*I do not own any of Avatar characters (besides Matthew) or the show Avatar the Last Airbender: because if I did, Katara and Zuko would have been together.
*All pictures of vehicles and dresses are on my profile.
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Her thoughts kept drifting back to the moment Zuko and her shared. She remembered how sexy he looked and how she was caught in the moment with him. His chest was prefect from what she saw and she was dieing to see what lay below the shirt. His hair was begging her to run her hands through it and tangle them in the blackness. His golden eyes were soft when they swept over her face and body.
Katara shook these thoughts from her head. It wasn't a moment between them if one person had feelings, it had to be feelings shared on both sides. Katara was wide eyed after this thought; someone had to have feelings for the other. Did that mean that she had feelings for Zuko that weren't hate or rage?
That was impossible, Katara thought quickly. She hated Zuko and that was the only feeling she had for him. However, why did she hate him? This question earned Katara a confused face and her face to go white. She had many reasons, Katara thought.
There were reasons why she hated Zuko………….weren't there? Katara mentally slap herself and focused on the passing buildings. She went over the list in her head over and over again on why she hated Zuko.
1.) He was a jackass
2.) He called her a tramp
3.) He had a nasty temper
4.) He called her a bitch
5.) He was way too cocky
Her list became shorter and shorter every time she repeated the list. She couldn't get his face and body out of her head. She enjoyed their conversation they had during the fight. It felt so natural and not forced like most talks Katara had.
Now:
It was quite, not a sound could be heard. Not the sound of birds singing outside or the sound of cars driving by. The trees and bushes stood still and silent. Not even the annoying neighbor's dog was barking. It was a different kind of silence that met your ears; not a peaceful one but not an eerie silence either. That could be why she had slept for so long.
The girl looked over at her clock and groaned. It was almost noon and she had just now woke up. She rubbed her eyes and sat up slowly, looking around her room. The girl got out of bed and started for the bathroom, when her cell phone started ringing.
The girl looked at the number and frowned a bit. "Hello?" she answered.
"Hey Katara! This is Toph; we have chemistry and gym together."
"Oh yeah…how did you get this number?"
"From Suki, who got the number from Sokka."
"That makes sense, I guess."
"Meet me at the Shan Hotel on 126th NW Street in 15 minutes."
Katara's eyebrows rose a little when she heard this. "Now why would I do that?"
"Because it is going to bug the crap out of you if you don't come."
Katara laughed a little and agreed. The girls hung up and Katara got ready to meet up with Toph. She threw on sweatpants and a baggy sweatshirt with her old Nike shoes. She walked down stairs to see her grandmother sitting in the chair, knitting something. Kana glanced up and sighed deeply.
Katara walked out the door and into the garage. Her baby was sitting there in full beauty. The black Aston Martin Rapide (Katara's Car on Profile) was a piece of work and Katara loved it.
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Katara pulled up to the hotel and couldn't help but smile. She loved taking her baby out because she would get stares and attention. She was about to get out when she saw Toph running towards her. Katara rolled down the window and nodded at Toph.
"I take it that you don't want to take your Aston out with me riding shotgun?" Toph said quietly.
"It's not you. I just don't like other people in her." Katara said as she looked at her sad eyes.
"That's ok. You can park it with Jake and we can walk there." Toph answered.
Katara nodded and parked the car in front of the hotel. Toph and Katara walked quietly together with Toph leading the way. Toph led them to a store and pulled Katara in before she could read the sign.
"I know you don't like shopping, but I need someone's opinion on my clothes. People who work at stores just say everything looks good because they don't want to hurt my feelings."
"But why me" Katara asked as she looked at Toph. She was quite surprised when Toph had led them all this way.
"You may not think you need other people around you Katara, but you do. Friends are all we have to depend on these days and you look like you could use a good day without the fucking school drama or stupid Zuko." Toph answered with a sigh. She looked serious as she spoke and Katara knew she spoke of the truth.
"We need some different clothes because I don't think soccer jerseys and sweats are going to work for either one of us." Toph said as she smiled.
Katara walked over to a rack of clothes and started shifting through them. Toph followed behind her and started telling her what kinds to get. Eventually Toph pushed Katara into a changing room, tossed her some clothes, and went to the other one across from Katara.
