A/N Ok so I just want everyone to know, I do check through my work but obviously not hard enough : ( sorry that there are mistakes in my work. Oh and I'm going to try and tie in the new episode if I can but if I cant and its going in a different path well I'll just continue with my own story.
Disclaimer I don't own The Avatar but if I did I wouldn't be writing a Fanfic would i?
Katara and Aang had finally got home around dusk and when they entered the main room of the flash house they had been leant neither Sokka nor Toph could be seen. Katara and Aang figured they had gone to bed. Aang and Katara decided they were rather hungry but as they had missed the dinner usually prepared for them Katara prepared a fruit salad for each and the pair sat down legs crossed on cushions.
"It's Great Katara" Aang said gesturing with his eyes to the food.
"It's just fruit salad" she said happily "But thank you all the same"
Aang beamed at Katara he was wondering whether now would be the time to ask her if she felt the same about him as he did her "Katara?" Aang put down his fruit.
"Yeah?" She said replied.
"I've been wondering for ages, like ever since I met you almost. How do you feel about me?" And at that moment Toph came out of the girl's room. Aang to save himself from complete rejection in front of both his bending masters he blurted out "being a vegetarian!"
Katara felt her heart drop; she honestly though he was asking her how she felt about him in a relationship kind of way, maybe he quickly said that to cover his butt in front of Toph she thought to herself.
"Hey Toph!" Katara greeted her Earth bending friend and then turned to Aang "Umm I think its great that you don't eat meat" She said grabbing his finished plate and taking it over to the kitchen area with her own.
"Personally I don't get your deal Twinkle Toes, that's something Sokka and I have in common" She said commenting on the fact Aang doesn't eat meat. "So how did the play go?"
Katara and Aang had almost totally forgotten about the play, they had both been so indulged in there readings from Aunt Sue that everything before them was almost insignificant. The situation made Aang feel terrible he had forgotten about Appa.
"Oh it went rather well don't you agree Aang?" Katara said with a slight blush, remembering they had told the interviewers they were in love.
"Yea I think so" He said with a smile and a wink. "So where's Sokka?" he asked Toph.
"I don't know we got into a fight and have both been in our rooms for most of the day" Toph said in a huff "Probably Crying!" Toph said loudly towards the wall of the room she knew Sokka was in.
"I am not!" he retorted through the wall.
"Well I'm going to bed, good night Aang" Katara said in a shy voice, she really wanted to tell Aang how she felt.
"Sweet dreams Katara, night Toph"
"Sleep tight Twinkle toes" Toph said and she and Katara headed to their room and Aang his. But before Katara went in she took a long look back at Aang and giggled.
"So, what do we have here?" Toph asked already lying on her bed.
"Huh?" Katara asked still wrapped in her own thoughts.
"You and Aang, don't say there's nothing because I know your lying" Toph firmly but jokingly said.
Katara blushed "Nothing"
"Ugh I am blind not Stupid" She said in a playful angry voice.
"Ok if I tell you, you have to promise not to tell the boys"
"Even Momo I mean he would want to know" Toph joked.
Katara glared at her waiting for a response, Toph simply nodded.
"Ok today we went for the Audition as we said we would, and I'm sure we got in we were well great. We had to lie a bit, make out we are in love and an item"
"I'm guessing that wasn't too hard" Toph teased.
"Well no, that's it, it wasn't hard at all. I almost believed us" She said with a blush.
"I knew it" Toph smirked. "What else?"
Katara continued "A few months ago we, went and saw a fortune teller"
"Sokka mentioned something like that he said the whole town was nuts" The Earth bending master butted in.
"He's the crazy one, Anyway Aunt Wu the fortune teller gave us all predictions and she told me I would marry a very powerful bender" Katara said quite proudly.
"I can think of one" Toph said while raising both eyebrows twice and gesturing towards where Sokka and Aang were.
"Yes and today after we were finished with the audition we went to get readings from her sister Sue and she confirmed that it was well… him" Katara said with a giggle.
"I'm not surprised" Toph said calmly rolling onto her back.
Meanwhile in the next room
Sokka was still awake when Aang walked in; he was in bed petting Momo.
"Hey Sokka"
"Hey how did it all go?"
"All...well the auditions went great"
"Yeah and did you find anything out about Appa?"
"Well yeah I know we will definitely find him"
"Oh yeah how do you know that?" Sokka asked.
"Do you remember Aunt Wu?"
"You went to see her?" Sokka asked and shot upright.
"No we went to see Aunt Sue her sister and she told me I would find him" Aang assured the Sokka who had fallen back into his comfortable lying position.
"No doubt she is about as kooky as her sister"
"Yeah they were pretty much the same; I would say she is full on that her sister she had a lot more answers"
"Oh yeah so who are you gonna marry? Still not into Meng are you?" Sokka asked knowing exactly what the answer was.
"Sokka I was never 'in to' Meng" Aang laughed.
"Yeah I know no one is that aloof, so does Katara know you like her?"
"Huh? You know?" Aang was surprised.
"I'm not stupid" Sokka said "So what happened today and don't tell me 'nothing'"
"Well Katara and I had to audition for the parts Oma and Shu right and you know how the story goes well as I was acting and saying all these things being Shu I felt like I was saying all the things I wanted to say to Katara" The Monk confessed.
"So what did this Sue lady say?" Sokka was being surprisingly calm at the fact Aang really liked Katara.
