Hey everyone sorry for the long wait! I have started college this week and I just couldnt find the time to sit and write. I had homework and then a family problem to deal with! I will reply to everyone's review at the end of the chapter from now on!
So here's the chapter! Enjoy (its long ahaha)

Family dinners

Zuko's POV

Katara and Toph left my office not to shortly after I had spoken with them. My mind was running overtime over all of the issues I had to deal with. Groaning I sat back down feeling the plush leather of my seat engulf me. Mr. Lou was beginning to annoy me. I understood the promises my father had told him and the financial stability that he had hoped to gain by marrying off his daughter to me but, I couldn't help it. I just didn't love the expressionless girl. Sure we had tried back in highschool when our raging hormones wouldn't allow us to think about the consequences and long term. However, even that proved to be fruitless when we argued about everything every minute we spent together. I rubbed my index fingers pads in small soothing circles on the edges of my temple attempting to ease the oncoming headache.

It just wasn't going to work. Yes, Mai Lou was beautiful and her family was wealthy enough to support even our company when we faced hardship but, it didn't mean that I could just go through with a loveless marriage. No matter what they tried to say I was completely against marrying his daughter. He wasn't too pleased either when I completely cancelled everything. I was sure my father was going to call or question me at dinner.

Flashback to 2:00pm

Mr. Lou walked into the office with confident, purposeful steps resonating against the dark wood of the office floor. Zuko looked up from his desk, hands folded together awaiting to hear what exactly was so important that he needed to show up at his office during work hours. Mr. Lou sat down in the chair, giving Zuko the friendliest smile on his aged face.

"Zuko, I'm so glad I was able to meet with you." Zuko gave him an award winning smile. No matter what was going on in their personal lives he did not want to jeopardized their business relationship. He silently hoped that he had come here today for work and work alone. Talking about Zuko and Mai's anticipated engagement was a sticky subject he wanted to avoid at all costs.

"Please, the honor is mine. How have you been?" The older man chuckled deeply within his chest before breathing out peacefully with a smile upon his face.

"Wonderful thank you. The company flourishes under my wife and daughters dedication and commitment. I on the other hand am enjoying the retired life and the quality time I am now able to spend with my family." He looked at Zuko straight on, his gaze never faltering. Then the younger of the two understood. "Which leads me to now."

"Is something troubling you? If you need anything Mr. Lou please tell us. You know my family would do everything in our power to help. Especially now that we are stable ourselves." Mr. Lou leaned back into his chair, eyes gauging the others that belonged to the young man in front of him.

"Zuko," He paused and laced his fingers, intertwining them tightly as if anticipating a heavy discussion. "I believe you know exactly why I am here today." Zuko sighed and ran a hand through his hair uncomfortably.

"It's about Mai correct?" He nodded slowly, all friendliness leaving his expression. What laid before Zuko now was a father who was not pleased with the way things were going.

"Yes, when are you planning on proposing. I understood wanting to finish college however you have been in the work force, and in charge of this company for awhile. I believe we shouldn't delay the inevitable any longer. My wife and I would like to see Mai is taken care of and you two are not getting any younger." Here goes nothing, or here comes trouble Zuko thought. He took a deep even breath tensing his body into a solid wall.

"Mr. Lou, I'm afraid I can't marry your daughter." The older man drew back his teeth revealing a very feral expression on his face. If it was possible Zuko could almost see the fire erupting from his mouth like a raging dragon.

"Excuse me!?" Zuko refused to lower his head or back down. Sitting as still and tall as the man before him raged from the inside out. "What do you mean you can't marry her!?"

"Mr. Lou, at the time I completely understood the necessity of forging an unbreakable bond between our families to ensure a full proof financial security. However I cannot bring myself to marry your daughter for that reason anymore." Mr. Lou stood up from his chair, arms and chest shaking with the fury held behind his rationality. Zuko knew he wouldn't lay a hand on him in his own office let alone in his building. He too stood up lifting his head slightly higher than normal to stand his ground.

"We had an agreement! She has been preparing for this since she was 16! You must be crazy if you think I will believe such a half assed defense!" Zuko huffed refusing to let the man tear him down. He wasn't having it anymore, this wasn't going to control his life any longer!

