I'm finally back!
I've come to let you all know why I haven't uploaded in the LONGEST time ever: I died, and I realized that neither Heaven nor Hell will let me pass through unless this story is finished.
*sigh* the cruelty of the after-life.
And by the way, now that the whole series is over, the remaining chappies will happen in any time during the story depending on the theme.
Disclaimer: Nope, still not mine (unless you've been living under a rock all this time)
"Ten things I hate about you"
Number 9: I hate your birthday
Today was a great day.
When Zuko woke up this morning, a smile directly appeared on his face. Can life get any better? Here he was, Fire Prince Zuko, in his comfy fire nation bed, next to his beautiful girlfriend who gave him quite a surprise last night.
With the smile still firmly kept in his face, he reached out to grab his girlfriend's waist. Turning to his side, he kissed her long, brown, hair.
He froze.
Since when did Katara dye her hair black? Zuko asked himself as the girl in his bed who is definitely NOT his girlfriend turned around.
"Good Morning Zuzu," Mai whispered huskily as she went closer to the fire prince. "You were wonderful last night."
Zuko screamed as he sat up in his bed, beads of sweat running down his face. He looked around to see the space beside him was only occupied by a letter. It was just a bad dream. He reached out for the letter and started reading.
Zuko,
I left early to take care of the party arrangements. Hope you didn't forget about the important occasion because this is VERY important to me and you WILL be a dead fire prince if I found out that you're as clueless about this as Sokka is. See you later.
Love, Katara
Party? What party? Zuko racked his mind for any instance where Katara said anything about a party. She was trying to tell him last night, but that little night gown she wore distracted him too much.
"No use trying to remember," Zuko said as he went to shower. "Might as well ask Aang about this later."
After taking a much needed cold shower, Zuko grabbed a bite to eat and started looking for the airbender. It didn't take long, though, seeing as he's usually in the gardens with Toph.
"Hey Aang," Zuko called going to the love sick kid.
"Good Morning Zuko," Aang replied in a hushed voice, seeing as his girlfriend was taking a nap beside him.
"Do you know anything about the party today?" Zuko asked.
"The party? Oh yeah, everyone's invited, even people from the other nations are coming here," Aang smiled, thinking of their old friends who were coming tonight.
"Well, what's it about?" Zuko tried to ask innocently.
"Um..."
"Aang?"
"Well, you see," Aang whispered. "Katara told me not to tell you if you'd ask me."
"What?!" Zuko exclaimed, now really alarmed. His last REAL hope has been a failure.
"Hey! Can't you see I'm trying to sleep here?!" Toph shouted as Zuko ran to see the only person left to save him from certain doom.
"Hey! Sokka!" Zuko panted as he called the warrior.
"Wuph?" Sokka replied, his mouth filled with food.
"Do you know anything about the party going on tonight?" Zuko asked. Sokka gulped down all his food.
"Party? Oh, you mean Katara's party?" Zuko nodded. "I dunno, maybe for her birthday or something." Sokka mumbled as he looked hungrily at the newly served steak.
"Birthday?" That's gotta be it! The way Katara was so excited, she's about to have her birthday! It was the perfect reason! Maybe Sokka isn't as clueless as Katara thought he was.
"Thanks, Sokka."
Zuko ran to his room where he had hidden her birthday gift. A beautiful gold bracelet covered in rubies. He saw this last week when he was walking around some shops and decided it was perfect for her.
After getting the gift, he showered again and got dressed. Once everything was ready, the fire prince went to the front garden, where the party would be held.
The front garden was filled with people he didn't know, some he remembered encountering during his hunt for the avatar while some he figured were Katara's friends. He looked around the garden to see his beautiful girlfriend mingling in an equally beautiful red gown.
He smiled and walked towards her, stopping only a while when she made her welcoming speech. When he reached her, he grabbed Katara by the waist.
"Zuko!" Katara giggled as she kissed him, the microphone still in her hand.
"Hi," Zuko said in a nervous voice. "I have something to give you." He showed her the box with the bracelet in it.
"Just a little something for the most important woman in my life..."
Katara opened the box and gasped. "Oh, Zuko.."
"Happy Birthday!" He shouted.
Everybody in the room became quiet, except for Sokka who was busy eating.
Zuko looked at the people as they looked at him as if he grew two heads.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" Zuko asked as he started wiping his face.
"Oh, Zuko.." Katara smiled apologetically.
"What?!"
"Today isn't my birthday, It's our anniversary."
Zuko froze.
He turned around
And glared at Sokka.
"Oh."
There you go! Chappie number 9! This was a little long. Hope you liked it! Plese review! -rm
