Hehe……anyone there? I'm sorry, but both of my computers had viruses and my mom was like 'you cant use either one till I fix them', so I basically stole the laptop to write, virus or no virus. Soooooo, here it is!
Disclaimer: no Avatar what-so-ever. I do hope they show the show soon on t.v. though.
Chapter 10 Parting is such Sweet Sorrow
'Katara, just go. Mommy will be alright.'
'But mom-'
'No! just go!'
There was heat everywhere a second later…
And lies. 'Where did mom go? Mom?' Rubbish. 'Mom! MOM!'
"KA-TAR-RA! Wake up! Jeez, do you always have to yell every Tuesday now?"
"Uh…" was all I could say. When I got enough strength to sit up, I pushed some of my wavy locks out of my face to see my brother standing next to my bed. "Sokka, you're not my alarm clock, you know."
Sokka just shifted his weight to his left side and crossed his arms. He looked really funny in his pinstriped pajamas. "Well, obviously I'm gonna have to be if you can't hear your regular alarm, or the other two times I tried to wake you up. I swear, you can sleep through an earthquake." Sokka shook his head and left me in my room to get ready.
"I mean, why isn't it a word? It should be!" Sokka exclaimed with his hands in the air.
"And what would the word 'mup' mean?" I inquired Sokka. We were all in the cafeteria for lunch; Suki, Aang, Sokka, Toph, and I.
" 'Mup' would be the mixture of a puppy and a mop. Mup!" exclaimed Sokka once again.
Aang chimed in, "I don't think that that's such a bad word. You could put that in the dictionary."
Sokka put an arm around Aang. "Oh, Aang. Such a naïve, little kid…that's not such a bad idea actually. Think about all of the money I could get for adding a new word to education everywhere!"
I shook my head at the strange ideas being passed around and continued eating my lunch. Sokka and Aang were trying to convince Toph that 'mup' hasn't been created yet and that it was a dog that looked like a mop. Suki was laughing the whole. Jet was sitting at the next table over and-
Wait a second, Jet? I didn't know he came back. If he was sick then he sure did heal fast. I doubt that he went out if town, it's the second week of school. Jet's new motto is confusing me: rape a girl and leave school for no reason.
Then, in the meddle of my thoughts, Jet turned his shaggy head and looked straight at like he new exactly where I sat. That devilish grin on his face was scaring me and bringing back the nightmare from Monday.
"Uh, guys, I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." I got out of my seat and started to walk out of the cafeteria. I couldn't take it anymore. He's going to drive me out of every room in this place.
"Hey, Katara," a voice from behind me. "What are you doing out of your comfort zone?"
If you are in a one-hundred foot radius of me, I don't have a comfort zone. Of coarse, I wasn't going to say that and show him that I was weak. "Jet why don't you go take a hike."
"Oooo, nice comeback, Kat." He took another toward me.
I clenched my fists. "You are not allows to call me that!" I spun around to face Jet. He was really close to me. Jet took my wrists, but I stepped on his foot really hard to make him loosen his grip for me to take off toward the bathrooms. I knew that Jet wouldn't try anything at school, but everyone was at the cafeteria, or at least I thought when I crashed into something…hard.
"Oof!" I said, stumbling backwards, but then someone caught my forearms. The same person that I ran into.
"Zuko!" I said a little more excitedly than was intended. But now when Jet came wheeling around the corner he really couldn't try anything.
"Katara, I'm sorry. I didn't see you coming." Zuko said as he let go of my arms.
I looked back to see if Jet was really chasing me. "That's okay. Why aren't you in the cafeteria?" I just needed to keep Zuko occupied for a while just so I didn't run into Jet again.
"I ate in the library. What were you doing running in the hall?"
And to answer his question for him, Jet came from around the corner. "I guess she forgot something, that's all." Jet smirked at Zuko. "C'mon Katara, I'll walk with you to the cafeteria." He reached for my hand, but I was so much faster than him now.
"I'm not walking anywhere with you." I snapped at him as I took a small side step behind Zuko. When I looked up at Zuko, he didn't move away from me, he just stood there like he was protecting, which was why I moved closer to him, but I didn't want him to know that.
"What, you're too good for me now?" Jet put his devil face back on. I sidled closer to Zuko, which Jet took account of. "Well, is this your new boyfriend?" Jet indicated his hand toward Zuko.
Zuko looked away and stiffly said, "No, we're just friends."
Jet put a sarcastic sad face on. "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Devil face. Sidled closer. Man, I hate that grin.
"C'mon Katara, this isn't funny. We need to get to class." Jet outstretched his hand and this time it was knocked down by Zuko. Jet looked a little astounded, but then got his composure back.
Zuko was looking fierce at Jet. "Maybe she doesn't want to go with you. Get that through you thick head."
By that time, my mouth was gapping open. Was Zuko saving me? Really?
"And who are you to tell me what to do?" Jet said.
Zuko didn't have a comeback; it was obvious because he looked away from Jet.
Jet smirked at his victory. "Yeah, that's what I thought, scar face." Zuko flinched at the name Jet appointed him. Jet was walking off away from the cafeteria and said over his shoulder, "You can keep the little bastard; I'll just go get me a new one."
And at that, Zuko clenched his fists and spun around faster than you can say Mississippi applesauce, grabbed Jet's shoulder, spun him around (I thought I heard a bone snap out of place), and punched him square in the right eye. Jet stumbled back a few steps with a little yelp that he thought went unnoticed.
Zuko lowered his fist down to his side and turned around to face me. My mouth was gapping even more if that was possible. "Are you okay?" he asked me.
I clamped my mouth shut and nodded a 'yes'. Zuko nodded back and turned around to glare at Jet, but apparently Jet ran away, probably to go to the nurse as fast as he could so that no one could see that someone had pummeled his right eye.
I looked at Zuko when he turned back to me. "Thanks, but you didn't have to do that." My voice was small and I couldn't look at him in the eye. It felt weird, being called a little bastard. It ripped a part of my heart out because I still had some feeling for Jet after all the years we spent together.
Zuko placed his hand on my upper arm. "Yes, I did. He called you –something indecent." Zuko quickly changed his wording. I giggled a little and Zuko felt it with his hand still on my arm. I looked up at him and saw him smiling at me. He had the most amazing smile I've ever seen. I could stare at it all day, only if…
RING, RING, RING!
Only if the bell didn't ring.
Zuko shook his head as if getting out of a stupor and took his hand off of my arm. My arm turned really cold all of a sudden. "I should get to class."
"Yeah, I should too." I started to walk past Zuko until he stopped me.
"I'll see you Saturday, right?"
I gave Zuko a knowing smile and said, "Yes, you will."
Then we went our separate ways.
A TOTALLY ZUTARA MOMENT!! YAY!! Ooo, parting is such sweet sorrow though, isn't it? Oh my god, I was so jumping up and down while I was writing this. I was like, I really need to kick up the Zuatara part of my Zutara story, so there you go everyone. Sorry for the delay again. See ya soon! Oh, and happy mother's day for all you mother's out there!