"Mr. Lou! I do not love your daughter! Why would you force us into a marriage neither of us wants! If you asked her she would agree with me. If it's the financial stability that you are more concerned about then we can come to another agreement however I refuse to continue on with this bullshit. I never decided this it was my father and I refuse to let you both control our lives. Especially mine!" Mr. Lou swept a hand across Zuko's desk smashing a small container filled with pens and pencils clean off, scattering across the floor. Zuko growled, how immature could this man be.

"I promised my daughter she would be married! Don't you dare take that away from her. If you had such a problem with it why wait so long! Why didn't you express your feelings earlier!" I slammed my own hands down upon my desk.

"Neither of you would have listened until I proved myself to be a worthy man. Now I am and I am expressing myself the best I can! I will not. Marry. Mai!" Mr. Lou threw a punch to the left side of Zuko's face. Thankfully with past of martial arts he was able to avoid the incoming attack and acted with a swiftness that could only be described as a trained reflex.

Angered by his fail the aged man mumbled multiple obscenities and turned sharply on his heels rushing out of the room without a second glance back. "MR. LOU!" He saw the two woman at their desk watching intently at the man storming out of the office. He sighed and quickly picked up the pens that had fallen onto the floor minutes ago as Toph walked in.

Present

I don't know why I thought that that conversation would turn out any better. Not only did I anger him but I flat out disrespected him. I glanced at my silver clock that rested at the right edge of my desk; 3:00 I had an appointment in thirty minutes. I would have to sit through another two hours before being able to take Katara around. I smiled at the thought of the bronzed beauty beyond my doors. My only fear was the dinner later tonight.

Katara's POV

"Haaaa finished!" Toph smiled at me packing away all the documents into the tan folders. She passed them to me to label and shelf accordingly by their number. I placed the last one into the slot 5506 and leaned back into the rolley black chair.

"You did good today! Better than I would've thought Sweetness." I chuckled pulling the elastic rubber band out from my hair, letting the brown waves cascade down into a sloppy mess. I revealed in the free feeling of my hair. Unknowingly I had tied it too tight and it wasn't known until the familiar pounding started in my head. I wanted to take it out earlier but, if I had my hair would've gotten tangled in things and in my eyes.

"Thanks Toph. You made it pretty easy for me to follow." She smirked at me all knowingly with her green eyes blazing in confidence.

"I have been here as long as Sparky so of course!" I rolled my eyes. Suddenly the familiar buzzing in my purse caught my attention. I reached under the mahogany desk to grab my blue Michael Khors bag, and ultimately my phone that was tucked into the side pocket. I swiped the screen answering the incoming call from my best friend.

K-"Hey Zula what's up?"

A-"Please tell me your not still in the office calling me that."

K-"Opps?"

A-"Haaa whatever, anyways I was calling to ask if you're busy right now or if you can come shopping. I want to get a new dress for dinner tonight.

K-"I was actually going to look around the building with Zuko soon."

A-"Your coming to this dinner right?"

K-"Uhm, yeah.. but what does th-"

A-" Your coming shopping with me. Dinner's at 6:30 and it's already 5. My mom said it was okay to arrive a little after then but I know that you need something red in your closet so let me talk to Zuko. Get your stuff and meet me in the mall."

I sighed in defeat knowing full well that the bossy all knowing friend of mine was right this time. Zuko's entire family was obsessed with red and I didn't have a lick of it in my closet. It was my first dinner with them and I didn't want to stand out like a sore thumb more than I already would.

K-"Okay okay, but let me tell Zuko. I think he would be mad if you said it to be honest." I could almost see her rolling her eyes at me in annoyance.

A-" Fineee, I'll see you soon. Text me when your close!"

K-" Will do, Bye~"

I hung up on her and collected my things. "Where are you going?" Toph inquired.

"I actually have to go I was just about to go tell Zuko." Right on cue the raven hair male came out through his doors with his clients laughing about a previous conversation that had started behind the closed doors. He waved them off as they got in the elevator and turned to me with a face of a boy who just got a video game.

"You ready to go?" I felt that weight fall to my stomach as I saw his smile beaming with excitement. I walked around the desk to him and rubbed my shoulder.

