know." miguel tapped his pencil on his desk pursing his lips.

clem thought about it for a second.would karate really help? fuck it! "okay." she exhaled

Miguel's eyebrows raised"really?!" he said louder than intended.she nodded"yup.ill be there"

~

Later in the day the group of four sat at lunch. They were all pretty quiet.

" is that elis sweater?" Demetri pointed to the girl  with his plastic spork, talking beetween chews.  Clems eyebrows raised looking down to herself " oh, yeah. Fell asleep at his house last night. Had to borrow this" she shrugged.

" you guys had a sleepover without me?" Demetris eyes  fell on the two, a genuine disappointment behind his voice. " it wasn't a sleepover. We were hanging out and I fell asleep" clem brushed off.

"okay..."Demetris eyes rolled leaving a quiet smile on his lips, demetri didn't like being left out,he knew that what they had was different, speciel, but he still didn't like it.

~

clem stopped at demetris place, letting the two boys out. " bye guys, love you" the girl went to drive away " you're not hanging out?where are you going?" demetri shouted, causing the girl the hit the brakes

"oh. right! im going to karate." she took her foot off of the breaks again "what?" demetri stopped her "yeah, what?  when did you decide that?" eli asked, his voice more projected than usual. " this morning. i'm just testing the waters, it'll be fine. plus miguel wont shut up about it" she lifted her sunglasses to the top of her head "i've gotta get changed before  i go so, seriously, love you guys bye." the girl faced forwards taking her foot off the brake and hitting the gas.

"bye?" the two boys waved,still confused about the conversation that was just had. 

demetri walked into his house  eli following behind, they sat at his kitchen table taking out there assigned homework. "do you think shes gonna like it?"demetri asked, eli looked up from his papers shrugging "its clem. i think she'd punch anyone if she really had the chance" eli responded. 

"yeah, but if she likes it. do you think that she'll become like a supermassive over confident asshole? and like leave us?"demetri tried not to sound as worried as his words sounded. 

eli had thought about it before, clem  outgrowing the two, but the more he though about it , the more confident he became about the situation.he shook his head"no. i don't think she'll leave us" eli had a small but unnoticeable smile pulling on his lips."good" demetri smiled.

~

 the johnson girl pulled up to the  strip mall. seeing the cobra kai sign on the front of the building. she pulled into a parking spot next to a red sports car. the girl stepped out of her car, and nervously walked up to the door.

 she opened the glass door  the bell overhead ringing. the place was small with a mat in the center, she looked at a wall the words on it reading "strike first. strike hard. no mercy." her eyebrows raised with a pop of her lower lip, as she realized where miguel had gotten the saying from. "another one?" the man from the previous night raised his eyebrows.  clem looked ahead  finally seeing the three standing there. "nice to meet you too?" she furrowed her brows

"like i was just telling this one. there are no girls in cobra kai and-" the light blonde man got cut off by miguel "uh sensai , i need to show you something in the office" miguel shushed the man. 

clem put her bag down, lookin at aishia "he's a bit rude"clem huffed under her breath making Alishia laugh "yeah.  and get this...he said that there's no woman in the army" aishia scoffed out a laugh, clem smiled with furrowed brows. " didn't see you much at the country club this summer." aishia brought up. clem shook her head" yeah, demetri and eli dragged me to computer camp for two weeks, and also... i didn't feel like going" she sucked on her teeth " i don't blame you" aishia laughed.

"okay, after further review i've decided to let female students join the class" johnny and miguel stepped back onto the mat " but if you two wanna be in cobra kai you can't act like girls."

clem shut her eyes for a second trying to process the nonsense"what does a girl act like exactly?"

