somebody i used to know - Eli Moskowitz (hawk)

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~November 4th (Wednesday)~
-Tessa's pov-

i'm at the dojo with eli, miguel and aisha, demetri quit after yesterday's lesson which i felt extremely bad about

i mainly felt for eli, after what sensei said to him yesterday, i'm just glad he's here right now

we were stretching until sensei came out of his office "okay everybody fall in" sensei said "where's everyone?" he asked looking around the dojo "crater face, nose ring, slingshot" he started listing names he called other students

"they quit sensei" miguel said "are you serious?" he asked looking around the dojo again "i mean good, that was a test, i wanted to see who the quitters are, not you guys, you're in it to win it" he said

"alright, you could be at home playing your icomputers, playing your video games, eating candy, instead you're here doing push-ups and learning how to fight" he said

"lip, look even lips tougher than those guys, he's no quitter" he said pointing at eli "could you please not call me that?" eli asked "excuse me what?" sensei asked "i said could you please not call me that" eli repeated "um i'll warm them up sensei" miguel said trying to change the subject.

"no no no, lip has something he wants to say, sorry speak up lip or is your tongue messed up too" sensei said, he was making my blood boil

"are you one of those challenged kids?" sensei asked walking up to eli "the doctor said i could be on the spectrum" eli answered "i don't know what that is but get off it pronto alright, if you don't want me to call you lip then don't have a weird lip can't you get surgery for that?" sensei asked still making my blood boil

"i was born with a cleft lip, this is the scar from the surgery" eli said looking around the dojo "you mean it was worse before that? or did the doctors just screw up? cause if this the after photo that sucks man, you should sue" sensei said

"can we just please change the topic?" i finally spoke up "you don't think i want to? it's tough when it's right in front of me, if you wanna be something other than a nerd with a scar on his lip you gotta flip the script okay? get a face tattoo, gouge your eye out, we'll call you patch alright? no don't do that you'll still look like a freak" he said, eli looked at me one last time before walking out and i obviously followed him.

"eli!" i yelled walking out the back door "eli?" i said catching up to him "i'm so sorry for not standing up for you back there, trust me when i say i was so close to punching sensei lawrence in the face" i said, eli just hugged me and started crying "wanna talk in my car?" i asked he just nodded and followed me to my car.

"you're not ugly eli, you're the most handsome guy i've ever met" i said after eli finished telling me how he hates the way he looks "i just wish he didn't say that in front of everyone" eli said

"i know that was a dick move" i said, it went quiet so i just hugged eli, we stayed in this position for a while until eli spoke up

"i have a great idea" he said "what is it?" i asked "a surprise, i'll show you tomorrow" he said "are you gonna be okay?" i asked "yes i'll be fine" he said kissing me then getting out of my car.

~The next day (Thursday)~
-Tessa's pov-

"i'm sure he's fine tess" aisha said "he didn't even come to school and he told me he'll show me today" i said "he's probably on his way" miguel said trying to calm me down i just sighed and continued paying attention to johnny

johnny was talking to us when the door opened revealing a kid with a blue mohawk "welcome to Cobra Kai" sensei said "eli what happened" miguel said "eli?" i asked

"i'm flipping the script" eli said looking at me, i just smiled "wait you're the kid with the lip? nice cut bro" sensei said walking towards eli

"you see that? doesn't matter if you're a loser or a nerd or a freak, all that matters is that you become badass" sensei said walking back to where he originally was "hawk, fall in" sensei said

eli took of his shoes and got on the mat, he looked at me and i was still in shock but i just smiled "fear does not exist in this dojo does it?" sensei asked hawk "no sensei" hawk answered "pain does not exist in this dojo does it?" sensei asked aisha "no sensei" she answered "defeat does not exist in this dojo does it" sensei asked miguel "no sensei" miguel answered and with that sensei started class.

~The next day (Friday)~
-Tessa's pov-

"come on guys i need help" miguel said, he's taking sam on a date tonight and has no clue where to go or what to do

"you could take her to get tattoos" hawk said, i was resting my head on his lap so i looked up and him and laughed with aisha "what?" miguel asked, hawk tapped my head to signal that he was moving so i lifted my head up

"i know a guy, just hooked me up with this bad boy" hawk said taking off his gi revealing a hawk tattoo "oh shit" miguel said "that is badass" aisha said

"right? 14 hours in the chair" hawk said then flexed in the mirror causing me to laugh "wait, are your parents okay with that?" aisha asked

"um, they have no idea, definitely gonna have to wear a t-shirt until college probably longer, please don't tell them" he said making me laugh again

he sat back down so i put i head back on his lap and he started playing with my hair "uh, any other suggestions?" miguel asked looking at me and aisha

"nope, i'm staying out of this" i said "don't look at me, sam and i used to be friends we're not anymore" aisha said "okay but i need your help" miguel said

"fine um, i know that she likes chocolates and astronomy" aisha said "i can work with that" miguel said nodding

"banned? what are you talking about?" we heard sensei yell from his office causing miguel to check on sensei

"what's that about?" hawk asked looking down at me "i don't know" i shrugged, miguel walked back to us and told us what happened

"apparently we're banned from the All Valley tournament" miguel said "for how long?" i asked "forever i guess" miguel said.