Sorry that it's been a while since I last updated, but of course, I was sick, so I would have time to write. But then I got writer's block. When I finally got an idea, I had lots of homework. I'm still not finished with it all, but I'll do it later. I have a story to write. Oh, by the way, I should told you earlier, but everyone is a year older in the story. Aang is 13, Zula and Sokka are 16, Zuko is 17, and Katara turns 16 in this chapter. Enjoy.
"No!" yelled Zula. She watched in horror as the Avatar was getting away. Not only that, but her ship was burning up. As the fire spread to her champagne supply, it blew up.

Sokka was on the ship when in exploded, so he went flying in the air. His boomerang came off his back flung straight at Aang's glider. The fragile part of his glider ripped and he fell into the sea.

Sokka landed right on Zula. His lips landed on hers. Since Zula knew Sokka had downed Aang, she didn't break the kiss. She knew Sokka would make a fine warrior, even if he is clumsy at times. But, she still had to break the kiss.

So she did. She couldn't let the Avatar get back up and run away while they were having their little moment. So she jumped to where Aang was.

Then Aang hopped on his air scooter. Zula grabbed his arm so he couldn't go anywhere without her knowing. Aang just went up. As Zula looked down and saw it was a long way down. She didn't care, though. She turned Aang's air scooter into thunder. She watched happily as Aang fell to the water.

As she fell, she straightened her body so she wouldn't get hurt by the impact. She hit the water, went under it, and came back up.

"Well Sokka, it looks like we're stranded at sea. I hope you're a good swimmer." said Zula determined.

Sokka never swam before. He was always playing soldier. He felt lucky just to stay afloat. But he would surely sink if he were moving. He would have to hope not. Zula was starting to like him, and he wasn't going to ruin it.

All this was happening before dawn. So, meanwhile at Zuko and Katara's underground igloo, Zuko was almost about to wake up. After about half an hour, the sun was up, which means so was Zuko.

He was looking forward to some nice, peaceful meditation before Katara woke up. To his amazement, Katara was already up.

"What are you doing getting up so early?" asked Zuko.

"Don't you know?" asked Katara.

"No! Tell me!" demanded Zuko.

Katara sat down on the love seat made of ice and motioned for Zuko to do the same. When he did, Katara said "It's my birthday!"

"Then I need to give you a birthday kiss." said Zuko with a grin on his face. He leaned in for the kiss, but Katara leaned away.

"No kiss until I finish." said Katara. Zuko sat attentively.

"It's my sixteenth birthday. I'm now of marrying age." said Katara. Zuko then put on the biggest smile there could ever be.

He pulled har closer to his side. "Have you decided who you might be interested in marrying?" asked Zuko.

"Maybe." replied Katara. Then Katara kissed Zuko and he kissed her back.

Thank you for reading, of course. Please review. As for what next chapter will be about I'm going to have Iroh arrive at the Fire Nation and possibly something special. I'm not promising anything, but I'll probably do it because the chapter would be short otherwise. Now thatI put you in suspense, I need to go relax. I'll try to update as soon as possible, even with all my make-up work.