Disclaimer – I wish I owned the Avatar, which means I don't. Ya get me like if a shooting star just popped out in broad day light I wouldn't be like I wish I had 10 toes. I have ten toes why would I want another ten?

On with the Show……..s fan fic… S

"What do you mean you have to go somewhere?" An aggravated girlfriend cried "And for five days!"

"What are you talking about? I'm the Avatar I have duties, will you just calm down? Its only five days" Aang retorted.

"Well where are you going hmmm?" She said rudely tapping her foot.

"Ba Sing Se"

"And what for?" she interrogated.

"Lai your not the boss of me stop treating me like I'm your property"

"You're supposed to be my boy friend!"

"Yeah well your boy friend is going to a festival in Ba Sing Se and you can't stop him" He screamed furiously.

"A festival? And you're not taking me?" she wined.

"No I'm not" he snapped back.

"Why the hell not?"

"Because, we are through! pack your crap and go!" Aang yelled.

The girl started to cry "Let me guess, you're leaving me for Katara"

"What? How do you even know about Katara?" His love for Katara was one of the reasons sure but it was mainly because he couldn't stand her any longer.

"Never mind that! I don't need you Aang there are plenty of guys out there just like you and better. Waiting for a girl like me to come along, you just made a big mistake mister!"

"Oh yeah and I'm sure all of them have the qualities that a fame hungry girl like you would need?" Aang protested "Yeah that's right honey you keep walking, and if you didn't know I'm the last air bender out there so No there are not plenty of guys like me" he called to his Ex who had stormed off, blonde hair flowing from side to side with every angry step.

Aang secretly felt happy he had a reason to break it off with Lai; he had secretly never liked her. She was just there. Aang felt guilty for how he had treated her on a whole, before today he had never been Angry or even nasty towards her, sure he found her attractive and charming but he would never love her and he knew it all along. His heart had been given away a long time ago and to him it seemed it was lost. He trudged back to his house to pack a bag for the next five days.

"So you ready?" Sokka asked. Aang chucked his bag on Appa's saddle. "I'll take that as a yes" Sokka said already sitting on the Bison's head.

"Yip yip" the water tribe man called to the Bison, and he lifted off into the air.

An hour or so passed and Sokka couldn't handle the silence any longer. "So are you looking forward to seeing Katara?"

Aang glared at him and heaved a great sigh "Of course I am, it's just…oh don't worry"

A few moments passed and Sokka was quite shocked to hear Aang talk.

"Do you believe in there being one person who is truly meant for you?"

"I'm guessing your not talking about Lai here" Sokka replied his lips almost curling into a smug smile.

"No you're right I'm not" he said shaking his head. "I thought you should know, we are finished, Lai and I that is"

"I see, well I can understand I mean she's not even Water Tribe" he joked, Aang looked back and Sokka raised his hands in a questioning position and mouthed the words I know, what were you thinking? And shook his head while raising his shoulders.

Aang gave a chuckle "You set me up with her Sokka"

"Oh, Oh I see blame the guy with the boomerang" he said in a mock hurt voice.

Aang smiled at Sokka he wondered why he had come to live with him sometimes, he was glad he had though.

"Yes I do" Sokka said.

"Huh?" Aang had no idea what he was talking about.

"Before, when you asked me if I believed in there being only one person who was truly meant for you. Yes I do, and some are lucky enough to have met that person"

Aang was glad Sokka was being honest and smiled. "Me too, but it sucks when you weren't made for them"

"Who says you weren't made for Katara?"

"She did"

"No she didn't, you saw her kissing Zuko and hugging him once, she never told you that she loved him and not you" Sokka pointed out bluntly.

Aang was silent he had no come back or even brief response to this, Sokka was completely right, she had not said it nor had she said other wise.

"She cried when you left, for days actually… I just thought you should know"

Aang and Sokka were mostly quiet for the rest of the trip. Aang wondered whether there was any slight chance things could be rekindled with Katara, even a friendship. There had been a few visits since he left but none were for him, just a sister visiting her brother and she would hardly stay for long.