Katara came out first and looked in the mirror. The blue jeans hugged her curves and slipped into the black knee length boots she was wearing. The boots had a little heel, but it was very small. The blood red tank top showed off her cleavage and the white/grayish coat hid her scar. The coat stopped a little before her waist and hugged her body. She had left the coat unbutton so you could see the shirt. Katara turned her head to see Toph walk out and stopped right beside Katara.
She wore black jeans with green sandals that had the earth kingdom symbol on the top. The jeans hugged her butt and showed off her legs. The green tank top was almost hidden by a light brown coat that had a fur hood. The coat stopped at her waist and was zipped up almost all the way, so you could only see about 2 inches of the green tank top underneath.
"You look good." Katara said with an uneasy voice. She was not use to this kind of thing and did not know what to say.
"You look pretty damn good yourself too." Toph said with a complete serious face. They both looked at each other and started laughing. Katara couldn't remember a time where she laughed for fun and it wasn't forced.
"Now we need some earrings." Toph said as she walked away. Katara thought to herself as she followed Toph. She couldn't believe that she was hating this. Katara always hated shopping and acting girly, but somehow…this felt ok.
Toph stopped in front of a counter and told Katara to pick some stuff for both of them. Katara looked through the earrings and found a prefect set of earrings for Toph. They matched her shirt and shoes perfectly and went well with her skin tone, Katara thought. The earrings were round ovals that were about an inch and a half long and about an inch wide. Katara gave the earrings to Toph and searched for her own. Shortly, Katara found a pair that was blood red and dangled a bit for her ear. They were kind of in a heart shape but looked more like a blob of red.
Toph grabbed a green hair band and pulled her hair into a high ponytail with her bangs hanging loose in her face. Katara followed her suit and pulled all her hair behind her with a red band.
"Now we are ready to go." Toph announced as she put her hands on her hips. "Lets go get something to eat, I'm starving."
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The girl snarled as she watched Toph and Katara eat their lunch from across the street. She was ruining everything she had worked so hard to get. Katara needed to be taken out! Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the person she was waiting for walking towards her. Mai was hoping that she could make Zuko jealous when she was seen with Kuzan.
Mai stood up and walked towards Kuzan, swaying her hips from side to side. Her skirt came to a stop way higher than her mid thigh. If she were to bend over, the whole world would be able to see everthing she wore underneath…while lack of what was underneath. A black band wrapped around her waist and a red skirt flowed down from it. She wore 3-inch red heels to make her legs longer and sexier. The red tank top ended an inch maybe below her boobs and the neck cut down low enough to see almost everything if you looked down it. Mai's black flawless hair was down and went to her elbows.
Mai walked up to Kuzan and gave him a hug while she pushed her body into his. Kuzan took a deep breath and nearly choked when he smelled her perfume. He couldn't believe his eyes when he had walked towards her earlier. Kuzan had never seen Mai dressed up like this before, and he was not complaining.
Mai looked over his shoulder to see Zuko walking towards them with his eyes on the ground. She smirked as she spoke, "Oh Kuzan, you shouldn't really say that about me." Her voice was loud and drew people's attention from every direction.
Before Kuzan had to chance to say anything, Mai brushed her lips against his and wrapped her arms around his neck. Kuzan was shocked, but yet happy to see Mai getting over Zuko. He slid his hands to her waist and yanked her closer as he pushed his tongue deep in her mouth.
"Can you say slut much?" a voice said and Mai ripped her head away and stared at the person.
"You are just jealous!" Mai sneered as she flipped her hair and looked back at Kuzan. However, Kuzan back up and seemed to realize that they were in the middle of town.
"Jealous of what? You? You are worth the time of day, Mai." The person said as they turned their attention back to the other person with them.
"At least I'm a normal person!" Mai yelled as she looked back at the girl. Toph looked back at Mai and glared. She shoved her seat back and walked towards Mai with anger in her steps.
Katara watched the scene before her and kept a close eye on Kuzan. Katara highly doubted that Mai had a weapon on her but Kuzan was a firebender.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?!" Toph asked with anger in her voice. Katara got up slowly but stay close to the table, knowing Toph could handle her own against one of them, but not Kuzan and Mai together.
"My family supports my every decision and I see them almost every day. They support my choice of my use of weapons. I can at least see what I'm wearing, so I don't look like a mutt!" Mai yelled back as she took a step towards Toph.
