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I sat up in my bed and looked around. Yep, still in Avatar world. Not that that is a horrible thing. I stood up and dressed in my normal jeans and tank top, since no one was nice enough to let me borrow clothes. I left the room and walked down the hall. I really don't know where I am going. You could call it walking aimlessly. I do that a lot.

After about ten minutes I found Zuko's room. Well, he's still sleeping. I'll have to wait a while for fun. So, what can I do now? Go out on deck and watch the birds? Good enough answer for me. But, I'm bored so I sing.

"Staring at a maple leaf. Leaning on the mother tree I said to myself we all lost touch. Your favorite fruit is chocolate covered cherries. And seedless watermelon ooh. Nothing from the ground is good enough." I sang 'chariot' on my way to the deck. I finally made it there and leaned against the railing.

I finished the song and heard clapping. Great someone heard me. I turned to see Iroh walking towards me. I turned back to the railing and leaned over, just a bit, to reach the water. I pulled up a ribbon of water and twirled it around.

"You are quite a good singer." Iroh said to me. I smiled.

"Thanks."

Molly came out from under the deck, chasing a mouse. I looked at it and sighed. "Either there are mice all over the ship or Princey is awake and she got under his bead again." Iroh chuckled.

"I must be off now. Business to attend to." I nodded and he walked off.

I made the ribbon of water into three balls of water and spun it around, much like Aang's marble trick. I put the water back into a long ribbon and teased Molly with it. When she got uninterested I practiced water whipping the fish.

"You can waterbend?" Zuko. I smiled. FUN. But, I'd have to wait until the perfect time.

"Yes…" I guess I didn't tell him.

"Oh, I didn't know." Nope, didn't tell him.

I didn't say anything, just went back to playing with a ribbon of water. He walked away. I followed, careful not to be seen. He went into his room but left the door slightly open. Perfect. I hid around a corner where I could still see the room perfectly.

He started to walk out. Hey Princey, look up. Ha! He looked up. I smiled and dropped a ball of water I had been holding on him. Steam. Bad sign.

"SHELBY!"

"RUNNING!" I took off through the halls and ran out on deck, where I found Iroh. I hid behind him "Don't let him kill me!"

Zuko came out and we were running like little kids around Iroh. It would have been really funny if I hadn't been the one he was chasing. Iroh grabbed the back of Zuko's shirt and stopped him. I hid behind Iroh.

"Now, why are you trying to kill each other?" Iroh asked calmly. Zuko's right. I think the tea has done something to him. He only has one emotion. Happy.

"Correction, he is trying to kill me. I didn't try to kill him." I said, still cowering behind Iroh.

"Whatever. What happened?"

"She splashed water on me." Iroh stared blankly at him. He rolled his eyes and let go of Zuko's shirt.

"At least your face is washed now. Don't try to kill her anymore." He walked off, leaving Zuko to kill me. I walked over to the railing. I sat on the deck with my back against the railing. Molly climbed into my lap and fell asleep. I swear she had major mood swing. One minute she's loud and obnoxious and the next she is quiet and happy.

I glared at him. "I do not have mood swings."

He growled. "Stupid mind reading powers." And walked off, probably to kill someone.

I smiled. Then frowned. I don't have mood swings.

MEANWHILE!

Sokka woke up and looked at Katara. She was sitting on Appa's head talking to Aang.

"Did Shelby say anything today?" He yawned.

She glared at him. "No. And I don't see why you're so obsessed with her."

He scowled, "I'm not obsessed!"

Katara whispered to Aang, "He's obsessed."

Aang nodded.

BACK TO THE SHIP!

I leaned against the railing and stared at the water. So bored. Zuko walked up next to me and leaned against the railing. He stared at the water intently. Maybe he was trying to see what I was looking at. Of course, he didn't have to try as hard as he was. I was only looking at the water, not something in it. But I wasn't telling him this.

"What are you looking at?" I laughed.

"The water."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

After a few minutes of silence Zuko asked, "What happened to your family?" I cringed. Not what I wanted to talk about. I wasn't about to explain that I was in a TV show so my parents had no idea where I was.

"I don't really want to talk about it." He looked almost sad that I wouldn't tell him. "Maybe I'll tell you when the time is right."

He nodded. "Okay."

I climbed onto the railing and sat on it, swinging my feet. He looked at me like I was crazy. "Are there sharks in these waters?"

"No, only the occasional dolphin." I nodded and slid off the railing into the water. Not a long drop. He looked over the edge and watched me. He laughed at me when I caught a small fish in my hands. I rolled my eyes at him.

"At least I can catch fish." He glared at me, looked around, and took off his armor. I wrinkled my nose and pretended to shield my eyes. "It burns!" He jumped into the water. Not something I would expect Zuko to do. But, no one knows exactly what Zuko would do in this situation until now.

I watched as he chased after about thirty fish. I smirked at him and dove under the water, coming up about five seconds later with a fish in my hands. I let it go and he scowled at me. He tried to catch fish for about five more minutes then gave up.

I climbed up the rope ladder some random crew member dropped for us and walked towards my room, shivering. Stupid cold water. Zuko caught up with me and handed me a key. "The room next to yours is a washroom. I had my crew put some clothes in there for you." I nodded. At least I could get a shower.

After a long bath I put on the clothes they had left me. Stupid fire nation colors. It was a red kimono with black pants and sleeves. I am burning them when I get off this ship. What exactly was my mission on this ship? I have no idea. To mess with Zuko maybe?

