Hi everybody! I recently watched the Avatar series, despite it being pretty old, and I loved it! I especially loved all the Kataang bits, and I have read a lot of Kataang. My favorite Kataang fanfiction is a modern based school type, so that's the direction I'm going in with my first fanfic. By the way, this is my first fiction thing I've written, ever. I would really appreciate constructive criticism! Due to reviews and my own personal opinion, I have altered the chapter from its original plot, and have fixed some other minor issues. Thank you for the feedback!

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Avatar, and no I'm not going to make a witty joke about it either.

Ages:

Aang 14

Katara 14

Sokka 16

Suki 16

Zuko 17

Chapter 1

Katara's Pov

Everybody hates school. With homework and boring classes, nobody likes it. I am no exception to that rule. I hate school, and want this summer break to never end. I hate this school year especially for two reasons. One, I just moved here from the South Pole and don't know anybody. Two, I am going to a boarding school. It is a boarding school far away from my home, where my dad is. I am going on the plane by myself tomorrow, to start this little adventure. So now I don't even get time off from school; I am going to be at school all the time. Perfect.

I sighed as I flopped down onto the couch. I was bored. I was already packed and all ready to go to the boarding school, unlike my brother. My brother Sokka was becoming a junior at the boarding school, but still hasn't even started packing. Another thing that was different between Sokka and myself was that Sokka has been going to the boarding school for many years. Even though my family lived in the South Pole before moving to California, Sokka has always gone to the boarding school that I am now going to be attending. Even though I am bored, I am kinda anxious. I am excited about learning new waterbending techniques from a real master, because I was apparently too young to learn in the South Pole. I am also nervous about knowing only her brother at the school.

"Are you bored?" my dad, Hakoda, asked from the kitchen, where he was making Sokka breakfast. I know where this was headed. I knew if I told the truth and said I was, Dad would force me into doing chores so I wouldn't be as bored. I wasn't going to let that happen.

"Nope! I'm going to the park to meet new people! Bye!" I said this while quickly putting on her shoes and bolting out the door, in order to escape chores. "Why is she going to meet new people if we are leaving for the boarding school in two days?" Sokka asked with a mouth full of bacon. Hakoda just chuckled and got back to making more food for Sokka.

I didn't know where I was going to go, I had to kill some time before I went back. I was just walking, minding her own business when a kid bumped into her.

"Oh sorry. Where are you off too?" The kid who was speaking was tall and had a large group of friends around him.

"I don't know. I don't have anything to do." I saw some of the kids grin, but I ignored it.

"Well if you want, you can come over to my place and hang out, my name is Jet by the way." as soon as he said that, a billion red flags started flashing in my mind. I decided to leave as quickly as possible.

"Um..sorry but I can't."

"Why not? You just said you have nowhere to go." he said this while grabbing my arm tightly. "So now let's go in my nice car, and spend some time at my house. My parents aren't home." he said this with a wink. Now I have to really go! I knew that there was no way I was going to talk myself out of this, so I ran. I shook his grip and started sprinting, and pretty soon they were chasing. I knew I wasn't as fast as them, so I needed to lose them somehow. I looked to my left and saw a store, but on this hill far away from the store that I could see if I looked over the store, I saw a forest. Perfect! I turned towards the store and ran past, sprinting up the hill as fast as I could. The kids were still following me. As soon as I entered the forest I heard a soft instrument playing, it sounded like a guitar. The melody that I heard was very beautiful. Shaking myself from the distraction I hid behind a tree, praying that they wouldn't find me. After about ten seconds, the music stopped. Dang. The music provided a distraction from the situation at hand. I wanted a distraction from the trouble I had gotten myself into.

"Hello." I almost screamed. I saw this really cute kid with beautiful gray eyes looking at me, confused. He looked past me and the tree I was hiding behind and saw Jet and his friends looking for me. His amazing eyes became wide and motioned for me to follow. I followed him deeper into the forest, still nervous on whether or not I should trust him, but there was something about him that I just liked. Maybe it was his looks.

Eventually we got to this large rock that we couldn't climb. He started doing some weird hand moves and we moved upward, floating, flying, leaving the ground behind us. I panicked really hard, wondering what was happening, before realizing that he was an airbender. I had never met an airbender before. We gently ascended until we got to the top of the rock. There was this little plateau that could barely fit five people. There was this small little engraving that was man made, with an instrument and a sketching book inside it. The view on this little plateau was incredible though. It was facing away from the town, and in it was this valley. How high up are we? There was this river that I thought was made from crystal, it was so clear.

"We should just wait until Jet leaves." his voice startled me. I was kind of gazing off. I didn't notice it before, but his voice was soft and gentle, and I also saw some nervousness. He was looking down. Rubbing his hands, and just seemed nervous. I think I'm in love. Woah! Where did that thought come from? We just met him! I don't even know his name.

"What? Oh yeah we should." I looked at him again. He really was pretty cute. He also was super nice, to save me from Jet.

"What's your name? Mine is Aang."

"I'm Katara. I just moved here, but I am attending this boarding school far away. "

"Elemental Boarding School?" I was shocked. How did he know I was attending that boarding school?

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"Believe it or not, a lot of people from this town go to that boarding school. The mayor owns the boarding school, and he gives all residents a massive discount."

"Oh. Are you going to that boarding school?"

"Yep. So is Jet."he said, still stuttering with nervousness.

"Why do you seem nervous?" After I said this, he looked at me with wide eyes.

"Nervous? I'm not nervous." he said more nervously.

"Oh really?"

"Ok. I'm kinda nervous. I'm just, not the best talking to girls. Especially pretty ones, like you..I mean!" his cheeks turned bright red as he kept on stammering before I even realized what he said. He thinks I'm pretty! How do I talk to a cute boy! I need advice!

