Home again, home again...kinda. For Sam and Demetri

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The home invasion was still pretty fresh in Gwens mind, but eventually, all LawRusso kids had to go home. While time with Nonna Lucille and time with Grandpa Miyagi had been great (when isn't it), the kids still had things to do at home. So Mr Miyagi dropped them all off, telling them to call if they needed anything, and while Robby went off to do something with his friends, Gwen and Sam spent maybe five minutes in their own home before deciding to go back out again.

They were home long enough for Gwen to assess damage to her drum kit, realize it actually was completely totaled and then they got in Gwens car and left.

Now wandering the Reseda Mall fairly aimlessly, Gwen and Sam head to the food court. This place wasn't nearly as stressful as home was right now, the security and safety of their home still feeling uncertain to Gwen, even with the knowledge that both her dads can and will kick ass and neither herself nor her siblings were incapable of handling her own. But Gwen vaguely remembers a fight in the food court just a few months back.

She was hungry, though, and aimed to get some fried chicken from Popeyes. Turning to look at her sister as they waited in line, she offers her best friend a small smile.

"You good?" Gwen was certainly feeling a little better after the karate invasion at home and the short stay-cation they took at Mr Miyagi's house and Grandma Lucille's house, but that was still a lot to recover from. So she's going to worry and make sure her sister was okay.

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"Normalcy is what you make of it!" is something stupid their 'guidance counselor' at school would say. She says a lot of stupid shit. And Gwen's gotten detention for calling her out on it a time or two dozen. She regrets none of it, especially not telling her she needed to find a new job if she can't see how the Cobra Kai kids were lying about not being involved in the fight at gym during their soccer game.

So, normalcy wasn't what they made of it. Normalcy was something they had once, and it was a hell of a fight to get back to it.

But they were LawRusso's. They were going to get it figured out and they were going to get through it.

For now, they just had to get through lunch. Considering how both girls were feeling, that wasn't going to be easy.

"Candy," Gwen replies with a determined nod. As much as she loves fried chicken, the crowd is just not doing it for her. She needs something else. Somewhere else.

"I have my candy jar in my bag, it's only five bucks to refill it, and the candy shops strawberry cheesecake gummy bears are calling my name."

They can get fried chicken another time. For now, Gwen will accept the distraction.