A/N: wow, I told myself that I wouldn't do two stories at a time, but here I am anyway. I wrote this chapter a month ago and was contemplating if I should finish High School Sweetheart or not, but I really want to know if you guys like this story or not and if I should continue it…so here it is. Please please review and tell me what you think!
Two familiar figures stepped through the crowds of the dark club. The first one, strong and assertive, and the second one, shy and reserved. They meandered towards the bar and sat down, followed by two others. The bartender, seeing their familiar faces, helped them out immediately.
"What do you guys want to drink?"
"I'll have a coke." The confident one answered. He had short shaggy hair and brown skin. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a muscle shirt, and a black leather jacket. Along with being confident, this guy was the leader of the group. The one they all aspired to be with his superb chick skills and his "bad boy" attitude.
"I'll have a glass of water." A rough voice answered from next to him. He was known as reserved. No one knew how he became friends with someone so loud and outspoken. He was insecure and rarely talked, except when directed a question. He was nothing like the other; a complete opposite, but regardless, they got along pretty well. He had jet-black hair that shielded the left side of his pale-skinned face. The hair was used as a cover up, obscuring the view of the reddish-pink skin surrounding his left eye. The one eye that you could see was a piercing gold color, intense in its own league. He wore a red shirt with a black zip-up hoodie over it, and black jeans.
The bartender nodded and turned to the other two. When he was done with the orders, he walked away from the four to prepare the drinks. As soon as he was gone, all of them turned around to survey the dance floor for girls in skimpy clothing dancing alone.
"So Jet, See anyone you like?" One of the guys nudged the tan one, grinning.
"No, not yet." Jet answered while continuing to look. Immediately one girl caught his eye. "Hold on fellas. I'll be right back." Jet slid off his chair and walked straight towards the girl.
Together, the guys watched as Jet started to dance with the girl; her backside glued to Jet's chest and his arms loosely around her skinny waist.
"Damn, look at her! She is smoking hot!" The one named Duke, exclaimed.
"Yeah. Her skirt is practically up her butt." The other nicknamed Pipsqueak replied. "Jet got lu-cky."
The pale guy took one glance at her and shrugged his shoulders. "Eh. She's not that great."
Duke and Pipsqueak looked over at him uninterested. "Oh shut up Zuko! You wouldn't know a hot girl even if she came over and flirted with you,"
Zuko rolled his eyes and turned to face the bar. The drinks had been placed politely on the counter. Zuko took a long drink from his water. He didn't really care if the girl was hot or not. Zuko never liked these sorts of things- clubs and dances in general. He rarely ever danced with a girl, and even then it was awkward because he wasn't good at dancing-or shall he say grinding. The only reason he came was because Jet wanted to come and Duke and Pipsqueak agreed. He was part of the group, the way it happened he still didn't know, and as far as he was concerned he needed to stay in the group. To do this he went to clubs, parties, anything Jet and the others went t, and pretended to have any of the parties Jet dragged him along to, then he wouldn't be part of the group- and therefore have no friends. Frankly, he liked being at things he hated more than being alone.
Zuko turned around and watched Jet and the girl dance for the rest of the song. Jet kept his hands respectively around the girl's waist, which was a bad sign0 or good, depending on how you think about it. At the end of the song, the girl turned around to most likely tell Jet he was a good dancer and then ask if they could dance again. If Jet continued through a second song, he liked her and through any more songs, then they would probably hook up. Jet politely (always politely) declined the girl and ambled back to the guys, where he was met with shocked faces.
"Dude, what is your problem? She was hot and you only danced with her through one song!" Pipsqueak said.
"Yeah, she was cute, but definitely too needy." Jet answered, sitting down and sipping on his coke. "I need a girl who's a bit more hard to get at if you know what I'm saying."
Jet smirked as he was met with hand slaps and approving nods.
"You know it!" Duke laughed as he took a gulp of his drink.
The rest of the night passed slowly for Zuko. Two girls came up to Duke and Pipsqueak and asked them to dance. Zuko had been through two refills and was halfway done with his third. Jet danced with a couple more girls, but none of them satisfying Jet's "needs". Again, Jet came back sighing from his previous dance with some girl.
"This is really not a good batch tonight." Jet stated turning towards Zuko.
"Huh," Zuko replied simply.
"I mean I haven't found one that is hook-up potential!" Jet exclaimed.
"Where could they all be?" Zuko stated sarcastically while looking around.
"I know, right? It's a Friday night and they're not here! Where else…"
Jet continued to talk, but Zuko stopped listening. Right now, he was too busy looking at something a few tables away from him.
