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2. The Day Before the Wedding
Zuko rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and sat up. He looked to his right, where Katara lay, sleeping peacefully, her chest rising and falling with each breath.
"See you later…" he whispered remorsefully as he stooped down and kissed her tenderly on the cheek.
As quietly as he could, Zuko got out of bed and got dressed into his day clothes. He looked back at Katara from the door and smiled gently.
I'll be back soon, my girl…
He left the room to go and attend to his meeting.
The sun peeked up over the horizon and the first light of dawn spilt through the east-facing widow of the room on the ship. Windu rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and sat up wearily, yawning and stretching. He got ready for his day, changing out of his night clothes into presentable, Water Tribe gear.
Today was the day; he would see Katara for the first time in two months. And she would still hate him for having been so forward back at the South Pole. She would be with the Fire Lord, not him.
He walked up onto the deck of the ship to see a port coming closer and closer. It was Earth Kingdom, there was no mistake.
This must be where Chief Hakoda is deciding to stop for supplies.
Sure enough, half an hour later, the fleet of Water Tribe ships docked and the people on them got off to stretch their legs and get supplies.
Windu left the ship with the other men to look around the sea-side city.
"Hello there, good traveler! Welcome to Katanra!" one of the locals greeted him as he walked into a shop.
Great… the city is called Katanra! Why does it have to be so close to her name?! The sooner we're out of here the better…
With that thought, he left the shop and started heading back to the docks. He'd just wait around the beach for a while until the fleet was ready to set sail again.
As he walked down some side streets, hoping to get to the shore quicker, there was a whisper from a dark alleyway to his left. He turned.
"Huh?"
"Pst!" A shadowy figure for gestured him to come closer.
Cocking his eyebrow and not thinking before he acted, Windu let his curiosity overcome him and he stepped towards the stranger.
"Hello? Who's there?"
As he came closer to the alleyway, the figure crept back further into the shadows.
"Hey, who is that? Why were you calling me?"
Windu was standing in the alley and was about half way down. The dark figure who had been calling him was at the end of the alley and had no where else to go, but stayed where he was, looking at the Water Tribesman.
Windu stood there for a moment, to see if the strange person would do anything more, but he didn't, and Windu decided that it was best if he left.
There was a low rumbling behind him and the ground shook for a quick moment.
"Huh?" Windu turned around to look at what was behind him. "What the –?!"
The new figure that had appeared behind him launched himself forward and pushed Windu against a wall and covered his mouth. The first shadowy figure moved towards them both, calmly, and as he came closer, Windu realized that both men were dressed in a dark green uniform.
Once the first figure was within arms reach of the Water Tribesman and the second green clad figure, he stamped his foot on the ground, hard, and they shot down into the earth. Windu felt like he was falling and he tried to scream, but the second man still had a hand over his mouth.
When they finally came to a halt in a green, glowing cave, Windu was thrown into a rock chair and the earth moved around his limbs to keep him there.
"What do you think you're doing?! Let me go!" he shouted at the men. But all that they did was one of them left and the other sat in the middle of the room in the middle of some sort of circuit.
A lit lantern started moving around the circuit, going faster and faster all the time.
"There is no war in Ba Sing Se."
Katara woke up to a sickening feeling in her gut.
"Oh… not again…" she sighed.
Her stomached gave a wrench and the soon-to-be Fire Lady raced to the bathroom to throw up. There was a knock on the bedroom door and she quickly cleaned herself up before she went and answered it.
"Oh, hey Suki. How are you?" she asked bluntly as the Kyoshi Warrior stepped in.
"Did it happen again this morning too?" she asked as soon as Katara had shut the door.
"Yea, actually, it only just happened a second before you knocked. What do you think?"
"I seriously think it's morning sickness. I'm still getting it too… and I still haven't told Sokka," she giggled. "Have you told Zuko yet?"
"I'm not saying anything to him until I'm sure I'm pregnant. For all I know, I could just be feeling sick."
"Katara," Suki looked her in the eye. "People don't wake up every morning and just go and throw up and then feel fine the rest of the day for seven days straight and not have the person they're making out with and sleeping with do the same thing too. Face it, girl," the Warrior smiled. "You're just as pregnant as I am."
Katara's heart skipped a beat, "What should I do?!"
"Calm down! You and Zuko are getting married tomorrow, same goes with me and Sokka. I'm going to tell Sokka that I'm pregnant after the wedding, I think you should tell Zuko too," she smiled.
