Jet hated the anger in her eyes. He hated the hurt. He wanted more than anything for her to trust him. He felt so guilty about betraying her before. At the time, he hadn't even realized he was betraying her. But he had changed. He was a new man now. But he was still trying to wrestle with these new emotions.
His whole life he'd been hell-bent on one thing: destroying the Fire Nation and everything that had to do with it. And his whole life he'd only cared about himself and his Freedom Fighters.
At first when she'd stumbled upon his tree-top home, he didn't think much of her. He liked her enough, and she was certainly pretty, but he thought of her as useful more than anything else. But then when he'd seen her again in the city, she was different. She had changed, grown. She was much more powerful. And she was very angry. An anger that she turned on Jet.
It took her awhile to calm down (after hurling icicles at him), but eventually she (quite grudgingly) agreed to listen to him.
Jet didn't know why he cared so much. He didn't know why he wanted her to trust him. But he was a determined young man, and he wanted to prove himself to her.
And it was only because of her that he agreed to lead them down below the lake. He knew, deep down, that the lake was too dangerous. His last visit there had not exactly been pleasant, and then he'd been a "guest". He had this sinking feeling, returning to that place. But he would do anything, anything to redeem himself in her eyes.
A/N: Not my favorite piece of my writing but I figured I might as well put it out there. Please review!