" y'know , all emotional, and complain-y and whiny. never letting you finish a sentence." johnny explained to the two , clem sticking her tongue in her cheek with folded arms."well i know a few guys who act just like-"aishia began 

"QUIET!" the mans voice echoed, causing clem to jump back. johnny bega to pack back and fourth looking at  the two girls. " my student tells me that you've been getting harassed at school." 

  the girls nodded."its mostly online. i get emails and texts sent to me. makes me not wanna go to school" the robinson girl said. clems stomach ached at the idea of what they had been saying to her, shed seen some of the things people were saying to eli, and could only imagine." and who sends you these message's?" johnny asked 

"they're mostly anonymous, these kids create these fake accounts. tell me i'm ugly and i should go kill myself" aishia explained. johnny stopped his pacing"  oh my god.what a bunch of pussies! back in my day if you wanted to  tease someone. you did it  to their face. there was honor.respect. these geeks hiding behind there computers what a bunch of spineless losers" johnny said with an almost disgusted look to his face " what about you huh? you get bullied online?" johnny asked clem 

she shook her head"no, not really. ill get a message or something every once in a while but its mostly at school, its mostly my friends. i dont wanna watch them get bullied anymore i'm tired of it" clem explained her situation. johnny nodded" respect"

"alright, so these losers that bully you and your friends, are you scared of them?"he asked the two "no." they simultaneously answered " are you gonna take shit from these losers?" 

"no" they both responded. clem took a deep breath keeping it at her chest for a moment before letting go." good because when i'm done with you, you're gonna be ending a message back, only its not gonna be with your keyboard. its gonna be with your fist" sensai lawrence held up his fist to the girls. clem gave a small smile, despite her nervous demeanor she had to sum up the courage to fight.

"alright,whats your name...curly"johnny pointed to clem"lets start with you." he called to girl with his finger  "miguel. curly, take our shoes off, face him. " clem slipped off her shoes and walked to her spot opposite of miguel."bow"sensai lawrence instructed

the two bowed to each other "mr.diaz, show her everything you've learned" johnny instructed. clems eyes widened, miguel stepped back looking at his sensei " wait. i don't think this is right sensei"

"you don't think what is right?"johnny furrowed his brows. "she's a girl. im not gonna..."miguel glanced back at clem. the girl chewed on her inner cheek her eyes daring between the two."and? i thought you said women were equal to men"

miguel sighed turning back to the girl" i can take it. give me what you've got" clem called on the boy, miguel tilted his head, taking a breath. he began his fighting position  clem copying him. johnny stuck his arm between the two"fight" he lifted his arm out of the way. miguel just  stared at clem not exactly knowing what to do "don't just stand there. fight!"johnny shouted 

 clem, not wanting to throw the first move, but wanting to get started, provoked the situation"y'know miguel you talk a lot about karate but right now i'm not seeing any of these moves. are you sure you're that great?" miguel rolled his eyes" i know what you're trying to do"

"are you really gonna let her talk to you like that diaz?!" johnny asked the kid. " im sorry" miguel said before backing up , clems eyes widened at the boy charged a kick at her gut, pushing her onto the floor 

she groaned  holding her stomach, miguel  stood over her a hand out to help her."you okay?"he asked. clem grabbed the boys arm  flipping him over and onto the ground next to her. " never better" clem huffed out of breath. "oo, my back" miguel wheezed

 johnny and aisha hovered over the two "girls a natural born cobra" johnny exclaimed

~

the three teens walked out of the building, talking about the class" dude. the way you did the, whoosh and then the kick... crazy" clem hyped Aisha up. "thanks. but nothing tops that flip you did on him" aishia pointed to the boy, clem held back a laugh. "hey, you want a ride? im dropping miguel off." clem offered.

aishia nodded"yeah,thanks." clem smiled, the three walked to the car Aisha getting in the back and miguel in the passenger. 

she drove two home, then  going home to take a shower.

 she sat on her bed  pulling out her homework, she looked at the papers cluelessly, she pulled her phone out calling the people she knew would help her.

