"If I had to choose Eli or the sun," Alaska sung at the top of her lungs in the car, changing the lyrics as she pointed toward the flustered boy in her passengers seat, "I'd be one nocturnal son of a gun!"

Eli laughed as he looked out the window, seeing everyone lined up and walking into Cobra Kai. Demetri texted and said he had already been there with Miguel. Eli began to mess with his fingers as Alaska turning her car off and nudged him, "What the matter?"

"Maybe we shouldn't go in." he said as she tilted her head at him in disbelief, "We probably can't fight anyways."

"It'll be good for us, no more assholes ripping bellybutton rings and grabbing your face." Alaska asked as he sighed and continued to mess with his hands, "Just one day, if you don't like it we'll never come back."

Eli sighed as he nodded his head, unbuckling his seat belt and meeting her in the front of the car, "Is it okay for you to do this? It's only been two weeks since you got your stitches, the doctor said four to six."

"I'm like, completely healed." Alaska lied as she pulled open the door and let him walk in first, "Honestly, they act like I ripped my vagina open giving birth to a ugly ass baby who's gonna hate me when they get older, or whatever."

Eli stayed close by as she tugged him by the sleeve toward Demetri who huffed and rolled his eyes when he saw the duo, "Why did I let you talk me into this? This goes against everything I stand for. It's like extra gym class for no reason."

"And what exactly do you stand for? The Star Wars theme song?" Alaska asked him in disbelief as Demetri put a hand on his heart in disbelief.

"Let's just give it a chance." Eli tried to reason with Demetri who sighed, "You saw the fight. Miguel kicked ass."

"Three asses to be exact." Alaska said with a point of her finger and crossing her arms over the gym wear she got for today only.

"Quiet!" a sudden yell was heard as everyone in the room jumped and looked toward the direction it came from. A man with sandy blonde hair and tanned skin in a black karate uniform, "Face front!"

Everyone got in a front facing position. Demetri and Alaska shared a alarming look in the corner of their eye. The man walked through the rows of students, eyeing each and every one of them intimidatingly. He passed Demetri, "Nice shirt."

"Thanks." the tall boy grinned.

"I'm joking. It sucks." the sensei said with a judged look, passing Alaska as she held her head a bit higher and straightened her back.

"Word of advice, if you've got shit for teeth, don't smile." he said again as he passed a student who was grinning widely at him. Alaska's eyes widened as she nodded to the door but Eli gave her a slightly pleading look. She regretted giving him the idea in the first place now.

"God, makes me feel like a virgin, just looking at you." Sensei said as he passed a younger boy who hadn't looked any older then thirteen at the most. Alaska rolled her eyes when his back was to her, "When I look around this dojo, I don't see Cobra Kai material. I see losers, I see nerds. I see a fat kid with a funny hat with his tits popping out."

Alaska looked to Miguel in disbelief as he shut his eyes in humiliation before the mans voice rung again, "But, my short time as a sensei, i've also seen some miracles. So, maybe there's some hope for you yet. But first I need to see where you're at. So everybody, fall in!"

Everyone stood around in confusion, the trio looked to see if anyone else was doing anything. Sensei Lawerence sighed, "That means line up!"

"I feel like he's definitely about to yell something offensive at me." Alaska whispered to Demetri as the three got into the line quickly, their matching Harry Potter socks clashing against the red and black mat.

"No, no! Not like up in a line. Lines! Get in lines!" he began to demand them again with a dumb look across his fast as if they were the stupid ones here.

"You mean like rows?" Demetri asked with a dumbfounded look across his face. Eli and Alaska shared a eyebrow raise as the sensei put his head in his hands.

"Hi-yah!" Sensei Lawerence yelled over and over as the students got into rows, showing their punched off to him as he walked down the rows slowly. Alaska felt herself panic each time he did so, eyeing her form as the muscle flexed in her arm slightly.

"Hey, Lip!" he suddenly called out, eyes focused on Eli as Alaska bit her tongue. She looked to Miguel as he gave her a pleading look, "Yeah, you. The one with the freaky lip. Who do you think i'm talking to?"

"I thought you were talking to me." Alaska said as Eli looked to her for help.

"Then you're dumber then you look." he snapped at her before looking back toward Eli who's face went red.

"Excuse me, uh, Mr. Lawrence." Demetri stated toward the man.

"Sensei Lawrence!" Aisha corrected loudly from next to Miguel, the only two with the karate gis.

"Okay." Demetri said with a wide eyed look, "You really shouldn't make fun of someone's physical appearance."

"Oh, is that so?" Sensei asked him with a eyebrow raise, "So, i'm not suppose to mention his lip at all?"

"It's not what he means." Alaska said quickly as his eyes shifted to her once again, "There's just really not any point in calling out someone for something they can't help."

"What's your name?" he demanded to her with a nod his head.

"Alaska." she said as he laughed, no one else found it funny.

"That's your name?" he asked as Demetri rolled his eyes.

"It's where my parents met." she said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Yeah well listen up, Antarctica." he said to her sternly with a glare, "Maybe that's what they teach you in school, but in the real world, you can't expect people to do what they're suppose to do. You hear that, Lip? If you can't handle someone making fun of you, how you gonna handle a elbow to the teeth?"

"By calling the police." Demetri said as Alaska shut her eyes, looking to Eli who was looking down at his feet.

"Dude, knock it off." Miguel said to him with a shake of his head.

"What?" Demetri asked him with a shrug, "He does realize that the Nazis lost the war, right? Why should I be scared of him? Because's he's got a snake on his wall? It's not like he's a teacher who can give us a bad grade. We're paying him. He works for us. It's not like he can actually hurt us."

"Demetri, stop." Alaska warned as Sensei Lawrence stepped forward with a too calming of a look in his eye. Alaska knew it well, she'd seen her father give it to the junkie dealers over and over before threatening to murder them if they didn't give him his money for the drugs they stole.

Eli pulled Alaska back as the others began to do the same.

"What's happening? Snake pit or something?" Alaska asked Miguel who shut his eyes and squeeze the bridge of his nose.

"You done?" Sensei asked as he stood before Demetri.

"What?" he asked with a slightly scared look.

"Hit me." Sensei Lawrence demanded, "Go head, hit me. Strike me, right here."

Alaska took the time to whip the single tear that fell from Eli's eye after he'd gotten made fun of. Demetri swung as Sensei Lawrence pushed his hand to the side, "Harder."

Demetri inhaled shaky as he looked to his friends, the three giving him some what of a encouraging look. When Demetri did it again he got his hand pushed away hard enough to make him wince, "Is that all you got, princess?"

Demetri went to swing again before he was stopped and swung over in a flip to land on the ground. Alaska winced as Demetri groaned in pain.

"Let that be a lesson to all of you." Sensei said as he pointed to the group knowingly.

•

kylie speaks

not me stressing
over school so
coming into my
comfort ship/book
to write all the way
up to episode nine
already....

cupid's chokehold is
on alaska's playlist for
eli and eli only.