30 Kisses challenge 9: Dash!
Not My Fault
He leaned over to her side of the bed, draped one arm around her carelessly, and kissed her cheek contently as he began to doze off into dreamland.
She scowled and pushed him away, causing him to not only to wake but also roll his eyes.
"You know, they call it make-up sex for a reason. The couple is suppose to make-up after an argument. Hence the sex."
She just pushed him farther away.
"Look, Katara, I've already apologized! What more do you want out of me?" He growled at her fiercely. "I told you I'm sorry I forgot! It wasn't my fault."
She turned over towards him abruptly, glaring at him heavily. "Not my fault—Of course it's your fault!" She breathed heavily, her blue eyes watering. "You forgot!" She added.
She turned away from him, and Zuko could tell she was trying not to cry again.
He frowned. "I know. I know I forgot, and I'm sorry. What else can I do? I've been so busy--what can I do to make you forgive me?" He wrapped her into an embrace, to which she reacted just as coldly as before.
"You could start by acting a little more sincere about it!" She snarled, forcing herself away from her lover. It took Zuko everything inside to stop himself from screaming at her like he had done a few hours ago. Instead, he steadied his breath and tried his hardest to control his temper, which was becoming harder and harder to do by the minute.
He turned her around so that she was facing him, wrapped his arms around her tightly so she could not squirm away, and leaned his forehead against hers.
"Katara," He placed a gentle kiss on her nose. "I love you. And I'm sorry I forgot our anniversary. Trust me when I say it's an important day for me, too. I could never forget the day I first loved you." He cupped her face with his hand, wiping away her tears with his thumb. "I will do anything, anything, if it means you will forgive me. I don't think I could live with myself if I lost you."
He kissed her, and this time, she kissed him back fully, with all the passion she could muster, despite her continuing tears.
She pulled back softly, continuing to laze in his arms comfortably, as if waiting for some destructive yet inevitable moment. She leaned up and rubbed a hand through his hair affectionately before looking to him, sadly.
"I know," She whispered, kissing him on the cheek. "I forgive you. I've always…forgiven you, I just," She stopped and wiped a few more traitorous teardrops off of her face. "There's something else."
He leaned closer to her, finding it slightly difficult to breathe. "What is it, Katara?"
She looked up to him, sixteen years of unadulterated wisdom pouring through her eyes, her soul, as she whispered two very forbidden words to her secret lover:
"I'm pregnant."
XXX
END
Irony, you are one hell of a bitch, aren't you?
Anyway, computer is acting fuzzy. I blame Storybender. No real reason, mainly because I can, actually. May or may not be able to update soon. It depends on how busy I am plus how silly computer feels to act.
Why are the alerts not working for me? Are they not working for anyone else, either?
Also—Yahoo has decided to lose it's mind on me and temporarily disabled my email account. This is strange and has no real logic behind it. As if computer fuzzies were not enough as it is.
If you have emailed me in the past few days, I ask that you email me back at my temporary email address jakia75 at yahoo dot com and I will get back to you.
At least, it better be temporary, or someone at Yahoo is going to die, or at least had better come up with a damn good explanation for why my account was disabled for no reason. And trust me, I own a gun. It will happen.
Jak