Authors Note: Officially edited. Not sure how long much I can change these up, but I'm trying my best.
Disclaimer: Super unnecessary, but I don't want to get sued sooo I don't own atla.
Chapter four: Shock
As Aang began pacing the room muttering things Katara couldn't make out. He had sent for the gaang already and was ignoring almost all of Katara's questions. What was he supposed to do? How would he tell her? 'Oh hey Katara, I let you get a concussion so you lost memory of us defeating the Firelord and a bunch of other stuff. Oh and Zuko's good now. But now there's also new people who want me killed. And did I mention I'm your boyfriend? Yeah for about a year now so we sleep in the same bed and everything. In fact, this our room we've been staying in above Zuko's uncle's tea shop!'
He didn't want to leave Katara in dark but he was at a loss for words. He wasn't at all sure how to go about easing her into this, there was SO much that happened. So many moments they shared and secrets they told and issues that arose and were solved. But Katara was getting frustrated, especially since Aang wouldn't let her leave the bed, let alone the room.
"Aang what room is this?"
"Aang where is everyone?"
"Aang what happened to me?"
"Aang let me go!"
"Aang are you ok?"
"Aang you have hair?"
"Aang when'd you get so tall?"
"Aang when'd you wake up?"
"AANG ANSWER ME!" She finally yelled losing her patience and causing a severe headache to come on. Aang walked over to her bed and sat down.
"Please Katara, just relax and lay down," He told her, kissing her instinctually on the forehead. It was habit and it'd take forever to break out of it. It had been about a year since they began going out after all. Despite Katara's initial disapproval of this, it did put her at ease before she remembered it wasn't something he and her did.
"Aang I told you I'm-" she began, but Aang cut across her.
"Right, I've got to stop doing that. But please calm down and just rest until the other get here." He murmured. Aang's gentleness was so comforting and Katara found her eyes welling up with tears. Aang wiped the tears that kept falling down her face, and that made Katara cry more. She missed him, even though he'd seemed to have changed a bit. His voice was a lot deeper than Katara remembered.
Just then Sokka, Toph, Suki, Zuko, and the two healers came in.
"Katara!" Sokka yelled, embracing his sister. She then became even more curious as to just what she had missed.
"Sugar Queen!" Toph exclaimed.
Katara looked over her brother's shoulder and saw Zuko.
"YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She screamed, yelling herself hoarse. The healers exchanged looks and moved the taken aback Zuko aside.
"Katara, my name is Yu Ma, and this is Shin." The first healer said calmly.
"Excuse me, Avatar and friends, please move away from the patient." Shin said. Katara looked impatiently at the facing staring at her.
As Shin tried to calm Katara down, Yu Ma went over to Aang.
"Is there any memory loss?" She asked.
Aang sucked in a sharp breath realizing that he could've seen this coming. Finally, he nodded, "Everything after I got shot with lightening."
Zuko grimaced, no wonder she had been so furious; the last thing she had remembered was him betraying her.
"That was a big part of her life, and took a piece of her away. It was such a big moment, that memory has seemed to work in checkpoints and has lost everything after that point in her life. Now she may be able to get it back. But you all need to push her, and help her. Make sure you still only give her gentle nudges, so she doesn't become overwhelmed." Yu Ma explained quietly.
"SOMEBODY TELL ME WHATS GOING ON!" Katara finally screamed.
"Katara," Yu Ma began, "I need you to brace yourself. Your friends will explain what you have missed and I will explain what injuries you have sustained. You will be needing a healing session again after. Are you ready?"
Katara looked at everyone's faces and became very uneasy. Nonetheless, she inhaled deeply and nodded.
"Ok. Katara, you were in a horrible accident. Some benders caused you to hit your head very hard."
"Benders? You mean firebenders?"
"No, a mixture of benders. You had a concussion. You were out for 3 days. You lost some memory, and now you believe you have just saved the Avatar. In reality though Katara, that happened almost 2 years ago."
Katara's mouth opened briefly, just before she fainted.
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