Hey everyone, i decided that i would put out a special short Holiday Fic for Halloween. If everyone likes it, i will put out more for the rest of the holidays, either near the holiday or just whenever i can. So, read, review telling me what you think...
Katara sighed happily as she pulled the bowl of candy onto her lap, a warm blue blanket wrapped around her legs. Fortunately for Katara, PMS and Halloween happened to be at the same time so she had an excuse to eat a bunch of chocolate. Being in her mid twenties, Katara still had her young figure, but she worried that all the chocolate she was about to eat would make her gain 100 pounds. She pushed those thoughts in the back of her head as she smiled at the Snickers she pulled out of the bowl. The greatest thing for Katara on Halloween was that where she lived, no one came to trick or treat past 8 pm since all the good candy and parties were on the other side of town. The door opened and she heard the little pitter patter of boots come running through the house. "Mom!" A voice cried. A little boy came around the corner with a Fire Fighter's costume on. His hat was red, his jacket yellow and his belt, pants and boots were black. She could see his stormy eyes below his hat. "Demi and I got so much candy!" He jumped up on couch and sat down by her as a brown haired little girl in a pink princess dress came in.
"Aunt Katara!" The girl cried out and came over with her sack of candy.
She kissed the boy on the top of his head, "Hi Demi where Sokka and Uncle?" Sokka and Aang came into the room, both with giant smiles on their faces. "Sokka…Aang…what did you two do?"
"Dad and Uncle Aang egged somebody's house," Demi told Katara, who then gave both of the guys a look while they laughed.
"Whose house did you two egg?"
Sokka scratched the back of his neck, "You can't get mad at us if we tell you."
"No promises."
"It was Jet's," Aang confessed. Sokka hit him on the shoulder, "What? You know exactly how she gets when we lie to her."
Katara pinched the bridge of her nose, "Why did you two egg Jet's house?"
"Do you really need a reason?" Sokka joked. "He is, Demi cover your ears, a dick." He went over to the couch, sat down and pulled Demi into his lap. "Maybe he shouldn't have told everyone in our graduating class that he hit that."
"Mom, what does 'hit that' mean?" Tenzin asked Katara.
"Nothing honey, Sokka, would you not like to say those kinds of things in front of my son?" Katara said through her teeth. He waved it off as Demi went through her bag of candy. "Tenzin, do you want to show me what kind of candy you got?" He nodded and poured the contents of his bag onto his mother's lap. He really had received a lot of candy. Katara was looking forward sneaking eating a piece or two. She picked up a box of raisins out of the pile. "Someone gave you raisins? Who would give kids raisins on Halloween?" Tenzin shrugged and continued moving through his candy.
"Look Mom! I got a Milky Way bar!" He showed her. "I want you to have it!" Katara smiled as he handed her the candy bar.
"Thank you honey," She kissed him on the forehead. "Now, go with Dad and get ready for bed while I put your candy away." He nodded and hopped off the bed and ran to Aang. Katara giggled as he ran, since he was little, he waddled a little when he ran. Aang threw him up in the air and caught him making Tenzin laugh. Katara put the candy that was in her lap back into Tenzin's bag. "So how is Yue Sokka?"
He shrugged, "I don't know, her and Suki are out partying, I got stuck with taking Demi out."
"Dad, I'm right here." Demi pouted.
He helped put her candy back, "You know I'm just kidding honey, you're one of the most important girls in my life. I just wish 'Mommy' would stop going out to party."
"Sokka, she's 27. 30 is coming up soon and she is getting out of her system," Katara told him. She got up from the couch and stretched.
Sokka got up from the couch, holding Demi with one arm and her candy bag in the other. "Well what about you? You're her age but you don't go out and party, you're there for Tenzin every moment he needs you." Katara picked up the rest of the candy and brought it to the kitchen, Sokka in tow.
"You know why Sokka, I've always been the grown up one in the family. After Mom and Dad divorced, I had to do all the stuff at home, so I had to grow up. Then when I met Aang…it was just…easy. Even if Tenzin wasn't planned, I was so happy the day he was born. Don't you remember when Demi was born?" Katara asked as she put the candy up on the fridge.
He nodded, "Of course, it was the one of the greatest days in my life, isn't that right Demi?" She smiled. "I just wish that Yue would at least try to show how much she cared for her. Demi, don't repeat any of this to your mom okay?" Demi nodded. "Here," He set her down and handed her a piece of candy. "I'll let you have this one piece of candy if you go to the car and buckle yourself in."
"Thank you dad!" She hugged him around the neck and ran outside.
"Sokka! You can't possibly think that a 5 year old can buckle herself in," Katara put a hand on her waist.
"She's done it before Katara, she's crazy smart," Sokka told her, "Anyways, I think Yue really didn't want to even have Demi."
"Of course she didn't Sokka," Katara said, "But she needs to learn what happens when you two have unprotected sex."
Sokka sighed, "Yeah yeah, but she needs to at least put an effort into showing our daughter some love. I swear last week, Yue didn't even seem to notice that Demi was home."
"Have you talked to Yue about this?" Sokka shook his head, "That's what you have to do Sokka, tell Yue that she needs to grow up, that having a daughter mean something now, it's been 5 years, she needs to grow up and be a parent at some time."
"Okay, thanks sis, you always know what to say," He gave her a hug. "Sometimes I think you're the older sibling."
Katara smiled, "Sometimes it seems that way. I'll see you tomorrow Sokka, we'll do breakfast with the family."
"'Kay, I'll see you tomorrow, tell Aang I said bye," Sokka told her as he left the house. Katara took the candy bar that Tenzin had given her and took a bite out of it. She smiled blissfully at the taste of caramel that flooded her taste buds.
"You know if you keep eating candy, you won't be able to sleep tonight," Aang said, coming into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"I've only had a little bit of candy," Katara replied through a mouth full of chocolate. He smiled and gave her a kiss.
"You're as beautiful as the first day I met you Katara," Aang breathed, "Every time I look at Tenzin, I see your face in his."
She swallowed her bite, "I beg to differ honey, he looks just like you. But thank you for the complement."
He gave her another kiss, "Your in him too, you just got to look."
"So is this your explanation for why you egged my ex's house?" Katara questioned, "Because I'm just hearing a bunch of you kissing my ass."
He laughed, "You see right through me huh? I egged his house because I don't like him tarnishing your name Katara. I like to be known as the only guy you have been intimate with."
"So you just now decided to egg his house?" She asked.
"It was a case of wrong place, wrong time…and we had eggs," Aang gave her a goofy smile.
Katara tried to fight it, but she couldn't help but give into him, "Damn it, you know I can't stay mad at you when you do that."
"It's because you looooooooove me," He playfully told her.
She huffed, "Yeah, now, let's get ready for bed. I want to check on Tenzin before it gets too late."
"Why do you want to check on him Katara? You know he sleeps well through the night," Aang said.
Katara started to walk out of the kitchen and turned her head, "Because I want to make sure that he doesn't walk in while I'm giving you a special present tonight."
His eyes went wide, "Let's go then!" He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, running back towards their bedroom.
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