Chapter 10: Invitations
Zuko's POV
The bell just had to ring didn't it? I want to kiss her so badly. She was so amazing...
"Maybe next time, sweetie..." she whispered in my ear. Is it wrong that I was totally turned on by that?
I watched her as she started walking away. I didn't realize how curvy she was before. She was really sexy. I'm surprised she doesn't have a boyfriend. But then again, she said herself that she doesn't say yes to just anyone.
I regained my senses and chased her before she exited the library.
"Katara, wait!" I said, running up to her.
She turned back and smiled.
"Yeah?" she said
"Can I at least get your number?"
"For?"
She raised her eyebrow suspiciously. Shit. What am I going to say?
"Well...uhh...you know..." I stammered. "In case I'm studying at home and I have questions! I can uhh...call you or text or whatever."
"I'm just playing with you, Zuko. You don't need a reason to call or text me. If you just want to talk or whatever, I'm here."
"Really? Cool..."
I gave her my phone and she put her number in it.
"Can I get yours too?" she said
"Of course."
She handed me her phone and I put my number in.
"Anything else you need?" she said, smiling deviously
"Uhh... Do you go online a lot?"
"Not unless I have a reason too..."
"Well...would talking to me be a good enough reason?"
"I guess so. What's your ID?"
"sparkyhotman"
"Yahoo?"
"Yup."
She brought out a pen and paper and jotted it down.
"Hotman?" she asked with a teasing look on her face.
"Well, I doubt you don't agree..." I said smirking
"Touche... Anyway, mine's sugarqueen. Yahoo too."
I fished out a small piece of paper from my pocket and borrowed her pen. I quickly wrote it down and put it in my pocket.
"Sugarqueen?" I asked
Before she could reply, I saw my friends, Jet and Haru spying on us from one corner of the room. They tried to hide but I saw their heads before they ducked down.
"I can see you guys, you know." I called to them.
They slowly came into sight and grinned. I waved at them and so did Katara.
When am I ever going to get some privacy around here?
Katara's POV
Zuko and his friends were so cute. Zuko and I saw them spying on us in the library. They seemed really fun too. One of them really needed a shave though. I think his name was Haru.
I waved at them when they appeared in sight. They smiled and waved back.
I turned to Zuko again.
"Toph calls me that." I said
"What?" said Zuko, turning to me again
"Toph calls me Sugar Queen. That's how I came up with my Yahoo ID."
"Ohh...That's cute."
"Yeah, it is."
I looked around and saw my friends trying to hide behind the table near Zuko's friends.
"Speaking of Toph," I said to Zuko. "Look at that table near your friends. Someone's spying on me too."
"I can see you too, guys!" I said, waving at them.
They came out from their hiding places and waved back. Zuko waved at them too and smiled.
"Wow, our friends are really...curious, aren't they?" he said, chuckling
"Tell me about it." I replied
"We might as well introduce them to each other."
We walked over to them and they came out of their hiding places. Zuko's friends were nervously laughing and Aang was nervously making excuses.
"Katara! I'm sorry! We didn't mean to spy. It was Sokka's idea!" he said
"What?" Sokka said "You were the one who wanted to know who Katara was tutoring!"
"Yeah, but it was your idea!"
"Can both of you shut up?" said Toph. "Doesn't matter now. She found us. We're sorry, Katara."
"That's fine, guys. Anyway, I want you to meet Zuko."
I held Zuko's hand and he faced them.
"Zuko, these are my friends. That's Aang, Toph and Sokka." I said, pointing to each one of them.
Zuko shook hands with them and smiled.
"Hey guys." He said smiling and pointing to his friends. "I want you to meet my friends, Jet and Haru."
"Hey, I'm Jet." said the spiky brown-haired boy
"And I'm Haru." said Mustache Man.
"Hey this is perfect! My family's having a barbecue on Saturday. Do you guys want to come?"
"Sure" I said, along with Toph, Aang and Sokka
"Cool. That'd be great!"
Just then we heard a voice that I dreaded the most.
"What about me and my friends? Aren't you going to invite us?"
Third-Person POV
Azula, Mai and Ty Lee stood in front of Jet, Haru, Zuko, Katara, Toph, Aang and Sokka.
