It was probably suppose to feel more natural. Sadie knew they weren't suppose to just stand there after the "let's begin!" announcement. She looked over at Sam, raising her eyebrows with a minor flinch. Sadie's eyes traveled back toward Eli and Demeter. The boy cleared his throat, hesitantly raising his hand. "Uh, begin what exactly?"

Johnny and Daniel shared a look, Sam sighed, holding onto Sadie's hand tighter. Sadie sensed the awkwardness. "Is anyone gonna answer him?"

"Begin a new era." Daniel eyed Sadie slightly. "Many of us used to be enemies. But rivalries don't need to last forever. The All Valley Tournament is just a few months away, but this year, the stakes are higher then they've ever been. We know that Cobra Kai is gonna use every dirty trick in the book. There's only one way we're gonna be able to beat-"

"By kicking their asses so hard they shit themselves." Johnny cut him off with a proud look. Sadie grinned now, inhaling as she was practically shaking. Sam tugged on her arm to calm her down. "We gotta take things to the next level. Gonna teach you an aggression stronger than anything Cobra Kai can throw at us. They strike first? We'll pre-strike!"

"Okay, we're getting ahead of ourselves." Daniel looked alarmed. "We are going to-"

"Hell yes! Pre-Stike!" Sadie yelled with a cheer, throwing her arms up as a Eagle Fang did the same.

"Didn't name the dojo after her for nothing." Johnny gave a proud point to Sadie.

"Woah, woah." Daniel cut him quickly with a blink. "Respond to what they do."

"Eagles do not respond." the blonde cut him off, as if he wasn't even talking. "They swoop down and take whatever they want. That's what we're gonna do. Take back the Valley."

"Take it back in a measured and organized approach." Daniel took his advice in pretend he wasn't even there. Sadie and Sam shared another look, Sadie attempting to hide a comical smile.

"We bite first!" Johnny yelled.

Daniel sighed. "Okay, let's just warm up with some simple exercises."

"All right, line up!" the blonde sensei announced, Sadie let Sam go, backing up. She ended up right in the middle of Demetri and Hawk, looking at the red haired boy as he gave her a tiny smile. She ignored him and faced forward.

"Just breathe and follow me." Daniel gave a nod of his head, inhaling and exhaling, encouraging the rest to do the same.

"Yoga?" Sadie spoke up with a raise of her eyebrows.

"Fighting positions!" Johnny called out after her words, making the Eagle Fangs do as as they know, Miyagi Dos doing what they knew. "Front kick ready. Hi-yah!"

"Hi-yah!" they yelled on sync, Mitch kicking Nathan down to the ground as the groups jaw fell.

"Shit, dude. I'm sorry." the curly haired boy looked down at him to apologize. Sadie snorted as she turned away, Demetri elbowed her quickly when he saw Daniels look.

"Ready. Fight!" Johnny yelled after Daniel lead them into the grass, waving his hand between Bert and Mitch. The two boys started to try to punch each other. Daniel glanced over, watching Sadie snake an arm around Sams waist and rest her chin on her shoulder. Sam said something with a flushed grin, making Sadie say something back and nuzzle into her neck. When he looked at the boys again, the man was taken off guard by their fighting task.

"Hey, hey! You're just swinging at each other!" Daniel got between the two, looking in Sadie's direction, immediately think that his daughters girlfriend was probably a fighter like this. Not to mention all the times her and Sam had gotten into physical fights before, he feared for Sam with Sadie. He looked back at Johnny. "Don't you teach any defense?"

"Best defense is more offense." Mitch adjusted his shirt as he spoke to him.

Bert kicked him harshly in the side, one to the chest as the boy fell into the rock. Sadie laughed, Sam elbowing her quickly as the Vesper girl hid her face into the LaRusso girl neck to laugh. Hawk watched her, sighing as he looked to Demetri. The dark haired boy shook his head, warning him not to act out.

"Why do you have a rock in your dojo?" Johnny looked at Daniel in disbelief as Mitch got to his feet.

"Fight!" Daniel announced when it was his turn to have Sam and Demetri demonstrate the Miyagi Do training.

Sadie watched closely at the pair, making sure neither of them would be too rough on the other. Sam and Demetri circled each other, Sadie found it boring but crossing her arms over the floral tank top, nodding her head in satisfaction.

"What the hell is this?" Johnny yelled out with a judgmental, look of disbelief across his face. "Do something!"

