CHAPTER 50:
Deceived from both sides.
Eli

"I hated that. . .more than anything."

"You don't think I feel like shit too?"

Our plan worked. Quinn wasn't responding to my calls or texts, Demetris either. She was angry and upset and last night, through tracking her phone, she went to Cobra Kai.

I had decided to look into this Silver guy more, and why Quinn wanted to speak to Robby rather than her own grandfather. Silver worked at Cobra Kai a long time ago with Kreese, around the time I found some pictures of her mom in the dojo.

Seventeen.

Demetri did some more investigating, more searching and even though Quinn is our best friend, we couldn't get her involved. While she was at Cobra Kai, Demetri got the key from Sensei and snuck into her home.

No birth certificate, but a picture to prove everything.

Silver and Kristen together, a Polaroid picture of them kissing and the date was marked only 9 months before Quinn was born.

Silver was her real father.

Jesse never knew, but that would never excuse what he did to them. He's still a monster, but I did blame Kristen for making him stay.

Because then Quinn wouldn't have to go to therapy just to feel normal, just to make sure she never goes silent again. This wasn't about karate anymore, it was effecting her more than any of us. It was her life.

And I made it worse.

"Do you think she'll forgive us?" Demetri asked.

"I just know that prom is going to suck ass," I muttered.

I'm not going to lie and say it was for her own good. I just thought it would be better if she focus on her life, her goals to get into Cambridge.

She lied about Harvard because she's never talked about it. She was interested in Harvard, sure, but in middle school when she found out that Cambridge has the best psychology department in the world, she set her mind to going there.

She's only focusing on Harvard now because she was with me.

She didn't want to make me wait when a time change occurred once she went, to schedule times to face time and even spend hundreds of dollars to visit eachother.

She put her dreams aside for me.

"Do you think she'll go? To prom?"

"She wouldn't miss it. She never shut up about it," Demetri chuckled.

"I love her."

Demetri looked up at me, "What?"

My dignity left with my mohawk, so I didn't bother trying to hide the tears,
"I love her. . .and it fucking sucks because I just k-keep hurting her. She won't forgive me. . .not this time. I fucked it up, and I did it for her."

I wish I could tell you.

Quinn, I love you.

I've loved you since we were kids.

I didn't know what it meant back then, but I would let Cobra Kai beat me a thousand times if it meant you forgave me.

"You can still make it special, even if you're not with her," Demetri told me.

"How?"

"Get a limo to take her, have McDonald's in the limo so she can eat it on the way. And have a bouquet of her favorite flowers in there that say "from Eli, your favorite dumbass"."

"Did you read my journal?"

"Doesn't matter. Let's just try not to miserable, and if she talks to you, then there's hope," He insisted.

Maybe.

We'll just have to wait and see.

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IT WAS ALL PLANNED!!
GOTCHA!
Let's hope that Quinn and Eli are endgame.