A/N this is sort of chapter where Katara becomes more than some desperate fangirl. This is kind of what a few of my reviewers were saying they hate. Except I don't really think they meant it to be constructive. But, it turned out to be so, ha ha ha!!!

Phssssss The sliding door began to open. Katara closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. She heard foot-steps leading to Suki's bed. The person sat down on the bed rather loudly.

"Katara?" Suki's soft voice called. "Are you awake?"

Katara wondered if she snored and if she could fake snoring if she wanted to.

"Katara?!" Suki asked a little louder and more urgently.

Katara opened her eyes dutifully.

"Katara!" Katara wasn't actually looking at Suki but she could hear that she was smiling.

"Suki?" Katara tried her best to sound as if she had just woken up. She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Hey," Suki cooed smoothly; she really had a nice a voice. "You left kind of early down there."

Katara tried to choose her words carefully; she didn't want to invite Suki into her problems. "Yeah."

"Why?" Suki's voice sounded harsher now, not as sweet as before.

"I don't know," Katara laid back down.

"You never ate your cake, or opened your presents," Suki complained.

"I know," Katara turned away from Suki.

"Well, everyone wants to know why you left, we worked really hard on the party. Even Zuko," Suki begged.

Katara tried to ignore her. She didn't want to be the kind of girl to flip out at some guy's name, although she knew that was what everyone expected of her. "I'm going to bed."

"Please don't, come back down. I don't know what's wrong with you but everyone wants you to come back down. It's your party after all," Suki began sounding nicer, like that snake that deceived Eve. It seemed all nice, but it was really scheming to ruin her life. Katara curled up further. She wouldn't fall for it.

"Fine, but you're being really selfish. Everyone is all happy for you and you're up here pouting. Are you happy? You've ruined your party," Suki stomped out.

Suki shouldn't have been yelling at Katara, it was Zuko's fault. She wouldn't have been so upset if Zuko hadn't gone to her party. He probably knew that going would upset her. In fact the whole thing was probably intentional.

Katara knew his plan. He went because he wanted to ruin Katara's party. Well, she wasn't about to let that happen. She was still an independent person, and he wasn't about to control her. Or was she so independent? After all at that moment wasn't she thinking about Zuko? Wasn't she always thinking about Zuko? Always giving Zuko all of her attention? Wasn't he the reason she wasn't at her party right now? Had Katara become a stalker? The more Katara thought about it she realized Zuko had stolen her independence.

Katara stood up, changed into a more party friendly dress, and proceeded downstairs. She walked into the dining room where Sokka, Aang, Toph, and Suki were playing a game of cards, specifically Go Fish.

"Do you have any sixes?" Aang asked the gang as he looked up from his cards. "Katara!" Aang exclaimed brightly when he recognized the bender.

"Hi," Katara smiled shyly.

"So you got over your mood, Sugar Queen?" Toph smirked.

"Oh, I'm so glad you came down!" Suki got up and pulled out a chair for Katara.

"Yeah… me too," Another shy smile formed.

"Hey, I blew out your candles!" Sokka bragged as if this were something to be proud of.

"Great," Katara snapped sarcastically. "Umm- where's Zuko?" She couldn't help but ask.

"He left," Sokka stated plainly.

"Oh," Katara tried to hide her disappointment.

"But, we don't need him to have fun!" Suki answered perkily. "In fact let's go out right now! A fun night on the town- I think we all need a break, don't you guys?"

"Ooh, can we go to the zoo?" Aang asked childishly.

"Sure," Suki replied.

"Would you guys mind if I sit this one out?" Toph pleaded.

"Oh, you have to come!" Aang winked at her. Katara hated that they were totally going to be flirting on this "night on the town."

"Okay, we are going to have fun on this trip no matter what, and everyone is going!" Suki demanded firmly.

"Don't you think this is a little silly? I mean why are we even doing this?" Katara complained.

"It's your birthday!" Suki cried.

"Then why can't I pick if we should go on a 'night on the town?'" Katara supplicated.

"Fine, if you want to stay home and mope, then go ahead. But, we're going out and we're going to have fun, with or without you!" Suki barked angrily. "do you want to come or not?"

"Not really," For once Katara was actually the good guy.

"Okay, then we're leaving! Come on guys!" Suki demanded as she turned to leave. The others followed loyally.

"Well, have fun," Katara smiled, happy to be the victim this time.

Suki ushered the crew through the door quickly and left. Katara was happy to be alone tonight. Even though she was so looking forward to being with her friends tonight, after the events of that night, she was happy to be by herself for a few hours.

Katara wandered upstairs to her room, unsure of what she was going to do for the rest of the night. She examined the floor, searching for something to fill her time, when she realized how incredibly messy her and Suki's room was. Katara decided it might be fun to clean it. She had always loved cleaning, and laundry, and cooking. As she began to clean she thought about how she might be able to make a decent salary as a maid. After all she was unemployed. Her mind wandered to how the squad possibly survived, considering none of them worked, or had any steady income.

As Katara cleaned and contemplated her life, she heard a noise from downstairs. Her heart jumped as she realized that she was a young, weak girl who was all alone at night in a huge house, where no one would be home for hours.

Fearfully, she took a deep breath and grabbed an umbrella from the closet. She was ready for a fight, or whatever was going to happen. She crept down the stairs as quietly as possible.

"Hello?! Who's there?!" Katara yelled into the silent basement.

A/N haha cliffy:) Please review! Katara has the umbrella to defend herself.