"oh, look whos alive"Demetri held up his phone, clem gave a small smile"barely... miguel kicked me in the stomach, i'm still sore" 

elis eyes widend"are you okay?" he held back a small laugh "oh, no yeah i'm fine, i flipped him on his back" she laughed " so are you going back? is this it? do we have to write your will?" demetri overdramatized "i'm going back. i had fun.oh, aisha showed up, i have to admit its nice not being the only girl" clem had a genuine smile on her lips, demetri a worried one. he knew that clem was tough but seeing the fight from the halloween dance had him worried, he didn't want to see clem in a situation like that.

"thats good. im glad, you had fun. what about the teacher? the one Miguel's always talking about"eli asked,"sensai lawrence, is cool.his views on social constructs are a little 80's but yk other than that he's not bad" clem  flipped through her homework.

"anyways, enough about karate. What'd you guys do tonight?" Clem asked
" oh. Us? Well we had a giant party without you  and there was tons of hot chick's and we were all making out with each other" demetri gave a cheeky smile.clem pulled a disgusting lip" your fantasies are always so... weird"

" I try"demetri said. Eli gave a small chuckle at the two " we just read comics and did our homework "eli replied" how's Aisha by the way? After all the shit at the dance." Eli kindly asked, a shifted smile to his lips.

" she seemed okay. Nothing great, but she seemed better after kicking some ass for sure" clem chuckled. " and you?" Eli raised his eyebrows

" me? I'm alright. Why wouldn't I be " she scoffed out a laugh. Eli frowned, he knew how she was feeling. One moment she'd talk about it the next she didn't even acknowledge it.

She didn't feel safe, at home or at school.Her parents were never home.she always felt the need to defend herself and her friends.

~

clem and Aisha sat down at an empty lunch table, while the boys waited for more fruit cups to be brought out. the two girls honestly had come to realize that they didn't really know much about each other, despite knowing each other almost their entire lives. "so, how are your parents?"Aisha asked,clem snorted out a laugh"like i'd know"which made aishias brows furrow."my parents have been on a boat since july. they've called me like...fourrr times maybe"clem questioned her own words.

"what?! so you've had the house to yourself for five months? and you haven't thrown a party?"the girl asked in awe. "what friends?"clem scoffed  Aisha shifted her body agreeing with the girls stance before looking up at a shadow on the table. sam stood about to put her tray down on the table, clem avoided eye contact with the helpless girl,"don't even think about it"aishia gritted her teeth " i need to sit somewhere"sam said in a small voice "maybe you can sit with kyler i heard he doesn't mind that you suck" aisha spat. clem peeked up from  staring down at her food  as she watched sam walk away. the girl turned to face over her shoulder watching the conversation she was having with kyler that she didn't even notice miguel and the boys until miguel's tray was smacked down on the table."why don't you shut the hell up and stop being an asshole"miguel puffed his chest to kyler, clem put her fork down and swallowed her bite of food preparing to fight " want another beatdown rhea?"kyler shoved miguel's chest, clem stood up trying to make herself go unnoticed, she looked to aishia, the girl stood.

 clem glanced at her two bestfriends before looking back to Kyler and Miguel's scene, Kyler's friend's closed in. " i'm ready for you lame ass karate this time!" kyler shoved miguel  into the lunch table " its not lame ass karate... its cobra kai!" miguel blocked a hit from kyler, locking his arm, miguel threw a punch into kylers nose, causing the teen to stumble back into his friend. 

kylers nose dripped red, clem scoffed out a laugh at the sight.kyler ran at miguel tackling him, clem gasped at the scene stepping back. kyler  flipped miguel onto another table  getting a grab around his neck, as miguel got his feet on the ground kylers arm was wrapped around the boys neck, practically strangling him.  clem took action on the only idea she could , she ran and jumped on the boys back, she pried kylers arms off of miguel "wh- get off of me!" kyler  tried to shake the girl, before she got grabbed off by bruck.  bruck held her by her waist, she flailed throwing herself onto the boy making them both crash on the floor "yeah! no mercy!" aishia cheered the two on.  clems head pounded as she stabled herself up. she watched miguel kick kylers ass, bruck stood, clems heart dropped, she held up her fist  the curly headed boy breathed heavily  before looking at the scene beside them. he huffed  before running at miguel.

