Here's the ninth chapter, finally, The Dance
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I woke up the next morning and I moaned; I was still sore. I got up still and walked out into the living room, it was only 3 am. I sighed and sat back in bed.
I couldn't get back to sleep. I heard Katara's door open; she walked into my room. "Aang, your awake?" She asked. "Yeah, I'm fine, I just woke up and I wasn't sure if I had to, I'm still tired." I told her. She nodded, and went back to bed.
7 seconds later she came back. "Are you sure?" she asked.
"Yes, Katara I'm fine." I said. "Okay…REALLY sure?" She asked again.
"Katara, please, just stop worrying and get back to bed!" I yelled quietly.
Katara sighed, and went back to bed. I laid there for the next couple of hours, when I finally heard alarm clocks go off.
I got up and got ready for school, a yellow shirt and jeans. I went out into the kitchen and saw Katara making breakfast.
"Mornin' Katara." I said yawning. She turned around and I saw an immediate flash of sadness. "Katara are you okay?" I asked, I already knew the answer; she wished I wasn't hurt. Katara nodded her head, "Fine." She said quietly.
"Katara I'm fine, I'll be okay, you know that, right?" I told her. "Aang, I just, wish you weren't such a trouble magnet." She said. "Hey!" I screamed, she smiled and laughed, "Well it's true!"
"Yeah…" I said.
We got to school later, and I saw Zuko glaring. I glared back and made sure to stay close to Katara, I could tell Katara enjoyed the closeness.
We went to art class, there was a silence between us. We were both just doodling little characitures of people, animals, etc. until Katara finally spoke.
"Aang, how are you gonna get to the dance if your going detention?" She asked, I thought about this before, so I had an answer.
"I'll get out of detention in an hour, so we'll have two hours, I'll get a suit and come meet you, but if it takes to long, you go ahead to the dance without me, I'll meet you there." I told her. "Okay." Her simple answer.
That was the last thing we said to each other. For the rest of the day.
I sat, once again in detention, I finished my homework, then I doodled again, I was actually pretty good at drawing. I made a couple drawings of Katara in several different dresses, I bet none of these drawings looked as stunning on her than her actual dress.
I was finally walking outside to go back home, when someone grabbed my shoulder and pushed me against the wall. It was Zuko,"Well airboy, if I can't go out with Katara, no one will." I pushed him off me and started running, he was following close behind, but I was faster.
Then I saw Haru and Jet, I tried to run around them, but then I saw Jet's buddies, the all surrounded me, so I used airbending and jumped up as high as I could and landed on a roof, I ran from roof to roof, the other guys following by the roofs.
I passed by the store that held my reserved suit, but now my dance with Katara was at stake. Suddenly I ran out of roof, I landed on the concrete road and ran down the road, hoping to get home. I jumped over obstacles that were in my way making sure nothing slowed me down, but I was getting tired, and the guys knew that.
Haru then used earthbending to catch my ankles, I fell forward, everyone surrounded me again. I was then thrown into the back seat of a car, and driven somewhere that wasn't my home. We came up to a house that I immediately recognized, it was Zuko's. They took my out of the back seat and Zuko looked at me threateningly.
"Follow my lead, if you don't, I'll make sure you never see Katara for the rest of your life!"
I nodded as they took of the bonds they had put me in, and the hankerchief from around my mouth, they brought me inside. "Hey dad!" Zuko yelled, "What are you up to Zuko?" I heard a booming voice say, "Nothing dad! Just hangin' with my buddies! See ya later!" Zuko said as we ran up to his room, then they tied my to a chair.
"Listen up, you are going to stay here, and not make a peep, if anything goes wrong, you pay for it!" He threatened, though I wasn't scared. "Another thing, if you think there is any possible way you can escape, don't try it, Haru will be in here watching you, Jet and his buddies will be around the house."
Zuko and Jet, along with his buddies left Haru with me. After all the excitement, I finally noticed a warm liquid dribble down my knees, I looked down and they were awfully scraped, probably from my fall earlier, my hands must be scraped up too.
I sat there silently as Haru changed Zuko's radio from channel to channel, no one spoke, an hour finally passed, Katara must hate me. I thought.
Katara P.O.V.
Okay, where the flip is Aang! I thought standing in my midnight blue strapless dress that went down to my ankle, it was simple, but elegant. Something I knew Aang would like, but he wasn't even here! I sat down in a row of empty chairs, couples out on the dance floor, or talking to each other, I even saw some making out!
I breathed a heavy sigh, when I heard the door open. I looked up hoping to finally see Aang, but it wasn't. It was Zuko! He wasn't even allowed here! He was in a suit and everything, he sat down next to me and looked at me.
"Hey Katara." He said, "What do you want?" I snapped at him.
"Look, Katara, you have so many good reasons not to listen to me but please here me out! I know why Aang isn't here." That caught my attention, how could he possibly know why Aang wasn't here.
"Look, he told me in detention that, that he doesn't really like you, he just felt bad for you because he knew you were waiting for him." He said.
"Wqhy should I believe you! That doesn't sound like Aang, you're making this up!" I fumed. But he kept going, "Katara, everything he has told you was a lie, he's the one whose been saying women are prizes, not me! He was just saying that to win your heart, I know women are equals, I'm sorry, I know the truth hurts but…" he trailed off, he didn't look like he was lieing at all.
