Zach held his head bored out of his mind

A/N: here's the next chapter everyone wanted. I had part of it done anyways so I thought I should finish it and let you read it. Thanks for all of the reviews from the first chapter and I hope you all like this chapter too.

Zuko held his head bored out of his mind. Usually during lunchtime, He would be sitting with Jet and company occasionally talking. But not today; today Pipsqueak and Duke were sitting there shooting questions at Jet about his new relationship.

"So you guys went on a date?" Pipsqueak drilled.

"Yeah, on Saturday." Jet answered.

"So you guys never hooked up?" Duke asked.

"Nope. Katara's more of a long term relationship person. I'm willing to do that with her."

"Wow, you must really like her then." Duke pointed out.

"You've never gone out with someone who you thought was hook-up potential at first."

Jet shrugged his shoulders. "I guess I like her. We'll have to see how it plays out."

Duke and Pipsqueak grinned, understanding what Jet was getting at. The conversation ended and everyone continued to eat, including Zuko.

The rest of the day went uneventful. At the end of the day, Zuko gathered his stuff and met Jet at his locker.

"So I'm not going to be able to meet at your house today." Zuko started as Jet was packing his stuff in his backpack.

Jet nodded and looked up at Zuko. "I guess that's-"

Zuko looked puzzled at Jet for a minute. His face had frozen and he stopped talking.

"No way!" Jet exclaimed as he brushed past Zuko and raced down the hall. Zuko turned around to see Jet quickly walk over to a girl and kiss her.

"Hey babe." Zuko heard Jet say to her and they hugged. No! Zuko thought. Why did she have to come here? Jet turned around and waved Zuko over. Zuko hesitated for a moment before he started to trudge over. He couldn't believe she was here! They were going to meet face-to-face before Zuko thought he was ready to do that. Besides, he still had a crush on her from before and Zuko hadn't yet gotten over the fact that she was Jet's girlfriend.

Katara stood there waiting for Zuko to get to them. She seemed to be confident but a little shy too, as if she wasn't sure if visiting her new boyfriend at school was appropriate. She had on what Zuko assumed was a uniform. She was wearing a white collared shirt and a plaid skirt. Even though he and Jet used to make fun of uniforms, he had to say she looked flattering in it. Zuko came to a stop in front of the two and put on his nicest smile.

"Katara, this is Zuko. Zuko, this is Katara." Jet introduced them. Katara quickly put her hand out and Zuko slowly followed suit.

"Nice to meet you." Katara replied brightly. Her eyes pierced his with sincerity. For a second, Zuko didn't say anything, quickly lost in her eyes. When he realized what he was doing, he snatched his hand away and mumbled something incoherent. Jet watched the exchange before tuning his full attention to Katara.

"So what are you doing here? I thought we were meeting at Oma and Shu's café."

"We were but Suki went there and it's out of business. Now we have no where to chill."

Jet stood in thought for a minute. Then he pointed to Zuko. "Doesn't your uncle own the Jasmine Dragon?"

"Yeah, but I don't see how-"

"Katara and her friends can meet there." Jet reasoned.

"Is The Jasmine Dragon a café?" Katara asked confused.

"Yeah, and it has the best tea around." Jet explained.

Katara nodded. "Well I'll need to tell the others where it is, and I think we'll be good."

Katara turned towards Zuko. "Would your uncle be okay with us meeting there everyday?"

"I guess…" Zuko started but Katara was already excited.

"Yes! Thank you so much! You're a lifesaver!" She directed towards Zuko.

"And you," Katara turned towards Jet again. She kissed Jet quickly before giving him a thank you also. Jet smiled but leaned to kiss Katara again for longer. Zuko quickly looked at the floor.

"Well, I should get going. See ya!" And with that, Zuko quickly left the couple as fast as he could.

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Zuko stared into the mirror as he styled his hair over his left eye. Today Katara and her friends were hanging out here in the Jasmine Dragon and Zuko wanted to look perfect when she arrived. Zuko stopped for a second. What did it matter for him to look perfect? Katara was Jet's girlfriend. Zuko sighed. He had to remember that she wasn't the girl he first saw at the club. Now she was taken by his best friend. And yet he still continued to cover his eye and straighten out his clothes. Well, he thought. Here goes nothing, and walked out of the employee bathroom and into the main part of the shop.

