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Summary; So far, Kiana, Yue, Suki and Katara are doing a dance for the talent show. They are in high school and freshmen none the less. Katara has work all the time at a hospital. After work on Sunday she goes out with Jet and has a wonderful time. Now she's back in school. What will happen when she gets back? More drama? Or safe silence?
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Chapter 5; Girls and Boys
'Beep beep! BEEP! BEEP!!' I groan as I slam the snooze button on my alarm clock. I hate the sound of the stupid beeping. One day I'll get another alarm clock that has a more pleasant sound, but for now I guess I'll have to deal with it.
The alarm goes off again and I get out of bed. This is going to be a long day.
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I get out of Sokka's car and ignore his silent glares. Last night we had a bit of an argument since I stayed out past 11, without telling him and today I had school. I don't care though. I had a good time, and even though I wasn't kissed, my fault for dodging him, I had fun.
I also ignore the staring and glaring of the jealous girls around me. Well, I couldn't blame them. Jet was one of the hottest sophomores in the entire school, and on top of that he was a really nice guy. I feel someone's presence behind me and they put they're hands on my waist. I smile, blush and turn around.
"How's the most beautiful girl in the world?" Jet smiles at me and puts his arm around my shoulder as we walk to class.
"Flattery isn't necessary, Jet. But I am doing fine and how about you?" He laughs.
"I'm doing okay, but I'd do even better if someone would give me a little taste of what they're like." I step back a little.
"Excuse me?"
"Just kidding Katara! Don't worry so much I was only joking, but who wouldn't want to kiss you? You're gorgeous!" He steps back and motions his hands as if auctioning me off. I blush and smile. I seem to be doing this a lot lately.
"Well alright. I'll see you later okay?" I start walking a little faster to catch up with Yue who is at the moment going up the stairs to the entrance.
"Alright. See ya." He catches up to me and hugs me tight. He then walks over to some of his friends. I watch him walk the entire way over. I can't believe he just hugged me.
"Well aren't you all smiley today, huh Katara?" Yue smiles and elbows me.
"He hugged me!" I smiled again and blushed… again.
"Aw! Yeah! I saw! How cute was that?! You're first hug from a boy!"
"It wasn't my first hug!"
"Well, it's the first hug from a boy outside your family!" She laughed.
"No! I was hugged once!"
"Yeah! When you were eight and that wasn't even a hug! He fell on top of you because someone tripped him."
"So? Not like I haven't hung out with guys before. Haru, Sean, Sokka, Aang, Tao… umm… and other people!"
"Yeah but you don't like them as a boyfriend! And you only know them because Sokka is your brother, Sean and Haru are in his band, Tao is from your work and Aang is your neighbor!"
"No! There was… someone else…" She raises her eyebrows. "Oh just shut up now." We both laughed. "Okay fine, it was my first hug but still." We laughed. I was actually hugged a couple times. The end and beginning of every summer, by my childhood friend. But, that was all in the past.
"I can't believe you went on your first date! Everybody's heard about it! When you told me last night I was so surprised! You usually have any time to do anything let alone go on a date!"
"I was trying to call you earlier but you were at church." We got to her locker and stopped for a minute.
"I had to stay late at church yesterday. My dad is pretty tight about that stuff."
"I'm not surprised. Well, he is the priest of the church so wouldn't you expect him to be a little, you know, hard on you with it?"
"Yeah I guess." She finished fussing with her locker and put her stuff in.
"Well, I got to go. Class is waiting! Oh joy." I see Suki walking up to us.
"See ya. Hey Suki! Have fun in science." Yue waves as she walks into her classroom.
"Oh right. Well you have fun in Social Studies! I'm sure Ms. Morris is going to once again spread joy throughout our spirits and minds." Suki waves back at her. We laugh at her sarcastic comment and part ways.
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Currently in technology, fifth period, I am sitting with Suki, Azula, and Mai. We are working on building an aircraft. It's a small one and shoots up and down but Mrs. Dasao showed us the finished project and it looks really cool. I try to cut some more wood to fit the aircraft while the others also do their part. After a while I finish and wait for everyone else. After about 5 minutes they are done and we try to assemble the pieces. Azula takes over and tells everyone where to put their parts.