She was absolutely gorgeous. She wasn't "hot" like Jet called girls, she was beautiful, and Zuko couldn't take his eyes off of her. She had long dark brown wavy hair and lightly tanned skin. She was wearing a blue and white shirt with dark blue jeans and periwinkle colored flats. Her eyes were also blue, but not just blue; sharp, deep blue eyes that Zuko couldn't stop staring at. She was currently laughing. Her face was brightly lit up by what one of her two friends had said. Eventually, Jet figured out that Zuko wasn't paying attention and turned around to see what Zuko was staring at.
"Whoa!" Jet gaped. "She is definitely, definitely hot."
"No," Zuko corrected him. "She's definitely beautiful."
The two of them took their time to stare at the girl; both of them taking in her features. After a couple of minutes, Zuko got off his chair, interrupting the silence.
"I'm going to ask her to dance." Zuko began to walk over, but Jet quickly stopped him.
"Hold on there, Zuko. Are you sure you want to do that?"
Zuko looked at Jet crazily. "Of course I'm sure."
Jet shook his head. "Maybe you shouldn't There is a chance that she'll say no."
"I know that," Zuko replied confidently. "But I'm still going to do it."
Jet looked serious. "Wait man, you could scare her off. No offense, or anything but your hair doesn't exactly cover up the scar."
Zuko shrank back and touched the left side of his face.
"So how about I go first to see what might happen. I'll bring her over and introduce her to you." Jet offered.
"I-I don't know about that Jet. Maybe…"
"Don't worry about it. I'll be back." Jet hopped off his chair and made his way to the girl. All Zuko could do was watch and see what happens.
Jet made it successfully over towards her and conversationally started to talk. He must have said something funny because she and her friends giggled as Jet smirked. He slowly stuck out his hand to shake hers, but then pulled her hand and kissed the back of it. Zuko furrowed his eyebrows- or his only eyebrow. This was not what he was expecting Jet to do. The girl blushed as Jet let go of her hand. They talked some more before the girl slid off her chair, and followed Jet away from hr table.
'This is it!' Zuko thought as they made their way through the crows. 'Should I just ask her to dance outright or make conversation-'
But no, this was not it. Instead of coming towards Zuko, they continued to the dance floor, right in Zuko's view. Jet pulled the girl in front of him and she pressed her back next to Jet's front and started to grind. Zuko watched showed as they continued to dance. Jet stole a glance upwards towards Zuko. He was about to mouth something, but Jet smirked and continued to dance with the girl.
Zuko continued to stare as they continued to dance. Duke and Pipsqueak came a little later after dancing and watched with Zuko as Jet continued to grind.
"Wow, she's smokin'. Jet's a very lucky man!" Duke said and Pipsqueak nodded.
Zuko didn't even bother to say anything. He continued to look as the girl would occasionally bend over or down and Jet would move his arms. Then each time she came back up, Jet's hands would move farther away from her waist. They danced like this for a few more songs and then it turned into a slower song. That didn't stop the two of them though. The girl turned around and loosely draped her arms around Jet's neck, while his hands were placed on her butt. They danced like this until the song was over. The DJ stated that he would be taking a break, and the music would temporarily stop.
Jet pulled slightly away from the girl, but was still in contact. They seemed to be talking in murmuring voices while the girl giggled at what Jet had just said. Slowly the girl took a pen out from he pocket and wrote something on Jet's hand. Zuko watched hopelessly as Jet bent down and whispered something in her ear. This was it- they had gotten together. Zuko couldn't believe that he thought he would be getting a chance with her. He should have known there would be chemistry between them when they first came into contact. He should have figured that Jet wasn't going to introduce her to him.
Before Zuko knew it, Jet was back leading him and the others out of the club. Jet was boasting about how great it was dancing with Katara, the girl in the club But Zuko wasn't listening. He was hoping that maybe this would just be a series of hookups and then he would have a chance, once again, to ask her out.
BREAK
Saturday night came quickly for Zuko. All Saturday, he was working for his uncle in the teas shop he owned. Zuko had not spoken or seen Jet since the night before but Zuko didn't mind.
Zuko opened up his laptop to quickly check his email. He also went on Facebook to check to see if he got any messages. But Zuko wasn't ready for the disappointing news that came up first on the News Feed:
Jet Free and Katara Soupole are currently in a relationship
A/N: that's it for the first chapter. I'm still going to finish High School Sweetheart so don't worry about that. Hope you liked it and please review and tell me what you think!!