COBRA KAI | THE RIGHT PATH
season three, episode four

〔 WASTED SUMMERS 〕
━━ juju                  

❝i wasted like half of my
summer tryna hold on your hand❝

               WILLOW GROANED IN displeasure as she laid in Blair's arms, trying not to push herself into another breakdown after what Eli and the other Cobra Kai's had done to Nate, but failing when the first thing she saw after opening Instagram was Hawk's new post of him kicking some wood. She quickly turned her phone off, and threw her phone away, making the Johnson girl take her eyes away from the TV screen, and scrunch her eyebrows in disorientation.

               "I'm so done with him. I thought we were getting better, but he's doing it again," she muttered with a mix of sadness and annoyance appearing on her face, which caused Blair to grimace and run a hand through her hair, trying to comfort her. "Why would he do something like that after acting so sweet towards me?" she questioned, not understanding anything from the boy's actions.

               Blair clenched her jaw in anger, "I bet it's Kreesewashing. When I see his face, I want to kick his ass so much that he shits himself in his —" she started, but the violet-haired girl interrupted her with a shake of her head. "What? No kicking his ass?"

               "Nope, I want to be the first kicking his ass. Not at school, though. My parents would kill me if I'd get expelled," she explained shortly, and then glanced at the edge of the bed her phone landed on. "Do you think I should block him?"

               Blair bit her lip, considering the girl's suggestion, but then denied it. "If I was you I would do everything for him to see that I can be happy without him. And for him to realize what he just lost, alternatively,"

               "But I am not happy without him,"

               "But he doesn't know that. He's too focused on his asshole attitude to see whether your smile and laugh is forced or not," Blair explained her idea, and Willow nodded her head in understanding, realizing that it wasn't really that bad.

               And just when she got an idea, a smirk appeared on her face.

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               WILLOW FELT HER anti-yasmine face come back as soon as she walked with Blair into the cafeteria and saw the blonde girl sitting at their table. She took a deep breath before a fake smile showed on her lips in the moment when she picked the seat between Moon and Blair, completely ignoring the look Yasmine gave her, and Demetri yapping about something. She still couldn't believe how fast it was for everyone to forgive the blonde girl everything she did.

               "So, how's your wrist, Wills?" Moon turned to the violet-haired girl, trying to lighten up everyone's mood. Willow ran her tongue over her teeth and then sent a small grin to the brown-haired girl.

               "It's a lot better than how it was at the beginning. I'm actually going for a check-up tomorrow," she declared, and Blair's eyes shot at her, her not remembering the girl to say any word about it.

               "You are?"

               Willow nodded her head, "Yeah, they called my parents after I came back home and said something about that. Kinda forgot to tell you," she explained, and the dark blonde nodded her head. With that, the two girls eyes in sync flickered to the Moskowitz boy, who was kicking a ball, the Cobra Kai's recording him and cheering for him.

               When his blue eyes glanced back at the Froud girl, she quickly looked away and he frowned, with that completely to deconcentrating on what he was doing, so the ball finally hit the ground.

               Blair saw that, though, so she chuckled underneath her breath and nudged Willow with her shoulder, reminding her about the plan they made the other day. She gave her a meaningful look, which she returned, and then her attention fell on the Alexopoulos boy, who finally decided to show them what he was hiding under the blanket.

               "Wait, this is so cool," Willow spoke, an excited smile showing on her lips as she scanned the boy's project with her eyes. He turned to her and sent her a grateful look before continuing explaining.

               "And at 8,251 individual pieces this meticulously assembled model represents the exact moment before the asteroid hit —" he was cut off by the ball that suddenly hit the project, making Willow's eyes widen in surprise as she covered her face with her hands not to get hit.

               Recognizing the familiar ball, she clenched her jaw in anger and stared over at the Moskowitz boy, who was watching her since the beginning, jealousness filling his insides, seeing the girl smile at something Demetri said. That should be him making her laugh. That should be him.

               "What the fuck," she muttered underneath her breath as she lowered herself on the chair, still being in an awe after what happened. Hearing a fist punch the table, she turned to Blair and saw the mad look on her face.

