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Sorry it's been awhile, me got grounded again.

Chapter 6

'Sunrise'

"…would you like to go?"

Zuko nodded, "Yes. Is there a channel on that explains school?" Picking up the remote, Zuko flipped through the channels in hope to find something that would settle his curiosity. Amy thought for a moment, "Well…no. But there is a channel that deals with teenagers and stuff, press 54 for MTV. They should have a program on called High School Stories it is about High School pranks and controversies. You can at least see what kind of clothes people wear and how they act, just don't pull any pranks while at my school." Amy joked.

Zuko changed the channel and it changed to MTV and began watching. This was one of Amy's favorites! The guy makes a statue of the Trojan bunny from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and mounts it in the front of the school with cement bags.

(All you Monty Python fans give a scream!)

Amy got up and got more pizza and Pop and they watched the whole episode and talked. Ryan looked like he was ready to nod off at any moment, his baby blue eyes closing slowly as his sippy cup fell from his hands.

While Zuko watched TV, Amy picked Ryan up carefully and took Ryan into the bedroom to put him to bed.

"Se song? Se Song!" He said, demanding that she sing him a bedtime song, Amy smiled and tucked him into bed.

"Alright, alright, me se song." She agreed and sat down next to Ryan's bed, which was so low to the ground that Amy could rub Ryan's back while she sang to him.

Zuko had noticed that Amy was gone and so was Ryan, where had they gone? Zuko got up and looked in the door way and saw Amy over Ryan's bed, her back to him as she sang to Ryan.

Sunrise

Sunrise

Looks like morning in your eyes

But the clock held 9:15 for hours

Sunrise

Sunrise

Couldn't tempt us if it tried

Cuz the afternoon's already come and gone

And I said

Oooo, oooo, oooo

To you

Sunrise

Sunrise

Couldn't find it in your eyes

But I'm sure its written all over my face

Sunrise

Sunrise

Never something I could hide

When I see we made it through another day

When I say

Oooo, oooo, oooo

To you

And now the night

Will throw its cover down on me again

And if I'm right

It's the only way to bring me back

Oooo, oooo, oooo

To you.

Amy sang the song two more times before Ryan would fall asleep. Zuko had almost fallen asleep himself, her voice and words was so soothing, she could sing. Amy kissed Ryan's forehead softly, "Goodnight baby." She whispered tenderly to the sleeping infant. She got up and went to leave and saw Zuko, she jumped back, startled.

"How long have you been there?" She asked in a hushed whisper.

"The whole time." Zuko said, acting bored and walked away. Amy shook her head, 'Okay then'

Amy left the room, closing the door quietly behind her, but not before Hailey pushed her way in and curled up beside Ryan on the bed.

It was 10 o'clock when Amy changed the channel to Adult Swim and InuYasha came on. They watched that show until it ended. Zuko liked it, he imagined himself picking up the Tetsusaiga with one hand.

Amy yawned, she got off the couch and went in the fridge. She returned with two cold cans of 'Red Bull' She tossed one to Zuko who caught it with ease.

"What's this?" Zuko asked, looking at the strange can.

"It's an energy drink." Amy explained, opening the can, "It keeps you awake. I practically live off of theses things." She took a big swig of the drink and sighed.

Zuko took a sip of his, wincing at the taste, Amy laughed, "You kinda have to get use to it."

:Time Gapola:

Awhile later, Zuko felt wide-awake and so was Amy, but on a lower level. Ryan had waken up a few more times during the night and Amy would go in and sing him back to sleep.

There was a phone call, which Amy answered and turned out to be Krystal just checking up on them and making sure that Ryan was being good. They hung up and sat back down on the couch. During the commercials Amy would tell Zuko all about High School, What to do and what not to do; No Firebending, killing anyone who annoyed him, talking about the avatar…obvious stuff like that.

Zuko would listen, absorbing all this information in and Amy said that she would take him to the Mall tomorrow to get him some supplies and clothes, Daddy had left his credit card!

Zuko turned his attention back to the television after Amy was done talking, amazed that so many things that he could do that would be wrong and a social status killer! Zuko made a mental note to just stay close to Amy while at school. Samurai Champloo was on but he was barely paying attention to it, he had noticed that Amy was dozing off, her eyes barely open.

"You're falling asleep." Zuko stated. Amy's eyes snapped open and she shook her head, "No." She said, stifling a yawn, "Just resting."

Zuko hid a smile, " You can go to sleep if you want to. I'll wake you when they come back."

Amy nodded, "Tanks awot. I owe ya. You can get yourself another Red Bull if you would like, I, apparently, have developed a tolerance to the high caffeine." She yawned again.

Zuko rolled his eyes, "You're not a late person are you."

Amy shook her head, then smiled cheekily, 'But I'm a late morning person!" She sighed, "Too bad we have to wake up at 5:30am though for Monday."

Zuko's eyes shot up in shock, "5:30!"

"Yup, sucks huh?" She chuckled, "We would have to get up earlier if we rode the bus, but since I can drive we get to sleep in. I don't know about you, but I'm gonna sleep. Night Night." She closed her eyes and was soon sleeping soundly.

Zuko shook his head in amazement, she could fall asleep as fast as Uncle Iroh!

Zuko got himself another Red Bull, deciding that he liked the stuff and wished that his ship had it other than his Uncle's Tea.

A cry from the other room alerted him that the 'sleeping angel' had awoken again from his sleep. Zuko looked over at Amy, he shouldn't wake her…

Zuko got up and went into the baby's room, Ryan sat atop the bed, clutching his blue bare and crying.

