Chapter Thirteen:
"Zuko honey! Is it true you love me?" Helena asked. Zuko held in his hand a bouchet of roses in his hand. A big cool smile on his face.
"Yes Helena. I love you!" He told her smiling. Helena wore a long pink dress with a white hem. A pink ribbon in her hair and red shoes.
"Oh Prince Zuko!" Helena ran to him, arms open to receive his love. He is unable to controle himself anylonger. His smile became less and less cool. Untill he opend his eyes wide, pretty much as wide as his smile and opend his arms to her.
"HELENA!" He called to her. Once she got to him, Zuko wrapped her up in his and as they bent in for a kiss...
Zuko was awoken by the sun coming through the window. He loved sleeping on a soft bed. A bed that could fit three of him. It was so soft. He sat up and looked at the clock that was in the room.
"10:30!" Zuko exclaimed. "Helena's dance starts in fifteen minutes!" He quickly got out of bed, Way to fast, he fell off the bed. Quickly, he re-gained his balance and quickly got dressed, He ran into the kitchen just in the nick of time to grab some toast and he could probably make it if he sprinted. Iroh saw Zuko coming from the distance. Sprinting and eating a peice of toast at the same time. Once Zuko got there, he finished the peice and was able to scold his uncle. "Why didnt you wake me up!"
"You were having those dreams again. If I did that, I'd be like that toast. Burnt." Iroh teased. But he was serious. Aang and Katara giggled.
"What dreams?" Katara asked giggling. Zuko blushed alittle. Iroh continued to tease him.
"His dreams about Helena." Iroh told them teasing his nephew.
"How do you know about those?" Zuko asked his uncle. Iroh laughed.
"You just told me!" Iroh said. Causing the other two to giggle. Out smarted again by his uncle. He would have made a comeback, but Helena's dance began. This time, she did eat breakfast. So she performed it very well. At the end, fire shot up from two fire benders off the sides. Everyone clapped. The dancers got off the stage and to their friends. Katara, Sokka, Aang, Zuko, and Iroh all told Helena how well she did.
"OKAY NOW! EVERYONE! THE CARNIVAL PART OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BEGIN AT TWILIGHT! SO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY!" The announcer yelled at them. Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, and Helena all left to go to a resturant in the town. The resturant was quant little place where a person could go for a date, or just a day with friends. Everyone who went orderd the following:
Aang-- curry buns
Sokka-- fish
Katara-- Pizza buns
Zuko-- sashimi
Helena-- Stur Fry
As each waited for their lunch to come, Zuko started asking Helena questions about her mother. He wanted to figure out how he could help Helena get better at cooking.
"Mom was the one who taught Suki and Nami to cook. Nami isnt very good, but she at least can cook. Her food is atleast digestable. Suki cooks just like mom did. It was right around the time I turned thirteen that mom drowned. Suki has tried to teach me like mom did, but it never worked, I would never get it right. Mom never left a will, so no one knows where her things are. Suki thinks that dad sold them. Nami thinks mom drowned with them. I think they are still in the house somewhere.." Helena told Zuko. Their food came and all began to eat. Zuko was lisoning. Well I might add.He felt so bad for her, was it just natural that Helena didnt have the cooking ability? Or was it because she didnt get the training her sisters resevied. Of course, what happend next happend so fast that Zuko couldnt compute it very fast. The small bell above the door rang as someone else walked in, Helena quickly grabbed Zuko's coller off his shirt and brought him to kiss her. Thinking that maybe Ryousuke would get jealous. The whole gang saw them and watched. Helena didnt just kiss him on the cheek. It was on the mouth.They saw Ryousuke stairing at them. With his arm around his bimbo girlfriend. Aang and Sokka giggled as Katara told them that they shouldnt laugh at them. Once Ryousuke and his bimbo bitch sat down at a table far from Zuko and Helena, Helena stopped the kiss.There was a silence between them. Again, Zuko got kissed by his secret love. Wow this day was turning out pretty good! he got to the best part in his dream, he was able to ask her questions about her mom and not have her get all depressed about it, and he got kissed! pretty good afternoon. Once they had finished thier dinner, Helena was deturmand to show her sisters that their mother's most prized posession was somewhere in the mansion, so she had Katara, Sokka, Aang, and Zuko all help her look. They all searched the attic. So..many...boxes...
Helena found lots of old stuff, like a photo album that she looked through with everyone else, the first valintine her mother had gotten from her father, some old baby stuff that her mother had saved from when Helena and her sisters were babys. Home movies, a small cross stitch guide, some old thread, alot of old needles, alot of other stuff.
"Whats this old thing?" Aang asked. In his hands was an old book. A really old book. The cover looked like it was going to rip at any given moment, but the inside was perfect. "Section one. Cooking. How to boil water?" Aang read aloud. Helena walked over to Aang and he gave her the book to desifer.
"Moms...old..." She mumbled as she staired at it. Everyone saw tears well up in her eyes. "SUKI!" with that, Suki ran upto the attic.
