Alexa took a breath as she stared at the high school.

An entire summer she didn't have to walk in. An entire summer she didn't have to see him. An entire summer she didn't have to forcefully show a form of anger to keep her Algebra teachers hands off her. Alexa knew it wasn't gonna be nearly as bad this year, considering she was a junior now and didn't have to worry about a sophomore teacher. But, she'd still have to see him in the hallways, still have to be reminded that she was once weak enough for him to pray on.

"Hey." it was Miguel, his hand on her back as she gave a little gasp. "You okay?"

She plastered a fake smile. "Tired."

"Me too." he nodded. "Have you heard from Tory? I didn't get to her before the cops were called at Moons."

"Ugh, no." she realized it was weird she hadn't heard from Tory all night. "I'm pretty sure we have first period together though."

"I hope she didn't get busted." he exhaled.

"Highly doubt it." Alexa held her arm out. "Care to walk me in?"

"Yeah, give me two seconds." he gave her a nod, hurrying off to grab his backpack he left near Aisha.

Alexa jolted when a shoulder collided with hers. "Jesus."

"Sorry." his voice was familiar, Robby. "No tears?"

"What?" she shot back at him.

"Tears." he motioned to his eyes. "Last night."

Alexa gave him a shove. "I don't know what you're talking about, dude."

Then, she was gone, leaving him confused at her horrible form of gaslighting.

Alexa sighed, Demetri was assigned to sit next to her. It was awkward, very awkward. She was fumed of anger and humiliation. Not angry that he didn't want to hook up with her, angry that he made her feel like shit for changing into a strong version of herself that kept her safe. Demetri had learned by now not to fear her moods. They came and went, and she was the most confusing person he'd ever known.

Ever.

Alexa looked down at the three unread messages from Tory as the announcements played, feeling Demetri look over. "Excuse you, nosy ass."

"You'll get in trouble." he rolled his eyes.

"You'll get in trouble." she mocked his voice in return.

Before he could say anything in return, a screech echoed over the speakers. Alexa flinched slightly, sitting up better.

"Samantha LaRusso." Torys voice rung over the speakers after a second. "I know what you did, and now you're gonna pay. I'm coming for you, bitch."

"There she is." Alexa stood up quickly.

"Excuse me!" their teacher tried to stop her, but she ran into the hallway. Alexas act had everyone following her, everyone crowding together as they waiting for Sam and Tory to be face to face.

"Tory!" Alexa called for her, making her look back. "What do you need me to do?"

"Watch my back." Tory nodded, making Alexa do the same. "Her and Miguel kissed."

"Miguel?" Alexa asked in disbelief. It was easy for Tory to be mad at Sam, but Alexa found her anger was more toward Miguel. One of her best friends, someone she felt close to. He wasn't suppose to be a cheater, yet he was, and it made her feel shitty. Tory was her friend, almost her best friend, she loved her. And, standing here, she could see the hurt in her eyes. Alexa made a promise to herself, and it was to protect Tory. "I can handle him."

"Thank you." Tory gave her a nod, walking a little farther. Hawk was by Alexa's side in no time, watching as the girls circled each other before their eyes. "I saw what you did. You kissed Miguel."

The crowd gave a few 'oous'. Sam took a shaky breath. "I-I-"

Tory swung at her, making the girl back up quickly. She tried to run, but Tory grabbed her backpack and yanked her back. Sam blocked herself from getting hit, holding her hands infront of her body. Alexa looked over as Robby ran into the picture, shoving Tory away as he looked at Sam. "Are you okay?"

Tory tried to pull him away, Robby pushed her into the lockers. "Stop it."

"Hey!" Alexa yelled, running over and hoping on his back as he stumbled backwards.

"Hey!" Miguel was close after as he saw Robby had been trying to get Alexa off him. As he ran over, Robby felt a change in Alexas body on his back.

"Duck." she whispered to him. And, for some reason he wasn't sure of, he listened to her.

When Robby ducked down, it gave Alexa to perfect opportunity to roll over his shoulder and kick Miguel right in the stomach. He stumbled back with a gasp of air. "Lexi, what the hell?"

"How could you do that to Tory?" she tackled him, they ran into the lockers as she nearly pinned him against them. "You're suppose to be one of the good guys, Miguel!"

He shoved her away, Alexa gave a stumble before Miguel latched onto her wrist so she wouldn't fall over. "Alexa, stop."

"Fine." she let him go, backing up. "I'll stop."

Robby took Miguel's moment of weakness to attack him, mentally thanking Alexa for distracting him. "That's for taking advantage of Sam."

"Hey! Enough!" the haunting voice rung in her ears. Alexa could have sworn the world paused for a moment. The fight with Tory and Sam, Miguel and Robby, all of it was frozen when she heard the voice. The voice she had been dreading for months now, one that sometimes kept her up at night, one she wanted to tell someone about so bad.

Mr.Bryant

When Alexa turned around, she saw him at the end of the hall. His brown hair was still wavy and pushed to the side, his glasses on today even though that always hadn't been. He still wore tight pants and funny ties. Alexa breathed heavy as she saw him try to pull a Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do apart. If no one was gonna listen to her, she was gonna take care of it herself. She was gonna end this.

No mercy.

Alexa ran forward, tackling the teacher and breaking him away from the fighting pair. She was ontop off him when they fell onto the floor, near the staircase. Alexa grunted as she hit him again. "Never again!"

She hit him again, and again, and again, and again. His glasses broke, his nose probably too. Alexa breathed heavy as she paused, catching her breath as she looked down at his face. He was a heavy bleeder, coating her knuckles as she looked for a breath. She hit him one more time, leaning down on his level some. "Don't tough me ever again."

As she stood up, her eyes fell on to the sight at the end of the hallway. Demetri had kicked Hawk into the trophy case, breathing heavy as he held his fist before his face. Alexa looked down at Mr.Bryant again, and her anger was bound to come out even worse. Demetri, her ex boyfriend that she loved more then life, now in karate despite constantly hating on her for it. Before she realized what was happening, she charged forward and ran into his side.

Demetri grunted, but her impact wasn't enough to knock him over. Alexa punched him in the gut. "What happened to 'karate ruins lives' huh?"

Her hands grasped his right arm and collar, swinging him into the lockers on her right side, grasping him again, yanking him into the left lockers. She did it twice more before letting him go, taking a deep breath as she met his eye. He stared at her like he hadn't known who she was, and maybe he didn't. Alexa shook her head. "We will never be the same."

"Yeah, no shit." he stared at her in disbelief. "I don't even want us to work out anymore."

"Yeah, well..." she was looking for words to hurt him like he had her. "I don't either."

It was simple, but they were effective on both ends. They'd never be the same, and even though they'd both been fighting for each other this whole time, they finally managed to give up on each other after today.

Alexa helped Hawk up, holding his wrist as they walked into the cafeteria. Most of the fight was over, Sam and Tory still going at it on the staircase while Robby and Miguel were on the next floor. Alexa watched as Sam kicked Tory over the stair case, her eyebrows shooting up. She had to frown slightly when Sam clutched her bleeding arm in pain. She looked back up at Robby, watching to see what he would do, how he'd handle Miguel.

But, it seemed like Miguel had him pinned down. His body to the floor, holding him down before standing up. Alexa almost cheered for Robby when he stood up, not getting the chance to before her breath caught in her throat, Miguel's body flying over the staircase after Robby kicked him into the chest.

"Miguel!"

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kylie speaks

sigh. alexetri puts me in
my feels. i'm a hard core
keenstillo shipper and i think
they are PERFECT for each
other but angsty ex's do
something to me