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Romeo and Juliet: A Zutara Story

Chapter 10

Stuck in the Hospital

Everything was really dark. I felt like I was stuck, swimming in a dark pool. I had just swam to the edge but it was still are to see. My body seemed disconnected from every hinge and joint; yet I could feel everything. I was lying in an uncomfortable cot that was way too small. The pillow felt like wool and my blankets were scratchy. How could there be some kind of bed in a pool? Realistically I was probably inside some building but I didn't know where or how. I couldn't find the energy to open my eyes or move around out but I could still hear.

"How's her pulse?" an older unfamiliar voice asked.

"Hold on let me check" another older unfamiliar voice answered

I felt a cold clammy hand grasp my wrist and take my pulse.

"Much, much stronger than before, I say she'll awake in about 30 minutes."

"Good then as soon as she wakes, we'll give this cot to another person. Since this storm started, people have been blowin' in here like no ones business."

"Lord I thought I'd never see St. Jains so busy."

What!? I was in the hospital? But who took me? Zuko was worse than I was. He couldn't of possibly-.

"Well that's not really a good thing now is it?" said a finally familiar voice, cutting my thought in mid-sentence.

"Well of course its' not it's just…well…we never really have this much people."

"What do you want a whole bunch of people on their death bet rollin' in here!" said and angry Jet.

"What, no!"

I don't know what happened or what Jet did but both (what I guessed) nurses, went to the cot to the left of me, behind Jet.

Jet sat in some seat beside me, took the cup of his hand, and placed it under my chin.

Great what else has he done when I was completely unconscious?

"Katara, you're not being fare to me. Wake up."

Not being fare to him? And why was he talking to me like that? Oh gosh, he doesn't like me too do he?

"Oh gosh, this boy needs an IV STAT!"

All of a sudden I heard a continuous string of bangings from the cot the nurses had gone to. I heard dozens of feet scurrying to the patient's side. I heard could hardly hear what they were saying, except for a few.

"WHERE IS THE IV?!"

"SOMEONE PIN HIM DOWN!?"

"HE'S SEIZING, HE'S SIEZING!"

"HE IS FLALLING AROUND TO MUCH, I CAN'T CATCH IS ARM!"

After about a several minutes the hectic sounds faded and all I could hear were sighs of relief.

"What was that about?" I heard one of the nurses ask.

'No one knows what he's got." answered another nurse. "He was literally just dragged through the door with some water tribe girl. No one knows what they have."

Oh God please let that not have been Zuko.

"Where is the girl?"

"Right over there."

I heard the nurses feet walk toward me.

So it was.

"How long has she been unconscious?"

"Oh for about a week now."

A WEEK!!!! What, how did that happen? It feels like I've been here only for a couple of minutes; floating up toward the edge of the pool every minute I got better but I guess now those minutes were days.

"God bless them, hope they'll be ok."

"So do we all" With that they left.

I heard Jet take a heavy breath then release it harshly. If Jet really did like me, he wouldn't want all to recover.

Then out of no where my body gave a weird jerk, involuntary.

"Katara?" panicked Jet.

It was so clear, the darkness, the water. I already felt like I was in some dark pool but it was even clearer. It wasn't just a feeling or thought, I was there. I was swimming fiercely now, my arms and legs kicking every which way with more force then I thought was possible. I was even closer to the edge. If I were in a real pool, with the amount of force I was using to swim, I would have completely surfaced by now but I didn't. It was like a thick wall in between me and the outside of the pool. No matter how much I thought it was pointless to try I still kept involuntarily kicking. Then just as suddenly as my body jerked, I was out the water and I opened my eyes.

At first the transition from the dark to bright stung but I quickly got over it. One of the first things I saw were a crowd of nurses and doctors standing over me. I must have been kicking and punching as hard as I was in the water in real life because they all looked at me with curious eyes. Had Zuko actually been trying to get out the water and not seizing? God I hope so.

