I know you all want to kill me. Perfectly understandable, I mean who just leaves an update around 3 days late...wait its tuesday. Omg I am so sorry T.T my life just literally blew my weekend away and then chores yesterday and...omg just he-here please accept the chapter and dont kill me!
I'll see you all at the end *tear*
Chapter 15: Final Date
Katara's POV
You have got to be kidding me. I looked at Toph then to Zuko, noticing the slight irritancy in his features. I pecked him on the cheek. "Zuko, don't okay. I completely forgot about him. I'll go talk to him and tell him." Zuko sighed and nodded his head before smiling weakly.
"I know, I just can't help my…jealousy. It's a very ugly trait." I chuckled.
"I find it cute. I'll be back" I walked out of his office and breathed out deeply once the door closed.
"Eek, I'm guessing the answer he is looking for is about a relationship?" I nodded to Toph.
"I got so wrapped up with Zuko I completely forgot." She laughed sitting at her desk.
"Well guess you need to break his heart. How long ago did he ask?" I thought back and groaned, it was almost two months ago.
"Uhm back at the club?" Toph stopped giggling and looked at me her mouth wide open.
"THE CLUB?! Sugar Queen seriously?" I threw my hands up.
"Toph a lot was going on okay?! I didn't think he would really wait this long." She shook her head.
"That poor guy, your such a bitch." I rolled my eyes.
"If you feel so bad for him why don't you go and mend his broken heart. I'm picking up the call now. Don't say anything." She shook her head and began typing furiously at her computer.
I picked up the phone with shaky hands, wishing that he would have let it go. "Hello this is Katara."
"Hey Katara…uhm, how have you been?" I looked to Toph who was still keeping out of my business. I nodded, feeling more comfortable.
"Good, uhm Aang, what do you need?"
"Well…it's been awhile…and you still haven't you know answered me. I thought you might have gotten caught up in work." Work and my boss. I flushed at the thought.
"Uhm, yeah I have….look Aang, I don't want to do this over the phone can we-"
"You won't take me back will you." I sighed.
"No Aang. I won't…I've, I've sort of moved on. I'm so sorry." Silence hung in the air over the phone.
"Katara what can I do? Is it that boss of yours? We were meant to be together!" I sat down in the chair and held a hand to my head in exhaustion.
"It's not you Aang, it's me. I need someone like him. He, he makes up for the things that I lack. Aang you're a great guy and you will find a girl that completes you. But she isn't me." I heard nothing over the phone and waited patiently knowing that I had upset him once again.
"You would never take me back. I understand Katara…I hope he, he's what you want." I bit my lip forcing down a sob.
"I'm so sorry Aang, I didn't want to do this over the phone."
"It's fine, I don't want you to see me right now. It's not one of my best days." I swallowed the lump forming in my throat and breathed shallow breaths.
"Aang…"
"It's fine Katara *deep sigh* you're probably right. I'll find someone who will love me. I'm just sad it couldn't be you."
"Me too Aang, I love you…just not the way you want."
"Yeah, sorry for bothering you at work Katara…I'll see you sometime yeah? We all miss you at the restaurant." I chuckled.
"I'll be there sometime this week to say hello. I miss you guys too"
"Sounds good…bye Katara."
"Good bye Aang." I hung up knowing that good bye was meant as a final good bye. The few months of dating Aang had been wonderful, but they weren't what I needed. What I craved for. I placed my other hand to my head and groaned hating the feeling of loss in my chest. I hated hurting people, and breaking hearts was not what I liked to do. If anything I wish I could avoid it forever.
"Are you okay Katara? I'm…Im sorry I called you a bitch… I didn't mean it like that I just, I've been rejected before and I hate seeing it happen to people." I looked at her like she was crazy.
"Rejected…you? No way have you looked in a mirror? Any guy would date you." She shook her head.
"Nope, told me the same thing you did to Aang." I groaned.
"Great you probably hate me now." She shook her head.
"No that was the nicest way to put it." I looked at her while she typed away at her computer.
"Who was it?" Her hands stopped and she smirked.
"Zuko's cousin." I turned my head looking at her.
"His cousin?" She nodded. "How-how are you guys now?"
