Okay, so I'm going to try something here. Basically Suki is the new girl and her past connections get her in with the popular crowd. However she may have to give up her new friends to stay there. She meets Sokka who seems perfect, but is he just hitting on her because she is cool?


Welcome to Ardan High School, the large painted banner announced. It stretched across the main hallway, over the science wing, and attached to the drainage pipe by the office. It was blue and yellow and had huge smiley faces.

It was bright, it was eye catching, and it made me wonder how many forests had to be destroyed to produce its massive being. As Mai would say, it was completely sickening.

I stood there analyzing the hideous thing while students trickled in behind me. Someone tapped on my shoulder and said,

"Suki? You transferred here?" I sighed because I had a funny feeling that the same question would be asked of me many more times before the day was over. Also, because the question was just a little obvious.

"Nice to see you too Mai," I replied sarcastically.

Mai and I were both incoming juniors and we went to the same Karate dojo, so we knew each other even though until then I had gone to the other High School in town, Susaina.

We walked together, ducked under the colossal sign, and ran (literally) into Mai's sparring partner, Tai-lee.

"Mai!" she exclaimed. "And Suki! It's so awesome to see you again!" I had to bite my finger to keep from laughing. Tai-lee had decked herself out in black combat boots, a fluffy, pink mini-skirt, and a white tank that said in bold, hot pink lettering "I'm hotter than you are".

"Did you mark up that shirt?" Mai inquired dryly.

"Yep! Do you like it?"

Mai and I looked at each other and I burst out laughing. Mai even smiled. Tai-lee sniffed and dragged me through the crowded halls to her locker and -surprise, surprise- the lock was pink.

As she organized her binders (all pink) she pointed out all the people she knew.

"That's Smellerbee, Longshot, and Jet. Jet's a junior like us, Longshot's a senior, and Smellerbee is a freshman. Jet is pretty hot but he plays like, everyone. Watch out. Smellerbee is his little sister and a big tomboy."

I rolled my eyes. If Mai were narrating these introductions she would have said something interesting like what he did in his free time or something.

"That's Katara and Toph. I'm not sure why those two are friends 'cause they're always arguing and stuff. Katara is our age and Toph is a freshie. Oh and that's June. She's a Senior. You might have seen her; she's a Black Belt at the dojo."

I opened a book and began to read. Tai-lee didn't even notice.

"Oooo! Look over there. That's Sokka and Zuko. They're our age and super hot. They both made it to the State finals in track last year and placed. Zuko's sister says he has a six pack."

I looked up to see who my bubbly friend was swooning over and blushed. The two boys, one tall and skinny with long, brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and the even taller one with messy, jet-black locks and piercing eyes were staring at me.

Then they picked up their backpacks and ambled towards us, joking with what seemed like every member of the student body on the way. Tai-lee started to fumble with her hair combing it through her fingers.

"Hey Zuko, Sokka! Whatsup?" she greeted.

"Hey Tai-lee, we were just talking about you actually." The black haired one smirked. I noticed now he had a huge scar on one whole side of his face.

"Yah, nice shirt btw," the blue eyed one laughed. "Zuko and I were saying you should open a shop." Zuko, Sokka, and Tai-lee laughed. I felt kinda ignored.

"So you're Suki?" the pony tailed one- Sokka- asked.

"Yah, hi," I scrambled to my feet pulling at my green skort.

"We have P.E. together," Zuko explained. "Third period."

"How do you know that?"

"I think the whole school knows who you are by now," Sokka laughed tossing his pony with a flick. "I wouldn't be surprised if someone came up to you and asked you to join the marching band." Creepy. They knew I played the clarinet.

Apparently, I was looking freaked out because Tai-lee put her arm around my shoulders and said,

"Don't worry; we'll make sure no one knows about the peanut butter incident."

Sokka and Zuko looked at me curiously and I shook my head. There was no way I was going to tell two of the hottest boys in school that Tai-lee had dared me to cover Mai's face in peanut butter while she was sleeping.

A small girl came pushing through the crowd, stomping on people's feet when they wouldn't move.

"Little sister 9 o' clock," Sokka joked, poking Zuko in the arm. Zuko looked around wildly, spotted the disturbance, and scowled.

"Hi Azula!" Tai-lee exclaimed running up to her and lifting her off the ground. Azula frowned and said something that caused Tai-lee to drop her very quickly.

"That's your sister? Isn't she a little young to be going here?" I asked Zuko who looked like he had just swallowed a bottle of crazy pills.

"Hmph. Girl Genius. Skipped 2 grades, gets straight As. Kiss up, teacher's pet, annoying as Hell." Zuko explained. He clenched his teeth together and gripped his black notebook so hard it folded in half.

"Watch out," Sokka warned. "That little devil will try and snatch you up." Before I could ask what he meant Azula pranced up to me and smiled.

"Hi Suki! OMG, it's like so awesome to finally meet you. I have heard like, so much about you."

I smiled back; and I thought Tai-lee was bad.

"This is my bestest friend Azula," Tai-lee announced. "We've known each other for like, forever."

"cough 2 years cough" Sokka choked in the background. I laughed.

"Hi brother dear, hi Sokka," Azula sneered.

BRRRINNGGGGGGGG

The bell echoed through the hallways and the din of the students if anything got louder. I quickly scooped up my bag before the tide of bodies going in a million different directions could smash it into tiny pieces.

Somehow in the madness Mai found me and dragged me off to homeroom. Apparently at Ardan they had homeroom in the mornings not at the end of the day.

"Come on Suki! We are going to be late! Mr. Longfeng gives you detention if you're even a second late- come on!"

I stumbled as she nearly yanked my arm out of its socket. I had been waving bye to Zuko and Sokka.

Sokka had waved back.

Okay, so that was kinda a set-up chapter but I promise that the next chapter will have some angst, flirting, and intensity! Please rate and review. I need ideas about where to take this story! This is only my second story so PLEASE don't kill me. :)