Chapter 5

-FIRST NIGHT-

"I'm bushed!" Mai sat up, frustrated at nothing. "I want to go to bed."

Ty Lee turned to her and held her arm, "Wait. Let's go there together later. I'm almost winning!" then she turned back to her cards.

Mai huffed. Then she looked at Azula who stared blankly to... someone.

"What's wrong?" Mai asked.

Azula looked up to the ceiling, she closed her eyes with her hand, "In love, I guess." she mumbled.

They looked at her, Mai lifted her head from the bean bag. "Lemme' guess, you're in love with a certain someone?" she rolled her eyes.

Azula perked up, "No! I mean... I have never been in love with someone!" Azula blushed.

Suki and Toph laughed.

"Yeah. I believe you. Like I never kissed a guy." Suki said, winking at Sokka.

"I never even kissed a beautiful girl." Sokka said soflty at the blushing Suki. It turned into a game. It's somehow sort of a drinking game where you say, "never have i ever" and add something you never did. And anyone else who did, drinks a bottle. But it was completely different here. The say that they didn't do something they actually did, but they don't drink anything.

"I never slept with anyone." Jet said, joining the fun but had a serious look on his face; he looked up the ceiling, he was getting dizzy. They all shot a look at him. They knew it was the opposite. Sokka was the first to comment, "WHAT?!" okay, not really a comment but a reaction.

Jet laughed, "I was kidding!" laughed again and said the same thing.

"I never made the biggest mistake in my life!" Mai said bitterly and loud, almost like a shout.

They all paused for a while, not knowing what to say. Then Toph said, "I never want to kiss anybody." The young girl smiled.

Ty Lee, Suki, Katara, and Azula giggled.

"Honest!" Toph sat up, "Katara has kissed Aang." (Aang blushed) "Zuko had Mai. And Suki kissed Sokka."

"Even I didn't have anyone." Ty made a puppy face.

Toph put two fingers on her own lips, "I wanted to know how it felt. When Suki kisses Sokka, she looked so sweet. And the clumsy Sokka looked so mature." she referred to the scenes from the show.

Suki smiled, leaned back and turned to Zuko. "When Zuko kissed Mai, he looked like he was always taking the lead." she chuckled.

Sokka eyed her, "So does that mean you want to taste him?"

Suki and Zuko laughed. Both Sokka and Suki share this intimate relationship even outside the show...though they're not actully in a relationship.

Suki answered, "Ha, ha. No, Sokka." He sighed, relieved. Then she grinned, "but if they gave us a show togather, I'd have no choice."

All laughed when Sokka grimaced.

"Don't worry Sokka, a 'Suki and Zuko' don't attract the fans." Azula assured.

"She's right." Suki bent down to hug Sokka on the neck. He closed his eyes and gave her a warm smile.

"A 'Zutara' might." Toph mumbled.

Katara jumped up, "What?!" a smile crossed Toph's face.

"What was that?" Aang didn't hear.

"Can you repeat that?" asked Haru.

Toph read Katara's eyes...NO it said to her.

Mai stood up and yawned, "I don't know about you but I'm hitting the hay. G'night." She left, and silence had befall on them.

"So... are we continuing the game?" Sokka asked, he meant poker.

Jet slid the cards down from his hand. "I'm going to bed." he left witout a saying anything else. And the Ty Lee went up next.

Suki eyed Sokka, he eyed her back. Then silently, Sokka took Suki's hand and they went outside the patio. (A/N: oh yeah. Iroh had a patio)

They all watched them as they went outside.

"There they go." Zuko spoke, leaning forward with his hands tied together covering his mouth. He turned to Katara, "do you think they'll end up having a true relationship?"

Katara, surprised, nervous..."Uhm, some actors and actress end up being together even outside he show."

Aang smiled secretly.

Azula stood and approached Zuko, "I'm sleppy, Zuzu. Let's get some sleep." she took his hand and held with both her hands.

Zuko didn't let go, he smiled instead and said, "I was planning on taking a little swim before I sleep."

Azula whined, then huffed, "okay. goodnight." she gave Zuko a small peck on the cheek. Turned to Katara, who smiled back, then to Toph, who nodded; and then had gone up the stairs.

Toph didn't help Haru as he fixed the cards (done with their game), while Zuko watched him silently. Aang excused himself to take a bath.

"I thought you were going for a swim?" Katara asked. Zuko didn't want to say he lied, but he slowly stood up anyway.

"Wait!" she grabbed his arm.

