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❛ CEMENT TRUCK ❜
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO !

"YOU GOT IT 'SQUERT'?" Charlie asked as handing the cement to Bert. She watched him struggle, but he nodded.

With Chris taking over, Charlie walked to join Hawk and Miguel. Hawk poured the cement and Miguel mixed it, while she hosed it down.

She glanced at Hawk and finally decided to ask, "So, how are things with Moon?"

Hawk looked at her, a smirk playing on his lips. "Oh, we're good, really good. I think I'm gonna take her out tonight, actually." he responded, keeping a close eye on her, almost to see how she reacted.

"That's—that's nice," Charlie stammered, continuing to water down the cement. "You're lucky, Moon is really nice."

She stared into space, paying no attention to the wheelbarrow until Miguel yelled, "Woah, Charlie!"

She looked up to find the cement had basically became water. Charlie quickly turned off the hose, apologized, and walked away, with Hawk watching her.

It wasn't long until a massive cement truck arrived, and Johnny called them all over.

"You think winning the All Valley gives you the right to goof off? Well, i got News for you. Winning one championship don't mean squat. A true champion never stops training. You gotta keep moving forward or else you get stuck exactly where you are. It's like the cement in this truck. If that drum doesn't start turning, the cement inside will harden and get stuck. Is that what you want to happen to you?"

"No, sensei."

Charlie looked at the truck behind Johnny and then at Kreese, who wore a smirk on his face. She knew exactly what Johnny had in mind, and she shook her head. "No way."

"Climb up, get inside, and make it spin," Johnny pointed behind him, and the teenagers exchanged uncertain glances, wondering if he was joking.

"Ssensei, we're sorry for messing around," Aisha pleaded, and Hawk chimed in, "We've learned our lesson."

Johnny ignored their apologies and opened the truck's door. "Get in!"

"Sensei, this seems kind of dangerous. I mean, the fumes alone..." Miguel began, but Kreese interrupted him.

"Quiet!" Kreese leaned off the truck and approached them. "this man led you to the mountain top, and you question him? Look at you, look at all of you. I can't believe this pathetic pack of pussies completed in the all valley, and let alone won. It's an absolute miracle. And who's responsible for that miracle? Johnny Lawrence. The best student in the history of cobra Kai. My student."

Hawk raised his eyebrows, "You were Sensei's sensei?"

"You better believe it, kid. And I tell you I've never trained a tougher student in my whole life." Kreese boasted.

Charlie smiled at her dad, and Kreese looked at her with raised eyebrows, waiting for her. She nodded before walking forward.

Miguel took a shaky breath and stood beside her. "We'll do it, Sensei."

Miguel took the lead and helped Charlie inside the truck, followed by a few more students. As they entered, they realized the inside was ten times bigger than the outside.

Miguel and Hawk had already walked in, but Charlie hesitated. Mitch arrived, panting heavily. "This is stupid. I don't think any man has gone in these and not gotten stuck."

Charlie laughed and nudged Aisha's shoulder. "Good thing we're not men then, huh?"

She finally climbed inside, standing between Miguel and Hawk. The cement had already covered her shoes, and she silently groaned at Johnny for not telling them to wear old clothes.

Johnny leaned forward and looked at the students inside. "Don't just stand there. You want to get stuck? Move!"

They all pushed against the walls, their hands straining with the effort. Charlie's grip slipped, and she almost fell forward, but managed to steady herself.

"You good?" Miguel asked, and she nodded, ready to push again.

The wheel refused to budge, and Johnny's voice echoed from outside, urging them to hurry. Charlie's shoulders ached, but she pushed with all her strength.

The cement dropped down onto her, clinging to her hair and she huffed; she had spent hours doing her curl routine.

Finally, the wheel started turning, and cheers came from inside the truck. One of them stumbled but quickly regained footing and continued pushing.

The wheel was moving fast and they could hear everyone outside cheering them on.

When they managed to slow it down, they climbed out one by one.

Hawk climbed down before Charlie, he tripped on his lace and almost went flying. Charlie stepped off the last step and flicked one of Hawk's spikes with her fingers. "Careful, pigeon."

Hawk playfully swatted her hand away, rolling his eyes dramatically.

"You should all be proud of yourselves. I know I'm proud. Your parents would be proud too, if you told them what we did here today, which we won't." Johnny squinted suspiciously, making sure that no one would snitch.

He then stood in front of Charlie, and began hosing her down, her body shuddering from how cold the water was. Johnny then aimed the hose at her face and laughed when she put her hands up to block it.

"You pushed forward like champions. Never stopping, never being satisfied, never giving up. And if you keep pushing and keep moving forward you're gonna go to places you never even dreamed of."

Once he was done, Charlie stepped forward, wiping the water from her eyes. But it was now replaced by the water Miguel sprayed her with.

"Miguel!" she shrieked, her hands shielding her face as she ran towards another hose. The two had a small water battle, drenching each other and anyone within reach.

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CHARLIE STOOD BEHIND AISHA, resting her chin on her shoulder as she watched her father through the lens of the camera.

"there's a lot of talk going around the valley about free karate. But everyone knows that in life, you get what you pay for. You wanna really kick the competition?" Johnny asked before delivering a swift kick to the bonsai tree held by a student, causing soil to scatter everywhere.

"Then you need to get your ass over to cobra Kai. Screw that lame meditation bullshit. What you need is bone-crunching, face-smashing, good ol' American Karate." He then punched the training dummy before turning back to the camera. "enough about self-defence. Learn self-offence. Don't be a pussy, join cobra Kai and let me teach you the way of the fist."

The video finished, leaving Charlie with a satisfied smile. Johnny told Aisha what to add, and Charlie glanced behind her.

Her gaze fell on Miguel and Hawk, who had attempted to ask her something yesterday. However, she had to do something and told them to ask her tomorrow. Now, curiosity gnawed at her and she wanted to know what their question was.

"And send it to the internet!" Johnny yelled as he made his way toward the back, with Miguel and Hawk following after him.

Charlie went to do the same, but just as she moved, the bell rang, drawing her attention to Alyssa standing there. Aisha and Charlie's faces lit up, and they made their way over. "Alyssa!"

"Hey, guys," Alyssa greeted as she broke apart from their hug. "You have no idea how long it took me to figure out how to get here."

The three of them giggled but Charlie noticed Miguel and Hawk exiting the back room, their heads low. "Hey, I'll catch up with you guys in a minute."

The two girls nodded, and Charlie approached the boys. "What was all that about?"

"Robby Keene is your brother?" Miguel asked in a monotone voice.

Her smile faltered as she realised that was the thing they wanted to ask, "Yeah. We, um, we have different moms, but yeah, he's my brother."

"I always knew you had a brother, but I never realised it was Keene," Hawk added. They had grown up together, so naturally she had mentioned her brother a few times. However, the two had never met each other. "I just assumed you guys didn't keep in touch."

"No, Robby lives with his mom," she explained, absently toying with her rings. "I'm sorry for not telling you guys."

Miguel shook his head, a small smile forming. "No need to apologize. You don't owe us an explanation."

She looked up at him, a smile tugging at her lips. She then turned to Hawk, relieved to see that he wasn't bothered by it either.

"Right. Come on, there's someone I want you guys to meet," Charlie said, leading them over to Alyssa.

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all these chapters feel really rushed ewww, I just have thing where I'll like fixate on a show/movie then I'll write about it then after like a month I'll get bored of it and stop writing so I don't want that to happen 😭

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