clem and her friends loaded into her bronco, aishia ,miguel, and demetri in the back. eli sitting in the passenger seat. " alright im gonna drop you two off at elis right?" clem started the car , "actually, demetri and i were hoping to come to karate with you guys tonight, right demetri?" eli turned t the dark haired boy. demetri rolled his eyes"yeah, im only going because elis going though"demetri folded his arms.

"wait! this is so cool! im so happy, this is gonna be so much fun" clem looked ahead and took her foot of of the brake .

 she drove to the dojo, the front sidewalk covered in students. the teen parked her car.  she hopped out of the raised suv  along with her four friends. as they met the side walk, miguel and clem gave a shared look before ,  a car pulled up.  sensai lawrence got out of the car. 

 clem looked around at all the kids, they all were watching the video of the fight. "you guys are like famous"aishia laughed clem shakes her head" we? its miguel, he kicked ass."she looked at the boy who was talking to his sensai.  johnny walked to the glass door unlocking it, miguel followed johnny in along with clem, aishia, and everyone else.

"everyone , take your shoes off and step on the mat, miguel go change into your gi.ms.johnson, ms. robinson, please come with me to my office" clem and aishia followed johnny to his office. johnny closed the door behind the girls." what do you want to talk to us about sensai?" clem asked trying not to worry herself. 

"i saw the video of the fight. i watched how you cheered on your fellow cobra, and how you defended your self and your freind. no mercy" he told the two girls." while you have alot to learn, and im not gonna go easy on you. i think you two have proven to be real cobra kais, and id like to present  you two with these"  johnny picked up a box and placed it on his desk. the two girls shared a look, clem reached for the box opening it, she reached in taking out a white gi.

 she smiled" this is so cool."  she admired the clothing " yeah, thanks sensei" aishia smiled. " "glad you like it because with this gi now comes the responsibility you represent cobra kai now.  and those words on that wall are the words you live by." he told the girls

 they nodded firmly " now go get changed, and start sparring while  i figure out what i'm doing with all these kids" he wafted the girls out of the room " yes sensei" they said simultaneously.

 the girls walked out of the room crossing paths with miguel as he exited the bathroom" he gave you yours?!" miguel  rasied his eybrows  clem nodded " no fair i had to wait weeks for mine" miguel groaned " guess girls are just better" aishia gave  a tilted smile with a shrug before rasing her hand for a high five, clem breathed out a laugh before returning the motion.

 clem and aishia changeed into their gis walking out  to the room full of kids, "you two can spar ill be right back" clem told  miguel and aishia, they both nodded. clem walked over to eli and demtri " how do i look?" clem gave a spin" he just gave it to me." clem smiled 

"you look cool" eli smiled. "is this gonna take long? ive still got homework to do" demetri brought up, making clems eyes roll" ill get you home before eight... trust me youll be fine" clem gave a small laugh, im gonna go  warm up for a bit before class starts okay? but  dont be nervous you're gonna love it." she gave two thumbs up to the boys before running off to the  dummy. 

  she sparred with the dummy for a minute before johnny walked out of his office " QUIET!" the man got the students  attention,  clem  stepped away from the dummy and got into view of johnny. " face front." sensai lawrence instructed. aishia,miguel and clem lined up shoulder to shoulder. johnny walked among everyone scoping out all of the students. clem turned her shoulder watching the man " nice shirt"johnny said to demetri "thanks" demetri smiled 

"im joking it sucks" sensai lawrence said and demetri frowned. clem tucked her lips in. johnny continued to walk around the dojo commenting on everyone" when i look around this dojo,  i don't see cobra kai material. i see losers. i see nerds. i see a fat kid with a funny hat with his tits popping out " johnny  faced the front of the class" but  with my short time as a sensei i've also seen some miracles" he looked to the three students. clem smiled, she had to admit she was proud of herself." so maybe there's  some hope for you yet. but first, i need to see where you're at.so everybody, fall in!"sensai lawrence commanded. the teens looked around at each other cluelessly, clem looked back at her two boys  mouthing the words 'line up' while also waving them over. they furrowed their brows  not being able to read her lips.

"that means line up!" johnny informed the students. the room of people  moved behind the three in white " no, not line up in a line..."johnny sighed"lines! get in lines."

"you mean like rows?" demetri poked his head out from the line, johnny held his head in his hands. clem looked over her shoulder and nodded to her friend.

~

about a half-hour into class johnny had everyone practice a few kicks and punches to test their levels. " fighting positions!" johnny called out  evryone around the room did as instructed"jab-punch" a few punched"nope. when i say go!"johnny corrected"hiyah!" he exclaimed 

the students followed along as johnny paced the classroom yelling out the command. "hey lip!" johnny called out  clem cringed at the words, knowing who he was calling , eli looked up. " yeah, you the one with the freaky lip. who do you think i'm talking to?" 

