Competition
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Mai's POV
I had study skills with Mrs. Wu. She's very nice and very helpful to students who were struggling with their grades. I'm just sitting at my desk, just doing my homework from my other classes. I'm so happy that I have Zuko in all of my classes except that He's taking calculus for math.
I finished all of my English and Earth science homework so all I had left to do is finish my math homework! Whoopi! That was sarcasm, I hate math! There are like all these equations that I have to in my math class. Some are easy, some are not. Right now I'm on the last problem and that's it for my homework. I don't understand how could anyone solve this equation; y 2x.
I slammed my pencil, gently on my desk, and put my head down with a loud thud! I felt someone tapping me on the shoulder. I raised my head up to see who it is and it was Zuko. He asked," Mai, you need any help? I took Algebra before, and I can help you with solving this equation." His voice sounds so gentle and sweet when he talks to me. '-sigh- He's sweet as a firelily- wait what am I thinking?!?' I thought.
I looked at Zuko with a soft smile on my face and said," Can you help me with this equation, I could not understand how could anyone solve it!" "Of coarse, solving equations can be difficult", he replied. With that, he winked at me and flashed me a smile.
He showed me two ways on how I could've solved that equation. He said," And the line should go through zero on the graph! You get it now?" I nodded in agreement. The bell rang and it's time for lunch. Thank goodness I'm glad.
Zuko walked me over to my locker to go drop off my books and went to the quad. We sat down at this empty table. I heard Ty lee's voice calling to us. She screamed," HI GUYS", waving at us as she walks over to our table. She sat down next to me and began talking about her classes.
She chirped," Guys, the greatest thing just happened to me during fourth period!" "What is it?" I asked. "Haru asked me to go to the homecoming dance with him and I said YES!!!" Ty Lee replied, clapping in an exciting manner.
I looked away from Ty Lee as she talks and talks. I wonder where did Zuko gone off to? I saw him walking back to our table, holding two trays of food. He set it down on the table by the time he got there. On those two trays were two ramens on each of them. I always loved ramen and that it was so nice of Zuko to buy them for us. I told him a 'thank you' and he replied with a 'your welcome.'
We started eating our delicious, warm ramen. I wonder where the heck is Azula? I was snapped out of my thoughts when Azula slammed her backpack onto the table with a loud BAM! Azula sat down in an angry manner and crossed her arms over her chest. She had an angry look on her face.
"Bad day, Azula?" asked Ty Lee, starting to feel nervous about what is Azula going to say. Azula blew her hair out of her face and said," Yeah! I got into a fight in History with that "Miss-Goody-Goody-Too-Shoes-Katara"! Before you say anything, Zuzu. Not bending this time, just some yelling and some bad words." Zuko sighed in relief. I swallowed a lump that formed in my throat.
Suddenly I saw Jet walking by me, flashing me his bright smile. I started to feel uneasy but safe when Zuko wrapped his hand around my waist. I rested my head on Zuko's shoulder. Azula glared at him while Ty lee sticks her tongue out at him. Jet's smile changed to a frown and walked away in a show offy manner. I sighed in relief.
When I turned to look at Zuko's face, Zuko immediately let go of waist. I raised my head up at an instant. We turned away from each other, forgetting what just happened. Azula and Ty Lee looked at each other in a surprise manner but shrugged it off and went on to eating.
I hear a couple of girls whispering to each other," See that girl right there? That's Azula, the girl who I got into a fight with in history class. And I got a plan that will so teach her to never mess with a waterbender, and I need your help, Lena!" "What's the plan, Katara?" So that's Katara, Azula's been complaining about earlier. "I'm planning on pulling a prank on her, I heard that she has gym 5th period so I think it would be the perfect time for the prank. We'll drop a huge waterballoon on her and dump a whole lot of honey! Are you with me on this?" "You bet I am? Pranks is my most favorite thing to do since childhood! Let's do it!"
I can't believe what I've just heard; Katara and Lena are going to pull a prank on Azula over some stupid fight. I turned my head to see what those girls look like; one had chocolate colored hair and bright blue eyes. She has a lot of make-up on; she has sky blue eye shadow, mascara, and bright red lipstick. She's wearing black pants, a dark blue tank top with a light blue one underneath, and a pair of baby blue converses. The other girl has dark hair with red and gold highlights. She has brown eyes covered with red eyeshadow, black eyeliner, and black mascara. She wears a lot of make-up the same way her friend wears it except she only wears dark blue lipstick instead of red. I'm starting to hate these girls already; they look like troublemakers. Things are about to get ugly at 5th period.
The bell rang and it's time for 5th period. Yippy, that's sarcasm. I had 5th period P.E. with Coach Zhao. God I hate him! He's such a psycho, he's always putting a lot of pressure on his students and he has anger issues. I am not looking forward to P.E.! Neither does Ty lee, but at least she got an A in that class.
