AN//: I'm back. I'm sorry I haven't updated in ages but you know how it is. Really busy and also I have just had like a HUGE/MASSIVE writers blank. Anyway I hope you enjoy chapter 5 and please review. Thanks to my faithful reviewers who do actually press the review button at the bottom of the page. YOU ROCK MY WORLD!

Katara just lay in her bed feeling the pure impact of Mai's cunningness crash down on her like a wave or five. She felt her face heating up all because of pent up pure rage Mai made her feel. Mai was going to win the bet and Katara could not allow that. There was no way she was about to be running around New York Shopping mall nude.

With a jolt of realiszation, Katara lept out of bed, catching a brief glimpse of the time. It was 8:50 am school was going to start in ten minutes and she was gong to late for ogre lady's class yet again. Katara shrugged. Who gives a shit about Ogre lady Katara thought. She took her time applying the usual beautifying accessories. Slowly placing all her usual jewellery, make-up and straightening her bushy hair so that it was thin and shiny. Taking a brief glimpse at her reflection in the mirror she put on a pink midrif tank top along with her short mini-skirt with black stiletto heals. She looked perfect, heaps better than Mai could ever dream of looking.

Katara ran past Hakoda, who was in his usual spot reading the newspaper and scoffing down bacon and egg mcmuffins like they were the most healthy breakfast choice on the planet. It surprised Katara the her dad could eat complete crap and still maintain his shape. That was a quality ALL girls envy.

Katara walked into Miss Sulivan's class with her head held high and a proud grin on her face. She was past caring about constantly being late for English class. Miss Sullivan obviously cared very much. "Katara, this is the third time you've been late to my class in a row. Now I trust you have completed your essay and your write outs." Miss Sullivan sneered evilly (like the bitch she has always been).

"Nope, I haven't even started." Katara said, making her voice sound like she's bragging.

"We agreed that should you be late for my class again you will have a Saturday detention. I believe that's fair, am I right class?"

"Yes I think that's perfectly reasonable, Miss Sullivan." Said the bitchy new gir,l Azula. She was Miss Sullivan's best student because she sucked up to everything Miss Sullivan said (in other words she was a teacher's pet).

"Katara, I will see you this Saturday then." Miss Sullivan said, her voice sounding like she was enjoying handing out a detention to Katara. Just shows how much Ogre Lady loves me Katara thought sarcastically.

Miss Sullivan raved on and on about Romeo and Juliet and Katara fully zoned out. When the bell ran Katara fetched her lunch and joined her group of friends at their usual table. Everything was exactly the same. Suki was giggling girlishly at everything Sokka said and Aang was telling Toph about his newest crush...although he wouldn't say any names =( it seemed like he was talking in morse code to Katara. Katara felt so left out of her group sometimes. Finally Katara spoke up, "Suki, it's time to study."

"I'm still not buying the whole studying crap!" Sokka said angrily. He hated it whenever Suki left him. It was like his crush was growing to the extent where he was getting possessive. ""Trust me Sokka, we are studying." Suki lied (extremely convincingly. If IKatara didn't know better Katara would have fallen for it.) Suki gave Sokka quick hug (that dragged on forever in Katara's eyes seeing as Suki was her bestfriend ans Sokka was her disgusting brother.)

Katara and Suki sat in their usual secluded spot to talk about 'game plan'. "Suki, have you heard? Mai and Zuko are officially a couple." Katara literally shouted. Hearing Suki's gasp of shock.

"Shittttttt." Suki slurred.

"Yea, shit indeed." Katara replied.

"Well, what are we going to do about it?" Suki said, turning deadly serious now. She wanted Katara to win just as much as Katara did. If Katara didn't win they wouldn't get the $200 and Katara would have to do a nude lap around New York Plaza (only the busiest shopping mall in New York).

"We have to break them up. God only knows how." Katara said, stating the obvious.

"I say we commence operation stalk Zuko and Mai." Suki suggested.

"Well, definitely a start." Katara said as the bell rang. She and Suki went to their separate classes. Katara had advanced drama with Zuko!

The rest of the day was a blur. When the bell finally rang, Katara hurried outside her maths room. Katara hated maths it was her worst subject of all. She reached her locker and started to unlock her lock when a rough hand wrenched her out of the way. Katara grunted in a pissed off manner and flipped around to see Azula standing there. "Out of the way loser, I need to get to my locker." Azula said in an evily sweet voice.