It was so much to take in, I didn't know who to trust. But then again, after I talked to him, he always looked guilty, like he wasn't telling me something. Yes, I made my decision, Aang was a liar, he was just pulling the 'disabled' card on me, Zuko was right. "I can't believe, he'd do such a thing." I said quietly, "I trusted him, he was lieing to m the entire time!"
"I know Katara, I'm so sorry, do you want me to leave you alone or…" Someone slammed through the open doors…
Aangs P.O.V. 30 minutes earlier.
I looked around and search for something, anything to help me get to the dance. But alas, there was nothig, but I heard voices outside, Ty Lee soon came in and saw Haru, she winked at me but I was utterly confused. I knew Haru loved Ty Lee, so this would be interesting, he looked at her dreamily.
"Hey cutie, um, I need you to help me get my dress on, the zipper is hard to reach, Azula and mai are too busy getting ready." She said, flirtatiously. Haru nodded dreamily, completely forgetting about me as he walked out the room.
Azula and Mai entered and undid my bonds. I was still confused. Azula sensed that, she looked at me and said, "Just think of it as a thank you for sticking up to my brother and showing him whats what, but don't think I'll EVER do it again, and if you ever tell anyone…" I cut in,"I know, I know, or else."
I gave Azula an awkward hug and thought of which way to escape, out the door would be stupid, anywhere near the ground would, but being an airbender, I could easily jump out the window, I opened it up and jumped to the other roof quietly, Jet wouldn't suspect a thing.
I ran roof to roof than onto the street, I ran pass the place that held my suit and ran straight to school, my still bloody knees throbbing, and with the extra difficulty, which I didn't think of before, of having a broken arm. I ran up to the gym doors, and burst through. I breathed heavily.
I saw Katara in a midnight blue strapless dress that went down to her ankles, midnight blue flats, and her hair was up in a high ponytail with small curls framing her face, she looked stunning. But she looked angry as she looked away, I looked to her left and saw Zuko smirking triumphantly, I walked up to her.
"Hey Katara." I said, "What do you want?" She snapped, her voice shaking as I saw her tear stained face. "Katara whats wrong?" I asked.
"You know damn well what wrong, you liar!" She screamed. "Katara, what do you mean?" I asked, I had no idea what she was talking about.
"How could you lie to me like that Aang?" She asked crying, "Katara, I don't understand, what did I lie about?" I asked. "You said that you were fighting for womens rights and crap like that, but you were the one claiming them as trophies Aang, Zuko told me everything." She told me.
My blood boiled, Zuko was lieing to Katara, and the bad thing was, she believed him. "Katara, he's the liar! He's just.."
"Stop Aang, just stop and leave me alone." She interrupted me.
The principal walked in, and immediately spotted Zuko, Katara and I turned away from him, to not be seen so he wouldn't worry, "Zuko, weren't your dance privlages taken away?" He asked, "Yes sir,"Zuko replied, totally sugar-coated, "Sorry sir, I was just helping a friend." The principal paused, he spotted us, I could feel his stare, "You two, come over here." He said, as three familiar girls walked in.
"What seems to be the problem here?" He asked, I heard the three girls pause behind us. "I was lied to." Katara said, "Aang should be the one not able to come, he deserved everything that happened to him," the words sunk into my head, every word stung like a bee sting to my brain, "He lied, and worse, got Zuko in trouble for his mistakes."
"Is this true?" he asked turning to Zuko, Zuko nodded, that little ass. "Every word sir." He turned to me, he was about to tell me to leave when I heard a voice behind me, "Zuzu, why must you lie to a poor girl like that?" Azula! She was helping me again! Man, I really owe her one!
The princepal turned to her, "Sir, I'm afraid Zuko has been lieing to you, and the girl, Aang has been telling the truth, but you see, Zuko wanted to go to the dance with her, seeing as she was one of the prettiest girl at school, so she was the 'better trophy' as he would say."
"But, Katara decided to go with Aang, seeing as he was truthful and kind, and thought of women as equals, so to get back at Aang, he practically kidnapped Aang, hurting him, in the process," she ponted to my bloody knees and palms, "And threatened him, to make sure he stayed at our house until after the dance where he would make Katara fall in love with him and hate Aang."
Everyone's mouth dropped except mine, the princepal looked back at Zuko, he looked soooooooo guilty right now, 'why would you lie about this?"
"How did you find out!" Zuko screamed at Azula, "Next time you make one of your 'evil schemes' don't leave it on the kitchen table." Azula said walking away with a wink at me, saying that was extra. "Son, go home, now." The princepal said, "I'll leave you two alone." He turned away, and walked off.
Katara was looking down, "I'm such an idiot." She said.
"No you not!" I screamed, "Yes I am! I believed Zuko just because I imagined up facts, I should have known he was lieing!"
"Katara it's okay! Everyone makes mistakes, I forgive you." I told her, "Really?" She asked, I nodded, she looked down at my knees, "I'll get some water to clean that up."
8 minutes later
We were on the dance floor, he head was on my chest as they played the last slow song, and our only dance, but she seemed happy, and so was I.
I yawned, she chuckled and looked up at me, "Tired?" She asked, "Yeah, a little bit." I said. She gave me a small kiss, short but sweet, she smiled.
If only moments like this could last forever.
This is not the end! I'm still going! What should happen next? Tell me what you think! R&R!