Hi, I'm Ruby of Raven and I don't own any part of the Avatar the Last Airbender cast.

Chapter 1: Quick Crush

"Katara! It's the first day at our new school! Can you believe it?", my brother Sokka said as we went up the steps to the high school. I just rolled my eyes at him. 'I just hope there is cute boys at this school. I also hope no boys I date want sex with me with in the first two weeks of our relationship because I've dated boys like that and lets just say they're also major stalkers. Well, I'm away from them now. Thank God,' I thought to myself.

We finally made it inside the school and me and Sokka decided to find our lockers and classes by our selves. So we said our good byes and went on our merry way. After I found my locker, I set out to find my first class, Math.

I started to get lost. This high school was a bit of a maze to me. Finally someone tapped me on the shoulder, probably to ask if they could help me find my next class because I look lost. I turned around to find a girl, about my age with long brown hair tied back into a long braid going down her back, staring at me. She said, "You look lost. Mind if I help you find your class?" I just nodded. "Let me see your schedule." I handed it over. She looked at it and a smile appeared on her face. " I've got Math too! So you can just follow me. Oh! By the way, my name is Ty Lee."

"My name is Katara."

Ty Lee looked back at my schedule and said, "You have all of my classes except my pressure point class."

"What class is that?" 'I've never heard of it before.'

"Oh, it's a martial arts styled thing that I can do. You see, some people here can't bend and this is a school that you have to have something that they're really good at to be accepted. Like if you're good with swords, knifes, or a type of martial art style then you would be accepted."

"So how many of these special classes can you take at once?", I said now interested.

"Well, the only person I know who has more than two is my friends brother. No one I know of does more than him. But you'll meet him at lunch or in class."

"That's interesting." 'I wonder who her friends brother is?'

Before I could ask, Ty Lee said, "Oh, look we're here." With that said, she dragged me into the class room. We found two empty seats next to each other and sat down.

The class ended before I knew it, as did the next two hours until it was lunch time. By that time I had made three new friends (besides Ty Lee) Aang, Suki, and Toph.

I walked into the lunch room with Ty Lee who said I just had to meet her two best friends named Azula and Mai.

"Hey, it's Azula," Ty Lee said as she dragged me over to a girl with brown hair up in nice neat ponytail. Her outfit was almost totally red." Hey, Azula. This is Katara, this is going to be her first year here."

"I'm Azula as you probably know. I am quite popular you know," she said in a know it all attitude. 'I can tell I'm going to get sick of her real fast,' I thought in annoyance.

"Anyway, Ty Lee have you seen my dear brother Zuzu around? I need to talk to him about Mai," Azula said once again in that same damn tone of voice.

"No I haven't seen Zuko. Why do you ask and what happened between him and Mai that you need to talk to him about?", Ty Lee asked.

"If you must know, he broke up with Mai this morning before school at his favorite coffee shop, 'Jazz Bean'."

"What! How? They've been going out for almost a year now? I thought they were in love?", Ty Lee asked in confusion.

"He told her they were done and told her why he was doing it, then left but before doing so, he payed for her coffee. Then left her crying there. Mai was in the bathroom balling her eyes out all first period,"Azula said.

"Wow, she must of really liked him. But Zuko seems to be nice, considering he payed for her coffee before he left and didn't make her pay for it instead,"I concluded.

"Huh, yeah right. Zuko probably pitied her because he'd broke her heart and he knew it," Azula said while crossing her arms over her chest.

"No, I did it because it was the right thing to do. That's something you wouldn't understand, Azula," a guy my age said from behind Azula. He had black hair and a huge scar on one side of his face. He was wearing a form fitting T-shirt that showed off some of his muscles. To say the least, this guy was hot! Those beautiful golden eyes put it all together. Even if he had a scar, it just made him that more mysterious. I had just formed a bit of a crush on this guy who I didn't even know.

Azula turned around to face him. "Oh, well hello brother. I was just looking for you."

"Really, well I was too. But I need to ask you something,' he replied.

"So do I, it's about Mai. Why did you need to dump her and on the first day of school?"

"I have my reasons. Now can I barrow five bucks?", he asked.

"Why? I thought Uncle gave you some money before we left."

"He did, but I sort of spent it on me and Mai's coffee this morning."

"Fine, but only if you tell me why you dumped Mai because she won"t tell anyone. So, Why?", she asked, but more like demanded. Ty Lee and me just stood there watching this conversation between them. 'Wow, he's voice is so good to hear. I hope one day he'll say my name. What was that? Did I just think that? I've only known this guy for how long and I'm thinking this? What am I, a love sick puppy?', I thought to myself.

"Fine. I dumped Mai because she gets too jealous of any girl remotely pretty that I talk to. She also tells you what we talk about on our dates."

"She does, doesn't she. So, how you figure that one out Zuzu?"

"I told her I hate it when you smirk like you know something I don't. It usually means something bad is going to happen to me. A day later that smirk was there on your face ten times more than it usually is," Zuko stated a little unhappy with the topic.

