Katara sat in the back seat on the right side as Suki and Sokka sat in front with Toph squished between her and aang. She barely said a word as everyone chatted, looking out the window with her thoughts racing.

She couldn't stop thinking about zuko.

Aang noticed her being distracted as he smiled and laughed with them others. He tapped her shoulder as he reached his arm behind toph.

"You okay?" Aang asked with a goofy grin.

"Oh, sorry yea," Katara blushed a little taking her arm off the side of the car and rubbing the back of her neck.

"Just stuff on my mind," she shrugged it off.

"Oooooh do you have a boyfriend?" Toph gasped with a smirk.

"No!" She scoffed scrunching up her nose and sokkas head whipped around.

"A what?!" He almost screamed.

"Who is he?" Sokka narrowed his eyes looking in the mirror back at her.

"Oh my god no one!" She whined.

"I'm sensing otherwise," Toph smiled proudly.

"he's not my boyfriend!" Katara growled but her eyes widen.

"He?!" They all shrieked.

Katara folded over and covered her face with her forehead pressed her against her knees.

"Your not the one that's been hanging around Zuko right?" Suki turned around wide eyes as she looked down at katara.

"Zuko?" Aang looked at her shocked.

"Because I've talked to him makes him my boyfriend? I talk to Aang and he's not my boyfriend, I've talked to jet, haru," Katara listed as she sat back up to defend herself.

"Oh shit you are the girl that's been hanging around him," Toph blinked surprised in the middle.

"He's in my class, I didn't know who he was at the time," she lied with her arms crossed.

"Katara hes dangerous!" Sokka cried out. "Did you hear what he did to three guys this morning?"

"He hasn't changed," Suki huffed glaring a little.

"They attacked him first and it wasn't a fair fight!" Katara snapped a little.

"Katara hes not stable, I don't want him hurting you," Aang looked at her concerned but for some reason this made her blood boil.

"Why?" She clenched her jaw.

"Because your my friend!? Why would I want him to hurt you?!" Aang cried out wide eyes.

"No, I mean why does it matter if he hurts me? He lays a hand on me you think I'm not going to swing back?" she made a face, Suki and Toph shrugged a little with a nod agreeing.

"Just because he had a bad past doesn't mean he's a bad person, I have it under control," Katara huffed a little, moving her braid over her shoulder.

"I don't care, I don't want you near him Katara," Sokka said in a stern tone and she rolled her eyes a little.

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"Hi zukos uncle!" Katara waved walking in the tea shop seeing iroh serving someone.

"Hello dear, nice to see you again, I never caught your name though," iroh smiled back at her as she walked with him back to the tea bar.

"I'm Katara," she held out her hand.

"Call me uncle iroh," he shook it kindly.

"Is Zuko home?" Katara asked gently and iroh nodded motioning to the door to their apartment for her to go ahead while he kept working.

Katara pursed her lips a little as she went through the first door and went up the stairs to the second floor, she opened the door and closed it remembering zukos cat. The living room was on her left as she saw it was empty with durk sleeping on the flat of the window, on her right was the small kitchen and short dining table. She walked through but was stopped seeing a picture on the coffee table. She saw a picture of three males, it looked like iroh when he was younger with a fifteen year old and a nine year old next to him smiling.

The younger boy was probably Zuko as the other boy had slightly lighter hair. She didn't know Zuko had an older brother...

"Zuko?" She called adjusting her school bag on her back. Katara walked over to a closed door as there was the bathroom and an empty room across the hall. She knocked but there was no response but she heard movement inside. She knocked again just in case.

"Zuko?" Katara called once more. She waited a minute as she heard footsteps inside.

"I'm coming in," she sighed opening the door.

Zuko jumped immediately at the movement as he was sitting next to his open window as he was smoking again, sitting on his desk with his school work in front of him. He frantically threw the cigarette out the window and blew out his last Smokey breath. His eyes finally landed on her and let out a small breath of relief that it wasn't his uncle.

"What the fuck kat?" He hissed waving the smoke out the window as she blinked surprised.

"Knock?" Zuko glared taking out his earbuds that blasted music.

"I did," Katara crossed her arms.

"Why are you in my house?" He made a face of annoyance.

"Your uncle let me in and I got the notes for you from class that you missed today, we have a test at the end of the week," Katara took out her notebook and handed it to him, she saw the yellow one he kept from her.

"Oh thanks," he mumbled and stayed sitting on the desk. Katara noticed he had a test given back and that he had a -C.

"What subject is that? You can't be failing already," Katara pointed it out.

"It was my practice test for math, I got an A on the real thing," Zuko waved her off like she was smoke.

"How are you feeling?" Katara asked seeing his cut on his lip.

"Fine?" He cocked his head to the side.

"I had to call my friend when I got home earlier, I'm doing better," he sighed knowing what she really meant.

"What do you mean call you friend?" Katara asked softly.

"Jin, I had to call her," Zuko shrugged.

"That's good, that you have someone to talk to still... is your uncle mad?" She asked clicking her tongue a little.

"He's pissed that I let my knuckles get infected," Zuko held up his hand slightly annoyed as well. His knuckles and to the middle of his palm were wrapped in white bandage. There was ointment on the table next to him.

"Yikes I don't blame him," Katara scoffed crossing her arms. She saw him tug at the corner of his mouth the slightest but his face remained calm.

"You know my number is still on that note book for whenever," she giggled a little rubbing her upper arm awkwardly.

"Yea I know," he looked at her amused. Didn't mean he was gonna call her.

"Sorry for barging, I just wanted to make sure you were okay, you were pretty snippy before class," Katara sighed a little playing with the end of her braid a little.

Zuko looked at her again more surprised almost. Tilting his head to the side in curiosity of the girl.

"I'll see you in class tomorrow," he smirked at her with a nod. Katara smiled relieved as she beamed at him happily nodding.

"I'll see you tomorrow, make sure you put some ice on your lip to help with the swelling," Katara waved smiling as she left his room before she got awkward again.

Zuko smiled a little when the door closed behind her as he scoffed as well to cover his chuckle.

She was weird.