A/N: I want to thank Kimjuni2, gaby, and SubjectDeltaBubz for commenting on this story and encouraging me to continue writing it.
She woke in the morning to her alarm clock going off and a pounding in her head, she had about 20 minutes to get ready and head to school. She sat up in bed and got dressed with her normal black/dark red attire; she straightened her hair and pulled it back into a low bun.
"Well this should be another day in hell" Mai spoke aloud to no one in particular and grabbed her back pack before departing to her car. The car ride was quiet and lonely, she didn't even bother turning on the radio like she normally did but today she felt like there was nothing to even be happy about.
She came into the lunch room and sat alone at the table that her friends usually grouped up at but they didn't show up. She gave a irritated sigh and headed for her locker when the bell rang, she put her coffee cup into her locker and grabbed the books for her class. Normally by now Zuko would have waltzed up and tried once again to talk to her but he never showed up so she walked back down the now empty hall to her class. About half way through the class Suki and Katara came into the class along with Aang, Mai didn't even blink and eye and continued to draw on the paper she had in front of her.
"Uh oh. Some thing is wrong" Suki whispered to Katara as they took their seats around Mai. Ignoring her friends was easier then telling them what was actually wrong, so she didn't, not even when Toph came in and complained about Mai's unpleasant attitude. It wasn't long before the bell rang and they all departed to their next class, Mai was thrilled that it was archery week in Gym. Her skills in archery exceeded all her other classmates, Suki and Mai always paired up when it came to group activities.
The bell rang again and the girls headed to lunch, Mai picked at the hot pocket she has brought for a lunch while everyone else ate theirs in a starving manner. Zuko was a table over laughing with his friends, Mai wanted nothing more than to simply place a strip of duct tape over all their mouths so she would have a quiet lunch for once.
School had drug by like a heard of turtles, when the end of the day came Suki and Katara stood by Mai's locker.
"So what did Aang get you for Valentines Day?" Suki asked as she nudged Katara, Mai had forgotten the dreaded holiday and dropped her head against the locker next to her.
"Someone's had a bad day." Zuko chuckled at the sight of Mai's head against a locker.
"Fuck Valentines Day" Mai sighed and slammed her locker and the girls walked off, Jet came running down the hall way and crashed into Mai and her friends. "Watch where you are going!"
"Shit, Mai I am so sorry. I didn't mean to I didn't see you there." Jet jumps up and helps Mai and her friends to their feet. Mai could see out of the corner of her eye that Zuko wasn't happy about Jet having any contact with her, which was funny that he was ignoring the bubbly girl bouncing at his side.
"Of course you didn't see me here" Mai rolled her eyes and brushed off her clothes. Aang and Sokka ran up and made sure their girls were okay.
"Look can I make it up to you? How about dinner after school tomorrow?" Jet wasn't sure what to do, it wasn't often that him and Mai interacted.
"I don't know." Mai looked to her friends who seemed to be waiting for her to just cave. "Alright fine, see you tomorrow" and with that she turned and left with her friends.
"See you tomorrow Mai!" Jet looked over and Zuko who was more than jealous and gave him a smile before walking off in the direction of the exit.
"Oh my god Mai has a date!" Katara jumped into the air in excitement.
"It's good to see you getting back on the horse Mai, I know Zuko really ripped out your heart" Sokka placed a loving hand on Mai's shoulder receiving a half smile from the gloomy girl.
"You have no idea Sokka." Mai was soon being hugged by all her friends. "Okay now you guys are smothering me."
"Sorry!" they all laughed and hugged her once more but not as smothering as the first time.