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---- 6:30 pm ----
a few days ago, demetri and yasmine messaged their old friends and asked them whether they were all free on saturdat for a 10-year reunion in their home, and they all confirmed they were.
tory was waiting downstairs, she decided to wear something casual, but still made it look good for a decent impression, she looked at the time and waited, eventually, she lost her patience and called for sam;
"OI PRINCESS, WE GOTTA GO, WE'RE GONNA BE F**KING LATE" she placed her hands on her pockets.
"HOLD ON- JUST 3 MORE MINUTES" sam yelled back in response.
"OKAY IM DONE-" she told tory as she was putting back all her things.
"FINALLY" tory walked in on sam, got behind her, and picked her up bridal style. sam was really flustered.
"t-TORY- i- uh- i-i can walk.. you k-know?" she told tory but she didn't say anything.
tory reached the car and placed sam down in the passenger seat, walked to the other side, entered in and started the car
"ready?" she asked
sam gave her a peck on the lips to confirm that she is.
"alright, let's go" tory said as she started to drive.
---- 1 hour later ----
---- 7:32 pm ----
"princess? wake up, we're here" tory whispered to sam's ear.
"wh- uh- what? wait- r-really?" sam asked. there was no way they could be at the house already, it feels like it's just been 30 minutes.
"no, we're still at the house. of course we're here" tory said jokingly.
"very funny" sam rolled her eyes and kissed tory's cheek. she got out of the car and walked over to sam's side. she opened the door, took her hand and dragged her out of there.
"tory i said i can walk-" she told tory, but she shrugged it off. sam finally stood up properly, but dread and fear came over her body. she started shaking.. a lot. it's just a reunion..
"sam?" tory asked with concern. sam opened her mouth, but nothing was coming out.
tory sighed. "sam.. they're our friends, they're not gonna do anything to you" she told sam trying to reassure her, and it worked a little.
sam nodded and they headed to the front door and ringed the doorbell. sam was expecting to be greeted by yasmine, but was welcomed instead by her daughters. vera, 5 years old, the youngest. and anna, 9 years old, the eldest. ellie jumped and hugged sam as tight as she could.
"hi! vera! you've grown so much! and anna! you got so tall and pretty!" anna walked up to her, sam smiled and patted her head. it was nice to see her nieces again. both of them giggled.
out of nowhere vera took sam's hand and dragged her. sam was startled by this, but she didn't mind it. almost reaching the stairs, she spotted yasmine, demetri, moon and miguel.
"hey- guys-" sam stopped to greet them.
"YOU CAN TALK TO MOMMY, DADDY AND THE OTHERS LATER!!" vera screamed and proceeded to try and pull sam's arm.
"we'll talk later then" miguel chuckled.
when they got to her room, vera ran to a box, picked up something and ran back to sam.
"VERA MADE A FRIEND!" she told sam excitedly while pulling out a hand puppet from behind. it was a purple and pink bunny sock puppet, coincidentally, it looked like one that sam made before as a child.
sam crouched and said "wow! that!s so cool! what's their name?"
"daisy's name is daisy" vera said, trying to make her voice a bit higher.
"well daisy, i'm sam! nice to meet you" sam replied, going along with the act.
---- meanwhile ----
robby, tory and eli were hanging out by the couch, playing video games.
"HA! weaklings!" tory said as she stood up.
"HOW THE F**K DO YOU KEEP WINNING!? YOU CHEATED DIDN'T YOU-" eli screamed.
"i didn't cheat, i'm just better than you guys" tory smiked.
"don't fight it eli, let's just start a new round-" robby said to break up the two.
"see?" tory laughed.
"UGH! FINE, I'M BEATING YOU THIS TIME!" eli sat down angrily.
"we'll see about that"
---- 28 minutes later ----
---- 7:58 pm ----
after a while tory came up to see what sam was up to. vera's door was slightly open, so tory took a peak inside. there she saw sam in the floor talking to vera's... puppet? it was ridiculous, but she was a child. seeing her soft chuckles made tory's heart beat faster. sam was really good with kids.
just then demetri also walked into to vera's room.
"vera, time to sleep" as soon as demetri said that, sam turned around in shock.
"oh! demetri! hi- i-it's just you-" sam said but was cut off by vera.
"b-but daddy! vera and auntie aren't done playing yet!" vera pouted. she looked at sam, hoping she'd agree with her.
"sorry sweetie, i-i'd love to play with you some more but i am afraid it's your bedtime.." sam replied.
it looked like vera was about to cry, and sam panicked.
"but h-hey! i promise, i'll play with you again!" sam told her.
"p-promise?" vera asked, holding out her pinky finger.
"promise!" sam said as she held out her pinky as well.
"alright, vera time to go to bed" demetri told her once again while walking towards her bed holding a glass of lukewarm milk. sam stood up and helped vera get up.
"goodnight" she told her as she kissed her forehead and headed out of the room. she was surprised to see tory when she got out. tory slipped her hand in sam's.
"you're really great with kids. this can serve as practice for ours in the future" tory smirked.
"wh- what!? i-" sam's cheeks became really red.
---- 10 minutes later ----
---- 8:08 ----
dinner started. they were catching up and talking about their future plans and goals. it was going really well until..
"ya'll remember the school fight?" eli blurted out and chuckled, as well as everyone else. but sam on the other hand? was feeling the exact opposite. she felt really nervous. the trauma came back again. she chuckled to not worry anyone. everyone started talking about how intense it was, and "what if-s"
"who did win?"
"pretty sure it was miyagi-do"
"what!? no way! cobra kai won!"
"no one won!"
"that can't be possible! every fight needs to have a winner!"
"that's true"
"what if it was robby who fell down the stairs?"
"HEY NOW-"
"might've been less drama after it because, it's not like miyagi-do could do anything, they can't even strike first"
"rude much"
"what!? it's true"
then subconsciously, sam's leg started shaking. and miguel noticed it. was she uncomfortable? he opened his mouth to say something, but tory beat him to it. tory placed her hand between sam's knee and thigh and gave it a soft squeeze, in hopes to comfort her and lessen her worry her. it seemed to have worked. right after that, she changed the topic. once miguel knew sam was calm, he was too.
"sam, it!s gonna be okay, no one's talking about it anymore" tory whispered. her voice was a bonus to keep sam calm. she took her hand off her leg and continued to eat.
---- few hours later ----
---- 11:47 pm ----
sam and tory waved goodbye and left the house. to tory's surprise, sam stopped walking.
"th- uh-.. thanks tory... for.. a while ago.." sam said quietly. tory turned around and walked up to her.
"of course, i didn't want you feeling uncomfortable" tory replied as she held sam's hand. she held it up and softly kissed her on the lips. they stared at each other's eyes for moment, until tory finally spoke up.
"c'mon let's go home" she said, and sam nodded. they entered the car and drove off.