"Azula, I don't think we're doing this right. Doesn't that piece go on the bottom?" I point to a little wooden tube that Mai made.
"No Katara. It goes on the top." She continues to cross her arms and point to where things go as Suki and Mai assemble it.
"I really think that it goes on the bottom and doesn't that plaque go on the back?"
"No. We did it right. Would you quit worrying?" I hold off saying anything for awhile but it really does look wrong.
"Are you sure? I think it's wrong." Azula turns around long enough to give me a quick glare that Suki catches eye of.
"Seriously Katara, would you quit it? We did it right. You'll see at the end." I stop talking and stare. Suki and I exchange glances and we keep on doing whatever Azula says.
We finish gluing and hammering and nailing and look at our finished piece.
"Something's not right." The aircraft really did look like a mess.
"Oh, I guess you guys did it wrong." Azula crosses her arms and looks away soundly beaten. "Well Katara you could've proven it earlier instead of just yelling at me and saying it was bad and that we're not doing a good job."
"What?! I never said anything! I just said I thought we weren't doing it right is all." My mouth stays open. How could she say that?
"Yeah Azula! Katara didn't do anything." Suki gets up and stands next to me.
"Whatever." Azula pouts just as the bell rings signaling us to go to our next class. We walk out and split up. Azula goes to Spanish class and Suki and I make our way to Social Studies.
"Did you see that?" I looked at Suki. I still couldn't get over what happened.
"Yeah I know! Talk about rude. I mean seriously." We tried to whisper considering the many people surrounding us in the halls. It doesn't do to well for people with claustrophobia.
"Oh well, whatever. I don't care. That's just the way she is, right?" I shrugged it off, struggling to fix my bag which was currently falling off my shoulder.
"I guess so. But you should have said something, anything really."
"Nah, it's okay. Not like she murdered me or stole my boyfriend or something."
"Yeah." We made it to class. "Well it's all in the past. Bye for now." I sat down in my desk and watched her stroll to her desk three desks back and one row over from mine. Mr. Turgison once again started his lecture on the wonderful history of mankind! Oh joy…
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Life science. Isn't it absolutely positively wonderful?! So full of surprising new observations and ideas! That would be the description from some middle aged woman with no life of her own who thrives on knowledge from others and a secret life of online perverted-ness. Or so I would say. I don't really mind it too much though. Suki, Azula, and Mai are there. There are also some other people whose names I won't mention because I am too tired to mention them. Today is now Wednesday. Two days from the little incident in Technology which class I have again today. Won't that be fun?!
Well we are currently working on a lab, making me having to be the one who gets to poke around a poor frog's body. I think I'm going to puke…
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"So when are you getting together for dance rehearsal?" Azula asks as she is changing in the locker room. Azula, as well as Yue, Ty Lee and Rachel are all in my gym class. Well, actually, only Yue is in my actual 'class' but they are all in the gym at the same time all during the fourth period. Does that make sense? Sure it does.
"Probably this weekend. Why?" I was still changing into my sweatpants, currently putting in the left leg.
"Can I go?" Azula states this calmly while still changing her shirt.
"Um…" Ty Lee, Yue and I share glances. We all know what happened at Technology. Suki and I told them after school yesterday. "If you want. You'd have to ask Suki though. It's at her house. But, what would you do?"
"Just because I'm not dancing doesn't mean I can't still be there. I can count or pick out your clothes or something." She made a snobby face. I am confused. Counting? Picking out our clothes? Since when did she become empress?
"I guess so. We'll see. We're not sure if we're actually going to go this weekend though." The subject passes and we head out for gym.
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"Katara! Pass it to me!" Sweat rolls down the side of my face as I slam my overgrown q-tip into the ball passing it to one of the guys. We are playing pillow-pollow. It's pretty fun, just not as much fun as swimming. We usually go swimming in the middle of winter because we need to stay indoors. Our PE teacher likes to cram in as much outdoor time as possible before winter. Today was raining so we had to play inside. I don't mind. I like rain. It feels good against my face.