"Actually can I get a rain check? Your sister told me I had to go to the mall with her…" I looked into his warm golden eyes that suddenly lost their shine at the end of my sentence. " …I have to go. I'm sorry." He sighed sadly and the beautiful grin that was there fell into a deep sorrowful line. I reached up and kissed him on the cheek, hoping that a little bit of affection would brighten his mood. I was still against public displays of affection but, I had grown comfortable with Toph as we went about our day. It didn't matter to me if she was watching us.

"It's okay, I really shouldn't be complaining when I'll see you tonight anyways." The bright childlike smile returned to his face making him look like the young 23 year old executive he was supposed to be.

I turned to Toph, "Thanks for today Toph. You really helped me out." She flipped her hair and gave me a calm smile while her eyes shifted to Zuko, obviously observing his behavior.

"No problem! I had fun doing something different. Plus just watching Sparky over here is entertaining enough now that you're here." We both chuckled at Zuko who was now blushing furiously. He shook his dark hair to cover his face but kept his eyes on mine. I felt that warm heat pool below my stomach. I walked over to the elevator and pressed the button to go down, it turned the familiar green and after two seconds it had opened. I stepped in waving to my new colleagues.

"I'll see you tomorrow Toph." The doors began to close and I kept my eyes on his a smirk playing on my lips as he watched me disappear into the elevators small room.

It didn't take me long to make my way over to the mall where Zula was meeting up with me. When I walked inside passing through numerous amounts of people I sent a quick to her notifying her of my arrival.

K- Hey I'm walking in now on the south side, where are you?

Zula- You should see me around there, I just came back from the restroom.

I looked around the area and spotted my best friend over by the Coach stores door waving to me. Quickly I made my way over avoiding the people that I almost ran into. When I reached her she took my hand and lead us down the row of stores in front of us towards the back of the mall

"Whoa where are we going!?" Zula slowed down and turned to me tucking her phone into her back pocket.

"I think we should look in H&M first since their prices are reasonable. Other than that I was thinking of hitting Macy's and JCPenney's since you love those stores oh so much. Plus they do have some great dress selections." I smiled at my friends knowledge.

"You know me so well. Actually I was thinking of getting a red body con." She turned to me eyes blazing with interest.

"It's because of Zuzu right!?" I chuckled nodding my head. She clapped her hands and smiled deviously.

"Oh tonight is going to be so interesting! I can't wait till Zuzu see this! Okay our mission for this next hour is to make you smoking hot! Quick let's get moving!"

Azula dragged me to the three stores, first H&M which sadly didn't have what I was looking for. They did have a blue button down that was a light wash for only twenty dollars that I just had to buy. It would go well with the jeans that I currently owned. Thankfully the line wasn't too long so we were able to move on to the next store. JCPenney's and Macy's were on other sides of the mall so we chose to go to Macy's ultimately in hopes of finding everything for my outfit tonight. We were in luck when Zula found a sleeveless square neck sheath dress in a deep mahogany color in the sales section for 60 dollars which was under my budget. It was conservative enough for a family dinner but, the deep V-shape in the back gave it a bit more flare especially if I was to wear my hair up. We quickly made our way over to the shoes, where I Zula demanded I found some heels with a golden color. She found a pair of gladiator like heels but I quickly put them back after inspecting the price tag. 225 dollars for a pair of heels was not in my budget, instead we agree on a pair of Capparros heels that had a sheer cover that went across a part of my foot. They were marked as 46.72 on sale but when we reached the counter I was happy to see they were actually marked down to 23.98.

"Thank you for your purchase! You have until the 2nd of next month to return your items. They must have the price tags on and you'll need your receipt." I smiled kindly at the cashier.

"Thank you very much, have a good day!" She smiled and proceeded to the next customer. I looked over to the other side to see Zula had finished as well. "Hey Zula what did you get?" She smirked before opening her bag walking me through its contents.

"Well, while you shooed me away when you were looking at shoes I bought myself a dress as well. I have a date with Hahn tomorrow night and he said he liked the color purple." I squealed at her news.

"Hahn actually asked you out!?" She blushed but nodded happily pulling out a plum colored satin halter dress by Jessica Simpson. I could just imagine her in it and it was definitely her style. It would hug her body showing off of fit she really was. I was jealous of Zula's slim figure whereas I had more muscle and was slightly "bigger" than her. I wouldn't let that ruin my day however, we were just made differently and it didn't seem to bother Zuko one bit. I smiled thinking about how he would react to the red. I know Toph told me to only use it when I absolutely needed to but I wanted to make him squirm tonight. I couldn't help wanting to be a little devious. "Zula this is beautiful! Should I even ask how much it was?" She shrugged putting the dress back into the bag neatly.

