"My hands aren't broken, why wouldn't I go to practice?" Alexa asked as her and Robby walked toward the dojo.

"Your nose is broken, Alexa." Robby spoke in disbelief, pulling the door open as she walked in first.

Tory set her eyes on Robby first. "Well, look who showed up."

Robby walked past her, heading toward the office. Tory frowned as she looked at Alexa. "You all right?"

"Fine." Alexa said back, catching her eyeing her nose. "Sorry I wasn't good enough at Sams."

"We all could have done better. Hawk still hurt you." Tory said sternly as Alexa walked into the mat. "We're gonna get him back."

"Cant belive he turned his back on us. I just didn't send it coming." she answered in return, taking the hair tie Tory handed her to pull her hair up.

"You walked in with that fool that doesn't even practice, but he gets to stay." Kyler spoke up her way as Alexa looked over. "I don't get it."

Alexa rolled her eyes. "It's non of your business, Kyler."

"Maybe you could have avoided getting your ass handed to you if he'd helped." Kyler argued with her as he waved his hands around.

"I didn't get my ass handed to me. I was taken off guard, by my friend." Alexa glared his way with a point to herself, walking over. "Robby being there wouldn't have changed what happened. I don't wanna talk about it anymore."

"You don't wanna talk about how Hawk broke your nose?" Kyler asked. Alexa had his face, shoving it against the glass.

"Alexa." Tory warned her, looking weary toward Kreeses office.

"Last time I checked, you didn't do so good either." Alexa spoke through her teeth, Kylers head against the glass. "You done acting like it's my fault?"

"Yeah." Kyler winced, the glass cracked slightly as Alexa let him go with a huff. "Jesus, I don't think it's your fault."

"Then stop holding it over my head." she glared his way with a point of her finger. "I know I messed up, there isn't anything we can do to change what happened. All that matters is he's gonna get what's coming for him, not that that's gonna pay my medical bills."

"Did you apply for that loan I sent you?" Tory cut in worried. "It'll help."

Alexa shook her head. "I don't qualify because it's a broken nose, already checked."

Tory nodded, looking at her nose. "You got a concussion too?"

"Yeah, it's not bad though, just get nauseas easily." Alexa answered, shrugging her off as she looked toward Kyler. "Don't let what happened define any of us."

"Sorry, Lex." he apologized with a guilty look. "I know it's not all on you. I didn't see it coming either."

"Doesn't matter." Alexa shook her head, her eyes swollen still from the nose break, bandage across the bridge. "All we can do now is be better, do what Sensi Kreese says, he's not gonna let them get away with this."

"You all right?" Robby looked back as Alexa finally made it from puking in the bathroom. "Loose ten pounds?"

"Probably." she climbed onto her bed with a sigh, shoving some gum into her mouth. "I can't do school right now."

"Far enough." Robby shrugged as she laid back against the pillows. "You need to take it easy. Let your concussion wear off before you keep training."

"I can't just do nothing after what just happened." Alexa said annoyed, her eyes shut. "Hawk kicked my ass and then switched sides right infront of me, and I acted like a little bitch."

"Hey, you got hit pretty hard." Robby stopped her.

"That's bullshit, I just let my emotions get the best of me and I showed weakness." she said bitterly, putting her water bottle next to her. "Which is why I need to train harder, so that shit doesn't happen again."

Robby didn't want to argue with her, because he didn't know Alexa well, but he knew her enough to know she was always gonna think she was right. "Were you and Hawk close?"

"Sorta. We were when we first joined Cobra Kai last year. Really close." Alexa shrugged with a minor shake of her head. "But, then I met Tory, and he was all over the place with Moon, and we just kinda fell apart. Still didn't expect him to do what he did though."

"Does it both you that he changed sides or that you didn't see it coming?" Robby asked her, taking her water bottle to drink from it.

"Who do you think you are?" Alexa asked in disbelief as he stared over at net. "My therapist? What does it matter what I think?"

Robby inhaled with a nod. "So, i'm thinking a little bit of both."

"You're exhaling." Alexa rolled her eyes, stealing her water bottle back as she grabbed her medicine from the bedside table.

