AN: I won't be able to update for awhile so this will have to tide you over. In this chapter we see Katara's little one starting school, and Zuko confronts Mai about Katara.

The following week passed without seeing Zuko. Lily started school and of course Katara took pictures on her first day. Afterward Katara drove Lily to the school.

"Are you ready honey?" Katara asked as they stood before the school.

"Ready Mommy!" she said grabbing her mother's hand. Lily's hair was in pigtails and she had a pretty pink backpack.

Katara dropped off her daughter at her teacher's room.

"A pleasure to meet you Mrs...," the teacher started.

"Oh I'm not married, just Katara is fine," Katara flushed.

The woman's face turned red, "Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to assume-".

"It's fine, I've got to go now," giving Lily one last hug Katara hurried out.

With an hour to spare Katara headed over to the local trade college to see if she could get some information on going back to school. She had wanted to do this for some time but hadn't gotten around to it.

A friendly advisor sat down with her and talked to her.

"I've been wanting to go back to school for awhile but haven't been able to because I'm a single mother. I had Lily after graduating so I had to put my college goals on hold," Katara said. "When you have a baby at 18 you don't have a lot of options."

"At least you were able to finish high school some don't even get to do that. You seem to be very a very bright young woman. If you're interested I can give you a brochure about our programs, schedule, and financial aid," the advisor said handing Katara a few papers. "I think you would be a great asset to our program," the woman smiled.

Zuko scrolled through his contacts trying to find Mai's name. He wanted to know why she kept this information from him. This wasn't going to be a friendly conversation. Once he got down to her name he pressed the call button.

"Hello?" came Mai's voice from the other end.

"Mai, it's me," Zuko said.

"Hey! Babe, how are you?" Mai's voice sounded unusually cheerful. "I miss you, when are you coming home?"

"Mai, we need to talk," Zuko's voice was stern.

"Uh, okay, what's wrong?" Mai asked.

"Is it true you were harassing Katara awhile back? And kept it a secret from me that I have a daughter?!" Zuko's voice rose.

"What?! No, I didn't do any of that. Why are you accusing me of doing such a thing?" Mai's tone was defensive.

"Don't lie to me, I can't take it anymore," Zuko was at the end of his rope with Mai.

"Fine, I stalked her on facebook for months and then one day I see her posting pictures of a baby. At first I was confused, but then I got a closer look at the child's features just to be sure what I thought it was. Katara never mentioned the name of the father on her facebook, but I was pretty sure who the father was after looking a second time. Perhaps if you weren't sleeping around with that whore, you would be putting more effort into our relationship," Mai said.

"There's no more us anymore Mai, I've had it. You've been lying to me all this time and I've had enough. You obviously don't value whatever relationship we've had because you weren't honest with me. It was never about love with you, it was always about appearances," Zuko said wanting to get it out in the open.

"Wait, are you breaking up with me?" Mai asked incredulously.

"I guess so, and by the way don't refer to Katara that way again," Zuko hung up before Mai could say anything. He was glad to have gotten that over with, however he knew he would face his father's wrath about it eventually. Maybe LA wasn't the place for him, maybe it was here with Katara and Lily. Perhaps this could be the start of a new life.