Heal the broken

Twenty

The next day johnny actually was home. Surprisingly he asks me to take a seat and that we needed to talk.

"Look quinn. I know all the bullshit kreese is teaching you makes you feel powerful, and untouchable. I know because I was once you. A scared kid from a broken home. But no mercy and strike first and hard are not the lessons you should be learning" he says to me

"You don't know what your saying" I tell him

"Oh no? Quinn I WAS you. I had a not so great relationship with one of my parents. I was in highschool and fell in love. I even had someone try to get in the way of my relationship just like you. And i turned to kreese. Because he always treated me like a son. But it was only until after I had made all those horrible decisions throughout highschool that I realized how much he messed up my life" he says

"Oh" is all I say really taking in everything he just told me

"And I see you go through all the same things I did through highschool and I see you going through the same mistakes I did and I realized the point of me being here for you is that when I see that you need help and I know I can actually help you I do it without hesitation. Kreese is a bad manipulative man. He takes these broken, stubborn kids with anger issues and just wants someone to notice them. He takes them and turns them into something their not. Makes them do things they don't want to. And then you get so caught up in his lies and thinking he helps you or cares about you and end up doing everything he asks cause you think you owe him something." He says and I could tell johnny was being serious because he was talking a lot. Using a lot of words and I knew he was only capable of doing that when what he was saying came from the heart.

"Okay okay... that makes sense but kreese wasnt the one who walked out on us" I tell him

"You think I walked out on my students? Quinn kreese got the owner of the building to put his name on the lease. He kicked me out" johnny says and my heart broke

"Oh my god I'm so sorry" I tell him

"Yeah well... I'm gonna go try to find robby with larusso. Do you wanna come with us?" He asks.

"No i hate robby" i say bluntly

"Come on quinn. His intention wasnt to push miguel off of there and hurt him. He was fighting just like the rest of you" he says

"I guess... I still can't go theres something I need to go do" I say and with that I was out of the house. Heading to the dojo

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"Miss easton nice of you to finally join us" kreese says

"Yeah whatever I'm done with cobra kai" I say dropping my gi on the ground infront of me

"Excuse me?" He says walking up to me

"You heard me. I'm done. My father is a good man, a great one actually. And you made him an asshole in highschool and I realized history was repeating itself. I was becoming that asshole and the common factor is you" I say

"I made you who you are I gave you your blackbelt let alone help you earn it" kreese tells me.

"That doesn't mean shit" I spit at him

"So what your just abandoning us?" hawk asks coming up to me

"I'm not abandoning you. Or tory. Or any one else. Just kreese and his clouded views on how broken people should put themselves back together"

"He's using all of you you know" I say loudly walking infront of the group

"Tory a girl with a little crazy in her. Daddy issues and a sick mom. Hawk once known as eli who I loved with my entire heart. A sad boy with a messed up lip who was bullied for the first 16 years of his life." I said going on about some of the other peoples problems in the class

"And me... a stubborn, hot headed, asshole. Who basically came from the absolute scum of the earth. I push people away and don't allow myself to love. But that all changed. I met so many good friends here and I can honestly say I love you guys. I want the best for you guys and you won't find it with kreese. Were all just broken depressed kids trying to hold on for dear life, while life just beats the living shit out of us. And yeah being able to protect yourself from bullies is nice but whats even better. Is the friends we have and making sure no one else feels the way we once did. We have to stop the narrative of the bully and the nerd. And it starts by being good to others and showing mercy. We cant just become the bully ourselves" I say and I can tell I got through to some of them because when I walked out some followed.

"If you leave were done" hawk says running out after me grabbing my wrist.

"Then I guess were done" I say pulling my wrist back and walking away. I knew the next place I needed to go.

-

I showed up at miyagi do and everyones eyes widened and sam had this awful face of fear

"Don't worry we aren't here to hurt any of you guys. We actually came to apologize and some of them want to join" I say pointing behind me

"Sam. I am genuinely so sorry for what I said that day at school. I was angry and sad but so was everyone else and it wasnt my place to say any of those awful things to you. I wasnt there the night you kissed miguel and I shouldn't of yelled at you. I know your a good person and I hate that I said all of that to you"

She just nods not saying anything else but i didn't mind

"And all of you. I am really sorry for how I acted and how my old dojo treated you. We were all a bunch of bullied kids but we didn't have the right to become the bullies. I had a good talk with my dad. Johnny. Who believe it or not was not responsible for all of this. He's actually the one who talked some sense into me. Said he didn't want me to make the same mistakes he did when he was young" I say looking at daniel who was taken back but also a little proud.

"It's gonna be hard for you guys to forgive me... that is if you even want to. But I will never stop apologizing for my disgusting actions. But don't blame my dad. He is a good man who was manipulated the same as I was when he was young. Only he didn't have someone looking out for him like he does for me. Blame me... and kreese" i say finishing out my speech

No one said anything for a while but they all just smiled and daniel said he was happy to have the old cobras as new students of his

"Quinn are you not staying?" Daniel asks

"No I shouldn't but I'll see you guys tomorrow" i say

As I'm walking out I'm stopped by daniel

"Oh quinn... your dad and I found a lead on robby" he says

"Oh that's good" I say

"Yes, we are going to track the car he stole tomorrow and I really think you should come" he says

"He stole a car" I ask in disbelief

"Yeah but he's just scared I- I'm not mad at him" he says

"Okay yeah... I'll come with you" I say smiling heading out and back to my home
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Wow what a switch in roles quinn. She goes crazy but anywayyyy should I write another chapter today or wait till tomorrow?