Hey, it's Ruby of Raven! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I've been busy with the last chapters of 'Love Pulls Through Crazy Revenge'. So I hope you forgive me.

I don't own any part of Avatar the Last Air Bender.

Chapter 2: The Offer

That girl. The moment I saw her I knew she was something special.

She was wore a black Paramore t-shirt and navy blue jeans. She had black flats on her feet with a blue bow near the toe. The blue bow matched the blue of her necklace she was wearing. The necklace had some kind of WaterTribe inscription on it. Her beautiful brown long hair was in a long braid that went down her back. To say the least, this girl was hot. I think her eyes where the best part though. They were pure blue like the ocean. I knew that if I got close enough to smell her I would smell the ocean. There was no doubt about that. I then notice she was staring at me. I caught her gaze and could do nothing to stop myself from staring back. For some reason she looked away blushing. Why was that?

"Guy's, this is Zuko," Ty Lee said to everyone.

"Um, hi," I managed to say. I then saw that the blue eyed girl wasn't the only one who was staring at me. A girl with piercing gold eyes and long black hair was also staring at me, but she was nothing compared to the blue eyed girl.

"I'm Toph," the short black haired girl said to me, she was standing next to the blue eyed girl.

"I'm Mai," the girl with those piercing eyes said, she was standing next to Ty Lee.

"I'm Ty Lee! Oh, but you already know that," Ty Lee said. 'She seems like an air head,' I thought.

"I-I'm K-katara," the blue eyed beauty said.

'Katara, what a beautiful and exotic name.'

"Boss says that Mai should show you around," Ty Lee happily told me.

"Um, okay?" I said.

A while later after Mai showed me around, she started asking me questions while we waited for some more costumers to come in. That girl, Katara, was up front folding some more t-shirts with her little friend, while I was stuck at the cash register with Mai.

"So, what school are you going to, since you obviously just moved here?" Mai asked.

"Avatar High," I answered.

"Really? I do too." She looked at my arms. "You look like you workout, do you?" she asked while feeling my arm.

I pulled my arm away from her. I mean, I know this goth chic is trying to flirt with me, but I'd rather not have her touch my arm like that. "Yeah, I work out," I answered, not looking at her but looking at the counter top.

I could tell she was sad that I pulled my arm away so abruptly, even though she had almost no emotion on her face. To be honest, it was kind of freaky that she showed no emotion almost all the time.

"Do you do any sports?" she asked me.

I looked back at her. "Yeah, I do soccer and free running."

I saw something flash in her eyes as I mentioned free running, but it was gone to quickly for me to tell what it was.

"Really? Ty Lee does free running too," she said.

"Interesting. There's not to many free runners that I come across on a daily basis," I said.

"You know, I have a job that my friend Jet could really use your help with. Me and Ty Lee will be helping too," she told me.

"What kind of job?" I asked.

"Just a job that could make us all rich but before I tell you any more, I need to ask Jet if he's okay with you maybe joining our little group," she told me.

I nodded. "I understand."

"Good." She looked at the clock on her phone. "Well it looks like it's my break time. I'll go see Jet right now and ask him," she said.

"Kay, bye," I said to her retreating form as she left the store.

"Sugarqueen!" Toph whispered to me.

"Yeah?" I answered, still not looking up from what I was folding.

"Daggers is gone, so you can go over and talk to Sparky now," she told me. Daggers is what she calls Mai because she throws daggers as her type of "sport". Sparky is... um... is... um... who is Sparky?

"Sparky?" I asked.

Toph rolled her emerald eyes at me. "Sparky is the new guy."

"You mean Zuko?"

"Yes!" she hissed. "Keep it down Sugarqueen! We don't want him hearing us!"

I blushed. 'That would be embarrassing," I thought.

"Right," I whispered back.

"Well, get over there and get your flirt on Sweetness!" she told me as she pushed me over to the checkout counter.

"Toph I-", I started to say but to late. I was already in front of the guy.

He looked up at me from where he was staring at the counter top in boredom.

"Oh, hey," he greeted me with a small smile.

"H-hey," I managed to get out.

"So, you like the band Paramore?" he asked me while pointing to my shirt.

I looked down at my shirt and remember that was the t-shirt I was wearing. I blushed. "Why am I blushing? It was just a question that I should have known how to answer without looking at my shirt."

"Y-yeah, I like Paramore. My favorite song is 'The Only Exception."

"Good song, but my favorite is 'Ignorance'."

"Really? Why?" I asked.

"I guess you could say it's somewhat a song I can relate to," he said with a small frown.

"Um..." I wanted to say something to make him smile a little and get rid of that frown. "So, what bands do you like?"

He smiled that small smile again. I had a feeling he knew I was trying to lift the mood. "I like a lot of bands, to many to list," he said.

"I like FlyLeaf, Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, and Evanescence. Do like any of those bands?" I asked.

"Yeah, actually, I like all of those bands." He smiled a bigger smile but it still didn't reach his eyes. It still made my heart do a back flip though.

He looked behind me and said, "I-I'll be right back." Then he jumped over the counter and went out of the store over to Mai and him? What's he doing here?