"What is the world?" Alaska walked into the backyard, watching Hawk throw the sledgehammer into the fence.

Daniel and Johnny were close in after her. "Hey! What are you doing?"

Alaska dropped her bag, thinking the worst as she hurried forward. Demetri caught her arm with a knowing wink, Wyatt mimicking his actions from his other side. Eli looked between Johnny and Daniel. "You were both right. Talk is cheap. So i'm building a bridge."

Demetri stepped forward with his ipad in hand. "Uh, more specifically, an Okinawan sparring deck."

Alaska gushed, smiling as Wyatt shook her shoulders in joy. Demetri went on, showing the blue prints. "Eli's a design whiz. I looked it over and the physics check out."

"Mr.Miyagi just used this area for extra storage, but a new deck would mean a lot more room for training." Sam spoke up, holding her rack while Miguel stood behind her.

"And we're all gonna help build it. Assuming our sensis approve?" Miguel looked hopeful toward the pair of men, who shared a knowing look.

"Sounds good to me." Daniel confirmed.

"Yeah." Johnny smiled. "Sounds good to me."

Alaska walked forward, welcome Eli with a grin as she hugged him tightly, planting a kiss to his neck and cheek a number of times. "My lovely, off brand ginger boy, i'm so proud of you!"

"Off brand ginger boy." Wyatt looked over at Demetri in questioning as Hawk spun Alaska around some, coming to a stop as they all spread out, clearing the area to build Eli's design.

"Why is there a pack of condoms on my kitchen table?" Zane walked in that evening, an odd look on his face. "Alaska."

"Dad, did you know that 23,000 people die from STD's a year?" Alaska gapped at her father, opening the condoms and dumping them into metal boxes. "That's insane, isn't it?"

Zane gave an odd look toward Beth, who was sitting at the end of the table, a hand on her growing stomach, flipping through a sex book. "Darling, i'm glad you are educated, but-"

"We don't even have a Sex Ed class at school. So many students can be just walking around, on their death beds, with STD's." Alaska looked over in complete disbelief, a orange jacket around her shoulders. Zane hadn't seen her wear it before, staring a moment before realizing how familiar it looked. "So, I talked to Sensei Lawrence-"

"Oh lord." Zane took a breath.

"And he thought it was stupid to have a class like that. Then I explain to him how serious it was and then Daniel walked over, we were building a fence, and he said I should bring it up to the office staff." Alaska took a breath with a nod, color coding the condom packets and stacking the sex books up. "So, mom picked me up early and she got me all this stuff."

"And you got a jacket?" Zane nodded at Alaskas attire.

She looked at the orange. "What? No. This is Sensei Lawrence's to give me confidence, he gave it to Miguel on 80's night. God! You are such a dude! I'm talking about how serious this is and you're talking about a new jacket? You're as bad as freshman!"

"Woah, woah, woah." Zane threw his hands up in surrender. "I'm totally on board with this idea, i'm just saying, I like this jacket. What are you gonna say?"

"Well, i'm already on their bad side because they kicked me off Office Staff when finding out about the drug thing." Alaska said honestly with an eye roll. "So, i'm bringing pregnant Beth, who's gonna cry and say she's got STD's-"

"I don't." Beth gave him a reassuring look.

"And Sensei Lawrence is gonna come in to intimidate the people." Alaska nodded her head. "And, you know, the usual group."

"The usual group?" Zane rose his eyebrows. "Demetri?"

"She's bringing a bunch of boys with her to talk about sex classes." Beth confirmed with a knowing nod her way. "I'm her only girl."

"I can't help that my only girl friend is going to talk to Robby." Alaska gave a knowing look, glancing around. "Is he here?"

"He's at the skatepark." Zane nodded.

"Leaves before I wake up, doesn't get back until i'm asleep." Alaska confirmed with a sigh. "Maybe I should tie him up."

"Do not tie him up." Beth closed the book. "I need to pee before we go."

"You just peed." Alaska gave a weird look.

"Pregnancy." Beth defended herself, red hair flowing behind her back as she headed off.

"So." Zane flipped through one of the books. "Elis gonna go with you?"

Alaska glanced in his direction, eyes falling back down on the boxes. "He's got a good relationship with one of the councilers."

"Oh, yeah?" Zane hummed, the two of them avoiding eye contact. "Does he know about how serious STD's are?"

"Dad!" Alaska looked over in disbelief.

"Does he know the one about how his penis will fall off if it goes anywhere near my daughter?" Zane rose his voice with a knowing look in her direction. "I'd love to tell him."

"We're not- we're not...doing anything." Alaska gave an embarrassed look in his direction. "We're...like, friends."

"Still, I think you should tell him about that one." Zane said with a knowing look her way, eyeing the jacket. "Want me to come with you?"

"I think i've got it." Alaska said, wanting to get out of the house. "I'm leaving before you continue to have this uncomfortable conversation with me."

"I love you, darling!" he called to her. "Don't forget to tell him about the penis eating STD!"

When he heard the door shut, he pulled his phone from his front pocket. Scrolling through his camera roll, he made it to the very top where he had a photo of Gina saved from her high school days. Zooming in on it, he found his wife when she was seventeen, seeing her wearing the same exact orange jacket Alaska had on.

"They bailed on me! Can you believe those assholes?" Alaska asked in disbelief, looking at the group chat. "All three of them! God, I hate boys."

"I can still cry and pee on the floor." Beth looked back at her.