There were many tables in the middle of the room and some booths lining the walls. There was also a counter where people could sit and see directly how the tea was made. And fortunately for Zuko, Katara was situated in a chair in the middle of the counter. Zuko froze in the doorway. He wasn't ready to face Katara alone. He thought that maybe if he discreetly turned around and walked back from where he came, he wouldn't be noticed. Just then, Katara looked around and spotted Zuko and waved. Now he definitely had no way of escaping.

"Hi." Zuko said when he got to Katara.

"Hey," Katara replied and smiled at him. Zuko started to stare into her eyes but caught himself quickly. He then busied himself with putting on his apron and getting out the ingredients his uncle would need to make the tea.

Katara tapped her fingernails rhythmically on the counter and looked towards the door. "Do you know when Jet is supposed to get here?"

Zuko shook his head. "He might be caught up with teachers or something. He should be here in a few minutes or so.

Katara nodded as she continued to tap her nails on the counter and look around impatiently, She absent-mindedly ran her other hand over her light blue headband and through her brown curly hair. Zuko looked up from what he was doing

"Are you nervous or something?"

"Hmm?" Katara focused her attention on Zuko. He gestured towards her hand and she immediately understood. "Oh yeah. My brother's coming along with my other friends."

Zuko looked confused, prompting Katara to continue.

"Jet is going to meet my brother so I'm sort of worried. He's way over protective of me and he sometimes blows little things out of proportion. It's so annoying."

Zuko nodded. "Well at least you have someone who you can count on no matter what."

Katara smiled and thought for a moment. "Do you have any siblings?"

"I have one sister. She's too years younger than me."

"Really? What's her name?"

"Azula."

"Oh! I know her, she goes to my school."

"You go to Kyoshi?"

"Yep. So Azula's your sister?" Katara looked thoughtful for a moment. "You guys really don't look alike."

"Oh." Zuko absent-mindedly touched his scar. Katara froze and tried to explain.

"No…I-I didn't mean it like-"

Just then, Jet appeared behind Katara and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Hey Kat."

Katara turned around and gave him a short kiss, but Jet held on for a longer.

"Hey." Katara answered with a hint of sadness.

Zuko looked away as Jet continued to kiss Katara.

"Maybe we…should get…a booth." Katara said between kisses.

Jet pulled away and smiled. "Okay, lead the way then."

Katara started to walk away holding loosely onto Jet's hand. Before Jet was pulled way though, he turned to look at Zuko. He smirked at him then walked over to the booth Katara had chosen.

Zuko sighed as he watched Jet and Katara continue to kiss until people- whom Zuko assumed were Katara's friends- came in. Zuko watched as Katara introduced Jet to her brother. After all of the introductions were made, the table settled down and looked over their menus.

Just then a stout man came out from the back area and slapped Zuko in the back, startling him.

"Hi uncle." Zuko said when he recovered.

"Hello Zuko," Iroh replied and looked around at the lack of customers he had. There were a few people sitting at the tables in the middle, and one large group on the side. "You can take the orders today."

Zuko froze. "No way! You usually do it, why not do it now?"

"There aren't a lot of people around. Besides," Uncle Iroh pointed to the booth. "Isn't your friend over there? It'll be easier to serve someone you know."

Zuko groaned. He did not want to serve Jet; especially since Katara was there too- with all of her friends. If he messed up, like he would evidently do, all of them would undoubtly make fun of him behind his back.

"Could I do it some other day?" Zuko whined.

Uncle Iroh shook his head. "It's okay, you'll be fine." He smiled and went into the back room.

Zuko sighed and took out a pad and pencil and made his way towards the booth. Before he made it there, Jet spotted him.

"You're going to be our waiter?!" he laughed until Katara elbowed him in the arm.

"Be nice." Katara scolded and looked up expectantly at Zuko.

Zuko cleared his throat. "Hi, my name is Zuko and I'll be your waiter for today. What teas would you guys like?"

