If Zuko were here, Katara would be hanging on to his arm. But he isn't, Jet thinks with grim satisfaction and pulls the blue-eyed woman closer.

If Zuko were here, Katara would be kissing his lips. But she isn't, Jet thinks with elated glee and his tongue sweeps over her lips sensually.

If Zuko were here, Katara would be with him because that is how things were supposed to be.

But Zuko isn't here and Katara is with him and it makes Jet indescribably happy.

Not because he begrudges Zuko all the things he had and all the things he still has, but because Jet never had something so good in his entire life.

He has parents that don't give a damn, he has teachers that won't acknowledge his existance or the bruises on his body, he has no money, none of those fancy toys and no skills that make him stand out, that allow him to make his life better.

But he has Katara.

Katara, who believes that he can do anything; Katara, who sighs contently when he nuzzles her neck and brushes his lips against her jaw; Katara, who is the one thing Zuko never knew he had and who is now the best thing in Jet's life.

Because he's never ever had something that is so good and he knows that with Katara by his side, his life will be better.

He will be a better father than his father and Katara for sure will be a better mother than his mother and he won't allow any teacher to ignore his child. He will give it all that he can, will let his child have and take every chance to make it's life a tad better than the one he had when he grew up.

'If a guy is lucky enough to have something so good like you, he'd be stupid to let it go,' Jet thinks.