Hey guys! Thanks so much for all of your kind reviews! I'm so sorry about not updating last week! We've recently have had bad storms in my area and we've been without internet for what feels like forever. I'm gonna try to update every weekend. Sorry it took me forever, but here is Chapter 3! Also, sorry for all the grammar mistakes, I'm writing this fast.

Enough apologies! Onward with the story!

I opened my eyes to see Aang's hands around my *waist to keep me from falling. I looked up at him and blinked. He was smirking down at me. I could just feel my face start to burn. He noticed my discomfort and brought me back to a standing position.

"Uhh, thanks," I told him. He just bent over and started laughing.

"What?" I asked him angrily. He stood up and pretended to wipe a tear.

"Y-your face was priceless! You were like:" His expression changed to wide eyes and pressed lips. He burst out laughing again. I hmphed and turned my back on him.

"It's mean to tease people you know." I told him.

"Ya, but you make it too easy." He smirked

I turned around and stuck my tongue out at him. He immediately copied my actions and added his hands on his hips.

"Uurgh!" I yelled, frustrated. I walked over to where I dropped my books and began picking them up.

"Hey, I'm sorry. Here, let me help you." When he came over, I seen in his face that he didn't look sorry at all. Once all my books were collected, we stood up. He handed me the ones he had picked up.

"But, really, I'm sorry I teased you," he said as I glared, "Do you forgive me?" he asked, giving me puppy eyes.

"Fine..."

"Yes!" He picked me up and swung me around in a big hug. It made me even dizzier since he used his bending. When he set me down, he had to put his arms around my waist again to keep me steady. My stomach began to fill with butterflies.

What is this guy doing to me? I've never felt this way around someone in a long time...

"We should probably continue walking. It's almost 5:00," I said looking at my phone that I pulled out of my purse.

"Why is 5:00 so important?" he asked, looking adorably confused. We once again started our walk to his dorm.

"That's when I'm supposed to meet Yue, my brother and his girlfriend, Suki at the cafeteria for dinner. You can come too if you want," I invited him.

"That sounds cool. I don't really have any friends here. I live in a single."

"Well, know that you've got a friend in me." He laughed.

"So, back up. I didn't know you have a brother," he said.

"A twin brother, to be exact."

"Cool! Back home, I know these twins, but they look nothing alike. They don't even look like siblings."

"Sokka and I look like normal siblings, but not enough to look like twins."

"So his name is Sokka?"

"Ya. If I were you I would be careful around him. He kinda gets protective over me whenever I hang around guys like you."

"What do you mean guys like me?" he asked, feigning hurt. I just pushed him a little.

Shaking my head, I replied, "Nevermind." He seemed like he wanted to ask me more about it, but he stopped.

"Well, here's Chouinard," he said. We walked through the doors. Inside it was very spacious. Very different from the crowdiness of Aguafer. They had elevators, but there was a spiral staircase to the left.

Aang looked at me gawking at the strange stairs.

"We airbenders usually bend ourselves up to our floors," he said, looking at me cheekily, "Lucky for you I'm on the top floor." And with that he grabbed me and airbended us to the sixth floor. I screamed the whole way up. When we reached his floor, he set us both on the ground gently.

"Oh my gosh!" I yelled at him with a big smile on my face. "Can we do that again?!"

He gave me a huge smile in return. "Of course! How else are we going to get down?"

"Umm, the elevator?" I asked, being a smart-ass. He gave me a look.

"You would rather go down the elevator than letting a 'brother disapproving', young man glide you down." I blushed at the brother disapproving part. I shook my head.

"So, which room is yours?" I asked, trying to take the attention away from me.

"613. It's just around the corner." He grabbed my hand and led the way. I looked down at our intwinded hands and shuddered a little from the unnatural heat I felt radiating from his hands.

Why are is hands so warm? Maybe he has been practicing firebending. All the more readon to believe he is the Avatar. Should I even tell him I know? I could keep the secret for him without him ever knowing that I know he's the Avatar.

"Here we are," he said, interrupting my thoughts. He released my hand, somewhat unwillingly, and reached for his key.

"Prepare to be amazed." he whispered. He opened his door dramatically and monotoned, "Ta-da."