Katara saw tears form in Toph's eyes, but only a few fell onto her cheeks. "Toph is more of a person then you can ever hope to be Mai!" Katara shouted as she walked towards the group. People had start gathering around to see what the yelling was about. By now, most people had distaste for Mai on their faces and pity for Toph.
"You stay the fuck out of this bitch!" Mai screamed as she pointed at Katara. Anger and rage were filling Mai's eyes and soon she was beginning to see red and lots of it. "You don't belong here with us! No one wants a little helpless blind girl moping around at our school! You don't have the right to belong on this earth!" Mai screamed at Toph.
Toph had completely shut down and looked hopeless as she started crying. Katara glared at Mai and flick her wrist towards Mai. A jet of water shot towards Mai with speed.
Kuzan matched the jet of water with a column of fire before it hit Mai. Katara let the water fall to the ground and her eyes widen at Kuzan's actions. Mai looked surprised then her smile became evil as she moved closer to Kuzan.
"She just tried to kill me!" Mai exclaimed to Kuzan.
"Back down Katara." Kuzan said as he got into his firebending stance. Katara looked back at Toph and the tears falling off her cheeks made the decision for Katara. Katara went into her own stance and use about to waterbend when Zuko went in front of her. He stood there between Katara and Kuzan with his attention set at Kuzan.
"Back the fuck off Kuzan before you do something stupid!" shouted Zuko.
Kuzan looked between Katara and Zuko to see the same look on their faces. Slowly he stood up, grabbed Mai by her waist, and walked away from the crowd. Zuko walked over to Toph and looked at her with pity in his eyes.
"Don't Zuko…I know what you are going to say and it isn't you fault. We all know Mai has a thing for you and I am the weakest person. I make a get target for her and her comments." Toph sobbed as she looked at the ground.
"I'll take you home." Zuko respond as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Actually, I will Zuko." Katara voiced as she walked towards them. Zuko looked over at Katara and his eyes widen with surprise. "We were shopping today and I think I should take her home since some of her bags are in my car." Katara finished.
Zuko didn't respond at first since he was too busy looking at Katara. Mai couldn't hold a candle to Katara, and now he understood what the big deal was about Katara. The jeans were hugging her sinful legs and the boats were killing Zuko. He always had a soft spot for girls in knee length boots. Her high ponytail was begging him to run his fingers through it and the earrings dangled at the prefect length. Zuko knew Katara preferred the color blue, but she looked sexy in red. Her skin matched it perfectly.
Zuko thought about what her skin would look like against his sheets at home. Her deep brown hair spread out on his pillow as she looked at him with lust filled eyes. He wondered if her skin was as smooth as it looked. His hands molding the sides of her body, pulling her closer to his body. He wondered what color her nipples would be and how they would taste.
"Zuko?" a voice asked and it was enough to bring him out of his daydream.
"What did you say?" Zuko asked in a daze.
"I told Katara that you needed to come home with me but I wanted to ride in her car. I looked back over at you and I could feel your body was different than normally." Toph said as she looked at Zuko with concern.
Katara had told Toph that she would take her home, which would mean that Toph would get to ride in her baby. Now Toph said Zuko had to come home with her…that meant Zuko would be in her baby too. Oh shit…what did she get herself into?
"Are you ok with that Katara? I mean, ok with Zuko tagging along?" Toph asked quietly. Her eyes still held tears in them and she looked like a broken china doll. Katara nodded her head and started walking back to the hotel.
She grabbed the keys out of her pocket and unlocked the car. She heard someone gasp behind her and knew that it was Zuko. She turned her head and saw his eyes glazed over with an emotion, but she could not place it. Katara couldn't resisted teasing him.
She leaned against the car and tilted her head. "So Zuko, which view do you like better; the car or me?"
Zuko snapped out of his trance and smirked at Katara. He walked closer to Katara and put his arms on the car, trapping Katara between them. "Do you really want me to answer that question?"
Katara nodded her head and tried not to inhale deeply. She could smell everything on him when he was that close and she did not want to let him know she enjoyed it.
"Well I guess I'm going to disappoint you." Zuko whispered as he leaned away and walked towards the passenger door.
"I don't think so Hothead! I call shotgun." Toph yelled as she ran towards them. Zuko grumbled and got into the back seat. Toph slid into the passenger seat and Katara got into the car.
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