"Fuck off Asshole." Katara replied threateningly. Azula grabbed Katara shoulder and heated her hand so that it was scorching hot. Katara gasped in pain before bending water out of some Asian guy's water bottle as he walked past. She threw an ice dagger at Azula's thigh in retaliation.

The fight stopped when both Suki and Mai stood by Katara and Azula's locker. Both Katara and Azula were holding their hands over their wounds. Katara had a pink burn covering her shoulder and Azula was dripping blood from where the ice dagger had pierced her. Both Suki and Mai looked at their friend disapprovingly. "Azula I'm hanging out at New York Plaza with your brother now." Mai said, ignoring Katara and Suki behind her.

"Cool, I'm going to the fair with Ty Lee, Natalie and Jet." Azula replied.

"I'm meeting your brother here." Mai said loud enough so that Katara could hear. She was deliberately provoking Katara. Azula catching the hint played along. "So things are you going well for you guys then?" Azula replied.

"Yea, amazing You're brother is awesome." Mai replied. Just then Zuko walked past Katara and Suki who. Zuko muttered a 'hey Katara' as he walked past Katara to give Mai a hug.

Zuko and Mai walked out of the school and headed down the footpath towards New York Plaza. Unbeknownst to them, they were being followed from behind by a silent Suki and Katara . They walked into the busy mall (Zuko's arm was wrapped sickly around Mai's thing waist and Mai's arm wrested on Zuko's shoulders). Zuko bought himself large chocolate milkshake and Mai a fruit salad and they sat down at a vacant table.

Katara and Suki did the same. "check out Mai, she practically starves herself." Katara giggled to Suki. Suki thought Katara's comment was utterly amusing so she placed a hand over her mouth to stop loud laughter to escape her lips (and cause her great embarrassment in a food court this busy.) "Look! They're moving." Suki exclaimed, she was much better than Katara at stalking people.

At that moment Zuko saw Katara and Suki sitting at the table, trying to look amused in their converstion and not fully obsessed with stalking him. "Shit, Zuko is alking over here." Katara muttered to Suki, putting on a fake smile. Suki ignored her and carried on pretending to be overly interested in their conversation. (She wanted to loo normal so that Zuko didn't realise that they were staring).

"Why hello Juliet such a pleasant surprise to see thou beautiful self in a shopping mall such as this." Zuko said to Katara, his sexy voice not managing to go unnoticed to Katara's ears. Katara blushed a dark shade of red. Zuko was calling her a nickname. Juliet. The character she played the first time he met her and he called her beautiful. That's gotta be a good sign right?

"Romeo, such an honour it is indeed to stumble upon thou gracious self." Katara replied, playing along with Zuko's greeting. Her cheeks were still flaming red. Mai was shooting death glares straight at Katara from behind Zuko. She then pretended to throw up behind Zuko's back (which Katara ignored with difficulty because her movements were utterly distracting.)

"Well it truly is nice, my Juliet." Zuko said, the words 'my Juliet' ringing in Katara's ears lighting up every inch of her body up with excitement. She was not out of the bet yet. It was plainly obvious to Katara that Mai was jealous that Katara had a nickname and she didn't.

"Likewise, my Romeo." Katara replied.

"Well we better get going. See you around Katara. "Zuko greeted and Katara nodded. Zuko and Mai walked off hand-in-hand. When Zuko was out of earshot Suki punched Katara really hard on Katara's burnt shoulder and Katara hissed and cursed under her breath.

"What the fuck was that for?"Katara sneered angrily.

"You shouldn't blush like that, it's just deadly obvious." Suki said.

"Well I can't help it that Zuko looks and sounds like an angle A true personification of perfection." Katara said dreamily. Sounding like Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He was lovesick and only spoke about love in a dreamy voice.

"Oh my God Katara, snap out of it! You're never like this. I hate to say this but your obsession with Zuko is getting out of hand." Suki said.

"Well I can't help it that I'm a good actress."Katara bragged playfully.

"boastful much!" Suki muttered under her breath. Then with that sentence they realized that they had lost Zuko and Mai because of their arguing. They looked eachother staright in the eyes. Their eyes widenind in realization of their mistake. Without a word they sprinted through the crowd in a desperate attempt to catch the couple. Leaving them alone for a short amount of time could mean the loss of a chance to break them up.