"Let's just say that I loved it enough to spend the money." I rolled my eyes.

"It was more than 100 right?" She nodded and I shook my head chuckling at her use of money. Zula was quite responsible when it came to money however she did have a horrible habit of spending too much when it came to clothing. I on the other hand was a complete bargain shopper. Sometimes I would spend a lot of money but that was only if the sale was good enough to make the number seem small in comparison.

"It was 148 before taxes. I don't care, I will use the dress a lot more than once." I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and sighed. We had about 30 minutes to get ready before we were expected at the restaurant. Zula noticed my panic and linked her arm with mine, tugging us out of the exit. "Hey don't worry about the time remember? It's fine if we are a little late. My mum and dad might actually be a bit late. Zuko needed to speak with our father about something." I raised an eyebrow.

"Is something wrong? He did have a bad day today it seems." She shrugged and walked out over to our cars which were conveniently parked next to each other.

"Nah I don't think it's anything that bad. What you saw was probably Mr. Lou and him having another argument. It's been going on for years." I pulled out my keys and unlocked my car getting ready to head home to get ready. I leaned on the driver side door after throwing my bags inside.

"Business? Or do they know each other on a personal level?" She smiled at me sadly resting her arms on the top of her car.

"Personal. The Lou's are a good friend of ours but, I'm sure when Zuko is comfortable he will let you know all about it. As much as I like to give out my brothers little secrets this one is something I won't touch on sorry." I shook my head.

"Seriously Zula don't worry about it, I kind of had a feeling it was something like that anyways."

"Okay well I'll come pick you up in about 45 minutes to about a hour tops. Get ready as quickly as you can." She slipped into her car and turning it on. It roared to life and her windows made their way down.

"Sounds good. I felt like reminding you of how much I hate you." She chuckled. Zula was lucky enough to have a grandfather that thought she deserved a Lexus Is C convertible in black for her last birthday. It had all the newest upgrades and it was obvious she lived the glamorous life.

"Hey! I didn't ask my grandfather for a car but, the thought and gift are very much appreciated. You know that I would have been find with a Chevy truck!" I chuckled. Zula and her family were rich yes, but what made me like her in the first place was the fact that she didn't boast about it. On the contrary Zula liked to not have anything that showed her worth. She appreciated what she had but she knew that ultimately she wanted to make her own worth not take what her family had.

"Well if you don't want his generosity please pass it onto me or the less wealthy!" She chuckled and reversed out of her parking space yelling out to me before driving off.

"I will! Now get moving!" I chuckled diving into my own car. Sure it wasn't as luxurious but I was more than appreciative for my parents for buying me my car. Fiat's were great on gas and I couldn't be happier with it. I headed straight home to get ready.

7:00pm

Knock Knock Knock

I raced to my door while putting my earrings in opening up to my friend on the other side. She wore black skinny jeans with a gold lining, cherry red v-neck top, and black heels that made her at least three inches taller. She walked in and smiled at what she saw.

"Hmmm leaving your hair down? You can't see the V in the back now!" I shrugged.

"Something tells me it's better to leave it down. I'm ready to go though! Please tell me your parents aren't there yet! We are already thirty minutes late!" She smirked deviously walking back out of the door.

"Nah they are on their way just like us. Zuzu had to go pick them up, saying he spent more time talking to our dad than he thought. We are fine." I smiled following her out the door and locking it behind me. We climbed down the stairs and finally into her car.

"So where are we going?" She looked through her phone typing in an address.

"Hmm my dad said it was called Bella's, supposed to be a good Italian around here. You like Italian right?" I nodded buckling my seat belt. We pulled out of my neighborhood and headed north on the highway.

It didn't take us very long to reach the restaurant. The outside gave off a very Italian feeling with brick walls and grape vines along it reaching up to the second floor of the building. On the outside a server in green and white was stood by a podium checking off people's names and then passing them off to another server to take them inside to their table. Zula made her way over to the server informing them of our reservation. The male scanned his list and then smiled happily, instructing the other server to take us inside. We thanked him and walked in with the woman in front.

