After Mako left Tenzin's office, he made his way across the bay to the pro-bending arena. He had a couple more arrangements to make before the big night. As he made his way across the bay, he looked at the pro-bending arena.

'Thats where I first met Korra.' He thought back to the day he would never forget.' Korra had been brought there by his flirtatious brother. Bolin had a habbit of bringing girls to the arena to watch shows. So when I saw Korra, I just thought she was another groupie, just looking for an autograph or a short fling with a pro-bender. Thats what most of the girls that Bolin brought there were like. But not Korra. The first thing I ever really said to her is 'oh you're still here?'. Wow, what a pick-line Mako. Great job. But how was I supposed to know that she was the avatar? And I definately never imagined that I would fall in love with her. I-"

"We're here. You gonna get off my boat now boy?"

Mako was brought back from his thoughts by the suddent statement from the man driving the boat. Mako shook his head, cleared his mind and made his way towards the arena.

Mako walked into the arena looking for two individuals he knew would be waiting for him. The only two he could trust to help him with his plan. Bolin and Tahno. Of course Bolin knew about Mako's plans, he was his brother after all! Bolin was more than happy to hear about the news of Mako "finally growing a pair and asking Korra" as Bolin put it. And Tahno, sure Mako and Tahno haven't always gotten along, but they've become somewhat closer in the past three years. And Mako needed Tahno for what he had planned for the proposal. Mako couldn't wait to talk about the plans with Tahno and Bo, he wanted to make sure that everything was perfect tonight, he didn't want anything going wrong.

Mako turned a corner and what he saw was not what he was expecting, for instead of two people, there were three. Including Korra. Mako stood there in shock, unsure of what to do.

'Maybe I can sneak away before she sees me-" But as Mako tried to turn and walk away Korra shouted,

"Mako! Good morning!" She said while bouncing over to her boyfriend with a smile on her face.

"uh good morning Korra" He said, leaning down to pull his girlfriend into a hug. Normally, he would have been estatic to see Korra, but not under these circumstances. He had to talk to Tahno and Bolin! How was he going to do it with Korra here?

While hugging Korra, he looked up at Bolin and Tahno. Bolin had a frantic look on his face, one that was similar to mako's. Tahno mouthed the words 'she came out of no where' while throwing his hands up in confusion.

Korra pulled out of the hug and looked up at Mako. "So mr. Hat trick, you ready for tonight?"

Pure fear entered Mako's body. 'did she find out' was the first thought that entered his mind

"What.. what do you mean? What's t-tonight?"

Korra gave Mako a confused look, "Um, the match against Tahno and the other wolfbats... did you forget?"

Mako shook his head trying to act normal. well, as normally as he could in this situation.

"Oh yea, I didn't forget. I'm totally ready! Those Wolfbats are going down!" Mako smiled and tried not to sound worried.

Korra smiled and threw her fist in the air "Yea! Lets go FireFerrets!"

Bolin joined in with a "Woo!" from his place next to Tahno.

Tahno just rolled his eyes, deciding to ignore the fact that were talking about beating him... in front of him.

Bolin was standing behind Korra, waving his hands to mako and mouthing, 'what are we gonna do to get rid of her?'

Mako shot Bolin a look, pleading the earthbender to think of something. And fast.

Bolin placed a hand on Korra's shoulder, "Hey Korra! I just remembered! Pema wanted to see you!"

Korra gave Bolin a questioning look. "Really? What for?"

Bolin tried to stay calm and keep his voice steady. "How should I know? She just told me she wanted to see you. Maybe it's about girly stuff?"

Korra pursed her lip. She nodded her head. "Okay... I'll go see her. I'll see you guys in a litte while I guess!" Korra jumped and placed a kiss on Mako's cheek. "See ya later Mako!" She said as she began running back towards the bay.

Mako looked at the Avatar as she ran. He placed a hand on his cheek where her lips had just left that simple, yet powerful kiss. As Mako looked at her, his heart began to swell and the thought of Korra being his wife. 'I love her so much'...

Tahno inturupted Mako's thoughts.

"Okay lover boy, enough with the puppy dog eyes. You're making me sick..."

Mako shook his head and tried to hide the blush on his face.

"ah hem... Okay okay... Thanks Bo for thinking quick and getting her out of here."

Bolin smiled at the praise. "Oh it was nothing! I just hope she doesn't get mad that I lied to her..." Bolin said with a slightly worried look.

Tahno sighed "Can we hurry this along? I have "practice" with my team, and I don't want to be late." Tahno said while flipping his hair.

Mako rolled his eyes. "Tahno, you know how important you are to my plan. We have to make sure we go over everything so that nothing goes wrong tonight. I want to know that you wont screw this up for me."

It was Tahno's turn to roll his eyes. "Whatever hot head. If anyone were to mess up it would be-"

"Okay! We get it! There will be other times for witty comebacks!" Bolin said while stepping between Mako and Tahno.

"Thanks Bo. Okay. You're right, we have to stay focused. Now Bolin, do you know what you're supposed to do?"

"Yessir! I have to focus on knocking the earthbender of the wolfbats of the arena, while you focus on the firebender!" Bolin smiled, feeling proud of himself.

"And?"

Bolin brought a hand to his chin, thinking. "Oh! And you told me to watch out for Tahno! Make sure Korra doesn't knock him off! But, how will I do that without making it obvious what I'm doing?"

Mako thought for a moment. "If she looks like she's going to knock Tahno off, you can 'accidently' step in front of her, or block her waterbending with an earthbending disk... That should work. Just make sure you act as if it were an accident."

Bolin nodded.

Tahno smirked. "Look out for me huh? You don't think I can take care of myself? I wouldn't underestimate me boys." Tahno said with a taunting look on his face.

"Tahno, I'm just trying to make sure that nothing goes wrong. Speaking of which, do you remember what you have to do?"

Tahno waved his hand at the firebender nonchalantly. "Yea, I remember. I keep Korra occupied until round three then, blah blah, then boom we're done."

Mako sighed and ran his hand through his hair. Stress clearly showing on his face. He fixed his eyes upon the waterbender.

"Tahno, please don't kid around here. You know how important this is to me." Mako said with a stern look on his face.

Tahno waved his hand at Mako while walking away from the two brothers.

"I promise Mako, I know what to do and when to do it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go discuss what my team needs to do to help with this little plan of yours." Tahno stoped half way down the hall and looked back at Mako,

"And I want a rematch. No matter what her answer is. I want a real fight against the FireFerrets."

Mako nodded, "It's a deal. We'll set up a real match as soon as we can. Plus," Mako added with a smirk, "i'd love to beat you fair and square. And I know we will."

Tahno rolled his eyes, and continued down the hall before he reached the end of the hall he yelled back at Mako, "In your dreams hothead!"

Mako shook his head and couldn't help but chuckle.

Mako turned to Bolin. "Okay bro, only two more hours until the match."

Bolin could see in the firebenders amber eyes, that he was terrified. Bolin put a hand on his brother's shoulder, "Mako, don't be scared! I'm sure the answer will be yes!" Bolin said with his signature smile, a smile that could always cheer Mako up.

Mako smiled at his brother, "Thanks Bo. I just hope your right."

"Have I ever been wrong?" Bolin teased,

Mako raised an eyebrow at his younger brother

"Okay, don't answer that question... "

The bending brothers walked down the halls of the pro-bending arena. Both mentally preparing for a big night for everyone.

sorry it's been a while. And don't fret! The next chapter will be the proposal, in fact i'm working on it as soon as I get done posting this chapter! I hate not finishing things! :)