❝𝐻𝒆 𝑑𝑜𝒏'𝑡 𝒍𝑖𝑘𝒆 𝑚𝒆.❞
"𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 positions! Jab punch! Nope, wait until I say go." Johnny instructed. Tiffany sighed, holding up her fists, waiting for Johnny to say go.
"Hiyah!" Everyone punched the air. He kept yelling, criticizing kids. Everyone would think he's been a dickhead, which he is. But, he's trying to help them that's something Tiffany slowly picked up on.
"Hey, Lip," Johnny called, staring at Eli. Eli stared blankly at him. "Yeah, you. the one with the freaky lip. Who do you think I'm talking to?" He mocked. Eli looked down in embarrassment, making Tiffany roll her eyes.
"Excuse me, uh, Mr. Lawrence." Demetri piped up. "Sensei Lawrence!" Aisha corrected. Demetri chuckled. "Ok. You really shouldn't make fun of someone's physical appearance."
"Johnny looked at him, amused. "Oh is that so? So I'm not supposed to mention his lip at all?" Johnny mocked. "Well, yeah." Demetri replied like it was obvious. "Maybe that's what they teach you in school, but in the real world, you can't expect people to do what they're supposed to do. You hear that, Lip? If you can't handle someone making fun of you, how are you gonna handle an elbow to the teeth."
"Knock it off Johnny." Tiffany warned, getting out the fighting stance to look at Johnny. "And Demetri, shut up." Tiffany pointed a finger at him.
"Dude, knock it off." Miguel snapped at Demetri. "What? He does realize the Nazis lost the war, right? Why should I be scared of him? Because 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 rambled, a smug look on his face.
Johnny slowly moved forward, his eyes never leaving Demetri. "Oh shit." Miguel muttered, closing his eyes. The kids around Demetri moved away as Johnny stopped in front of him. "Are you done?" Johnny asked annoyed. "What?" Demetri replied nervously. "Hit me. Go ahead, hit me. Strike me right here." Johnny instructed, pointing to his nose.
Demetri rolled his eyes and got into his fighting stance. He slowly threw a punch, making Johnny hit it away. "Harder," Johnny demanded. Demetri huffed and threw another punch, making Johnny slap his arm harder. "Is that all you got, princess?" Johnny ridiculed. Demetri sighed angrily before throwing another punch. Johnny grabbed his arm and flipped him over, making him land on his back.
The students gasped as Johnny threw a punch, stopping only centimeters away from Demetri's face. "Let that be a lesson to all of you. " Johnny threatened, looking around the room. The kids all nodded frantically, signaling they understood.
Tiffany was holding onto Miguel for dear life, wheezing as she squeezed onto his arm. She buried her face into Miguel's neck, trying hard not to release a loud laugh.
Miguel only shook his head at the girl, before using his free hand to pat the girl shoulder knowing how hard for her to hold into her laughter.
The lesson ended shortly after the incident, with most kids scrambling as fast as they could put the building. Leaving Miguel, Tiffany and October.
"You're mean for laughing at Demetri like that." October told Tiffany as they changed. "I couldn't help it, I did feel bad. I don't know what happened." Tiffany replied shrugging her shoulders, changing into a new pair of clean socks.
"No you don't, you were holding onto Miguel like y'all two weren't going to see each other again." October says sitting down on the sink.
"You were all like." October begins, doing exactly what Tiffany did to Miguel. "Then like, you were like— Oh Miguel, I want to be closer to you." October jokes.
"He was like, don't worry bae I got you." October says in a deep voice, then copying Miguel when he patted Tiffany's shoulder.
"Oh please! That's Sam's future boyfriend, I'm rooting for the two. He defended Sam, not me." Tiffany shrugged her shoulders, pulling her shirt over her head.
"Yeah, they might look cute together. You being a flirty person, then dirty minded. Then Miguel, cute, nice, every thing you would at least like in a boy." October says daydreaming.
"Okay, this conversation got weird fast." Tiffany nodded her head pursing her lips together, standing up grabbing ahold of her duffel bag.
"Alright, come on Tober." Tiffany says quickly putting on her shoes. "We gotta tell Miguel and Johnny bye then head to McDonald's."
"You just wanna say bye to your boyfriend." October teased her friend, grabbing her own duffel bag as the two begin to walk out the bathroom.
The bathroom might've not been big, but it was big enough for the two change. "I bet you two dollars Miguel would stutter while talking to you."
The duo walked towards Johnny office, revealing a Miguel and Johnny of course.
"We see you later Miguel." Tiffany smiled at the boy. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow Johnny." Tiffany says rolling her eyes.
"Oh— uh, bye Tiffany. Yeah, later— that means tomorrow right?" Miguel stuttered, as his eyes found Tiffany's. "Uh, yeah." Tiffany slowly nodded her head.
"Tiffany groaned, pulling out her wallet pulling out a ten dollar bill. "I don't have ones, just take the ten." Tiffany says handing October the money.
