Only two hours left of this awful journey.
It's already been three weeks since she boarded the ship. With the nights getting longer and longer, Katara started to feel a little excited to be sleeping in her own bed again.
I just hope that the nightmares will stop.
She called Sokka the night before. He sounded like his whole life was falling apart ,which in all fairness, it probably was.
He's also on his way back ,but he wont arrive for another three days. When she asked him whether Suki was coming with him, he just wispered an 'no' with a long silence that followed. With absolutely no explanation. It was rather odd behavior for him. He usually loves to talk about the 'love of his life'. She wanted to know what was going on but didn't push it any further.
An alarm went off that indicated that the passengers could leave the ship. She gathered all her stuff and ,within the next few minutes, she was walking down
the dock. People were hugging and kissing. Overjoyed to be back with their loved ones.
She didn't arrange for anyone to meet her there and felt kind of dissapointed that she couldn't rest for a second just to feel the joy of her loved ones welcoming her back like everyone around her now. She knew that if she decided to come back a week ago that her father would be first in line to give her a huge hug.
"Katara!
"Hey, Katara!"
She looked around when she thought that someone screamed her name.
"Hey, Sugar Queen!"
And that's when she saw them. Zuko, Aang and Toph were all there, waiting for her on the fluffy monster that is Appa. How could she miss Appa? He's huge and certainly doesn't blend in with the crowd.
Tears started streaming down her face and the next thing she knew was that she was running. Running to the warm imbrace of a group hug.