Somehow Halley had convinced Eli to let his hair down, he hadn't wore it down in front of people since he 'flipped the script', but after she assured him that she loved how he looked without the mohawk he took a shower to dilute the shit ton of gel he had put on, and when he came out of the bathroom Halley felt like passing out. It was the hottest she's ever seen him.
Halley stared at him for a few seconds, just admiring him, and when she saw him getting insecure she patted the space on the bed beside her, when he sat she immediately pulled him in for a kiss, that turned heated in seconds. His hands were on her lower back and she was on his lap, her hands cupping his jaw. Halley moved her hips down unconsciously, gaining a groan from Eli that neither of them were expecting. They both froze for a second, Halley in shock and Eli in embarrassment, his whole face turned red and he was getting ready to apologize when Halley kissed him again with the same intensity as before, if not more
The two were so engaged in their make out that they didn't hear the front door open and close, their ears didn't register the voices of other two people until said voices were heard in the hall outside Halley's room. They immediately pulled away, looking at the other with wide eyes, Halley jumped of Eli's lap onto the other side of the bed, threw a cushion to the boy to cover his very much visible erection and laid back pretending like they were just chilling, Eli laid himself against the headboard just in time as the door opened showing Christine and Diego Larusso on the other side, Halley's parents. Eli paled
"Mom, Dad!" the girl jumped to hug her parents "You didn't tell me you were coming home already"
"Surprise!" Diego said. Halley smiled, she didn't get to see her parents often, and when she did, it wasn't for a long time, but she still loved them
"Eli? Hello" Christine was the one who noticed the boy still sitting on the bed
"Ms and Mr. Larruso. It's so nice to see you" he didn't dare to get up from the bed, so he settled with a hand wave. Eli had already meet Halley's parents, several times, their family's were friends and also he spend half of his time on the Larusso household
"What were you two doing" you could tell the man was not suspicious of anything that was happening seconds before they entered the room, he just looked curious, Eli started to shake slightly
"Uh- w-we were...I" Eli was a terrible liar, and even more in front of the parents of his girlfriend
"We are paired together for a project in school, we were just trying to figure out who does what parts" It wasn't the first time she had to lie on the spot, let's say that wasn't the first time her parents had come home earlier than expected and caught her with someone in her room. That seemed to be enough for his dad as he nodded
"We are ordering sushi. Eli you're staying?" Eli nodded before Diego left the room. Christine however stayed and look at her daughter with a mischievous smile
"Your lipstick it's smudged, you might wanna fix that" she winked "And that" she pointed at Eli before leaving the room, to join her husband. When Halley looked at Eli she realized her lipstick had transferred into his lips, they were so lucky his father was oblivious as a baby, otherwise he would've noticed
"Jesus, that was close" she threw herself in the bed with a sigh escaping her lips
"Yeah" there was a few seconds of silence "You think we should tell them....Or well, tell your dad as your mom pretty much already knows"
"Tell my dad what?" she was playing dumb, she knew very well what he meant, she just wanted to hear him say it
"That, you know....that...I'm your boyfriend" he stuttered
"You're not my boyfriend" his face fell immediately "You never asked"
"What?"
"You never asked to be my boyfriend, so..." the boy released a breath, now knowing she was just messing with him as she could see her holding back a smile
"Well... Halley Marie-"
"That's not my second name" he ignored her completely
"...Larusso, will you give me the honor of being your boyfriend?" he crawled in the bed, stopping when they were face to face
"That would be my pleasure, Eli Moskowitz" they both smiled brightly at each other and Eli pulled her in for a kiss, this time it wasn't heated or needy, it was soft and gentle
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"You are so lucky your parents already know Eli" Sam and Halley were laying on Sam's back yard, taking the sun, Sam was telling her all about her drama with Miguel
"Miguel's really nice, you can bring him here, I'm sure your dad won't mind"
"It's not that easy, it's not that he's not gonna like Miguel, what he's not gonna like is that he trains in Cobra Kai"
"Yeah, but..." Halley's words were interrupted by the ornament hanging in the yard rattling, her and Sam looked over and when the brunette identified Robby she smirked. The boy looked like he wanted to leave without alerting the two, which he clearly failed
"Oh, hey" Sam stood, smiling at him
"Hi" he smiled back "Sorry, I was...I was looking for Mr.Larusso. He's been training me back here in the dojo" Halley had already told her cousin about Robby, that was just the first time they met in person
"Then I should thank you" okay, now Sam was obviously flirting "He tried roping me into it. You and Halley saved me" she finally acknowledged Halley's presence
"So you must be the one they talk about all the time"
"I would hope so. I'm Samantha"
"Robby" Halley was glad Daniel arrived interrupting whatever flirting the two were doing, as she would've had to do it herself otherwise, out of respect for Sam's boyfriend, who was also her friend
"Oh, look at this. My current students and my former student. You know if you wanna join us, Sam, there's still time"
"I'm actually going to the mall with mom, aunt Chris and Grandma" Halley made a face of disgust at that
"I'm gonna get a hard pass on that, I'll get changed, wait for me" she pointed at Daniel and Robby and then to Sam, who was looking at her in disbelief "Sorry, but between those woman together and the possibility of crossing a bear" she pretend to think for a few seconds "I'll take the bear" She ran away from the scene and to get change, that woods lesson was something she and Sam experienced when they were 9, Halley quite enjoyed it so she was looking forward to it