Katara bit her bottom lip, "Do you really think I'm going to be a mum?" she asked hopefully.
Suki laughed, "We're both gonna be mums. Face it, Katara, you and I are mother material!"
The girls joked for a while longer before Suki left, "Ok, don't tell anyone I'm pregnant."
"Ok, just keep your promise to me and don't tell anyone I am either."
Suki left and Katara shut the door. After a moment of stunned silence and letting things sink in, she jumped up and punched the air. "Woo-hoo! I'm gonna be a mum!"
The waterbender quickly and excitedly got dressed into her day clothes and went to eat breakfast with Suki.
Ok, I'm telling Zuko tomorrow night. But… can I manage keeping this from him for that long?
Of course you can, Katara. You can do anything. Anyways, Suki's been keeping it from Sokka for the whole two months!
I guess you're right. If Suki can keep a definite truth from Sokka for two months so that she can surprise him on their wedding night, then I can keep it from Zuko for thirty-six hours for the same reason!
Windu walked out of the alley and headed to the docks. He knew exactly what he had to do.
"Come on, Windu, you and Kio are the only people we're waiting for. Come on!" Hakoda called and the Water Tribesman ran to get on the ship. Kio arrived not long after. "Don't tell me you got into a street fight," the Chief sighed, looking the man's bruised body up and down.
"Sorry, Chief, some guy nicked my rucksack and led me to some place and then they tried to beat me up…" he laughed. "But I got my bag back!"
Hakoda rolled his eyes and laughed as the young man got onto the ship. The ship set sail and the Fire Nation's Imperial City was in view by mid afternoon.
"Katara! Come on, don't you wanna meet your dad at the docks?!" Zuko called as he came into the private living room where Suki, Katara, Toph, and Aang were sitting.
"Oh! Are they already here?!"
"Just about," he laughed, as he pulled her up and started dragging her out to meet the ships.
The others followed hurriedly.
Sokka and Iroh were already at the docks when they got there. Ty Lee was with them.
"Hey, Ty Lee, where's Mai?" Aang asked.
The acrobat shrugged, "I think she's still asleep; she had a late night last night. Tom-Tom was crying all night because he has a fever. He was a lot better this morning though!" She smiled at him as the Water Tribe fleet anchored at the docks.
"Dad!" Sokka and Katara called, as the man got off the first boat.
"Sokka! Katara!" He opened his arms to greet them and pulled them into a hug. "I missed you both so much."
"We missed you too, Dad," Sokka whispered to his father.
Katara was just so happy to see him; she couldn't find words and just hugged him tighter.
"And Suki –" Hakoda looked up to the Kyoshi Warrior. "– Has my son been behaving himself?"
Suki giggled, "Yes, he has been."
The Chief smiled at his future daughter-in-law and then turned to the Fire Lord, "And has Katara been behaving for you?"
"Yes, Sir!" he almost laughed.
Katara started giggling and fell to her knees in laughter.
No, no, no! Katara! Stop thinking about it or you'll spoil the surprise! Stop thinking about it or it'll slip out! Katara pushed the thought of her secret pregnancy out of her head and stood up again, blushing.
"I'm all good!" she smiled.
"Right…" Sokka nodded slowly. "Don't worry, Katara, we already knew you were insane."
"Suki!" a man's voice called from where one of the other ships had docked.
"Dad!" The Kyoshi Warrior ran to embrace her father.
"Oh, Suki, it's so good to see you!" he almost wept as he hugged her.
"I missed you, Dad."
"Katara, Sokka," an elderly voice spoke from behind Hakoda and the two water siblings turned to see their grandmother.
"Gran-Gran!" they called to her as they wrapped their arms around her.
Zuko shook hands with Hakoda and his future grandmother-in-law.
"Come on, we need to get everyone to the housing units so you can settle down," Zuko explained to Hakoda.
"Well, if you show me the way, I can help direct all of the traffic," he laughed.
Zuko nodded and simply pointed out the unit blocks from where he stood. "It's a pretty nice little place. It'll hold everyone for sure and it's really easy to get from here to there."
"I believe the difference from here and there it 'T'," Sokka tried to joke. His friends and father all looked at him bluntly, slightly unsure of his sanity.
"You have your father's sense of humor…" Bato assured him from behind, after a few seconds.
Sokka's face fell and Suki giggled comfortingly. "Don't worry, Sokka. As lame as your jokes are, I still love you," she assured him.
