I quickly dash into my house and avoid anyone there. I sigh with relief and put my hands together in a praying motion as both my mom's and my dad's car are not in the driveway. However, my nerves about the party come full force as I'm gonna have to hang out with Kyler and them again. I take a quick shower, fix my hair, brush my teeth, and put on swim trunks and a clean t-shirt. I head over to the LaRusso's house as I catch sight of a familiar black jeep in the driveway.

"Great," I mutter sarcastically.

I walk on through the back.

"Heeeey! There he is," everyone greets friendly at different times so it sounds like gibberish.

I wave awkwardly and Sam walks up to me.

"Blake, I'm glad you could make it," she says happily.

"Yeah me too," I say

I look over Sam's shoulder at Kyler who is sitting with Rory by the pool. He doesn't contain that cocky smirk that usually plasters. He looks at me and scowls menacingly. (Hmm I wonder what's up his ass)

Sam gives me a tour of her house and tells me all about her life in the valley while everyone swims outside. When we get to the pool house, she talks about how her dad used to teach her karate in this room.

"I know it's a bit odd," she says a little embarrassed.

"No it isn't. I wish I knew karate," I say.

"Well I can show you some," Sam says confidently elbowing me in the side.

"Okay let's see what you got," I say.

"Get in a stance," she says as she gets in position.

"Woah wait. I'm not gonna hit a girl," I say putting my hands up in surrender.

Before I do anything, she grabs my arm and flips me onto my back which knocks the wind out of me.

"Sorry, old habits," she teases then grins.

"I could've used that last night," I say taking off my shades to reveal my black eye and busted lip.

"Oh my God what happened?" Sam asks with shock.

"We we're going to get some beer and then Kyler..." I start to say before Brucks bursts in.

"Woah did I catch you guys in the middle of some tonsil hockey?! Oh shit sorry to cock block you like that man!" Brucks yells obnoxiously.

"What we weren't..!" Sam and I start to deny before Brucks runs out and announces to the whole party what's going on.

"Nothings going on! We were literally talking!" Sam yells at the laughing crowd.

"Yeah talking with your dick!" Brucks yells to Kyler who laughs obnoxiously while giving me a look of hatred.

I look over at Moon who isn't laughing. She looks at me sadly and scowls slightly. I couldn't believe this. Moon actually believed them. She thought I would just start hooking up with Sam before having a real conversation.

"Nothing happened guys!" I yell.

"Whatever dawg, sure," Kyler taunts.

"Let's play some pool basketball," John finalizes.

"I'm in," I say and hop in the water.

I'm on a team with John and Rory while Kyler is with Brucks and some other kid. The entire game Kyler is playing dirty, especially against me. When I have the ball, he shoves me head under water or throws cheap shots at me. Overall, I was starting to get sick of it and so I decided to fight back. He grabbed me and picked me up and I threw an elbow right at his jaw. He let go instantly and looked at me with shock.

"Sorry bro, just got a little aggressive," I say in a sarcastic tone then shoot the ball directly over his head and swish it.

He shakes his head warningly. Brucks passes him the ball and he tries to shoot and I jump and block it.

"What now? Gonna call foul?" I taunt.

The aggressive back and forth continue for the entire game. We eventually finish up and go get drinks from the table. Kyler bumps into me aggressively and knocks my beer over.

"Oh sorry bro," he sarcastically remarks.

"What's your problem dude?" I remark in a quiet tone.

"You wanna know my problem newbie? It's you? We decided to let you in, but your trying to act cooler than us. I saw you after that bum beat our asses. Chattin it up with rhea. Then you make moves on my girl over there huh?" He says pointing his thumb at Sam.

"Sam isn't your girl," I say mockingly.

"Oh really?" He says challengingly.

"Hey guys! Last night I caught ol Murphy here chattin it up with the clerk at that strip mall in Reseda. Who knew you liked dudes bro?" Kyler blatantly lies.

"What?" I ask clearly confused.

"You know what he told me? He said getting our asses beat by that bum really turned him on," Kyler announces and everyone makes grossed out sounds.

Public humiliation is causing me to have a panic attack and I look around frantically. Sam looks weirded out, Moon is just confused, and Yasmine has a sick look of glee on her face.

"Y'all really believe this crap?" I say incredulously.

"Well you did come from Texas," Yasmine shouts.

"Wrong state," I respond giving her a condescending look.

"I wonder what you said to Sam huh. "Wanna know how I got these scars?"" Kyler mocks as he tries to impersonate the joker.