Inside there was obviously one bed. He had it up against one of the two bare walls, which were yellow, adjacent to the window by the left. Every dorm room had to be colored by their nation. Mine was blue. Fire Nation is red, Earth Kingdom is green, and non-benders were plain white. Opposite of his bed was where his drawers and desk was. He had an electric blue laptop on the desk. His closet was open with piles of clothes needing to be hanged. He had a mirror on top of his drawers with a razor and shaving cream in front of it. It wasn't much, but it was roomy.

"This is a lot more room than mine. With Yue's stuff everywhere one can barely breath. I don't mind though," I told him. I watched as he took my backpack off and began to put his books on the shelves above his desk. As he handed me my backpack, I put the books I was carrying into it.

"I've been meaning to ask you, what's your major?" I asked him. He straightened his back and turned to look at me with his wide eyes.

"Umm," he started, "It's kinda like what you do. I have to learn all elements cultures, their backgrounds, and then I have extensive studies," he finished nervously.

"Why didn't you tell me that before? Will we have classes together? Can I see your schedule?" I asked excitedly. I walked towards him but he backed up. I saw the fear in his eyes.

Maybe it will be best for the both of us if I tell him now.

"I'm sorry Katara, I can't."

"Aang, is there something you aren't telling me?" I asked, knowing full well what it was. I was hoping I would get him to tell me.

"W-what do you mean?"

"What do you mean by extensive studies?" I asked, getting closer and closer to him. He gulped.

"Why were you so worried when I asked you about your tattoos?" We were eye to eye. Only inches apart. I kept bombarding him with questions, knowing I was torturing him.

"Why are your hands so unnaturally warm?" His eyes looked like they were to the point of popping out of his head. He shook his head and ducked under and rushed to the other side pf the room.

Finally, I asked the question he didn't want to hear, "Why won't you tell me what I already know?" We stared at each other from across the room. He sighed and got closer.

"Katara, I don't want it to change what you think of me. I want to still be your friend. I know that we've only known each other for a couple of hours, but I don't want to ruin this." He gave me a pained expression.

"That's exactly what I've been thinking," I told him. "I didn't ask you about this before, because I thought I would ruin our friendship. I realise now that true friendship relies on trust and honesty. If you really think our friendship is one that can last, you need to trust me and be honest with me." He walked closer to me.

"You can't tell anyone. I was told that I could make it public, but I don't want that kind of attention. I want to be known for being me."

"You wish you were normal." I said it like a fact, not a question. He really wishes that he was a normal airbender.

"Don't get me wrong, this is amazing. I just wish everyone would treat me the same as anyone else." I took the extra step and wrapped my arms around him to pull him into a hug.

"I knew and did I treat you any different?" He didn't answer. His head was still placed on my shoulder. He was only probably a couple inches taller than me so it wasn't uncomfortable.

"You don't have to worry about me telling anyone that you're the Avatar." He immediately pulled back and gave me a weird face.

"Katara, I'm not the Avatar. I'm gay." My heart stopped.

He's GAY?! But everything was pointing to him being the Avatar! Why was he flirting with me then?! Oh no, I've probably offended him. Calm down Katara and apologise!

"Aang, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't of assumed. I mean, it's okay that you're gay. I never would have expected that-"

"Katara!" I stopped and looked at him. He was trying to control his laughter. "I'm not gay."

I stared at him for a full minute while he continued to laugh. I punched him hard on the arm and walked over to his window.

Let me clarify something here. I do not mind if someone is gay or not, even though I'm a Christian. I'm not on here to force beliefs in anyone's face. I'm only putting that in here for humor. I thought it was kind of funny that some of the things that Katara notices about Aang are kind of gay qualities. I felt like this was getting too depressing. I saw the chance and took it. If you're offended, I deeply apologise.

"You really need to learn your lesson about teasing people. We were having a heart-to-heart!" I yelled at him. He calmed his laughter down and walked over to me.

"I'm sorry. I guess humor is my way of coping. Yes, I am the Avatar. Man, it feels really werid to say that out loud. I am the Avatar."

"I won't tell anyone, not even my brother."

"I know you won't," he said quietly. He smiled at me gratefully. He walked over to his desk cuboard and pulled out a sheet of paper and handed it to me.

"What is it?" I asked while examining the paper.

"It's my schedule. Lets sit on my bed and find out what classes we have together," he told me as we sat on his bed.

