DICLAIMER. I don't own avatar. That belongs to nickelodeon, byran and mike. BUT THIS STORY PLOT BELONGS TO ME.

[Katara's POV]

I stood at the edge of the riverbank sparring with Aang while my brother, Sokka his girlfriend, Suki, our friend Toph and Firelord Ozai's son, Prince Zuko. Don't get me wrong, I believe Zuko has good in him since he left his crazy sister and her friends and joined the Avatar to help save the world. But I'm not so sure about him. He's betrayed me in the past, which means he might do it again. At this point in time, he has none of my trust.

"Katara, why don't you invite Zuko to have dinner with us?" asked Aang.

"Why should I? For the past year all he's done is chase us around the whole world. He doesn't deserve to eat with us.." I retorted spitefully.

"Katara, you have to learn to let go of your anger towards him. We're a team now, and practically a family. Zuko is part of this family now. Okay?" Aang seemed eager to get Zuko and I on better terms.

I sighed. "Oh, Aang. You're right. I'm gonna try to forgive him." I smiled at my 12 year old best friend.

"GOOD! I'm so proud of you, Katara." He said with pure joy

Aang hugged me a little longer than he should have. He's had a crush on me every since we met. I don't want to hurt him, so I just go along with whatever he does. I know I know. I'm leading him on, and I feel so bad about that. But ever since Jet, I don't want to be hurt again. It's not fair to Aang though.

[Zuko's POV]

I don't get why Katara won't trust me. I've said I was sorry countless times. But it's never enough. She's the only one who hasn't forgiven me. Even Aang forgave me after I chased me around the world. Aang has everything going for him. Great friends, incredible power and Katara.

Oh, Katara. She's beautiful, strong and independent. When I first saw her in the South Pole, my heart stopped. I had never seen such a beautiful girl. She has long chocolate brown hair, tanned skin, and piercing crystal blue eyes. When I joined the Avatar I broke up with Mai in the hopes Katara would be mine. But obviously she's with Aang.

-knock knock- I groaned as I went to answer my door.

And there she is. The girl who has stolen my heart. "Hi, Zuko…"

"Hi-i-i-i-i Kata-a-r-r-a" I mentally slapped myself for stuttering.

"I wanted to, you know, talk.." She said looking at the floor.

"Oh… of course. Come in." I said as she entered my room.

[Katara's POV]

Zuko's room was… spotless. Even though it's not surprising that he's a total neat freak. I was in shock of how clean it was and I ran into what I thought was a wall. It wasn't. It was Zuko, shirtless.

"Oomph" I almost fell to the floor but I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around me.

"Whoa, are you okay?" I heard Zuko say.

I realized what was happening. "WHAT THE HELL ZUKO? Put me down. NOW. "

"Okay, okay." He listened to me. "What do you wanna talk about?" He asked as he was putting his shirt back on.

I took a deep breath. "I want to forgive you."

"Really?" For the first time, he seemed… happy.

"Yeah. Aang thinks we should actually talk to each other and not fight" I smiled.

"Oh.." Zuko looked disappointed.

"What's wrong?" I probably shouldn't have asked that, I thought.

"Are-are you and Aang, you know. Dating?" He asked me.

"HAHAH. No. Aang's like a little brother to me" I laughed.

Zuko blushed. "Sorry, I thought you were because you two are always together.." he paused. " So you don't have a boyfriend?"

"No, I don't. The last guy I liked turned out to be a jerk…" I trailed off.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that." He said quietly.

"It's fine. Don't worry about it" maybe this friendship with Zuko can work out after all. I thought. "Well. I'm gonna go to bed now. Goodnight"

He leaned in and kissed me on the cheek and smiled a genuine smile, something I've never seen him do. "goodnight, Katara"