               They both weren't big fans of Eli Moskowitz right now, and to be clear, Blair started becoming his hater.

               Before Moon could grab the thing that completely destroyed Demetri's project and throw it back to Eli, Willow took it from her, an innocent look showing on her face as she started thinking about what she could do to give the boy the revenge he deserved.

               "Oh, pfft. I'm sorry, man. Looks like my ball just got away from me," Hawk said and glanced over at the violet-haired girl, who was holding his thing in her hands.

               She raised her eyebrows at him in a challenge, "That's okay, because I will be taking it now," she announced, and he scoffed, giving her an eye roll in response.

               "Oh, you will, sweetheart?" he mocked, and her face hardened when the nickname left his lips. She really started despising it.

               When she was about to answer him, Demetri cut their conversation off, "That took me three weeks to build," he stated.

               "Eh, took my ball three seconds to destroy," Eli smirked and looked over at Willow once again, wanting to see if she changed her mind, but by the look on her face he could only say that she didn't. "Hope it'll make you think of me," with that, he turned around and started approaching his Cobra Kai friends again.

               In the moment when he was turned to them with his back, Willow used Blair's help and they both deflated the ball and then high-fived each other proudly. That was something he definitely deserved.

               "Do you have another one?" Yasmine asked anxiously after a few seconds, but the answer for that was too obvious. Just then, they watched as the Alexopoulos made his way towards the Moskowitz. Willow cursed underneath her breath.

               "Another week, another pissing contest. I shouldn't be surprised since you love pissing so much," Demetri exclaimed in annoyance, and the two girls looked at each other with meaningful glances.

               "Shall we?"

               "Yeah,"

               And so Willow and Blair stood up quickly, following their friend, ready to intervene if necessary. Willow crushed the ball in anger, releasing the remaining air from it. She really wanted to top it.

               "You landed one kick. You got lucky," the red-haired boy muttered, and that was the exact moment when the Froud girl felt as if she was going to explode from annoyance soon.

               "Hey, you want your ball back, sweetheart?" she mocked his voice while saying the nickname, which caused his attention to fly back to her immediately. Just then, she threw the ball at him and he caught it, then frowned seeing the state it was in.

               "What the —"

               He got suddenly interrupted by Sam, who stood next to Demetri and the girls. "Better back off, or you won't be lucky."

               He scoffed, "Yeah, like you'll start anything, princess. Actually, why don't you go and sleep around with someone new, breaking his heart?" he said, and then turned to Willow, flashing her an innocent smile. "You know what they say, sweetheart. The more you hang with —" he started, but got cut off by her pushing him backwards.

               "Could say the same about you, asshole." she muttered with her jaw clenched in anger, and exhaled when Blair grabbed her wrist, wanting to stop her from doing something more than that.

               "What's going on here, Miss Froud?"

               Willow turned around, hearing the sudden voice that was heard behind her. Her eyes rolled slightly at the sight of Counselor Blatt standing right in front of her, her eyebrows raised.

               "You know our psychical contact guidelines." the woman reminded her, and she snorted ironically, then glanced at the Moskowitz boy once again, him pulling Eli act right in front of her. He really knew how to get on her nerves. "Did she enter your personal bubble without verbal consent?"

               He looked between the girl and the woman, then slightly nodded his head, "Yeah, she definitely triggered me in my safe space,"

               Willow opened her mouth in surprise, "What the hell?"

               "Language, Willow," Counselor Blatt scolded her straight away, so she took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

               "What are you talking about? He started by destroying my science project," Demetri joined in the conversation, pointing to his destroyed project.

               "That was an accident,"

               "Yeah, sure as hell it was," Willow mumbled, the woman giving her another look that made her grimace.

               "Miss Froud!"

               "No, it's fine. You probably shouldn't bring your toys to school," Hawk said, knowing that the woman still thought that he and the violet-haired girl were best friends just like in the past. Oh, she was so wrong.

               "I don't want excuses. I just want you all to respect each other," she explained.

               "She's right. We should stop the aggression, Micro and Macro," Hawk claimed, and Willow shook her head in disbelief, not believing what she was hearing.