Zuko sat again, tilted his head, and asked, "Yeah?"

She tried to gather all her courage to say...

"I've know I've been..avoiding...you. That I kept giving off this... uneasy feeling towards you..."

"No. not at all." Zuko shook his head, confused.

"Don't interrupt me!" she motioned her clenched hands as if slamming into something. This made Zuko jumped back, surprised.

"I kept feeling awkward when you're around! And I don't want--"

Zuko had put his hand softly on her lips. "Do you want to talk about this somewhere else?" he asked her, then removed his hands.

Katara saw Toph and Haru, who were staring at them... that was embarrassing! Katara thought.

Azula saw Ty Lee on one knee and leaning against the wall. Before she could ask, Ty shushed her and pointed on the open door, which was the girls' room. There she understood. She also leaned back to listen to the two voices.

"Look at me." it was Jet's. Mai ignored and kept combing her hair. "Look at me!" he repeated, this time, louder.

Mai threw her brush on the bed. "What do you want?"

"I..." Jet was speechless.

Mai stood, "That's it? Then get out!" She walked towards him and pushed him away.

Jet grabbed her wrists, "Stop it, Mai! We both didn't want what happened last night!" he said to her face.

Azula and Ty Le gasped.

"It was an accident! We were drunk!!" Jet added. Now Azula's and Ty Lee's eyes got wide open.

Mai removed her hands abruptly, "No matter how much I regret it," she said loudly...her head then bent down and she lowered her voice, "it will never go back. It already happened." Jet was speechless.

"I can't believe I lost it to you." Mai broke into tears. Jet was shaking inside, it was the first time he had seen Mai cry. Even if she was known as a walking ball of depression, this is the first someone saw her cried, and of all people... it's Jet.

"I... I'm sorry." he said, he faced the floor. Then he slowly put his hand on her shoulder, she just moved away.

"Don't touch me. Never touch me in any way, ever again." she tried to hold her tears back.

"okay." he mumbled, sad, and broken. "I will never," deep breathes, "ever tell anyone." Jet said and left.

He closed the door behind him and sighed heavily. To his surprise, Azula and Ty Lee were there. Passing by? No. They're on their knees. Were they eavesdropping...? Jet didn't know what to do. The two gave him a worried smile, Jet inhaled, anger building up inside, not towards them, nor Mai, but to himself. He huffed, and instead of asking, he turned his back at them and went to the other room.

Zuko and Katara knew that Suki and Sokka already occupied the patio. So they went outside the garden to the pool. She sat on the beach chair, silent. Zuko stood beside her. He took his shoes off, and started undoing his pants.

Katara quickly covered her eyes with her hands, "What are you doing?" she asked, nervous.

"Swimming. he said, not looking at her, he even took his shirt off. He only had his boxers. :3

"Oh." Katara removed her hands. "But it might be cold."

Zuko jumped, head first.

"It's freezing!" he shivered.

Katara chuckled, loosing the 'awkward feeling' she had before. She stood her sandals off and sat on the side of the pool, her feet playing with the water.

"Zuko swam towards her, beside her actually; and he placed his arms on the pavement to support his chin.

"Zutara." he said out of nowhere. Katara's eyes stared into his.

"I heard Toph. And if I'm not mistaken, maybe that was what I heard from those fan girls."

She looked onto the water, the moon light reflected on the water was seen through her eyes.

"I think it's like a fan club about you and me." she sighed. "Don't you feel awkward because of that?" she looked at him.

Zuko shrugged but his arms were still in place, "I think it's just a club who think 'Zuko' and 'Katara' look...better." he said softly.

"I felt uneasy just being with you because of that." Katara sighed, "I'm sorry."

Zuko exhaled, "There's nothing to apologize, Katara." he mentioned her name like 'K'tara'. She blushed, her blue eyes met his... for a moment she got lost in his gaze... until he added, "You're just over reacting, that's all."

Katara's eyes widened, angry, "I'm over reacting?!" She kicked the water, splashing it to his face.

Zuko laughed. Then he moved in front of Katara. The angry girl blushed as he moved her legs apart. He wrapped his arms on Katara's waist and whispered, "I'm sorry." Her face turned red. Suddenly, everything had become black... it was just the two of them, she forgot all about Toph and Haru if they were still there. She didn't moved away, she didn't want to ruin this...sweet moment. She felt Zuko's warm body as he embraced her tighter, his head reaching her stomach. She kept asking herself, Why is he doing this? Why am I not backing away?

