A/N: Now see, told you I was writing this one now! Ok since I gave no time for people to fave it there is no shout out so just read!

"Oh for the love of all things tea related!" Iroh shouted in frustration. He slammed his fist on the dashboard when he saw how late it was now.

"Maybe we should just stay at a hotel tonight, I mean, by then they should have the road finished." Sokka suggested, he reached into the back to grab out the pop tarts from the grocery bag; he was now halfway through everything they had just bought.

Iroh sighed. "That's not a bad idea, I'm sure everyone can take care of themselves at the cottage, Katara is very responsible and so is Zuko, they should be able to take care of Toph and Aang, those two aren't any trouble at all, that Aang, he's such a nice boy."

"Yeah, yeah, Aangs wonderful, let's get to a hotel it's getting dark." Sokka shoved a strawberry pop tart in his mouth.

Iroh nodded. "We have to pick one that has good tea on room service."

"It's getting dark… what do we do now?" Katara asked sitting on a log.

Zuko was standing up looking around the forest. "We'll have to sleep here." Katara looked up at him in fear. "Don't worry, she cant get to us we're pretty far into the woods, besides, I'm here, I can protect you."

Katara blushed at his last statement.

Zuko sat down on the grass, he examined his clothing, and his shirt was badly torn in so many different places, one being his back where it was cut and bleeding. He sighed; well at least his kaki shorts weren't ripped.

Katara sat down next to him, her whole bottom pant leg was ripped off and her shirt had various small rips in it. "We look like dirty hobo's." She laughed lightly.

Zuko smiled. "Yeah, especially you." He laughed and Katara jokingly punched him. He just pulled her into a squeeze in return.

Katara blushed and gave a sigh. "This would be nice if we weren't fearing for our lives."

"Well let's just forget about that for right now." Zuko said in a serious "I-don't-want-to-talk-about-it" voice.

Katara agreed, she had dealt with enough fear for one day, she was still trying to cope with the death of her friend.

Zuko leaned back bringing Katara down with him and they both closed their eyes. They were both exhausted from a day of stress and running.

"Hey Zuko." Katara said quietly.

Zuko made a noise to acknowledge he was listening.

"I think I love you."

With that Zuko opened his eyes, he rolled so that his face was over hers. "Katara, I've been waiting to hear you say that for years."

Katara almost wanted to cry. She pulled him into a tight hug. "Me too."

Toph didn't happen to notice the time of day due to the fact that one, she was blind, and two, she was in a hole.

She followed behind the slimy foots steps of Mystery Yahootee. She could feel that they were walking through a tunnel. They stopped when they reached the end of the tunnel and Toph could feel that they were now in a dome like room.

"Please take a seat." The slimy voice called to her. She felt a stump of mud near by and figured that must have been his make shift chair so she sat on it.

She heard him walk around a bit before sitting across from her. "So, somebody went into the lake."

"Yes, my best friend Aang…" She told him letting herself trail off remembering hearing that he was dead.

The slimy creature nodded. "I'm sure she dealt with him." He let a little chuckle escape before continuing. "I was there when she went into the water… I knew the girl…"

Toph listened intently, now she was interested in what he had to say.

"It all happened when I was little…"

FLASHBACK

"I'm sorry Jimmy…" An older women with long black hair pulled up into a bun crouched down and rested her hand on the shoulder of a young boy. "… Cindy drowned last night."

The little boy looked up at the older woman who appeared to be his mother. The boy had black shaggy hair and almost golden eyes that were now filled with tears. "Why?"

END FLASHBACK

"She was my best friend… when I heard she drowned I was heart broken. I couldn't deal with the trauma I was too young, so instead of facing my problems I ran away." He sounded like he was going to cry but it was hard to tell with his slimy voice. "I fell into the sink whole and couldn't get back out."

"Wait." Toph couldn't believe what she just heard. "Your dead?!"

If Yahootee could smile, he would have had a big grin. "Of course."

Katara was asleep in Zuko's arms. The moon was high above there heads. Katara began to stir until finally she woke up. She looked up at the sky the moon was practically glowing. Her eyes reflected the moon in the sky; she stared at it to the point where she couldn't even blink.

"Katara."

She sat up now. She heard a voice that sounded familiar to her.

"Katara."

She slid out of Zuko's arms and stood up searching for the owner of the voice.

"Katara help me."

She turned around quickly to see Aang standing in the woods. She almost screamed. "Aang?!"

"Katara I'm scared, I almost drowned back there." He told her. His skin looked clammy and wet to her.

"Oh Aang I'm so glad your ok!" She said walking towards him.

"Do you know where my hat is?" Aang asked randomly.

Katara thought for a moment. "We left it on the beach why?"

"I want to go back and get it… I love that hat."

Katara nodded. "Ok Aang… I'll go with you."

A/N: Sorry its so short, my mom is forcing me to get off the computer. So anyways I'll update soon I swear!

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-Teenfox