I was gonna wait, but because of my best offline friend getting married this week, I am going through a wedding craze. So, without further ado, here's "The Wedding"! (I can't come up with a clever title...)

I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. It belongs to Nickelodeon.

'I have never been so stressed in my life.' Mai thought. It was a week before hers and Zuko's wedding, and her maid of honor, Ty Lee, was helping her into her wedding kimono.

"Did you get the bridesmaids' kimonos?" She asked as emotionlessly as she could.

Ty Lee smiled. "Of course! I also got the bouquets, sent all of the invitations, and prepared your bridal shower and your bachelorette party."

"Is a bachelorette party really necessary?" Mai sighed. "I'm not sad I'm no longer going to be single."

"Yes, it's necessary, 'cause it's fun!" Ty Lee pulled Mai's veil over her face. "If it makes you feel better, I'll have Katara and Suki plan it."

"Somehow, that doesn't make me feel better." Mai admitted.

XX

Sokka walked, smiling, to Zuko's throne room. "Good morning, your majesty!" He greeted.

Zuko smiled at his Water Tribe friend and best man. "Good morning to you, too." He walked over to him.

"Did you make the reservations for Ember Island, yet?"

"Yep!" Sokka smiled. "You'll leave on the ship right after your reception. So, I'm guessing you booked the wedding hall?"

Indeed, I have!" Zuko nodded and smiled. "I went over it with Mai, and she wants to have the wedding and the reception here in the palace courtyard!"

"Well, you guys do have a nice courtyard."

"I know." Zuko replied. "Thanks. So...give me one last chance to back out of the bachelor party?"

Sokka shook his head. "Nope! Sorry, but this is one wedding tradition we're not gonna miss!"

Zuko groaned quietly. "Fine. Make sure you pick up the tuxes and corsages for the bridesmaids- I mean groomsmen, and that my father and my mother gets here safely."

Sokka was confused about the 'father' part, then remembered that Iroh adopted Zuko the previous year. "Got it. You can count on me, Zuko. This will be a wedding you'll never forget!"

'That's what I'm afraid of...' Zuko thought.

"So, Aang, Haru, Teo, and I will pick you up tonight on Appa." Sokka said "Then we're gonna have the best fun ever. We're gonna party til we're purple! And the best part: STRIPPERS!"

Zuko stared at Sokka in horror and started shaking his head. "Oh, no, no, no! Mai would kill me!"

"Well, you don't have to look at them, then..."

Zuko sighed. "Anything else?"

"Actually, no." Sokka replied. "I'm gonna stay focused on the wedding and the bachelor party!" He turned to walk away, but slams into a pillar. He staggers and walks out of the room. "Focus...!" Zuko heard a distant thud. Zuko groaned, rubbed his forehead and went back to his throne. A few minutes later, Ty Lee walked in and bowed.

"My Lord." Ty Lee greeted.

"Hello, Ty Lee. How's Mai doing?"

"Oh, you know Mai." Ty Lee shrugged. "She tries not to show it, but I can tell she's nervous."

"Well,m she's not alone." Zuko shrugged. "Listen...will you please keep an eye on Sokka? I know he means well, but he could mess something up, you know?"

"Of course, I will." Ty Lee replied. "Make sure Haru doesn't make out with any girls tonight."

Zuko chuckled. "Deal."

XX

A few hours later, Mai met Zuko for a picnic lunch by the turtleduck pond.

"There's my favorite shuriken expert." Zuko smiled. Mai smiled back and kissed him. "So...one week."

"I know." Mai sighed happily. "We'll be together forever."

"Yeah." Zuko took out a dish and started eating. He swallowed and hesitated. "You can xstill back out, you know."

"I know." Mai replied. "If I really didn't want to marry you, and if I wasn't sure if I'm ready yet...I would've said no when you proposed."

Zuko smiled lovingly and caressed Mai's cheek. "I love you, Mai."

Mai closed her eyes. Those three words were still hard for her to say for some reason. She swallowed. "Me too....you."

Zuko just sighed and kept smiling. They ate before Mai broke the silence. "Have you told Ozai and your sister yet?"

"Oh, the Gruesome Twosome?" Zuko asked;. "No way I have no relationship- with them, so why should ?"

Mai shrugged. "I don't know. Katara brought it up the other day, and I guess it rubbed off on me."

"I'm not gonna take the chance of telling them, and they escape from prison and crash the wedding." Zuko decided. "Maybe I'll tell them when we get back from our honeymoon."

Mai nodded in agreement. "Whatever."

They both continued eating their lunch, and dreading the parties their friends have planned for them.

Before anyone asks, Ozai and Azula are not gonna be in this fanfic.