Hey every one! This is the fic that takes place WAY AFTER Jealousy. That being said, things in Zutara land have changed. It is most definetally a Zutara fic, but when the Zutara ness comes in, well, You shall see. :) The idea for this came to me when my best friend decided to yell "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR WAKING UP IN VEGAS" out of his car at me...... use that to figure out what happens in the future of this fic :) Please enjoy!

Katara did not understand why he had been invited. It was supposed to be a trip to Las Vegas with friends, not him. She couldn t even protest his presence out loud, for Aang would chastise her for even thinking of excluding the dark-haired man beside her. And Toph would make some kind of comment about how she was just upset that she didn t get her way. All she wanted was the man sitting two seats away from her at the airport to go away and never be heard from again.

"Here's your ticket, Katara!"

Katara smiled at Aang, who was holding out her plane ticket, waiting for her to take it.

"Thanks, Aang."

Aang nodded, happy that he had been of some use to her at all. He smiled at the infuriatingly silent man two seats down.

"Here's yours, Zuko."

Zuko, who had seemingly been asleep, eyes closed, arms crossed, opened his amber eyes and took the ticket from the younger man s hand, then resumed his earlier position. Katara glared at him.

"You could at least say thank you. I know your manners are nothing to be desired, but really? I know you can at least do that."

She could see his eyes open and slide in her direction. He considered her for a moment, then turned back to Aang.

"Thank you."

Aang shrugged, his proud smile becoming more nervous at the increasing tension between his two friends. When no one said anything, he escaped the situation and sat back with Toph in the row of chairs across from them. Katara shifted as she felt Zuko s eyes back on her. She feigned reading the information on her ticket to keep from looking at him. His eyes had always had an odd hypnotic effect on her that kept her from looking away. She didn t want to show him that weakness. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Zuko s eyes left her and he stood. He turned to Aang.

"I'll be back, I'm going to get something to eat."

Aang nodded and watched as Zuko stalked out of the room, Katara also watching discreetly from behind her ticket. She jumped when her brother's girlfriend, Suki, appeared at her shoulder, also watching Zuko leave.

"Could you at least try do go easy on him for once, Katara? His fiancee just left him, for God's sake. We invited him so that he could get away. I mean, I know you still haven't really forgiven him, But he doesn't need you treating him like that on top of everything else."

Katara wheeled around to face her friend.

"Hey, it's not my fault that Mai finally realized that he doesn't make good husband material, let alone a good boyfriend. Come on, you know what he did to me."

Suki looked uncomfortable.

"We all know, Katara. He betrayed your trust and kissed another girl. You've reminded us every time you've seen him or someone's mentioned him. But that doesn't make terrorizing him right. Besides, aren't you happy with Jet?"

Katara nodded.

"See? You already have more than he does. Take that for now and be happy."

Suki returned to her seat next to Sokka, who was fast asleep and snoring in his chair. Katara crossed her arms and slouched slightly in her chair, scowling. She had to admit: Suki had a valid point. As brooding and quiet as Zuko could be, he was even more brooding and quiet since Mai had left him. Katara was more than aware of the fact that Zuko had barely anyone who cared about him anymore. To have another person choose to leave him must have affected him deeply, no matter what he said or how he acted. But it didn't matter. He had hurt her. She had decided to make it her life's work to keep hurting him.

Katara once again tried to come up with a true, unbiased reason that Mai would have left Zuko. As boring and impassioned as the couple had been. Katara had to admit that there had been nothing wrong with the relationship. As far as she knew, Zuko hadn't betrayed MaI as he had betrayed her, and Mai hadn't done anything to upset Zuko. In fact, no one knew exactly why Mai had left him. He didn't talk about it, and Mai wouldn't speak to any of Zuko's friends about it. It was one big mystery.

Katara watched as Zuko re-entered the room, munching on a piece of pizza. As he sat two seats away from her, a wicked smile crossed her face as a brilliant idea entered her mind. She would use this convenient little trip to find out just what happened between Zuko and Mai. If it was the last thing she did. A similarly wicked laugh bubbled out of her, and she didn't notice a particular man give her a curious look.

So, what happened with Zuko and Mai? I'm sure Katara can't wait to find out.

Sorry if some 's or "s are missing, they all disappeared when I uploaded this . I'll be uploading the second chapter in a few minutes!

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