Only my first day and I'm in some guys bed. Well, I guess I can't call Aang 'some guy'. Who'd ever guess I'd become BFF's with the Avatar.

"So you have all your history classes with me. Also our science and math classes are the same. You have a free hour third period and your whole study hour is devoted to bending classes." He nodded along as I read. "So do you have only one-on-one training for bending."

"Ya, every year here I will be mastering an element. Since I've obviously already mastered airbending," he gave me a pointed look, "this year I will be mastering waterbending. Next year it will be earthbending. Then firebending the year after that. The final year I have to connect spiritually to the Avatar State. The Avatar State is-"

"-when the Avatar is at his/her most powerful. They have all the cosmic energy in the universe helping them. It is also when they are at their most weakest. If the Avatar is killed when he is in the Avatar State, the Avatar will cease to exist." I said automatically. I shook my head and smiled at him. He was just staring at me with his mouth wide open.

"Sorry," I said, embarrised. He quickly shut his mouth and shook his head.

"No! That was awesome!" he told me. I blushed.

"I still have a lot to learn."

"Don't worry, me too. Hey! We could be study budies!" he said excitedly.

It's hard to turn someone down with that enthusiasm. Not that I was thinking about turning him down. This study idea is actually what I wanted! I will have the Avatar as a primary resource!

"Ya! We can figure out times for us to study later. Just in case we lose each other, we should give each other our numbers.

Real smooth Katara. He definitely thinks you like him now.

What's so bad about that?

"Okay!" he said. He whipped out his phone. "What's the number?" After I gave it to him, he text me. I turned my phone on and seen multiple texts from Sokka. I hurriedly put Aang's number into my phone. I looked at my clock. 5:18.

I gasped. "Oh no! We're late!"

"For what?" he asked.

"We were supposed to be at the cafeteria by 5:00!" I opened the texts from Sokka.

5:01; Hey, where are you? It's 5:00.

5:07; Katara, answer me. Are you with that guy Suki and I saw you with at the book store? I told Suki not to leave you with him.

5:17; Dammit Katara, I've called you six times already! I'm I gonna have to call the cops and tell them my sister has been kidnapped?

I quickly dialed his number and held the phone next to my ear. I glanced at Aang and seen him put his hoodie from before back on and grab my backpack. He motioned for us to walk out the door. By the time he locked his door, Sokka finally picked up.

"Katara, where are you?! I've been calling and you haven't been answering." I sighed.

At least he cares.

"Sokka, I'm sorry. I'm with Aang, the guy from the bookstore." We rounded the corner and walked to the staircase.

"I knew it! Are you okay? Did he hurt you?!" Aang turned to looked at me and shook his head and made a crazy sign with his hand. I laughed.

Sokka must be really loud, or it's some kind of weird Avatar thing.

"What is going on?! And why are you laughing?!"

"Sokka, calm down! Everything's fine. I'm gonna drop off my books and then we will be there."

"You guys actually might not make it in time. Everyone's almost done eating. Afterwards we are going to play tennis."

"Okay, Aang and I will eat and then join you guys."

"Just be careful around him. I know he's your boyfriend," Aang and I both did a double take at that," and I know you're in love with him, but you've never had a boyfriend before and you don't know if he's psycho or not.

"Okay, first of all," I whispered, "he's not my boyfriend, and second, if I ever do get a boyfriend I will know very well if he's psychotic or not. Thank you very much!" I hung up on him and sighed.

"Well, that was awkward." Aang just shook his head.

"How did you hear our conversation? Is it some kind of Avatar thing, a you thing, or a crazy ass loud Sokka thing?"

He laughed and said, "It's a me thing. I have excellent hearing. Comes with being an airbender."

By now we have been standing my the staircase for the rest of Sokka and I's call. I looked over the edge and back to Aang.

"Are we gonna glide down or what?" I smirked at him. "Now that we don't have a time-phrame, we can go as slow or as fast as we want," I told him, knowing what I said was full of innuendo. He laughed and grabbed my waist again, lifting us over the edge and going down full speed. I was laughing hysterically even after we hit the ground.

"That has to be the most fun thing ever!"

I feel like I've gotten a lot of things said and accomplished in this chapter. Finally Katara tells Aang that she knows and they're both okay with it. I really want this story to stay drama free, but I may throw in some things later. R&R! Again, sorry for everything.