Disclaimer: I do not own The Karate Kid, any of it's characters or any of the screenplay. I'm just borrowing them to play with and add my spin on things.
A few months had passed since the All Valley Tournament and the incident with Kreese. Johnny and Kellie had become as close as ever, spending every possible moment they could together. It was easier now that his schedule was free from karate.
"You look great," Johnny said to Kellie as he gave her a soft kiss.
"Happy birthday, handsome," she said smiling.
"Thanks." He smiled back. "I'm gonna run upstairs to the bathroom real quick before we leave, ok?"
"Yeah, sure. I'll wait for you here."
Within a few minutes, Johnny was back and ushering Kellie out the door to his car.
They were supposed to be meeting his mom and stepdad at the country club. He wasn't thrilled about it, but he was trying to make the best of it. He'd figured they would go, have dinner, and then leave quickly so they could spend the rest of the afternoon together. After all, it was his birthday. Shouldn't he get to spend it the way he wanted to? Johnny scanned the dining room, quickly locating his parents as he and Kellie walked into the country club. He didn't really want to be here tonight, but his mother had insisted that they all have dinner together for his birthday. He placed his hand on the small of Kellie's back as he guided her over to their table.
"Kellie, you look lovely," Laura Lawrence greeted as she stood to hug Kellie and Johnny. "Happy birthday, sweetheart."
"Thanks, Mom," Johnny replied quickly, kissing his mother on the cheek.
"Happy birthday, kid," Sid said gruffly as he shook Johnny's hand.
Johnny said a quick thank you as he sat at the table. He scanned the room again to see who was there, his eyes quickly landing on Ali dancing with her father. 'Great. Really didn't want to see her tonight,' he thought. He really wasn't in the mood for Ali or his stepdad tonight. He had other things on his mind. More important things. 'I really need to talk to Kellie,' he thought. Johnny forced his attention back to the present moment. He knew if he didn't, his mom would start asking questions, and right now he didn't want to talk about what was bothering him.
They made small talk until dinner arrived at their table. Everyone ate with very little conversation. After they had finished the main course, everyone was served cake, and of course, a chorus of Happy Birthday was sung.
By the time they were finished, Johnny was more than ready to leave. He'd spent about as much time as he could stand around his stepfather, Sid. Johnny couldn't stand the man. The less time he had to spend around him, the better. If it had been left up to him, he would have spent the afternoon with just Kellie.
Thinking about Kellie brought his attention back to the fact that he really needed to talk to her. He decided he would wait until they were back at her house.
The drive back to her house was quiet. The radio played in the background.
"You were quiet tonight," Johnny remarked.
"Hmmm?" she said absent-mindedly.
"I said you were quiet tonight."
"I'm sorry. I don't mean to be," Kellie said, turning her attention to him.
"Anything wrong?" Johnny asked, hoping she would open up and talk to him.
"No, no, nothing's wrong," she said with a reassuring smile before shifting her gaze back out the window.
Her reply was not the response he was looking for. He felt the anger building up. 'Keep cool, Johnny. Wait until you get her home,' he told himself.
Within a few minutes Johnny pulled into Kellie's driveway. He killed the engine, and then they both exited the car.
Kellie's parents were out with friends of theirs, and she assumed Dutch was on a date. She stuck the key into the doorknob before turning it and opening the door. As they walked into the house, she tossed her keys on the table in the foyer before she turned to Johnny. "I'm gonna go change." She quickly kissed him before she strode up the stairway to her room.
She stepped out of her bathroom to find Johnny propped up against her bedroom doorway. He studied her for a brief moment before he spoke. "Were you planning on telling me?"
"Telling you what?" Kellie asked calmly as she turned to face him.
"That you're pregnant."
All the color drained from her face. "How'd…"
"I saw the test in your bathroom."
"When were you in my bathroom? Are you spying on me now?" Kellie asked, anger creeping into her voice.
"Before dinner. Spying? Are you crazy? I went to the bathroom before we left, remember? You left the test laying out on the counter," he replied as he rubbed his temple. "How could you not tell me? Do you have any idea how hard it was not saying anything to you sooner? This has been on my mind all night."
Kellie sat down on her bed as the tears filled her eyes. "I was scared to tell you, and I wanted to find the right time."
"The right time?" Johnny scoffed as he moved from the doorway to the middle of the room.
"What'd you want me to do? Stand up in the middle of the country club and say 'Surprise Johnny, I'm having your baby. Happy birthday!'?" At this point the tears streamed down her face. She tried to hide her face in her hands. She didn't want him to see her cry.
"Of course not. How long have you known?"
"Since this morning."
"Why were you afraid to tell me?" he asked softly as he sat beside her on the bed.
She looked at him through red, tear-stained eyes. "I didn't know how you'd react."
Johnny didn't say anything at first. He just picked up her hand and held it. When he finally spoke, he simply said, "I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere."
"What are we gonna do?" she sobbed.
Johnny put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. She laid her head on his shoulder as the tears poured down her face. He stroked her hair in an attempt to calm her. "We'll figure it out."
"Can we want until after graduation to tell?" The look in her eyes was pleading with him not to say anything.
He nodded and held her closer. A million thoughts ran through his mind. How were people going to react? What would their parents say? Where would they live? How would he support them? How would Dutch react? Johnny was more concerned about his best friend than the others. He knew Dutch would be furious. Kellie was his baby sister and he'd always been protective of her. Sure, he was the one that had prompted Johnny to ask her out, but once he found out he had, he'd given him a stern talking to about how he expected her to be treated. Not that he'd ever treated a girl bad before or anything. He knew Dutch was just playing the role of the protective brother so he paid no mind.
Johnny laid back on the bed, pulling Kellie back with him. Her head lay against his shoulder, and his arm was wrapped around her. She had mostly stopped crying, but every so often he felt her tremble and heard sniffles. He lay with her, not saying a word. Soon, he felt her breathing even out, and he was sure she had fallen asleep. It didn't take long before he was asleep, too.
Johnny was awakened sometime later by Dutch. "Hey, man, what's going on?"
Johnny blinked several times to adjust his eyes to the light. He pulled his arm out from under Kellie, careful not to wake her, before he sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Fell asleep."
"Everything ok?" Dutch asked with an eyebrow cocked.
Johnny glanced at him, laughing it off. "Yeah, everything's good."
"You gonna sleep here tonight?"
"Yeah."
Dutch nodded as he walked out and across the hallway to his own room. Johnny followed him. "How's things going?" he asked as he took a seat on the bed. Johnny followed suit and sat down at the desk in front of the window.
"Good," Johnny replied as he attempted to keep the conversation light. He didn't want to let it slip that Kellie was pregnant. Not yet anyway.
Dutch eyed him carefully. He knew his best friend, and something was off. He wasn't sure what it was, but he would find out eventually. "I feel like my sister sees you more than me or the guys do lately. Thought we were best buds?"
"Sorry, man." Johnny ran his hand though his hair as he let out a slow breath. "I like spending time with Kellie. She's amazing. Then with school, I don't have as much time as I used to."