She blinked a few times.
"I knew who you were the second you said your last name. You look exactly like your dad. In a way, I felt kind of obligated to take you under my wing. I didn't want to mess up again like I did with berthing else in my life," Johnny continued. "But I really do care about you, Odessa. You and Thalia. You're the only two consistent things I have in my life. Neither of you have up on me."
Odessa hugged him and his eyes went wide. "Thank you for being there for me. I really need my dad, but, you're close enough."
Johnny stared at the top of the girl's head and smiled. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders. There was a knock on the front door. "One sec. Watch the chili," he told her and went to answer it. When he opened the door, he was surprised to see Robby. "Hey, Robby."
Odessa looked over her shoulder quickly at the sound of his name.
"What's going on? You wanna come in?" Johnny asked his son.
"Hawk and some of your students have been bullying this kid at school. Tell them to stop or there'll be payback." Robby bluntly informed. 
Odessa felt her heart drop to her stomach at his words.  She moved from behind the kitchen counter and made herself viable to him.  Their eyes met. 
Johnny scoffed. "Payback? What the hell is Kreese putting you up to?"
"He's not putting me up to anything. I'm trying to help this kid but if those assholes don't knock it off, I'll do what I have to do." 
"Eli?" Odessa said and the hurt in her voice was clear. 
Robby looked at her again. "Yea, Odessa, your boyfriend." He threw at her. 
"Don't do anything stupid. You already got kicked out of school." Said Johnny. 
His son glared at him. "Miguel attacked me. I was trying to stop the fight. He escalated it—"
The sound suddenly muffled. Her eyes darted around the room.  Hawk and some of your students bullying a kid. It replayed in her head. She didn't want to believe it. He was getting better. He was proving himself to everyone. Eli wanted to be better and he was trying to show everyone he could change. He was trying to be better for her, for their relationship. He wouldn't go back to his old ways, right?
"See that's the difference between you and me,"  Odessa heard Robby say to Johnny when she snapped out of it. "You put all your trust in Kreese. I don't trust anyone anymore." She caught the way his eyes looked her way when he said it. "I'm just using Cobra Kai to get what I want."
Her eyes turned sad. The relationship Robby had with his father made her heart break. Johnny was a great person but all Robby knew was that he wasn't there for him. When she saw him walk away, Odessa quickly followed him. "Robby, wait!"  She called out. 
He tried hard to ignore her. "Not now, Odessa." 
"Robby, please." She pleaded.
It was like the sound of her voice was sewn into him and he couldn't help but listen to it. Robby turned around and faced her. "What?"
Her mouth gaped slightly. She suddenly couldn't find words. "H-How are you?" She stammered. 
He breathed a small laugh. "I'm doing wonderful, Odessa. And your self?" He asked with sarcasm.
Her shoulders slumped. "I'm serious, Robby. We haven't talked."
He shrugged. "The phone works both ways."
"Don't do that. I tried returning your calls and you stopped talking to me." She said firmly. "What are you doing taking classes with Kreese? You know what happened with Cobra Kai and you want to put yourself through that?"
"Like I just told him, Odessa. I'm just using them to get what I want."
"And what is it that you want?" She stepped closer to him. "Revenge? Who is it that you want revenge with,  Robby?"
"I have a few people in mind."  He stated. 
"Revenge gets you nowhere, Robby. I don't want to see you go back to juvie."
"Your right to care about me has been revoked." He said and turned around to walk off again.
"Robby Keene, why are you treating me like this!" Odessa shouted with pure hurt in her voice.
That lit a fire under him and he spun around quickly. He pointed a finger at her. "Because you left me for him! He was terrible to you Odessa. You came crying to me because of the way he treated you." He expressed with anger but also hurt. "I was great to you. I listened to you, defended you, and I loved you. All my life people have left me for someone else and you were the one person who I thought would always be there." He yelled at her and every emotion he tried so hard to hide now spilled all over the pavement. 
"I'm here, Robby!"  Odessa exclaimed and her voice broke.
"No, you're not. You're there with him. You're with the enemy." 
She waved her hands around. "There is no enemy. We're just people, Robby. We're kids! Yes, stuff happened but we're just kids. I'm here. I've always been here." 
They stared at each other, blue and green eyes holding contact. His were angry but hers were sad. Robby's breaking heart was masked by his anger for the world.  He hated how his dad left him for another boy his age,  he hated how his mom was never around, he hated how everyone looked at him like he was a terrible person, and he hated how he lost the girl he loved to someone else. His life was filled with broken promises and she was just another one on the list. "Do you love me?" he asked with a quiet voice like he regretted asking it.
She blinked. "What?"
He took a step forward. "Do you love me, Odessa?" He repeated himself. 
"Robby—"
"Please. I need to know. I need to be able to move on."  He begged.  
Odessa thought about the time they spent together.  The first time she saw him. The first time she felt something for him. The first time they kissed. First time they had sex. She didn't regret any of it. She loved Robby. . . but he wasn't him. She knew no matter how hard she tried, Robby would never be Eli. "I do love you, Robby." She uttered with tears in her eyes.
He sucked in a breath. "More than him?" He asked but he was scared to hear the answer.
Her eyes glossed over even more. Her chin wobbled from trying to hold back her cries. When she looked away from him, that was his answer. Robby closed his eyes for a brief second and he exhaled. He turned around and left without saying another word. That's when the tears came falling.