"You're right. She did tell me. You know I just love to annoy you. But a deals a deal. Come on Zuko, lets go get the money from my locker," Azula said starting to pull her brother in the direction of her locker.

"Wait! Zuko hasn't properly met Katara," Ty Lee said. Azula stopped pulling Zuko and let go of his arm. Zuko turned towards me with his beautiful gold eyes on me.

"Hi, I'm Katara," was all I said.

"Hey, I'm Zuko."

"Ty Lee said you're taking three special classes. I'm only taking one."

"Yeah, I'm taking sword, martial arts, and a class for everyone with an element. I'm a fire bender. What class are you taking?", he asked.

"I"m taking the element class too. I'm a water bender," I said. 'I'm gonna have my next class with him! I hope I don't embarrass myself in front of him. Wait, why do I care what he thinks? I barley know him. I am so crushing on him! On the bright side, he doesn't have a girlfriend anymore. If I wanted to, maybe I could try and flirt with him. What am I talking about? I barely know him!' ,I debated with myself.

"Cool. I guess I'll see you there then, Katara," he said in his beautiful husky voice with a beautiful smile to match. Him saying my name sounded wonderful to me. I wanted to hear it again. His smile, I wanted to see it again. But after he said my name he left with his sister to go get lunch money. I just stared at Zuko as he left the lunch room.

"Ow! Ty Lee why'd you do that?" Ty Lee had pinched me.

"You were staring at Zuko."

"Ah,um, no I wasn't." I've never been good at lying.

"It's okay. He's hot, I know. I've stared at him sometime or another. You could probably have him as your bf if you wanted to. You are a little different from most girls here. Your beauty is kind of exotic. You're even prettier than me," Ty Lee said looking a little self conscious.

"You're right he is hot. But I couldn't possibly get him. You could probably, you're prettier than me in my opinion." This was the truth. This girl was very pretty. She could probably have any guy she wanted.

"I've already tried flirting with him. Heck, ever girl has! He said no to ever single one, including me. But he wanted Mai for some reason. But now he's fare game for any girl. Plus, I saw the way he smiled at you when he said your name. He's only smiled like that at Mai and I've only ever seen it twice," she said. They were now walking toward their table that consisted of Aang, Suki, and Toph. 'Wait, does that mean he likes me? It must! Why am I suddenly so excited. What if she was lying? Ty Lee doesn't seem like that kind of person though. So it must be true. Ugh! Why do I care so damn much! Oh, I give up! I have a huge crush on Zuko who I only just met,' I thought.

After I got money from my sister I bought my lunch and sat down at my table. Jet, Haru, and our newest friend Sokka sat at this table with me.

"You get the money?", Jet asked.

"Yeah, but before that Ty Lee introduced me to the new girl, Katara," I said.

"Hey, that's my sister!", Sokka exclaimed.

"Really? But your in the same grade as her, right?",I asked.

"Yeah, we're twins. But obviously we're the kind of twins that don't look alike."

"So, Zuko you think his little sis is hot?", Jet asked.

"Hey! That's my little sis you're talking about!" Sokka was obviously not happy with that question.

Mean while Sokka glared at Jet, I could feel my face turning red. I truthfully thought she was hot, way hotter than Mai or any other girl I'd met. "Uumm... Well... kind of... I guess I'd have to.. say...yes," I said a little afraid of what Sokka would think of his new friends opinion and what her would do to me.

Sokka turned toward me. "Really? You're crushing on my little sis?", Sokka asked. I didn't know what the right thing to say would be so I found himself just nodding.

"Well, okay then."

"What?"

"You heard me."

"I thought you would be mad at me," I said in shock.

"Normally I would but you seem different than most guys. I mean you can use swords, do a martial arts style, and you can bend fire. You can protect my sister in ways I can't."

"But what about what happened with him and Mai? Aren't you worried that if he dated her he might break her heart?", Haru asked Sokka.

"I guess. But Zuko told us his reasons for breaking up with Mai and he had some pretty good reasons. I don't think he would breakup with Katara for any of those reasons though."

"I'm not dating her yet. I barely know her," I pointed out.

"Yes, but would you like to know her is the question," Jet said.

"I'd have to say yes to that question then."

"I got an idea! Let's all go to 'Jazz Bean' and get some coffee with everyone after school," Haru suggested.

"And who might be everyone?", Sokka asked because he really didn't know many people yet.

"Just you me Zuko, Jet, Ty Lee, Toph, the Avatar kid,and Katara. We probably shouldn't ask Mai since she probably hates Zuko at the moment. We also shouldn't invite Jet's girlfriend since she's comforting Mai and probably hates Zuko more than usual.", Haru answered.

"You're right, Azula probably does hate him at the moment for breaking one of her best friends hearts but Ty Lee will just invite them anyways so what's the point?", Jet asked.

"Well, I guess we have to invite them. But tonight Zuko will get a chance at romance," Haru said. I blushed at his last comment. But I hoped he was right and that I wouldn't mess up my chance with this girl I just met not even fifteen minutes ago. I still can't get those beautiful blue eyes out of my head though.