A/N: Wow… just, wow. That's all I can say. It is September 2 and I was having a super crappy day, then I get home from a tiring grocery-shopping trip and check my email and.. Wow. You guys are AMAZING! From the time that I posted (sometime around midnight) till today I got 22 reviews!

Words cannot express my happiness, I love you guys so so so much!

I'd like to give a special thanks to Jenny AKA Jen, who read and reviewed every chapter in one sitting! ^_^

Disclaimers are lame and I am SO done with them so this is the last time I'll do it for the rest of the story:

DISCLAIMER: This is the last time I'll say it, I don't own AtLA. I'd love to, but I don't.

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Katara woke up very early. She thought that it would be a really good idea, and she had been in a great mood ever since Jet asked her out, so she decided to get up early and cook a nice breakfast for everyone.

Suki, Sokka and Zuko had early morning classes so usually, they only had time for a bowl of cereal or an on-the-go snack to eat on the train.

Whereas she (as well as Toph and Aang) had classes later in the morning. Even though they had more time, Aang was usually the only one who woke up early enough to have a proper meal while the two girls liked to sleep in as late as they could.

But today was different. Today she would get up and cook a nice meal for everyone. It would mean that she would have the arduous task of getting everybody up (save for Zuko) but it would still be worth it in the end, she thought.

She decided to have shower and get dressed before she started. Whistling cheerfully, she slipped into the bathroom to shower.

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Zuko sighed contentedly, pleased with how his morning meditation session had gone. He got up and opened the sliding glass door, stepping into the living room.

Running his hands through his hair, he stepped into the hallway, on his way back to his room to get ready. The phone was ringing, but he just ignored it. Zuko never answered the phone, preferring to let somebody else answer it.

He stopped in his tracks when a flash of red whizzed by. Curious, he followed it.

"Ugh, missed it." A voice soliloquized.

Zuko turned the corner and found Katara.

She was standing by the little table next to the dining table, frowning at the phone in her hand. Her brown curls were wet, dripping water onto the wooden floors.

But what caught Zuko's attention was the fact that she was clothed only in a red T-shirt- his shirt.

He stood there, silent and unblinking.

Katara finally noticed him and looked up. "Oh hi Zuko! Uh, good morning."

She frowned when he didn't reply, then she noticed that his eyes were not trained on her own, but on her body. She looked down at her clothes, (or lack there of) eyes widening from comprehension.

"I can explain." She blurted out.

Zuko's head whipped up, as he had finally landed back on earth. "What?"

Katara smiled amusedly and stepped a bit closer to him. "I said, I can explain. See I was in the bathroom and the phone rang and I was only wearing my underwear.."

She almost laughed when his eyes widened and a blush coloured his pale cheeks.

"… So I ran across the hall to the laundry room and grabbed the first thing I saw, which was your shirt, then hurried after the phone."

He coughed awkwardly and nodded, avoiding her gaze.

She continued. "But by the time I got here, the phone went off. So yeah, that's why I'm wearing your shirt…"

He nodded again, swallowing hard.

She bit back a smirk and moved closer to him. "… Only your shirt."

"Right." Zuko choked out. He winced and cleared his throat, his entire face stained red.

Katara was enjoying this. Who knew she had this kind of control over Zuko? She decided that she was going to have fun with it.

So she moved even closer to him, so there was little more than a foot between them. Using her pointer finger, she lifted his chin. "Look at me Zuko," She demanded, her voice low and sultry.

He blinked rapidly, fighting the urge to look away. "I-I'm sorry." He stuttered.

She smiled and dropped her hand. "It's okay." Then she slid her hand along the hem of his shirt, lifting it up a little and playing with the fabric.

"This is a nice shirt Zuko. The fabric is so soft.." She lifted the bit that covered her chest, nuzzling her face with it. She peeked at him, noticing that his eyes were trained on the newly exposed skin of her upper thighs.

"Yeah," He agreed shakily, licking his lips.

She slid closer to him again, closing the distance between them. "The shirt you're wearing now looks like it's made of the same material.. I bet it's super soft too."

Without warning, she placed a hand on his chest and moved the pads of her fingers around in circles, then let them slide down lower and lower, to his abdomen.