 clem took a moment to watch the cafeteria, she met eyes with eli, she knew what he was saying like it was their secret language. eli wondered if clem was alright, that's all he really cared about in the moment, she nodded.

 clem wanted to jump back in the fight , having an adrenaline rush to do so.  she followed behind the crowd of teens  as miguel  fought kylers entire friend group. miguel jumped up on the cafeteria table, kickig kyler in the throat then smacking him with a lunch tray. the lunch room erupted in applause. miguel couldn't help to smile on his face, he stood looking around the lunch room, clem smiled clapping "woohoo! go miguel!" she cheered.

 councilor blatt pushed past clem and the rest of the students  going up to the table, she grabbed Miguel's arm "hey! get down from there!" blatt tore miguel down off of the table. clem watched as miguel left the lunchroom.

she made a small 'o' shape with her mouth releasing that shed be next as soon as everyone's videos of the fight got out."shit" she huffed under her breath.

 demetri and eli walked over to the girl their trays still in hand,"that was.really cool"eli was practically in awe of the girl. "thanks" she gave a small smile rubbing the back of her head. " are you okay? that was a pretty big fall you took"demetri asked  clem nodded, yeah i'm alright, my head kinda hurts, but i dont think its that bad" clem  rubbed the back of her head a bit.

~

clem sat in her english class behind demetri and eli, when a voice came on the intercom."clarissa johnson, please make your way to the principles office. clem lifted her head and put her pencil down,  she huffed standing up from her seat  as all eyes fell on her. she walked past the class making her way to the front of the class. her english teacher held out a hall pass not even bothering to look up as clem took it.  clem walked down to the principles office.

she passed miguelas she was about to walk into the office, he didn't look too worried. clem took a deep breath and walked into the office" ms.johnson, sit." principle lopez  directed.

 the girl pulled out the chair and sat down facing the principle "so,you know why you're here?" he asked the girl, who pursed her lips, sucking on her teeth"do you know why im here?"she asked in a sarcastic manor. 

"you, jumped on top of a boy, and then you crashed yourself on top of another"mr.lopez raised his eyebrows not having any of clems shit."it was in self defense" she shrugged "by the looks of the video no one was attacking you" 

clem scoffed" but they were attacking my friend" she defended herself "i already discussed with mr.diaz that violence is not the answer." mr.lopez told in a stirn tone clem squinted her eyes " but you don't tell kyler that when he jumped miguel at the halloween dance, or when he was attacking me and my friends in the library the other day?" she stood her ground "well i dint know about those things... b- but the point is, is that you need to stop instigating fights."lopez grunted, clem rolled her eyes"whatever, so what's my damage?"clem asked

"well,i called your parents they both went to voicemail,so i left a message. i know that they're working out of country right now so, is there anyone  else to call?" mr. lopez asked 

clem thought for a moment, she didn't have any family around, she knew if she called elis mom shed probably  go crazy and bubble wrap eli up, and if she called Demetris mom shed probably make her move in... so with her last available option she spoke up "you can call daniel larusso..." she cringed even hearing herself say something like that. the man was supposed to be her emergency contact, he always did let her know she was welcome at his home any time, but she really didn't know him too well...

 principle lopez nodded and picked up his phone typing in the numbers. "hi, this is principle lopez- no. its not sam... its clarissa johnson,she got into a fight at school today said i should call you. yes, okay. ill let her know. okay, bu-bye" clem waited as the two talked. 

he hung up the phone placing it  back on the base" okay, well he said that  he's gonna swing by later and come to check on you."the principle told her " but for now you're free to go, head back to class" he dismissed the girl 

clem stood  up, taking her hall pass with her, she walked down the hall seeing sam  by her locker "hey" sam caught the girls attention "hi?"clem stopped in her tracks "you alright? pretty hard fall you took."sam chuckled  clem smiled with a nod " yeah i'm alright"