"Thanks…" he smiled.
"Alright, Bato, will you spread the word to the other ships that we're moving to the housing estate?" the Chief asked.
"Sure thing," Bato nodded and moved off to start spreading the word.
"Alright, Katara, would you start by taking your grandmother to where we will be staying?" Hakoda asked his daughter.
"No worries, Dad," she smiled as she helped her grandmother pick up some of her bags. With that, she began to lead the way to the housing units.
"And I'll start taking some of the mother's with kids over from my side," Suki announced.
"Good idea, I'll help," Sokka offered.
"Thanks. Alright, if you are a mother with children, start grabbing your bags. Follow me and Sokka over to the units and we'll show you where you're staying."
Sokka sighed inwardly, she directed them like a true leader… and he knew that she was.
It was a long afternoon as everyone got over to the hotel and got their stuff out of their hair. As the last of the men from the Water Tribe headed over, Katara went to help her father carry some stuff.
"Hey, Katara, I think I left my wedding gift for you and Zuko back in my room…" He looked apologetically at his daughter. "You know where my room is; how about you go and get it. No peeking now; you don't get it till after the wedding," he winked at her.
"Alright, Dad," she smiled.
Katara headed for her father's room. It was easy to locate; she'd been on her motherland's ships many times before for fishing trips and she knew where the Chief always stayed.
She was in the room and there, on the bed, was a small parcel. Katara picked it up curiously and shook it as gently as she could, hoping she wouldn't break it. Something jingled softly inside the box and she smiled as she wondered what the small gift was.
There were some footsteps at the door of the room and a figure appeared in the doorway.
"Hey, Chief, I was just wondering –" The boy stopped short when he saw Katara.
"Windu?" she asked, slightly shocked.
"Katara?! Oh… hi." He blushed deeply.
The soon-to-be Fire Lady felt her face turn a deep shade of crimson. "What are you doing here?" she asked darkly.
"Um… well, your dad kinda got me to come along for the wedding. And well, I thought you were the Chief and I wanted to ask something… but don't worry; I'll just go and find him now," he shrugged as he quickly turned and left the room.
"Grrr…"
Katara headed for the door and went above deck, steaming on the inside, but managing to keep a cool face.
"Did you find it?" Hakoda asked her as he straightened up.
"Yea, I think so. Is this what you meant?" She held up the small package.
"Sure is!" he smiled, as he stood up and took it from her. They walked side by side to the units and met up with the others.
"Well, good morning, Mai!" Katara greeted the girl as she rubbed sleep out of her eyes.
"Did I seriously just sleep all day?"
"Yup, congratulations! I think you even made Sokka jealous," Katara laughed as she looked at the dimming sky outside that the girl had woken up to.
"Jeez, Tom-Tom knows how to scream when he's sick…"
"Hey, Katara! Hey, Mai!" Zuko came up to them.
"Hey, Zu –" Mai cut herself off as she yawned widely. Katara started laughing and the Fire Lord looked between the girls in discomfort.
"Hey, Chief," a man's voice spoke from behind them.
Katara felt herself tense up as she immediately recognized the voice, "Why, hello, Windu. How can I help you?"
"I was wondering if…"
Katara grabbed Zuko and Mai by the arms and led them away, hoping that her father wouldn't mind, but hoping even more that Windu hadn't noticed her.
"Hey, what was all of that about?" Zuko asked when they stopped again.
"Yea, you just suddenly got all edgy. What's up?" Mai asked, slightly bored.
"Never mind. Don't worry about it," she told them.
"Hey, c'mon, you're about to marry me; no secrets!" Zuko poked her in the arm.
"Eh… I'll tell you later," she promised.
Zuko cocked an eyebrow at her for a moment, but then sighed and nodded in agreement.
"Alright, well I think that's everyone!" Suki announced as she and Sokka approached them.
"Katara, will you be staying at the palace?" Gran-Gran asked as she joined the gathering with Iroh.
"Katara, your Grandmother is an excellent Pai Sho player!" he chimed happily.
"You haven't been gambling with each other, have you?!" Zuko and Katara asked at the same time as Toph and Ty Lee came up to them.
"Who's being a naughty girl or boy?" Toph asked as she looked around blindly.
"Us oldies," the Water Tribe woman chuckled.
"And yes, Gran-Gran, I am staying up at the palace," Katara affirmed.
"You should come and visit us some time!" Iroh offered.
"I will."