The inside consisted of warm colors of greens whites and reds. The tables where a dark wood with white table cloths and red plates. A pastel green line along the walls brought out the white wallpaper. There were numerous tables laid out, some with booths and others with cushioned chairs. People where buzzing with life in the warm atmosphere, Italian music playing in the background. We approached a round table sat by a window where Zuko, Mr. Azulon, and Mrs. Azulon sat chatting. Zula must have noticed my sudden wave of nerves and walked me over with a supportive arm linked with mine. I smiled a small thanks to her.

"Ah Katara! I'm so glad you could join us tonight!" Beamed Mrs. Azulon. I always really liked speaking with her when Zula and I would stay at her house.

"Mrs. Azulon it's been quite awhile, are you doing well?" Zula and I sat down in the left over seats. I was in between Zuko and Azula which helped calm my nerves. I couldn't help but feel a little intimidated by Mr. Azulon sometimes. Mrs. Azula tsked and shook her index finger at me.

"Please Katara, you know very well that you should be calling me Ursa. I've known you long enough to consider you my own daughter at this point." She shot Zuko a glance which we both happened to understand her hidden intentions. Thankfully Zula and Mr. Azulon weren't paying enough attention, Zuko squirmed in his seat obviously embarrassed by his mother. I chuckled at them.

"I'm sorry Ursa, I just can't help it. I hope you are doing well though?" She smiled returning her gaze to mine.

"I've been wonderful, how about you? I believe today was your first day at the company correct?" Mr. Azulon began to have an interest in what we were saying obviously done with the one with Zula.

"Yes please Katara, I hope you are adjusting well. I have high hopes for you as well." I smiled warmly trying to stay on Mr. Azulon's good side.

"I love it there. Toph was very helpful today and Zuko will be taking me around when he gets a chance. I think I will get the hang of it very quickly." Zuko smiled and leaned forward towards his father.

"I was speaking with Toph after Katara left and she said that Katara is perfect for this position." I blushed at the praise, "I'm actually really excited to see what she can bring to the company." I turned my attention to Zuko who looked utterly charming at the moment. I looked down at my hands suddenly very embarrassed.

"Thank you, I hope that I will be of more assistance by the end of the week." Zuko chuckled and turned to his father who was pleased. I hated to admit it but he was a very attractive man with such agile features, straight nose, and slanted eyes. I blushed at his gaze,

"I'm glad you are enjoying it so far Katara. The rest of Zuko's secretaries proved to be mediocre and didn't show any promise of improvement. I have always been interested in you since we last met. You have so much potential."

"Thank you Mr. Azulon" he chuckled holding Ursa's hand.

"Please Katara, Ozai is fine. Please order whatever you want. The dinner is on us." I shook my head furiously.

"Oh no no its fine you don't have to!" Zula place a hand on my shoulder laughing.

"Katara if my father says to order what you want you do it without arguing. He won't stop until you accept." I blushed and looked back to Ozai and Ursa who were smiling happily.

"Th-Thank you very much."

The rest of dinner progressed smoothly as we all ordered our entrees. Ozai and Ursa were content with listening to how my family and the restaurant was doing, then putting in their own two cents when they wanted. They seemed to be enjoying the conversation as well as Zuko and Zula. I promised that they would have a chance to meet my parents as they were also very interested in meeting them.

"So Katara is there a lucky man in your life?" Ozai questioned, I blushed suddenly very aware that Zuko had indeed not discussed our awkward relationship with his parents. Zula took a sip of her drink before helping me out.

"Oh please dad, 'Tara doesn't need a man in her life. Although it doesn't stop some from trying." She chuckled deviously and Zuko growled under his breath. I smiled at my best friend but sadly Ozai wouldn't have it.

"True but that doesn't mean there isn't someone interesting out there for you. Surely someone has caught your eye?" I shrugged pondering on boosting Zuko's ego or letting him wonder for the night. I felt his gaze but didn't dare look at him in case his father caught on.

"There may be someone but, right now I would like to focus on my work. I just recently got out of a relationship as well." He stroked his beard and hummed.

"Such a shame all of you are so young but you should consider a stable relationship you won't be young forever." Ursa shook her head nudging her husband playfully.

"Honey, they will find someone. Let them find their own way." He smiled and kissed her on the cheek in which she leaned into. I suddenly felt uncomfortable at their display of affection.

