Chapter 2 - Talk
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Aang 13 - Katara 14 - Ty lee 14
The weeks Katara spent on the ship to the southern water tribe were lonely but, she knew she needed to tell someone, anyone. When the ship made a quick stop at Kyoshi Island she left the ship to talk to Suki. To her surprise Suki was nowhere to be found, apparently, she was spending the weekend at the southern water tribe with Sokka. She knew exactly what was going on, Sokka had written to her talking about how he was making a carved necklace for her, he said that the next time he saw her he would show it to her and she would give her opinion. The thought of having a sister gave Katara joy.
Waiting for her at the docks was Ty Lee, Katara had sent word that she would be coming. Ty Lee waved at Katara, she was out of her Kyoshi warrior outfit and in her bright pink two-piece.
Katara hesitantly walked over to her, remembering all the times Ty Lee had tried to kill her, but something was different now, Ty Lee was more vibrant and bouncy than when she was with Azula, this gave Katara hope that she had changed for the better.
Ty Lee showed Katara to where she would be staying for the few days she was there and then offered if she would like to have tea with her, Katara accepted.
The tea Katara guessed was a recipe of Iroh's, it was fantastic until Katara remembered the night at Iroh's tea shop, she couldn't hold it in anymore, she burst out crying her eyes instantly filling with water, Ty Lee looked as though she had been waiting for this moment to happen, she wasn't disappointed nor was amused, she looked at her with sympathy and emotion. Katara calmed down as much as could and felt as if she needed to tell Ty lee everything 'I hurt him so much and he doesn't even know why' Ty Lee smiled 'and why did you leave him' Katara looked from her hands to Ty Lee 'I felt trapped, that I wasn't doing what I was supposed to, that eventually hate him and I just I just couldn't do that to him' Ty Lee came in for a hug, I didn't push her away, I knew I needed this. She released me and held me by the shoulders, ' Katara you did the right thing and if he doesn't understand that it's not your problem, you've done everything for everyone else, but now it's your turn to do something for you.' my spirits lifted and I smiled 'do things how you want for a while and find out what you want to do and he'll eventually see that this is better for both of you.' I sighed 'but who is going to protect him and what am I going to do when I get to the southern water tribe' 'Katara he thought that you and him would be together forever and he didn't realize there were any problems because you tried to protect him from them, so, for now, he has to learn to protect himself and you have to let him do that on his own.' I nodded in slight agreement, did I make things worse by waiting, it seems Ty Lee was reading my expression and continued 'yes, but it's not just your fault, we all noticed that you changed, changed into 'his' perfect girl and we should've said something but you and he were happy or at least he was and as to the fact of what your going to tell everyone the truth they'll understand and it's about time you started being truthful to everyone and YOURSELF' she looked me, stern and yet comforting I understood and was immediately relieved. We got up and started to head out of her little shack near the beach, but before I left, I said 'thank you, it really helped me a lot.' 'your welcome Katara'.
For the remainder of the time I spent at Kyoshi island, I was either resting and thinking about what I was going to do when I got home or visiting Ty lee, over the course of three days we had become extremely close and decided that we would keep in contact while I was traveling.