Disclaimer: I do not own Karate Kid or any of its characters. The only thing I own is my OC, Jessie.

AN: I'm using AnnaLyne McCord as my face claim for my OC Jessie.

AN2: Life has been kicking my ass recently. Work, my social life, and my other projects outside of writing, have left me with almost no time to write. But I managed to scrounge together a couple hours to get this one out, so enjoy!

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The difference a sister can make

Chapter Ten: The Karate Kid: Sand the floor

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Jessie rode to school with her brother the next day, and the two actually spoke to each other during the ride, and even traded jokes. Both were just relieved to not have an awkward silence between them on the ride to school.

When they reached school, Jessie gave her brother a hug, then rushed off to find her friends. She didn't find Daniel, but she did find Ali. The two walked into the school together, where they both spotted Daniel standing by his locker. The two girls raced over to their friend both excited to see him.

"Morning," Jessie exclaimed, stopping next to him.

He turned to her and gave her a smile. She felt herself blush and couldn't help but think how cute he looked when he smiled.

"Morning," He replied.

Ali just stared at the bruise on Daniel's face, a scowl marring her face. She'd forgotten all about how Johnny and his gang had chased Daniel out of the Halloween dance. But now she was reminded of it just by looking at the bruises that dotted his face and the large white bandage on the left side of his face above his eyebrow.

"I don't believe it," Ali muttered, shaking her head.

She turned on her heel and started down the hallway looking for Johnny. She was gonna give him a piece of her mind!

"Hey, where you going?" Daniel asked, following after her.

"To find King Jerk. This has got to stop!" Ali stated angrily.

"Oh no," Jessie muttered, chasing after her.

"It's fine, it's been taken care of," Daniel said, also racing after her.

"Oh yeah right, till next time," Ali replied, shaking her head.

"No there isn't gonna be a next time," Daniel denied, trying to stop her.

"I've already had a talk with him Ali," Jessie placated.

Ali caught sight of Johnny and his friends in the courtyard over Daniel and Jessie's shoulders. She was surprised to see that Johnny had a black eye, and Tommy's arm was in a sling.

"There they are," Ali grumbled, frowning.

Daniel and Jessie both glanced behind them out the doors and into the courtyard. The boys were all laughing and joking with each other and didn't seem to have noticed the them.

"All right watch this," Daniel stated, starting towards the group of boys.

But Jessie grabbed him by the back of his shirt and yanked him back, gently cuffing him upside the head.

"No! No antagonizing them! You promised, remember? Ali it's fine. Mr. Miyagi, a friend of Daniel's who also knows karate, stepped in on Halloween and stopped the fight. And the next day he and Daniel went to the Dojo and got Kreese to order his students to leave Daniel alone," Jessie explained.

"How'd he do that?" Ali asked, glancing over at her in surprise.

She'd heard about Kreese from Jessie and Johnny on numerous occasions. Both of them had very different things to say about the man. Johnny practically worshipped the man, while Jessie couldn't stand him. And the things they told her painted a picture of a man who wasn't afraid to start a fight, and who most certainly didn't back down.

"He ugh, kind of told Kreese that I'd fight Johnny in the Karate Tournament in three months, and that I needed to be left alone until then to train," Daniel answered.

Ali's eyes went wide at this, and she stared at him in shock, jaw practically on the floor. She looked over at Jessie to see if she'd just heard Daniel right. Jessie nodded her head in confirmation and Ali groaned.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Ali muttered, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"I felt the same way when I found out. But at least they'll be leaving him alone for the next three months. And who knows maybe he'll win," Jessie stated.

Daniel smiled at her statement. It was definitely better than yesterday when she said he was gonna get his ass kicked.

"Wait, how'd you know about this Jessie?" Ali asked, looking over at her.

"I waited outside the Dojo yesterday while Daniel and Mr. Miyagi talked to Kreese. And then I went with the two of them to Mr. Miyagi's. Oh and guess what… Mr. Miyagi decided to teach me karate too!" Jessie explained excitedly, practically bouncing in place.