"Uhhh...well..." Haru said. He didn't really know what to say. He suddenly felt obligated to invite them, being the nice guy that he was.
"I believe we haven't met." Azula said, looking at Katara's friends and Haru. "I'm Azula, Zuko's sister. This is Mai and this is Ty Lee."
"Hey." they said.
"Actually, that's Toph, Aang, Sokka and Haru." Katara said, introducing them properly.
"Excuse me, peasant?" Azula snapped, looking at Katara
"My name is Katara." Katara retorted
"Whatever. Was I talking to you?"
"No...but I-"
"Then what makes you think you can talk to me?"
"Azula, stop it." Zuko interrupted. "She's not even doing anything to you."
"That's not true, Zuko." Mai said. "She's stealing you from me."
"Mai, let me make things clear. There was never an us. I don't even like you anymore so can you just go?"
Mai was shocked at his reply and walked away. Azula glared at them and followed Mai. Ty Lee stayed with Zuko and his friends.
"I'm sorry they have to be like that, Zuko." she said sadly. "I don't really understand why too."
"Ty Lee, why do you keep hanging out with them?" Zuko said
"Well, where else can I go?"
"You can stay with us. We'll treat you better than they do."
"Thanks, Zuko but I just can't leave them."
"But-"
"Look, I know you think they're evil but I don't. I believe there's good in everyone. I still think their good side will come out soon enough."
"Okay...if you're sure."
Ty Lee started to walk away. Zuko turned to Haru.
"Hey dude," Zuko said. "You think we could invite her? She's not like them, I promise."
"Sure...only if you let me tell her she's invited." Haru said
"Of course."
Zuko called out to Ty Lee.
"Ty Lee!"
"What?" she said, walking back to them.
Zuko nudged Haru and he walked to Ty Lee.
"I...uhh...I'm Haru!" he stuttered.
"Nice to meet you" Ty Lee said, giggling
"You too...So...uhh do you want to come to the barbecue?"
"Sure. I love parties."
"Really? That's great! I mean...uhh...cool. S-See you there..."
"See you! By the way, I like your mustache!"
Ty Lee waved goodbye and walked away from them, leaving Haru dazed.
"Well..." Sokka said. "I don't want to break this up but guys, we need to go. I've got tons of homework to do."
"Okay, okay." Katara said. "Thanks for the invite, Haru."
Toph, Aang and Sokka said their goodbyes and walked away.
"You guys go ahead." said Katara. "I'll catch up with you."
"Yeah, Zuko." Jet said. "We better go too."
"Yeah, yeah." Zuko said, keeping his eyes on Katara. "Go ahead. I'll follow."
"Okay. Nice seeing you again, Katara." Jet said, trying to snap Haru out of his daze
"She...She...She...liked my mustache...Did you hear that, guys?" Haru said, smiling dorkily
"Well, at least someone does." Jet said teasingly.
Jet, Zuko and Katara laughed at the joke before Jet and Haru left. Zuko and Katara were left alone again.
"So..." Zuko said, looking at his feet. "Are you going to be online tonight?"
"I am if you are..." Katara replied
"Well are you up for a chat with me, just in case?"
"Anytime."
"Okay then... Do you have a webcam?"
"Yeah. Do you?"
"Yep. I mean, we aren't going to do weird stuff online. Just use the cam, if that's okay with you."
"Sure. I'm fine with that."
"See you tonight then?" Zuko said, smiling playfully
"Can't wait."
Katara winked at Zuko before catching up to her friends.
Zuko, seeing he was left alone in the room, did a little victory dance. He was interrupted by the teasing voice of Katara, who peeked at Zuko before she exited the library.
"Nice moves, Hotman."
Author's Note: Hey guys, I'm going to try to finish another chapter tonight. I'm leaving for vacation in like 5 hours or something so I'll really really try.
I'm not sure if I can update while on vacation because I might be too tired but I'll try, I promise.
Disclaimer: I don't own avatar or yahoo
Poll Update (votes from both DA and ):
Tokka- 3
Taang- 5
Sukka- 6
*please correct me if I'm wrong.
Hope you guys like it! R&R please!