We went to the girl's locker room to change into our P.E. clothes. I heard Azula talk about how much she loves P.E. I figured this must be her most favorite subject. When we got out of the locker room to go to the gym, I hear voices coming from on top of the balance beam. It must be those girls; Katara and Lena. One of them is holding a water balloon while the other is holding a bucket full of honey. Azula is walking right into their trap.
I started to panic so I yelled," AZULA WAIT-" I got interrupted when someone said," Now!" The girl with brown hair dropped water balloon on her head. Then the other girl dumped honey all over Azula. Azula felt so wet and sticky at the same time. She heard laughter coming from the above. Laughter got her angry, so she yelled," Oh you again, Katara! I figured it must be you doing all of this to me! Well, you are going to wish that you shouldn't done that!"
She climbed up the balance beam and tackled Katara off of there to the ground. They were punching, scratching, and pulling each others' hair. This is worse than I thought. Ty Lee and I ran up to them. I grabbed Azula by the waist, saying," Azula Stop! Azula! You're going to hurt her!" I dragged her away from Katara, who looks like she was about to cry. Azula escaped my grip to go down to the bathroom to wash off.
I jogged over to where Katara and Ty lee were at. I asked," Is she okay?" Ty Lee looked at me with a sad look on her face, and said," I don't know but I think Azula hurt her pretty bad." Katara had tears in her eyes. She had a black eye and blood gushing out of her nose.
I heard Coach Zhao yelling,' What's going here?" " Well coach, there was a fight earlier between the new girl, Azula, and this other girl, Katara" ,replied Ty Lee. I felt really sorry for what happened to Katara. I asked,"Coach Zhao, can we take her to the nurse? I think Azula hurt her pretty bad, is that alright?" Coach Zhao said," Yeah sure, just take these passes", handing us our passes.
We took Katara over to the nurse's office to help heal her wounds. While we were there, I kept on wondering why did Azula tackle Katara, and has she always been like this? I looked at Katara with concern and asked," Are you okay, Katara? I am so sorry that my friend beat you up. She didn't mean for that to happen, she just overreacted. I don't know why did she do that but all I know is that violence is not going to solve her problems."
Katara looked up at me and said," I'm fine but don't worry it's not her fault. It's mostly my fault because I'm the one who started that fight with her in history class. She was being so obnoxious and selfish, that it makes me want to punch her out! Please tell her that I am truly sorry for what happened today and just forget about it, okay." She held the tissue up to her nose and pinching it to stop her nose from bleeding.
I nodded and said," I'll tell her, and Katara, next time you see Azula, just stay away from her. Okay?" She nodded in agreement.
Zuko's POV
For 5th period, I have a job for as an attendance assistant and I was on my break. I walked over to the nurses office to check on some sick/injured to people. When I was there, I saw Mai and Ty Lee with this other girl, who had a bad nose bleed. I looked at Mai from the side view and she looks pretty sad. I wonder what she's sad about. I heard a voice saying," Isn't this great that there are always chick fights in gym class?" It was Jet, who is walking towards me with his hands put behind his head. I asked," What are you doing here, aren't you suppose to be in class?"
"Well I was but I guess I must've cut before the bell rang. You know what I think?" said Jet, smirking. He must be trying to bug me. "I think that Goth girl, Mai is hot! She's slender and tall. She has smooth, shiny hair……and has those pretty pale gold eyes. I'm going to ask her to the Homecoming Dance. Hope you don't mind, do you?" Jet glanced at Mai with a dreamy look in his eyes.
I felt anger rise through my whole body like lava flowing out of a volcanoe. I thought," Why that jerk, who does he think he is? Mr. Smooth guy? Why I yadda- wait what am I thinking?" I not sure if I'm starting to feel jealous or not, but I think I am. I tapped Jet on his shoulder and whispered," May I talk to you in private", through my clenched teeth.
Jet shrugged and followed me out of the nurse's office. I whispered," So are you asking Mai to the dance?" "Well yeah! Why are you starting to get jealous", replied Jet, raising an eyebrow.
I feel my heart pounding at a slow beat and then faster. My fists were clenched and I feel as if my head were about to explode like a volcanoe. I said," Well…I..am…about to….ask..her..to..the..dance. But you are….just…not….her type!"
'Nice one, Zuko', I thought. Jet smirked and said," Well then, I guess we had a competition for who gets to take Mai to the dance. Whoever is more gentlemen to Mai, gets to take her to the dance. Do we got a deal", holding out his hand towards me. I took his hand and said," You got a deal", shaking it.
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Sorry about the long wait, school got in the way. I had to study for my driver's permit so that could explain the lack of writing.