It didn't take long to catch them. They were both walking extremely slow and Mai was giggling at whatever Zuko said. They walked into Jay Jays happily and Mai ran off to the 2 for $15 dollar rack and jumping up and down in excitement at all the shirts she saw that she liked. Zuko left her to go to the $20 guy rack to look for shirts he liked and then an idea struck Katara. She had to frame Mai for stealing Zuko's money.

Quickly she whispered her plan to Suki and then the pair watched desperately for an opportunity. It didn't take long for a chance to pop up. Zuko found a shirt he wanted and as if fate wanted Katara to frame Mai, Zuko's wallet fell out of his pocket and Zuko disappeared into the change rooms. Katara quickly picked it up and roughly wrenched it open. She felt the adrenaline coursing through her veins. This was wrong but if she wanted a break up it was essential.

Katara noticed Zuko was rich. He had a good $300 dollars in notes in his wallet. Grinning at how she imagined Zuko's reaction to be when he finds out that Mai stole all his money. Katara too every single one of his notes and snuck up to Mai, who was having hard time deciding what dress she thought would best suit her skin tone. The choice was between a red dress that was tight and clung to her slim and curvy figure well or a more flowy black one with a shiny white belt that rests under her breasts. She was too busy to notice katara slip the $300 into the pocket on her jacket.

Mai turned around after she had made her decision. She chose the red dress. Katara was caught off guard at Mai's sudden movement. Katara rapidly leapt behind a wrack of clothing, as if to avoid Mai spotting her. But Mai sawher leap and walked up to Katara (who was not sprawled across the floor in a guilty positon.) She stared down at Katara and said, "What the hell are you doing freak?"

"I dropped my shirt and then tripped over as I was about to pick it up." Katara lied, using her acting skills to make it sound realistic.

"Right, whatever. See ya loser." Mai said and waked away. Katara let out a sigh of relief and wiped off her nervous sweat. Mai suspected nothing.

Zuko stepped out of the change room reaching for his wallet and noticing it was' in his pocket. He stared around the room, panic playing on his facial features. He caught glimpse of his wallet lying on the floor at the rack where he found his shirt. Breathing a sigh of relief her picked it up and walked towards the counter to purchase his shirt. He placed it neatly on the counter and said some words to the cashier. He then reached into his wallet to collect some notes to pay for the shirt when he froze. There was nothing there. He apologised to the shop keeper and told her that he couldn't afford it so he went and put the shirt back where he found it.

His face was red in embarrassment. He also seemed confused at why he had no money all of a sudden. He joined up with Mai again and then Zuko let out a murmur of realization. There was a whole heap of money hanging out of the pocket on Mai's jacket.

Zuko quickly wrenched out the money from Mai's jacket. "Where did you get this?" Zuko asked curisouly, keeping out hints of anger and accusation from his voice. A skill that only good actors can master. He counted exactly $300 in notes.

"I...uh...I dunno, it's...it's not mine....I...d-don't know how it got there." Mai stuttered. Katara and Suki covered their hands over their mouths to try stop themselves from laughing at how guilty she sounded.

"Mai, you're lying to me. That is my money, You stole it!" Zuko said, still sounding calm, with a slight hint of anger lacing his words.

"N-no I didn't,"Mai started, "I know who did. It was Katara. She was acting really weird round me while you were in the change room. She also has reason for wanting to frame me."

"Mai, you're lying. Katara isn't even here. How could she frame you?"

"She...she was here." Mai shouted desperately

"What 'reason' does Katara have to want to frame you. I know she wouldn't do that she's a nice girl."

"Trust me she has alot of reason. She...uh...doesn't like me very much."

"Mai, Katara is a virtuous girl. You should try having virtues sometime. Lying and keeping secrets from your boyfriend isn't virtuous. I don't know if I can be with someone I can't trust. I'm sorry Mai." Zuko said, before walking away.

"Zuko wait!" Mai shrieked, whilst spilling salty tears from her eyes. Zuko ignored her and walked away.

Katara and Suki snickered softly from where they were hiding. They had successfully broken them up. They high-fived each other for their brilliant achievement.

AN//: End of the chapter. So please review and also feel free to take part in my poll on my profile page.