Zuko's eyes widened and he jumped back in shock. "I really uh.. Gotta shower. Bye!" He raced around the corner, sprinting to his room.

Once he left Katara finally broke down in giggles.

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Zuko was the last to come to breakfast. He entered the room full of half-awake people and accepted his plate of food from Katara with a barely audible "thank you".

He sat next to Toph and stared at his plate for a long time, unmoving.

"What's up with you this morning Sparky?" Toph muttered to him.

"I think Katara tried to seduce me this morning." He whispered to her.

Toph was so surprised that she was speechless. After two long minutes, she yelled "WHAT THE HELL SUGAR QUEEN?"

Zuko quickly covered her mouth with his hand. "Shut up Toph." He whispered to her through gritted teeth.

Toph pried his fingers off her face. "Fine fine sorry." she whispered back. "Sorry about that Sweetness, false alarm! I thought you put some green bugs in my eggs but Sparky said that they're actually peppers.. My bad!"

Zuko rolled his eyes.

"So what were you saying about Katara seducing you?" She whispered.

Zuko leaned in close to her, looking around cautiously to make sure nobody else was hearing.

"I don't know it was really weird, she just started acting weird and speaking with this low voice and stuff, and running her hands down my chest."

Toph's dark eyebrows raised in surprise. "Holy freakin' crap. What's gotten into her?"

Zuko shrugged and picked at his bacon. "I don't know, I got all freaked out then ran away!"

Toph's jade eyes moved to where Katara sat at the kitchen island, checking her for any differences. But she wasn't any different, she was still in the same annoyingly cheerful state that she had been in yesterday evening.

"Well I'll try and figure it out. Once I do, I'll let you know Sparks."

Zuko smiled a bit at her and ruffled her hair, earning himself a warning glance. "Thanks Shrimp, I know you've got my back."

Toph slapped the top of his head. "Don't you dare start getting mushy."

Zuko laughed and bit into a piece of bacon. "Whatever you say… kiddo."

That only earned him another slap on the head.

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None of Sokka's friends had lunch with him and he liked it that way. He enjoyed that time he had alone, just to eat lots of food, go for walks and have some alone time.

Sometimes he sat in the Courtyard, or went for walks along the river. That day he decided that it would be nice to hang around one of the parks on campus.

He sat on a park bench with a 12 inch sub in one hand an engineering text book in the other.

He multitasked, taking bites of his sub and reading pages in the text book. He was so immersed in his food and book that he didn't notice when somebody sat next to him on the bench.

"Hello Sokka."

He released an embarrassingly high-pitched scream, dropping the textbook (but not the food, of course) on the ground and whipping his head around to face whoever had caused him the fright.

It was a girl. Her pretty, pale face was wearing an amused expression. Tawny eyes looked into his, waiting.

"Oh, Azula. Hey."

He cleared his throat awkwardly, embarrassed. He quickly grabbed his text book off the ground and placed it between them on the bench and faced her, rubbing the back of his neck.

"It's good to see you." She said to him, smoothing down invisible wrinkles on her black knee-length skirt.

"You too." Sokka said, managing a small smile.

Azula stretched out her legs and crossed them at the ankles. "I love this place, don't you?"

Sokka blinked, not realizing that he was staring. He looked around the park then caught her eye. "I don't know, It's not bad."

Azula nodded, accepting his answer. "I just like it because it's a great place to watch people. People feel comfortable in this park. The reason why is because they don't think anybody is watching them, which is mostly true I guess. For example, that girl over there has been anxiously staring at her reflection on the back of her phone and fixing her hair. You can tell she's self conscious but do you know why?"

Sokka was a bit confused. He watched the girl Azula had pointed out for awhile, and then he suddenly saw what she was seeing. That's when he noticed that she would look everyone once in awhile and look at something… some one.

Sokka turned to Azula with widened eyes. "That guy! She keeps watching that guy over there, the one playing with the blue Frisbee? Yeah, that one! She must like him or something." He blurted out excitedly.

Azula grinned at him. "Precisely. You're almost as good at this as I am. And if you keep looking around, you'll notice a other people and the embarrassing things they do that give away their character."

For the rest of the lunch period, the two of them caught more people in the act and laughed about it together.

When their time was up, they both stood up from the bench.

