Christmas morning came, and she sun was shining bright through the icicles. Zuko had been up for a while the night before, explaining to his uncle why he has casts on and was missing his car. Iroh reacted by downing five cups of tea in a row. And as cheesy as it was, he even tucked Zuko in, much to Zuko's discontent. He kept telling his uncle he was fine, and reassuring him that he was in no pain, but Iroh still persisted on being all over Zuko. He wasn't mad, just shocked that he almost lost his only nephew.

Zuko grabbed his crutched as wobbled over to his closet to get dressed. The doctors would have suggested him getting help, but Zuko being stubborn did it on his own. He slowly and carefully made his way down the stairs and into the living room. Zuko saw his uncle sitting by the tree with a cup of tea and a smile on his face. "Merry Christmas my nephew." He said.

"Merry Christmas, Uncle." Zuko replied and took a seat next to his uncle. He set the crutches down and smiled at his uncle. Iroh handed Zuko his gift. Zuko took it gratefully and ripped off the wrapping paper. It was a small box, and inside of it was a book. Zuko picked it up and looked at it. "What is it?" he asked.

"Open it and see." Iroh said and Zuko opened to the first page. He was astonished to discover that it was his uncle's old firebending book!

"This has been passed down from generation to generation. This book will teach you every single trick of firebending. If you read it carefully, you could be a master in no time." Iroh informed him. Zuko turned and looked at his uncle.

"Thank you, Uncle."

"It was nothing. Now, I am very interested to see what you've gotten me. I've been waiting for you to wake up so I could open it. You're the only person I celebrate Christmas with and I wanted to do it right." His uncle stated. Zuko looked at the clock to see that it was almost noon. "Being in a car accident must really take energy out of you."

"I guess."

"But the real gift I have is seeing that you are okay. I don't know what I would do if I lost you. You are like my son now" Iroh said.

"I know, Uncle."

"You are one of the lucky ones." and Zuko looked out the window at the drifting snow. Iroh lifted an eyebrow. "Speaking of lucky…where is your little singer friend, Celeste?"

"She's at home with her family."

"I would think that you had a gift for her…since, you know, you are so fond of her." And Zuko turned to his uncle surprised.

"You knew?"

"Of course I knew. I know you well. I could tell you were interested in this girl from the beginning." And then there was some silence.

"Actually, I do have something for her." Zuko said. "Do you think that later you could drive me over to her house? I would like to give her the gift." Iroh smiled at his nephew and patted his back.

"I'd he happy to, Zuko."

Iroh opened his gift and was excited. Zuko was happy that his uncle appreciated the gift so much. He even started putting it to use right away. Zuko rested for most of the day, being thankful that he was alive. It was the first time in years he had actually been happy to wake up the next morning. After meeting Celeste, and the accident, he grew grateful for what he had.

The night sky fell, and everyone's Christmas lights came on. The sky was clear, and the stars shone with the full moon, making the snow glow and glisten. Smoke danced from chimneys and the aromas of sweet Christmas dinners danced into the air with every friendly door that opened. Zuko watched on, looking upon this as his uncle drove. They had no family, only each other. But that didn't mean that Zuko did not have any plans for anyone else.

Iroh pulled up into the familiar driveway and Zuko grabbed his crutches and the small, wrapped box with ribbon on it. He didn't get out for a while; he just sat and looked at the house. "Are you nervous, Zuko?" Iroh asked.

"I wonder if she'll like it." Zuko said.

"I'm sure she will. Now go…see the girl of your dreams." Iroh encouraged. Zuko smiled and got out of the car. He balanced himself on his crutches and slowly and carefully made his way to the door, but before he made it there the door opened and out stepped Celeste. The two teenagers looked at each other for a moment.

"Hi, Zuko." She said. "What're you doing here?" she asked.

"I wanted to give you something."

"Give me what?"

"Your Christmas present." He said and then she walked up to him and they both stood underneath the stars. Celeste had a gift in her hand as well.

"That's funny, cause I was just about to go over to your house and give you yours." She admitted. Zuko handed her the small box and she gratefully took it. In return she handed Zuko his present.

"I didn't know you got me something." Zuko stated.

"Of course I got you something." She said. Then there was a moment of silence. "How are you feeling?" she asked him. He shrugged.

"I'm alright." He replied and looked at her, "Aren't you gonna open it?" Zuko wanted to see the look on her face when she saw the gift. Celeste untied the bow and carefully ripped off the paper. It was a small jewelry box, and then she opened it and gasped at what she saw. Zuko smiled at her reaction. It was the necklace Celeste had wanted so badly! Her mouth gaped open as she touched her heart. He could tell that she really liked it.

"Zuko…it's the necklace I wanted!" she said with excitement.

"Yeah, I remembered seeing a picture of it on your wall." He explained, "I was going to use the money to buy the Prodigy, but I bought that for you instead." Celeste looked up at him and began to laugh. "What's so funny?" he asked with a grin.

"Open yours." She told him, and he leaned on his crutches and opened his. It was a game for the Prodigy game system. He looked at it and began to chuckle too. "I saw a picture of the game system in your locker and figured you'd buy it. I wanted to be the first to get you a game for it." And Zuko laughed more. "I'm sorry." She apologized.

"That's okay." He responded, "Thanks Celeste." Then there was more silence between them.

"So…do you wanna stay for dinner? Your uncle can come in too. We're having a holiday ham." Celeste offered.

"Yeah, sure. Thanks."

"Good." And they went to walk inside, but Celeste stopped and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Actually…there's one more gift I have for you."

"What would that be?" he asked.

Celeste placed a hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes. Zuko reached up and touched her soft hair. They gazed upon each other and grew closer until their noses touched. Then the little bit of space between their lips vanished and they shared a sweet kiss. It was their first kiss and it was underneath the Christmas moon. How romantic. They parted and gave each other a small smile. Zuko felt like he had been touched by an angel, and in this case maybe he had been. Without a doubt, it was the best Christmas present he had received, ever. "Merry Christmas Celeste." He said. She smiled at him again.

"Merry Christmas Zuko."

Epilogue

The following year, in the month of February, Celeste signed a five year contract with Faith Records. She went into the recording studio in March and recorded her first hit single. It made the top ten on the billboards and soon after recorded her first CD which was titled, Celestial. It sold an astonishing 2.3 million the first week it came out. Celeste soon became a singing sensation, a singing prodigy, and was known all over the nation with Zuko as her manager. She had hit it big and set out on her first tour later the same year. Her biggest concert was on Christmas day. The entire record label celebrated a full year of success, and the one year anniversary of Celeste and her relationship with Zuko.

The End