Meanwhile a young water bending woman was healing a regular in her small house, she had started her own business over the years, healing old war victims scars and anyone who needed healing really free of charge.

"I have known you for four years Katara, and never have I once seen you with a man. What is the problem?" Ping an old man who had severe wounds on his back asked the healer. The old man thought he knew Katara too well for her to find this too offensive.

"Well I don't know, I mean it's kind of complicated"

"I do like a good story" the old man pressured.

"Alright, well when I was younger I knew this boy, it's silly really I was only fourteen, and well I thought I was in love"

"It doesn't sound silly to me; it's always hard to forget your first love"

"First and only love more like it" Katara joked "And well I don't know I just don't want to go through that again so soon, right now I think I am ready but haven't met anyone really worth finding that out with"

"Well any man would be lucky to have you" He grinned pulling his shirt back on, he bowed to Katara and said "I will see you at the Avatar festival no doubt" and with that the old man left.

"Avatar festival?" Katara spoke out aloud.

She ran to the entrance of the house where a basket lay out the front step and in it was the daily news. All had been confirmed to Katara there would be a festival in honor of Aang.

She really didn't know how to feel, It had been so long since she had last seen him maybe nine months or more, at the time she had found it much too hard to talk to him. She had know idea why he had left, or why after the war he didn't love her anymore, all she knew was he left and Katara never told him how she felt. Would it have made a difference?

She thought to herself.

The festival would be starting the next day, Katara figured Aang and Sokka would be arriving soon today. She frantically felt the urge to clean her house, to do her hair and bend. She decided she would do them in no orderly fashion so she headed down to the river. Katara did some of the basic manipulation of the water, making random shapes, pushing and pulling, twisting and churning the water. Usually bending took Katara's mind off everything, but not this time. Aang seemed to keep popping into her head. The water slowly fell from her grip in the sky and a large drop of water fell back into the river it came from. Katara turned to her house; it was nice, humble and homely. She figured Sokka her brother would stay with her at least, whether Aang did or not was up to him.

Finally she did her hair to complete perfection her signature style of course 'hair loopies'.

Aang and Sokka began to descend from the air and Aang broke into a nervous sweat. Sokka lying at the back of Appa started to wake from his nap and lean over Appa's saddle.

"Aang where here!"

"Yep" Aang grinned back a fake grin. "We are here"

Appa landed safely at the Earth Kings palace front, as his feet touched the ground leaves flew off in all directions, flicking into a soldiers eye where he died from conjunctivitis that was spread from the same leaf flicking into someone else's eye. (A/N-yeah ummm, kinda tired…heh), Aang and Sokka were warmly greeted by the Earth King himself.

"Welcome Avatar Aang and Sokka, yes I've heard great tales of you both and now we are finally meeting" The King Boasted.

Sokka and Aang bowed showing there gratitude.

"I am very glad, you were both able to make it"

The Earth King informed them of what the festival was about "It will consist of a parade/festival day for each nation, Water, Earth, Fire and Air in that order and on the fifth day there will be held a ball in honor of the reformed unity between the nations. All in your honor".

Aang thanked the king for this very large totem of appreciation. And the three men talked about the plans for an hour or so, the sun began to set.

"Well, shall I show you to your rooms?"

"Oh no, thank you sir. My sister Katara the healer will accommodate us, thank you for your hospitality" Sokka butted in, not even consulting Aang.

"Er yes, thank you and could you do me another favor and give my bison a place to stay for the meantime?" Aang asked the King.

Who gladly said "Yes".

The Water Tribe warrior and the last Air bender walked down the steps and out of the palace.

"Ummm Sokka, what if Katara doesn't want me to stay?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I'm not even sure she wants to be my friend, last time she came over she wouldn't even look at me and made a lame excuse to leave early"

"Pfft what are you talking about? What, you don't believe a guy here was bleeding from the ears and his skull was cracked? Aang he needed urgent attention!"

"All that and he managed to write a letter I'm sure, so when was the last time you heard from her?"

