Hello again. I hope that this chapter is better than the last one. So I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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Hearts On Fire

chapter three: He's Nobody

Korra's P.O.V

I was going home today. I wasn't looking forward to it, at all. Home is where I don't want to be because that's where my mother and all my problems were. I had a great weekend with my best friend and now I'm going to ruin it by going home to 'her'. I love my mother, but she couldn't care less about me.

Asami drops me off in front of my house. It's Monday, but we don't have school 'til tomorrow. I walk into my house to see my mother on the couch asleep. I try to close the door as gently as I can because God knows she had a... long night.

Eww.

I creep up the stairs up the stairs to my room. My window is still open the way I left it when I went to Asami's. I flop back on my bed and close my eyes. I stay that way for a few minutes before I here my mother come up the stairs.

"Oh, so your home. Isn't that great." I can hear the sarcasm dripping from her words.

"Well I can leave if you'd like."

"No go ahead and stay. I told Tarrlok you would be home today."

I jump up and look at her in disbelief. She knows I hate Tarrlok with my soul! He does...business with my mother. He's one of the reasons I leave every weekend. One of. He's always hitting on me. He's old and gross. He's even offered my mother money for me. He's disgusting.

She's looking at me, enjoying the sight of me cringe. She's purposely trying to make my life hell. She thinks I'm the reason my dad left, that clearly something was wrong with me that made him leave. He left her too. It's not like he took her with him and they just dropped me somewhere.

"He'll be here in about 5 minutes."

I glare at her and she walks away laughing. I have to think of something quick. I rack my brain for ideas. I look out the window to my salvation, My best friend's house. My other best friend. I jump off my bed, run down the stairs out the door, and over to Mako and Bolin's house. I compose myself before I knock on the door and wait patiently for the door to open.

The door opens and I look I up to see Mako.

"Hey." he says.

"Hey, is Bolin home?"

"Yeah he's in his room." he opens the door wider and moves off to the side so I can come in. I climb the stairs and make my way to Bolin's room. His door is open so I just walk in. He's playing a video game and sitting on his floor.

"Hey Kor." Bolin says, pausing his game.

"Sup, would it be okay if I hung out here for a while?"

"Of Course it would!" he says, happily handing me a remote controller. I take it and sit on the floor next to him.

We sat there on the floor for hours playing video games. I was winning by the way. We were about to switch games when Mako walks by the door.

"Hey Mako, wanna play?" Bolin asks

Mako backs up to the door. He looks at the t.v., then Bolin, then at me.

"Sure." Mako takes a remote and sits down next to me. We play for a while before someone rings the doorbell. Mako gets up to look out the window (Bo's window is facing the street).

"Who is that?" I get up and walk over to the window. My eyes widen at who I see standing there. My mother must have told him where I was. I back away from the window.

"Shit." I whisper.

"Do you know him or something?" Bolin asks me.

"He's not a good person and I'm pretty sure he's looking for me." I say.

"Alright just stay up here." Mako walks down the stairs and answers the door.

Mako's P.O.V

I walk to the door before opening it. The man looks at me and puts on a painfully fake smile.

"Um, Can I help you?"

"Well yes, I'm looking for Korra."

"She's not here. Why are you looking for her?" I ask. There's a serious reason Korra is hiding from this guy, judging by the way she looked when he first got here.

"Her mother told me she was here and she asked for me to come and get her." She lives right next door. I'm pretty sure she can walk 10 ft. to her house.

"She's not here." I say

"Are you sure, because her mother really wants her home and if you're not telling me where she is I might have to call the cops for endangerment of a minor."

Endangerment of a minor? I officially don't like this guy. Who did he think he is. Something's not right with him and I'm definitely not telling him where she is.

"She. is not. here." I say glaring at him. He actually threatened to call the cops on us for something stupid that he doesn't even have proof for.

"Well, when you see her please tell me. I'm sure she'd want to know." He turns around and leaves. Something is seriously off about that him. I walk back up stairs and into Bolin's room. Korra and Bolin are looking out the window, watching the man leave. She exhales in relief when she finally sees him pull off.

"Who is that Kor?" Bo asks her

"Nobody. Just some guy my mom is...um, friends with."

"So why did your mom tell him to come get you."

"I don't know. Maybe she just wanted to make sure I got home safely." She shifting from side to side now and she looks nervous.

"Dude, you live like, 2 seconds away. All she has to do is look out a window."

"Can we just drop it. My moms weird. Let's just go with that."

I watch her intently. She's starting to fidget and she's getting agitated. There is something behind this, something she's not telling us. She's lying about who ever that guy is.

"Look, It's getting late. I should head home." Before we can respond she heads out the door.

So here is the next chapter. I'm actually not that happy with this one either. I feel ashamed:( Sooo, leave a review. PLEASE!