Chapter 1

Night finally fell upon the summery skies above the tea shop. So much had changed. The group felt greatly relieved that the war was over, but slightly saddened. This ment that they would definitely be spending less time together. Toph had been getting letters from her parents almost every day, begging her to return home. At about the 50th letter, she gave in and is now choosing the best time to make her journey home. Suki was getting more and more homesick by minute, and Sokka couldn't stand to be with out her. Once Suki brought up returning to Kyoshi Island once, he immediately offered to come along. Zuko had his duties at his nation to take care of. Many of the tasks far too great for one man, especially one of Zuko's age, and one new to the throne. Each nation was severely damaged, especially the Earth Kingdom, which would take tons of money to rebuild. Aang wanted to help as much as he could with this, and had tributes to the rebuilding of the Earth Nation put up all around Ba Sing Se. Katara was planning to go visit her home to help her new grandfather rebuild the Southern Water Tribe. Iroh had a tea shop to maintaine, which was very busy now that the war was over. And Mai, was just happy to be living with her boyfriend other than her family, who bored her so much it drove her insane.

"Okay Boomerang Squad, even though in a couple days we will be going our separate ways, we all have to promise right now to keep in touch." Sokka propped an eyebrow and examined the room to make sure everyone was paying attention.

"I'll do anything you say if you promise to stop calling us Boomerang Squad." Toph said looking in the opposite direction of Sokka.

He ignored Toph's remark," Zuko, everyday when you take a break from rebuilding the Fire Nation , you have to write to me. I'm going to Kyoshi, where all there is is girls who talk about hair and makeup and what ever it is girls talk about." He mindlessly waved his hand in dismissal of the topic.

"I thought you would be happy going to an island full of girls." Suki said with a laugh, crossing her arms.

"Not girls that could beat him up." Katara teased. Everybody laughed, and Mai let out one of her rare chuckles.

"Hey, I've gotten better at my fighting skills since the last time we visited Kyoshi." Sokka shook his head, changing the subject," Anyway, back to what I was saying. Aang, since you're pretty much staying here in Ba Sing Se.." He trailed off, scanning the room nervously.

"What is it?" Aang asked, confused. Sokka continued to watch everybody, and his face turned red.

"Well, a while ago when we were here looking for Appa," Sokka saw Aang cringe slightly of the memory," I kind of accidentally stumbled into a haiku off-" He was interrupted by Toph busting into laughter. He cleared his throat,"And I kind of used one too many syllables and the gaurds threw me out. Since, they obviously didn't know who I was." Sokka said straigtening up a bit.

"And.." Aang waited for Sokka to continue.

"I was wondering if you could go show them who's boss, avatar style..?" He asked weakly, hoping nobody would hear. The group laughed again.

"Sure." Aang said sarcastically, still laughing.

"And Toph, just ask Hawky to transfer the message in Hawky language, okay?" Sokka asked with his goofy grin, that nobody had the heart to say no to.

She sighed," Whatever." Toph crossed her legs and leaned back in her chair. Sokka's smile grew larger with Toph's agreement. He turned to face the kitchen Iroh was working in.

"Iroh, you can't forget to write, either. And could you send the ingrediants to your tea too?" He asked hopefully.

"We'll see." Iroh chuckled. Sokka turned to Katara,"You definately have to write, or I will never forgive you. Ever. Understand?" He shot Katara a serious look.

She smiled,"Don't worry, I will." Sokka stood there, awkwardly. He was basically done with his speech.

"Ok, erm.. Well.. Uhm.. Good work.. Dismissed." He nodded as if he knew what he was doing, and went back to sitting by Suki. Sokka felt slightly guilty for not saying anything to Mai, but he knew if he put her in that awkward position, she would most likely kill him. Everybody else knew and loved him too much to even hurt him with words.

Suki noticed Sokka's expression,"You okay?" He hesitated,"Oh, yeah. Sorry." Suki smiled slightly as he put her arm around her.

Zuko turned to Mai. He watched her pick at her nails, and eventually spoke up, "So, uhm.." He searched for the right words to say," Since I don't have much to do tonight.. Do you want to.. I don't know.. Get something to eat , maybe..?"

Mai looked up at him and blinked, "Sure." She gave him a small smile, and rested against him. He hugged her from behind and gently kissed her neck. Toph groaned and went to the kitchen to get away from the couples. Katara shot her head down, but her eyes remained on Aang. Every now and then, he would glance at her and smile. She waited for this to happen again, and eventually it did. The two locked eyes, and for a long time didn't speak.

"Want to go outside?" Aang asked in a whisper. Katara smiled and nodded. He took her by the hand and walked her to the balcony. The other couples watched, not really caring. All of them now knew of the relationship between Aang and Katara. The new couple arrived outside, where the stars shined overhead. Katara closed her eyes, and let the wind breeze through her hair. Aang watched, and a slight blush crept up his face. He smiled at his new girlfriend, and turned his head to the sleeping city below them. Weeks ago, this had been the very spot they had both admitted their love for eachother. Katara tightened her grip of Aang's hand, and he turned to see she was blushing, too. They both slowly leaned into the other, until their lips met. Aang could feel Katara's smile against him, and he smiled too.

They stayed like this for a while, thinking of the previous memories they had shared, and the many, many new ones that would follow.

Thanks for reading ;) Chapter 2 should be up soon.