Ali stared at her for a moment in surprise, but then smiled and gave Jessie a hug. She knew Jessie had wanted to learn karate for several years now, and she was finally getting that chance. Suddenly the bell rang, and Jessie glanced down at her watch and realized that if they didn't get moving they'd be late for class.

"See ya later Ali. Come on Daniel before we're late for class," Jessie exclaimed, grabbing Daniel's arm and pulling him down the hall.

The two managed to make it to class seconds before the late bell rang. The teacher gave them an annoyed glare for almost being late, but the two ignored him and just took their seats. The first three classes of the day went by quickly and soon enough it was lunch time and Ali, Jessie, and Daniel were once more sitting together.

Jessie picked at her food as she silently watch Ali flirt with Daniel the whole lunch period. And she watched as Daniel and Ali made plans for a date this Saturday night. She just wanted to melt into her seat at the sight. She was happy that her friends where happy and she wasn't going to get in the way of that, but her heart hurt watching the guy she liked flirt with her best friend.

Daniel was completely unaware of Jessie's internal conflict and was having his own internal conflict. He really liked Jessie, but she didn't seem to like him in the way he liked her. At least she hadn't flirted with him or shown any interest in wanting to be with him. Whereas Ali was making it very obvious how she felt about him.

And he had to admit, Ali was cute and funny, and he liked her as well. Just not as much as he liked Jessie. But he wasn't going to pine after someone who wasn't interested in him, not when there was someone who was obviously interested in him who he could be in a relationship with. So he flirted with Ali and even asked her out on a date.

Jessie sighed as the bell rang for the end of lunch, dumped her uneaten food in the trash, and left the cafeteria quickly without saying anything to Daniel or Ali. The last two classes of the day seemed to drag on, but finally the last bell of the day rang, and Jessie walked out of the school and to the bike rack where Daniel had his bike chained up. She was gonna ride with Daniel to Mr. Miyagi's place for their karate lesson. As she approached the bike rack she pulled out the headband that Mr. Miyagi gave her and tied it around her head.

"Hey, what happened to you at lunch? You just disappeared at the end of lunch and you've been quiet since," Daniel asked walking up behind her.

"Nothing happened. Just wanted to get to class on time, and I just haven't had anything to say," Jessie replied, shrugging her shoulders.

Daniel eyed her for a second, not really believing her. He could tell something was off with her, she was usually so bubbly and talkative. But after lunch she'd been very quiet. But he also knew she was stubborn. So if she said everything was okay, then he wasn't going to get anything else out of her.

So he shrugged his shoulders and unchained his bike from the rack. The two got onto Daniel's bike, and took off to Mr. Miyagi's. To their disappointment, when they got to Mr. Miyagi's he told them he wouldn't be able to train them for the rest of the week and to come back after school on Friday for their next lesson. The two were upset but they understood, sometimes life got in the way of things.

The rest of the week went by slowly for the two kids, who were anxious for their Karate lesson on Friday. Ali and Daniel flirted with each other all week, and Jessie did her best to just ignore their flirting. Jessie kept herself occupied by taking a few extra ballet lesson's after school that week, hoping to take her mind of how much her heart was breaking at watching her two friends flirt.

Soon enough Friday rolled around and the two raced to Mr. Miyagi's on Daniel's bike. When they got there they could hear the sound of someone pounding nails into wood coming from the back of the property. They shared a confused look before moving into the backyard.

A marvelous sight greeted the two kids, a perfect Japanese garden. Jessie marveled at the plants and the pond at one end. She could feel the peaceful air of the place swirling around her, calming her and washing away the weeks problems. Mr. Miyagi was at one end of the yard, putting in the last nails into the large wooden deck.

"It's beautiful," Daniel stated.

"No kidding," Jessie muttered.

"Hey Mr. Miyagi. This is great!" Daniel shouted, walking towards Mr. Miyagi.

They passed by the pond and the two noticed several fish swimming around.

"Hey, it's got real fish in it! Man I thought Chung Li's Chinese restaurant was good, but you beat his act," Daniel stated, sitting down on the deck next to Mr. Miyagi.

Jessie sat down next to him and both of them noticed two sets of strange blocks that had straps on the back of them.

