Hello everybodyyy!

This is my FIRST fanfic on avatar! and my FIRST fanfic ever! One of those high school ones. Main pairing: Zuko&Katara. Zuko has no scar because i dont know what to write about how he got it. Oh, and this story will have Katara changing throughout a LOT. Like, her in the beginning isnt the real her. hope you enjoy.

P.S R&R. I'd like that. Be nice. ;)

Chapter 1: Who was THAT?!

Calm down. Just because you're a freshman doesn't mean people will eat you.

Katara comforted herself about the first day of high school as she rushed down the clean sidewalk, barely acknowledging the fact that she needed to calm down because school wasn't starting for another half hour and it wasn't even a quarter of a mile from her house, but she had to meet her friends at the entrance gate, and for once, she tried to not be late. A smile spread across her features when her friends came into view.

"Kataraaaa!" Ty Lee chirped while jumping up in down from excitement of starting school in less than half an hour.

"Ty Leeeee!" she responded with the same perkiness. The two hugged and jumped up and down with delight.The other two joined in.

Mai, Toph, and Katara have been best friends since elementary school. Katara knew Toph since preschool, but the two never really talked until third grade. Katara became friends with Mai in second grade, and Mai and Toph have been friends since sixth grade. Ty Lee became best friends with Toph in sixth grade and met Katara and Mai in eighth. It didn't matter when who met who, because now, all four of them were the best of friends. And coincidentally, all of them were Asian.

"Dudes, I am so fucking nervous," Katara stated.

"I know, seriously. But let's meet up at Building C for lunch," Toph offered. The other girls glanced at each other and nodded. Mai raised an eyebrow at Katara's expression- it was unreadable.

"How do i look?" Katara twirled in a circle so her friends could see her. All three of them rolled their eyes.

"You look FINE" They said in unison after looking her up and down. She was satisfied.

Katara wore a white baby doll shirt that reached a little bit above her knees with black capri-leggings underneath. She had always been one to accessorize and today she chose to stick with a delicate and small necklace that lightly rested on her bare neck. Her earrings sparkled in the sun and brought out her charming smile, even if they were only dangling hearts. Her long, layered and wavy hair was combed perfectly and loosely fell down her back. On her feet were a pair of ridiculously cute black ballet flats with white polka dots and a medium sized white bow sitting on top. Even though she wore flats, she was still taller than all three of her friends. Katara was 5'5" and had an athletic/fit looking body. She wasn't skinny and she wasn't fat. She was average.

By this time, more students had come onto campus. Everybody seemed unsure about what they were wearing or how they looked. Some greeted each other like how Katara greeted her friends earlier, but most just kept to themselves and waited to find somebody they knew.

"Hey guys, we should probably start finding our classes now. I think the bell's gonna ring in a couple minutes," Mai said with a little concern.

"Yeah you're probably right. So.. see you guys at lunch?" Ty Lee started picking up her backpack.

"Mhm!"

"Sure."

"Definitely."

"It sucks how none of us have any classes together," Toph gloomily gave them all hugs and started to leave.

"Bye guys!" Katara waved and headed off to her class. Schedule in hand, she looked around to find building B, room 231. Everybody else was finding classes and nervously looking around for friendly looking people. She finally found the right building and was ready to go up the stairs, when-

"Oof! My fault, sorry." A taller girl with straight dark brown hair stood with the same expression on her face and a schedule in hand.

"Suki!" Katara happily jumped on Suki for a hug.

"Oh, it's you Katara! I didn't recognize you! You usually braid your hair."

"Yeah, but i'm starting to leave it down. I like it better that way." She gave a big smile at Suki.

Suki and Katara had been best friends ever since sixth grade, but starting in eighth grade, they stopped seeing each other at school because Katara hung out with different people. They were still best friends, nonetheless.

"That's cool. What classes do you have? I wanna know if we have the same classes." Suki reached for Katara's schedule. "No way! We both have math in B-231 first period!"

"Are you kidding?! Awesome!" Katara was delighted that she at least knew somebody in her class.