"That was fun!" Sokka exclaimed, tossing his garbage in a nearby trash can.

"It was." Azula agreed.

"We should uh, do it again." Sokka suggested shyly.

Azula stepped closer and smiled. "We definitely should."

Sokka grinned. "Great! But I really need to go, so I'll see you later."

"Okay. But before you go, there's a party at Sozin this Saturday.. You should come."

Sokka nodded, his grinned widening. "Sounds cool. I'll uh, text you or something."

They said bye and went their separate ways. Sokka walked to his next class cheerfully. I don't know what Zuko is talking about. He thought. Azula isn't bad at all!

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Hands slammed down on the table in front of him. He didn't bother lifting his head, instead he continued writing and doing his school work.

"You owe me."

"Do I?" Zuko asked, still not looking up.

The person walked around him and placed their hands on his shoulders. He automatically tensed.

"Mhm."

Being careful to control his breathing and voice, he responded. "How is it that I owe you Katara?"

She slid her hands lower so they were hugging his shoulders from behind. Chocolate curls tickled his cheek.

"I made you breakfast this morning. Remember?"

Zuko gave up and dropped his pencil, thinking. Katara rested her chin on his shoulder and tilted her head, staring at his profile.

He smirked. "You made breakfast for everyone. And I thought you were just being kind and thoughtful."

Katara blew her band out of her face in frustration, knowing she'd lost. So she tried a new approach.

She hugged him tighter from behind and brought her lips to his ear, just like Jet had done to her before.

"Please?"

Zuko swallowed, determined to stay strong. But when she blew hot air in his ear he cracked.

"Fine fine, what do you want?"

Katara jumped up, sprinting to the door. She looked at him over her shoulder, a brilliant smile lighting up her face. "I need you to drop me off somewhere! I'll be ready soon, thanks Sparky!"

Zuko ran his hands through his hair. "That girl is evil." He muttered to himself. "Pure evil."

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"So, where am I taking you again?" Zuko asked Katara once they were both sitting in the vehicle.

"The North UB tower."

Zuko nodded and pulled out of the driveway. "Why do you need to go there?"

Katara pulled down the mirror and looked at her reflection, checking for imperfections in her make-up.

"I'm meeting Jet there. He's taking me out today."

Zuko tried not to make a face. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, thinking up a reply that wouldn't give his complete irritation away.

Stupid Jet. I hate that guy. I hate him so so so much and I-

"Zuko?"

Zuko was pulled out of his angry thoughts.

"Right, sorry. Why can't he pick you up himself?"

Katara looked at him, studying his profile with narrowed eyes. "He doesn't have a car."

"Oh." Zuko answered shortly, glaring out the window.

With a sigh, she turned away and checked her phone for new text messages, decided to ignore Zuko.

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"So you'll call me when you're done?"

"Yes."

"And you won't be home past eleven?"

"No, goodness Zuko you're not my mother."

"Whatever I'm just trying to help!"

"Okay okay, don't get mad."

"I'm leaving now."

"Good, bye."

"What do you mean 'Good'?"

"Calm down. It was a joke. You said you were leaving..?"

"Yeah. Bye."

"Bye Zuko. I'm sorry for-"

"Don't worry about it. Call me okay? And if he hurts you or anything, just tell me and I'll deal with him."

"Thanks, but it's fine. He's not going to hurt me."

"Alright.. Bye Katara."

"Bye Zuko."

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"So where are we going?"

"Can't tell you, it's a surprise!"

Jet was wearing the sweetest smile Katara had ever seen and it almost made her heart melt.

Surprising herself and him, she drifted closer and intertwined their hands.

He looked at her and grinned, squeezing her hand tightly.

So they walked in amicable silence, hand-in-hand, down the Ba Sing Se river. Pretty lights lined both sides of the river and they were accompanied by many other couples.

"We're almost there so close your eyes!" Jet whispered in her ear sweetly, sending shivers down her spine.

"'Mkay" Katara muttered, her eyes sliding shut.

Jet leaned forward and kissed her cheek, before pulling ahead of her, holding her hand tightly.

Katara ran along with Jet, laughing excitedly and her eyes sealed shut with trust. His fingers were warm and strong, laced with hers. His laugh sounded like a beautiful symphony to her.

