Did I ever mention how much being a girl sucked? Because there were some parts about it that I really didn't like. I woke up feeling like crap and noticed that there was blood on my sheets. At first I didn't know what was going on, but Ali told me it was because of my period. It turned out that the whole period thing was real and not just something that chicks used to get out of doing things. Now I had to deal with having this stick jammed up inside of me and it really wasn't as pleasing as I thought it would be. On top of that, I still had to go to school.
I went to put on some jeans…only to find that for some reason they didn't fit.
"Mom!" I called. She came over to me. "Why don't these gyms fit me anymore?"
"It's because of the bloating in your waist. It'll be gone in a few days." She explained. She probably didn't like having to explain this stuff to me what was a second time for her, but I was still glad that she did. "So, I'm going to look into things that can help you get your memories back. You're going to be okay."
I didn't think any of that stuff would work because I was pretty sure that I couldn't remember things that hadn't happened to me.
So to get dressed, I had to resort to wearing a long skirt. It was kind of pants. The main reason I was wearing it was because it was we had a bit of a cold front. The temperature was still in the 50s, but that was cold for California.
When I got to school, I was having trouble with my locker. I was pretty sure that the combination was right. When I finally got it open, everything fell out onto the floor.
"Can this day get any fucking worse?" I muttered as I went to pick things up. I was a bit surprised when someone showed up to help me.
"Hey, it's Jenny, right?" Moon asked.
"Yeah," I answered. As much as I didn't really like it, I had to get used to people calling me it. I then realized that I should say something about her helping me. "Thanks."
"I can tell by the look on your face that something's wrong." She declared. "Luckily, I'm an empath. You're on your period, aren't you?"
I could not believe that she managed to guess that by simply looking at me. I just nodded my head.
"I really think that you need to hang out with me and Yas after school today." She declared. "I know that she may not seem like it at first, but she really is a good person."
"I don't think I can do it." I responded. I had so many things that I needed to do. I needed to try to find out where Robby was, I needed to see if Miguel had woken up, and I needed to try to find this Julie Pierce person wherever she was.
"You are not blow us off again." Yasmine declared as she walked over. "For whatever reason, Moon likes you and you're going to hang out with us today."
Maybe I would be able to slip away from school without anyone noticing. I was currently trying to think of where Robby would run off to. Of course, when I was at lunch, I saw a reminder on my phone that left me a pretty embarrassing message. I had to call Ali because I was a little upset that she had left it for me.
"Do I really have to do this here?" I asked.
"Yes, I know that you don't like it but if you don't change them regularly, you're risking something very serious. I've seen a lot of girls come in the ER with toxic shock syndrome and a few of them didn't survive." She explained.
The main reason that I didn't want to do it was that I felt weird going to the girl's bathroom. I did at least know how to do it and they even had a bin by the toilet to put them in. It looked so gross covered in blood.
Even worse, when I was done I came across the person at school that I probably wanted to see the least: LaRusso's daughter. I went over to wash my hands.
"Hey." She greeted me.
"Hi." I retorted.
"I'm Sam." She introduced. "I don't think I've ever seen you around before."
"I missed the first few weeks because I was in the hospital." I explained as I continued to wash my hands.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"Jenny." I responded as I turned off the water. "I gotta go to lunch because I'm hungry."
"Well it was nice talking to you." She remarked before I walked away.
Once school was over, I tried my best to slip away. However, I had no such luck because I found that Yasmine was in front of my car. How did she know what I was driving.
"Hey." She replied.
"How did you know what car I drove?" I asked.
"I asked around. You would be surprised how easy it is to find things out." She declared. She was smarter than she looked. "So you weren't trying to get out of us going with us, were you?"
"No…" I lied. "I just needed to get something out of my car."
"You're a terrible liar." She declared. "Come on. Let's go."
So it looked like I was going to have to go with the two of them. I was also in the same car that had hit me before. I was in the front while Moon was in the back.
"So what was so important that you were trying to bail on us?" Yasmine asked.
"You know that guy who put that kid in the hospital?" I asked. "I'm pretty sure that he's my brother and I want to find him."
"He's a perfect example of why you shouldn't choose violence." Moon commented. "Of course he's nowhere near as bad as that Tory girl who started everything."
