Finally another chapter! It's been written for a long time I just haven't had time to upload it (and I kept forgetting) so thank you to zukoiscute for reminding me.
this one is kinda short so I'll try to upload another chappie later but no guarantees. Well I guess thats enough rambling on my part, on with the story!
Chapter 12
ZUKO'S SHIP
Trina woke early that morning to find Zuko already awake and meditating. She made her way over to him and knelt beside him. "A lot on your mind?" She asked softly before kissing him on the cheek.
"Yes."
"You want to talk about it?"
"I'll tell you later." He said as he rose. "Why are you up so early this morning?"
"I couldn't sleep anymore. Not right now at least. I need to walk around a while."
"I'll walk with you." They stepped out into the hall and simply wondered about aimlessly for a while. Trina stopped when the came to Iroh's door. She and Zuko could here him snoring all the way outside the room.
A devilish look crossed her face as she opened the door and crept inside, leaving Zuko standing in the hall.
"What are you doing?" He questioned.
"Shhhhh!" She turned making sure that they hadn't woke Iroh. He was still sleeping soundly as she snuck to his bedside. She slid right up to his ear. "WAKE UP!" She shouted.
Iroh was startled from his sleep and shot to his feet, his eyes searching the room for the source of the disturbance. They came to rest on Trina who was now rolling on the floor in the throws of her laughter. Iroh turned when he heard laughing coming from another source. When Iroh saw him Zuko was leaning heavily on the doorframe for support, laughing hysterically as well.
"Couldn't you two find some other way to amuse yourselves?" But both teens were still laughing too hard to answer him.
Zuko was the first to regain his senses. "You should have seen the look on your face," he was still having trouble keeping laughing under control.
"Ha ha. Could you two lovebirds leave me alone so I can go back to sleep?"
Trina and Zuko left the room, both of them still sniggering. "I'm ready to go back to sleep for a while," Trina said.
"How can you be ready to sleep after that?"
"I'm just weird like that I guess (yawn)."
They walked back to the room together, Trina was now leaning on Zuko. When they reached the room she simply collapsed onto the bed. Zuko shook his head and went back to his meditating trying to gather the courage within himself to ask Trina for her hand in marriage. He found that this seemed to be futile and lay back down on the bed.
"You know most people get up in the morning, they don't go back to bed," came Trina's voice from beside him.
"Look who's talking."
"I don't have like a zillion responsibilities around here like you do."
He rolled his eyes as he got up and prepared for the day. As he left the room he said, "Good morning Tarrina." She mumbled something back to him that sounded vaguely like a reply.
When Zuko left the room he was met by his uncle. "I was just coming to tell you two how much I appreciated being woke up this morning."
"You were going to try to do the same thing to us weren't you?" Zuko asked dryly. From the look on Iroh's face Zuko could tell he was right. "Don't do it to her Uncle. If you do she'll get mad at you and not sing at music night. Then what would I do."
"I'll leave her alone just this once, but only because you asked so nicely. She really has done wonders for you, Zuko. Now tell me how you're going to propose to her."
"I'm still not sure." Zuko said softly. "Whenever I try to plan what I'm going to do, my mind goes blank."
"Don't worry, you have until tonight to work it out."
"That's not really all that comforting, Uncle."
WITH CAROLINE
Night was falling and everyone was gathered around the campfire. Caroline and Sokka sat close together, as had been their custom since they'd discovered their feelings for one another. Aang and Katara also sat side by side, though not as close together. Momo lounged in Katara's lap, purring, and Appa was dozing off several feet away.
All was quiet. The only noises to be heard were Momo's purring and the soft crackling of the fire. Suddenly Caroline shrieked and leapt into Sokka's lap. Everyone (except Sokka because Caroline was in his lap.) jumped up and looked around for what might have frightened her. They found nothing out of the ordinary.
"What is it?" Sokka asked. "What did you see?"
Caroline whimpered and mumbled something unintelligible. She pointed to a rock in front of where she'd been sitting. On the rock was a tiny, itsy-bitsy spider.
"That's it?" Aang asked in disbelief. "But it's so cute!"
Katara raised an eyebrow and shot Aang a disgusted look. "Eeew!"
"I hate spiders!" Caroline cried. "Oh, please, just get rid of it!"
Sokka reached around Caroline and was about to squish the spider when Aang stopped him. "Don't kill it!" He shooed Sokka's hand away and picked up the spider. He then walked out of the campsite and returned a few moments later empty handed.
Caroline sighed in relief and reluctantly crawled out of Sokka's lap. "Why are you so afraid of spiders?" Sokka asked as she did so.
"Way too many bad spider experiences." Caroline said, thinking back to the time she'd been in Japan in particular. There she'd seen a spider that was literally 4 inches wide. "Unkillable super-spiders on the stairs….oh, oh! And this one spider that scared me out of my wits and I fell three feet or more off my bed and onto the floor. That really hurt. Oh, and…."
"Alright, alright, we get it now." Sokka said placing a finger on her lips to get her to be quiet. "Is there anything else that you're afraid of that we should know about?"
"Um, snakes. I think that's about it though."
"Good," Sokka exclaimed, and then yawned widely. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to sleep."
"Goodnight!" Caroline said as she hugged him gently. "Sleep well!"
"You too." He replied. "And watch out for those spiders."
Caroline shuddered but nodded and watched Sokka walk a few feet away and curl up under his blanket. (Caroline was still using his sleeping bag.)
"Perhaps we should all go to sleep," She said finally. "It's getting late, and I'm a bit tired myself."
Katara and Aang agreed and they all went to bed. Soon everyone was sound asleep.
I thought I was going to die laughing when Seeker of the Charter sent me her part of this chapter (that spider part). she would totally do that too! hehe! she freaked when I chased her with a dead spider (I'm so mean right?) she wont even let me point out spiders cause if I do she gets all whimpery.
And anyway...always remember reviews are good. they make me happy!
