Summary: I'm only sixteen shouldn't I Katara Kiya Waters be able to make my own decision, but I'm being hurled away to live with my eighteen year old brother and his friends because of some woman my father met. How can this get any worse? It's not fair!
"I don't want to start anything." He said petting the husky named Appa in his lap.
"Listen sweetness, Jet made a perverted comment about your body and making a move on you at the movies," She said as she kicked her feet up on the coffee table and placed her hands behind her head. "and then Sokka decked him in the face and Zuko laughed."
I turned, looked at Jet. "Umm?"
"Zuko bet me 200 dollars to say it to Sokka." He said in defense.
"What!" Zuko shouted. "That's not what happen, I bet you 200 that you wouldn't say it to Sokka after you said it to me, I told you it was perverted thing to say in the first place." He said in a husky voice.
"All I know is you guys are jerks." I said storming up the stairs in discusses.
"Katara wait." I heard my brother and Zuko say.
I laid on my bed staring at the wall, when there was a knock at my door. "Go away Sokka." I said.
"It's not Sokka."
"Who is it?"
The door opened and I looked over "Me."
Another Zutara Story
Chapter 5 It's just a kiss.
Katara POV
I laid on my bed staring at the wall, when there was a knock at my door. "Go away Sokka." I said.
"It's not Sokka."
"Who is it?"
The door opened and I looked over "Me."
I turned and looked in the doorway a woman stood in the door she had long brown curly hair that came to her back, she wore a blue choker with a water symbol, she had a blue nightgown on, her eyes were as blue and deep as the ocean, and she was very beautiful. "Mom." I said with tears falling from my eyes.
"Hi sweetie."
"Mom w-what are you, h-how are you?" I said rushing to my mother giving her a hug.
Her arms embraced me, but she was cold, and her face seemed a bit clammy. "Katara." She said to me as tears fell from my eyes, I shook my head no and hung on to her afraid to open my eyes, afraid to let go, afraid that it will all just be a dream. "You've grown into such a beautiful young lady, I want you to have this." She said moving her arms from around me and moving to her neck, she then removed her choker and placed it around my neck. I touched my neck and felt the the soft choker around my neck, I move a bit and looked at my mom smiling, she then wiped the tears from my eyes. "What's wrong sweetie?"
"It's just," I sighed, "it's just guys, everything dad his new witch of a girlfriend everything." I said sitting on the bed.
She nodded her head and looked at me. "I know everything is all as well as it could be, but trust me you're on the path were you should be right now." She said as she started fading away.
"Mom don't go!" I shouted at her, as she was fading away, I heard her try to say something, a name I think but all that managed to come from her lips was a z sound. "What does that mean?" But there was no answer mymother was gone, and my eye snapped open. "It was all a dream." I said to myself getting up and walking into my bathroom, I splashed water in my face and then looked in the mirror only to see the blue chocked from my dream around my neck. "But how?" I thought to myself. "That's impossible. I walked back over to my bed and got under the covers to hear a knock at the door. "Mom!" I said snapping my head to the door.
"No it's me." I heard as the door swung up, I looked over too see my brother standing there.
"What do you want!?" I spat at him.
"Well I came in here an hour ago to see if you were ok, so I just placed the gift around your neck to make you feel better." He said giving me a small smile.
"You put moms chocker around my neck?" I question him.
"Yeah, that was me." He said closing the door and walking over sitting at the end of my bed.
"For a moment I thought I was going crazy." I said pulling my blanket closer to my chest.
"What are you talking about?" Sokka question giving me and odd look, raising one of his eyebrows and placing his hand on my knee.
"I-I saw mom." I said not making eye contact.
"What!?" My brother said a bit worry.
"She gave me her necklace and said I'm on the right path I should be going." I said touching the necklace.
"Katara you aren't going crazy, it was just a dream. You must have been thinking of mom and her necklace after everything that's happened to you in the last few months and everything else you just wanted something to cope with so your subconscious was thinking of mom." He told me hugging me I hope you like the gift.
"How'd you get moms necklace?" I asked
"Gran Gran gave it to me a few years ago to give to the woman I married I was going to give it to Suki as a birthday gift but I'd rather you have it, it should stay in the family." He told me giving me a hug.
"Thanks Sokka." I said hugging him back.
He pulled away and looked at me. "Now just forget about the dream and come on let's go see everyone else, Zuko was worried about you, and I had to stop Suki from coming up here and waking you up" He said grabbing my hand which I jerked away.
"I don't want to go down there, and I don't want to see Zuko, or Jet." I said slouching down in my bed.
"Katara you can be mad at jet but not Zuko, he didn't do anything."
"Besides make a bet on me, about my body!"
"He was trying to keep you away from Jet was all." Sokka said defending him.