"And you are not hard to read." Robby pointed out as Alexa popped the pills into her mouth. "Your brother coming home tonight?"

"Maybe." Alexa shrugged slightly, making sure the door was still locked. "He sometimes works nights."

"You guys aren't close?" Robby asked her.

"Why do you keep asking me a million questions?" Alexa fell back onto her bed again with a sigh. "You're making my concussion brain spin."

"My bad, we could just go over flash cards instead." he shrugged in return.

"Nooo." Alexa groaned as Robby grinned. "God, no. We aren't close, no. He's a lot older then me and we don't like each other most of the time."

"How come?" Robby continued on.

Alexa groaned, throwing her pillow across her face and yelling into it, throwing it his way. "I'd rather talk about science."

"Finally, I was waiting for that." Robby leaned over to grab the flash cards from her nightstand.

Alexa turned her head to look at him from how she laid. "Was that your plan?"

"It was." Robby agreed, flashing the card her way. "Erosion."

"You wore your sneakers without socks?" Alexa asked as she watched Kyler take them off the next day.

"We can't wear sock in the dojo." he said back with a weird look.

"You can still wear them on your way here." Alexa cringed. "This is why you need a bunch of shoes, because you stink up the rest of them."

"No, you don't get it. Why w-" Kyler began, stopping as they all saw Robby standing before the dojo, in a gi, waiting for them. "Get a load of this chump. What are you doing here?"

"Sensei Kreese isn't back yet, so i'm gonna get you guys warmed up." Robby answered calmly their way. Alexa kicked her shoes off, dropping her bag next to Torys.

"You've never been a part of this team and you think you're our sensei?" Kyler laughed in his direction."Get the hell outta here, man."

"Who says we even want you?" Tory asked him. Robby glanced in Alexa's direction, she leaned on the wall and gave him a hand motion, encouraging him to go on.

"Okay, hit me." Robby nodded, confusing the class. "Any of you."

"I'll hit him!" Alexa called from the back, the boys backing up and making room for her as she walked forward.

"If you land a hit, i'll go." Robby spoke as he took a step closer to her.

"Aw, really?" Alexa mocked sarcastically, tightening her gi belt. "I was starting to enjoy your pretty face around here."

She swung her fist in his direction, having Robby dodge it. Alexa went to elbow him, Robbys arms going around her waist and taking her down on the mat. Alexa groaned, looking up as Robby pushed up on his hands to look at her. "Still gonna miss my pretty face?"

He pulled her up again, looking at the dojo. "Who's next?"

Kyler tried to kick him, failing as he joined Alexa in the side. A few more boys did the same, having Robby dodge them and toss each of them to the side easily with his own kicks and punches. Alexa sipped her water bottle when she felt nauses from the movement, but her eyes danced of impression. Tory was the final one, swinging around on her back leg as she tried to kick Robby, having him duck to dodge it, getting a shove away as she didn't give up.

Alexa's eyes darted back and forth, putting her water bottle down to see how this played out. Tory tried to kick him again, then gave a string of punches, have each one blocked and dodged. Robby grabbed her arm, tossing her over his shoulder. "No hard feelings?"

Tory turned, kicking Robby in the face as he fell backwards. They got to their feet on sync, Robby nodded. "A deals a deal. I'll go."

Alexa held her head a little higher, debating if she should interfere.

"No." Tory spoke up before she could.

Robby turned back, and Tory nodded to Alexa. The Castilo girl walked onto the mat, tapping Robbys shoulder. "You should stay."

It wasn't long before Robby stood before the group now, the warm up having them all fall in line with him. "I'll admit, at first, I didn't want to join Cobra Kai. But eventually, we all need to look ourselves in the mirror and realize who we really are. Now, we may have taken some losses, but it's not about how you start. It's about how you finish. And to beat the enemy, it helps to know the enemy's playbook. So i'm gonna teach you Miyagi-Do karate, so we can beat Miyago-Do Karate."

The group all yelled to show their agreement. Kreese walked in, standing at the doorway as Robby looked his way. "They're all warmed up for you, sensei."

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kylie speaks

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robby: 🥰😏😊