"AHHH!!!" I scream out as I slam into the ground and someone follows me down. The shock of a ball slamming into my face isn't always the greatest feeling. My pillow pollow stick is now on the other side of the court. The person rolls over and off of me and I stay still but turn my head to the side to see who it is.
Oh, it's just Zuko. He's Azula's older brother. He's in Sokka's grade. We used to go to summer camp together as kids. We were pretty good friends, even though he was pretty distant often.
Then, a few years ago, he just stopped coming and I saw him in school with a newly red scar on his eye. I felt bad and tried talking to him but he ignored me. I hardly talked to him since I was in 7th grade and he was in 8th grade, especially since he doesn't live with Azula anymore. He lives with their uncle, Uncle Iroh I think? Well him and Azula don't get along or so I hear. That's about as much as I know about him. Azula hates his guts for some reason and never talks about him anymore.
Same thing with her mother. She never talks about her mother. She passed away I heard when they were very young just like my mom. I think she disappeared. I was so young when it happened. No one told me anything. I think what happened was she went missing. I'm not sure actually.
"Careful Katara! Are you okay?" Yue stands over me, her pillow pollow stick in hand.
"Yeah I'm fine." I laugh it off and get up, so much for day-dreaming in the middle of a competitive game.
"I'm really sorry. I wasn't looking and I, you were there and you, I ran into you. Sorry." He runs away and grabs my stick.
"It's okay. I shouldn't have been daydreaming."
"You dropped this." Zuko runs over with my stick.
"Thanks." He holds one hand while Yue holds the other and they pull me up.
"No problem." He gets back in the game and I look away. I still hear some snickering amongst the girls and boys who don't like playing at all. I roll my eyes. Great. Jet saw me too. He was standing next to smellerbee and longshot in the other class. Those aren't their real names but everyone calls them that. I blush and try to hide it. I run up and get back in the game.
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I love Friday's. One more day till no school once again! There is a Halloween party on Saturday, tomorrow that is. It's supposed to be huge. I'm pretty sure I'm going with Jet. Sokka is going with Yue too. They've been going out for about seven months now. I see the way they look into each other's eyes. It's love. I'm sure of that.
I am very happy for them, that they found their special someone. Sometimes I wish it was that way for me. I know I've got Jet but I'm not in love…yet. Sokka and Yue spend a lot of time with each other, as much as they can anyway. I like to spend quality time with Yue but Sokka hangs out with her so sometimes it's annoying. At least I know that they're both happy. That's all that matters right?
Well I'm sitting in F&CS today, Family and Consumer Sciences, right now actually. It is 8th period and I am so tired. An entire week of non-stop drama with friends, well no actually just Azula but that's besides the point. Eighth period is always the period when I get exhausted for some reason. I like F&CS though. It's fun. We do cooking projects and then sewing and things. I take out my organizer and look at my schedule;
Period 1; Science Honors (Life science)
Period 2; A day-Technology B-day-Science Honors Lab
Period 3; Math
Period 4; A day-Gym B-day-Chorus
Period 5; Social Studies
Period 6; Lunch
Period 7; English
Period 8; A day-Family and consumer sciences (F&CS) B day-Health
Period 9; Spanish
Today is an A-day so I had Tech, Gym and F&CS. Only Spanish left! Great, I get to end the day speaking some other language. Doesn't that make me feel good? Well I am now in F&CS. Wow… Déjà vu! I think I said that already. Well, anyway, I have no friends in this class except for Kiana. Kiana is a little loud and always takes my food, but she's my friend so I deal with it. The only bad thing is that the one friend I know in this class, her, sits on the opposite side of the room.
I am lab partners with Zuko who is standing next to me this very moment trying to measure some flour for muffins. Zuko and muffins don't really mix, but hey you never know. I'm happy and sad about this. I get to hang out with my childhood friend and catch up and he really was a nice guy. I loved summer camp only because I got to see him. But, on the other hand, we never talk anymore and he seems, well hostile toward me. We've never really talked in 2 years, which is kind of sad if you think about it. It's a bit uncomfortable but I'll manage.
The only classes that have mixed grades are my 2nd, 4th, and 8th period classes. All of them with Zuko, but 8th period, this period, is the only period I actually have to talk to him, since we're lab partners and all.
