A/N: Chapter 6 ... Yay. R&R !!

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Perpetual

I wasn't determined to snake it out of him anymore. If he didn't want to tell me, that was his right. I guess I just got so carried away and fed up with people keeping things from me. I guess... I was just being too nosey.

"Aang?"

He looked at me in recognition, so I continued.

"Do you think I'm nosey?"

Aang shook his head lightly.

"No. You're not nosey, you're just curious."

I smiled. He always made me feel better about myself. I was so glad to have him in my life. I didn't deserve him in my life.

What did I do to be lucky enough to have intertwined his fate with my own?

"I understand why you want to know," he stated, "But I... I can't tell you. Not now. Not yet."

"Yet? So you are going to tell me?"

He looked away.

"Not in so many words..."

What was that supposed to mean? 'Not in so many words?' What is that?... Leave it to Aang to be cryptic.

"So..." He raised an eyebrow. "You owe me a date."

I laughed at his casual use of the term.

"I do, don't I?"

"Yes. But, I'm taking you out instead."

I had to admit; this was promising.

"On a date?" I asked, trying to clarify what he meant.

"Yep."

Thoughts rambled through my head, all jumbled into a mess of nonsense.

Would we be alone? Where are we going? Where did this subject come from? What would Sokka say? As friends or...?

He was being pretty gutsy after the moment of slavery a few minutes earlier.

I giggled at my choice of words.

"What?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing," I replied. "Am I allowed to know where the others are?"

Aang shrugged.

"Don't think they're a secret... Toph, she's... well she's Toph... who knows? Sokka's off fishing and-"

"Oh brother..."

"Yeah, well... and Zuko, he's somewhere in the-"

"I really don't care where Zuko is."

Aang shrugged.

"Okay. You said 'the others', so I assumed you meant everyone."

I put a hand on my hip.

"Since when was Zuko included in 'everyone'?"

"Since like..." Aang counted off on his fingers. "3 days ago."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. What do you have against Zuko?"

I sighed a heavy, long sigh.

"I hate Zuko."

"Katara. Are you really going to fight me on this?"

"No." I just left it at that. I wasn't going to win this anyway and I knew it. "Where are you taking me?"

"Somewhere." He crossed his arms, turned away from me, and put a smug smile on his face. Oh, I've seen that before. "You'll find out."

I wasn't sure where we were going, but I had a feeling, knowing Aang, that it would be amazing. He always had a great taste in scenery, and an even better taste in food; as I found out this morning. I guess I underestimated his baking and cooking skills. This should be interesting.

The process kept occurring and reoccurring in my head however.

The question first.

Were we still just friends? Or was this supposed to lead to something more?

Then the quickwitted thought.

I'd like that. I'd like that very much.

And of course... the common sense.

The Avatar? Katara. You have problems. Serious, serious problems.