Second Chapter up!

And I forgot to say this last time but I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender.

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Katara was first to wake, as she cracked her eyes open she saw Aang still on top of her. She looked into his sleeping face, and felt very . . . peaceful. Early rays of sunlight entered through the window, she smiled to herself and gazed out into the sunrise. Aang moaned in his sleep, and she felt something inside of her twitch. She then realized two things. One, Aang had never left her and, two he must be having a very good dream.

She blushed as he lightly moaned again. Bringing her hands to his shoulders, Katara shook him, "Aang," she whispered, "Aang wake up."

"Huh?" his eyes opened slightly, then closed so she gave him another shake. This time his eyes opened all the way.

"Good morning," Katara said sweetly.

"Morning," he mumbled as he slowly got off her. She shuttered as he pulled out of her, he saw this, "are you cold?"

She bushed, "um . . . Yeah."

He lay by her side and pulled the blanket, which they hadn't bothered to use last night, over her, "How about now?"

She turned to face him, "Perfect." Katara closed her eyes and started to drift back to sleep when she felt Aang get up, Katara frowned and sat up careful to keep the blanket around her chest, "Where are you going?"

"I thought it would be better if I went back to my room," he said as he put on his cloths, "that way Sokka won't get suspicious."

She felt a little disappointed but knew he was right. Katara laid back down, "Okay, I guess I'll see you in a few hours."

Aang made his way to the door and slipped out as Katara nuzzled into the bed. Once out the door he turned around to an awaiting Toph, "Morning, Twinkle-toes."

"Ahh!" Aang jumped back against the door getting a nice bruise from the doorknob, "Jeez Toph, a little warning next time?" he said rubbing his back.

"Yeah, yeah whatever, I was just coming to get you. I felt Sokka getting up, so I came to warn you."

Aang turned deep red, "You know?!"

Toph growled, "Okay, seriously what is with you people! I'll say it nice and slow like. I – can – feel – your – vibrations!" She grinned, "Even girly ones like yours, Twinkle-toes."

"Oh, right," Aang gave a nervous laugh, and tried to sidestep Toph, "well I'm gonna go now it's been a long night." He faked a yawn.

"Oh I bet it has." She replied smugly.

Aang practically ran into his room and quickly shut the door behind him. He let out a sigh before collapsing on the bed. Then slowly descended into sleep.

Katara woke a few hours later and got ready for the day. She also went around the whole room to be sure that any trace of her and Aang's . . . escapade were gone. After she was satisfied she made her way to Aang's room. As she entered his room Aang's eyes flew open and he jumped off the bed, "What! What happened," he looked around and blushed, "oh sorry."

Katara just giggled, "Come on lets go get breakfast," she grabbed his hand and led him down to the shop. The front room was bustling with activity as Iroh waited on the many tables filled with customers, "Good morning Iroh," yelled Katara over the noise of the crowd.

He looked up from his work, "Good morning indeed! Business is booming," he chuckled, "warms my heart to see all these people appreciate the delicate art of tea."

Aang looked around, "Yeah, me to . . . I guess. So where is everyone?"

"They are in the kitchen eating, I had to clear them out to make room for all these customers," he replied happily.

"Okay, thanks Iroh," said Katara as she pulled Aang into the kitchen with her. They immediately stopped to stare at all the drawings of them scattered across the floor. Aang and Katara looked at each other with confused expressions. Katara cast her eyes to Suki and Sokka at the table with paper in front of them, "Sokka! What are you guys doing?"

"Shh! I'm concentrating," he said before turning back to his current drawing.

"Sokka!" Katara yelled threateningly.

"Me and Suki are having a rematch, so that I can prove once and for all that I'm the better drawer-er," he frowned, "Artist! That's the word!"

"Well Mr. Artist take a look at this," Suki held up her drawing and smiled in triumph, "I win – again."

Sokka shook his head stubbornly, "No fare! I was distracted. I would have been finished if Aang and Katara hadn't shown up."

