A/N- okay guys/girls… Here is chapter eleven… oh and by the way keep in mind Zuko's age and Katara's age before you rant about this chapter (refer to chapter one for ages if you forget).
Chapter 11 A blessing
Zuko opened his eyes immediately once the sun hit them. He rose off his sleeping bag and noticed Katara wasn't in the tent. When he looked outside, he saw her playing with a small amount of water from the stream, simply letting it flow around in the air.
"You're up early." He noted as he sat next to her.
"I couldn't sleep well last night, it's been like that for a while, I'll get better though." She told him.
He nodded his head mindlessly. He was just happy they were on talking terms again. Things were still strained, but they were getting much better, hopefully nothing would make it worse, but of course it did.
Katara held a hand up to her mouth and another to her stomach. She looked queasy and ran to the stream and vomited. "Katara!" Zuko shouted. He ran to get two towels, one to wipe her mouth, the other he dipped into the cold water and wiped her face.
"It's fine." She managed to say.
He still looked uneasy; concerned she might get sick again. "Are you sure?"
She gave him a nod, "Yeah, I must have had…" her eyes widened in shock, "Oh my." She immediately stood up and began to pace back and forth, muttering something under her breath.
"Katara… are you sure you're alright?" Zuko asked, getting up to put a hand on her shoulder.
She finally stopped, "Oh, spirits, Zuko… the insomnia, the heightened appetite, the stomach pains and vomiting… that all means."
Zuko caught on immediately, "Katara… you aren't…"
"OH SPIRITS!" she yelled, "I'm pregnant!"
Zuko was stunned silent; he didn't know what to say.
She glared at him fiercely, "You…" she growled, running to punch him. He quickly grabbed both fists and held them tight within his hands.
"Katara, please, try to relax…" he tried to persuade her, but she kept struggling.
"Relax! You want me to relax? How do I do that do you suppose?" she yelled at him, trying to break free of his grip.
"Please, let's just talk." He said calmly again.
"What are we going to do with this baby? Do you know what this will cause? The fire nation and water tribes will all be enraged by this! I can't have this baby and take it with us back to the fire nation and raise it with you! And I'm certainly not giving my baby away!" she ranted.
"Our baby." He corrected.
"What?" she gasped in fury.
"It's our baby, not yours. And we will raise this baby together. I don't care what the fire nation says, I don't care who ANYONE says. Our child is a blessing." He explained to her.
"Zuko, what part of 'we are not supposed to be husband and wife' do you not understand? You and Mai are supposed to be married and have kids, not us." She told him.
"Katara, things have to change then, perhaps we shouldn't end this marriage. We should have the child and go on from there." He suggested.
"Let's actually make sure I'm pregnant first though." She said a glimmer of hope in her voice. Perhaps she was just ill, nothing more.
He nodded and packed up camp and rode off to the nearest medical facility. Katara went in while Zuko waited outside.
In an hour she came back. She said nothing, she only nodded.
He didn't say anything either, instead, he kissed her passionately; again she was tempted to melt into the kiss, but instead pushed him away. "NO!" she said sternly. "This isn't right. This whole thing isn't right.
"Listen, and listen clearly. First we are going to find your mother, and we will tell her nothing about this, then we will take care of this marriage, then I will go alone to the south pole, and raise the child on my own their. You will go back to the fire nation, and do what you should be doing."
He said nothing for a while and finally took one of her hands in his and put it against her belly, "Please, Katara, listen to me. I don't care about Mai, the fire nation, the water tribes, or anything but you and our baby. You two are the only things that matter to me on this planet.
"I beg you to understand that. I will accept these terms you have made, but I ask you to at least consider staying married to me and having the child with me at your side. We have a while to go before we even find my mother."
"Fair enough, don't get your hopes up." She said coldly.
Again they rode for hours before setting up camp and Again Katara took her side of the tent and fell into a deep sleep while Zuko looked at her, anguished. What have I done? He asked himself. I just keep ruining her life. I know she is ready to be a mother, but she wasn't ready for all of this to be sprung at her at once.
He crawled over to hr and kissed her forehead and rubbed her belly, "I'm sorry, I'll find a way to make this all up to you."
A/N- did the older ages help? Well anyway… I actually didn't want to have the whole Katara being pregnant thing, but I felt better considering her age (being 18). Plus I also had a friend who suggested the idea. Again, I don't expect this particular chapter to be well- liked, but trust me this has a point to it (and it even might become important for another story I might write later).
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