"Yeah, that's not how this works." Demetri looked over with his sassy look. Sadie flashed a minor grin, looking over at Eli as a habit before realizing what she was doing, returning his grin with a glare and looking forward again. "One of us has to be provoked."

Johnny threw his water bottle at Demetri, Sadie giving an alarming look. Johnny nodded. "Provoked yet?"

The girl approached, gripping the water bottle as she faced her sensei. "Can I do it?"

"Go ahead." Johnny nodded his head.

"N-" Daniel began, stopping as Sadie threw the water bottle rather hard, ending up hitting Bert as he stumbled into Nathan. She cheered as the Eagle Fangs did the same. Sadie smiled, Daniels eyes widened as he saw her sharp teeth. Sam sighed at her dads face, grabbing Sadie's arm to pull her with her.

"Wax on, Wax off." Daniel encouraged as his students preformed their circular whips that they were taught. "It doesn't matter how many times you've done it. You always need to practice your fundamentals."

"That's right, clean it good." Johnny yelled at each of them. "Want it to look brand-spanking-new.Get all the cans out of there. You find any loose change, it belongs to me."

Sadie whipped a bead of sweat from her forehead, holding the wet rag in hand. She looked back, smirking at Sams back side facing her. She crept a few feet over, swinging her wrist as the rag hit Sam right across the ass. The LaRusso girl gasped, turning around to look at her. "Really?"

"You loved it." Sadie grinned again, swinging it again. Sam caught her arm, Sadie trying to block her as they stumbling. The pair were a giggling mess together, tripping over the other. The dojo watched the pair, some in humor, some is disappointment, some in aw, and some in jealously. Sam let out a yell as she managed to tackle Sadie, the two falling backwards to the soapy bucket, water and the bubbles falling all over the two as they laid on the ground, laughing together as if no one else was there.

"How are you okay with this?" Hawk sighed as he elbow Demetri. "Are you happy for them or something?"

Demetri shrugged slightly. "They seem happy."

Hawk frowned. "She was happier with us."

Was she? Demetri shook his head, not wanting to get into it. "She moved on. We need to respect that."

Eli tried not to look over. "She's suppose to be our girlfriend."

"Come on, you maggots! Faster!" Johnny yelled as the students went through a mini boot camp. Sadie tried to circle the bat, loosing her balance and stumbling. As she expected to hit the ground, a pair of arms caught her.

"Oh, th-" she began, stopping as her face fell, seeing who the pair of hands belonged to.

"You still get dizzy easily." Hawk blinked with a small sigh. "Remember when me, you, and Demetri went on that ride that spins really fast and then we had to go home because you couldn't handle it?"

Sadie wanted to smile at the good memory, but it ended up just bringing a weird, bottomless feeling into the pit of her stomach as she looked away. "Guess it's just hard for me to remember good memories we had."

"S-" he began.

"You know, before you got with Moon after we had a fight and then put private pictures, that I sent to just you, on a list rating girls." Sadie cut him off, pure bitterness in her tone as she stared him in the eye. "Then put it all over the internet where everyone saw it and all my college applications were denied because that sort of things doesn't get you into good colleges."

He gave her a guilty look, shaking his head. "I want to-"

"Is everything okay over here?" Sams voice rung, Sadie looking back to see she stood behind them, arms crossed and staring at Hawk.

Sadie faced Hawk again, eyeing him. "Everything's fine. Just reminding the new people where they rank on the list. But, it seems like most of them have enough experience with ranking list."

"Oh god. I think i'm about to barf." Chris gave a panicked look, cutting the tension filled moment off. They all looked over, seeing him running to the side.

"No, no, not the boat!" Daniel yelled as the boy ran toward the row boat, leaning over the side to puke in it.

They made it into the dojo soon after, Sam having a wave of possessiveness as she kept Sadie close. Johnny had Hawk go up first, looking around. His eyes fell on Sadie. "Fangs!"

She met his eye, seeing him giving her the look. Sadie smirked, stepping forward as she bowed. "Yes, Sensei."

"Oh, god." Hawk mumbled in a minor panic.

Daniel looked with a shake of his head, but everyone ignored him. The entire dojo knew what went on with Hawk, Sadie, and Demetri. More importantly, they knew what all Hawk did to her. Sadie narrowed her eyes as they stood infront of each other, sending him a quick wink. Johnny waved a hand between the two. "Fight!"

Sadie struck first, yelling out as she sent two kicks his way. Hawk blocked the first one, but wincing when she managed to kick him in the side. Demetri hid his face behind his hands. Hawk shook his head. "I don't wanna hurt you."