"Me and Lu Ten? We speak but not often. We actually don't talk anymore. I liked him way back in middle school. Lu Ten would be 25, he was two years older than Zuko." I felt like something horrible was about to be said.
"Would..?"
"He died in a car crash with his mother when Zuko was 18. Nearly 5 years ago." I gasped and put a hand to my mouth. "Zuko was really bitter after it happened, he was always looking up to Lu Ten. We were both distraught." She sighed sadness in her voice. "That's why we are so close. Why we stick together. Zuko and I have been through so much…so even though you had to break someone's heart. I'm glad you did it to be with Zuko. He needs someone like you in his life. He needs that one thing he's always wanted for once in his life." I hugged Toph tightly.
"I'm so sorry about what happened. I'll always be here Toph, for both of you." Toph laughed and pushed me off.
"Ew Sugar Queen don't get all sappy on me. It's not my thing." I laughed and got out of my chair heading back into Zuko's office.
"Sorry Toph I forgot you like to be the strong one." We laughed and I slipped back inside to see a very, very upset man.
"No father…look I just….Yes and…WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN?" I flinched at his loud voice. His eyes darted upwards to see me take my seat at the desk inside the office for me personally. I sipped on my coffee eyeing him cautiously. I knew this was about that just happened with the Lou's.
"Father I understand but Katara and I made it fairly obvious….no...Mai left…I know I know it didn't seem like her either." Zuko paused obviously listening to his father on the other end. His eyes flickered back to mine and he smiled. "Yeah it's official." I blushed knowing exactly what he meant by that. "I understand. I'll give you a call after work I have some business plans to sort through…okay, bye."
Zuko's POV
I huffed in irritation, when would my father realize I wasn't some stupid ignorant kid anymore. I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose. "Are you okay Zuko?" I smiled at her calming voice, the minx had left the building. I looked across to see her beginning to eat her food.
"I'm fine, my dad thinks they left too quickly and that we should stay on our toes…and that he hopes we have made a decision." She shifted in her chair smiling subtly.
"Depends." Her smile was quickly replaced with a playful smirk. I rolled my shoulders and sat back against my chair.
"Depends on what?" She shrugged. "Come on Katara really?" She giggled.
"Calm down dragon." I blinked twice.
"Dragon?" She smiled brightly, her perfect teeth clearly visible.
"Yes dragon, you have the temper of one." I huffed.
"And you would know this how? You've met a dragon I believe?" She chucked a pencil at me and I raised my hands trying to block it. We laughed before she ran a hand through her fringe.
"Whatever Zuko, anyways I was saying it depends. On how I feel tonight." I raised an eyebrow questioning her statement.
"What's happening tonight?" Her eyes flashed with playfulness and…lust? I felt my insides boil with want.
"I don't know, what is happening tonight Zuko?" I looked at her, she was scheming something. Then I saw it and I grinned. She wanted to play that way? I leaned back into my chair again, arms crossed over my chest.
"Well, Katara if you would like may I take you out on a date?" She grinned cheekily.
"I would be honored to, anywhere in particular?" I thought for a moment before remembering a document in my stack of paper. I noticed it before when I was going through it. Toph must have slipped it in there knowing I would get to it eventually.
"Well, you happen to be a lucky girl since there is somewhere I would like to take you." She looked at me shocked and it was my turn to smirk.
"Oh really? Where would that happen to be?" I shook my head.
"You'll have to wait and see, I'll pick you up at 7 tonight. Dress casually and warm, tonight might be chilly." She stared at me trying to think of where we could possibly be going. I shifted my attention to my work now eager to get it done.
"Well, I'll be looking forward to it." I smirked again. She always had the last word. Not today.
"Good, now get to work Ms. South, we have work to finish first." She chuckled.
"Yes sir." Damn I smirked.
"Thank you." I grinned widely knowing she couldn't get me back.
"Your welcome." I groaned and looked over at her, she was laughing at her desk.
"Katara stop." She shook her head.
"You won't win Zuko." I thought hard on my next sentence to leave her speechless, our little game becoming quite a test of our competitiveness. I smirked again.
"I know I will eventually, it's your wit that reminds me why I'm so attracted to you." She blushed from the neck up and stumbled over her words. I grinned looking back at my work and reveling in the win.