"excuse me mr.lawrence"demetri spoke up "sensei lawrence" aisha gave a stirn look to demetri. "ok. you really shouldnt make fun of someones physical appearence."demetri spoke up for eli clem looked back to her friend "right clem?" demetri looked for re-assurence  clem nodded" he's not wrong." clem looked back to her sensei 

"so im just not supposed to  mention his lip at all?" johnny asked, clem tensed up, trying to hold back from disrespecting her sensei."well, yeah" demetri nodded his head.

"well, maybe that's what they teach you in school, but in the real world, you cant expect people to  do what they're supposed to." johnny looked to demetri before turning to eli taking a step towards the boy " you hear that lip? if you cant handle someone making fun of you, how are you gonna handle an elbow to the teeth?" johnny asked. elis eyes shooting between  the floor and the man. clems heart tugged  as she watched the scene.

 "by calling the police" demetri spoke up,clem thought back to the conversation from a few weeks ago "c'mon... knock it off" clem got demetris attention "what? he does realize the nazis lost the war right? why should i be scared of him? 'cause he's got a snake on his wall? it's not like he's a teacher who can give us a bad grade clem!"demetri raised his voice to the girl, clem was embarrassed feeling heat rise to her cheeks "we're paying him, he works for us. it's not like he can actually hurt us."demetri declared

 clem watched as johnny took a step towards demetri, an intimidating look on his face clem cringed"shit" she huffed. students moved out of the man's way clearing a  wide space 

"are you done? hit me."johnny  instructed, demetri laughed "c'mon hit me. strike me, right here" johnny pointed to his face , demetri  took a fighting stance, throwing a weak punch which johnny blocked"harder" johnny said. demetri got back in his stance  throwing another punch, johnny hit demetris arm down with his hand , demetri grunted. " is that all you got princess?" sensei lawrence questioned. 

 demetri went to hit the man a third time this time johnny caught the boys arm and flipped him over, demetris back hittoing the mat . clem cringed "aw man" she groaned

johnny kneeled pretending to hit demetri in the stomach his fist stopping just above him. " let that be a lesson to all of you" johnny stood from his position. 

clem walked up to demetri holding a hand out. he looked at her for a second before shoving her hand away "i don't need your help"demetri spat. clem pulled her hand back, a frown on her lips, a lump formed in her throat. " ill be in the car" he stood from the mat brushing himself off.

"demetri, dont be like that." she called before the boy left.

clem let out a sigh, looking to eli who had the same expression on his face. she blinked away her tears quickly sucking them back up before returning to her spot on the mat.

~

demetri hadn't talked to clem at all  the next day,  she still picked him up for school and had lunch but the boy refused to speak a word.

clem found herself walking down the halls with demetri going to science again"deja vu right?" clem chuckled, demetri gave no reaction. "cmon metri.... im sorry"the girl apolagized 

 demetri sighed turning his head to the girl"why didnt you defend eli? or me for that matter?"demetri asked,"i didn't think you needed it, you can stick up for yourself, and eli... eli was there to learn how to defend himself, its not my place to talk for him"clem stopped in her tracks, demetri sighed knowing she was right, he didn't need someone defending him, and eli was there to learn to fight, he needed to let him do that."well, just so you know i'm not going back" demetri continued walking, clem  caught up to him "what? you can't just quit"clem scrunched her face. 

"i got yelled at, got my ass kicked and i still had to pay him. you know who lives like that? hookers"demetri mentioned" yeah but he's not that bad of a guy, if you get to know him he's pretty nice... sometimes"clem tilted her head."that...that's hooker talk"demtri pointed his finger to her, clems face cringed in digust"ew"

"and besides, i don't need to learn how to fight  when i have you." he bumped shoulders with the girl,clem smiled rolling her eyes"so you're not mad anymore?" she asked 

"oh, no. im holding that over your head for the rest of our lives."demetri gave a small smile as they met the science room. doors.

~

after school clem drove demetri home per request, and drove everyone else to karate.

"dude, she was so nice. im telling you i think she likes me."miguel ranted on about sam in the back seat "we get it... you like her, can you shut up about her now?" aisha rolled her eyes

"he's been talking about her since science"eli leaned over whispering to clem. she gave a small chuckle before returning her eyes to the road.they arrived at the dojo, there was noticeably less students there when coming into the place. eli sat on the side taking his shoes off while the other three students  changed into their gi's

  clem sat next to eli on the mat  stretching "hey" she smiled "hey back" his lips curved. "seems like nobody's here compared to last time" clem looked around eli nodded"maybe they left because of what demetri said?"eli conspired, "maybe. but hey that doesn't matter, only the people who really want to be here will be here"clem nodded

"okay, everybody fall in" sensai walked out of his office, the two hopped up from the ground and walked to the front of the mat standing shoulder to shoulder. johnny looked around the room his jaw dropped"crater face? nose ring? sling shot?" johnny questioned " they quit sensai"miguel advised " are you serious?"johnnys face dropped" i mean , good"he fixed his tone"that was a test i wanted to see who the quitters are. not you guys. you are in it to win it. you could be at home playing on your icomputers,playing your video games, eating candy." clem cringed at the painfully inaccurate sentence.

