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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR—
I'm headed your way with the devil on my fucking shoulder.

"That's all he said?" Alexa frowned her eyebrows as she sat with Tory. "Just came in and asked for me then left?"

"How many times do I have to tell you yes?" Tory exhaled as she fell back against her bed. "That's all that happened."

"What'd Silver say?" she bounced her leg and made the bed shake some.

"He said you didn't go there anymore but said he'd keep a look out." she shrugged her shoulders and turned her head to raise an eyebrow. "If you and Robby hadn't left me for Mexico you'd know."

Alexa exhaled and tossed herself ontop or Tory, getting a quick yelp from the impact. "I'm sorry. Won't go to Mexico without you again."

"I tried to get your spot back, you know." Tory explained as Alexa rolled off her. "But, it didn't work out."

Alexa shook her head. "I think that maybe i'm better off without."

Tory seemed hesitant. Alexa nudged her with her knee. "Don't be dramatic, spit it out."

"He paid off the ref." she spit it out as they made eye contact. "Sensei Silver did. So id win."

"Wait-" Alexa sat up with frowned eyebrows. "He bribed him? Sam actually..."

"I didn't know who else to say it to." Tory sat up with her with a shake of her head. "I don't know what to do. I want that trophy."

"Then keep it." Alexa shrugged. "But you said you didn't have to cheat to win. Do you wanna still stick by his side after that?"

"I can't leave the dojo." Tory shook her head. "You can't tell anyone. Especially Robby."

"Come on. You know I won't." Alexa shook her head as she let it sink in some. "Are you gonna ask Terry about it?"

"I guess i'm just trying to find the right way to go about it." Tory admitted to her with a disappointed look on her face. "I just was, like, really happy for myself."

"You made it to the end. Even if there was some shit that messed it up, you should still be proud of yourself." the Castillo girl shrugged her shoulders and leaned against her palms. "I am."

"Don't get soft." Tory hid a smile as she kicked her in the knee. "Pussy."

"You're a pussy!" Alexa smacked her hard with her pillow as Tory laid back against the bed at the impact. "Too much of a pussy to gimme a hug?"

Tory rolled her eyes, leaning over and hugged her as Alexa hugged her back, placing her hand on the back of her head. Tory was taken back by his hard she was hugging her. "What happened, Lex?"

"Nothing. Everything is good right now." she had to smile. It was. It was all so good. She had Robby. She had Miguel. She had Eli. She finally got the weight of telling someone about Mr.Bryant off her shoulders. Her Mom was still here. Ty and Josh were close to getting back together. She broke free from the toxic dojo. And she still had Tory. It was all good.

A knock hit the door.

"Can you throw my sunscreen in that bag while I get that?" Alexa pulled a large California tee over her orange bikini and headed for the door while Tory got the last of their stuff together. The brunette kicked Ty's shoes out of the apartment doorway and pulled the door open. A large man with dark hair and dressed in black stood there. He didn't look like he came from around here, too nice and clean cut to be from this side of Reseda. "You lost?"

He held a box to her. "You Alexa?"

She hesitated and took the box. He stared at her. "Who the hell are you?"

"My apologizes." was the last he said before walking away.

"Weirdo." Alexa mumbled as she shut the door, gasping as Tory stood behind her. "Jesus! Don't do that to me, you ass!"

"That's the guy." her eyes widened as she said it. "From the dojo."

Alexa looked down at the box, her name on the front. The girls shared a look as Alexa put it on the counter and Tory grabbed a pair of scissors to cut the large strip of tape open. Alexa yanked it hard as Tory helped pull the rest of the box open. Both the girls gagged and backed up at the smell. "Holy shit."

"What the fuck is that?" Tory held her nose as they looked at one smaller box.

Alexa held her breath as she pulled the smaller box open and immediately yelled out, jumping back as maggots crawled out of a dead rat. Tory slammed the box shut again as she looked at Alexa from across the room now. "Dumpster."

"Fucking dumpster." Alexa agreed with a disgusted look on her face. She had never seen that guy in her life, so what made him want to deliver her a dead animal?

"Look who it is." Alexa removed her orange sunglasses as she saw Robby walking her way. "Speak is the devil."

"You've been talking about me?" he rose his eyebrows as she climbed off the chair. Robby grinned at her attire. "You look good."

Alexa gave him a hug as Robby smiled over her shoulder. She pulled back to cup his face and lean in for a kiss. Tory gagged from behind them as she stood up and walked away. Alexa smiled at Robby as she held his face. "How's your Mom?"

"She's fine." he shrugged, pulling his shirt off. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about."

Alexa sat down and moved over so they could share the chair. "Don't ask me to meet your Mom. I don't meet the parents. Moms think i'm a bad influence."

"You kinda are." Robby grinned as he put his hand on her hip, not her leg this time. "She wants me to go spend the summer on Bainbridge Island."

Alexa's face fell. "Bainbridge? That's all the way in Washington."

"Look at that. You did pay attention in our History tutoring." he tried to joke to lighten the mood, but Alexa wasn't having it. "I know, i'm really sorry, Lex. I wanna stay here with you, too."

"You've lived with me for months now. Why can't you stay a few more?" Alexa gave a look of disbelief. "Let me talk to your Mom."

"That's the thing, actually. Ty went and talked to her." Robby gave a guilty look, feeling bad for throwing him under the bus. "He said that the bills are harder to afford with an extra mouth to feed. He was just seeing when i'd be able to come home but ended up making my Mom feel bad and calling my grandparents."

Alexa shook her head. She understood where Ty was coming from, but it still pissed her off. "When do you leave?"

"Two days." he twisted the tie on her bikini bottoms. "Do you think you'll be able to come with me?"

She could. Ty would let her go, and her Mom didn't get a say. But, Alexa couldn't. She frowned. "Can't leave Tory again."

Robby nodded in understanding. "It's just a couple months, right? We can talk everyday."

Alexa was bummed as she leaned her head into his shoulder. "Maybe something will fall through?"

"Maybe." he said, though they both knew it wasn't gonna happen. He turned and put a kiss to her forehead, not seeing Eli, Moon, Yasmine, Sam, and Miguel watching them. "One more thing. Kenny."

"Don't worry about Kenny. I'll watch him." Alexa shook her head as she pushed her sunglasses up on her forehead.

"I know, but that's not it. At the tournament, I saw a side of him. It was really angry, not who he is." Robby explained with a disappointed look. "I don't want him in Cobra Kai. Especially if we're not gonna be there. I tried to talk to him, but he doesn't wanna hear it."

Alexa hadn't even thought of that, she figured Kenny would follow them anywhere. "I'll talk to him. Did you see where he went?"

"Yes. But, woah, wait." Robby laughed as he pulled her back into the chair. "That can wait. Tell me about your talk with Tory."

"That creep that showed up at the dojo asking for me?" Alexa gave a questionable look as Robby put his arm around her. "He delivered a dead rat to me. It was disgusting."

"What?" Robby turned his head with a gapping look. "Did you get his name?"

"No. But I was gonna talk to our landlord to see if the cameras got his license plate." she nodded her head and looked up to him. "One more boyfriend in crime case to crack before you head off to Washington?"

Robby smiled, leaning down to kiss her again.

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