Oh, the poor girl! However, in this part you'll have some more cheap romance, so for the ones who liked that, read on! And the same for the ones who just want to follow the story and have nothing better to do.

…I still wonder why the hell I'm writing English stories and no Dutch ones! I guess English is a nicer language, seriously, such a beautiful words!

(P.S.:I know the story is going kinda quick, but I hate stories with too many chapters)

Chapter 3

Bendinghelp

Zuko stared at his sealing again. He remembered what happened yesterday.

He never saw Katara that way, he never took the time to have a proper look at her. And after he did that, he felt a feeling within which he never felt before. It scared him, so he did the most stupid thing he could ever think of: just pushing her away.

He only had a few hours of sleep that night, and he felt like crap.

At that moment, Iroh came in.

'Prince Zuko, why are you still asleep? It's breakfast time!'

Zuko sighed and came out of his bed, very slowly. Iroh noticed something was lacking about his nephew, so he pulled him back on the bed and sat next to him.

'What's wrong, boy?'

Zuko didn't answer, but Iroh could guess it by the look of his eyes.

'Things didn't go quite right yesterday, did they?'

The young prince nodded.

'To tell the truth, it was a true hell.' he said.

Iroh felt sorry for Zuko.

'I'm sorry to hear that. Is there some way I can help?'

Zuko shrugged.

'I don't think you can help me with this. I just need some time, and I swear that if I need help or advice, you'll be the first to know.'

Iroh smiled and left the room.

Zuko started getting dressed and went to the kitchen.

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At the kitchen table, were Sokka, Iroh, Aang and Katara.

He stared at Katara a while, but when he noticed that he quickly ate some bread.

Katara sighed, and Aang told some more jokes. Iroh and Sokka laughed loudly, but Zuko and Katara both weren't in the mood to laugh.

The girl drank some of her orange juice, and sighed again.

She still didn't understand why Zuko was acting so weird the other day, he became angry for nothing.

Zuko saw Katara's eyes, and felt really sorry about what happened. He wished he could make her feel better, but he wasn't even sure if she felt bad or not.

Katara pushed her chair away and left the room, without saying a word.

Zuko sighed and went to his room.

Iroh smiled upon the two teenagers, but Sokka became worried.

'What's their problem?' he asked.

'I suppose they're the only ones to know.' was Irohs answer.

Sokka didn't trust it at all. Something was lacking here, and he wanted to find out what.

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Katara was busy with her waterbending on the deck, and Zuko stared at her through his window, once again. He acted like he was enjoying the ocean beaut, but the only thing he enjoyed was Katara's waterbending.

It was so different from Firebending, but yet it all depended on the same. Focus, feeling and footwork, as he called it the three F's.

Katara tried to make the water twirl around her, but it didn't work. She became slightly frustrated and tried it over and over again, but it just didn't work.

Zuko saw what she was doing, and noticed some faults in her footwork.

He was wondering if he could help her, but he doubted on that. However, it was worth a shot.

After some thinking, Zuko went to the deck, and greeted Katara.

Katara dropped the water and stared at Zuko. Zuko still felt bad, and walked closer to Katara.

He wanted to apologize, but that was harder then it seemed. So he said something else.

'Won't the water trick work?' he asked, noticing how mean it sounded.

Katara just nodded.

'I just can't do this, it's too hard. I wished I had a master to help me now.'

Zuko smiled.

'It's just a suggestion, but maybe you should try some different footwork.'

Katara didn't quite understand him, but tried it anyway. And still the trick wouldn't work.

Zuko shook his head.

'No, not like that. Let me help.'

He locked his hands around her waist, and tried to make her follow his moves. The moves went easily, they reminded him of his mother. Katara didn't realize how much she looked like his mom.

Because she was with her back turned to him, he couldn't see her blushing.

Katara blushed like she never blushed before, and Zuko sort of enjoyed the moment.

The watertribegirl tried to bend the water now, and it went smoothly. Zuko smiled.

'Hey, it works!' he said.

Katara smiled as well, and pulled his hands softly harder round her waist.

'Thanks for your help.' she said.

Zuko felt the warmth of her body, and he quickly pulled his hands back.

'You're welcome.' he said, and to avoid her eyes he averted his.

Katara sighed again, and Zuko sighed as well.

'I'm sorry about yesterday, I had no right to push you away like that.'

Katara was shocked. Did he just apologize?

At that moment, a scream came from Zuko's room. Zuko stared at his room window.

'What the…'

Aang jumped out of the window and with a air blast he saved himself from crushing to death.

He pointed to the window.

'Sorry, Zuko, but Sokka just scared me. We were playing hide and seek, and that secret hole in your wall is a very good hiding place.'

Zuko became angry.

'You guys went in my room?' he yelled.

Aang just nodded, and Zuko ran upstairs. He pushed Sokka out of his room and smacked the door in front of him.

Sokka stared at the door for a while, but he couldn't stay serious for a long time.

'Aang! Your turn to count!' he screamed.

Katara sighed and stared at Zuko's window. Zuko looked her way, and sighed as well.

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That afternoon, Katara was trying the same trick over and over again, the trick Zuko helped her with.

She remembered what happened earlier that day, and every time she thought about it she smiled.

Zuko wasn't as bad as everybody said, he seemed so kind. And he even knew some handy tips for waterbending, what was the most surprising thing of all.

Zuko stared at Katara. He was been doing that for fifteen minutes by then, but he didn't care.

'She's really beautiful.' he said to himself. He realized he seemed insane by talking to himself, but he didn't care about that either. It was about time he could tell his mind that.

Iroh came in, and Zuko greeted his uncle. Iroh saw how happy Zuko was, and smiled.

'You seem very happy, what happened?'

Zuko shrugged.

'I'm not sure if I can tell.' he doubted.

Iroh lifted an eyebrow.

'Like I haven't noticed.'

Zuko looked up.

'Did you see it, then?'

Iroh nodded while smiling.

'I saw the whole thing! You really know something from bending, nephew. And I must say, you made that girl very happy as well.'

Zuko smiled as well.

Iroh left his room, and gave Zuko a quick wink.

Zuko stared at Katara again.

(Spellchecked this chapter as well, and yes: I know there still are mistakes, but I can't find them. I wasn't raised with English you know... Anyway, REVIEW!:D)