"He probably just made a mistake." I argued.
"Girls, let's not focus on fighting right now and let's focus on shopping." Yasmine told us. I really wasn't looking forward to it. I never really liked going shopping with Ali or Shannon, but I was pretty sure it was going to be worse because I would have to be the one to try on a lot of clothes.
When we got to the mall, I could tell that Yasmine had a plan that I wasn't going to like.
"Let's get you started with something tight and sexy." She declared. I was definitely not going to like this.
"She can't wear anything tight, Yas. She's on her period." Moon argued. Had I found something good about this terrible situation.
"Oh…well that is a bit inconvenient." Yasmine responded. It did look like she was showing a bit of sympathy. "Let's go to swimwear then,"
You know it was really weird having a pool again, especially after I had cleaned so many of them. I hadn't used it because I wasn't sure about wearing a bikini.
We went to Hollister and she gave me a bikini to try on.
"Isn't Hollister some farm town in the Bay Area?" I questioned.
"It's actually based off of Hollister Ranch, which is a beach." Yasmine declared. "Now go put it on."
"Why are you so set in getting me to do this?" I asked.
"I just want you to feel good in your body because I can tell that you're not." She declared. "You're sexy and you don't need to worry about boys liking you."
"I don't think I like boys." I remarked. I definitely couldn't see myself kissing one and doing anything else.
"Well that's okay too. Moon has a girlfriend and the girls won't be able to resist you either." She replied with a blush.
"Her name's Piper." Moon added. At that point, I said something that I didn't think that I would say. I was pretty sure that I was bonding with these girls. It made feel pretty weird because I didn't like to talk about feelings, but it felt nice and I even smiled a little. "So I knew this would help you feel better."
"I guess it does." I agreed. I then looked at Yasmine. "Moon was right. You are a nice person."
"People hate me for who I was last year. I just hope that I have enough time to change." She declared.
After we were done, they dropped me off at home. Ali was smiling when I walked in.
"Did you make some new friends?" She asked.
"I guess I did." I remarked before I realized something. "Fuck…I mean…my car is still at the school."
"We can get it after dinner." She promised. "Did you have a good time?"
After dinner, she went to drop me off and I knew that I should still go to the place. If I couldn't find Robby or see Miguel, I at least wanted to do one of the things that I had been planning on doing. It was probably the most nerve-wracking of them all because I was going to be talking to a person that I had never met before. I knocked on the door and it was also by a short brown-haired girl. She looked like she was even shorter than I was. I hoped that I was at the right place.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
"Yes I was looking for Julie Pierce. Is she here?" I replied.
"Mom!" The girl yelled into the house. So it seemed like I was in the right place and she was Julie's daughter.
At that point, a woman came to the door. I tried to think of what to say to her.
"Are you Julie?" I questioned.
"Yes, what can I do for you?" She asked.
"My name is Jenny Lawrence. I was told to come here by Daniel LaRusso." I remarked. She looked surprised when I said his name.
"I haven't heard that name in a while." She commented.
"He told me that you were trained by Mr. Miyagi in Miyagi-Do." I explained. "I was wondering if you could teach me."
I could tell that she looked a little bit uneasy when I said that. I couldn't help but wonder if this was going to be a dead end.
"I haven't done karate in a long time." She declared. "I don't know if I can teach you."
"She's just being modest. She's amazing." Her daughter interrupted as she came over to us. I supposed that she had been eavesdropping. "She even taught me a little bit when I was younger."
"This is my daughter, Sarah." Julie introduced. "And that was several years ago. Why do you even want to learn karate and why from me? There's that other dojo in the Valley that you can go to."
"They're the problem." I declared. "They're the ones who instigated the big fight at the school. From what I've heard Miyagi-Do is the only way to defeat them and you're one of only two people who was taught by him. LaRusso already said that he won't do it, so I need your help."
"I need some time to think about this." She admitted. I supposed that was at least a step up from her telling me no. I decided to do something. I took out a piece of paper and wrote my number on it.
"Well this is my cell phone number." I told her. "You can call me if you want to do it."
