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Title: The Maiden Girl: Numero Duos
I was enjoying the entire reception. Everyone was so happy. They were all enjoying the entertainment, the food, and each other. No fights had happened yet. Even with Toph there! Well, I guess that she felt better not wearing the dress that was picked out for her. That made one of us. Not that I didn't love my dress, it was just a little heavy. With the incredibly high heels that Zafirah forced upon me, it's rather amazing that I can even walk. Seriously, did I really need to wear 3 inch heels that no one would see? Oh well. I can't help that now.
I turned to Suki and starting talking to her. While I was listening to what she was saying, I slipped my shoes off. It felt so good, I almost moaned. But Suki had no idea what I was doing, so I suppressed the urge to do so. Zuko came and sat beside me, with two plates in his hands. He had gotten me food! How cute! He sat one down in front of me and started eating his. Suki saw, and excused herself to get some food.
The food was good, too. Zafirah did a good job finding the caterer. Not only did it have Fire Nation and Water Tribe foods, it also had Earth Kingdom foods, too. There weren't very many people who really knew the cuisine of the Air Nation, so Aang just had an all-you-can-eat salad buffet. I didn't know if he would find that offensive or not, but he seemed to enjoy it. He was either at Toph's side, or he was getting more salad.
Zafirah stood up after about 15 minutes of people eating. She was making her speech as my maid-of-honor. "I just want to tell you that these two people right here," she gestured to me and Zuko, "are perfectly perfect together. Even though I haven't known them as long as some of you have, I just know that there really couldn't be anyone else that would go well with one of these people than each other. Katara was really stressed out throughout the entire time, leading up to a few hours ago when she walked down the aisle. Well, maybe even then she was. But, I wouldn't have known. She just looked so beautiful, calm, and collected. For the little time that I have known her, she was always there to help anyone and everyone. Even if it was random strangers, she would be there. One time, she helped 15 elderly people across the road- one at a time. So, I know that during their marriage, she will always be helpful, and a great person."
I applauded with everyone else, and gave Zafirah a hug. "What?" She grumbled. "I just made it up off the top of my head. I forgot to make something up. I laughed lightly when she said that. Zuko pulled me in for a kiss as the best man started his speech. It was good, but I wasn't really listening. Though, I did catch the part when he said that Zuko was the kind of person to 'sneak into more than one situation that was impossible to get out of, and disappear like smoke.' That made me remember the time when he was supposed to get a fitting for his tux. He ended up in a tree outside of the palace. When I chuckled at the thought of it, Zuko looked at me with an eyebrow raised. I didn't say anything, just giggled some more.
It was time for Zuko and me to cut the cake. We stood up in the front of the room. When we caught sight of it, I gasped very loudly. Zafirah had not only outdone herself with the food, her speech, and all the reception stuff that she did. But this, this was absolutely beautiful. There were six tiers that were alternating blue and red. On the top was a blue and red yin and yang sign. Underneath it was a word. It seemed to be a combination of my name and Zuko's. 'Zutara' it read.
I just stood in awe; I didn't want to cut it. It seemed that Zuko was thinking the same thing that I was. Aang walked up closer to it and attempted to read it. Nothing but nonsense came out of his mouth. But, I shook myself and grabbed the knife. Fearlessly, I cut into the top tier and sliced two pieces. Zuko nicely fed me my piece, then, I shoved his in his face. He chocked on his own saliva, and then he laughed, and shoved the rest of mine into my face. We both laughed as we attempted to get the icing off of our faces.
Then, the dancing came. You know how the newlyweds are supposed to have a first dance? Yeah, we kinda both sucked at dancing, so we were screwed. But, Iroh had thought of that, and made us take dancing classes. We learned the first dance for both of our nations. Because we really didn't want either of the peoples to get mad, we found a way to incorporate both dances into one song. That was really hard, but we found a way to make it graceful. It was a little tricky, because of my dress. I mean, it wasn't huge or anything, but we had practiced with just our regular clothes on, so it was complex. The dipping was the hardest part.
We did end up dancing with our "parents." Since Zuko's mother was currently missing, he danced with Gran-gran. I danced with my dad. He was beaming the entire time. Then, Suki danced with Zuko whilst I danced with Sokka. It was a weird tradition that we had in the Water Tribe, to dance with one's siblings. Because we really didn't want to invite Azula just for one dance, Suki did it for her. She was close enough to a sister to any of us. After that, we didn't have anymore weird dances. It was just some random popular music playing while everyone who wanted to dance, however they danced, could go and danced. I was never still during the slow dances. Someone always wanted to dance with the bride. But, very rarely was it Zuko. He was being dragged off by any and every woman there. I thought I saw Sokka dance with him, too.
In the end, the wedding was a huge success. Sokka learned some horrible pick up lines from the random group of guys that he was talking with, and attempted to get Suki's attention with them. I knew already that Suki liked Sokka, but she did a really god job at not laughing completely in his face at them. Aang was always with Toph; but she managed to get rid of him. Iroh really enjoyed talking to Gran-gran. She did too. I think that they just liked talking with someone who was wise, like themselves.
Once all the guests left the hall, Zuko carried me to his room. And then, I can't tell you what happened next. It would ruin your pure little minds. But, I will tell you this, we woke up the next morning completely happy.
A/N: No, it's not over. I will write more. I just stopped there because I wanted to. And, THANK YOU AWESOMELICIOUSNES FOR THE AMAZING TITLE FOR THIS STORY! EVEN WITH THE SARCASM! XD