"She said Katara would be my only love…ever"
"Well that's great isn't it, for me it means you're not likely to break my baby sisters' heart"
"But for me it might mean something else" Aang almost chocked on his words "It may mean I'll die before I get a chance to love another, or she doesn't love me back and I never find another love"
"Wow that's kinda scary" Sokka said gravely.
"Let's hope it's because I love her and will for ever"
"Love ay?"
"Well yeah I guess so"
"I'm glad its you Aang" Sokka said smiling at his air bending friend.
Aang bowed his head in thanks and turned out the lights.
The next morning Aang awoke early to the sun peeking through the crack in the glossy curtain sheets, he had a great yawn and stretched his arms.
Sokka was still asleep like everybody else, Aang got up got dressed and decided to go for a bit of a spin on his glider. He could feel the cool wind rush past his face as he glided around the roof tops of Ba Sing Se, Aang could just make out the small ant like sized building in the distance which he new to be the theatre. Aang decided he would fly down and see whether or not they had posted the results of the auditions yet, he figured it would be too early but there was no harm in trying. When Aang's feet met the ground he felt sudden ground shock but quickly shrugged it off and looked over to the bulletin bored on the main door of the theatre. There was a single sheet of paper pinned to it which said in bold Cast of Oma and Shu: the Cave of Two Lovers. Aang was surprised the results were up so soon and skimmed over the page and searched for the parts of Oma and Shu, surely enough adjacent to the names Oma and Shu were Katara and Aang.
"Yes we did it!" Aang cried while jumping 10 feet or so into the air.
Aang was extremely happy about getting into the play; they would now be able to get the information from Jangsu and be able to find Appa, he would be able to spend time with Katara and maybe ask her if she feels the same way as he does and get to act which was a lot of fun he found. Aang new that there scripts would be in the mail so he and Katara could practice. He decided he would buy some food and invite Katara on a Picnic where he thought they could practice the play.
Aang flew back with his knapsack of food in one arm, on his way in the door he picked up the mail which included the daily news and a parcel which he figured would contain the scripts. When he got inside he found that apart from Katara everyone was asleep.
"Good morning" Aang greeted her.
"Hey you had me worried" Katara said "Where have you been?"
"I'm sorry, but I'm back baring good news and food" Aang said pleasantly and slightly guiltily that he had worried Katara "You are looking at Ba Sing Se's Oma and Shu : The Cave of Two Lovers' Shu and I can only speculate on who Oma will be but I'm sure she will be quite attractive, wouldn't want to be shadowed by my good looks" He boasted.
"Aang We got it?" she inquired.
"We got it" Katara ran over to Aang and pulled him into a tight hug squealing and jumping around. "It's great isn't it?" Aang said which brought Katara back down to earth and realized she was still hugging him but didn't feel like letting go and nor did he.
They both stood there still in the hug until Aang finally pulled away with a blush on his face. "Sorry"
"Don't be" Katara replied.
"Katara?"
"Yes?"
"W-would you like to go on a picnic with me?"
"Like as in a date?" She asked not really meaning to.
"Well yeah" Katara felt a gush of emotion flow all over her body. "Being in love and an item and all I think you don't really have a choice" he joked.
"Yeah that is true" She laughed.
"Shall we?" Aang offered his arm to Katara and she in old fashion took it, both not sure if the whole idea of the date was a mock of the lies they had told or for real.
A little later Aang and Katara found a nice little hill by a lake.
"Here looks like a nice spot" Katara commented.
"Sure does"
"So I'm starving what did you get?" Katara stated sounding awfully a lot like her brother.
"Well I got some fruit, No Papaya I know you hate it, and some bread rolls and things like that take a look" Aang urged.
Katara opened the small knapsack to find an abundance of food and right on top a single Panda Lily. Aang smiled at the look on her face. Katara was surprised, she had no idea Aang was so romantic, but what could she expect from her future husband.
"Thank you Aang I love it" She beamed at the Air bender.
"It was nothing"
"Well to me it was something" She hugged him briefly and let go.
"So shall we start rehearsing?"
Katara and Aang started rehearsing the dialogue from the very start of the book right to the part where they had previously preformed in there audition. The words flowed even more perfectly out of there mouths in this scene as they had read the lines once before.
Both Katara and Aang knew there was a kiss coming up and neither person wanted to break the mantra of the characters so as directed in the script they leant in for a kiss.
The kiss was sweet and meaningful; it lasted for what seemed like an eternity but in retrospect was really around a thirty seconds. Once the kiss broke apart there eyes were forced to meet. Katara broke the gaze to read her next line but as she began to speak ang grabbed her hands pulled down her script and asked
"How do you feel about me?" Aang continued firmly "Am I ever going to be more than just a friend or best friend?"
Katara was still entranced in the aroma of the kiss but she managed to say "Yes"
"What does yes mean?"
Katara thought to herself what does yes mean? But could find only one phrase o describe it "Aang I love you"
Aang's heart stopped momentarily then in confusion started beating more rapid than it ever had before, he was finally cured of one of the larger burdens in his life Katara loved him.
"I love you too Katara"
Katara wanted Aang to know that they would be one day married, but decided she wanted to surprise him.
A/N – This is the end for now I think, unless one day I run out of ideas and want to continue this but for now I think its an ok ending, to continue this I would just be doing a sequel : ) ok well I hoped you enjoyed and if I get ok say 15 (because that's how old I am) reviews saying continue it now I will. But other than that leave this story to a later date. Xoxo thanks for reading BUBI