Katara was the first to speak. "I'll have a jasmine tea." She smiled as she handed the menu to Zuko. He carefully avoided her eyes as he took the menu and pretended to write something else.

"I'll have a jasmine tea too." Jet said and he gave his menu up too. He turned to Katara and whispered something to her before starting to kiss Katara's cheek and neck.

"Hey, stop doing that! This is a public place and people don't need to see that!" A boy across from the two yelled at them. His hair was shaved on the sides and hair in the middle that was pulled in a ponytail. Jet pulled away quickly as Katara furrowed her eyebrows at him.

"Sokka, stop telling us what to do and mind your own business."

"I'm allowed to tell you what to do. If Gran-Gran was here, she would have had a heart attack watching the two of you."

"Katara huffed and a girl next to Sokka slapped his arm playfully. "Just order."

Sokka turned to Zuko. "I'll have a cup of black tea."

"I'll have some green tea." The girl next to Sokka stated. She had short brown hair and a green headband on.

Zuko nodded. And for you?" He looked towards the couple in the middle of the booth.

"I'll have a mango Ceylon tea." The boy answered. He had short dark brown hair and wore and orange shirt.

"I'll have a jasmine green tea." The girl replied. Her eyes were frosted over and she wore a green headband holding back her long black hair.

The remaining menus were given to Zuko and he walked over to the front counter where Iroh was busy making tea. Zuko repeated the orders to Iroh and he busied himself with making the orders. Zuko came around the counter and watched the group he was waiting on until Iroh was done.

"The tea is ready." Iroh announced, waking Zuko out of his thoughts. He slightly smiled and gathered the cups on a tray and carried them over to the booth.

When he was halfway to his destination, he noticed Katara looking at him thoughtfully. Zuko stared back confused. Why was she watching him like that? Was something wrong? When Zuko was almost to the booth, something tripped him and he dropped the tray on the table, causing all of the cups to tip over and spill on everyone in the booth.

All the girls shrieked as Zuko swore to himself multiple times. "I'm so sorry. I'll get you all more tea for no additional cost." He cleaned up what he could off the table and rushed back to get some more. As he was leaving though, he couldn't help but here what was being said about the incident.

"He can be such a klutz sometimes."

After Zuko got the second round of drinks delivered successfully to the booth, Zuko went back to the front counter. They all looked like they were having some fun, despite what he had done to them earlier. Zuko couldn't help but wish that he was part of the group, laughing along with them and really fitting in. If only…

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The next day Zuko was wiping of the counters of the tables when Katara came in. He stopped what he was doing to watch her amble towards the back of the restaurant and not to the booth she sat at yesterday. Zuko finished what he was doing and walked around the counter where Katara was sitting.

"Hi." Katara said and Zuko smiled at her. She sighed and looked around before looking at Zuko again.

"Listen, I'm sorry about what I said yesterday. I didn't mean to insult you. What I was trying to say came out wrong. I just meant that Azula likes pissing people off and intimidating them, while you seem calm and really nice.

Zuko's face reddened as he looked away. "Thanks, and apology accepted."

Katara beamed and relaxed a little. "Good. That was worrying me all last night and today too."

Zuko perked up. "Really?"

Katara nodded. "Yeah. You have been really nice to me, and then I offend you. I didn't want things to start out like that."

Zuko nodded and continued what he was doing.

"Oh, and don't worry about what happened yesterday with the tea. I'm pretty sure I would have done the same thing."

Zuko smiled slightly. He felt a whole lot better now that he and Katara were back on good terms.

Well that is it. I am going to camp on the 28th so I probably won't be updating this story until august. :( Sorry about that. Anyways thanks again for all of the reviews I got and please please please review this time too.

p.s.- to one of the people who reviewed the first chapter (hj) and I wasn't able to reply-

I know that Zuko is supposed to be a tough person but in my story he isn't; not yet anyway. You'll learn this later but Jet uses Zuko's insecurity about his scar to keep Zuko from doing things. Anyway, there will also be an explanation of why the two are friends and other stuff, but just not now. Thanks for your review though.