Everyone turned around. She opened the door and in came in Miguel, Odessa, Mitch, Hailey, Grayson, and Bert. "No way!" Nathan dismissed as everyone stood up from the couch.
"Oh, hell no! You gotta be kidding me." Chris said in disbelief. 
"What the hell are you doing here? This isn't a keg party," Mitch snapped. He ripped the hat off of his head. "I bought this hat for nothing!"
"Yeah, along with that sweater." Hailey remarked and Odessa nudging her in the ribs.
"Wait, you parent trapped us?" Demetri questioned Sam. He looked Oliver and saw the guilty look on his face. "And you knew about it? Why?" He gasped. 
"Look,  I know we haven't always gotten along, but Cobra Kai is the bigger threat now to all of us," Sam stated.
"We think we'd stand a better chance against them if we joined forces." Miguel explained.
"Two dojos are stronger than one," Odessa quickly added.
The Miyagi-Dos shook their heads in disapproval.
"Look, I know we've all done shitty things to each other—"
"Yeah, like break Demetri's arm and beat the shit out of Grayson?" Chris said, glaring at Mitch.
Grayson threw his hands up. "Hey, if I can forgave and forget, so can you!"
"You started that fight." Mitch snapped at his old friend.
"After you almost got me fired!"
"God, I hate your stupid face so much!" Bert said to Nathan.
"If you died, I wouldn't even attend your funeral." The boy remarked.
Odessa gasped and wrapped her arm around Bert. "Hey now, too far!"
Oliver snorted. "That was actually pretty funny."
"This isn't going to work." Miguel muttered to Sam. 
"It has to." She replied. "We have one last chance to make things right. Alone, we're nothing. But if we work together then we have a shot." She tried to reason. 
Odessa nodded. "If we can't get over the past, the fighting will never end. We have to confront our enemies. This rivalry has to stop one way or another."
Grayson patted her head with a proud grin. "Look at you, our little motivational speaker." 
She swatted his hand away. "Not the time, Hammy."














The Encino Valley Christmas party was beautiful. That was to be expected. Jazz music played in the background, waiters passing out food, and large Christmas trees were decorated around the room.  Thalia walked in wearing her little black dress and she held her black clutch close to her. She hadn't been to a party this extravagant since the divorce. She looked around for sight of anyone she knew.
"Thalia Reid, look at you!" Daniel greeted the woman with a wide smile.
She smiled back. "Hi, Daniel." She said and have him a quick hug. "Where's Amanda?"
He pointed to the bar. "She's getting us some martinis. Did you come here alone?"
She waved her hand. "Yeah, you know me. I don't have time to meet a guy."
He scoffed. "I don't believe that. You were a catch in high school."
She smiled a little. "Yeah, well, I kept getting reeled back in by one." She replied. 
Daniel nodded slightly. "I'm still really sorry, Thalia. You and Christian were my favorite couple in school." He spoke apologetically.
She looked at him and smiled. "And you and Ali were mine."