"Hey, Kana, come and take a walk with me," Master Pakku called to the woman.
"Coming, Pakku!" She walked away from the group and was replaced by Chief Hakoda.
"What's happening here, folks?" he asked.
"Not much, just confirming that everyone is in," Zuko answered.
"And?"
"I think everyone's set for tomorrow!" Suki chimed.
"This is so exciting! I just can't wait for the wedding tomorrow!" Ty Lee literally jumped up in the air.
"Ty Lee, everything excites you," Mai sighed.
"Hey!"
"Let her have some fun!" Aang said as he joined the group as well.
"Oh, hey Aang!" Hakoda smiled.
"Hi. Hey, Zuko, um… you're kinda needed in a meeting and they sent me to get you," Aang shrugged.
"Oh… why do the meetings always have to be on the busiest days?" he sighed.
"Hey, now you're starting to sound like me," Mai noted.
Zuko shut his mouth abruptly and then looked back at Aang, "Do you know what time this meeting is starting?"
"In half an hour… but people are already arriving… apparently…" He shrugged apologetically.
Zuko sighed again, "I'd better get to it." With that, he walked away, leaving the others to wonder what this meeting was going to be about.
"Well, I think I'm going to get an early night's sleep!" Suki announced.
"Hold on, we haven't had dinner yet!" Sokka shouted.
"Oh no! Zuko's gonna miss out on dinner…" Katara sighed.
"Well, let's not make anyone else miss out on dinner. Let's all go and get ready," Hakoda suggested.
"Alright."
Everyone agreed and headed off to prepare for dinner.
Toph, Aang, Sokka, Suki, Katara and Iroh walked to the palace together. Mai and Ty Lee headed to Mai's house and all of the guests went up to their rooms to get ready for dinner. It was only five thirty in the afternoon, but it was already dark. The stars illuminated the inky black sky with aid from the moon and Azula let a salty tear drip into the well.
Yue put a hand on her shoulder, "Is this about what's gonna happen to Zuko and Katara? Or is this about Sokka?"
The Fire Princess Spirit hesitated for a moment before she replied. "It's both." She sighed after a moment. "I never for a second have wanted for Zuko or Katara to have to go through so much heartbreak. All of their hopes of being happily together are about to be shattered… and it's all Shang's fault!" Another tear dropped into the well. And another. And another.
"Oh no! Quick, get inside!" Sokka grabbed Suki and they ran with the others towards the palace as it suddenly started to rain. They all got inside and headed up to their rooms.
"Oh," Suki sighed in disappointment. "I often think that the rain makes things look happy, as happy as they are in sunlight. But for some reason, tonight, the rain is just making everything look sad."
Sokka put one of his warm hands on her shoulder. "It'll be alright."
"And what about Sokka? Do you wanna say why you're suddenly acting up over him?" Ursa asked her daughter, gently.
Azula stayed silent for a moment longer than expected and answered slowly, "I should have known it was too good to last." Tears were streaming down her face and splashing violently into the well. Her eyes stung with the salt, even though she had always thought that spirits could not feel pain… she had been told that it was rare for them to cry and it only happened when they were truly miserable.
Katara changed out of her wet clothes and started to sort through her draws to find the garment she wanted to wear.
Ah ha! There you are.
She snatched the blue dress up and pulled it over her head, smoothing out the creases and then examining herself in the mirror. It was a fairly simple dress, but it was for that reason exactly that it looked so beautiful and why she loved it so much.
It was a bright, sky-blue, loose fitting garment that fell to her ankles. It had long sleeves that were slightly puffed around the shoulders and had darker blue lace for a cuff. In the back, the dress laced up with soft ribbon, the same dark blue as the cuffs. The top half of the dress was slightly more tightly fitting in order to emphasis her womanly curves.
Katara looked in the mirror and examined herself. With a smile, she let her hair out and brushed it well before tying it up into a bun. She finished her bun off with a White Lotus flower hairclip. She smiled at herself in the mirror again as the door behind her opened and Zuko stepped into the room.
Azula calmed herself down and wiped away her tears. It was no use crying over what you couldn't control.
"It'll be alright… I hope," Yue sighed.
Ursa put her arms around both of the spirit princesses and held them close to her as they watched Zuko and Katara in their room.
The rain ceases, slowly, and the inky sky came out from behind the clouds – moon, stars and all.
"Oh, looks like we won't be getting all of our visitors wet on the way to dinner then," Zuko said as he shut the door behind him.