"instead,you're here, doing pushups, learning how to fight." johnny looked around the room " lip, look even  lip's tougher than those guys."johnny pointed to eli, clem gritted her teeth holding herself back as best as she could "could you please not call me that?" eli said under his breath. johnny looked to the boy with furrowed brows"excuse me? what?"

"can you please not call me that?"eli repeated, his voice a little louder."ill um- warm them up sensei" miguel spoke up " no, lip has something he wants to say." johnny stepped forwards towards eli, elis head bowed, clem picked at her lips.

she was trying her best to hold back from saying anything, she stepped to the side allowing the two room. " sorry, speak up, lip. or is your tongue messed up too?"johnny questioned  clems fist clenched by her side " are you one of those challenged kids?"johnny was now  standing right infront of eli "um- the doctor said  i could be on the spectrum" eli stuttered avoiding eye contact. " i don't know what that is but get off of it pronto.all right? and if you don't want me to call you 'lip' don't have a weird lip. can't you get surgery?" johnny asked. " i was born with a cleft lip, this is the scar from the surgery." eli explained still not being able to make eye contact, he choked back the harsh lump in his throat. " you're telling me it was worse before this? or did the doctor just screw up? because if this is an after photo, that sucks, man. you should sue." 

 clem felt like her teeth could break from how tight she was clenching her jaw, " can we just change the topic please?" eli asked. " you don't think i want to? its right in front of me. you wanna be something other than a nerd with a scar on his lip, flip the script. OK?get a face tattoo, or gauge your eye out well call you 'patch' all right?" johnny went to walk away from the boy before stepping back " no, don't do that one you'll still look like  freak."   

 elis eyes glazed over, he took off  grabbing his things, clem shook her head with a disgusted  look on her face" cmon sensai, really?" she scoffed  before running after eli, grabbing her bag before  pushing through the glass door. " you too curly?" johnny shouted

 clem looked left then right, not seeing eli.  she frowned "wow, how is he so fast?" she questioned, almost out of breath herself."i'm not" eli spoke up , clem followed the voice  to behind her car, she found eli slumped to the floor his head leaning against the bumper, clem sat down next to him.

eli sniffled" you don't have to  be out here with me. i don't want you missing a lesson because of me." clem shook her head" nah. to be honest i don't ever need to go back in that place." clem popped her lip out shaking her head " you don't mean that." eli shook his head " no, i do.ill drop the sport. if you want me to egg the place." she over dramatized, holding her hands up. eli gave a small chuckle.clem leaned her head onto elis shoulder "you alright?"she asked  her eyes tilted up towards him "ask me later" he sighed.

 they sat there for a few minutes before just deciding to head out, she told  aisha and miguel  that she was just gonna go home. they understood.

"hey, can we stop at the store on the way home? and can we go to your house? " eli asked, clem nodded as she pulled on her seatbelt" yeah, why?" she asked " i think i wanna flip the script."he said catching clem a bit off guard, she raised her eybrows"okay. yeah." she nodded starting the car. 

 they stopped at the store eli directing the girl down the aisles," you wanna dye your hair?" she gave small laugh " you think its a bad idea?" he asked, a suddenly worried look on his face " no, no, i think you'd look cool, just suprised." she gave a small smile before  squatting down to the bottom shelf with all the cool colors on it. elis cheeks turned rosey with a small smile as he met the girl on the floor "ooo pink" she picked up the box and looked to eli  with raised eyebrows he shook his head with a laugh" no way"

"fine... what about red?" she asked  putting back the box on pink splat and pointing to the red one, eli tilted my head with a shifted smile , he shook his head  again." hm" she gazed on the shelf," here,look at me" she turned her face to the boy , he looked at her their eyes meeting.  clem squinted her eyes at his face  " i think blue would look nice with your eyes." she said  they're faces were so close, if there was an inch of movement they would've been touching. "yeah, i think blue would be good" eli nodded shaking himself from the moment clem nodded grabbing the box and standing from the spot "alright, do we need anything else?" she asked "uhm- hair gel?"he asked 

"ive got some at home, we can try out some styles on you." she told him then waving him towards her as she walked to the register.

 they checked out, clem pulling out her wallet "you dont have to pay" eli  tried to stop her " its all good, ill sugar mama you" she said swiping her card.

 they made it back to clems house getting set up in her bathroom. "uh, do you want a shirt? just so you dont ruin your sweater?" clem asked ,he shook his head" no, i was planning on getting rid of it anyways. im actually gonna get rid of alot of my old clothes." he announced to the girl, clem whipped her head around to him "what?! i love your sweaters." 