"What's the matter? Those scars make you retarded?" Kyler mocks then shoves me.

I'm frozen. Kyler's insults and lies rival that of a middle school kid, but the laughing and jeers cause my heart to pound. They actually believe him. I want to disappear and hide from the world. I'm all too familiar with bullies. I had no clue what he even had against me. Was he mad that I was nice to Miguel? Or that he thinks I was hooking up with Sam?

Kyler walks closer to me and whispers "bet you wish whatever accident that caused you to look like a freak really finished the job."

'Freak'

That word causes a new feeling. Humiliation to pure rage and adrenaline. The flashbacks hit like a bus. Hiding my face from public. Hearing people say things like...

"Mommy he looks weird,"

"Don't be friends with him he looks like a violent kid,"

"Hey don't stare it's rude,"

"Freak,"

I slam my fist directly into Kyler's smirking face and he stumbles back slightly. He looks at me with shock then anger as he touches his nose with his hand and looks at the blood.

"Your a dead man," he sneers and punches me back.

I fall down as he grabs for me. We wrestle for a bit before I get the upper hand and drive him into the wall. I punch him in the ribs and he nails me right where I'm bruised on my side. We exchange blows for a little longer and ignore the yells. The cheers of Brucks and Rory and the protests of Sam and Moon. Kyler picks me up and slams me into the pavement and I reel back and headbutt him as hard as I can. We both stand up and I charge at him. I drive him back and we both fly into the pool. We're throwing punches wildly as water explodes around us. Kyler puts me in a headlock and dunks my head into the water.

He pulls me up temporarily before yelling "what's the matter? Having trouble breathing?!" And dunking me below again.

I'm elbowing and scrambling as much as possible, but I'm completely stuck. He punches me in the ribs. I gasp for air and looks around before Kyler punches me square in the jaw. I go for the punch, but Kyler grabs my arm and punches me over and over again in the ribs before head butting me in the nose.

I hear a man yell "what the hell's going on?!" In pure shock and anger.

I look in horror to see Mr. LaRusso looking around frantically. As we all stand there in shock. People start scrambling and he's yelling about people wearing his swimsuits. Luckily I brought my own and I climb out of the pool and sprint directly past him while he's distracted. He couldn't find out who I was or it might mean consequences for my dad at work.

"Blake wait!" I hear Sam call out, but I'm not stopping.

The events process in slow motion and tears begin to flow as I barrel through the open gate and head for my house.

I run through my front door to see my parents turn casually before getting a look of shock.

"Blake, what the hell? Your soaking wet," my dad yells.

"Sorry," I whisper out of breath.

"Sweetie your bleeding! What the hell happened?" My mom calls and looks at my face.

I'm in a panic and my brain scrambles to come up with a lie.

"I-I fell down and smacked my face on the poolside," I say a little too fast.

"How?" My mom says as she scrambles to get some ice.

"I was at the LaRusso's and I slipped getting out. Mr. LaRusso got home to see all of us in his pool and seemed mad and I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could so you wouldn't get in trouble at work," I confirm to my parents.

I can tell my dad sees right through my bullshit, but my mom buys it so I hope to God my dad doesn't blow my cover. My mom ices my face and gives me tissues for the blood. I grab a bag of goldfish and sit at the kitchen table. My mom goes into the other room and my dad puts down his phone.

"So what really happened over there?" He asks suspiciously.

I look at him for a second then sigh.

"I got in a fight," I confirm with dread knowing he'll freak out because his son getting in a fight at his bosses' house isn't good at all.

Authors note: ok this chapter was a bit of a struggle because I wanted to add a conflict between Murphy and the bully gang so he would drop them before the start of school at West Valley. I didn't want Kyler to completely beat him up because Murphy is naturally athletic and built unlike Miguel and his group ore cobra Kai. Also Daniel knows Blake was in a fight, but chooses to dismiss I it until they meet later. Blake's brother will disappear as he goes back to college and Blake's parents won't be too prominent. His mom is the typical mother as of right now as I haven't decided on her personality just yet. However, his dad is sort of strict, but has a cool side to him that is present at certain points. I know Kyler's statements toward Blake were downright ridiculous and middle school level intelligence but then again kyler isn't a smart dude and Blake has a conflicted and awkward mindset, kind of like Zuko from avatar the last air bender. (Great show btw totally recommend it) look forward to writing the following chapters. Next one will cover party's aftermath and The Murphy's and LaRusso's eating dinner together.