Kai ran his hand through his hair for what seemed like the millionth time. He had been staring at his sad excuse of a reflection for five minutes now. And he was not pleased. His green eyes looked tired and worn out and his brown mop of hair looked like he had a bird's nest on his head, despite his many attempts to make it look presentable. Usually Kai couldn't care less about how he looked, but today was different.

Today he was finally going to ask Jinora out.

It had been a few days since their little run in at the movie theater. After she caught him on the floor, they exchanged a few brief and painfully awkward words. He wasn't sure if she knew he heard their conversation, but judging from how red her face was; she probably did.

So nearly a week later, Kai had finally built up the courage to ask her out. He knew that his friends were going to flip. They would probably think that Kai was ruining the reputation he had somehow acquired in the two months he had been at this school. For all Kai knew, they could be right.

One thing he did know, however, was that he didn't care. Kai had never cared much about what people thought of him anyways. Especially people in high school, considering less than two years from now these people wouldn't be a part of his life.

After on final scan of his reflection, Kai exited the bathroom and headed to the library. When he got there he wasn't the slightest bit surprised to see only two tables in the whole place were occupied. At one table sat Murry, Drew, and Grant. Jinora sat alone at a different table.

His eyes flicked back and forth between the two tables, unsure of where he wanted to go. Unfortunately the decision was made for him when Drew shouted his name.

"Kai!" He raised his voice. "Get over here!"

"Shhhh!" The librarian hushed him in an irritated tone.

"Sorry," Drew whispered sheepishly as he waved his arms frantically, beckoning Kai over to the table. Kai rolled his eyes as he headed over to the table. He glanced over at Jinora, who had been staring at him. When they made eye contact she immediately looked down at whatever homework was positioned in front of her, obviously embarrassed, which Kai found extremely adorable.

"I haven't seen you in here all week," Drew observed. "Where you been?"

Kai decided to ignore the illiteracy of Drew's question and answered him. "I just haven't had any time," he shrugged. No way in hell was he telling them the real reason he'd been avoiding this particular part of the school. "But listen, I've got to go talk to Jinora about something."

"She doesn't let you copy homework, trust me I would know," Grant said. "So there's no point in going over there."

"I'm not trying to copy her homework," he shook his head.

"Then why are you going over there?" Drew asked.

"I just need to talk to her, okay?" Kai said defensively. He pushed his chair out and stood up.

"About what?" Murry asked, obviously suspicious of Kai's intentions.

"None of your business," Kai snapped, flipping his body around and heading towards Jinora's table. He knew that was a childish thing to say, but it was simply impossible to shake those boys off.

Kai's walk to Jinora's table started out extremely confident, he had his head held high and he was ready to ask this beautiful girl on a date. However, the instant she looked up at him, Kai turned into a hobbling ball of insecurities. It was too late to turn back though, she saw him coming. She smiled when she saw him pull a chair out and take a seat, which gave him a small little boost of confidence.

"Hi."

"Hey," she responded.

"How are you?" Kai asked, he figured it would be better to ease into the conversation than to just go for it.

"I'm good," Jinora nodded, he wondered if she actually meant it or not. Most people just said they were 'good' because its too tiring to actually explain how one feels. "I just have a lot of homework." She gestured to the numerous papers spread out in front of her.

"That sucks," he said, unsure of what else to say.

"Yeah," she replied, her voice trailing off a little. Kai wasn't sure what to say, so he just said nothing. Suddenly he wished he were still in the bathroom again rehearsing what he was going to say in the mirror. This had all run so smoothly in his head.

"So," Kai broke the painfully awkward silence that had crept its way between them. "I was wondering if you would-"

Slllloooppp

Kai was stopped midsentence when he suddenly felt a small and very wet presence on the back of his neck. A spitball. How old were those guys? Kai mentally cursed himself for choosing this place to ask her out. More than anything Kai wanted to turn around and yell at his friends for being so incredibly immature, but he decided not to. That's exactly what they wanted. He wouldn't let his irritation show.

"Uh, I was wondering if you would like to-"

Slllloooppp

The unpleasant feeling of having a spitball on his neck cut him off again. Determined not to turn around and give them exactly what they wanted, Kai simply reached for his neck and wiped the disgusting spitballs of his neck. He tried to ignore the wet and gross feeling that was now on his hand.

"I was wondering if you would want to go-"

Slllloooppp

"Okay that's enough," he growled, whipping his head around. "Are you guys five years old? Stop hitting me with spitballs before I seriously hurt you."

