⊱ ────────ஓ๑♡๑ஓ ──────── ⊰
November 1984
Three days had come and gone since Daniel, Mr. Miyagi and Rebecca visited the Cobra Kai dojo. Just like last time, she avoided her boyfriend and friends like the plague, but this time she had a good reason. For one, she was now involved in the karate mess, and number two, they beat up her best friend.
"Have you spoken to the Cobras?" Ali asked as she and Rebecca walked to the brunette's locker at the end of 4th period, and the blonde clutched her books close to her chest
Rebecca opened her locker as she grabbed her book and notebook for French as she replied. "No. Bobby called the day after, but I didn't want to talk." the brunette closed her locker, and continued walking down the hall
With concern in her voice, Ali asked, "How is your forehead? What did your dad say?"
"It feels better. He was upset, but not at me. But he just told me that I shouldn't have gotten involved." Rebecca said
"I'm so sorry you ended up getting hurt." Ali said
Rebecca shook her head and replied, "It's not your fault. I was just trying to keep them from doing something stupid, but obviously you see how that went."
"Have you seen Daniel?" Ali asked
"Not since this morning." Rebecca said as she hugged her books to her chest. Looking up, she spotted him at his locker. "There he is. Go on."
Ali smiled brightly as she walked up to him, and tapped his shoulder. Rebecca stayed behind him and he turned around and saw Ali, and he smiled brightly. "Hey, there you are. I've been looking all over for you today, where you been?" Daniel asked
Ali had a look of disgust on her face and she shook her head. "I don't believe it." she said, then scoffed. The blonde walked away, then Daniel and Rebecca followed her.
"What? Hey, where are you going?" Daniel asked Ali, who was beyond pissed after seeing his face.
"Where are we going, Ali?" Rebecca asked as she walked beside the blonde
"I'm gonna go find that idiot, and it's gonna stop." Ali said as Rebecca walked beside her.
"Hi Ali, hi Becca." Susan greeted. "Hi." Barbara smiled, and Rebecca smiled and waved at the two.
"No relax, everything's been taken care of." Daniel said as he stepped in front of the blonde.
"Oh yeah until next time around?" Ali asked, then looked over Daniel's shoulder. "There they are."
Rebecca glanced over Ali's shoulder and saw The Cobra Kais walking towards to them, and watching the three of them as they stood together, but they weren't watching Ali, they were watching Rebecca. Both Bobby and Johnny's eyes were glued to her. The beautiful brunette hugged her books to her chest and she stood closer to Ali, almost hiding behind the blonde, and trying not to cry. The truth of the matter was, she wanted to be back with Bobby, she was just too stubborn to admit it.
"Watch this." Daniel said, as he gestured for Ali and Rebecca to follow him. "Hey guys, how you doing? Good to see ya. Hey sorry about the eye there Johnny, your shoulder okay Tommy? You guys better be careful not to go steppin' in front of any more buses now alright?" he laughed as he walked away
Rebecca shook her head in disgust while Ali laughed. She heard Johnny throw his books down in anger. He was pissed off that Daniel was using Rebecca against them.
"Hold it. Remember what sensei said? We gotta wait for the tournament." Bobby said to Johnny, then looked back at Rebecca, who was walking away with Ali and Daniel
"Must be 'take a worm for a walk' week!" Tommy sarcastically yelled
Rebecca was walking beside Ali, and Daniel was on the other side of the blonde, when Ali asked, "You did all that damage?"
"What? Don't you know when you make a wish in the shower it always comes true?" Daniel asked
"I should have kept my mouth shut." Ali said
"No, no, no, we have an agreement." Daniel said
"Oh yeah, what's that?" Ali asked
"Well, they agreed not to beat up on me, and I promised not to get my blood on their clothes. That was it." Daniel said
Ali chuckled then replied. "I don't believe you."
"What am I gonna do? Moan and groan?" Daniel asked
"I don't know, anybody else would." Ali said
"Yeah, well, who'd listen anyway?" Daniel asked
Ali smiled sweetly. "Me." she stopped in her tracks as she turned to face him
"Oh really? You, uh, feel like listening on Saturday night then?" Daniel asked
"Sure." Ali smiled brightly, then took a piece of paper from her notebook and wrote down her address.
