Chapter Nine: Diaz and Chu

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Miguel Diaz had Mackenzie on Snapchat since the time she had added him during class.

He received a very random message from her the evening after Aisha broke Yasmine's nose.

heyy what r u up to?

Miguel stopped doing his homework and checked his phone, surprised someone as attractive as Mackenzie was talking to him. He responded honestly and quickly.

Just at home, studying

niice, hey you wanna hang out? if you're down, i'm done with piano practice in about an hour

Miguel stared at his phone silently in shock. He hadn't known someone as intelligent, desired, beautiful, or respected at his school like Mackenzie. She was Cheer Captain, a Junior, and the top of her class. Miguel often wondered why she had even bothered talking to him sometimes at school.

Sure!

kk cool, just wondering tho. are your parents home?

Miguel breathed a sigh of relief.

No, my mom is working an extra shift and my grandma's at bingo.

alright, I'll be at your place by 8 send me your address

Mackenzie added a few kissy face emojis.

Miguel quickly sent him his apartment unit location in Reseda and Mackenzie responded with a thumbs up emoji.

He immediately organized his room and a bit of his house, changed his clothes and put on some deodorant. This was the first time in his life he expected to have a living breathing girl in his room.

Miguel constantly hung out with his friends from Cobra Kai, but Aisha never really connected as deeply with any of them because they were all boys. They were all still friends, but Aisha was still left out to go to Carmen Diaz's apartment.

Miguel truly didn't know much about Mackenzie, making him wonder why all of a sudden she wanted to spend time with him. She was a very respectful and kind girl from what he'd seen, a bit flirtatious but in a friendly way, not an awkward one.

All he knew was that she was from a very wealthy Korean family and that Miguel and her had been able to start talking about their common interests in certain sports.

The message where Mackenzie strongly included her cleavage in a Snapchat message from her car merely added to his confusion and, a bit of his hope.

omw ;)

After anxiously waiting in the living room for a bit, there was a knock at the door.

Miguel walked opened his front door and Mackenzie stood there, wearing a simple pair of jeans and a blue track suit top with West Valley High School's cheer team logo and her name, M. Chu.

"Hey." Miguel smiled.

"Hi." Mackenzie said calmly. "So, we doing this or what?"

"Doing." Miguel paused. "What?"

"What do you think?" Mackenzie shrugged. "Fucking." she added bluntly.

Miguel froze.

"If you're cool with that, that is." She said.

Miguel cleared his throat. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I am, definitely."

"Cool." Mackenzie beamed quickly and entered his house.

Miguel vaguely led Mackenzie to his room.

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Afterward, Miguel was a bit sweaty and nude beneath the covers while Mackenzie laid next to him, her hair had barely even moved.

"That moved quickly."

Mackenzie nodded quietly. "Felt it was time I made it clear what I wanted from you."

"H-How was it?" asked Miguel.

"Fine, you're a bit inexperienced, but that's not your fault." she said in her calm voice.

Miguel could tell that meant Mackenzie was more experienced than him. Not that he minded, he truly was grateful Mackenzie was able to even give him the time of day.

Mackenzie checked her phone, sighing. "Damn."

"What?"

"I forgot I promised to meet with my parents to start talking about Berkely."

"You're going to UC Berkely?"

Mackenzie shrugged. "I don't know yet, I like to keep my options open." she said as if it was the most casual thing in the world meanwhile Miguel might as well have been talking to her from a different room.

Mackenzie then slipped naked out of Miguel's bedroom and proceeded to dress herself and tie her sleek jet black hair into a ponytail. Miguel felt a bit proud of himself, albeit slightly confused at the speed Mackenzie had jumped into bed with him.

Mackenzie was hot. Smart, applied, people knew she was going places. Mackenzie had perfect skin, eyes, a gorgeous body honed from years of sports, and at the click of her fingers Miguel was ready for her.

The only question Miguel had asked himself was why? Why so suddenly? Not that he was complaining about the view, far from it.

The sight still had a freezing effect on Miguel, despite the fact that he had proven to himself he could physically attract girls to a degree this serious.

"So, you gotta go?"

"Yup." she said. "I'll talk to you at school. Hit me up when you hang out again 'kay?"

Miguel soaked in the full feeling of an opened mouthed kiss with Mackenzie before she left. The teen needed a nap after a full week of school, karate, and spending time with his friends non stop before he took out the garbage.

It was there he saw Robby Keene.

"Sup man?" he asked suddenly and awkwardly.

His neighbor squinted at him. "Sup." Robby returned curtly.

"How have you been?"

"Just fine. A bit um, nevermind."

"Nah what is it?"

Robby put his hands in his jacket pockets. "You know you deserve what she's doing to you man."

"What are you talking about?"

"Mack is using you."

Miguel still played the bewildered card.

"Dude I saw her car, no one around here drives a freaking Mercedez." said Robby calmly. "The entire cheer squad is into you. She just wanted first dibs and to feel superior over them I bet."

"Bullshit." Miguel said.

"Sure man. All these Encino kids are the same, bothers me that Luke plays tricks with people he knows are bullies."

"You're mad at your friend."

Robby realized he was telling Miguel about this.

"I saw his story, he's with Yas at Golf 'N Stuff right now. All I want to tell you is that if you want to end up tied up in that nonsense. Go for it." Robby shrugged. "I'm well past that petty stuff."

Robby turned and walked towards his apartment.

Miguel spoke a little late but still with conviction. "Yeah good riddance! Never asked for your advice anyway!"

Robby barely waved a bored hand over his shoulder with a shake of his head before he walked into Johnny's apartment.

"Condescending dick." Miguel scoffed. "Steel Eagle karate, get the fuck outta here." he muttered under his breath, looking aside.

Miguel took his phone and walked back into his apartment, quickly thinking of something before messaging Mitch through text.

Aisha's still suspended over that bullshit. How's she holding up?

She's okay man. The guys were gonna get together tonight. Wanna come with?

Nah, but I suggest you go to like

Miguel paused, smirking as he wrote his follow up message.

Golf 'N stuff or something.

Sounds fun, I'll let you know how the squad likes it

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A/N:

Sorry for the short chap but the next one should be out soon, and it will start playing into the general feeling and pace for the rest of this book and its subsequent sequels. I plan to dive full bore into yet another realistic take on the Cobra Kai series trying to rewrite its focus on the teenage characters specifically.

Anyway, thanks for reading, feel free to DM or review your thoughts please, and I'll see you all next time. See y'all!