𝟿. 𝐴𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟

Before today, Jules had never been in the principals office before....well not in this way before. She had never been in her because she was in trouble, it almost seemed different than when Jules had been in here before.

"Now I want you to call your mom." The principal said and pushed the phone close to Jules

She looked up and pointed down at the phone, "you want me to call my mom?"

"Yes, I do." Jules had to hide a smile at the principal's words. She nodded. "Okay."

Jules pulled the phone off the holder and pressed it against her ear. She started to press numbers, dialing a number but it wasn't her mother's. It started to ring and soon someone picked up.

"Hello?" Nicole asked

Jules cleared her throat and said in an exaggerated voice. "Hey mom"

"What? Julie what are you doing?" Nicole was confused

"I'm in the principals office, and he wants to talk to you." Nicole let out a sigh as she realized what Jules meant

The girl reached out and gave the principal the phone. "Hello, is this Ms. Barron? Julie has been in a fight and we need to come pick her up. I'll let you talk to her."

Jules grabbed the phone back and pressed it against her ear. She was scared of what Nicole was going to say, Jules cared more about her aunt than her mother.

"Hello." Jules said slowly

"Julie, a fight!" That was the first thing to come out of Nicole's mouth. "What is your mother going to think."

"I know mom, I don't know what I was thinking. I'm sorry." That's all Jules could say, Nicole just sighed. "I'll come get you. I'll be there in a bit."

Jules put down the phone, the principal walked her outside and they waited. The car pulled up and Jules quickly ran towards it, she got into the car. Nicole ran her hand through her hair as she tried to figure out what was going on with Jules.

"Hey Nicole." Jules said as she got into the car

Nicole turned to Jules, she didn't look happy. "Explain now." Jules sighed and started talking

She talked about how Sam confronted Kyler and how Miguel joined in, then how he started trying to fight her friend then to the fact that they totally kicked ass.

"Nicole, you should be happy for me. I've made a friend. Isn't that what you want for your niece?" Jules asked and smiled

A smile flickered across her face. "Okay, yes I'm glad you've made a friend but the things is, you cannot go beating people up."

Jules nodded. "I know. Please don't tell mom, I really don't want to have a fight."

Nicole sighed, "fine I won't tell her but this is the only time. Next time you're telling her. Okay Julie."

Jules nodded and smiled, "thank you Nicole."

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"All four of them?" Johnny asked his two students who stood in front of of him

"Yeah." The two teens answered but Jules added more. "I mean Miguel took most of them on."

"Even the big dumb one?" Johnny questioned, Miguel's eyes lit up

The boy nodded as he explained. "Yeah, it all happened so fast. Everything just came together. We were blocking, we anticipated-"

"Miguel even slithered." Jules pointed at the boy who blushed

Johnny nodded and Jules could see the slightest hint of a smile on their Sensei's face. All of the sudden he let out a sigh.

"Huh. Your guys's moms are gonna kill us." Johnny commented but the two shook their heads

Miguel spoke first. "Well, she would if she knew. When my school called, my yaya answered. Never seen her so proud, she won't talk."

Jule nudged Miguel's shoulder. "Yeah she should be. My aunt was the one I called, I talked her out of telling my mom."

Johnny held up his hands as he tried to wrap his mind around the fact that he had actually help people. He had taken two teens who were scrawny and could barely stand up for themselves and then taught them how to defend themselves.

"All right, let me get this straight." He stood up and walked around his desk. His students turned to look at him. "You took all the lessons I taught you... and you used them to straight up beat the shit out of those punks?"

They both nodded, "well yeah."

"Follow me." Johnny said and moved past them

He walked out into the dojo and out of the door. The two teens quickly walked after him, letting their Sensei lead them out into the parking lot. Jules and Miguel looked at each other confusedly as they walked up to his car. Johnny popped open the trunk and lying inside was a white Gi.

"Sorry Barron, this is for Miguel. I'll get you one later." Johnny apologized and Jules shook her head. "He deserves it."

Johnny looked over at Miguel. "I wore this when I was training for my first tournament back in '81. I want you to have it."

Miguel's jaw dropped as he stared at the Gi, it felt unreal. This was crazy and he never thought that any of this would happen. Johnny reached in and grabbed the clothing.

"Are you sure?" Miguel asked as Johnny handed it over to him. Johnny nodded. "Hell yeah. You earned it."

Jules watched the moment happen. She was happy for Miguel, he really did deserve it, and all she wanted for him was happiness. At that moment as Johnny pulled Miguel into a hug, the hairs on the back of Jules's neck stood up as if someone was watching her. Slowly the girl looked around the parking lot, there was no one here but as Johnny closed the trunk she saw him.

Her eyes locked with a boy who stood in front of them, hiding behind a wall. He stared at Johnny with disgust before his eyes locked with Jules for a second and turned around. The girl's body moved faster than her mind and Miguel looked at her confusedly.

"Where are you going Jules?" He asked and she looked back for a second. "I'll be right back."

She started jogging and continued past the building. She saw the boy in front of her, his pace started off slow but then he started walking faster until he broke out in a ran. Jules ran after him, not letting him get away. The boy turned a corner, running into what looked like an alleyway and Jules followed after, but all of the sudden she saw him. He hand turned around and before she could react, she felt the fist collide with her nose.

"Fuck!" She let out and felt her nose before pulling her hands up, she jabbed at the boy who pushed her hand away

The boy tried punching her but Jules moved back, she grabbed his arm and twisted it. He let out a groan but pulled his arm from Jules, so the girl took a step forward and kicked his chest. The boy fell back and hit the ground, Jules let out a sigh and walked up to him. As he tried to sit up Jules put her foot on his chest and pushed him down.

"Who are you?"