               She couldn't comment on the boy's actions, though, because Counselor Blatt turned to her again. "Miss Froud, please, apologize to your friend,"

               At the words, she blinked several times, feeling even worse than before, "Oh, excuse me? He was the one, who started acting like an —"

               "Miss Froud," she gave the girl a warning look and glanced at the mentioned boy, stuffing her tongue into her cheek before pulling her hand toward the boy, who took it with a look of satisfaction on his face and his eyes brightening.

               With that, she rolled her eyes and then spoke, "I'm sorry, . . . Eli," she emphasized his name and dug her nails hard into his hand, making him wince. When she pulled her hand away from his, she gave the brunette woman an annoyed stare.

               "Consider this a warning, Miss Froud. The next time I will be forced to contact your parents about your untolerating behavior," she announced. "Pick up these Legos from the ground, someone could get hurt."

               When the woman walked away, Hawk leaned close to Willow's ear. "For you, pansies, no space is safer,"

               "Be careful, I will cut that red shit off your head in a moment," Blair finally spoke, making the red-haired boy chuckle along with his friends. The Johnson girl turned to Willow. "So, when are we finally going to kick some asses?"

               "Miss Johnson!"

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               THE FROUD GIRL walked to her locker as soon as she finished another class. She was about to put her things in there and then take out her gym class outfit, but was interrupted by the sound of someone leaning against the locker next to her. She clenched her fists and closed the locker harshly when she saw the familiar mohawk, and then the Moskowitz's face.

               "Hey, sorry about what happened in the cafeteria. I didn't want her to —" he started, but she shook her head, snorting ironically at his words. He really had some nerve saying that after what he had done.

               "No, you obviously wanted it. You know, part of me actually felt bad for you, because you got so manipulated by some old ass mother fucker, but by the time I'm starting to realize that you're the only one, who's making the bed," she answered, and he opemed his mouth, planning to say something else, but she didn't let him. "Don't even try to interrupt me. You're so pathetic, Hawk. When we're alone you can act normal towards me, but when you're with your stupid friends, you behave like a fucking asshole. And I'm so done with you and all of this," she continued, his face dropping in disorientation and surprise.

               "Loo — "

               She shook her head, "No, don't. Don't call me that. I'm so damn stupid for believing all your lies about wanting to be better, and actually changing. After everything you did to me and the other's, you should be the one, whose sorry. Not me," she claimed in annoyance.

               He exhaled heavily, "Don't do this, Willow. Let me just talk to you and — "

               "No, I'm not going to talk to you! God, it's so pathetic. You're telling me that I'm going to become the same as the people I hang with, but you know damn well these words should be directed towards you, because you're the one turning into them. You're the one turning into an asshole," she exclaimed, and took a step back from him. He blinked several times, not being ready at all for the next words that were going to leave the girl's lips. "Everyone cared about you, but you ruined everything for some fake friends and a stupid dojo. I cared so much, but guess what? I don't. Not anymore."

               She was planning to walk past him, but he grabbed her wrist, forcing her to stop in her tracks and held herself back from punching him right in the face. "No, you do. We both know that you still do. You don't mean anything you said," he mumbled, but didn't get any answer of deny from Willow.

               "I wouldn't be so sure about that, Hawk. I mean, how could you know that? You don't even know me anymore," she declared, and broke down from his grip. "And the fact that after so many years knowing me you think that I would accept you being a bully is confirming it even more." after ending her sentence, she walked away, leaving the boy alone, lots of emotions growing inside him.

               And she was right. He didn't know her. Not anymore.

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               WILLOW QUICKLY REPLIED to one of Miguel's texts and then tucked her phone back into her bag, a small scowl forming on her pink lips just as she saw Hawk walking along with the other Cobra Kai's, people cheering them on. When their eyes met, they both looked away in sync, the tension between them being noticeable even from a distance. However, Willow wasn't going to give up. She really was done with the boy's new attitude, and everything connected with Cobra Kai.

               At the very beginning, she thought that Cobra Kai actually saved her life, but she was wrong. It didn't save her — it ruined her, and everything that was important to her.