"I'm sorry I just hope that you all find someone who will treat you as well as my wife." Zula gagged and I laughed at her immaturity. Zuko coughed expressing that he too was uncomfortable. "Ah Zuko I spoke with Mr. Lee again after our discussion. He would like us to meet with him and Mai tomorrow to discuss things." Zuko shot me a glance and then one to Zula who slipped into her chair. I looked around the table noticing that everyone was on edge except for Ozai. I suddenly felt very confused.

"Who 's Mai?" I asked, Ursa looked to her son apologetically and Ozai continued to speak.

"Ah! she is Mr. Lee's daughter. We were hoping that her and Zuko would settle down sometime soon but we came across a complication." Ursa and Zuko both shouted out.

"Ozai!"

"Father please we discussed this!" I looked between the family members still unsure of the problem at hand.

"Uhm sorry I'm a little confused." Ozai glared at his wife and son before speaking to me again.

"We want Zuko to marry her. She comes from a very powerful family and it would help us in the long run if they were to get married." He glared at his son again. "However Zuko seems to be against it as well as my wife."

I felt like my whole world just got a lot more complicated. I looked at Zuko who refused to meet my gaze, he looked troubled as well as he should be. Here he was practically promised to some girl already and yet he was claiming to want a relationship with me as well. I felt my heart fall to my stomach.

"Ozai you can't force Zuko to marry a girl he doesn't like." Zula squeezed my hand in comfort.

"I agree dad plus Zuko already likes someone." I blushed, oh hell no.

"Oh really and who is that? Zuko?" Zuko blushed a bright red before stuttering to answer his father.

"She…I can't say it right now." Ozai didn't seem to like that answer and stared straight at his son with an intense gaze.

"Zuko please tell me who this girl is. If you truly believe you have a chance with her then I would be glad to accept your relationship. However if you are just fawning over a woman who will never look your way then I must push you to marry Mai." Ursa groaned and looked to her husband.

"Ozai leave him be!" He silenced her with a finger in which she pushed out of her face. Azula was the next to try and speak up against him.

"He has a chance dad trust us just leave it alone for now!" I blushed, things were taking a very awkward turn. At this rate Zuko would either have to make up and elaborate lie to keep our secret or it would come out. I suddenly felt very trapped and sunk into my seat.

"No I need to know before tomorrow! If you do not tell me who she is right now then I will have to make you go along with this marriage. I'm sorry Zuko but you are 23 and in charge of a company, I need to make sure you marry someone who is suitable!" Zuko finally composed himself and stood his ground against his father.

"I understand that but please just believe me that there is someone. I just can't talk about it!" Ozai groaned.

"Why? Is she embarrassed by your relationship that you can't even come out about it!?" Ouch that hurt. Even if he didn't know that the girl he was talking about was me. I really wished I could just disappear.

"Okay father I think that is a little low." Azula argued, Ursa nodded her head in agreement. Zuko breathed a stressful sigh and it broke my heart. He was trying so hard to give me time to think about this and keep it under wraps. Yet here I was sitting quietly letting his father attack his judgement.

"Please! If she truly wanted a relationship with him she would've tried a bit harder to fight for him. This just seems like Zuko's one sided crush!" Zuko growled at his father's comment.

"It's complicated" Ozai huffed not buying Zuko's defense.

"It's complicated because she doesn't like you. Just marry Mai already and make it easier on yourself. You even dated her in the past!" Ursa muttered her husband's name with anger.

"No, I refuse to marry a girl I don't love. That happened years ago father I don't see her that way." I couldn't take it anymore. This was becoming ridiculous.

"uhm…Ozai" I tried to speak.

"WHAT! Mai is a very intelligent girl! I'm pretty sure you can't do any better than that!" Zuko stood up slamming his hands on the table.

"That is NONE of your business father! Just trust me that I can make the right choice!" Ozai stood up challenging his son. People were beginning to look around. Ursa tried to coax Ozai to sit back down and to listen to Zuko. I really couldn't do this anymore.

"Ha! I bet the girl your fawning over doesn't even like you! She just wants the money." I stood up finally letting all my anger out.

"ENOUGH! Both of you sit down!" Ozai and Zuko looked at me with wide and scared eyes. They quickly sat down and I followed once I was sure they would stay seated.

"Katara.." I held a hand up to Zuko stopping him. I didn't care anymore it was bound to come out eventually.