"Is this really important to you?" Johnny looked back at Alaska in his back seat. "Is it really that big of a deal?"

"Is it a big deal that people are having unsafe sex just to use the pull out method to avoid pregnancy, as if sex diseases don't exist? Is it really important to me that we have a class talking about the matter since no one's bothering to tell a bunch of horny teenagers the reality of un-safe sex?" Alaska looked at him in disbelief, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, it is."

"Then screw your boys! Let's go show them." Johnny turned the car off, getting out of the car as Beth and Alaska followed. "Who's gonna talk?"

"I'm gonna say what I have to say, and when they don't take me seriously, you step in and cause a riot. If that doesn't work, Beth is gonna pee on the floor and start crying." Alaska nodded, walking between the two as she held her boxes in hand. "Sound like a plan?"

"Great plan." Beth nodded in agreement, opening the door as they walked into the school.

"These are the same assholes that threw you off office assistant because you did drugs?" Johnny asked, getting a nod. "They know you're sober?"

"Yeah, I have to do a drug test once a week in order to stay on the debate team." Alaska nodded her head, walking between the two. "They just want someone with a perfect reputation."

"Hey! Hey! I'm here!" Miguel yelled, running into the school quickly. "My uber got stuck in traffic!"

"You're here?" Alaska grinned at Miguel as he caught up to them. "You didn't seem interested when I was talking about it today."

"I was just listening to all you were saying." he caught his breath with a nod. "Hi, Miss Beth, Sensei. Where's Demetri, Eli, and Wyatt?"

"Wyatt and Demetri said they had to go shopping for new work out attires and Eli completely left me on read after saying he was going through a personal crisis and can't be around me until he deals with it. Whatever that means." Alaska rolled her eyes, letting Miguel take the books from her arm as she held the trey of condoms. "Thanks for coming. Pun intended."

"Oh my god, stop." Miguel begged as Alaska laughed. "I'm about to leave, let's do this."

"Let's do this." Alaska agreed, Johnny pulling the doors of the office open as the four walked in together. The office ladies looked up, seeing Alaska walk in.

"Alaska, how can we help you?" she smiled. The Lee girl set the condoms on the desk as Miguel laid the sex books next to them.

"Is there a reason the school lacks a Sex Education class?" Alaska asked with a raise of her eyebrows. "I'm not sure if you know this or not, but 23,000 people die from STD's a year. Now, can you imagine how many of those people are probably uneducated teenagers that don't have a parents to explain to them the reality and how dangerous sexual transmitted diseases are? The least that public schools, the same public school that my mom and dad donate a ton of money to each semester, can do is have a required class to educate, and hopefully save someone life in their future."

The two woman in the office gapped at her, her quick and sudden words taking them off guard quickly. Ms Antonet cleared her throat. "We hear your concern, and we agree, of course. But we don't have the room to add in a class during the school days, nor do we have enough money to take on another teacher."

"It doesn't have to be an every day class. All of us have a free period through out the day. If you divide all the classes up, you can take away the free period once a week for the class." Alaska was quick with her words, impressing Johnny, who hadn't, unlike Miguel and Beth, seen her on the debate team. "And you say you don't have enough money to take on another teacher but you have enough money to get the football team a bigger locker room and lay new pavement for the basketball players. So, do you not have the money, or do you just want it to all go to your sports teams?"

Miguel held back a laugh, holding his head up high.

"Parents might not like the idea of having a class about...sex. They might take it like we-" the other office lady began.

"Take it like we are trying to prevent someone dying or spreading STD's?" the teen cut her off with a raise of her eyebrows. "Despite what millennials might think, we're still gonna have sex regardless if we have a class on it. Not teaching something isn't gonna pretend it happening, but it is gonna cause it to happen in an un-safe manner."

The office was silent. The ladies shared a look. Johnny gave a look. "The kids right. Hey, I own a dojo and I catch both of these two giving sex eyes all the time. I mean, this one had sex in the parking lot, she was smart enough to whip the camera footage but I caught her leaving the office."

Alaska looked at him as if he was insane. "Sensei, you can't say t-"

"And this one stares at his girlfriends ass constantly." Johnny pointed to Miguel with a knowing look, the teens looking in pure embarrassment. "When I was a teenager, all I did was have sex. So, she's right, put a class in."

Before anyone could go on, he gave a knowing point. "And while you're at it, put her back on Office Assistant. The kid loves that shit and you're not gonna find a kid with a better reputation then Antartica. She made mistakes, so what? She's gotten over it, y'all drug test her, and she's in meetings all the time. This is discrimination. Her pronouns are So/Ber."

"Oh my god." Alaska and Miguel mumbled on que, squeezing the bridge of their noses.

"We'll talk to the principle when he's out of his meeting." the office lady gave a tight lipped smile. "Alaska, thank you for bringing this up."

The Lee girl looked impressed. "You'll have me an answer by tomorrow?"

"Yes, of course they will." Johnny added in before anyone else could answer.

The four left, Alaska and Miguel laughing to the verge of tears together. Beth nodded her head. "I didn't even have to pee on the floor."

"What's funny?" Johnny looked at the laughing teens in disbelief, watching them stumble into each other, crying and laughing at the same time.

"Her pronouns are So/Ber." Alaska mocked him, tripping and falling on the concrete, laughing as Miguel stumbled down with her.

"The kid loves that shit." Miguel mocked alongside her.

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kylie speaks

wholesome chapter
that made me smile the
entire time.