I walked out of the wash room and walked into some kind of laundry room. I gave my clothes to one of the guards that was washing the clothes. Poor guy probably hasn't ever seen women's clothing.

I walked out on deck and found Zuko, dry and dressed. He was leaning on the railing looking at the water. I walked up next to him. "I didn't know you did this before I got here."

"What?" He looked at me then back at the water then back at me. You could call it a double take. He stared at me. I am guessing it's because I looked totally different. My hair was down and red was so not my color.

"I didn't think you leaned on the railing and watched the water." He finally stopped looking at me.

"Oh. No, I didn't."

"Ok."

I sat on the deck, by the railing but not leaning on it. I closed my eyes and focused on my breathing. I don't know how long I was sitting there but I finally heard Zuko call my name. "Shelby? HELLO?" I opened my eyes and looked up at him.

"What?"

"I've been talking to you for five minutes."

"Sorry."

"What were you doing?"

"I guess it's a lot like your meditation. I block out all noise and focus on my breathing. It calms me. And right now I am very stressed so that's why I'm doing it." He nodded.

"You can come with me when I meditate if you want."

"When are you going?"

"Now." I stood up and walked with him to the meditation room.

He sat on a mat and I sat on the floor, not really caring. After about two minutes I had blocked everything out and was focusing on just my breathing.

MEANWHILE ON APPA!

Katara looked over the side of Appa. "Shelby was just out on deck. They have taken a liking to her obviously. She was wearing fire nation colors. And I haven't heard any shouting about finding us."

Sokka scowled, "Yeah well she better burn those clothes and get her clothes back."

"Why? So you can stare at her?" Katara giggled.

"No. I just hate fire nation colors."

"Right."

BACK ON PRINCEY'S SHIP!

I felt the floor around me shift a little as Zuko stood up. I opened my eyes, but closed them again. I blinked a few times. Stupid light. "How long were we in there?" I asked as we walked out of the meditation room.

"About an hour."

"Wow. I didn't notice."

"I could tell. I talked to you a few times but you kind of just ignored me."

"Sorry. I block everything out." He nodded and walked off towards the deck. I walked into my room and lay down on the bed. My clothes were folded and set on the table. I smiled.

Hey Katara.

Hey! How is everything?

I have so much to tell you!

Like what?

Like how Zuko was flirting with me.

Eww.

I know.

Sokka says hi. –rolls eyes-

-laugh- tell Sokka I said hi.

Aang said hi too.

Tell him I said hi.

Will do.

I better go now. I'll let you guys know when everyone is asleep.

Ok, bye.

Bye.

Just as I said bye to Katara, Zuko walked in. "Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"

"I've heard of it but I don't do it."

"Whatever. So what do you want?"

"Nothing."

I rolled my eyes and stood up. I walked over to the table, where Molly had planted herself onto the pile of clothes. I picked her up and walked out of the room. Zuko walked after me.

"Where are you going?"

"To the deck to watch the sun set."

"Oh." He kept following me out onto the deck. If it had been anyone else I would have screamed 'STALKER' and run off. But, It's kind of hard to get away from Zuko when you are on his ship.

I walked to the bow of the ship and sat lay on the deck, staring at the sky. Molly lay on my stomach and Zuko stood by the railing next to me. I looked up at him. "Why are you following me?"

He looked down at me and I looked back at the sky. He is freakin me out. "Cause I have nothing better to do."

"So, you can't go find your uncle's tea stash and throw it over board? That's better than following me around."

"No it's not."

"You really have nothing better to do?"

"Nope."'

"Whatever. Well, since you're not gonna throw the tea overboard can I?" He laughed and sat down next to me.

"No, I then my uncle would just stop and buy more."

"And what's wrong with stopping to buy more?"

"That would be the next port we stop at... and you said you were leaving at the next port." I closed my eyes. Just great. He wanted me to stay. Maybe I could clone myself and leave the clone with him. I started the whole 'Zuko or Sokka' battle again and got another headache.

We sat in silence for a while. He stood up. "Night."

I opened my eyes. It was really dark out. I guess we were there for a lot longer that I thought. "Night."

I sat up and looked around. No one was on deck.

Katara, can you hear me?

Yeah.

Ok, can you come down in about five minutes? I need to get my stuff.

Ok, see ya then!

Ok.

I quietly walked to my room and grabbed my jeans, tank top, hoodie, and picked up Molly, who had followed me. I walked back onto the deck and saw Appa slowly lowering towards the ship. They flew next to the ship and I climbed onto Appa. I hugged Katara and we got higher into the clouds. When we were out of sight of the boat we started talking.

I told her about everything I had done. "You know, Zuko was flirting with me." She wrinkled her nose in disgust.

Sokka almost blew up. "I'll kill him!" Katara looked at me and we fell over laughing while Sokka paced around Appa making a plan on how he was going to kill Zuko.

I wiped my tears, from laughing so hard, and said to Sokka, "You know, you don't have to take care of me. I can take care of myself." He glared at me, then sat down and started mumbling something about Zuko hitting on his sister's friend.

After laughing a few more minutes we all fell asleep, except Aang. He was steering Appa.

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LONG chappie xD. Hope you like it. Yeah, I know. Zuko is kind of OOC as is Sokka but, who cares. It's not supposed to be perfect.