"Aren't you supposed to be in a meeting?" Katara asked, hands on her hips.
"I went; a general just needed my opinion on some suspicious activity in the southern Earth Kingdom. We think there might be a group of firebenders out there who are trying to restart the war. He just wanted my opinion on the matter and my permission to investigate it."
"Poor Zuko, being hustled over everything," Katara sighed.
"Unfortunately, it is in the job description."
Katara giggled and stepped closer to her fiancé.
Zuko smiled and absentmindedly put his hands on her waist.
"So, does this mean you will be able to come to dinner?" she queried.
"Sure does," he assured her as she slung her arms gently over his shoulders.
Katara waited a moment before she pecked him quickly on the lips. "Well, get dressed out of these clothes and put something else on!" she ordered.
"Yes, ma'am!"
Zuko escorted his lady down to dinner once he was presentable. Dinner was being held in the ballroom, which had had several large tables brought into it. There was sure to be enough room for everyone.
There weren't many people already there, but everyone slowly came. Dinner started and everyone took their seats. Zuko, being the Fire Lord, sat at the head of the table, and Katara sat to his right. On her right sat Sokka and Suki and on Zuko's left, Iroh and Aang. Ty Lee and Mai sat on the other side of Iroh and Hakoda and Gran-Gran on the other side of Suki. Toph sat between Mai and the other guests.
Once everyone was seated, but before the food was brought out, Iroh whispered over to Zuko.
"Nephew, now would be a good time to make the speech," Iroh winked at Katara.
"Wha –? Oh, right!" Zuko whispered back, slightly flustered.
"Go on," Iroh encouraged.
"Would you like to do the honors?" Zuko enquired.
Iroh nodded and stood up. Clearing his throat loudly, he called everyone in the venue to attention, "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, guests and locals –"
"Oh, no… maybe it wasn't such a good idea to let him do it," Zuko sighed as his uncle made a scene.
"– and people of all ages!" He finished an immensely long sentence. The majority of the guests were struggling to suppress their snickers and laughter. "It is my greatest honor to welcome you all to the Imperial City of the Fire Nation!"
The guests started to cheer and clap and Zuko sighed in relief at the end of his uncle's welcoming speech. "I thought he'd never stop…" he whispered to Katara. She only laughed, muffling the noise with her hand.
"So, what speech are you doing?" she asked, eyeing him playfully.
"And now, without further ado, I'd like to hand over to my Nephew!" Iroh called as he indicated to Zuko and sat down. The guests started cheering again.
"You're about to find out," he answered as he stood up. Fire Lord Zuko waited for the cheering to die down before he began.
"Tomorrow, Sokka and Suki will be married. At the same time, tomorrow, Katara and I will be married. Along with our marriages, comes the uniting of our Nations and a sign of peace and love. Sokka and Suki will be the successors of Kyoshi Island and the Southern Water Tribe and they will some day become your leaders. I know that they will both make you all happy and lead you the right way." He paused there as the guests – mainly the Kyoshian's and Water Tribal's – cheered loudly for Sokka and Suki. The Fire Lord looked to the happy couple; they were both blushing madly, but smiling widely.
"Thanks, Zuko," Suki whispered.
"Yea… thanks," Sokka smiled.
"No worries."
Zuko waited for the crowd to go quiet again before he continued. "I am already a leader and already the Fire Lord. The moment Katara marries me tomorrow, she will officially become my Fire Lady and another leader of this Nation. Along with being Fire Lady comes great responsibilities, which, I have no doubt, she will be able to handle as well as her brother and sister-in-law and as well as myself." Zuko didn't purposefully pause; he was forced to stop by the uproar of cheering.
He looked around to the others sitting nearest him. Sokka and Suki were still smiling widely and blushing. Katara was blushing slightly and had tears of compassion in her eyes. Iroh's eyes were filled with pride and Aang, smiling as he ever did, nodded approvingly. Ty Lee had the biggest grin ever – per usual – and Mai's lips had graced the most uncommon but heartbreakingly beautiful smile. Hakoda and Kana were cheering encouragingly and as Zuko looked to Toph, he had to resist the urge to start laughing. She seemed to be the only one who wasn't clapping. Instead, her hands were firmly pressed over her sensitive ears. But her smile never left her face, not even for a second, and for the briefest of moments, Zuko remembered a day when Azula had always smiled, no matter what happened.