               "Want me to hit them in the face with the ball for you?" Blair spoke, nudging the girl with her shoulder. Willow turned her head to her and smiled softly, actually enjoying the fact that she finally had the excuse to not take a part in the gym class. The only minus of the whole situation was that she couldn't take the revenge on the Cobra Kai's by herself, and she really wanted that.

               With that, she nodded her head, "Yes, please," she replied, and then frowned when the Alexopoulos boy threw a bottle of water at her, her catching it in the last moment. "What was that for?" she questioned, and he shrugged.

               "For leaving me there alone. When you played, at least I wasn't the only one, who didn't understand soccer," he explained, and she rolled her eyes, snorting in amusement. After that, he turned to Sam again. "I wish we could do something about those cretins," he added in annoyance. Willow squeezed his arm to calm him down, which worked immediately.

               "Yeah, I'm so on for kicking their asses," Blair agreed.

               Suddenly, Sam answered them, "We can."

               With that, the three glanced at her in disorientation, not having any idea what she meant by that.

               "How? Counselor Blatt will give us detention for breathing near them," Demetri reminded them of what happened in the cafeteria, pointing to the violet-haired girl, who rolled her eyes at the memory. "Or call our parents."

               "I don't see her anywhere, do you?" Sam questioned, smirking to the two girls, who looked at each other meaningfully. "Besides, what's a soccer game without a little psychical contact?"

               Just then, Sam, Blair and Demetri looked at the violet-haired girl, who started thinking about the idea for a second before nodding her head with appreciation.

               "I'll cheer you guys on," she announced, and did a high-five with the dark blonde girl, who smiled proudly. "Just don't get into much trouble, okay? I'm not sure if Counselor Blatt will listen to me after what that idiot pulled in the cafeteria,"

               "We won't," Sam promised. "They think we're doormats. Let's prove them wrong."

               And so, after a few minutes, Willow watched as her friends played with the Cobra Kai's, pretending to knock them down by accident. A small smile played on her lips as she watched Blair kick the ball hard into a boy's back, causing him to fall to the ground and grunt. Just then, Hawk ran past him and took the ball from the dark blonde, scoring a point after a few seconds. That made the smile fade from Willow's lips.

               Her emerald eyes scanned the Moskowitz boy, who, aware of her attention on him, sent a wink towards her, causing her to quickly look away and bite her cheek. As a result, he scoffed and used the anger boiling inside him to push some boy out of his way and knock him down.

               Using the occasion, Demetri ran over to the boy, making a mocking face, "She loved you, you know?"

               Hawk frowned, "What'd you say?"

               The Alexopoulos glared at the Froud girl and gave her a small wave, her returning it with a suspicion on her face as she watched the two talk.

               "Oh, yeah, she told me. Man, you got the good thing going with the hottest girl in school, who didn't even care about, who you were, and loved you despite everything," Demetri announced after a while. "But you ruined it by becoming a loser." he then added, suddenly pushing the Moskowitz boy and sweeping his leg from under him, making him fall to the ground. "I guess that's why the Europeans call it football,"

               Meanwhile, Willow scrunched her eyebrows, watching as Hawk finally hit the ground. When he stood up, he held Rickenberger back from attacking Demetri and told him something that the girl couldn't understand. Some seconds later, she watched as the Cobra Kai's started fighting back, a grimace showing up on her lips. It was all fun until it wasn't.

               When Blair finally got the ball, she smirked and looked around, making sure that the couch wouldn't see her, then kicked the ball at some boy's face, him falling to the ground.

               "Nice one,"

               She nodded her head, "Thanks," after that she blinked several times in confusion, realizing that the boy, who said that wasn't even in her team. "Wait, no. Not nice. Fuck,"

               And when she was ready to attack Rickenberger from behind, the couch's yell interrupted her. She groaned in displeasure then pushed through the Cobra Kai's, feeling annoyed that she lost the perfect occasion to finally get revenge on the boys that hurt her best friend.

✹ —— nat speaks !

i have mixed feelings about this chapter, but the worse times are yet to come 😖😖

i'm so mad at hawk rn, but it's okay. he'll fix everything soon 😋😋