p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Zuko sat in his mother's driveway for a while. He knew it was wrong for him and Suki to be together. She was married. Worse of all she was married to the best friend he'd ever had. He knew he should feel like the scum of the earth, but he didn't. He knew he should be feeling guilty, but he wasn't. He loved Suki, and nothing about that felt /The there was Sokka. He was still as kind, cheerful and selfless as Zuko remembered. Still the guy who was kind to the angst ridden scared kid from day one even though Zuko wasn't exactly kind to him. The guy who included him, pulled him out of his shell and never cared about his family name or money. The guy who took him in as part of his family and vice versa. br /But he was also the guy who has neglected his wife to the point where she felt the need to find love elsewhere. As much a he didn't want to hurt his friend, the fact was, Zuko loved /He walked into the house and saw the flicker of the television coming from the living room. "Hi." He greeted as he walked /"Hi Baby." Ursa greeted as Zuko leaned down and pressed his cheek to hers. She patted the other side of his face. "When you didn't come back, I thought you were staying at the house."br /"No," He walked around and sat on the other end of the couch "Just the hard wood and marble is done. They're doing the carpeting tomorrow and the furniture should be in next week."br /She looked at him and raised an eyebrow "Zuko, are you okay."br /He kept his eyes on the TV "Yeah Mom, I'm fine."br /"Are you sure? You seem off."br /He continued to stare blankly at the news/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Zuko sat forward in his seat. As the video started playing./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Ursa clutched her chest "Oh my goodness."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"*The others jump into action, but it seems they can't get in, and that's when this hero became a super hero. The firefighter, identified as Sokka Katuk, burst through the wall with a child cradled in his arms.* /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Ursa nearly let out a squeal, but covered her mouth with both hands. Zuko flinched as Sokka fell to his knees once through the wall and the other firefighters pull him and the child away from the burning house./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /"Oh, poor Sokka. Do you have his number? I want to check on him." Ursa rushed /"He's okay Mom. He's home resting."br /She let out a sigh of relief "Good. So he wasn't hurt?"br /"He has a dislocated shoulder and a nasty bruise, but other than that, he's fine."br /"Oh good." Ursa smiled, then her smile faded slowly as a thought crossed her mind "How'd you know about all of this already?"br /He looked away from her "I called him and Suki answered. She told me."br /Ursa frowned. "Really?"br /"Yes."br /She crossed her arms "Look at me and say that."br /He looked at her. He knew why she was saying that. Ever since he was a little boy Zuko could not look his mother in the face and lie without stammering. "Suki told me Sokka was hurt."br /"Now say the first part, you know, about who you called."br /Zuko squinted a bit. He could do this. He was a grown man, not some guilty little boy. If he spoke calmly and slowly he could get it out. "I called Sokk-ka." br /"Oh, Zuko." She sighed, disappointment radiating from every syllable. "Please tell me you're not seeing Sokka's wife." He held his head down "Zuko. You're a better man than this. Of all the woman in the world, why do you have to go after your friend's wife."br /Zuko kept his head down for a moment, but he couldn't think of any other answer. He looked at his mother "Because I love her."br /"Zuko."br /"Mom. I know. It's impulsive, it's stupid, it's selfish as hell, it's indulgent. I know. I've told myself that a trillion and a half times, but I can't help it. I love her."br /Ursa rubbed her hand across her face "Zuko-"br /"Mom, it just is what it is. But you don't have to worry about it anymore because I told her and she pushed me away, okay."br /"Well Son, I know you don't want to hear this, but that's for the best."/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Azula heard her mother gasp and came to the living room. She stood quietly on the hall side of the doorway and watched the rest of the report about the fire. She was about to walk away when she heard her brother give details that he probably shouldn't know. She leaned against the wall and listened to her brother and mother talk, her smile growing a little bit with every statement her brother /She pushed off of the wall and headed toward her room. "I knew it…At least she has more sense than I thought she did." She stopped and thought for a second, biting her top lip "Or does she?"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"*And we end today's broadcast with an amazing story of heroism. Earlier tonight we received cell phone video from the scene of the fire we reported on during the six o'clock broadcast.*/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Zuko sat forward in his seat. As the video started playing./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"*As you can see here a boy rescued from the burning building is pointing frantically and saying something to the fire fighters. One of them runs in, and soon as he's in, part of the roof collapses behind him.*/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Ursa clutched her chest "Oh my goodness."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"*The others jump into action, but it seems they can't get in, and that's when this hero became a super hero. The firefighter, identified as Sokka Katuk, burst through the wall with a child cradled in his arms.* /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Ursa nearly let out a squeal, but covered her mouth with both hands. Zuko flinched as Sokka fell to his knees once through the wall and the other firefighters pull him and the child away from the burning house./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /"Oh, poor Sokka. Do you have his number? I want to check on him." Ursa rushed /"He's okay Mom. He's home resting."br /She let out a sigh of relief "Good. So he wasn't hurt?"br /"He has a dislocated shoulder and a nasty bruise, but other than that, he's fine."br /"Oh good." Ursa smiled, then her smile faded slowly as a thought crossed her mind "How'd you know about all of this already?"br /He looked away from her "I called him and Suki answered. She told me."br /Ursa frowned. "Really?"br /"Yes."br /She crossed her arms "Look at me and say that."br /He looked at her. He knew why she was saying that. Ever since he was a little boy Zuko could not look his mother in the face and lie without stammering. "Suki told me Sokka was hurt."br /"Now say the first part, you know, about who you called."br /Zuko squinted a bit. He could do this. He was a grown man, not some guilty little boy. If he spoke calmly and slowly he could get it out. "I called Sokk-ka." br /"Oh, Zuko." She sighed, disappointment radiating from every syllable. "Please tell me you're not seeing Sokka's wife." He held his head down "Zuko. You're a better man than this. Of all the woman in the world, why do you have to go after your friend's wife."br /Zuko kept his head down for a moment, but he couldn't think of any other answer. He looked at his mother "Because I love her."br /"Zuko."br /"Mom. I know. It's impulsive, it's stupid, it's selfish as hell, it's indulgent. I know. I've told myself that a trillion and a half times, but I can't help it. I love her."br /Ursa rubbed her hand across her face "Zuko-"br /"Mom, it just is what it is. But you don't have to worry about it anymore because I told her and she pushed me away, okay."br /"Well Son, I know you don't want to hear this, but that's for the best."/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"br /Azula heard her mother gasp and came to the living room. She stood quietly on the hall side of the doorway and watched the rest of the report about the fire. She was about to walk away when she heard her brother give details that he probably shouldn't know. She leaned against the wall and listened to her brother and mother talk, her smile growing a little bit with every statement her brother /She pushed off of the wall and headed toward her room. "I knew it…At least she has more sense than I thought she did." She stopped and thought for a second, biting her top lip "Or does she?"/p