Put Your All Into It Chapter 2

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"Can I help you?" Jet said snidely, not bothering to keep the obvious hatred out of his voice.

Zuko glared. If looks could kill, Jet would have been died a thousand times over and then some. Then suddenly he smirked. "Yes. Yes, you can." His words echoed in the deathly silent lunchroom. "I want to know something, Jet."

"What could I possibly know that you'd want to know?" Jet's brown eyes hardened into a frightening stare. Stupid males and their pride and egotistical personalities, Katara thought as she rolled her eyes.

Zuko gave an empty laugh and stared as the smirk faded from his lips. He growled his next few words. Literally. "I want to know…"

Now:

   "…why you think it's completely okay for you…" Zuko took a deep breath to control himself. His next few words came out deathly calm and serious. Katara almost thought his glare could control the temperature or something because the room suddenly dropped ten degrees. "…and my girlfriend to date behind my back," He exploded and slammed his hand down on the tabletop. "And cheat on me and my best friend!"
   Jet's eyes widened. He was truly scared. It was almost as if the air in the cafeteria had been completely sucked out. There were a few gasps here and there, and some people were looking at Mai who was as red as a tomato. But otherwise everyone was in too much of a shock. Well except Sokka. He was about to get up and tell-scratch that-show Jet all the reasons why he should never cheat on a guy's little sister. Fortunately, Suki and Haru managed to hold him back.

   A small voice from the Gaang's table spoke up. "Is that true?" The whole lunchroom snapped their heads around to the source of the voice. "Is. It. True?" She asked more menacingly this time while raising her head up. Her gaze flicked to Zuko who briefly nodded and then it locked with Jet's. Toph put a comforting hand on Katara's shoulder and gave her a little push to stand up.

   Katara nodded. Every teen's eyes followed her as she stood up and strode to her boyfriend's lunch table. Stopping right in front of the brown-haired teen, she bent down and put her face right in his. "TELL ME JET!" She yelled. Zuko smirked when Jet visibly flinched.

   Jet frantically waved his hands in front of him. "No! No, of course not babe-"

   "Do NOT call me babe, Jet! I wanna know if you cheated on me...AGAIN! Cause if you did…I'm gonna have to do a lot of praying that I don't go to Hell for what I'll do to you!" A bunch of "oooh's" went around. Zuko tried not to laugh while watching his long-time crush tell off his long-time enemy. She was so feisty. Katara didn't take crap from anybody. She was strong but feminine nonetheless. She was the perfect balance between the two and that was something hard to find in a girl. 'And not to mention that she looks completely sexy when she's mad!' He thought with a sly grin. However, He was brought out of his thoughts when Jet spoke again.

   "I didn't, Tara! You hav-"

   "Don't call me Tara either! I don't even want to hear my name pass from those lips. Especially if they've been cheating on me with Mai!"

   Jet's eyes narrowed. "But I didn't cheat! Why would you believe him? Is he your boyfriend? No! I don't think so!"

   Katara scoffed. Her voice lowered to a harsh whisper so only the people close to them could hear. "First of all, I would of believed anyone if they had told me you cheated because you did it before. You told me you changed but obviously you haven't. And secondly, Zuko wouldn't lie to me. He's my best friend. Why would he make this up? I mean it's not like he has it any easier. His girlfriend cheated on him too."

   "I can't believe your taking his side. I knew you always liked him! I bet you guys cheated on us too!" Jet stood and stared at Katara. Oops, wrong thing to say.

   "Sweet Baby Jesus, Jet! Did you hear anything I just said?" The lunchroom watched; even the lunch monitors. It was getting good. Plus they knew there wouldn't be a fight because Jet wouldn't hit a girl. "I said I would have believed anyone! And Zuko is one of my best friends! I don't like him like that!" Zuko's eyes, or more accurately, his heart, flashed with hurt but no one seemed to notice. "You don't know how much I want to punch you right now! But I can't because you'd probably freaking sue me like the asshole you are!"

   Katara paused in her rant to cool down. All of a sudden, for reasons unknown to anyone else, she laughed. She gave a light, mirthful laugh. 'What the…?' Everyone was thinking. Then she did it again. And again. "HA! You just admitted it!" She pointed at Jet.

   "Admitted what?" Jet was completely lost at her sudden change of behavior.

   "You just admitted that you cheated on me!"

   "How? No I didn't. I didn't because I didn't cheat."

   "God, Jet. Sometimes I wonder how you're so damn stupid." Barely concealed snickers could be heard throughout the cafeteria. "I quote: 'I bet you guys cheated on us too!' The key word there is 'too' which everybody knows means also. You wouldn't have said 'too' if you hadn't done it yourselves." Two distinct slaps to the forehead could be heard in the room. One belonging to Jet, the other to Mai. Katara smirked as she turned around to face their audience. "So therefore, I bring this case to a close. The defendants have been found guilty." The lunchroom cheered for Zuko and Katara and laughed at Jet and Mai's expense. The lunch monitors hadn't done anything because they weren't to fond of the Goth and the football player either. They had caused trouble numerous times and were just a pain in the rear end.

   It didn't take a genius to know that much. Zuko stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, an approving smile on his face. An answering grin plastered itself on Katara's face.

   Katara was about to turn and walk away when Mai's usually bored tone spoke up with barely suppressed outrage. "You have no proof!"

   Katara whipped around, her beautiful chocolate locks following in what looked like slow motion. "Proof? Proof? You think I need proof? You just need to shut up cause cause everyone knows your slutty self has cheated on Zuko before. What's this? The fifth time?" She turned away again to see her friends smiling at her. "Just cut the crap, Mai and go sleep with your new boyfriend."

   "Ohhhh!" Toph yelled and was mimicked by several others.

   Finally, after what felt like ages of silence, Zuko finally spoke up. "Despite the fact that proof is most definitely not necessary at this point, I do in fact have some." He walked passed Katara to the Gaang's table. Picking up what seemed like several average sized posters that hadn't been noticed before, he invited Katara to stand next to him. Her eyes widened as he held up the first poster for all the teens in the lunchroom to see and everyone gasped. Right there, in perfect color, was a clear, enlarged photo of Mai and Jet at Toph's party a week before, making out in the bathroom, hands under each other's shirts.

   "Ty Lee went up to use the bathroom and saw you two in there." Zuko continued. "She took about five pictures and gave them to me three days ago." He held up the remaining four posters.

   Mai yelled in rage. "How could you, Ty Lee? We're supposed to be best friends!"

   Ty Lee just gave an empty laugh and smirked. "Yeah, and you're supposed to be Zuko's girlfriend, not Katara's boyfriend's whore." Everyone looked at her in surprise. Ty Lee never talked like that. She was usually all bubbly and upbeat. "What? I don't tolerate friends cheating on friends. Katara and Zuko are two of my good friends and they were backstabbed so I had to do something about it. And I never lie either. So don't think I'm taking back what I just said to you, Mai." There was a pause then everyone cheered and Haru gave his girlfriend a kiss on the cheek.

   When the cheering died down, everyone watched Jet and Mai stalk out of the cafeteria. Katara turned and wrapped her arms around Zuko's neck in a hug. He wrapped his arms around her waste and subtly breathed in her scent. 'Fresh roses and rain' he thought. Reluctantly they let go and sat down with their friends.
   "Well that was an interesting lunch." Sokka said and was met with some laughs.