"Mr. Azulon I find it very rude that you assume that she is only going for the money. When in fact it was never about it in the first place." He raised an eyebrow at my statement.

"Oh really? How would you know? Do you know who this girl is?" Everyone looked at me except for Zuko who was now blushing from his neck up and looking away. Ursa looked just as confused as her husband but Azula looked at me with amusement. She knew exactly what I was about to do and she knew that if it had gone my way this had never have happened.

"I do know her…because it's me."

Dun dun dun! Katara let the cat out of the bag! OHHHH SNAP! How do you guys think Ozai and Ursa will react to the news!?

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Thank you to Missmusician14, Bobjoe6, WaterPrincess17, ZutarianDream04, and myrialuna for the favorites, reviews, and follows on this story and welcome to our group~ :)

WaterPrincess17- Thanks for a review!~ Your very welcome! Sorry its taken me so long to update this time!

MissMusician14- AHHHH A new reviewer~ welcome and THANK YOU for giving me such amazing input. I am so glad you like the way the story is progressing so far! Also I completely agree with Azula and Katara's personalities matching the best out of all the other female characters. Something just told me that if Azula wasnt crazy and didnt want to become fire lord then her and Katara would get along very well in a different setting. Thank you for understanding my predicament with school and I can honestly promise that there will be an update every week for sure! I was trying every other day but I dont think I will be able to update Mon-Thursdays since I like to focus on my school. Again thank you so much for the review it made me very happy!

PrincesaDeFuego- As always your 100% honest reviews are very VERY helpful for me. I also looked back and noticed that I did NOT say that they were engaged. I went back and corrected that so hopefully it wont confuse anyone else. Also I want to apologize for my whining (Im so ashamed of myself) I was being very childish and I hope you can forgive my behavior if it upset you. I also deleted those comments from my authors note so it wouldnt upset anyone else. I also todaly agree that Zuko should have more of a sex drive towards Mai but I figured that because she is so expressionless it completely put him off. As I stated they tried to make it work but he just couldnt do it. Also I wanted Zuko to be completely obsessed with taking over from his father so that he could get his fathers acceptance. I wanted to keep that one trait from the show in which Zuko constantly strives to please his father but when it came to Mai it just couldnt do it. I completely udnerstand that men think of sex more than women ahahah and I think he would try to make Mai happy but I wanted him to just completely give up on her. There WILL be some MaixZukoxKatara coming up. Trust me ahahah the Lou's are NOT pleased with Zuko refusing the marriage. Mai included! So get ready for some drama with that! It will be a major part to this FF! Again thank you so much for your reviews you always keep me on my toes!

Myrialuna- Thank you for your review Im so glad you are loving it so far! I will try and keep this FF going for you!~ Welcome to the story by the way~ Im so happy you reviewed~

Girlygamer1996- Hiya!~ I wanted to ask if you were born in 1996? Because I am too ahahaha :D~ Thank you for your review and support Im happy you are enjoying this story! I hope you liked the update and that you continue to read!

Ah so that is the end of this chapter. I wanted to talk about something really quick so hopefully you will continue to read this till the end. I am very sorry for those of you who also noticed that I made the comment that Mai and Zuko were engaged. I didnt notice that I didnt actually say that they were in the previous chapters. When a very lovely reviewer pointed it out to me I fixed it so hopefully you are all back on track and the confusion is now fixed (they are NOT ENGAGED). Also I wanted to apologize about my last authors note. I was whining about reviews and I didnt stop to think about how it would effect people.

I truly find that reviews help me along when it comes to writing. I have never been good in English and at expressing myself so every review or critique I get it helps me more than you know. I am in constant fear that I am not explaining the story well enough so when i get a review saying how you are "loving the story" or you are "confused about something" I feel more motivated to correct myself or to redo a chapter. Without your opinions I wouldn't be comfortable with writing this fanfiction. I understand some of you really dont want to review and I wont complain but I appreciate every single one that I receive.

Your reviews are what help me improve and gain confidence and without them I would be so lost. So thank you all that have reviewed so far.

*** As I have stated before I have stared college again so updates will be less frequent depending on how busy I get. I will promise at least a chapter a week so I hope you all can bear with me and follow this story so you are notified when I have updated!***

Until next chapter!

Ciao

Rae