Aang went over to him and picked up his picture, "Sokka I don't think it would have mattered. This doesn't even look like us."

"Ooh let me see," Katara grabbed it and frowned, "did you draw me with a beak?"

Sokka folded his arms, "No! Your making a kissy face at Aang," Katara scowled and ripped it in half, "My painting! Now I'll never win."

"Are you just realizing that?" Toph stepped into the kitchen with Iroh. She was wearing a uniform and had a tray in her hands.

Aang stared at her, "Toph were you . . . actually waiting on people?!"

"Don't be so surprised Twinkle-toes," she grinned, "some people leave great tips."

"What about Zuko?" Katara asked.

Iroh picked a drawing up off the floor, "he went with Mai somewhere, and I wouldn't expect the Fire Nation to sit well with their Fire Lord serving tea. Why did someone draw a platypus-bear holding hands with Momo?"

Suki smiled, "must be one of Sokka's"

"What! Why do you assume that?"

"It says Soykd on the back, I assume that is your hand-writing for Sokka," Sokka mumbled under his breath as he left the room closely followed by Suki, "Wait I didn't mean it. I love your hand-writing it's very . . . unusual."

Katara looked after them, "I hope they make up soon, Sokka can be a little thick headed when it comes to forgetting insults."

Iroh scratched his chin, "I'm sure they will make up."

"They already did," said Toph, "they are making out just up the stairs."

Katara cringed at the thought of her brother making out with someone, "Eew."

"Don't give me that Sugar Queen," she pointed an accusing finger at her, "from what I felt last night I should change your name to Sugar Lips." Toph smirked at her own cleverness.

Katara blushed while Aang shifted nervously and Iroh backed up a little, "Well look at the time, I think I should go." And no sooner said than done, he was back to serving customers.

Once Iroh was gone Katara's blush decreased in intensity, "Toph! Why did you say that?! . . . and in front of Iroh!"

"Oh go cry on your boyfriends shoulder, he might actually listen to you."

"What is your problem!" Katara took a step forward and poked a finger into Toph's chest, "Can't you just be nice for once!?"

Toph slapped her hand away, "Maybe I would be nice if I could get some sleep around here!"

"Oh, come on it was one night Toph."

"For you two, I also have to sit through Sokka with Suki, and Zuko with Ms. Depression."

Aang stepped in, "Okay, I think that's good you two," he pushed them apart and grabbed Katara's hand.

As he pulled Katara to the door she turned back to Toph, "well you're just jealous because you can't get a boyfriend! You and I both know boys don't like to date blind girls." Aang doubled his pace, but it wasn't needed Toph lifted the ground beneath their feet catapulting them into the main room.

Aang stood up and helped Katara to her feet, "Why did you say that Katara? It wasn't very nice."

Katara glared at him, "Oh and she was being nice?"

"No, she was being . . . well Toph," he looked around and noticed everyone was staring at them, "uh, maybe we should go somewhere else. Come on lets go talk in your room."

"No, Aang just leave me alone for a little while, okay?"

He nodded disappointed, "Okay I'll just go find Sokka and do something with him." She nodded curtly and walked away. Aang sighed and left to find Sokka or more preferably, Suki.

Aang wandered around Ba Sing Se for a few hours, checking every place he would expect to find them. A romantic pond, every picnic ground he could find, the dojos, any place that sold boomerangs, he even checked the art studio. Nothing, not a trace. Aang eventually gave up and went back to the shop.

He burst through the door and about ran into Iroh who was cleaning up some spilled tea and – crying? "Excuse me- oh hello Aang. I guess I take up more room than I thought." He gave a half-hearted chuckle as he slapped his belly.

"Hey Iroh, you haven't seen Sokka or Suki have you?" he asked hopefully.

Iroh looked up from poking his stomach, "Wha- oh, as a matter of fact I have, they are up on the roof."

Aang slapped his head, "You can get on the roof!"

"Uh, yeah," he said a little startled at Aang's outburst.

