They pulled apart when they heard a familiar voice shout, "Katara!" The voice sounded hurt.
Katara spun around to see Aang turning and run out of the oasis. "Aang! Wait!" she shouted and ran after Aang. Katara found Aang sitting in a boat near some distance away. "Aang?" said Katara, softly.
"Go away," was Aang's mumbled response.
"Please talk to me Aang," pleaded Katara.
"How could you Katara? You were kissing Zuko! Have you forgotten how long he has been hunting us? He's part of the Fire Nation!" Aang shouted.
"I know that Aang. Zuko's not that bad."
"Not that bad?! He's been hunting me to give to the Fire Nation!"
Katara just started to shout, "He's been aff-"when Sokka came.
"What's going on?" Sokka asked.
Aang and Katara started to answer Sokka's question, but they were incomprehensible because they were trying to talk over each other. "Hey! One at a time!" Sokka shouted to the other two. At this, Aang stalked off. "What was that all about Katara?" Sokka asked.
"Aang is just upset because he saw me kiss Zuko." replied Katara, avoiding her brother's eyes.
"You what!" Sokka shouted. "Katara, he's the enemy! He's part of the Fire Nation!"
"I know that!" Katara shouted back.
"Katara, stay away from him. He's bad news." warned Sokka.
"You're just jealous that I can find guys who like me when you can't find a girl! You can't tell me who I can and can't be with! You're not my father!"
"You're right, I'm not Dad. But Dad asked me to watch over you before he left, and that's what I'm trying to do. You don't know anything about this guy except he's from the Fire Nation and he's after Aang. For all we know, he could be using you to get to him. You don't want that, do you? You don't want the Fire Nation to get the Avatar?"
Katara sighed, "No. Of course I don't want that. But you don't know that Zuko is just trying to get close to Aang. Maybe he really does like me."
"Exactly. Maybe. You don't know for sure, so don't take any more chances. Stay away from him."
"Fine." Katara said before turning and walking away. She didn't stop walking until she was a good distance from Sokka. She tuned a corner and sat on the edge of the water. Sokka has a point. She thought. We don't know what Zuko's intentions are. I mean, I've never seen him act like that before. He's normally so angry and rash; he doesn't really care what happens to anyone when he's near Aang. There was something different about him when we were talking, right before we kissed. Katara continued on like this, trying to figure things out until she fell asleep about half an hour later. But even her dreams were haunted by Aang and Zuko.
Meanwhile…
After Katara left, Zuko walked around the oasis trying to figure out his own thoughts and feelings. He like Katara, he was sure of that. There was something about her. The problem was, she was friends with the Avatar and he has been trying to catch him. After about half an hour passed Zuko left the oasis.
He was still lost in his thoughts when he turned a corner and saw Katara sitting by the water. Even though she was alone, Zuko quickly hid behind a house so she wouldn't see him. He stood there, peeking around the corner of the house, watching her. He wanted to be next to her again, but knew that would be impossible. He noticed that she had fallen asleep, so he looked around and when he was sure no one was around, he slowly, cautiously made his way to Katara. He stood over her for a few seconds, as if trying to make his mind up about something before kneeling down next to her. Being careful not to wake her, Zuko lay down next to Katara. Zuko didn't move until Appa came and landed next to them. Zuko quickly got up, being careful not to wake Katara, and ran off in the direction he came. Zuko ran into his uncle a minute later. "There you are Zuko," his uncle said.