A/N: This takes place in high school and in modern times, just so everyone knows what is going on and why they aren't in the Fire Nation, or Ba Sing Se or wherever else.

Anyway, happy reading.

Broken

Zuko x Mai

Chapter 1

It was their Senior year in High School, Zuko and Mai had broke up once again and were now barely back on the friend level. Aang and Katara were friends with Mai and tried to comfort her during the break up, but there didn't seem to be a way to mend the raven haired girl's heart. Zuko had broken up with her through a letter after he had ended their relationship without warning or good reason.

She walked to her locker which happened to only be a couple lockers away from Zuko's which aggravated Mai beyond belief. 'Really? This has got to be punishment for something I know it does.' Mai thought to herself as her heart broke further than it had been. Zuko waltzed up to his locker and fought with the combination and acted like nothing happened, Mai gave him a despising look and slammed her locker before storming off to class. She hoped that he was left standing confused but she figured that he hadn't even batted an eye.

The day was long and Suki and Mai talked about their plans for the weekend and what they could possibly do to get Mai's mind off the hot headed jerk. Toph came up and poked Mai wanting her attention for something Mai was sure was only going to bug her.

"You know you and Zuko need to stop breaking up. You guys are meant for each other and all you guys do is get together and then something happens and suddenly it's over. You two long for each other even if you don't want to admit it." Mai knew Toph was right and just didn't want to admit it, Suki nodded as Sokka came up behind her wrapping his arm around her waist.

"You two have special chemistry and I wish that he didn't have to worry so much about making his parents happy." Suki rolled her eyes at the fact Zuko was parent whipped. Katara and Aang joined the group in the hall after they got their homework and wanted to know what was going on with their friends.

"I just want to get him out of my head so I can be happy for once like he is. But NO that won't ever happen." Mai rolled her eyes and sighed. Spotting Zuko approaching from down the hall she crossed her arms and gave the girl he was hanging with an evil look. Once he was out of sight she fought the tears that were building in her eyes, Suki pulled her into a hug knowing what she was feeling and only wanted comfort for her friend. Everyone knew that Mai wasn't the best at showing her emotions and it was rare that she let anyone know her true emotions.

Mai looked at the books Katara was holding and remembered that she had the same homework and went back to her locker to get the book before they left; the group followed her as Zuko had come back for something he too had forgotten.

"Blasted homework." He smiled at Mai hoping that she would stop giving him a cold shoulder. Mai grabbed her book, and once again, slammed her locker shut and left with her friends before Zuko could mutter another word.

She got home and found her family had eaten without her again; she punched the microwave for 30 seconds and waited for her meal to warm up again. She wasn't really hungry but if she left it where it was her mother would yell at her because she hadn't eaten. Soon the microwave beeped signaling that her meal was warm, she took it out of the microwave and walked to her room and ate. Her homework stared at her from the end of her bed waiting for her to start; she glanced at it a few times as she picked at the meal her mother had made her.

She spent hours on her homework trying to make sense of the jumbled information that she had been given, she could have used her computer to find the information but that would have been a little too easy so she just settled on waiting for the answer in class tomorrow. It was close to midnight when she looked at the clock, half of her dinner sat on her night stand waiting to be picked up and taken care of. She figured that her parents had gone to bed a long time ago, so she headed down to the kitchen and threw the rest of her dinner in the trash and discarded the dirty plate in the sink before she grabbed a soda from the refrigerator and headed back up to her room. Zuko had walked back into her head as she tried to sleep and had found that sleep was evading her, she was trapped in her own prison and Zuko was the guard making sure she couldn't escape.