7:00 Katara's POV
I pulled the light blue jumper over my head before surveying my outfit in the mirror. I had tied my hair up in a high side pony tail letting a few strands frame my face and my bangs to one side. I wore very light make up, only mascara and a touch of peach eye shadow in the outer corners to help bring out the brown in my eyes. I twisted my body to the side surveying how my butt and back looked. I wore a light blue jumper that reached a little longer than shorts, just barely mid thigh; a pair of light grey leggings and a pair of my favorite dark brown boots that reached my calves. I grabbed my silver coach bag from my door and started stuffing my necessities into it. I looked at the clock and smirked. 7:05, he would be here any moment.
Ding dong
"Well speak of the devil and he shall appear." I practically ran to my front door and opened it to a gorgeous man standing outside my door. My heart leapt at his attire. He was not playing fair.
He was practically matching me. A dark blue sweater clung to his muscles and brought out the golden hue in his irises. He then wore a faded pair of jeans with a classic black pair of shoes. He had a grey jacket in his arms obviously feeling that he wouldn't be needing it just yet. I blushed.
"You ready?" I nodded and heard him laughing. I growled internally. HE KNEW! He knew blue was my favorite color and he KNEW that it would make me blush. I suddenly wanted to kill him.
"You're not playing fair Zuko." He grinned waiting for me to lock my door before lacing his fingers through mine.
"You weren't either when you came into my office today with that dress." I smirked.
"But you liked it." He shook his head leading us towards his car. His beautiful, amazing car. I rolled my eyes, the car was like his child.
"I liked it way too much. If you don't want me to take you on top of my desk without a care in the world you won't wear that dress again," I heard my mouth pop open, "unless you want me to take it off." I slapped his chest.
"Pervert!" he chuckled opening the door to his car and letting me inside. I still had no clue where we were going but it was obviously outside. I wanted to think the amusement park but it was too late. I tried to think of places that were great places for a date late at night but I just couldn't think of any. Zuko looked at me through the corner of his eyes as he drove us to his mystery area. I huffed and decided to stay quiet watching the city night life pass us by. We reached the town center and my eyes widened in surprise.
There was a carnival.
He was taking me to a freaking carnival, a fair, whatever you called it. How cute was that!? I looked at him excited like the little girl I wanted to be. It had been forever since I went to a fair!
"I take it you enjoy the fair?" I nodded to excited to speak, afraid that I would scream. "Good, I'm glad. Shall we go?" I jumped out of the car and listened to him laugh at my behavior.
"Oh Zuko this will be so much fun! I haven't been to the fair since I was in highschool! My dad took me here once when I was little and I've been addicted since!" He laced his fingers back through mine and smiled down at me.
"Me either, I went years ago. Toph put the flier in my stack of papers and thought that it would be nice not going to cafés all the time and tried something different. I pulled him towards the first ride and squeezed his hand happily. It was a fast ride, one of the fastest there. The ride was called the sledgehammer and was just one giant wheel of seats the rotated as it swung like a pendulum. I looked to Zuko who seemed just as excited.
"You're not afraid of the bigger rides?" He snorted at my question.
"Please I love this stuff." Okay Zuko seriously just earned some brownie points. I reached up on my tippy-toes to kiss him on the cheek. When I backed down he was smiling like he just won the world's greatest presents. What would he look like if he found out I was a virgin and gave it to him? I blushed at the thought.
Sure I thought about having sex with him, but I wanted some sort of foundation first. Hell he had every opportunity to just take me at any given moment but he knew not to. We reached the front of the line and soon it was our turn. We buckled in and let the ride pump adrenalin though our blood. I screamed happily during the entire ride loving the rush of wind in my face. We continued like that for another hour and a half, trying all the rides in the area. We finally got off one ride and headed towards a food booth and sat deciding what to eat. "Hmm I might just eat some fries." Zuko looked around before speaking.
"Do you want to try those kebabs over there?" I looked to where he was looking and noticed a fairly long line.
"If that many people are lined up why not." He smirked leading me by the hand to the booth.
"That's exactly what I was thinking." We stood in line talking about all the rides we went on and what we wanted to go on next. When we finally got our food we sat down at a table and ate, laughing about our past experiences at the fair.
