"I am dead serious Kaya," James, my best guy-friend, told me, "Every time I come over to your house and watch either ATLA or LOK, I have the urge to stick duct tape on your mouth."

"I'm sorry I'm the biggest Avatar fangirl in the world and can quote over half of the lines in both of the series," I replied, slamming my locker and walking toward homeroom with him.

"You are way more than a fangirl Kaya. You're obsessed."

"And I'm not afraid to admit it."

He shook his head and rolled his eyes, trying not to laugh at me.

"Go ahead. Laugh all you want. It doesn't bother me I am the way I am."

"Dude. Zuko is your lockscreen and your homescreen. And it doesn't bother you the least bit?"

"Nope. He and I are mentally dating in my head."

"I'm just surprised you haven't "cheated" on him with Bolin or Mako yet."

I faked being shocked. "Zuzu means everything to me."

"And yet you call him by the nickname Azula calls him, which he hates."

"Don't you have class to go to now?"

"I'm in your homeroom Kaya. It's been like five months since the start of school. Shouldn't you know which class I'm in yet?"

"Damn James. Just kidding. Don't let something crawl up your ass and die."

"Haha."

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The final bell finally rang.

James caught up with me. "Sorry about earlier."

"Dude. I kidding about all of it. Don't take offense to it."

"Oh," his face flushed. "What are you doing after school?"

"You mean after I finish my math and watch some Avatar? Nothing at all. I'm pretty much free."

"How did I know you'd say that?" he teased.

"I don't know."

He playfully bumped me and I bumped him back. He blushed again. That's been happening a lot lately. I'm kinda thinking that he maybe might sorta kinda like me, but I won't tell him that.

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"Oh Zuko," I said in my bedroom with a bowl of popcorn watching him wander through the Earth Kingdom without Uncle Iroh in the episode: Zuko Alone, "How I wish you were real. And here. And thirteen, but with the scar and no ponytail, preferably with your sixth haircut. And in my grade." It's hard mentally dating a fictional character. James is right. I am obsessed. But I love the feeling of fangirling. It's too much fun to give it all up. "How I wish all the Avatar Universe characters were real."

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I decided to skip curling my hair in the morning. I was too tired. I fell asleep during my second run through of the second disc of Legend of Korra Book 1: Air.

I was also too late to take the bus, which meant I had to grab a ride with my mother. Like James, Mother Dearest just doesn't understand fangirls like me. Ah well. It's better than getting a ride from Daddy Dear. He just talks about being careful around James. *rolling eyes.*

"Morning Mom," I kissed her cheek when she set down her coffee mug. She was still reading the morning paper and gave me a sort of "Mmmhmm."

"Will you be able to take me to school today?" I asked, taking a bowl and the Cap'n Crunch out of the cabinets.

"Sure honey," she took another swig of coffee, eyes still glued to an article about a Chamber of Commerce meeting, "What time?"

"School doesn't start till 8:30, but could you manage to drop me off at around 8:15?"

"What time's it now?"

"7," I poured the milk and got me a spoon.

My dad came down the stairs to the dining room/kitchen area. He kissed my mom's cheek and then kissed mine, asking me to help fix his tie.

I did as asked and was told a very hasty goodbye with a sideways hug. Then he left.

I finally finished my cereal and stuck the dishes in the dishwasher. I went back upstairs to brush my teeth and came down five minutes later ready to go.

"Ready Mom?" I asked her.

She set down the newspaper and grabbed her keys.

"Yep. Let's go"

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You have no idea how much I wanted to get out of that car. She asked me so many question about the boys of Avatar. Why did I like them so much? Which was my favorite again? I thought his name was Zulu? Good grief.

I finally stepped out of the car.

Nine kids stepped out of the front door of the school at the same time. When I took a look at them, my breath caught. Either it was just me or a glare of the sun or something, but I thought I saw Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Asami, Korra, Mako, Bolin, and ZUKO!

What the hell was going on?

I took long strides over to James.

"Please tell me you see what I see right now," I said quietly to him.

"Slightly."

"What the heck is going on?"

"I don't know. But I don't think it's coincidental. You didn't happen to wish they were real did you? Because there was a meteor shower last night, which means superstitions about wishes and lots to be granted, and that typically means people wish for stuff."

"Yeah I wished for it. I just didn't know a bajillion shooting stars were going to shoot overhead last night!"

"Well, you got your wish. Let's just wait and see if karma will be a bitch about it or not."

Zuko turned around. He was exactly how I imagined. He walked over to me. I couldn't even let him speak. I just fainted instead.