Therapy Session

Ch.2

"Ok." I mumbled. She smiled and headed back into the room. I followed her in and she closed the door.

"Take a seat anywhere." I walked towards the brown leather couch. I looked around her office. It was quite stylish, and clean. Uncle would like her. I watched as she took a seat at her desk.

"I'm so sorry. I just need to finish up some paper work here. I didn't expect you so early." She laughed.

"It's fine. Take your time." I smiled at her. She is so beautiful but I really can't get involved in that. She's my therapist after all. I sat back on the seat and watched her. I watched as she neatly signed papers and put them in folders. How she crossed her legs so politely. When she slipped her slim glasses on and off to get a better view of the writing. It was all done so gracefully. She looked up at me but I couldn't look away fast enough. She caught me. I didn't notice until then that I was on the edge of my seat about to fall off, but I caught my self and slid back.

"Ok." She breathed. She got up and took a seat in front of me with two water bottles in hand. She gave me one and took a sip of hers. Again I couldn't help but stare.

"So, Zuko, how can I help you?" I put the bottle down and began.

"I've had a rough childhood and feel like crap basically." I looked up at her. "This isn't going to be one of those 'And how does that make you feel?' things, is it?" She laughed at the comment. What a sweet laugh.

"No." She smiled. "So why don't we get to know each other a little better. Like, what do you do for a living?"

"I work at Amai. You know the flower shop downtown." She tapped her finger against her cheek thinking.

"Oh yes. I've heard of it. So you're a florist…interesting."

"Yeah I know it's weird but actually I used to plant gardens with my mother all the time."

"Used to?" She asked. I could tell she was getting a conversation about me started. Wow. See's really good at being a therapist.

"Yeah well my mother just…disappeared. I used to ask my father almost every day when she was coming back for me. He never answered. He just got pissed because I was annoying him. I tried to run away one time to look for her but he caught me before I went out the door and I was severely punished." I reached up to touch my scar. "I can't really say how it happened. I just remember waking up in the hospital. I knew he didn't just burn me because I tried to run away, it was because he hated me. He hated me because of what I turned out to be. He loves my sister more. No, he only loves my sister. She's like his 'mini me' or something. I hate them both. My uncle's not like that though. I wish he was my father. He took me under his wing as a boy. He lost his son, my cousin Lu Ten, in the war. I guess you could say I'm a replacement."

"Tell me more about your uncle."

"Well he's old. He's getting very sick. It worries me. I don't want to have to think about his…you know…death, but what'll happen to me after that? That's what scares me the most."

"That's just it. You focus so much about he negative in life you never look at what's happening right now. Your uncle's still alive isn't he? Why don't you focus on that now?"

"I guess your right."

After telling her about my screwed up family and being all emotional we decided to cut our first session short. I wasn't really in the mood to talk about my family. I'm never really in the mood to talk about them. Besides, one of her clients called in for an emergency meeting. I should probably get home to uncle anyway.

0.o 0.o 0.o

When I got home, I couldn't help but brag to uncle about Katara.

"Sounds like you had a good time nephew." I smiled. I actually did. And despite the fact I got to spend my afternoon with her, I really got a lot of my chest. I guess uncle was right. Keeping all that in isn't good. I really needed that talk with her. I felt so good letting it out, too. I trusted Katara with my feelings.

"I think I want to meet this girl who makes you blush so." I looked up embarrassed. I was blushing? Uncle laughed at me. He laughed a little too hard, he started coughing wildly. I patted his back for help but it wasn't doing much. I ran in his room to get his mini breathing mask and brought it out to him. He slowly started breathing in the air from the mask and calmed down.

"Don't scare me like that uncle." I said rubbing his back.

"Hey, I didn't do it on purpose." He joked clearing his throat. I sent him to his bed for an afternoon nap with a cup of his favorite tea. I cleaned up with slightly messy room and rearranged the flowers I brought him and left his sleeping form.

0.o 0.o 0.o

"Welcome back." Katara smiled at me as I entered her office. It was Tuesday, my next appointment with my therapist.

"So how's your uncle doing?" She asked sweetly.

"Not so good. He's had some breathing problems the past couple of days." I said as I sat on the couch. "You should meet him. He's a really great guy. I bet you'd love him." She smiled.

"So…" I started. "You know so much about me already. Why don't tell me a little about yourself." I said with a smug look on my face and putting my arm on the back of the couch. She came over and sat next to me.

"Well, if it would make you more comfortable." She laughed. "Well I'm a therapist and I love what I do. I call it my…calling, in life. Every since my mother died I've wanted to help people with emotional problems like family lose. Uh, my dad, he's retired from the navy. He wasn't in my life a lot. I have a good relationship with him and all but we're not as close as my brother and I. He practically took it upon him self to raise me as a kid. He wanted to join the navy like my dad but knew he had to take care of me. We stayed with my grandmother but she passed not to long ago. It's hard losing someone else but we're working it out family wise. I don't have much left actually." She tried to give me a smile but I could tell she was down. It's hard to handle losing someone. I felt bad. I bitch on about my crap I don't realize some people have it worse.

"I'm really sorry." She laughed.

"Enough about me. This is your time. So what's on your mind?"

"Nothing really." I wanted to confess I only made another appointment to see her but it was a struggle to say. "I uh wanted to see you again, is all." I blushed wildly. Zuko you're taking this a little to fast don't you think?

"That's nice to here, I guess." Is it me or does this room smell like…awkward!

"You look pretty today." I said. WHAT! I meant to think that not say it out loud! "ZUKO!" I harshly whispered to my self.

"Uh, thank you." She chuckled nervously. Now what genius? So I decided to end the session short with our lack of conversation. I walked out of the room closing the door behind me and walked into that creepy girl from the other day.

"You're back!" She yelled.

"Uh yeah I'm back." I tried to walk past her but she didn't let me go.

"When are you going to see Aunt Wu?"

"Who is this Wu lady you keep talking about?" Yeah I was getting pissed. I have no patience.

"Come on you'll see." She grabbed my arm and tugged my down the hall way to room 202. Aunt Wu, was apparently some psycho fortune teller who can give you detail's about your love life and crap. I walked in to the smell of candle's and old lady. And sure enough there was an old lady lighting candle's.

"Hello young man." She grinned. "You want your fortune read don't you?"

"No thank you." I smiled and yanked my arm from the young one's grasp. "I was just in the building, talking to Katara." The old women moaned.

"Ugh. Something is truly wrong with that girl. She comes in here all the time for stupid reasons. One time she asked me what she should have for breakfast!" She said walking over to me. There was a knock on the door and the little girl answered it.

"Speak of the devil." Aunt Wu said under her breathe. The little girl whispered 'floozy' but I caught it.

"Hey." I frowned at her but she ignored me. What's wrong with these people, bunch a weirdo's…

PLEASE DISREGAURED THE CRAPYNESS OF THIS CHAPTER! THANK YOU! Yeah I didn't like this one at all. But PLEASE don't worry they get a lot better. I just wanted to get this 'learning about Zuko and Katara crap' out of the way. I'm just really excited about the next few chapters is all. So please don't stop reading because of such a stupid chapter. I just really didn't feel like rewriting it and I didn't want to make it short even through this chapter is shorter then the usual length I make them so…yeah. Sorry :/