The boys immediately started dying with laughter. Of course they knew that he wasn't serious with his threat, so Kai was just hoping that he sounded angry enough that they would back off. He flipped back around to face Jinora, her eyes wide in confusion.

"Sorry about that," he quickly apologized for his outburst. "So, anyways, I was wondering if maybe you would want to-"

WHAAAA WHAAAA WHAAAA WHAAAA

"For the love of spirits," Kai groaned. Of course the fire alarm would go off when he's trying to ask Jinora out. The universe was horribly cruel sometimes.

"Please exit in an orderly fashion!" The old librarian announced. Kai groaned as he picked up his backpack.

"Kai hurry up," Murry called.

"Go without me," Kai replied. "I'm going to walk with Jinora." At this point he didn't give a crap about his friends, he was going to ask Jinora out even if it took all day. He prayed to the spirits that it wouldn't though. He turned to Jinora. "Is it okay if I walk with you?" He asked.

"Yes, of course," she smiled, slinging her bag over her shoulder. Together they walked out onto the schools sports fields, as they were instructed to do by the teachers. The walk was fairly short but they talked the whole time. It was all pointless conversation, talking about the weather or how annoying the librarian was, but Kai loved every second of it. It was weird the affect this girl was having on him.

"No way!" Jinora's mouth was wide open in shock. "There is no way you did that." She shook her head in disbelief.

"It's true!" Kai laughed. "And the best part was, I didn't get in any trouble."

"Okay now I know you're lying!" She looked at him knowingly. "There is absolutely no way you hit your principal with fruit pie and didn't get in trouble." At Kai's last school there had been a little, so called, incident. There was a food fight in the cafeteria, and though he hadn't been the one to start it, he was the one who nailed the principal in the side of the head. The only reason he didn't get in trouble was because some other kid took the blame, which made Kai feel bad- but not bad enough to confess.

"I speak the truth and nothing but the truth," Kai smirked, loving the twinkle she had in her eyes as she spoke. She just shook her head again, laughing to herself.

They had been waiting outside for nearly twenty minutes. Kai wasn't sure if it was a scheduled fire drill or if someone had pulled the alarm. Either way, he feared they would go inside soon and his opportunity would be gone. "So," he began. "Jinora."

"So," she mimicked him. "Kai."

"I was wondering if perhaps you would like to-"

"Oh my spirits," this time he was cut off by her. "Do not move. There is a bee right on your nose."

"What?!" Kai immediately reacted by flinching and smacking himself in the nose. That evidently wasn't the best idea, as it only resulted in the bee stinging him. "Ow!" he screamed. He immediately felt pain in his nose and went he felt it he felt throbbing. Kai hoped he wasn't allergic, he'd never gone in to be checked before.

"Did it sting you?" Jinora asked, a look of concern plastered on her face.

"Yeah, it did," he replied sheepishly and he removed his hand for her to see. He must of looked ridiculous because she had to stifle a laugh. "How bad is it?" He asked, still feeling pain.

"You look like Rudolph," she finally let herself giggle. "I'm sorry, its not funny." She switched to a straight face, but not without difficulty.

"It's a little funny," he caved, wanting to hear her laugh again. Jinora began laughing again.

"Okay I'm done now," she said.

"Attention students and faculty," The overhead announcer went off. "You are now permitted to reenter the building.

"Come on," she looped her arm through his. "Let's get you to the nurse."

The walk to the nurse was short, or it just seemed that way. They talked again, but not as much because Kai's nose hurt a lot. Finally they reached the nurses office; unfortunately another person was already there. The nurse told them to just wait a minute while she aided the other student. Silently they took each took a seat in the nurses office.

"So," Jinora broke the silence, which Kai was grateful for. "What did you want to ask me?"

"Oh right that," Kai had figured the last chance of him asking her out went soaring away after a bee stung his face. But now here he was, the opportunity knocking him upside the head. It was now or never.

"Jinora," Kai began, his palms sweating from nervousness. "Will you go on a date with me?"

"Kai, I would love to."

A/N: jesus this was hard to write. I've had such bad writer block lately so can I just apologize because that chapter kinda sucked. It was also way shorter than I planned, so im sorry again. But don't worry, I have big plans for the next chapter ;) (this also isn't edited in the slightest bit so please forgive any spelling or grammaticalerrors)