(A/N Hey guys, I'm so excited for this story! It's my first for fanfiction. Just to tell you as far as updates go, I'm looking at 1 to 2 times a week. Maybe even 3 if homework is light. Oh, and even though this takes place before the North Pole, Zuko has his grown out hair, because I like it better that way. Anyways here is the next chapter to Our Song! )

Oh yeah… Disclaimer: I don't own A:TLA

I let out a gasp, just before I hit the water. What on earth is going on? I felt my heart rate increase after I didn't come up for a few seconds. Something was wrapped around my waist. It didn't take long to realize it was someone. If this was Aang or Sokka playing some stupid trick, I'm going to kill them.

We broke the surface and I took a deep breath. I struggled to look behind me to see who still had an arm around my waist. I turned around, and what I saw made my heart race even faster.

Behind me, holding my waist was Prince Zuko.

At first I didn't recognize him because his hair that was usually in his signature top knot, was now loose and it covered his golden eyes. But beneath the hair I saw the red of his scar, the scar that marked him the infamous banished prince.

We stared at each other for a moment before I said "What the heck do you think you are doing?" as I started to try to get away from his grasp, I even tried to use one of my water bending moves, but I was inexperienced, and he was stronger. But even then I might of escaped, but that was when we reached the rapids. Not. Good.

Just then I stopped struggling and grasped onto him tighter. This is the most embarrassing thing to say, especially since I was a water bender, but the truth is I can't swim very well. I can swim, but a person don't exactly go swimming every day in the South Pole. Just because I live there doesn't mean I'm immune to coldness!

And so when we hit those rapids, I clung to Zuko like my life depended on it, because it just might.

Just then we were swept under. Was I ever going to come back up? I sure hope Zuko is a good swimmer.

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This situation went from bad to worse. I had just saved this water tribe girl from death and she started to yell at me! But just before I could retort, she grabbed on to me in a bone crushing hug. At first I was surprised and confused, but then I saw what she saw. White water.

Wasn't she a water bender? I thought she would have loved to have me, her enemy surrounded completely in water, where she had the perfect advantage. I had little time to think before we got caught in the current.

I heard stories from the crew who got caught I situations like this, of course, I didn't pay much attention, but my uncle did and pestered me till I knew about the basics of what to do when you go overboard. I never would have thought I would use that information. I mean, Prince Zuko, falling overboard? Ridiculous. But here I was in a river because I saved a peasant no less.

I turned her over so her back was against my chest, then lay down so we were floating on our backs. Then I wraped my legs around her waist. Another thing I definently wasn't counting on doing this morning. I yelled to her, "Use you legs to push is off of the rocks!" And then I began to use my arms to steer us.

I sure hoped there was a calm in this river soon, because my strength was leaving me. We worked together to get past the rocks and it seemed as if we were doing it for hours. I'm not sure exactly how long we did this, but finally I felt the water's pull on us lessen and I pulled the exhausted water bender abound my back. She stopped using her legs to push of rocks a few minutes ago. I swam us both to a sandy shore and then dragged myself as well as her on the warm sand.

We lay together side by side just catching our breath, thankful for the heat of the sun and the sand. It was a pleasant change from the cold waters of the river. I soaked in the sun's energy, using it to help me heat myself.

Once I was satisfied, I sat up and looked at the girl. She was still lying there and was shivering. I let out a sigh of frustration and let out a quick "I'll be right back," before getting up and starting to look for firewood.

This isn't what was supposed to happen! I was supposed to capture the avatar and be on my way back home! I was supposed to free of this curse to roam the world chasing the avatar. Now it's all postponed because of that water tribe girl! What was her name anyway? Katara?

I grabbed a few pieces of dried wood and started heading back. She still lay there shivering but now I think she has fallen asleep. I drop the firewood and light it on fire. I went towards the girl and picked her up, placing her next to the fire. I wasn't going to let her die of a chill, after I had just risked my life to save her, intentionally or not. She was going to survive and then she was going to bring me to the Avatar.