"Miguel, you helped me get this." October says showing him the money before walking off. Miguel looked at her confusingly, then looked at Tiffany for questions.
"I lost a bet." Tiffany replied shrugging her shoulders, following after her friend.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 next day, October and Tiffany was walking down the hallway towards Tiffany locker. "Mr.Gilbert is giving us a test on Thursday." October informs her friend.
"That old bastard, acting like we don't have to worry about other class." Tiffany snapped, opening her locker. "Like, does it look like I pay attention in his class?"
"Somehow you pass all your tests and classes." October responded, leaning on the locker next to Tiffany's.
"Sometimes, I am grateful we have Mr.Palmer class at the same time. You did all the work for me, I would never dissect a fetal pig." Tiffany explained.
"You didn't even try to dissect the frog a few weeks ago, you said the frog gives you aids just by looking at it." October shook her head, thinking about that day.
"Yeah, these animals makes me sick. But I'll still eat a pig." Tiffany replied proudly, as she looked at the small mirror inside her locker. She reapplied the lip linear and lip gloss onto her lips.
October glances behind Tiffany, to see Sam walking out the classroom with Miguel and Demetri.
October smile turned into a mutual face, then quickly looked back at Tiffany smiling. October couldn't help but feel tingly around her best friend, how confident the girl is, how incredibly beautiful she is also.
Tiffany can be a likable person, unless you get on her bad side first before meeting the actual Tiffany. October knew she liked the girl since Freshman year, but tried to shake it off.
Only Tiffany close friends knew she liked both genders, October couldn't help but get her hopes up a little bit thinking Tiffany would date her. Until Tiffany started dating Kyler, that made October ego go low and so did her confidence.
But then Tiffany broke up with him over the summer, October felt guilty being enthusiastic about the news. How can you blame her, she actually loved Tiffany more than a friend. One day she hoped Tiffany would choose her.
"What time is it anyway? Told Demetri to meet me at my locker after Mr.Palmer— forgot he's in his class." Tiffany groaned closing her locker.
She turned around to see Demetri, with Sam between him and Miguel. She raised an eyebrow, surprised Sam even interacted with Demetri.
"Never knew they would talk." Tiffany joked to her friend. "Me neither." She mumbled looking at the same thing.
Tiffany's breath got stuck in her throat, not really knowing why. Just by Miguel looking at Sam, didn't make her jealous. More confuse at least, and probably a bit of jealousy in it.
Demetri eyes falling onto the dark haired girl, he sighed then looking at Miguel. October, Demetri and Eli was talking about their two friends whenever they weren't around. Talking about how Miguel always get nervous around Tiffany, then Tiffany herself don't realize how much she tease or flirt with the boy.
Tiffany knew Miguel and her was only friends, they'll eventually love each other like best friends she knows that. Then the little piece in her, was just jealous of Sam on how Miguel looked at her.
She begin to breathe properly turning around putting her hands on October's shoulder, taking a deep breath looking towards her. "Come on, we can meet with them later." She suggests, running her hands down towards October's arm then grabbing onto her hands.
October had shivers going down her body, feeling Tiffany's warm soft hands going down her arm. "Okay." Was all the girl said, before getting pulled by her friend.
"Oh wait! I need one of my gel pens." Tiffany quickly says, taking her hand away from Octobers walking slightly back to her locker.
She stood in front of it, opening it before looking sticking her hand inside. She continued pulling stuff out, before shoving her head inside.
"Your books go in there, not your head." Someone slightly joked, she quickly took out her head nearly hitting it against the locker. If it wasn't for Miguel hand stopping it, she would've been cussing her locker out.
"Really? Since when did your reflex's became so fast?" Tiffany questions with a smirk. "Since that fight with Kyler." Miguel responded proudly.
He leaned against the locker next to hers, with a small smile as he stared at the girl. "So, what did you need?" Tiffany asks as she continued to look for her gel pen.
"Nothing, just wanted to talk." Miguel shrugged his shoulders. "Oh by the way, October and them is coming over to my place later. You can come."
"Oh— uh, sure. Just text me your address." Miguel nodded his head. "Okay, talk to you later Miggy." Tiffany says closing her locker. "How do you even know about that nickname?" Miguel groaned in embarrassment.
"When I heard your mom call you that." Tiffany playfully winks at him before turning on her heels walking towards October.
𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐘 made it to LaRusso's Auto after school school with Sam, they were blasting music singing their hearts out or just laughing at whatever joke they said.
Tiffany parked her car, before turning off the car. "I haven't been here in a while." Tiffany says staring at the auto shop. "Yeah, we got this new guy his name is Robby. He's pretty cool I guess." Sam informs her.
"I know what cool is, your cool is thinking Yasmine is cool." Tiffany shakes her head, as she got out the car with Sam following.
"Oh really?" Sam asks with a soft scoff, smirking at her friend. "Yep, but letting you know this now I need to leave in 20 minutes."
