Ok, so here's the third chapter. you probably are going to hate me after this but, don't worry, another chapter is coming. This one picks up just after Suki gets her evil IM of doom from Katara. Random Trivia: I am testing for my brown belt tomorrow! Random Trivia: I love the word doom. DOOM DOOM DOOM

Katara spat something at Toph who shrugged, pointed at me, and stalked out of the Cafeteria.

"Err…" I stood up. "I have to um, go get my, uh, science binder." Sokka made to get up.

"I'll come with you," he offered eagerly.

"It's ok, I need to do some girl stuff," I said lamely and felt my heart drop as his face drooped in disappointment. "I'll see you after school then?"

"Yah!" he exclaimed. "At five." I scampered up the steps to my locker just inside the front doors.

Footsteps sounded behind me. They grew louder and louder. I started to count,

Three,

Two,

One,

"Well?" a voice asked sharply. "I think I have the right to know." I fiddled with my pencil case. This year my mom hadn't checked what I had put in the shopping cart while shopping for school supplies. I had these mechanical pencils that-

"Do I need to repeat myself? Am I getting through to you?" Katara put her hands on her hips and stuck out her chin. Her pose completely contradicted with her shirt which read "Love, Peace, Happiness" She looked so ridiculous; I tried not to laugh. Perhaps it was the shirt, because I failed. Her brows crinkled together. "Maybe they did stuff differently at your old school, but here you DO NOT lay on your friend's older brother's lap on the first day of school."

"I, err, well I tripped and-" I fumbled for something to say that would leave me with all limbs still attached.

BRRINNNNNNNNG

Saved by the bell.

How ironic.

Katara glared at me once more, then strolled coolly off to her locker on the other side of the hall. She complemented her white T with pale blue sweats that flapped around as she walked.

I had thought blue was a peaceful color.

Boy, was I wrong.

After school Tai-lee, Mai, and I walked downtown. We stopped at Jamba Juice and picked up smoothies. Tai-lee ordered a power size with a caffeine boost. She shared a bit with us.

Man that was a lot of caffeine. No wonder she was always so hyperactive.

Mai led us to her place in town. Her family is super rich and owns this huge Victorian mansion. There we changed into our Gis (Karate Uniforms) and headed off to the dojo.

On the way we ran into Smellerbee who told us about Jet's latest conquest.

"Katara?!" I half choked.

"Yep! And Toph saw them walking into Mr. Zhao's old room." Tai-lee started giggling and Mai crossed her arms as if to say, "no way."

I crossed my eyes. "Urg. I'm so out of the loop. What's the big deal?" Smellerbee looked at me skeptically before breaking into laughter.

"You really don't know do you?" Tai-lee put her left arm around my shoulder and whispered into my ear.

"That's where Jet takes his girlfriends to bond." I raised an eyebrow. Somehow, Katara didn't seem like the type.

"Zuko and Sokka don't like Jet," Mai noted. "And in seventh period Katara seemed pretty mad at Sokka. Maybe she's doing it to annoy Sokka."

"Still," I added. "Katara?"

"Yah," Mai agreed. "Still." Smellerbee waved goodbye and ran to catch up with her friend The Duke.

At the dojo we tied our belts on and lined up by rank. Tai-lee being a first degree brown belt, got the place of honor next to the American flag. Mai and I were both second degree brown belts so we lined up to her left.

Our sensei, Master Pakku, brought us through a series of drills where we had to use specific hand strikes to drive him back. It took a lot of balance and power but not much concentration. As long as I settled at the end of each strike I could allow my mind to wonder.

Sokka. What were my true feelings for him? I stumbled, missed the bag, and almost punched Master Pakku in the face. Hmm...

What should I wear tonight? I could hardly imagine Sokka dressed up, so perhaps just a denim mini-skirt and a cami? Or was that too casual?

"Girls pair up," Master Pakku instructed. "Tai-lee you may work with me."

Mai and I went through Captured Twigs a few times then moved onto Blocking Horns.

"Zuko is taking me out tonight," Mai commented after throwing me to the ground. I stood up and adjusted my belt.

"Really? That's great!"

"Yeah," she agreed. "Hey Suki?"

"Hmm?"

"I think Katara might hate your guts. Your name came up a couple times when she was whisper yelling at Sokka." I gave her a look that said "duh?"

"You don't say?" I answered sarcastically. "She was ready to kill me after lunch today." Mai was acting the attacker. I threw her to the ground using a hawk down.

"Kill you?" Mai asked dryly.

I tore through my closet, rummaged through my dresser, poked under my bed, and still came up with nothing to wear. And it wasn't helping that Sokka refused to tell me where we were going.

Finally I settled on some old, frayed, jean Capri's and a green and brown tunic-like top. A gold chain belt hung low on my hips and I completed the look with some gold hoops.

I was ready to go. The clock read 4:45. Fifteen more minutes. Damn.

I logged onto AIM and found some invites. I added BoomerangDude, Sparky, and Honeybee. BoomerangDude popped up as on.

BoomerangDude: how r u doin?

FanGirl: im ready 2 go

BoomerangDude: gr8!

BoomerangDude: ill b right over

FanGirl: what r we doing?

BoomerangDude: ull c

BoomerangDude: :p

FanGirl: pleaz tell me?

FanGirl: pleaz?

BoomerangDude: no wayaoiwrehf a

FanGirl: whut?

BoomerangDude: Sorry, I can't go out with you

BoomerangDude is offline

So yah, don't hate me! All references to Karate in here are based off my own experiences. The drills Suki were doing are some of my favoirite ones. For those of you who don't know Jamba Juice is a smoothie shop which is extremely popular where I live. I don't own it. If I did I would give free smoothies to all you guys. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far! It's people like you that keep me writing. I'm sorry for any typos in here. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as possible.

Until then, enjoy the cliffhanger.

XD