Chapter 2

I quickly dodged out of the way, as my daughter Paxton flew over me. Yeah, Paxton was the name of my 5 year old. Paxton Gabriella Sozin. And yes, she took my last name.

You would've thought that her name would be something dealing with Zuko or Katara, but I wanted something that wasn't as common. But then again, Katara wanted that name, and I just agreed to it.

"Daddy, I want to get on top of your shoulders," she said with a big smile from ear to ear. "Please."

"Now right now, Pax," I said, kissing her cheek.

I sighed. Having a child is very hard on you. You have to take time with them and help them with things. I'm not mad that Katara and I brought Paxton into the world. I mean, I love Paxton, but now as a 23 year old non-married guy with a 22 year old girlfriend, it's kind of something I regret. I wish that I would've thought before doing something I shouldn't have done.

Paxton started to jump on the couch. "Paxton…" I started.

Katara walked into the family room. "Your father is being difficult, Pax. I just called Chen to see if they would come over. He should be here in a couple minutes."

Paxton jumped on top of my leg and bounced. Chen was my best friend, Jet, adoptive son. He was Paxton's "play date" I guess you could say. She loved playing with him. Even though Chen was six, he still liked playing with my five year old.

"And, some of my friends are coming over today, Zuko," Katara said to me, raising her eyebrow.

"How many exactly?" I asked, looking at her.

"A few."

I grunted, trying to find something on TV good to watch. I stopped once the basketball game plopped onto the screen.

"Mommy, Daddy," Paxton said.

"Paxton?" I said annoyed.

"I want another brother or sister."

Katara and I both looked at each other then at Paxton. What in the world made her think of that?

"Why do you want another sibling, Pax?" I asked after a long silence.

Paxton shrugged, "I want one. I want one really badly. Everyone in school has a brother or sister. If I had a younger sibling, then we could play together all day! Please, please, please, please, Daddy? Please, please, please?"

"Pax, having a baby is more…complicated than you think," Katara muttered to Paxton as she bounced on the couch. "And having a baby around is a lot of work, too. Your father and I weren't even thinking about having another kid soon."

"I don't care if it is a boy! I just want another sibling," Katara and I exchanged glances.

I looked over at Katara, who shrugged guiltily. "We'll think about it honey."

Paxton paused before she spoke again, "So, where are you going to get it at? Please tell me you guys are going to get it at the Toys Department, because that would be so cool if I got to pick it out!"

I raised my eyebrows and sighed. "Uh, Pax, babies don't come from stores."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Katara shift uncomfortably on the couch. I guess she was thinking the same thing as me. When was this topic going to change?

"You make them with daddy?" she asked brightly.

"Who told you that daddy and I make babies?" Katara asked, trying to make the topic a laughing matter.

Paxton turned from the TV to look at us, "Uncle Jet and Uncle Aang were talking about it the other day. Jet said something about screwing some girl. What does screwing mean? Is it some kind of tool?"

Just to let you know, "Uncle" Jet and "Uncle" Aang is my best friend's from high school. They are not related to us at all.

I frowned. Jet and Aang were trying to mess my little girls mind already at age five. I was going to have to have a little chat with them once they got here.

On the other hand, Katara was taking this to a whole different level. She was angry.

The doorbell rang. I looked out the window and saw Jet's truck out the window. He was holding Chen's hand.

Paxton ran up and opened the door and hugged Jet, "Hi Chen and Uncle Jet."

Jet picked up Paxton and hugged her. Chen grabbed Paxton's hand and squeezed it softly.

"Pax, why don't you and Chen play in your room?" Katara said to Paxton, running her hand through her hair.

"Ok." Paxton took Chen's hand and they went running towards the play room.

We both turned to look at Jet.

"What's up with you guys?" he asked, sitting down on the couch.

"What's up? What's up with you? You're telling my daughter about you screwing someone?" Katara said angrily.

"You PMS-ing?" Jet looked confused.

"Shut up, Jet! Pax told us that you were talking with Aang about screwing some girl. Why were you telling her this?"

"She came into the conversation, Katara," Jet said innocently, "and it was Aang talking about the girl. Besides, what was I supposed to do, stop talking?"

"I doubt if it was Aang, Jet," Katara said, putting her hand on her hips. "And yes, you were supposed to stop."

"Sorry," Jet stated.

The doorbell rang again. I opened it and saw my good friend, the Blind Bandit: Toph.

"So, what's up with you?" Toph said to Katara.

Katara and I told her what had happened.

"Wow, Jet, that's one way to teach a kid," Toph said sarcastically.

"It wasn't my fault," Jet said defensively. "Paxton shouldn't have come in on the conversation."

The doorbell rang and another person came inside. It was Suki.

"Ok, we're going to be getting ready for the baby shower," Katara said to us, but mainly the girls.

"Whoa, what baby shower are we talking about?" I asked cautiously.

Katara frowned at me. "Not we, Zuko. You have nothing to do with this. I'll meet you girls in the kitchen."

All of the girls went into the kitchen, hesitantly, waiting to see what was going to happen. They went into the kitchen after I didn't say anything.

I smiled and kissed her on her lips softly. "I don't remember you telling me anything like that, Katara. I think I was too caught up with you last night to even think about anything but you."

I heard Jet make an ooh noise. He smiled and gave me a knuckle bump, which Katara frowned on.

"Well," Katara said softly, wrapping her arms around my neck, "If you would've been listening, then maybe you would've known about it."

And with that she trudged off into the kitchen.