"Hey! Move it! Some people actually have to get through the halls here," a sharp and unfriendly voice cut through the two friends' conversation. It was Nikki Montio, and she was SCARY. Last year, in eighth grade, she hated Katara even though they've never met and spread rumors about her. She even made threats about Katara's health. She didn't do anything about it but Nikki suddenly stopped after a while for some reason. Katara guessed it had to do with her brother, Sokka. He was super protective."Oh, it's you. Disgusting bitch. Get out of the way." Nikki might have stopped the threats and rumors, but her attitude towards her was still the same.

Katara and Suki stepped aside silently and walked to the corner of the building without saying anything.They didn't want to start anything with Nikki, so they pretended it never happened and went on with their conversation. Just then, the bell rang, and all students started filing into the classes except for Suki and Katara. They started to frantically look for B-231 but couldn't find it.

"Yeah, I hope we get the easy math teacher. You know, the one that sometimes falls asleep at his chair when students are working?" Suki grinned at Katara, who thought about which teacher she was talking about. They walked faster.

"Oh yeah! I heard about him. What was it? Mr. Larkin?"

"That's the one. People say he gives a lot of extra credit too. Did you do any studying during the summer while i was visiting Japan?"

-silence-

Suki forgot about her unanswered question and waved her hand in front of her friend that just completely stopped in her tracks.

"Hello! Katara? Come on, we have to hurry."

"Oh my goodness. Suki." Katara grabbed Suki's wrist and stared straight in front of her, eyes wide. Like she was in a trance. Suki thought she forgot how to breathe.

"What?! Hot guy?! You forgot to breathe?!"

"Hot guy. Hotter than hot. Shit. And he's coming this way." Katara normally never said this kind of thing. It must be good.

Walking down the hall in the opposite direction was a guy with dark, raven hair that almost covered his golden eyes. He had baggy dark blue jeans- not too baggy!- and a nice shirt that fit him perfectly. He paid no attention to the two girls across the hall that were staring at him.

"Holy fuck. That guy is GORGEOUS!" Suki almost forgot about Sokka. "But not as good as Sokka," she quickly added, regardless if it was true or not.

Katara just stood there. Breath caught. The late bell rang, and she still was standing there. The boy didn't seem affected by the late bell either, because he just took his time.

Katara's POV:

He's getting so close! I hope I look okay. What if something's on my face? Katara quickly fixed her hair and clothing. Shit. He probably thinks I'm an idiot, just standing here looking for my class.

Suki's POV:

Oh dear, Katara's probably freaking out inside. Here she goes. Suki silently laughed at her panicky friend as she predicted Katara's next movements. First she combs her hair with her hands. Then she makes some hair frame her face. And then the hair on her right side has to be a little bit behind her ear. But on the left, it has to be in front of her shoulders in front of her ear. Why is she always like this on the first day of something? Suki looked from her friend to the mysterious boy passing by.

Boy's POV:

Why are they staring at me? Ugh, i hate it when girls do that. But it doesn't seem to bother me so much when this girl does it. whatever. what's wrong with me?

Back to normal:

Katara finished fixing herself up. At this time, Suki and Katara both forgot about class and just focused on what was happening. They tried to make their staring a little bit discreet, but Suki knew he realized they were both staring at him. She prayed Katara wouldn't do anything outrageously dumb.

The guy was about to pass by the both of them but paused. WIthout even looking at them, he smirked and continued to walk.

Both girls had their mouths wide open and stared at his back as he walked. Then he disappeared behind the corner.

Katara was suprisingly outraged by him.

"That asshole!" Katara fumed.

"What are you talking about?!" Suki was very confused. He didn't even say anything!

"I JUST WANNA RIP HIM TO THREADS UGHH HE MAKES ME SO MAD."

"...?"

"DIDN'T YOU SEE THE WAY HE SMIRKED? HE WAS SO ARROGANT!"

Suki had no idea why Katara was so mad.

So the whole time they walked to class, (not bothering to hurry because they were super late anyway) Katara was cursing about a certain raven haired fellow.

HEHE! So what did you guys think?

I had no idea how to make katara mad. Sorry, that part was a little bit sloppy. Give me ideas!

and i bet you guys can guess who this fellow is ;)

R&R!