"All right, great, great, so Saturday night, we'll go out, we'll have a good time, we'll do whatever and, uh...what is that, your address?" Daniel asked
"You got it." Ali smiled as she gave him the paper, then the bell rang. "Oh I gotta go, bye Becca." she smiled as she embraced her best friend
"Bye." Rebecca smiled as she returned her best friend's embrace. After Ali walked away, the brunette noticed Daniel looking at the paper in a dazed state. "Um, hello? Anyone home?" she laughed as she waved her hand in front of her best friend's face
"Hey, I can't believe this. I finally got a date with Ali." Daniel smiled
"I'm so happy for you. This has been a long time coming. Since the beach party to be exact." Rebecca smiled
"It was that obvious?" Daniel asked
"I'm afraid it was my friend." Rebecca laughed
Daniel and Rebecca walked towards the classrooms together, when they noticed the Cobra Kais following them. Neither one were in the mood for a fight and Daniel wasn't about to be harassed, so Daniel caught the attention of Mr. Harris.
"Hey Mr Harris, can I talk to you for a second? Daniel LaRusso third period history class." Daniel said
"Rebecca Winchester also third period history." Rebecca smiled
"Yeah I just wanted to let you know, I gotta lot of lecture the other day about how the Indian got the horse the other day, it was really great." Daniel said
"Oh that's nice to hear." Mr. Harris said happily
"Yeah I was telling my best friend here and my buddies about it, but I kinda messed it up. So I was wondering if you could give us a quick review on it now." Daniel said
"Oh sure. I'm free this period." Mr. Harris said
"Well that's great for me then." Daniel said
"No, we gotta finish class." Bobby said
"We gotta go." The Cobra Kais said as they left
"I guess that leaves the three of us." Mr. Harris said.
"Oh I apologize Mr. Harris, but I gotta go to class too. Have fun." Rebecca said as she left both Mr. Harris and Daniel who started giving him the lecture on the plains Indians.
･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･
Rebecca was miserable all day. She missed her boys something awful. She was happy for Daniel and Ali and seeing them together, made her realize how much she really missed her boyfriend and her new found brothers.
When lunch rolled around, the brunette walked into the cafeteria and saw Daniel and Ali sitting at a table smiling and conversing. She loved both of them dearly, and was happy for them, but she just wanted to be alone.
Since it was a nice day out, she decided to sit outside in the courtyard. Putting on her headphones, she turned on her walkman, and Joni Mitchell's Roses Blue began to play. A little while later, after finishing her lunch, she sat at the table reading Wuthering Heights, which was a gift from Lisa, when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
Turning her head and taking off her headphones, she saw the Cobra Kais standing behind her, their lunch trays in their hands. Ususally they ate inside. Her guess, Susan and Barbara told them where she was.
"Can we sit with you?" Dutch asked
Rebecca nodded her head yes and went back to reading her book, or at least tried to. Bobby and Johnny both sat beside her, while Dutch, Jimmy, and Tommy sat in front of her.
"What are you reading?" Tommy asked
"Wuthering Heights." Rebecca said as she turned the page, and held the photo of her mother which she used for a bookmark in her hand.
"We wanted to know if we could talk to you." Jimmy asked
Rebecca marked her page in her book, then answered "There's nothing to talk about. I told you guys to leave my friend alone and you couldn't quit. You promised you would leave him alone."
"We're sorry." Tommy said.
Rebecca just sighed and shook her head. She was mentally drained. "I think all of you are sorry because there were consequences." she said
"Well we weren't expecting some guy to kick our asses." Johnny said
Rebecca rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Yeah, I can tell. Anyway, if he wouldn't have, all of you could have severely hurt my best friend. Someone who is so much weaker than you. Look, I said there was nothing to talk about and I meant that. You guys went too far this time. Even if I said the wrong thing, you'll beat the shit out of me anyway."
"Where did you get that—" Johnny asked as he set down the apple he was holding
Rebecca rolled her eyes in annoyance. "For fuck's sake. Your sensei. Were you not listening when he said it's open season on the three of us? I'm not an idiot."
"We would never hurt you." Jimmy said
"Yeah, well, all of you did, so." Rebecca said as she started to get up
"Wait, don't go, please." Dutch said, and Rebecca sat back down
"What? What do you want me to say? You want me to say that I forgive you for all the bullshit? For Johnny breaking Ali's radio, and one of you running it over? And the soccer try outs when you got Daniel kicked out because you couldn't leave him the fuck alone? Then all of you ran him off the hill? Then last but not least, the halloween dance, when you beat him to a fucking pulp and nearly killed him and for what, because he sprayed Johnny with water? Sounds to me like Johnny was getting a dose of his own medicine, so grow the fuck up blondie. Then your sensei threatened to go open season on Daniel, Mr. Miyagi and I, if he didn't show up at the tournament. Why me? I haven't done shit to any of you. I don't deserve this." Rebecca lashed out angrily
The Cobra Kais were taken aback. They looked down ashamed, as they should. "You're right. You don't deserve it." Johnny said
Rebecca sighed as she wiped her tears. She wasn't sad, she was crying out of frustration. "I'm tired of being mad. I want to forgive you."