Recovering from his moment of déjà vu, he put his hands up to hurry the process of the crowd silencing. Slowly, everyone obliged to his gesture and the venue went quiet again.
"The two weddings are the reasons you are all here. And it is an honor to have so many guests present at the same time to celebrate something so wonderful together. On behalf of all of us getting married tomorrow, I'd like to thank you for all being here. And as a sign of gratitude, we've had this dinner arranged for all of us to enjoy. So, without further ado, I'd like you all to get acquainted and have a good time."
Zuko finished his speech and sat down as everyone in the room cheered loudly for him.
"That's my boy," Ursa whispered, as she and the two spirit princesses watched the event through the well.
"He really is a leader," Azula sighed. "If only we were down there with him."
Yue put a hand on her friend's shoulder, "It'll all be alright. He knows you're both proud of him."
Azula smiled; Yue always seemed to know what to say and when to say it. It was just like her mother.
"Thanks, Yue," the Fire Princess Spirit smiled.
They all looked back into the well.
Food was brought to the table by servants and everyone dug into the meal that was being provided. There were dishes from all four nations available. Everyone was happy with the feast and no one complained about anything, except for being too full to eat anything else.
It was around eight o'clock when people started heading back to their rooms. Within half an hour, the ballroom/dining room had been cleared of guests and the only people left were Sokka, Suki, Zuko, Katara, Aang and Toph.
"Well, that was fun," Aang smiled.
"That was loud," Toph sighed.
Zuko put an arm around Toph and hugged her. "Poor thing. How are your ears?"
Toph yawned widely and rubbed her eyes. "A bit sore. But don't worry, Speech Master, I'll live."
"Good girl… wait, what did you just call me?" the Fire Lord asked sleepily.
"Speech Master."
It took Zuko a moment to figure out how he had received his new nickname. "Oh right! Because I made the big speech and made everyone make a lot of noise… right?"
"Yea," Toph nodded. "That took you a while."
"I'm not in thinking mode… I'm tired!"
"Oh, poor Zuko, it's past his bedtime!" Katara teased, pinching his cheek.
"I'll give you past my bedtime in a sec," he smiled playfully.
"I'd like to see you –" Katara stopped to yawn and Sokka snickered. "– try."
"I think we all need to go to bed!" Suki butt in before they could carry on the conversation. "We've all got a big day tomorrow! And you boys just wait till you find out what mine and Katara's wedding presents for you are."
The Kyoshi Warrior had a huge grin spread across her face and it took a moment for Katara to figure out what she meant. "Suki! Sh! You're going to spoil the surprise!"
The waterbender had to resist the urge to put her hands gently over her stomach to see if she could feel a kick yet.
No, no! I have to wait till tomorrow night!
"Don't worry, they're not going to figure it out," Suki assured her.
"What?! Tell us! We'll find out, even if you don't!" Sokka shouted.
"We know you will. You're going to find out tomorrow, so don't try and spoil the surprise for yourselves," Suki giggled, putting a finger to Sokka's lips to silence him.
Suki absentmindedly put a hand over her belly as they all continued to talk about who was up past their bedtime. Suddenly, Toph started laughing.
"What?" the Kyoshian asked.
"Oh nothing, I just figured out what yours and Katara's wedding presents for Sokka and Zuko are," she grinned.
"Well, don't tell them!" Katara warned her.
"Don't worry. Just make sure I'm there when they find out… or at least tell me what their reactions are!" the earthbender smirked, as she double checked to make sure she had sensed everything right. But there was no doubt – she could tell that both of her friends were pregnant.
"Well, seriously, let's all go to bed now. We don't want to fall asleep at the wedding," Zuko announced.
Everyone nodded and they started heading to their rooms.
"So… what is the wedding present you've got for me? And what did Suki get Sokka?"
"Not telling!" Katara vowed. "You can't make me. You'll just have to wait till tomorrow night."
Zuko put on a sad face, but Katara kept smiling at him. Soon, he couldn't keep the smile away.
They got to their room and got changed to go to sleep.
"Alright, I guess I'll never find out early then," Zuko sighed.
"Nope."
"Then, do you promise to tell me what it is tomorrow night?" he asked.
"I promise," Katara agreed as she lay down.
Zuko slipped into the bed next to her and put his arms around her, "I love you."
He kissed her gently on the forehead and she smiled.
"I love you too." The waterbender lay her head on his chest and shut her eyes. The world of dreams encased her and she was lost from her world for the night.
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