"Oh no okay so one time, my father took me and my brother Sokka. The previous times he wasn't able to come due to sports or something but he got on a ride that you have to lay back against the wall, then it spins so fast that the force keeps you stuck to the wall. I forgot the name but Sokka started moving and ended up completely sideways along the wall with his arms sprawled out. Well sadly the idiot didn't get back into the right position and when the ride slowed down he nearly busted his face on the floor. The operator was so mad at him that we couldn't get on again." I was laughing at the memory while Zuko joined in.
"After meeting your brother that time it seems like something he would do." I smiled and looked at him.
"So have you and Azula ever done something at the fair together?" He leaned back in his chair thinking.
"Not really I mean Azula was never one for the fair but there was this once were we both went." I leaned in prepared to hear about some of his childhood. "We had never ate cotton candy before," I gasped.
"No way." He smirked.
"Yes way, so we got some at the fair, little did we know just how messy that stuff was. We were quite devious and decided to put it in our mothers hair. She was not amused by it at all but our father, Azula and I found it quite funny." I chuckled.
"How old were you?" He hummed thinking.
"Probably around 13, Azula was around 12 at the time." I smirked.
"Sounds like a fun night." He nodded grabbing our trash.
"It really was, you ready for a few more rides?" I nodded eagerly following him towards more rides.
Before I knew it the time speed along to ten o'clock. Zuko and I were walking alongside the river by the fair on the pathway. I enjoyed the cool nights breeze and the warmth from Zuko's hand. I could get used to this.
Zuko stopped and led me to a patch of grass by the water. I followed and sat beside him as he laid down on his back. I looked at the stars and the moon humming in delight. The night had been wonderful, Zuko was playful, a gentleman and made sure that I enjoyed the night. I blushed, I was beginning to really enjoy his company. Much more so than I thought I ever would. I looked down at him to find he watching me with a quite expression. I blushed and looked away.
"Wh-what?" he chuckled.
"Nothing you looked like you were in deep thought."
"I-I was but don't worry yourself over it." He sat up and scooted closer to me our shoulders touching lightly.
"I wasn't." I huffed, teasing me was not going to get him anywhere.
"Good." He chuckled more and nudged me.
"Come on 'Tara tell me." I raised an eyebrow.
"'Tara?" He shrugged a blush rising to his face.
"You called me dragon at work today, so I wanted to try it out. I don't think it sounds right coming from me." I blushed.
"Nah I don't think so either, want to try again?" He shook his head grinning.
"Hmmm, Kat?" I smiled blushing like a mad woman and looked away to the side.
"I kind of like that one." We basked in the silence enjoying the comforting atmosphere, I found the courage to place my head finding the perfect crevasse under his chin and shoulder. He silently wrapped his arm around my waist.
My heart was beating wildly inside my chest, and the warm pool of arousal in my lower abdomen. 'Why are you freaking out? It's not like you haven't done anything more heated than this so far!' I thought to myself. I tried to push the nagging feeling away but it just came back. I didn't know what to call it. After all the little…intimate moments we have shared I had never felt like this. I took a deep breath, trying to calm my nerves.
"You know…" he started, his voice low and rough, like he was also dealing with this weird surge of emotions. " This is going to sound really sappy but I'm usually not like this with girls." I chuckled.
"Hmm what are you like then?" He clutched my waist tighter, as if he was frightened I would leave.
"I don't know, just not like this. Everyone whose ever made a move on me I've pushed away. Even with Mai I wasn't the most…caring. I'm finding it hard to describe what I feel with you." I blushed, here it comes…I knew it was going to happen, everything led up to it. The playful relationship, Mai, the dates, tonight…I felt my heart swell with anticipation.
"Katara, this is going to sound really sappy and really unlike me…and I-" I wanted to laugh, he was trying so hard and it was adorable. "I don't know how to put this the right way.." He paused yet again, this time bringing his other hand to my face and making me face him. I refused to look into his eyes, suddenly fearful to what I was going to see.
What if I was wrong?
What if I was expecting the impossible?
What if he was having second thoughts?
Was I having second thoughts?
I mean it's only been around two months since we've actually met…there's no way. I bit my lip before just decided to put my big girl pants on and look him in the eyes. The warm honey hued orbs started down at me. His face showed no amusement, no seriousness, just pure and devoted adoration and I melted in his heated gaze.
"Katara I think I'm in love with you."
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