I knew that I should probably try to find Robby, but I also knew that Ali would probably get mad at me if I was out too late. I didn't like having a curfew, but I could at least see why she was worried about me. Even though I was probably more of a parent to Miguel than I was Robby, I did understand parental worry a little bit.
So I went home. I was also worried about Robby because I knew that he was on his own. I didn't know what the cops would do to him. I had spent some time in jail before and I was pretty sure that he would hate it. Just him going to jail made me feel like a failure as a father, especially since before that he was turning his life around. I was upset that it wasn't because of me, but I had been proud of him. Him doing so well in the tournament did make me feel happy. I had also been jealous of LaRusso, but that was only because it also made me feel like a failure.
"So where did you go?" Ali asked me.
"I went to see this woman that Mr. LaRusso suggested that I talk to about learning karate." I explained. I kind of hated calling him that. It sounded so respectful and I really didn't respect him, but it was the polite thing to do.
"What did she say?" She responded.
"Well she really didn't even give me an answer either way." I admitted. "M…mom if she asks for money for this, would you be willing to pay?"
"I don't even understand why you want to learn karate." She admitted.
"I want to do something to feel closer to…Dad." I lied. You know I couldn't help but wonder what things would have been like if I had tried to teach Robby when he was younger. I didn't know if it would make things better, but it probably couldn't have made things worse.
"I guess I would be willing to." She answered. "But only if you do well in school. Speaking of which, you should probably do your homework."
I went to my room and looked over the worksheet that I had been given. It asked me some questions and I wasn't sure how, but it was like I knew the answers to it. I remembered hearing them in class. Was it because I was paying attention? Was I actually learning some things at school? I was kind of impressed by that to be honest. Maybe I really could do well in school.
After dinner, I decided to do something. It was probably best to do this right now when no one was really around. I took the bikini that Yasmine had bought for me and put it on. It felt pretty weird and the water was probably too cold to swim in even with the heater, but I just wanted to see how it would feel. It felt pretty strange. I went and put my feet in the water and it was definitely cold. Yasmine was probably right about me needing to feel more comfortable in my body. I just hoped that I wouldn't be making a mistake by becoming friends with her. I really didn't want to become like her. I had already been a bully once and I didn't want to do it again.
The following day in addition to the homework, we would also be having a quiz over it and once again, I felt like I knew the answers to it. I felt proud but I would have to wait until I actually saw the results to truly know. I couldn't help but wonder if the reason that I felt like taking this more seriously was because I never felt the need to do well before. No one really cared if I did well in school. My mom didn't care. Sid didn't care and I was pretty sure that Kreese couldn't care less about how I did in school. Ali seemed genuinely interested in me.
After school, I got a call from an unknown number. At first, I thought that it might have been Julie calling me to talk about the offer that I had made her, but then I realized that I did recognize that number. It was Carmen's number. I hoped that it was good news.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Jenny?" She asked. "It's Carmen. I just wanted to tell you that Miguel has woken up and if you want to meet him, you can come by and talk to him."
I knew it would be weird talking to Miguel, but it would still feel good to do so because it would let me know that he was okay. Yes hearing about it was a good thing, but I still wanted to see him.
When I got to the hospital, I saw that they had the news on and they found that Robby had been arrested. It felt bittersweet, but at least I knew that he was safe. The thing was he probably didn't even remember who I was anymore. I was basically dead to the world and I didn't know if that was a good or a bad thing. I knew that I had caused a lot of bad things to happen, but people like Miguel and Robby not knowing about me anymore really made me feel worse. I just wanted to make a difference.
"I'm here to see Miguel Diaz." I told the nurse. "My name is Jenny Lawrence. His mom said that I could be here."
I then walked into the room, unsure of what I was going to say to him. I didn't know what it would be like to have to meet him again for the first time. It hurt that he wouldn't remember who I was. I couldn't help but wonder if he would remember anything at all. Maybe he was really suffering from amnesia because I was pretty sure that could happen in a situation like his. Though I was pretty sure that there was nothing that could prepare me for what he said when I walked into the room.
"Sensei." He declared.
So there's a bit of a shocker. Miguel somehow who remembers who Johnny is, even if no one else does. Also, Jenny got to meet Julie and her daughter. Sarah is played by Dove Cameron and was created by MissTiff. Please don't forget to review.