"do you want them?" he asked but that's not what she meant.

"if you want to give them to me, sure." she shrugged trying to play cool, he nodded "alright sit" she nodded towards the closed toilet, he sat down  facing the girl 

  she put the gloves on and  opened the  bottles mixing the solution together "you do know what you're doing right?"eli questioned , " yeah, don't worry." she gave a reassuring smile . she did not know what she was doing

 she ran her fingers through his hair applying the solution" alright, no going back now"she took a deep breath. 

~

eli sat at the counter fiddling with his fingers waiting for the dye to set, clem sat on the counter next to him, on her phone. he couldn't stop looking at her,the way she dropped everything to check on him, the way that shed just help him no matter what. she was his version of perfect.

"alright, time to rinse" she hopped off of the kitchen counter,  snapping the boy out of his thoughts,eli folowed her upstairs to her bathroom, she turned on the water, eli kneeling on the side of the bathtub. 

  clem  took the plastic bag off , taking the shower head and rinsing his hair " cold. so cold." he announced " sorry, its gotta be or the  dye will bleed" she cringed.  she grabbed the shampoo, running it through his hair. between the cold water and the feeling of clems nails against his head eli had chills run up and down his spine.

 clem rinsed his hair out, shutting the water and wrapping his head up in a towel."alright you're done"clem said leaning up, her back sore from leaning over to rinse his hair.

 eli  dried his hair off with a towel  then looking at himself in the mirror his eyes wide "dude, you look sick" clem put a hand on the boys shoulder." so. what style do you want to try?" she asked 

"Mohawk." eli turned his head to clem, a sudden confident attitude to him.

   took the gel off of her  counter unscrewing the top,  she took a hand full of gel and gestured eli to  tilt his head down. he tilted his head the girl ran the gel through his  hair  pressing up on each side  to fan his hair out. once she was finished eli lifted his head checking himself out in the mirror, " oddly, it suits you" clem tilted her head.

 ~

"cmon! we're gonna be late!"clem screamed up the  stairs as she tied her gi,  eli came running down stairs still trying to perfect his mowhawk "you and this mowhawk i swear" clem chuckled. " it needs to look good" he said as they walked to the door. clem swung the door open" it looks fine, can we go now? " she waved him out of the door. 

eli had a new found confidence, clem couldn't lie, she liked it. of course she liked eli before, he was a great friend, but she felt like it was easier to joke with this eli, like she wasn't as nervous around him .

the two got into the car and drove over to the dojo, parking the car quickly and getting out, rushing towards the doors, clem pushed them open "sorry we're late"  clem put her gym bag down on the floor and slipped off her shoes."curly,you're late... fall in" johnny instructed, clem furrowed her brows"i just said that" she mumbled, falling in next to miguel" we?" he asked  before the bell on the door rang.

eli walked into the door his shoulders up and straight "welcome to cobra kai" johnny looked to the door, " eli?!" miguel  raised his eyebrows to the door "what happened?"

" i'm flipping the script" eli said a smirk on his face, johnny squinted his eyes at boy before coming to the realization  of who he was looking at " wait. are you the kid with the lip?" johnny asked  taking a step towards eli, elis eyes flickered to clem then back to johnny seeing an encouraging smile on her face. " nice cut bro."johnny said then lifting his rm and pointing a finger to eli " you see that?" his eyes on the class" doesn't matter if you're a loser or a nerd or a freak... all that matters is that you become a badass" he walked back to the front of the class. 

"hawk" johnny focused on eli " fall in" he instructed. hawk gave a small smirk before making his way to the front of the class and  standing next to clem. "congrats 'hawk' " clem smiled hawks rough exterior melted looking at her, he smiled.

"fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?" sensei lawrence walked up to hawk and clem his eyes jumping between the two. " no, sensei" they both responded. " pain does not exist in this dojo , does it?" he walked over to aishia " no, sensei" she responded

"defeat does not exist in this dojo does it?" he faced miguel " no sensei" the boy said firmly. johnny turned facing the mirror " class, are you  ready to learn the way of the fist?" he asked 

"yes sensei" the class erupted.

kat speaks...

my lovessssss

hawk is here! but also... hawk is here.

demetri and clem are my fav i love them sm!

 sorry this took a little long to get out, a tree fell on my house:) currently feel like i'm suffering the wattpad writers curse

anywaysssss next chapter should be up soon since ive had them backed up while the power was out:)