jacks pov

once we got to the dojo we saw emma arguing with her grampa (bob)

bob: "its not safe for you to be doing karate here! remember last time i tried to teach you? you couldnt even flip that kid in you class, what was his name? aidan."

emma: "yeah i couldnt then but that was 5 years ago and he was an orange belt when i was just a white belt plus he is like so much bigger than me!"

bob: "its just not safe for you to be fighting these people. please just trust me, you will get hurt! you are a whit belt and they are all at least yellow belts."

emma: "im not a white belt. do you not see the black belt tied around my waist? and trust me i wont get hurt!" she said with tears streaming down her face, i have never seen her get so mad at someone, not even when she fought all of the black dragons, that was just determination.

bob: "i thought it was a borrowed belt. and you are just not mature enough to take care of yourself in the dojo." at this point i had to step in,

me: "umm.. excuse me? but she-" before i could finish emma cut me off.

emma: "i can handle my own battles jack!" then she turned back to bob

emma: "and not mature enough to fight in a dojo?! you didnt say anything when i told you i was taking care of two little girls!" this is when he really screwed up!

bob: "well your a girl thats what your good at! plus i thought you were just watching her for a few hours while you dad worked."

emma: "oh so just because im a girl means that im meant to be at home with the kids and not learning karate?!" then she turned to me.

emma: "jack you wanted to help right?"

me: "yeah i ?"

emma: "we are going to spar and show my grampa that i wont get hurt in this dojo. k?"

me: "k?" we sparred and let me tell you i didnt hold back, not even a little bit, and she still beat me.

me: "um, bob? you gotta give it to her she can handle herself just fine, now i suggest you leave!"

emma: "oh and tell gramma i love her!" as soon as he left she went to go sit on a stack of mats and tried to keep us from knowing that she was crying.

emmas pov

after jack and i sparred he said something to grampa.

jack: "um, bob? you gotta give it to her she can handle herself just fine, now i suggest you leave!"

me: "oh and tell gramma i love her!" after he left i went over to a stack of mats and tried to not let anybody know that I was crying. i was unsuccessful! jack saw and came over.

jack: "whats wrong, are you ok?"

me: "no im not ok. but ill be fine." I had to say that! I am not the kind of person that openly shows weakness, and I hate pity.

jack: "tell me whats wrong."

me: "its just that he used to be so different, then he became a stupid pastor and everything changed! plus he brought up memories about why i came here."

jack: "if you want you can tell me what happened?"

me: "ok, well first it was just typical teen things. like you know, parents hiding things and cute guys at school"

jack: "what were your parents hiding?"

me: "my mom was hiding an engagement and my dad was hiding a girlfriend. i knew both but i couldnt tell them and that may not sound bad, but to me it was, i would be happy for my mom but he has a kid and i so dont want a sister, and my dad has had girlfriends in the past but this one was like 15 years younger and after what happened last time i just kinda didnt want him to have a girlfriend and i know that sounds mean but it was just how i felt."

jack: "what happened last time?"

me: "he was saving up for a ring and she broke his heart. she literally said 'i dont love you anymore, get out of my house' she got to keep the house and the dog."

jack: "ok yeah thats bad! so what happened at school?"

me: "well it was just kind of an ongoing thing but it started in seventh grade when i really liked this guy but my friend gen liked him too. one night he texted me asking if he had a chance with him and so i set them up to be a good friend, i mean i didnt think it would last. but then my friend tulia accidently called him and kept saying 'crap i called that guy you like!' and of course he heard and it spread. by the time gen heard it had blown over and i told her it was a prank that tulia pulled. she bought it, but i still liked him and when they broke up he was a complete dick to us and yet i still liked him. i couldnt talk about it to anyone cause you know bff's ex-bf, not going to happen. then last year the popular girl (althea) found out and told him, gen, and everybody. after that gen wasnt my friend anymore and althea kept on teasing me. finaly i couldnt take it any more and i cracked."

jack: "what you do?" at this point i had tears openly running down my cheeks and let me tell i dont cry in front of anybody.

me: "i may have hit her a few times. and apparently i broke her arm and nose. but after that aidan, the guy that my grampa talked about, came up to me and started to hit on me. he was the class jock the typical hot guy. and he knew it, he thought i would just bend to his will like all of the girls and he didnt like it when i didnt."

jack: "what did he do? if he hurt you?"

me: "my dignity yes but not physically he wouldnt do that he just told all of the teachers that i had i knife and that i told him i would kill him. they didnt belive the kill part but they did think i had a knife, i got expelled."

jack: "yeah that sucks! im so sorry. now i get why you didnt want me to spar with you first day, you thought what happened to althea migh happen to me." he pulled me into his chest and we just sat there for the rest of class.