"Nothing to be nervous about. If it makes you feel better, I kinda think you're cute yourself." I blushed. I said this without even thinking about it! Why did I say that? He smiled, and I almost died. If he was cute before he smiled, now he was ten times that.

We talked for hours. Just me and him, underneath the stars. The more we talked, the more I liked him. He eventually wasn't nervous and became a cheerful, joyful boy, who I admitted to myself after a while, I loved. It turns out, Aang is an airbender from a monastery in Tibet, and he moved here at the start of summer. He is a very good airbender, and the waterbending forms I showed him were apparently very good, although I think he was just trying to compliment me, he wouldn't even know what good waterbending forms would look like. He also was a freshman, and he never knew his real family. He lives with his mentor, Gyasto. We talked until the sky I formerly gazed at turned into a beautiful night sky, with a countless amount of stars. We talked and laughed until I received a text from my brother.

"Wait one second." I said in between laughs after I told him about the time when Sokka ditched school and stole my dad's credit card to buy food. He found the story hilarious, and was laughing like crazy. I looked at my phone and saw a text from Sokka, Where are you! You haven't been home since this morning! I gasped and checked the time, I left at eleven, and it was seven now!

Aang stopped laughing and looked at me, "Everything alright?"

"Yeah. It's just that my brother is worried about me. We talked since this morning! didn't even realize it! I have to get home. I'll see you at the boarding school Aang." I said with a smile, and prepared to leave. But something stopped me. "You know what? I actually want to stay a little bit longer, if that's alright with you." He nodded and I turned and pulled out my phone in order to tell Sokka this, but I had a revelation to find the advice about how to talk to my crush I needed as well. I texted Sokka a quick,"Be back soon, I made a new friend and I'm spending time with her." I made sure I didn't reveal to Sokka that my new friend was male. I then texted my dad, and not bothering to what he would tell him, only begging for advice, I said,"My new friend is a cute boy who I have a crush on. How do I tell him I like him? Don't tell Sokka." then I put my phone in my pocket, sat back down, and awaited to hear a response from my dad.

I turned to look at him and he said, while looking at the night sky, "Wow. I didn't even realize we talked for that long."

"Oh yeah, by the way what's this place anyway? How often do you come up here?"

"I spend most of my time up here. Just admiring the view, or playing my lute, or drawing. I quite like it up here. I've never had anyone up here but me, and well now you."

"What! Aang I just met you! Why did you invite me up here if this place is that special? And don't you want to spend time with your friends?"

"Well, I kind of don't mind you being here, I actually enjoy the company," he said as his cheeks reddened and my heart fluttered, he continued "and to be honest, I don't have any friends. I moved here at the beginning of summer, and I didn't really see a point in hanging out with people I'll ditch at the end of summer."

"I thought you said a lot of people went to the boarding school we are going to?" I said, and while I was saying this, my phone buzzed and I hoped it was my dad with advice.

"Well yeah, a lot of people do, but it's still a boarding school, so most people still go to the public school. The people that go to the boarding school are all older, and all jerks."

While I was looking at him and listening to him, I saw my dad text me a simple sentence. I was expecting a long essay about how to tell him, or maybe advising me not to tell him! Instead, I got the simple sentence, Take a chance. I sighed audibly, that wasn't helpful.

I sighed a little bit too loudly, as Aang said sadly,"What, do you have to go home?" Looking into those stormy gray eyes, I decided to at least try and follow my dad's advice, if you could call it advice.

Aang's POV

She moved closer to me, and my heart started beating like crazy. Today was probably the greatest day of my life. Not only did I get to talk to, after a while of being debating with myself, the love of my life, but she called me cute and wanted to spend more time with me.

"Aang, I have really enjoyed spending time up here with you." She looked at me with a hopeful glance, she seemed..nervous.

"I have too, Katara." I said, confused on why she was so nervous.

She took a deep breath but then shook her head for some reason, and said, "Nevermind."

"What?" I was still confused, very confused, what did she want to tell me that was so important she couldn't even form the words?

"Nothing, it's nothing. ."

"What is it?"

"Nothing!" she blurted rather loudly. I was surprised, what was so important that it is worth getting defensive about it? She continued after a pause,"I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm mad, I'm not mad, it's just..can we forget that?"

"I guess..but you know that you could tell me anything right?"

"Yes." she said breathlessly, with a smile.

Katara's POV

I was an idiot! Of course he wouldn't like me in the same way, why was I even considering telling him! The love of my life now thinks I'm weird, and I am going to boarding school with him! We continued like before, telling stories and telling more about each other, which I was rather happy about. After half an hour, my phone started buzzing, and I saw that I got a call from my idiot brother.

"What now Sokka?" I said into the phone.

"Katara, come here please! We are going out to dinner, but Dad said if you can't come we'll just stay home to eat!" his voice was pleading. As much as I wanted to spend more time with Aang, I knew that this moment would eventually end. I also worried that Sokka would get suspicious if I didn't come home to eat at a restaurant. I looked over at Aang with a sad look in my eyes.

"Do you have to leave?"

I sighed and stood up,"Yeah. But we can see each other in a few days at the boarding school." I said with a smile, but inside I was panicking. Was that too forward? Did I appear clingy?

He smiled too, "Yep! To be honest, I wasn't looking forward to the boarding school, but now that I have a friend, I'm kind of looking forward to it. "

I didn't know what to make of that statement. He's excited about spending more time with me, but he's excited because he wants to spend time with me as a friend.

If he noticed my discomfort, he didn't show it. He smiled and stood up, standing next to me,"Do you want me to walk you home?"

I knew the answer immediately, "Sure." I said as I smiled. Despite almost blowing it, this was easily the greatest day of my life.