Disclaimer: AS you know I don't own Avatar: the last airbender, but I do own my characters. I do own a build-a-bear giraffe though named Zuko with a red bandana around his neck. ( I LOVE it!)

An American Firebender

Chapter 5:

May looked down at her ankle.

"I'm defiantly out for a couple days with my ankle." she said to herself. May stared at the ceiling. She was bored, but thoughts whizzed around her head like crazy. She let out a sigh. She pulled the covers closer to her. She was warm, but she felt safe. She saw Zuko reenter the tent.

"Here," he said giving her some blubber seal jerky.

"Thanks," she said sitting up.

"I don't think that you'll be walking for a couple days with that ankle." he said.

"Neither do I." she said.

"How did you do that?" asked Zuko.

"Well it all starts when I was 3 years old." May said.

"When you were 3." said Zuko.

"Yeah, I had been diagnosed with a disease that destroys the muscles. I got it in my left ankle. We caught it early enough to keep it from spreading and eventually got rid of it completely." she said. "But it had destroyed some major muscles and ligaments in my ankle. My ankle is permanently damage. If I do something just right, there goes my ankle for a day or two."

"How long did you have that disease?" asked Zuko.

"I got it when I was 3 and got rid of it when I was 6." she said. "I really didn't have any friends during that time."

"You seem fine to me." said Zuko.

"Yeah, but back then. I wasn't allowed to run or jog." she said. "When I got over it. I took what I wasn't able to do and finally be able to do it. That's why I'm in so many sports."

"Why did you kiss me on the cheek though?" asked Zuko.

"Are you really that think, Prince Zuko?" she asked playfully.

"I want to know what you think about me, May." he said. May looked at him with a smile on her face.

"Well…….I think of you as an ally, a friend, a person who I can trust with my life, and maybe more than just any friend." she said. "What do you think of me?" Zuko was pleased to her response.

"I think you are a beautiful young woman," he said. May blushed at this comment. "A talented girl with Firebending, a calm person with a fiery side to her, some one who knows how to call Zhao names, not the usual girl from around here, and to me she is more than just a friend." Zuko said.

"You really mean that?" she asked.

"And you say I'm the thick one!" said Zuko. "Of course I do."

"not many people say that to me, Prince Zuko." she said looking into his golden eyes.

"You can call me Zuko if you like." he said.

"Very well then, Zuko." she said. "Your golden eyes are hypnotizing to those who look into them." She looked at Zuko's face.

"No one has said that to me before." aid Zuko.

"Well they are." she said. She put her hand one Zuko's scar. He turned away. "It's okay." She lightly out lined it. "A wise person once told this Zuko. A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That first step, Zuko, was standing up for the new division. Your second one was refusing to fight your father. That scar is a badge of showing people that you have a kind heart underneath if you looked deep enough."

"You must think of me more than a friend to say that." Zuko said.

"Yeah, I think of you more than any friend." she said.

"If that's the case then," he said. Zuko put his arms around May's back and pulled her closer to him. She smiled. She knew what he was going to do. She put her arms around him as he kissed her on he lips. May went to a deep red, but smiled. She put her hands around his neck.

You piece of shit hormones! she thought yelling at herself in her head.

She smiled and so did Zuko as they kissed. She broke away slowly and turned hr head away. She was a deep red shade on her face.

"Your nicer than you appear under that armor shield of yours." she said.

"You always seem to know what to say, May." Zuko said.

"Well, I have had boys try to kiss me, but I've turned them all away." she said. "you're the first that I haven't turned away."

"I'm glad I am." Zuko said. "You better get some rest." May nodded. Zuko left the tent.

May laid down on the pillow; thinking about what just happen.

"All my friends have been bugging me about not kissing a guy, but I have now. His name, Zuko." she said. "I'll remember this forever; whether it's a dream or not. I know it happened. May closed her eyes. She drifted off to a peaceful sleep.

A/N: This was a good chapter i think. I loved it. Well hope you enjoyed it. I made it fluffy!