We don't talk at all, only when we have to.
"Okay, you need one more cup of flour. I'll measure the sugar." That's about as much as we say to each other or at least what I say to him. He almost never talks. It's surprising really. When we were kids we talked about everything, all the time, our family, our hopes, our dreams. But, that's in the past I guess. Oh well, I can't wait for the Halloween party.
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I put in my science book and take out my math and social studies. I grab my jacket and turn around swiftly to head for the bus.
"WOAH!" I step back and bang the back of my head onto the locker. What the hell! OW!
"Jet! Why did you scare me like that?" I grab the back of my head trying to stop the pain. He laughs and lifts up my chin, looking into my eyes. He's so gorgeous.
"I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to scare you. I just saw you by your locker and wanted to say hi is all." He holds my books and walks with me to the school entrance. I laugh.
"It's okay. Well, hi."
"Actually, I was wondering something." He takes his hand, reaches over his back and scratches it. He does his little half smile that makes my legs feel like they're going to collapse.
"Yeah?" I bite my lip and question him.
"I wanted to know if you wanted to do something tonight. I really want to hang out with you again."
"I'm really sorry Jet. I have work tonight. I'm free tomorrow morning and afternoon though. Do you have something in mind?"
"Oh. Well, actually I was hoping to go to the beach today and watch the sunset. But, if you have work than I'll think of something for tomorrow. I'll pick you up at eleven is that okay?" I smiled and stopped walking, we got to the buses.
"Sounds great. I'll see you then." I smile and take back my books, hugging them close to my chest. I look up at him expectantly. He heeds my gesture and hugs me, squeezing me tight. We pull away and he takes a strand hair and moves it away from my eyes. I turn around and head for my bus. Just work and then I get to go home and wait till tomorrow. A date and a party, all in one day, I hope Jet will ask me to it tomorrow.
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"Here Aiya, I brought you some cookies! There is one with pink frosting, one with blue, and one with green. Which one would you like?" I point to the different cookies showing each to the poor sickly woman in the hospital bed. I turn off her TV and help her sit up. She is another one of the patients here at the hospital. She is older than me, 27 to be exact. She has a disease where she doesn't remember things easily. She takes a lot of medication but they don't work very well. She often acts younger than she really is.
"Those for me?!" She points to the cookies with delight written all over her face. "Me like cookies!" She also has a speech problem.
After a while I leave the room with an empty tray and close the door quietly behind me, careful not to wake the woman.
"Hey Katara" I turn around quickly and see Jet standing in front of me, hands behind his back. I jump and scream as quietly as I can.
"Jet! What are you doing here? And what's with you and scaring me?" He laughs. I notice two balloons in one of his hands and laugh. They both say "Feel better". "What are those?" I point to the balloons.
"Those are for the patients you work so kindly for. And these…" He takes his other hand from behind his back and takes out a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. I gasp. "…are for you." He smiles and holds out the flowers.
"Jet! Why? It's too much!" I put my hands up to my mouth while still gasping and gawking at the lilies, roses, and other assortment of colorful flowers.
"Just take them. I thought since you were at work today and I couldn't see you that I'd bring by some flowers."
"Aw! You shouldn't have. And you got balloons for the patients too?" I hold out my hand to get the balloons from him. He pulls the balloons back.
"No! I want to give these to them. I want to see the joy on their faces. They make me feel proud to know I put them on there." I smile and blush. How nice of him!
"Okay. I thought you were going to go hang out with longshot and smellerbee?" We start walking down the hallway to the next patient's room.
"Well, I would much rather come and see the most beautiful girl in the world." He swiftly gives me a hug by my waist while I'm trying to balance the cookie tray and flowers in my hands.
"That's sweet."
"It's true."
"Yeah, yeah." We both smile. He stays with me for the rest of the night, helping me with the patients, telling them stories, keeping both them and me entertained. I can get used to this.
To all those Zutara fans! Don't worry! It's coming soon! I just had to put in Jet first. You'll all see why very soon. I'll update as soon as I can. More fluff is on the way! DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA COMING VERY SOON! ZUTARA COMING SOON TOO! REVIEW PLEASE!!