"Like maybe half a year ago"

"Half a year ago!" Aang blurted out "Oh so what we will just show up on her door step and be like, hey remember me? The guy who was your best friend until he randomly just left and oh your brother!"

"Exactly, look just calm down!"

"What all this time has passed, she could be married by now and have a kid on the way, why didn't you write her?" Aang blurted out.

"Why didn't you?" Sokka yelled back.

"Because, the only thing worse than not knowing how she is, would be knowing she is perfectly fine, and happy with some other guy" he said in his own head.

"That's what I thought Mr. Hypocrite" Sokka said, almost laughing at his own Witt "Ok so I think that's her place" he pointed over to a small house over looking a river.

"That's so Katara" Aang stated with a smile.

Sokka knocked on her door and Aang nervously waited behind him, hoping to god all goes well. The door cracked open and Katara jumped out of the doorway and pulled her brother into a long hug.

"Why didn't you write?" She asked her brother hitting him on the head.

"Why didn't you?" Sokka asked in accusation, suddenly feeling odd about what he had just said.

"I did!" she exclaimed.

"What I didn't get any letters?" he said with a puzzled expression. Katara didn't care, she was glad to see her brother. She looked over at Aang, he was much taller than she ever remembered, even her recent visits she hadn't really looked, and he was a man, chiseled jaw, and muscles the whole deal.

"What?" Aang asked he had noticed she was looking. A blush crept upon her face. Don't let your guard down! She thought to herself.

"Oh nothing, long time no see Avatar" Aang almost thought she was about to hug him but instead she put out her hand; he took it and gently shook it. Aang had not been the only one who had changed, to him Katara had gotten even more beautiful, there were only few things that had changed about her, she had gotten not much taller, and she had a matured women's body. Aang couldn't help but admire her beauty.

"Katara you can call me Aang" he offered.

"I know" she casually replied walking into her house, the men followed. Katara appointed there rooms and they put there stuff down.

In the kitchen Katara was preparing a meal, Aang and Sokka sat at the table, both had quite the appetites from the trip and they eagerly awaited the meal. Once Katara had finished which was not long after they had sat, she served everyone up a dish and placed them on the table.

"Where's the meat?" Sokka cried.

"Oh sorry Sokka" Katara apologized.

"I mean Aang's ok and all, I get it meat equals bad for him but why do we have to suffer?"

"Actually I'm a vegetarian now too" Katara stated and began to eat her noodles.

"What? My own sister!" he banged his head on the table. "Why cruel fate?"

"What brought this on?" Aang asked her.

"Huh?"

"You, not eating meat?"

"Oh I don't know really" She lied; she knew exactly why she had become a vegetarian.

"Oh, well I think it's great" he smiled and she smiled back, finally they were on speaking terms.

Sokka quickly finished the stir fry and went to sleep before Katara or Aang had even eaten half of theirs. Leaving them in an awkward funk.

"So, your house it's nice" Aang complemented her trying to break the silence.

"Thank you" She replied "Are you and Sokka still living in that house I visited?" Aang nodded "It's ummm nice" She continued.

"Thanks"

"Sooooooo…A festival hmmm? That's great!"

"Yeah, It should be fun" he smiled.

The silence echoed through the house.

Aang knew what he had wanted to ask for a while now, and he knew it would come up sooner or later if she didn't talk. And there it was verbal diarrhea "So what happened to you and Zuko?" At the words Katara almost swallowed a chopstick.

"What? Me and Zuko? There was never a me and Zuko"

Aang felt his heart flip out in some sort of fit, he was wrong? No he saw them kissing.

"I saw you two kissing!"

"On the night you left? That was nothing; I didn't even like Zuko that way and he didn't really like me, he was just trying to comfort me"

"Yes"

"Why did you leave?"

"Why did you kiss Zuko?"

"Just answer my question!" Aang went silent. "Was it because of me?"

Aang got up and left for bed.

A/N – Mwa hahaha im going carzy! Lol anyway I'll update 2moro cya xox hope you enjoyed sorry if there is lots of mistakes I am so tired: ( well bi : )