"i hope you didn't get in too much trouble, it was pretty cool what you did, standing up for your friend" sam  said  closing her locker door " well, your dads gonna swing by my house later... so who knows how that's gonna go." clem raised her eyebrows tucking in her lips "jeez, well i'm wishing you luck on that one."sam chuckled 

"i've gotta get back to class, but ill see you around. " clem gave a small wave before walking off. she had seen how sams friends treated aisha,she wasn't a fan of it of course, but clem knew she felt bad about what happened.

~

 like clockwork she dropped her friends off at home. she sat at her kitchen island waiting for her pot of pasta to cook. her phone vibrated heavily on the counter, she lloked down on the device humming a quiet'shit' before picking it up "hey, mom whats up?"clem tried to make her voice sound as innocent as possible "hi, i- uh, got a call from the school today, do you know what happened?"jasmine,clems mother, spoke over the phone. "maybe..."she stood from her chair and walked to the stove."maybe? clarissa... really? you got into a fight."mrs.johnson sighed

clem sucked on her teeth"yeah, that would be true... but in my defense i was defending a friend." clem stirred her pot"demetri got in a fight? or was it eli? either way i'm suprised"jasmine said in a surprised tone."no, a new friend. his names miguel, he's actually pretty cool, i'm in karate now because of him." clem sandwiched her phone between her head and shoulder.

"karate? wow, nice on you getting out there." mrs.johnson cheered on her daughter, clem walked to the sink draining her pot of water " yeah, i mean i've only been to  like three classes but i think i'm doing pretty well."clem gave a small smile, even though her mother couldn't see it , she heard it . jasmine cleared her throat"okay, well. try to not get in anymore fights, i love you." jasmine told the girl. clem nodded"i love you too" clem smiled" when are you gonna be home?" the girl asked  but the other end was silent "hello?"the girl took the phone from her shoulder, when she looked at the screen it ran white, the call ended.

"bye" she sighed placing her phone on the counter. she finished making her dinner, and poured herself a bowl, she sat back at the counter, the empty house  and ate. her eyes welled with tears, she wiped her eyes aggressively.

she always acted like being alone didn't bother her, but it scared her. she didn't like the big empty house anymore not like she did at first it wasn't fun anymore, it began to feel like all she could do was think, think about if she was safe in her own house, or if her parents were safe on a boat in the middle of the ocean.

  a knock echoed on her door, she stood from her stool walking over to her front door, she looked out of the window  seeing  a familiar face. she opened the door , seeing daniel larusso standing in the doorway. " hi, i've been expecting you" she smiled at the man "hi, clem. just came to check on you, can i come in?" he asked, she nodded stepping to the side. she shut the door behind daniel "so, the principle called..."he sighed 

"yeah, my mom called me. she already gave me the whole parental speech" clem gave a tucked smile. "right. just thought id tell you again, you're always welcome at my home anytime."daniel gave a warm smile " i know" clem chuckled 

"and, just try and stay out of fights... i don't need to call your parents from a hospital bed" daniel said scaring clem a bit " yeah, we do not want that." she gave a nervous laugh "uhum... do you need anything? groceries?"daniel asked making his way back to the front door , the girl shook her head" not as of right now, i'm pretty self sfficient"clem chukled , mr.larusso nodded"yeah, i can see that" 

"well it was nice seeing you mr.larusso." they met the front door. "nice seeing you too" daniel reached for the door , clem watched the man walk out " remember to lock up" he turned 

she nodded" always do" she smiled before shutting the door and locking it up. 

and like that. the house was empty again... quiet.

kat speaks...

clem jumping on kylers back is iconic tbh

she is pure chaos and that's all that matters.

daniel being one of clems parental figures is gonna break me.

anyways not much clemi this chapter :(

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