I could not sleep because I was reading all night! I may or may not have drank some pepsi early in the morning! And I should not write stories when I've deprived myself of sleep! I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender!

This A Series of Atypical Stories Story summary is: Sokka's in love with his best friend who's in love, and in a relationship, with a guy who's just so wrong for him.

1: You Belong With Me (Zukka/Jetko)

Currently, Sokka was working on that day's homework alongside his best friend by the name of Zuko West, his best friend who he happened to have the biggest, gayest crush on. Of course, the boy was as dense as a brick wall when it came to things such as the fine art of romance – unless one were to blatantly hit on him by telling him that he had a nice ass, resulting in the honey-eyed boy to fluster and bluster, face lighting up an interesting shade of red that almost blended into that scar of his promptly before snapping out a barbed retort and stomping away.

Back to reality – Sokka was currently staring, admiring, his best guy friend as he sit hunched over the hard-back book that was a science book. The guy was gorgeous and he didn't even know it. Like the way his hair fell, the way his eyes lit up when he was angry, his somewhat scratchy voice, and – well, just his everything. Sokka was smitten. Plain and simple.

I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it! (Take it!) Take another little piece of my heart now, baby! (Oh, oh break it!) Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c'mon now! (Oh, oh have a - !) Have another little piece of my heart now, baby! You know you got it – whoa-a-a-a!

The ringtone that blares from Zuko's previously dark-screened phone was now alight with an incoming call, the tune loud enough that it startled Zuko enough that he visibly jumped, a hand flying to his chest and swearing breathily – of course Sokka has to laugh at him. The boy was ridiculously cute sometimes!

"Shut up." Zuko hisses.

There's no real venom behind his words so Sokka takes it with a grain of salt and grins even wider. As Zuko reaches for his phone, Sokka takes a quick peek at the caller I.D. and sees who it is, his good mood immediately evaporating – he turns back to his textbook and does his best to ignore the stabbing jealousy in his chest:

"Jet?"

Jet McAllister is literally the worst thing to have ever happened to Sokka's life.

"Um okay, hold on." Zuko pulls the phone away and glances at Sokka, he offers a sheepish smile, "I'm gonna go into the hall."

Sokka forces an easy grin, "Of course, go ahead man."

Zuko's smile turns grateful, "I'll be back."

"Take your time." Sokka says when Zuko's crossing the room to the door.

Once the door shuts, the blue-eyed boy allows his bad mood to surface and takes to glaring irritably at his book. It isn't that he's against Zuko's relationship with Jet, the school's star quarterback and the one person Sokka knows can charm a starving man out of his last meal, it's just that he's – worried more or less. Jet McAllister wasn't particularly known for how faithful he is in relationships – although he's been pretty invested in his relationship with Zuko.

But still, Sokka thinks Zuko could use a guy, or girl, with a more down to earth personality.

Just thinking about Jet really ticks him off, so with a heavy sigh, he starts reading the chapter he's been assigned to. Sokka's about finished when Zuko finally comes back, he looks annoyed and a little tense, when he sits down on the bed with a huff, the dark skinned boy looks up in time to see a look of utter desperation and vulnerability written across his face.

"You okay?"

"Yes! No! I - !" Zuko lets out a frustrated growl, "It's Jet! Again!"

"What'd he do this time?"

This time. Last time Jet had gotten a little out of hand with his whole jealousy/possessive/stay away he's mine thing he's got going on, the event had thoroughly embarrassed Zuko which led to the odd couple into a pretty nasty argument – they've only been together for a month.

The longest for Jet really.

"I can't go anywhere without him – flipping out about something!" Zuko shouts, hands thrown into the air, "He was going on about how I really shouldn't be hanging out with you because you had some major crush on me! I mean! I know you guys haven't really gotten along! But – come on!" Sokka purses his lips – he hated that Jet was perceptive as fuck, "I just - !" Zuko sighs, a sound that just sounds defeated, "I don't know anymore – I hatewhen he gets like this," Zuko's voice wavers on the word hate, "It makes me feel – like I'm under pressure, and I don't know if that makes sense but that's the best I can explain it and it's annoying, enough so that I just want to drop it and break up with him."

"What?" Sokka doesn't mean to sound so interested.

Zuko glares, thinking Sokka hadn't heard him, "You heard me."

"I know but – like, why do it when you're happy with him?"

"Because it's too much, I'm tired of it. He's too - ,"

"Overbearing?"

"Exactly."

Silence.

"But I don't want to and it hurts - ," Zuko sniffs, turning his face away from Sokka's sight, but it's pretty obvious what he's doing.

"Zuko, no." Sokka pushes himself up and walks on his knees towards Zuko and places an arm around Zuko's shoulder, "C'mon, lets hug it out."

"No," Zuko murmurs, sniffing, swiping at his eyes and pushing Sokka's arm off, "I'm fine."

"Zuko - ,"

"I'm going to go," Zuko near-whispers while he gathers his belongings, "I'll see you tomorrow."

oOo

It's morning and the bus is pulling in to the school's drop-off area, Sokka's sitting beside Katara, idly listening to the music filtering from the headphones, the singer's voice sounds familiar:

I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're about to cry -

Taylor Swift. Yeah, he may or may not like several of her songs. It's when he's deciding to listen more to the song currently playing does he see his best friend's familiar silhouette, for a second, his heart races and he feels pretty giddy, but when some students move out of the way, he sees who's accompanying Zuko. The warm fluffy feeling instantly dying and being replaced by cold jealousy. Zuko's angry and that much is obvious with how rigid and straight his posture his, but Jet is trying his best to calm his angered boyfriend down, each attempt failing. Serves him right. But as the group of students exit the school transportation vehicle, Sokka glances in his friend's general direction and sees Zuko's shoulders lightly lowered with Jet looking a little more hopeful, and of course Jet would know how to calm Zuko, the guy was a slippery, manipulative bastard. It's when Jet coaxes Zuko into a hug that Zuko reciprocates, does Sokka realize that he's standing still and staring like a creep, seconds before he looks away, he sees Jet tilt Zuko's head up and press their lips together.

The image instantly seared into his mind. It's tender, hesitant, and Jet isn't his usual confident self.

They're not going to break up; that much is obvious, and boy does Sokka hate that Zuko can turn one of the school's biggest flirts into a meek little boy.- only when he's putting his books away that he finally puts a name to that Taylor Swift song his sister was listening to, and oddly enough, it suits his relationship with Zuko. Except unlike the music video, he and Zuko aren't proclaiming their love for one another.

I don't own anything involved with this story, not Avatar, not Taylor Swift or any of her songs, and definitely not Janis Joplin and her amazing song A Piece of my Heart!