CHAPTER 3

"So…" Korra heard a voice say. She looked over at the doorway to see Asami.

"So what?" She shoved her now empty bag into her closet.

"What was up with you and Mako last night?" the older girl asked.

"Meh," was Korra's reply.

"You wanna talk about it?" Asami came in. Korra sighed and paced the room, throwing her hands into the air.

"I have no idea how to act around that guy," she admitted. "I still like him, but he doesn't like me anymore."

"What makes you think that?"

"Come on, Asami, didn't you see? He didn't even come outside to say hello when I got back. Then he totally ignored me during dinner."

"Actually, to be fair here, you were also ignoring him." Korra stopped and looked at her friend.

"Is he dating someone?" the Avatar asked.

"No, no," Asami shook her head and laughed. "Don't worry, Mako is single. Honestly, Korra, can't you even say his name?"

"I'm just so sick of him!" Korra resumed her pacing. "OK, well – I'm not, but I am. I don't want to think about him anymore."

"There you go," Asami encouraged enthusiastically. "Forget about him. The Avatar doesn't need him anymore."

"That's right!" Korra agreed with a grin.

"You know what?" Asami continued. "I know just the thing to get him off your mind. Hmm…" She thought for a moment then snapped her fingers. "How about a girls' night out? We could go to the soda shop. I need to check up on my factory today, but I can meet you there."

"OK," Korra said with a smile.

Korra hopped off of Naga and walked towards the soda fountain shop. She opened the door, looking for a girl with long, wavy hair, but there was no sign of Ms. Sato. She must not be here yet, Korra thought She sat down at the bar and an employee came to greet her.

"What can I get you?" he asked.

"Anything, please." He brought her a glass with fizzing pink liquid. As she took a sip, she heard the front door open turned her head to see if it was Asami. Her jaw dropped. Standing at the door, looking just as surprised, was Mako.

He walked over to her and asked, "You haven't seen Bolin, have you?"

"Why, did he get captured again?" she joked, looking up at the tall firebender.

"I was supposed to meet him here," he explained.

"That's funny, I'm supposed to meet up with Asami," she said. Mako sighed and rolled his eyes.

"We've been set up."

"What?" Korra asked incredulously. "Why?" He shrugged and sat down next to her. Her heart skipped a beat.

"I'll have what she's having," he told the guy behind the counter. As Korra sipped her soda, he turned to her. "Have you been here before?"

"Yeah, with Bolin," she said as Mako's soda arrived and he took a drink. He choked and started to cough. Korra pounded him on the back a few times.

"Hey! You OK?" she asked. He nodded and cleared his throat.

"When did you come here with Bolin?"

"When I went on a date with him," she said with a shrug. Mako's face grew dark.

"Oh," he said.

"'Oh?'" Korra repeated and she raised her eyebrows. "What do you mean, 'oh?' Got a problem with it?"

"No, if you want to date, I won't stop you."

"We weren't a couple," she explained. "It was just one date!"

"Whatever," he replied, taking another drink.

"What's your problem? Are you still jealous about that? That was, like, a year ago!"

"Why do you keep thinking I'm jealous?" he asked a little angrily. "I'm over that."

"Aha!" she pointed at him. "So you were jealous! And you still are!"

"No, I'm not."

"You just don't want to admit it!" she said smugly. "You don't want to admit that you still like me!"

"Korra, keep it down," Mako said. "People are starting to stare."

"Don't change the subject," she snapped.

"Seriously, is this all you think about?" he asked.

"Well, if you don't like me, then why are you still here?"

"Because –" he placed his hand on the counter, accidentally knocking over his drink and spilling it all over Korra. She gasped and they both stood up. "Korra, I'm so sorry –" She glared at him. Without a word, she stomped out. Mako quickly placed a few yuans on the counter and ran after her.

"Korra, wait!" he called. She climbed onto Naga.

"What, Mako? I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to spill soda on you–"

"I'm not talking about that!" Then she took off. Mako closed his eyes and sighed.

A/N: So this chapter was just a little bit shorter. I want to write longer ones, but it's so hard! :( And I can't believe it's been almost THREE WEEKS since I last updated. I was so busy with school that I forgot about how much time had passed. Hopefully this won't become a habit, since I'm very excited to finish this story!

I'll have to say that I thought it'd be extremely difficult to write this chapter (because of Peacekeepers *sobs*) but once I got into it, I got more and more comfortable. And this story has gotten over 600 views?! That is huge for me!

Thank you for reading! 3