Iroh was first to wake the next morning. Zuko was next then finally Mai-she wasn't an early riser-. They were gathered around a small camp fire.

"I want to get Ty-lee." Mai said bluntly.

"What to you mean?"Zuko asked.

"I mean I want to see if she'll come join us."Mai said like it should of been obvious.

"I know what you mean, but why?"Zuko asked again a little annoyed.

"Because she's always wanted what was best for everyone, and I feel sorry for her now that she's alone with Azula." Mai replied looking down at her plate of food. They all fell backwards when a pink blur bounced right in the middle of their conversation.(literally) Zuko and Mai bumped their heads when they fell. They got up of the ground rubbing their heads and saw Ty-lee standing there.

Before anyone had a chance to ask anything, Ty-lee went running to hug Mai.

"How did you find us?"Mai asked the question that had them all wondering.

"I followed you guys'." Ty-lee said simply.

"Why?' Zuko asked.

"Well...-"she was interrupted by Zuko.

"Wait! Dose Azula know we've escaped?!"Zuko asked suddenly very interested.

"Well...when I left she didn't know-" Ty-lee was cut off by Mai "But by now I'm sure she knows-"

"Because of Ty-lee running away" Zuko finished.

"Well in that case we better get going."Iroh added.

Mai sighed and began packing and said "I wish we could stay in one place more than a couple of hours..." everyone else just shrugged.

Mai and Ty-lee shared an ostrege hose and Zuko and his uncle shared another.

They rode until it was twilight. They came to this slithery spit of land.

"Um...what's that?" asked Ty-lee.

Everyone stayed silent for a while. Mai broke the silence sighing she said " We're going to have to cross that aren't we."

"Looks like it." responded Zuko

"Well we'd better make camp for the night." Iroh said looking at the setting sun.

"Uncle's right." Zuko said putting his hand over his eyes and squinting st the setting sun.

"One of us should stand guard." Mai added.

So they made camp Mai was the first to stand guard. She was sitting on a log next to the fire, staring at the fire and twirling one of her daggers. The sun was long gone, Mai glanced over to where Ty-lee and Iroh were sleeping and notices that Zuko wasn't there. She thought that maybe he went to get some water. She was lost in her thought that she didn't hear Zuko sit next to her.

When she finally notices she asked "Couldn't sleep?" Zuko nodded.

They sat there for a moment until Zuko broke the silence.

"Um...Mai you know...uh..."Zuko was looking for the right words, but apparently couldn't find them.

Mai cocked her head to the side a little and asked "What?"

"Uh...um...itsjustthatImissedualot." Zuko blabbered out.

"What?" Mai asked not catching a word he said.

Zuko took in a deep breath and said "I said that I missed you a lot.",he held his breath not knowing how she was going to react. He was expecting daggers to go flying in his direction, but instead she blushed and said "I really missed you too." They sat in silence enjoying each others company until they fell asleep back to back.

A/N: Thanks to all that have been reading! Please review! The next xhapter will be more action and a surprise to all!