I Still Care

Chapter 2: Friend Requests

"Katara lets go" Sokka yelled as he continued walking down the street towards their home. Katara walked slowly behind him, texting her best friend Toph.

"I am coming don't freak" She yelled back jogging up to her older brother. Sometimes his impatience could really push her buttons.

Trudging up the pathway, Sokka pushed open the front door to the house and walked lazily up the stairs and into his bedroom. Katara just shook her head and walked into the den, with a click of a button her computer screen began to glow. She went right onto facebook, like she normally did after school, and to her surprise she had a friend request. It was from a guy, he was cute with chin length slick black hair. Like any normal teenage girl would do, she accepted him. She messaged a couple of her friends and logged off as she heard her brother come stomping down the stairs. She rose from her seat and went into the kitchen down the hall from the den.

Her Gran gran stood beside the stove, stirring what looked like dinner. Katara set her books down and began working on her history assignment.

"KATARA!" Sokka yelled from the den where he was checking his facebook. Katara let out a sigh and walked back into the den to see what her brother wanted.

"What now Sokka?" She asked leaning against the door frame, her arms crossed over her chest. He stopped stuffing chips in his mouth to turn towards her.

"Your friends with Zuko Embry on facebook?" He asked looking at her funny.

"Who?" She asked walking over to look at the computer screen. There he was again, the hot guy who had friend requested her earlier. "Ya he friend requested me today, and I accepted it when we got home. Why, Who is he?"

"Zuko Embry, he lived next to us. Your childhood best friend 'slash' boyfriend." He said with air quotes, then his face turned grim and he said, "He was with us the day mom died"

"Oh I remember him now" Katara said thinking back to when they were best friends. She had not thought about him in years. She had lost contact with him when they moved. She cursed her teenage hormones for only noticing his attractiveness instead of connecting the dots.

"Yeah well, he friend requested me too. Maybe I can get him to come visit" Sokka said hitting accept on the screen.

"Ok, well you and I both have homework" She said reminding him as she grabbed the bag of chips he was devouring in order to draw him back into the kitchen.

"Hey get back here, Katara! I wasn't finished with those" Sokka said getting up and picking up his backpack before chasing his sister.

After dinner that night Katara went onto the computer to check her facebook again before bed. She noticed that Sokka had written on Zuko's wall and read it over. She smiled at her brothers kindness towards their old friend. She thought of something interesting to comment so placing her hands on the keyboard she quickly typed it down and pressed send before she got to nervous. The message was cute and said: Hey Zuko, glad to hear from you again. I remember all the fun times we had. Remember Zuko you still oh me a hug. 3 Katara

Happy with her comment, Katara clicked off the computer and yelled a quick good night to everyone before running up the stairs and falling asleep. That night was the first time in many years that she dreamed about Zuko Embry.