"Thanks Iroh."

"No problem," he whistled as he went back to cleaning up the tea, and Aang rushed to the rooftop.

Aang barged onto the roof just quick enough to catch as Sokka and Suki came out of a kiss, Sokka jumped away from Suki, "Uh hey Aang me and Suki were just . . . talking about . . ."

Suki stepped in front of Sokka, "We were just kissing," and ignoring Sokka's objecting look continued, "very passionately, weren't we shnookums?" she said turning to Sokka smiling, he was hiding his face in shame, "You're too easy Sokka. So what's up Aang?"

"I need to talk to you." Replied Aang letting himself smile at the shnookums comment.

Suki nodded, "I'll leave you two alone then."

"Actually I need to talk to you, Suki,"

"What's this about Aang," Sokka gave him a 'get outta here' look, "we were in the middle of something."

Aang looked at Suki, "Alone,"

Sokka's face fell, "Oh okay Aang I'll just leave you to talk alone with my girlfriend, no problem," he said sarcastically.

"Great," Aang thought he was being serious, he had recently begun tuning out Sokka's sarcasm.

Sokka's eye twitched and he took a breath as if to argue but said, "Fine, whatever, see if I care," and stomped off.

Suki waited until Sokka was gone before asking, "Now that he's gone will you tell me what this is about?"

"Katara," Aang looked at her sadly.

"Oh," Suki scratched the back of her head, "did you have a fight?"

"I'm not sure," seeing Suki's confused expression he elaborated a little, "she had a fight with Toph, both were overreacting to stuff the other said. Toph was being, Toph, and poked fun at us for," Aang pondered if he should tell her but decided against it, ". . . being a couple, and Katara got mad and at the end said something really awful to Toph about not being able to get a boyfriend because she is blind. I told her that was really rude, and she must've gotten mad at me. She said she needed to be alone."

"Okay, but why are you asking me about it?"

"Well, you're a girl right?"

She smirked, "Yeah I've been told so."

"What I meant was you know how girls think so," he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "maybe you could give me some advice?"

She thought for a moment, "Aang from the sound of it you're not telling me everything."

Aang's heart stopped, "What do you mean?"

"She has fights with Toph all the time," she tilted her head to the side watching his expression for clues, "and telling her what she did was rude or wrong usually makes her feel guilty not mad, but if there was something else you did it might change things."

Aang blushed and looked to the side, "well there is one other little thing that may be on her mind."

Suki narrowed her eye, "How little?"

"Um . . . Appa little," he shifted nervously.

"Aang, Appa isn't little. What happened," he blushed deeper but said nothing, so Suki put on the sweetest smile she could, "come on Aang you can tell me. What happened?"

Aang took a deep breath, "Well . . . we kinda . . . you see we . . . okay here is the thing . . . me and Katara," Aang mumbled something that Suki couldn't hear.

"Aang I can't hear you."

Aang bit his lip before forcing himself to continue, "Me – and – Katara – slept – together."

It took all of Suki's willpower to keep her smile, "Oh . . . well . . . that, might be it."

"So does she hate me?" Aang's eyes downcast.

"No, Aang she doesn't hate you," he looked at her happily, and she smiled genuinely.

"She doesn't!?"

"No, she is mad at herself and the fight with Toph overwhelmed her, she is just feeling angry that she let her emotions get the better of her. You know how she likes to be in control," Suki walked over to Aang and put an arm around him, "Just go talk to her."

"But she said-."

"Aang, just do it," she looked him in the eye, "she need company, give her a hug. Help her through."

"Thanks, Suki," Aang said smiling.

"Anytime, Aang," as Aang was about to leave she added, "oh and send my shnookums back up here, and don't worry I won't tell him."

Aang smiled from ear to ear, "I will, and Suki you're the best," he left the rooftop and headed to Katara's room. He just stood outside the door then, mustering up all his courage, he opened the door, "Katara?"

Sorry to end it this way but this is getting pretty long so just wait for the next chapter. Review Please.