"What are these, bongos?" Daniel picked the blocks up and slid his hands through the straps, "I got it, I got."

He started banging the two blocks together singing, and Jessie giggled at his antics.

"Ah Daniel-san you much humor," Mr. Miyagi said, smiling.

"What are these?" Daniel asked.

Jessie picked up the second set of blocks and looked them over, taking notice of the sandpaper on the bottom of them. She looked down at the un-sanded deck she was sitting on and felt like groaning. She had a very good idea of what they where gonna be doing for training tonight.

"Japanese sander," Mr. Miyagi stated.

"How does it work?" Daniel questioned.

"Funny you should ask," Mr. Miyagi replied.

He adjusted Daniel's hands on the sanders and showed him how to sand the deck with the sanders. Jessie felt like groaning even more as she was proven correct in her assumption of what they'd be doing tonight.

"Wouldn't it be easier to go back and forth?" Daniel asked, moving his hands back and forth.

"Hai. But you go circle," Mr. Miyagi corrected, pushing Daniel's hands in the circular motion.

Mr. Miyagi stood up and moved towards the house and disappeared inside.

"You sand this end; I'll sand the other and we meet in the middle again?" Jessie suggested.

"Yeah, sounds good," Daniel muttered dejectedly.

The two worked in tandem, sanding the deck in silence. The sun slowly went down as the two finished off sanding the deck. Just as they finished Mr. Miyagi stepped outside.

"Splinters gone?" He questioned, glancing down at the deck.

"Yeah," Daniel answered tiredly.

Mr. Miyagi examined the deck, then nodded his head.

"Good. Come morning. 6am," Mr. Miyagi ordered, bowing to Jessie and Daniel.

The two kids bowed back, and Mr. Miyagi stepped back into his house, shutting the door behind him. Jessie and Daniel watched him go dejectedly for a few moments before walking around to the front of the yard.

"God I'm tired," Jessie muttered.

Daniel hummed in agreement, and the two climbed onto his bike. Once more Daniel dropped Jessie off at her house before heading off to his own home. And once again Jessie trudged into her house half asleep.

"What he have you do today?" Johnny asked, snickering as he caught sight of her.

Jessie scowled at her brother.

"Oh shut it," Jessie muttered, walking up the stairs.

She walked to her room, and once more just flopped onto her bed and fell right to sleep…

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AN: Okay so lets talk timeline. I'm assuming that the Halloween dance was on a Saturday night because the next day Mr. Miyagi and Daniel went to the Dojo during the day, possibly in the morning. Which meant Daniel, Johnny and the other Cobra's weren't in school, so it had to be a weekend. Then the next scene after wax on wax off, was the scene in school with Ali and Daniel setting up a date for Saturday. So that means that the confrontation at the Dojo/wax on wax off scene was on a Sunday. During the school scene with Ali, it's the first time she see's Daniel's injuries from the beating he got on the night of the Halloween dance. And I doubt he avoided her all week until Friday/was able to keep her from seeing his bruised face all week, so I'm assuming that scene happened on Monday.

Now Mr. Miyagi told him at the end of the sand the floor scene to come back the next day at 6am and then Daniel spent the whole next day painting a fence, which meant he didn't have school, so it had to be a weekend again. And the paint the house scene he did all the next day as well. So I assumed that the sand the floor scene was a Friday, the paint the fence scene happened on a Saturday and paint the house happened on a Sunday.

So I started the chapter off with the school scene, then Mr. Miyagi telling them that he couldn't continue their karate lessons till Friday. Then skipped to Friday for the training scene. I like to assume that he spent that whole week building the deck in his backyard for them to sand down and that's why he couldn't teach them all week.

AN2: So Daniel and Ali are officially a couple, and Jessie is devastated. But she's not gonna get in the way. She'd rather be heart broken if it meant both her friends got to be happy. Daniel really likes Jessie, but he doesn't think she likes him like that, so he's gonna give him and Ali a chance. On a good note Jessie and Johnny's relationship is slowly improving one small step at a time. Hope ya'll enjoyed the chapter!