Then a splash!

WHY DID HE PULL ME INTO THE WATER!?

He was right, it was freezing. She heard Zuko laughing as she jumped towards him. The coldness was a complete shock and she coudln't handle it. (not even if they had a shoot in the snowy South and North poles). Zuko stopped laughing when Katara embraced him, ever so tightly. He felt her body pressed against him. He couldn't think of any reason why she'd hug him like that.

"Where's Katara?" Aang asked Toph as he came in the room. He was dripping wet when he approached Toph and Haru, who were watching Zuko and Katara the entire time!

"Woah." Aang dropped his towel, he felt his heart skipped a beat when he saw them. Katara hugging Zuko tightly, her eyes closed; while his hands were floating with the water.

Toph turned to Aang, she saw his eyes, hurt, heart broken, almost in the verge of tears. He couldn't handle it anymore. He ran outside, not to the garden, but to the patio.

"Aang!" Toph called, but he didn't respond, he didn't hear, neither did Katara and Zuko.

"She really had to ruin the moment." Sokka said with a hand on his chin, referring to phone call from Jennie Kwan, Suki's manager.

"I'm sorry, Sokka. I forgot to turn it off." Suki kept giggling.

Sokka smiled to her, and she closed her eyes. His face was almost near her when... BAM! Aang slammed the door open. He walked straight to Haru's pick-up truck on the back.

Suki

"Aang!" Sokka called, but he ignored him. Suki and Sokka went to him, to see him with his head on his knees, and his arms covering his tears.

Katara!" Zuko blushed. He didn't move away from her, but he knew Toph and Haru were staring.

"It's cold!" she told him, she looked him into the eyes, "It's cold!" Zuko can hear her teeth rattling.

He put one arm around here, and he used the other one to swim across the pool, towards the steps. Katara blushed as she sat down on one of the steps.

"Now that was awkward." Zuko told her and snickered. They went out of the water, shivering without any towels. Zuko threw his shirt to Katara's head.

Katara gave him a questioned look, but he only replied with a smile. He took his things, except the shirt, which Katara used to dry herself. Dripping wet, he passed Toph and Haru and went to the bathroom.

"Toph was right." her mind spoke. "he is sweet."

Author's Notes:

Sorry, this was supposed to be in chapter 4... but it was too long for me so i decided to cut it there. did anyone notice that i end my chapters with zuko speaking or zuko's been talked about? 'cause i only realized it just now... hahaha!

okay, i know what you're thinking, "what the hell? Mai and Jet??? that's lame" ... :P but just so you know, they're all different characters here. Toph isn't blind. Mai isn't that boring. Azula seemed a little nicer. Zuko is a bit friendly. Katara seems to be so conscious. Toph is well mannered. Aang eats meet. Sokka isn't that clumsy. Suki isn't that...uhm... strong... err. Ty Lee will still always be the fun Ty Lee!! And Iroh will still be the good old man and will always act like zuzu's uncle. :)

HOT SEAT...

acey: hi! this is my hot seat where i get to interview some of the casts!! and my first guest is... Jet!

jet: hey...

acey: so, jet... do you like the idea that mai got paired up with you in the story?

jet: no..

acey: why?

jet: because i'm not getting paid to do this

acey: well, neither am i!

jet: so why the heck are you doing this then?

acey: because i love 'avatar'! and i love zuko! and katara!

jet: so... you're like... one of those fangirls who crave about zutara?

acey: yes and no...

jet: what?

acey: i like zuko and katara for 75% i like zuko and mai for 20% and the rest for zuko and jin!! hahahaha

jet: then why make a zutara?

acey: because zutara was the first reason why i joined this site!

jet: oh... (can't think of anything else to say)

acey: ....

jet: ....

acey: wait, i'm supposed to interview you! so... do you also like Katara?

jet: well... she is pretty...

acey: aha! you do like her!

jet: (blushes and grunts) no way!

acey: yeah sure... but i'm sorry because there's no way katara will end up with you...

jet: hmph!

acey: try my new story. (it's still not published though) this is where you get to be intimate with katara!

jet: so...does that mean... katara and i end up together?

acey: sorry, i can't tell you if it's a yes or a no.

jet: that sucks...

acey: well, i guess that took too long... so i guess this is a good bye then! see next time. Oh! and thanks for reading! And your reviews are such treasures!

jet: bye....T.T (why don't i get to end up with katara???)

XxXxX..till next time!! please review?