"Please. Please forgive us baby sister." Dutch said as he stood up and pulled her into a big hug
"You have to promise me, and for real this time you're going to leave him the hell alone. I won't forgive you anymore. This is the last time." Rebecca said.
"We promise."
"I forgive you knuckleheads. I mean it. This is the last time." Rebecca said. After hugging them all, she saved Bobby's hug for last which was the longest. She definitely missed his hugs.
"Becca, you know we would never lay a hand on you, no matter what sensei says." Johnny said
"I know." Rebecca smiled, then turned to Bobby. "Bobby can I talk to you for a minute? Alone?"
"Of course." Bobby said
Rebecca gathered up her walkman and her book, then stopped by her locker and placed them both inside. Bobby led her to an empty janitor's closet. In the closet, he turned on the light and he locked the door. She instantly wrapped her arms around his waist and put her head on his chest hearing his heartbeat. Bobby wrapped his arms tightly around her.
"I'm so sorry, Bec. I'm so sorry." Bobby said
"I'm sorry for ignoring you. I was..." Rebecca began, but Bobby held her tight.
"Don't you dare apologize. Not now. Not ever." Bobby said as he placed a kiss against her lips
"I've missed having you around. It's been hell." Rebecca said
"It's been hell for me too." Bobby said.
Rebecca looked up at him, her green eyes piercing into his ocean blues and he placed his soft lips against hers. The kiss was soft and intimate.
"I've missed you." Bobby said as he gently rested his forehead against her's
"I've missed you too." Rebecca said as she pulled away and placed her forehead against his chin, and Bobby kept a strong hold on her.
"I need to tell you something, Bec." Bobby said
"What is it?" Rebecca questioned
"I'm deeply in love with you, Rebecca Elisabeth Winchester. I don't ever want to leave your side again." Bobby said. "I love you."
"I'm deeply in love with and I love you too Bobby. I don't ever want to be away from you either." Rebecca smiled
The young couple smiled as they looked into each other's eyes, then shared a sweet and passionate kiss. After a few moments, they rested their foreheads against one another's.
"I love you, Bec." Bobby said
"I love you too, Bobby." Rebecca smiled
The couple walked out of the closet, they shared a sweet and loving embrace. Rebecca looked over her boyfriends shoulder and saw something she never thought she would see again: her mother's apparition standing in the empty hall, her hands clasped in front of her abdomen, warmly smiling in approval at the sight of the young lovers.
Rebecca closed her eyes, and opened them again. Just as Lisa was there, she was gone. Lisa had been watching over Rebecca, how she made a new friend in Ali and Daniel, and how she fell in love with Bobby.
While still in Bobby's embrace, Rebecca found herself smiling happily. She had her lover back, her two best friends were going out on a date on Saturday night, and she made amends with her guy friends.
･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･
Later, Johnny, Tommy, Dutch and Jimmy went to the beach, while Bobby went over to Rebecca's. As the four boys were drinking a beer, Johnny was making a confession, a shocking confession.
"She's a beautiful girl and her smile lights up the room. I'm in love with her, she's the one person in the world that I'd drop everything and anything just to be with her. Even karate. I love her. I truly love her. Sometimes I just imagine what it would be like to be loved by her. It must be a wonderful feeling." Johnny confessed
"Johnny, yes, Rebecca is beautiful, but she's in love with Bobby and Bobby is in love with her." Tommy said
"You think I don't know that Tommy? It pains me to hear about their dates, to call her sis when I think of her as so much more." Johnny said as he was on the verge of tears. They were those of a broken heart. It was worse than when he and Ali ended things
"Hey man." Dutch said as he put a hand on his shoulder. "I thought you were still hung up on Ali?"
"No. Look I get it, I fucked up with Ali. I do. I fucked up our relationship, our friendship. But then Rebecca came to town. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget about her. There's just something about her. We don't deserve a friend like her." Johnny said
"I know man. I know." Jimmy said. "Out of respect for Bobby, you have to promise you won't act on those feelings. No matter how strong they are."
"I promise." Johnny said, then placed his head in his hands. "God, when I saw that bruise on her forehead..."
"Johnny, it's gonna be okay, man." Tommy said
"No, it's not. I'm never going to be able to forgive myself." Johnny said. "We have to do something special for her."
"Yeah, but what?" Tommy asked
"How about a party?" Dutch asked. "Drugs, booze, everything."
"Shut up man." Tommy said. "I highly doubt she wants drugs and booze."
"You make one suggestion." Dutch said as he held his hands up in surrender
"Seriously though, it's gonna be okay man." Jimmy said. "You'll see."