AN: Look at me keeping up with my weekly regiment, you'd think I was organized or something. Right, on with the show! New chapter next monday. Please enjoy and review. :)

From that moment every boy with blonde hair looked like Ethan. But hadn't she made it up? Hadn't she dreamt it? Kay struggled to keep up with Lizzie as they squeezed through the teeming corridors. By the time they reached biology Lizzie had aligned herself with the back of the queue for the door and Kay was jogging there herself when the rest of the class were called in.
Everyone was shuffling into the classroom, when Kay felt a tap on her shoulder. She knew who it was. She stopped walking, willing herself to turn around, and face the disappointment that the person tapping her shoulder was in fact not Ethan. But she still so totally hoped it was.
She heard his voice before she'd turned all the way around
"You know, this really isn't my thing." She looked into his grey eyes,
"I know, Underground tunnels and ancient secrets are more your thing." She answered smoothly; she didn't even stutter or anything! He broke out into his had-to-be-trademark-or-something grin,
"I can't believe you chose this life over that,"
"Well I can't believe your life is even real."
"Ooh, that stung," He mocked being hit in the chest. Kay rolled her eyes. They were still shuffling along, nearly there. Lizzie stepped inside the classroom, Kay had one foot in the doorway when Ethan grabbed her elbow and pulled her out of the doorway and further down the corridor.
"Hey-" Kay said, but stopped as she watched the classroom door close. Ethan turned to her and was smiling
"What? You can't honestly tell me you want biology and not water bending?" Kay looked back at the closed door; well it looks like I won't be missed. She'd never skipped school before. She sighed.
"Alright let's go." They started off walking at t normal pace, but after reaching the bottom of the stairs and noticing a teacher a few metres away they started power walking in the other direction. Kay couldn't help but smile as the situation became more and more silly. Dodging teachers, ducking under windows, it was all they could do not to laugh, which they did after stopping to catch their breath when they were finally of the school grounds.
"You see, my life is so much more fun,"
"Yes, but... um..." Kay sighed and settled for punching his arm playfully. "Alright then, what are we doing, in this fun life of yours?"
"Well." Ethan sobered and looked about. "Urm. This way." He pointed down a random path and started walking.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, yeah totally. Gotta' get lost to find what you're looking for."
"That makes no sense, but ok."
"It's fun ok, you don't need to plan everything, just be spontaneous," Kay thought he was full of it, but he put his arm around her a squeezed, so she really wasn't in the mood to argue.
They turned one corner and were on a market street. Stall vendors called out loudly, bright colours swathed the street and the smell of sweet fruit mingled with fried foods.
"See, fun." Ethan looked smug and sauntered off into the crowds. Kay rolled her eyes and followed him to crowd. They were around a man sitting on the floor playing the guitar and singing. Ethan moved on quickly and stopped at a trinket stall, and took his time wandering around and looking at everything on offer. Kay followed suit.
He walked quickly letting his eyes wander over everything quickly, Kay was walking close behind him and nearly bumped into him when he stopped in his tracks and quickly reversed. He pointed to a small blue necklace looking confused. He then quickly picked it up and examined it.
"What is it?"
"It's a, uh, a tribal necklace. Well. Not a real one. Maybe."
"It doesn't look tribal." It was a blue ribbon with a round white pendant. The pendant had intricate swirls etched into it.
"It's water tribe. I don't know that much about them. I think I read somewhere the adult women of the tribe wear them, a rite of passage? I don't know. I just recognise the style."
"Do you think it's authentic?" Kay sad reaching for the pendant to look at it closer
"Nah, these particular tribes were ancient. This is in too good a condition."
"Or maybe someone looked after it very well." They both looked up to see the elderly stall vender giving them a kind smile. "It's a betrothal necklace, when a man proposed to a woman, instead of the ring we're used to, he would carve and create one. It's a family heirloom. I've had to replace the ribbon, but the ivory is as it was all that time ago."
"It sounds so precious, why would you sell it?" Kay asked. Did this woman know about water bending? Was she a water bender? The woman sighed.
"I have no one to give it to." She lowered her voice to a whisper "I want it to stay in the water tribe."
"Alright then," Ethan smiled widely. "How much?" The woman just looked at Ethan.
"You don't look water tribe." She turned and smiled at Kay. Kay silently compared their complexions, and realised they looked similar, dark skin and hair, but blue eyes.
"I don't have any money," Kay said quietly. The old woman leant back, seeming to be in thought. She lent forward with a secretive smile, she whispered,
"I'll give it to you for free, if you can really prove you're truly water tribe." She sat back once more and winked at Kay.
"Hey I'm water tribe," Ethan said defensively. He pulled the bottle of water from Kay's school bag unscrewed it placed in on the counter. The woman quickly put her hand over the top of the bottle.
"Here? With all these people to see? Hot-headed aren't you?"
"I was gonna be careful," The woman removed her hand from the bottle, pulling up a small globe of water in her palm, and let it fall in a wine glass a couple inches away. Ethan did the same with ease.
"See, water tribe." He spread his arms wide. Kay imagined he was saying "Who's the king! Who's the best!" in his mind over and over. Having seen him do more impressive things, she realised this exaltation wasn't entirely deserved.
She felt the woman's expectation. Just Ethan doing wasn't enough. She wouldn't give them the pendent if she couldn't prove herself as well. Well, heck, how much did they want the necklace anyway? Kay realised this was about proving herself. Not the necklace. But the thought didn't make her want to do it any more.
She placed her hand over the water bottle. She willed the water to move up. Just a tiny bit. Nothing. She moved her hand like the woman and Ethan had, willing it with all she had. Nothing. She started to get frustrated with herself. She felt so keenly the judging eyes of the woman and Ethan. She felt so embarrassed. After her fourth try she gave up,
"It's not working!" she stage whispered, flinging her obviously non-water bending, useless hand downwards. The water bottle tipped and spilled out over the floor and Kay's school shoes. She was in shock. She looked up and smiled. Proud. Ok it was no rain dome, but she had done it. The stall vender smiled.
"A little practise in control, and I think you'll have it." She handed the necklace over.
"Thank you," Kay slipped her now empty water bottle back in her school bag, and she and Ethan left the street.
At the corner Ethan made her stop,
"Here," he said, taking the necklace gently from her hands and tying it around her neck. She held her hair up and felt chills run down her back as his fingers brushed the back of her neck. "It looks great"
She smiled, and blushed as they continued walking.