After a few minutes of awkward silence I finally said,

"I'm ok"

"Oh" said one of the doctors who must have realized that we were in an extremely weird and awkward moment.

"Well that was weird but I guess its time to go back to work"

They soon all realized it and after sharing a few mumbles and side ways glances at me they soon all went away.

"Huuuh" I sighed. I was glad they were gone, I really just wanted to be alone.

"Katara?" asked Jet.

So much for wishful thinking.

"Yes Jet?"

"What was that?"

I thought about that for a second. I really had no idea. It was almost lie magic in a way. When I thought back to the water it frightened me almost like I was afraid of it. Not of being trapped but the water its self. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to think of water the same way anymore. How would that work since I'm a water bender?

"You know, I don't know" for some reason I couldn't find the will to tell him about the pool. Then I remembered where I was.

"Jet, how did I get here?"

"After a couple of hours I got worried. I had already broken free and though I was still mad at you, something told me you were in trouble. So I went out, walked the path to the hospital and found you. By then the storm had gone down some so it wasn't quite as unbearable."

"So it's over"

"Yeah it was over the next day, see if you would have just waited-"

"Please no joking now" I cut him off saying.

His smile faded.

"Sorry"

"It's all right."

Then I looked at the cot behind him. Zuko looked so frail, so pail, and so still. If I hadn't heard what happened I would have thought he was dead.

Jet followed my gaze.

"He loves you to you know."

The look I gave him must have amused him because he gave a brief chuckle then went serious again.

"He gained consciousness for a couple minutes about two days after you got here. He was still incoherent but the one they I got clearly was that he said he loved you. Then he passed out again."

"Oh"

I was speechless. I was glad he said that but I was still mournful of our situation. I had so many mixed feeling right now.

I caught a look one of the nurses gave me. It reminded me of what one said before.

'"Wait, now that I'm conscious, are they going to kick me out?"

"No I don't think so. With that show you put on I think you pretty much freaked them out. There going to keep you a little while longer to see if you're ok."

"Great, they think I'm crazy."

"At least it means you get to stay here longer. I think you're still too weak to go anywhere."

Weak? I hated when anyone called me weak. Since Mom died I always felt it was my duty to be strong. Though I was feeling weak I couldn't let Jet see that.

"I'm not weak, see I'll go to the cafeteria to get some food, on my own."

"You must be ridic-"

"No, No" I put up my hand to silence him. I'm going.

I pulled off the cover, brought up my body (which felt as sore as ever) and got up only to stumble and head toward the floor. But Jet caught me.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, get off." I steadied myself, put my left foot in front of my right and vise versa. I was walking, unsteadily, but walking.

"See" I would have turned around to through it in his face but I was afraid I might fall.

It took me awhile to get there. It didn't help either to see the looks people gave me as I kept falling and grabbing onto the wall but I made it.

I didn't even go to the food line. Instead, I sat at the nearest table and rested. All I did was walk but I'd never been so exhausted in my life.

"Katara?"

Oh God.

I looked up to see, of course, Aang, Sokka, and….Toph?

"Where have you been" said Sokka, coming over to me and giving a big hug.

"Yeah we've been looking all over for you." Said Aang, mirroring Sokka.

"Yeah cause we had no idea where you were or who you were with" said Toph, staying put.

"What" said Aang?

"Oh nothing" sneered Toph. I was too tired to do anything back.

Once they all took their seat I asked,

"So Toph how did you get here, how did you all get here?"

Both Aang and Sokka gave a sorrowful look, Toph just got angry.

"We were actually here as patience" said Sokka "When we were at the market, looking for you when the storm hit and well we weren't as lucky."

That was when I saw the huge scar on the back of Aang's for arm and the same on Sokka's neck.

"Oh my gosh what happened?!"

"Well there were a lot of flying debris and we just couldn't get out of the way"

Nothing could be a match to the sorrow I felt know. I promised myself I wouldn't let them get hurt because of me and I failed. I looked over at Toph who was furious. She should be. In fact her furry couldn't even match my own. I would fix this. I had to.