Sadie laughed, her teeth showing when she did so. "What? Think you've hurt me enough so now you don't want to anymore? Getting bored, Eli?"

She swung at him, his hand grasping her wrist and giving her a yank. Sadie stumbled toward, his arm going around her tightly. Sadie leaned down, biting his arm as Eli winced, shoving her away to break his arm away. She didn't bite him hard enough to draw any blood, but it broke the skin.

"Okay!" Daniel tried to announce. "Enough!"

"She's doing great." Sam stopped him from breaking the pair up.

"No, she isn't fighting fair." he corrected her.

Sam looked at her dad. "Let her have this one."

"I'm sorry." Eli spoke as he nodded at Sadie, the two circling. "Really, I am. I know everything I did really sucked."

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" she mocked him, glancing at his arm. "I thought you liked it when I bite you?"

Hawk huffed, blocking her kick again, kicking her way as well. Sadie leaned back, his foot flying infront of her but she managed to move. Her hand grasped his ankle, doing a forward role as Hawk rolled over her body by default, his free leg crashing through the door.

"You see, this is why we don't spar in here." Daniel announced as Hawk backed off, an apologetic look on his face from the ground.

Demetri cleared his throat, walking toward the pair that were pair on their backs. "Should we group hug?"

"I'd rather die." Sadie said, taking Demetris hand as he pulled her to her feet. She looked down at Eli below her. "Sorry, lover boy. Shit happens."

Sam pulled away from Sadie, the two kissing on her bed after sneaking the girl in. "Is something bothering you?"

Sadie pulled an odd look. "No, why?"

"You seem...not into this." Sam shook her head, flushed in the face as she crossed her legs.

Sadie sighed. "It's not you. Today was just a lot."

"With Eli?" Sam asked.

Sadie rolled her eyes. "Why do we have to talk about this?"

Sam shook her head with a frown of her eyebrows. "If something is bothering you then I just want you to talk about it with you. Especially if it has to do with your ex boyfriend, or boyfriends."

"Oh my god, it's not." Sadie spoke in annoyance, mainly because it really did have to do with Eli, but she didn't want Sam to know that. "You don't think it's weird working with your ex boyfriend? Miguel."

"Miguel and I made up and we're friends now. You and Eli hate each other. And it's even weirder when Demetri is involved." Sam listed on as Sadie squeezed the bridge of her nose. "I know you guys dated and I can imagine it's really hard for you. If you're having second thoughts-"

"Sam, I really didn't want to have a therapy session right now." Sadie cut her off, immediately feeling guilty by what she said. "I just want to spend time with my girlfriend but she just keeps bringing up my ex boyfriends."

Sam frowned as Sadie got off the bed. "I didn't mean to upset you. I just know they were the first people you-"

"You didn't upset me, my mom just wants me home for dinner." Sadie cut her off, avoiding eye contact because her heart was feeling heavy and her eyes started to glaze over. She grabbed her bag, pulling herself together as she faced Sam. "I'll pick you up in the morning."

Sadie kissed her forehead, Sam grabbed her wrist. This was it, this is what everyone warned her about. Sadie, she'd get close, then she'd ghost you. Everyone knew it, she had a reputation. People wanted Sadie Vesper, but they all knew she'd never keep them longer then a night. Eli and Demetri broke that, because they were the first people Sadie loved enough to break down her walls. And then she destroyed Demetri, and Hawk destroyed her. Now she had Sam, who she wanted so badly, who she was so glad to make things official with. But now she she was staring at her, and she was getting so close, and things were serious enough to get personal.

And Sadie was panicking and fearing the worst.

"You know I just want to help." Sam whispered as she held her wrist.

"I know." Sadie nodded with a blink, she grabbed Sams face and kissed her on the lips. "Things just...take extra time with me."

"I know, and i'm gonna wait it out with you." Sam gave a small smile, holding her hands. "Just don't push me away."

Sadie bit the inside of her mouth, nodding slightly as Sam sat up to hug her.

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kylie speaks

aw my baby sadie and
all her fear of commitment,
love my best girl. her and sam
are so cute, i missed them so
muc. eds still breaks my heart,
especially right now. i'm so glad
to be back and i have so much
planned for sadie, i know you
guys will love it! don't be too mad at her for being mean to
baby eli, it's killing me writing
them like this, but keep in mind
all he did to her in the previous
chapters!