"Tonight!"Mai shouted "are you crazy!"

"Shhhhhhhh..." Zuko shushed.

"But, why tonight?"said Mai lowering her voice.

"I've already got this planned...trust me on this."Zuko replied.

"Ok" Mai said with doubtfulness in her voice.

"Well if that doesn't convince you, maybe this will..."Zuko said as he leaned in and kissed her. Mai felt butterflies in her stomach. Then after what seemed only a second he pulled away, they were both lost for words. There were a few moments of akward silence.

"Ahem"Zuko cleared his throat "I'm...sorry..."

"No...um... it's ok..."Mai managed to stutter.

"Um...so will you help me?"Zuko tried to chance the subject.

"Uh...yea...but we'll need supplies" Mai said touching her lips "meet me in the courtyard when

your ready"

"Ok, but what are you-"

"I already told you, we need supplies."Mai cut him off while stuffing some stuff into a bag, and rushed out of her room.

As Mai made her way down the hallway she bumped into the princess.

"Mai?...what are you doing?"Azula asked.

"I'm going to eat...I missed dinner."Mai lied.

"Oh...ok...what's with the bag?"Azula asked.

"Oh...um..."Mai didn't know what to say.

"Were you going to sneak some food to your room?"Azula asked again.

Mai lowered her head in shame. Witch apparently fooled Azula.. And with that they both went their separate ways.

When she finally made her way over to the kitchen, she got some bread, fruit, and a teapot. She knew Iroh loved tea.. Then she made her way over to the courtyard, when she got there and went over and sat and a bench near a fountain, it reminded her a lot of she was little and used to play with Azula and Ty-lee.

She was lost in her thoughts when someone tapped her on her shoulder, her grip on one of her stiletto tightened as she turned around, but to her surprise it was a familiar face. She let out a sigh of relief.

"Waiting for me?"Zuko asked.

Mai nodded and said "You ready?"

"Yea...I also got these..."He said holding up a few scrolls.

Mai looked at the quizzically.

"Their the scrolls I was reading in the library...I thought we're going to need them...It'll make it lot easier to survive...last time my uncle drank poisonous tea."Zuko said.

Mai let out a small chuckle.

Zuko looked at her...surprised...because he had never heard her laugh.

"What?"Mai said noticing him looking at her.

"Oh...um...nothing..it's just I'd never heard you laugh."Zuko replied.

"Oh...um... should get going?"asked Mai trying to avoid the subject

Zuko nodded then they made their way down to the cells. When they got there, their were two guards guarding the entrance.

"I'm going in first..."said Mai as she walked in front of Zuko.

She walked up to the guards.

"No one is allowed in the cells."said one of guards.

"Princess Azula sent me down here to check on her uncle."Mai said as she griped one of her daggers. The guards made way when she walked past them she knocked one of them out with the handle of the dagger she was holding. She was about to knock out the other one when he just fell to the floor she looked at the guard on the floor then to where Zuko should be, but she didn't see him when she heard a voice behind her,

"Are you coming?"asked Zuko.

She nodded and walked over to where he was.

"So which cell is he in?"Mai asked as she looked at the row of cells in front of her.

Zuko shrugged.

Mai sighed and said "Were going to have to check all of them aren't we?"

"I guess so" Zuko replied, Mai sighed and they started to check every one of the cells. About 15 minutes later Mai cried out "I found him!" Zuko quickly ran to where she was, but the closer he got the slower his pace became. When he finally got there he was walking with his head lowered

"How can he even look at me after what I did." Zuko said his head still lowered.

At that moment a hand was placed on his shoulder, at first he thought it was Mai, but when he looked up to see her she was looking inside the cell. He turned his head to see his uncle standing on the other said of the door.