Zuko's POV,
After the girl left, I was so angry I mean what did she think, she isn't the boss of me, she might be really attractive but that doesn't mean i'm gonna be like pleading her to be nice to me. I was firebending in my room, when suddenly my uncle came in, Zuko, why did you get so angry with that girl, she was so brave to heal your face, and she wasn't even frightnend of your face, before it was healed, and I must say it looked really bad. Do you want me to make some tea, I favor jasmine? It will be calming and then we can talk about proper maners. PROPER MANERS?! I screamed, she doesn't even know who she was talking to, and if she did, before I could finish my sentence uncle interupted; she'd pity you and then you would've gotten angy as well, and besides, proper maners are for everyone, not just for you, but for everyone, uncle poured some tea in a cup and gave it to me, Zuko my nephew, your father never want's to see you again, neither does he like me a lot, so we will start a new begin, just you and me, and my teashop ofcourse, uncle laughed. I knew somewhere that what he was saying, was right even though I did not want to admit it. Just think about it zuko, just because we can't go back we aren't gonna feel bad about it, we won't look back, from now on we will only look forward, the past is in the past, and one way or an other, we will build op our lives again and we will be happy, I am a hundred percent sure of it. Zuko just listenend, he didn't want to believe, but he knew he was right so he just said what was on his mind, but uncle my father scarred me for my life, I will never forget what happened, and I never can forget it, even if I want to, because everytime i'll look in the mirror i'll see a monster, a monster whose mother magically dissapeard, whose father hates him and his own sister loves to make him feel even more misrable then he already does. How do you want me to forget this uncle, how? The old man looked outside the the window, and after a while he said; I don't expect you to forget anything my nephew, I just want you to be happy, you know. Ever since my son Lu Ten died, I have thought about you as my own, a tear rolled down his cheek. I know uncle, and you should now, i think of you as my own father to, it's just painful to imagine the fact that my real father burned me, just because i spoke out of turn, just because he favored Azula more... I'm gonna go for a walk, and thanks for talking to me, it made realize just how stupid I am.
Katara's POV
When I woke up, there was the same boy standing by the door, he pulled his hand through his hair and said: My scar looks really bad huh? By the way, my name is Zuko.
I'm sorry for my outburst earlier, i'm not really wel tempered, and it was completely my foult, and uuh you know I was really stupid to talk to you like that, but i've just been trough a lot lately and I know that shouldn't be a reason to call you a peasent, but, I cut him of in the middle of his sentence and before I knew what I was saying I said, "it's alright, I already forgave you because I said some pretty bad stuff to you to, not that you didn't deserve it but I guess we're even.
So, what's your name? he asked, i'm Katara La, and your Zuko right? Yeah, Zuko Agni, he said. Agni, i heard that name before somewhere, where did I hear it, I was lost in thought and i didn't notice zuko stairing at me, she's so beautifull he thought, she had blue eyes like the clearest ocean, and brown long hair with curls in them. BATO! I screamed, what?, zuko said taken back a bit, no, you don't understand that's where i know your last name from, it's so sad, my dad is a police officer and his college and close friend Bato told me that yesterday there was a firebender, last name is Agni, and his firebending got out of hand, so he burned his whole house down after he got in a fight with his son, it's sad isn't it, how some people just can't control their anger. Zuko looked with full hatred to the ground, he knew who this crazy man was, it was his father but he didn't say it because, he hated it when people pitied him. I saw the hatred on zuko's face so I decided to change the subject, So where do you live? I live in Greenland, it's really cold there you know, he shrugged i don't think i could ever live there, i'm a firebender you know, but anyway I lived my whole life in South America but i'm probebly going to move, and I don't know where yet, just not some place cold, he smiled. You know school is gonna start in a month, will you be okay by then?, because your right arm and leg are in a sling and i don't think writing and carying your books will be really, you know easy, unless you are the avatar and can just airbend some books in the air, yeah that would be pretty cool. HA- HA, no i'm not the avatar, just and average normal waterbender, and I will be cured comepletely in a week, well at least that's what the docters said, so don't worry *wink wink*, and besides the avatar is supposed to be an airbender you know, I wonder what he lookes like, he's not sixteen yet, so it's still a secret i guess.
They talked and laughed, and after a while Zuko went back to his room, and a day later he was aloud to leave the hospital, and he did, they said their goodbyes, and Zuko left
A week later
Katara's POV
After Zuko left the days went by slowly again, i only had two days with him but it felt like weeks, i was bored in my room, and sokka and gran- gran were gonna come in two hours, so i decided to pay my dad a visit, even though he acted so immature, and left us all to be alone, and i'd rather have him comfort me, but he was still my faher, and he just lost his wife, so somewhere behind my selfishness i actually felt really bad for my father, i knocked on my fathers door, but i got no answer, i decided we really had to talk so i went in, my dad sitting on his desk and was deeply in thought, "Dad?" i said, not trying to scare him, suddenly i saw his face change in an emotion of hope and confusion as he said: KYA?!, i got him back to reality and sad, no dad, it's me Katara, you know your daughter. The only answer i got was: "oowh it's just you, and he was lost in thought again. I went to him and got my head really close to his face, our noses almost touched each other, and i said; Dad, we need to talk, because if you leave us then you are the worst dad ever, because we loved mom to, and she will always stay in our hearts, but you can't lock yourself away anymore. For a few seconds he looked the same Hakoda from before this nightmare again, but then his face changed and he frowned deeply, then he said "okay, what do you want to talk about?" I think we need to go on with our lives, i know it will be hard without mom, but we can still do it, i don't want you to go crazy like this, i think you should do something to get your mind of things, you know something that keeps you busy. He thought about this for a while, but then he said, "i don't want to be a police officer anymore... i want to be someone that means something, I know, i could be... forget it, then i'll leave you kid's and that's exactly the problem isn't it? Dad, tell me, what do you want to do? I just want you to be happy, and not go crazy, so tell me what do you want to do? I was thinking ion joining the army, and to be a soldier, a warrior. I looked at him and tried to smile, but if this is what he wants, then he should do it, so i told him it's okay, but he has to visit whenever he can, and i told him i love him.
"I know it's hard to let go of dad, because other then Gran Gran, he's the only one we have left, but you have to let him go sokka, or else he's gonna go crazy, he misses mom so much, and i know your attached to him, but please accept this, if i could choose between the happiness of the ones i love or myself, i would choose for the happiness for my loved ones" Sokka just said "i guess" and shrugged, wel then go tell him it's fine with the tree of us!
Sokka's POV
"hey dad, i heard you want to join the army, wel i just want to say that i love you and it's fine with me, but can you take me with you? i want to fight in the army next to you!" hakoda looked surprised and said, "look sokka, i know you want to help, but your 16, your not old enough to join the army, but i promis you, that in about two years, if you still want to go in to the army, you can come with me, but now i need you to take care of your Grandmother and Sister" I was expecting this answer, but it was still dissapointing, i was gonna miss him, but i guess katara was right we need to go on with our lives. I walked out of the room, and i bumped in to katara, so how did it go? she asked. It went fine, dad's gonna join the army and i have to take care of my little- magic- water- bending sister. Katara just smirked, at the moment she didn't care about her brother insulting him, because she was proud of him. "so kat, we're probebly gonna live with Gran Gran in America now won't we?" Yeah i think we are" the waterbender said