Chapter 6
...finally...
Katara returned to her dorm room and shut the door behind her, with a smile. She had to admit he was smooth. Thankfully Song was some where else and she sat down on her bed and got out her day planner. Under Thursday was 'dinner with Zuko' and she put a little check mark next to the completed task. She smiled at the recent memories of the 'dinner' and she had a good time, but why did she? Was it because he was cute? Charming? He paid her bill as well as his own? Yes but there was something more. Why did she want to spend time with him? He was like a drug, she needed more of him. Around this time when Katara sat in her day dream, her phone buzzed with 'new message' on the front screen. She flipped it open it was from Zuko.
"Of course." She said out loud to her self.
The message read, "hope you had fun! i would love to go out with you again! ttyl!" she giggled and responded. "Sure ttyl" and as soon as she sent the message and put her phone down. Song came in the door backing in.
"I'll see you soon, hurry you only have 2 minutes to be out of the building." She said with a laugh to the mystery boy.
"Hay" Katara said to Song
"Oh, hi what's up"
"Nothing, who where you with? Did you go on a date?" Katara asked trying not to sound too suspicious.
"Yeah, I did."
"With who?"
"Nobody you know some guy from my history class."
"Oh okay so what does Zuko have to say about this guy…I thought you two were…"
"Where not okay so just drop it okay." Song said with an aggravated tone.
"Sorry…"
Katara went about filling out her weekly things in her day planner, and Song got on her computer and checked her mail, sent a couple things out and grabbed her shower tote, a clean towel, and change of clothes and walked out.
Katara was thinking about this whole thing and decided to text Zuko about the situation.'Hay whats up? Just sitting in my room and I said your name and song flipped out!? What's going on with you guys?' Katara said in the message and sent it. In a couple of minutes later her phone buzzed with a text.
'I just wanted to be friends with her nothing big. Why?'
'she totally freaked out she went out with a guy and I asked what does zuko think and she told me to drop the topic…so I did.'
'she is angry at me? Hay can I call you this would be so much easier to talk it out.'
'sure' she sent back and with in a couple of seconds her phone rang Zuko on the front screen.
"Hello?" she said
"Hay so she was mad at me?" he asked getting right where they left off
"Yeah I had never seen her that mad because of what I said. But I have only known her for like 5 months now." Katara laughed at her comment
"Yeah that's true, I hate room mates."
"Do you have a room mate?" Katara asked
"Ahhh…well kind of. My uncle works here at the school so the school lets me live with him. Its pretty cool deal."
"Yeah I would say so." She was shocked
They talked for a couple more minutes, until Song came back from her shower.
Song came in and looked at Katara on the phone, "Oh okay well I have to go now its time for me to go to bed."
"Oh is Song in the room?" he asked with a laugh
"Yeah…I'll call you tomorrow." She said looking at her.
"Nice…okay cool yeah you can call me after 11:00."
"Bye"
"Bye"
Katara hung up her phone and put in on the charge. Got her books together and read a little bit and went to sleep.
Sokka went around the house trying to find spare change and random coins. He was digging in couches and looking under his bed, any were he could find money. He finally exhausted all the places he could think, and sat down and counted his money. Final total was $10.42. He took the money and put it in his checking account. A little bit later he called his boss.
"Hay is there anyway I can get some extra hours?" he asked
"Extra hours? Sokka are you in trouble?"
"Not yet, but can I?"
"I'll see what I can do."
Sokka and Suki had decided that they were going to tell her parents next week the sooner the better. They were going on Friday and on Thursday Sokka was going to go pick out the ring by him self. He decided this on his own because he didn't want to look like couldn't provide in front of his soon to be wife and child. Sokka had gotten his extra hours, at Happy Times a themed restaurant. He was a server and a pretty good one at that. It was just far enough away from where he lived that he didn't know too many people but still close enough to home that it wasn't outrageous. He liked working there they let him off when he really needed it.
He got an extra shift per week. It was just enough for him and he was making okay money. He did get to keep all his tips, and sometimes he got some good tips and other times it was okay. Sokka always got a tip it was just how much it was. But it was nice to always have some cash on hand and in his account.
Finally the day came they were going to tell Suki's parents. Sokka was so unbelievably nervous. He didn't want to get in trouble but he wanted to tell them before they figured it out on there own. Sokka had the ring and he liked it and he really hoped that she liked it.
Suki had told Sokka about her parents having a meeting and they wouldn't be home until 8:00 and that he should get to her house about 7:30 so they could talk about how they were going to talk about it, and present it.
Sokka rang her door bell.
"Hi." He said
"Hi, come on in." she said
"Um so do you want something to drink?" she asked
"sure." He said
He followed her in to the kitchen and she gave him a bottle of water.
"Suki, I ah…got you something."
He handed her the black box. It had a silver bow on top. Suki looked down at the small obviously ring box and tears came to her eyes.
"Oh Sokka." She said
She took the bow off and opened the box, and there was the ring she had been waiting for. It was a silver band with a medium sized diamond with two smaller blue gems next to it on the sides. She looked down at it.
"It was my mothers." He said
"Sokka…" she said and hugged him
"I love it. I love you."
"Love you too." He said and kissed her. A few minutes passed and Suki's parents came home. Sokka and Suki were in the living room. Both her mom and her dad looked at her puzzled.
"Suki…what's going on?" her mom said
"We have some stuff to talk about." Suki said "Please mom, dad come sit down."
"What's going on Suki?" her mother asked
They both sat down on the couch. Suki started explaining the whole situation.
"…And I am pregnant with Sokka's baby."
"Suki, I want you out of this house in one week. I will not have my daughter sneaking around behind our backs!"
"Wait a sec, honey look they have come to us in a time of need and told us instead of hiding it. They are showing responsibility. "
"Wait, mom dad I want to move in with Sokka, he can drive me to school, and bring me home. He has a job and his car is paid for and everything. Look mom he even gave me a ring." She said showing off he ring for the first time. "This is for real mom, he wants to marry me."
Suki's mom looking down at the silver and blue ring on her daughter's finger and her and suki's father decided that she could go live with Sokka.
"I'll see you soon, okay." She hugged her mom good bye and took a bag of what she needed and her book bag and she and Sokka went home together.
AN
So yes I updated...hope this helps your Zutara and Sukka...addictions...Sokka works at Happy Times...its like a TGI Fridays and Joe's Crab Shack love child...I like were this is going...like I have said I dont really have a plan for this I'm just kinda going but I know what I want to happen.
DFTBA!!!!