Zuko picked him up carefully, "Why are you crying?" He asked calmly, hoping to quiet the baby. Zuko rocked Ryan, trying to quiet his tears. Ryan whimpered as he clutched to Zuko, hiding his face in his shirt. Zuko tried to remember that song that Amy had been singing, but all he could recall was the 'Oooo, oooo, oooo" parts, not enough to be a real song. Plus he couldn't sing very well anyways in his opining. He sighed, thinking of something that might pacify Ryan. Hailey had jumped off the bed when Ryan had awoken and was now in the corner of the room, watching him with her little master.

Zuko thought of something, He sat Ryan down on his bed and patted Ryan's back as Amy had done earlier, and murmuring under his breath.

"I'll tell you a story about my world Ryan, My nation, the Fire nation, is the strongest nation of the four. The other nations are Air, Earth, and Water, all of them soon to be under our rule. 100 years ago, when Avatar Roku died, the Firenation wanted to take control of the other nation, to have control of the whole world. The next Avatar was born in the cycle, Air, the Avatar was and Air nomad monk. My nation looked for him everywhere, to the four corners of the world and farther, but we could not find his anywhere, he had vanished twelve years after he was born. My grandfather and my father searched for him, but it was in vain, they had failed. It was now up to me to find Avatar, which was now the last Airbender. He had escaped from my grasp many times before…' Zuko sighed, "But now it's useless searching for him here…there's no Avatar here in this world, or even benders for that matter." Zuko looked down at Ryan, he had fallen asleep, clutching Zuko's shirt like a favored blanket.

Zuko smiled faintly, he laid the child on his bed and covered him up with his blanket. Zuko closed the door and went back in the living room where Amy was still out cold on the sofa. Zuko patted Oscar's head as he passed receiving a lick on the hand in return.

Zuko continued watching TV and a couple hours later he heard the front door unlock and Krystal and Jeremy walk in.

"Hey." Krystal whispered, setting her purse on the counter, "Did everything go okay?"

Zuko nodded. Jeremy handed him two twenty-dollar bills, "One is for you and the other for Amy. Looks like she's asleep." Zuko tapped Amy's arm, waking her.

"Yo," She sighed, then yawned. Zuko handed her a twenty. Amy looked up at Krystal and Jeremy "Have fun?" She asked liked always. They nodded, apparently, the dance club was having Women get in free tonight. Amy made a note that maybe she should take Zuko, learn how to dance or just to make new friends.

"Thank you for coming out. We have another date to ask you about, next Tuesday?"

Amy nodded, "Sure, can Zuko come also? Ryan seemed to like him a lot." Jeremy nodded, "Of course man."

Amy laughed, "Well, goodnig-uh Good morning, see you Tuesday."

She and Zuko left and Amy turned to wave before getting in the car. Zuko got in the passenger side and they drove away.

"You got money too!" Amy smiled, "Awesome. Now you can buy yourself something—" She yawned again, she needed to go to bed earlier she decided.

"What can I buy with twenty dollars?"

Amy thought for a moment, "Lots of things; food, CDs, books, clothes…stuff like that."

"Did Ryan wake up anymore during the night?"

"Um…yes. But he went right back to sleep. I didn't have to go in." Zuko lied. Amy nodded and continued driving.

Zuko didn't want Amy to think he was soft, calming a little baby's tears and telling him a bedtime story…Zuko shook his head, those were not dignified actions for a prince of the Fire Nation.

Amy turned into her driveway and they left the car to go inside out of the cold. Bear greeted them when they entered. Instead of getting Zuko blankets for the couch, she guided him into her parent's room.

"You can sleep here for now on, "She told him, "My Dad won't be back for two months."

"Where is he?"

"Somewhere in Baghdad fighting a war." She shrugged carelessly.

'War? There's war here?' Zuko was surprised. Amy didn't seem to care that her dad was in a war.

"He's a pain in the ass." Amy said when Zuko questioned her, "He likes to order people around, He's an Admiral, coincidence? I think not! That's why I think Mom spends so much time in Spain is to escape my father." Amy threw him a pillow, "Catch. Okay, I'm going to bed. Sleep late, God knows I am." She left the room.

Zuko looked around at her parent's bedroom. It was big, there were a few pictures of family members on the wall that he could see. One picture in particular caught Zuko's eye, he went up to it for a better look.

The picture was of four people. Zuko realized that it was a family portrait, He could pick out Amy's mom and dad, and the figure of Amy herself….and another girl, who looked a couple years older then Amy. The picture was taken a few years ago Zuko guessed, Amy's hair was shorter in the picture and she didn't look as mature.

'But who is the girl?' Zuko wondered. The mysterious girl had big green eyes and curly brown hair, the exact opposite of Amy's strait golden blonde. She looked about eighteen in the photo; her arms were around Amy in an affectionate hug. She was smiling, and so was Amy.

'That's her sister!' Zuko realized. Now that he thought of it, he could pick out similarities between the two girls: Their smiles were the same and they both have the same glint in their eyes, like they knew something and were not about to tell.

'But where is she?' Amy looked fourteen in the picture. So her sister would have to be 20 or 21. 'I'll ask Amy about it tomorrow.' Zuko concluded, not wanting to think anymore on the subject when there's a bed calling his name. He got in the large bed and was soon fast asleep.


Sorry its been awhile my loyal readers. I was grounded and I really did not feel like typing this up, It was a burden the whole time….Maybe some reviews would make it better? The next chapter is awesome in my, and all my friends opinion. Imagine what Zuko would look like if he discovered 'Victoria Secret.'……hahaha! If you want to read about it then GIVE ME LOTSA REVEIWS! Oh and read my other stories too. Run Away, and A Koi called "Bird", That one needs more reviews. Bye bye!