"Okay." Sam replied as they begin to walk towards the entrance of the car shop, Sam was the first to go in and Tiffany was second.
The first person they seen was Mrs.LaRusso. "Hey mom." Sam greets her mother Amanda, they both hugged each other with a smile on their face.
"Hey Mrs.LaRusso." Tiffany greets the lady, also giving her a hug. "Hey girls, how was school?" Amanda asks the two girls.
"It was okay for me." Tiffany responded, looking at the new cars that's been displayed. "Today was alright mom."
The two girls begin to walk behind Mrs.LaRusso as she begin to walk. "Oh, Tiffany we got some more Juniperus procumbens." Amanda informs the younger girl.
"Oh cool! Can I go cut them?" Tiffany asks eagerly, she always loves cutting those trees aka Bonsai's. Daniel taught her to do it a while back, ever since then when they get more Bonsai's she ended up being the cutter.
"Sure, I think Daniel supposed to be back there anyway." Amanda tells the girl, who was already on her way.
𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐘 was now cutting the small trees, enjoying the silence as she was doing so. For some reason it always made her calm, forgetting almost all her problems.
She sighs softly heading towards her second one already, even if those takes time cutting she was always fast when doing so.
Her phone begin to vibrate, making her roll her eyes. She let it rung inside her pocket, continuing to cut the tree.
Her phone begin to ring again, making exhale sharply pulling it out her phone. It was Miguel that was calling her, she was honestly was about to decline the call but decided to answer.
"Hello?" She says putting down the scissors with her other hand. "Sensei said come to the dojo." Miguel informs her. "For what? I'm doing something right now."
"Hey— Sensei!-" she heard from the other side, it was grunts until she heard breathing. "Miguel?" She questions furrowing her eyebrows. "How do this thing work? Can she hear me?" Johnny asks.
Tiffany begin to laugh at Johnny's oldness, she already knew Johnny wanted her at the dojo now. "Sensei just talk." She heard Miguel said quietly.
"Oh, okay. Get your ass to the dojo firecracker." Johnny told her. "Okay, I'll be there give me a few." Tiffany says pulling the phone away from her ear, she hung up.
"Tell your girlfriend to come on time." Johnny tells Miguel, throwing him his phone. Miguel clumsily caught it, as his cheeks went pink. "Sensei she's not my girlfriend yet." Miguel shakes his head.
"Keyword, yet." Johnny replied with a sly smirk. Miguel sighs knowing his Sensei wouldn't stop calling Tiffany his girlfriend, not that he mind it. But with his Sensei saying it around other people might think they're dating, the ones that doesn't know them at least.
On Tiffany's way out she bumped into a chest, she sighs looking at the person. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention."
"No it's cool, it's my fault too." The boy apologized. Tiffany eyed the boy, he looked around her age and had dark brown hair that was long enough to hang down onto his face. He had hazel green eyes, the second he smiled at her, he had pretty white teeth.
He was possibly one of the good looking people in her life, not saying they might meet again. But he was quite attractive, she couldn't help but smile at him back.
"You work for Mr.LaRusso?" She asks him. "Uh, yeah." He responded nodding his head, his eyes lowered downward taking in her appearance. "Robby Keene." He introduced himself extending his hand. "Tiffany Meeks." She replied shaking his hand.
His eyes traveled to their hands, then to her face. "I know I'm hot, but don't need to stare." She teased him, their hands never leaving each other. "You have quite a big ego."
"I know I do, it keeps me living." She said smiling at him. "You look like Ride Strong if he was still younger." She paused then stared at him a little longer. "But he looks better."
"Ow, that hurts." He joked using his free hand placing it over his chest. "But you aren't too bad yourself." She flirted. "Am I now?"
"Did I inflate your ego?"
"Maybe."
"That's cute, I probably made you more confident." Tiffany joked. Robby chuckled, making Tiffany follow along.
"Tiff, there you are. Sam said you were here and I was just looking for you." Daniel said walking towards Tiffany with open arms.
Tiffany let go of Robby's hand, opening her arms also giving Mr.LaRusso a hug. "I see you've met Robby." Daniel says letting go of Tiffany.
"Yeah, he's quite a charmer." Tiffany responded glancing at him, as Robby slightly blushed looking down.
Daniel eyed the two teens, raising an eyebrow. "Tiff, I just opened up that dojo. You need to come by, and let me at least teach you something." Daniel said.
"I might, if I'm free." Tiffany responded. "Dojo?" Robby questioned. "I use to practice karate with Sam a while ago, Tiff use to come by and watch but never tried to joined."
"I should get going though Mr.LaRusso, before I do... Robby give me your phone." Robby looked at Tiffany confusingly, hesitantly pulling out his phone giving it to the girl.
Tiffany added in her number, putting the name as 'Tiff 😘🫶🏻'. "I'll send you a picture later, for a contact picture." She tells him.
"Bye Mr.LaRusso, see you Robby." She said giving him back his phone, then waving bye as she begin to walk away.