"Wake up sweetheart; it's time for you to get ready for school."

"Mmphgh go away mom," I mumbled in my pillow.

"Don't make me pull the blankets off you." She threatened me.

"Okay, okay I'm getting up." I said groggily. "Is there are Starbucks in this patch of land they call a town?"

"This patch of land, as you call it, is your new home. Get used to it and I believe there is one off the main highway. Its little but it has coffee."

I stumbled blindly to my bathroom, grabbed my toothbrush and turned on the shower. I brushed my teeth and ripped off my pajamas at the same time. After I rinsed out my mouth I jumped in the shower, quickly rubbing the loofah over my body. I got out the shower and started getting dressed.

I grabbed my white skinny jeans and tugged them on, and stood in front of my closet, debating which shirt to put on. I finally decided on my red tank top with평화 written on it. The character was Korean for peace. I grabbed my red and black sequined Chucks and slipped them on. I grabbed my favorite sweater, a heather gray cardigan with gold buttons and a patch over the right side of my chest and grabbed my backpack and made sure all my notebooks were in it. I ran a brush through my long brown hair and walked out of my room.

I walked slowly down the stairs and grabbed a handful of strawberries once I was in the kitchen. A note was on the counter from my parents saying that they had both left to meet the people in the company.

I sighed and walked to the garage door and turned on the alarm. Then I doubled checked it. When I was younger someone broke into our home while I was alone with the babysitter. Since we were at home, the alarm wasn't on. We were playing hide and seek and I was hiding upstairs under my parent's bed. My babysitter was stabbed twice and the guy got away with my biological mom's pearl necklace.

Ever since then, I've been really obsessive with locking doors and making sure the alarm is activated.

I got in my truck and got onto the highway and soon saw the Starbucks.

"Thank God." I said softly as I got off the highway and turned into the parking lot.

A small red BMW cut me off as I attempted to pull into the spot directly across from the door.

"Jerk," I muttered as I backed into another spot. A tall Fire Nation man and a girl a few inches shorter than him got out the BMW. The girl walked quickly into the Starbucks and the guy walked over to my truck. I rolled down the window and stared at him.

"Hey, I'm sorry about that, my little sister was driving and is okay with cutting people off. Hey you speak Korean?" he said as he looked at my tank top. I giggled at how quickly he changed the topic.

"It's okay and yes, I do. I lived there for about 5 years when I was younger. I actually speak 4 languages." I said as I got out the car.

"That's cool, which languages? Oh and I'm Zuko."

"I'm Katara, and English, Spanish, Korean and Japanese."

"Wait," he said as he opened the door for me. "Your name is Katara?"

"Yup." I nodded.

"Dude, do you know how epic you are?!" he said loudly, his voice echoing off the walls of the small building.

"Haha, I have never gotten that one." I said, before grabbing my wallet out of my purse. Zuko and I were standing behind his sister and a really tall guy with red hair.

"Really?" his sister said as she turned around. She was about 2 inches taller than me and I was 5'2 ½ , and had long ebony colored hair. Her skin was a gorgeous creamy color to and she had gold eyes. Long story short she was gorgeous.

"Yeah, really."

"You need better acquaintances." She said before giggling a little. "My name is Azula, but everyone calls me Fox, because my name means cleverness and well Foxes are clever. Oh and sorry for cutting you off. I needed my coffee fix."

"That's really cool and its okay I know that feeling" I said as the tall guy stood there waiting for his drink. "So do you go to Miangus?"

"Yup I'm a lifer at Miangus. There is an elementary, middle and high school and I have been a student of all three."

"Next!" the overly perky barista called. "What can I get for you today?"

"A grande caramel macchiato and a brownie," Fox said as she pulled her wallet out.

Another barista came from the back and turned on the other cash register. "Ma'am are you ready to order?"

"Yes, I would like a venti Java Chip Frappe with a brownie and this pack of gum."

"That will be $7.89." I paid him and stood next to Fox as Zuko ordered.

"So where are you from?"

"New York."

"Seriously?! That is so cool!" Fox said before grabbing her drink off the pickup counter. "So I think that we need to hang out and stuff, because you're a cool kid, I'm a cool kid, so this entire thing works."

"Sure, why not?" I said before I noticed my drink was ready. A giant cup of hot coffee was sitting next to my Java Chip and a slender hand quickly grabbed it.

Before I could ask anything else, Zuko glanced at his watch. "Whoa, you two need to go."

"But I don't need to go to school today."

"It's your first day Fox."

"But-" she started.

"Go to school,' he snapped.

"Fine, be that way. Katara can I ride with you please? I mean its right down the street and he needs to get to work. Plus we can get to know each other better!"

"Sure, come on. Bye Zuko," I said softly.

"Bye ladies." He said before bowing dramatically, his hair flopping over his eyes. He stood back up and waved cutely as we drove out of the lot.

As soon as we got on the highway, Azula leveled me with a glare.

"You like my brother don't you?" she said slowly, her voice reminding me of something from a scary movie. Her wide eyes narrowed into frightening slights and her voice scared the crap out of me.

"I-I just met him!" I said quickly, my normally soft raspy voice turning into a squeak. "I mean he's a nice person from what I can see. But I'm not like in love with him."

"But, you do like him," she said before taking a sip of her drink. She looked out the window and then whipped her head around towards me. "You two would be so cute together!" she squealed loudly.

I slammed my foot on the brake. "You scared the crap out of me! Don't you try something like that again, or you will get out and walk to school."

"Okay, ok I won't do that again, I promise, Katara." She said with a stupid laugh. I smiled but ignored her. Suddenly the school's entrance appeared on the left shoulder. Miangus Union High School was a huge for a small town. There was a giant soccer field next to the parking lot, which was pretty big, and a huge building that had the words 'Miangus Gymnasium' on the front of it and a separate smaller building next to it that said 'Coach's Office'. The school itself had 3 floors and was a pretty red color.

Students milled around the parking lot and a few boys were playing on the soccer field. My Range Rover stood out in a parking lot of older Fords and rusty Toyotas. I parked and turned off the engine. I sat in the car and mentally braced myself for the long day that was ahead of me.

"Hey Katara," Fox said.

"Huh?" I replied, still kind of in shock.

"Welcome to Miangus."