"What is it Helena?" Suki asked. Helena handed her the book.
"We found some of mom's old stuff and Aang found her old-"
"Guide.." Suki finished, opening the book, Everyone gatherd around Suki and looked into the book. After a bit of disbelieve, Suki handed the guide to Helena. "You need this more than I do. You keep it." Helena took the guide and smiled at her sister.
"Thanks Suki."
"In that guide, our mother wrote down everything she knew about home economics. Cooking, child care, sewing, everything Helena, Nami, or I would need to know about taking care of a house. Its a good thing you all found this stuff, Father was thinking of selling them.Helena, Nami or I can't keep this stuff with us, Daddy will find it. You take it with you." Suki explained to them. Helena nodded in understandment. She put the book in a box and had everyone help her move them into a spaire room on Zuko's ship. This time was odd for Aang and the others. Everytime on this ship they always had to escape, this time they had to keep reminding themselfs that they wernt captured. They had finally given her, her own room. Zuko would miss having her sleep in his bed, but he figured it would be okay, she is just one door to the left of him. Helena had gotten the boxes where they would be easily accessed, and a few sheets on her bed. After they had gotten this all done, it was almost time for them to go to the festival thing. Katara went with Helena to help her pick out something to wear. Once in Helena's room, she showed Katara two dresses, one was a purple chinese dress, and the other was a blue kamono with sunflowers on it. Katara pointed to the chinese dress. Helena grabbed the dress and went behind the screen. Those changing screens you know. As she changed, she and Katara talked.
"Do you think Aang likes me?" Katara asked Helena. Helena thought about it.
"Maybe, If he doesnt, he should. You two would make a totally cute couple!" Helena told her as she tried to zip up the back without getting her hair caught in the zipper. Once that was accomplished, She hooked the hook in the back and came out. "Do you like him?"
"Yeah." Katara admitted. Helena grinned.
"Well. Today you could use the carnival thing as a date. Lots of people do that." Helena told her. That is exactly what Aang and Zuko had in mind. But the girls, they didnt know anything of it. "You want to borrow one of my dresses? You can keep it."
"Okay." With that, Helena let her have any dress she wanted, a blue chinese one is what she picked out. Katara changed behind the screen like Helena did and braided her hair into two pig-tails. Once both girls were finished dressing up, it was time to go. Zuko took Helena while Aang took Katara. Sokka hung out with Helena's sisters. Normally he wouldnt like it, but hey! To him, they were cute, too old for him, But im gonna guess that guys do that all the time.
It was twilight when the festival started. There were booths of games, food, and other stuff. Perfect..Zuko thought to himself as he walked in with Helena. Perfect date spot! He saw Helena look at him.
"Lets leave tomarrow." Helena told him. He looked at her with an odd expression.
"Why?" He asked her.
"I just dont want to dance anymore. I'll have to, and I dont want to be around Ryousuke anymore." Helena told him. Zuko could understand that, so he agreed to leave with her tomarrow. Helena now knew that she would be at sea with him for a long time, so she would know what to bring with her. All her clothes, her book, ect.. ect..
The date started with a few games, then, Zuko bought her a snow cone. They had a basicly fun time. A vender offerd Zuko a drink that would make her fall head-over-heels for him, as tempting as it was, Zuko refused it and continued with their date. When it was all over, Katara and Aang walked to them. Aang had won Katara lots of stuffed Animals. As did Zuko for Helena. Katara and Aang cought up with Sokka. As Zuko and Helena stayed behind, but still walking back to the mansion.
When they got back, Zuko told his uncle that they were leaving tomarrow. Helena packed all the stuff she was going to take, into a pink bag. She put her clothes and her dresses in first, and then the book about the hero, the cosmetics that she had, she scrolls that her father had gotten for her, back when water bending was okay. There were a few fire bending scrolls as well. She took out the picture of Ryousuke that she had in a heartshaped frame and ripped it in half. She put the fram in her bag as well. The next morning, before breakfast was when Aang, Katara, and Sokka left. Zuko and Helena left a one hour after that. Helena put her bag in the room she called her own on the ship. She was just able to get her book out and into the kitchen before Zuko could send a solider to cook for them. Within the hour, she accomplished boiling water, so they had boiled eggs for breakfast. Iroh couldnt skip out on breakfast this time. They were hesitant at eating while Helena smiled at them, with hope in her eyes. They ate some of the boiled egg and to their suprise.
"Its great!" Zuko told her smiling, Helena grinned.
"Really?" She asked him, she took a bite out of her's as well and smiled. "It is!" They all actually finished their breakfast with out throwing up after ward. Once Zuko and Iroh had gone on deck to practice, Helena joined them, reading her book.
okay okay hihi people! I just had to say. I found songs that describe the characters in my fanfic!
Zuko--Breaking the Habit and The Reason. Possably Welcome to my life
Katara-- Fly, and One word
Helena--Ordinary day, and What I like about you
Blond Bimbo-- You know He never loved you
Ryousuke-- (None)
Sokka-- (None)
Aang--Im just a kid