Due to her loss of sight, all of her other senses seemed to come alive. She could here the murmurs off the city people and the musical pounding of her and Jet's footsteps.

Her chocolate curls danced with the wind, flying out behind her.

When they finally came to a stop they were both out of breath but brilliant smiles were painted on their faces.

Jet stepped close to her, placing his large hands on her delicate shoulders. "Okay Katara, open your eyes!"

At first, all she saw was his handsome face. But then he stepped aside and her eyes grew wide.

"Oh my gosh."

Fluffy white snow surrounded her. She saw huts everywhere and igloos. The canals that served as streets were lined with food stands and shopping places, and the place was crowded. Everywhere she looked she saw the colour blue.

She turned to face him, her eyes bright and her smile huge. "Oh Jet.."

He grinned and reached for her hand. "The snow is fake and the igloos are made of glass, but I remember you telling me about your Water Tribe heritage and how you haven't been back for years and.."

She covered his mouth with a caramel hand. "Shh. I love it, I love this. Thank you so much for showing me this."

She moved her hand away and stood on her tip-toes to kiss his cheek.

Jet beamed when she moved back again. "You're welcome. Now come on, let's eat!"

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After eating, her and Jet decided to go on a ride down the canal.

Dinner had been perfect. They ate at a small but sophisticated restaurant that served authentic Water Tribe cuisine. Katara loved the food. The sea prunes tasted just as good as the one's her Gran Gran made.

Now her and Jet were cuddled up on a old-fashioned Water Tribe-style barge, floating down the canals of Water Tribe Town.

Katara snuggled closer to him, feeling completely content in his arms. "This has been perfect Jet. Thank you."

He hugged her tightly, smiling into her hair. "No problem. Thank you for agreeing to come with me, I'm so glad that I've been able to get to know you better. You're… really great Katara. I like you a lot."

Katara's cheeks flooded with heat. "I like you a lot too Jet."

Hand in hand, they walked back to UB. They took their time, swinging their intertwined hands back and forth and laughing and talking.

When they got to the entrance of the North UB Tower, it was time to say goodbye.

"I had a really great time tonight." Katara said shyly, looking up at him from under her eyelashes.

Jet rubbed his thumb on her right cheek. "I'm glad, so did I."

Katara looked to the side at the road. "So uh, Zuko should be here soon."

Jet nodded. "Okay."

And then time slowed. She looked up at him slowly, her heart pounding so fiercely that she was sure he could hear it. He wrapped an arm around her small waist, while his other hand cupped her cheek. Angling his head, he moved down while she leaned up.

Their lips connected, the kiss short and sweet. But then there was another kiss, and another. Each one lasting a bit longer. Katara tangled her fingers in his hair, pulling him even closer to her.

They didn't pull away until a car horn was sounded. Katara and Jet jumped away from each other, caught in the act.

Katara recognized Zuko's SUV.

"Oh Jet, I have to go!" She turned to him and out of impulse, grabbed his shoulders and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

Without another word, she raced to the car and jumped in.

Jet stood there in the doorway, grinning profusely.

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"So." Zuko started gruffly. "How was it?"

Katara squealed girlishly, causing Zuko to wince.

"Oh my goodness Zuko… you have no idea. It was perfect! Absolutely perfect!"

"Oh. Cool." Zuko muttered, jealousy burning in the pits of his stomach.

He stayed quiet while Katara went on and on about her perfect date with Jet, squeezing the steering wheel angrily.

When they got back to the house, he only muttered a half hearted "goodnight"

Before retreating to his room moodily.

Katara was too happy to dwell on Zuko's strange behaviour. She twirled to her room and was quickly joined by Suki and Toph.

Once she finished giving them every single detail of her night, she curled up in her bed with a contended sigh and her lips still lifted into a smile.

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AN There it is, chapter 7! I'm still in shock about the overwhelming amount of reviews, alerts and favs I got when I posted last chapter, and I really have no clue of how this chapter can do better! Can we aim for 17 reviews? I know you guys can do it ;)

Yah yah, there was a lot of Jetara! But there was Zutara too, and I hoped you guys liked the little dialogue thing between them, and the whole Sokka and Azula thing!

You guys know the drill… Suggestions and critique are always welcomed with open arms!

Till next time,

-TK