Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


"Come with me."

"Aang, I have work-"

"Leave it. You deserve a break and Appa's itching to get off this boat for awhile."

Katara smiled. Clearly Appa wasn't the only one feeling cooped up. "You promised Commander Pao you wouldn't kidnap me again, remember?"

"I recall no such promise," Aang replied with an entirely Toph-like grin.

For just a moment Katara felt the weight of everything lift from her shoulders. Suddenly she wasn't the Fire Lord anymore, and he wasn't the Avatar. For this moment they were just a boy and a girl. "Ok, Aang. Just for a little while."