"Why would he do that? He doesn't even know me we hung out once, if he can make a bet about my body he's no better than Jet, and your no better if you can sit there and defend him" I said in a harsh tone.
Sokka flinched at my harsh words "Because Jet uses every girl he dates for sex, he knocked up, three girls and left every single one of them and drop the rights to the babies, and mange to get out of paying child support, leaving the mothers to struggle, he's my best friend but a bad guy Katara. Zuko was just trying to protect you" Sokka said looking at me. "Now come on let's go down stairs." Sokka said grabbing my hand again and yanking me out of my warm bed, I pushed him away and sat on the floor as if I was a child refusing to go somewhere.
"Katara stop acting like a child!" Sokka shouted at me.
"That's rich coming from you!" I shouted at him, "I can't believe you're defending him in the first place."
"I told you he was protecting you he thinks your funny and nice and doesn't want you to get hurt."
"I'm seventeen years old I don't need anyone to protect me!" I said crossing my arms.
"That's it Katara you went to act like a child I'll treat you like one." He said as he picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder carrying me out the room and down the spiral staircase.
"Sokka stop I don't want to see them." I said but we were already down on the floor he walked close enough to the couch tossing me on it causing my head to land in Zuko lap and my feet to land in Suki's lap. "I'm so sorry." I said looking at Zuko moving my head from his lap.
"It's ok, Katara." He said smiling at me which caused me to roll my eyes he sighed. "Katara I didn't mean to hurt your feelings I know you've only know me for a day and this is a lot of drama for one day but I wasn't making a bet on your body I want to be your friend I don't want to hurt you." He said looking me in the eyes.
I stared at the ground and began walking out the door.
"Katara stop acting like a fucking child Sokka shouted after me, I heard the door opened up as I walked out and saw Zuko standing there.
"Was me walking out and slamming the door wasn't enough for you I don't want to hear what you have to say, you had no right to bet 200 dollars on my body as if I'm a prize at an auction." I shouted at him.
He took a deep breath as if I was making him mad clinched his fist and the unclenched the, "don't yell at me." He replied in a stern voice.
"I have a right to yell." I replied and began walking down the rode. He followed after me. "You're very stubborn." I said looking at him
"Only on things I want." He said still walking beside me.
"You want me?"
"That's not what I meant, I want you to forgive me I didn't mean to come off as a jerk that not what the bet meant I'm not going to sit here and beg you if you want to be a brat and stay mad then go ahead I really don't care. I want to be your friend not hurt you, you're very beautiful and funny and your really sweet and I can see us being really great friends but you have to want it too. I've said what I wanted to say you want to stay mad at me go ahead I, not begging you that's not the person I am" He said as he stopped walking I stopped and stared at him.
"You think I'm beautiful?" I question him.
"Yes but aren't you going to say anymore than that?" He said with a light tent of a read to his cheeks.
"Why'd you make the bet?"
"I wanted you to see how much of a jerk Jet is." He replied.
"Why not let me figured out for myself you met me a day ago you owe me nothing." I stood with my hand on my hips.
"Why are you asking so many question."
"Because I want to know."
"Does it matter."
"It does because you won't say you got jealous."
"You have a big ego don't you?" He comment looking me in the eye.
"No I don't have a big ego if you weren't jealous or didn't have at least a slight bit feeling you wouldn't care and I could have figured out for myself but you made that bet so I wouldn't go to the movies with him, so Jet couldn't play the whole charming game with me and us end up kissing, maybe start dating, some many months down the rode something could happened and I'd have my heart broken because he's a player." He stood there an stared at me and said nothing "I'm right aren't I?"
"You really think I have feelings for you?"
"You said I was beautiful yourself."
"Yes you're very beautiful, but how does that make you think I like you!" He said his tone a bit defensive.
I move a bit closer to Zuko "he's getting defensive he really does like me, maybe I like him but I shouldn't he's a jerk maybe why it hurt so much that he made the bet." I thought to myself I was pulled from my though by Zuko's voice. "What?" I said.
"Maybe you're the one that likes me!" He shouted.
"Are we really fighting about this?" I Asked adovding his statement.
He smirked. "You do like me."
"Whip the smirk from your face I've only know you a day." I said and started walking away, he grabbed my arm, and pulled me closer.
"You like me Katara, your breathing wouldn't be getting heavier being this close if you didn't."
"Your the one that likes me." I said not making eye contact.
"I can so prove you like me." He said
"How did you saying sorry turn into this?" I asked trying to change the subject, "even though I do want to kiss him it's kinda stupid seeing how I just met him yesterday but I do want to kiss him, ugh it's all so confusing." I thought in my head I watched as he moved his head closer to mine "you're not answering my question." I watched his lips curl into a smile.
"Yes I am." And with that he pressed his lips to mine and gave me a deep passionate kiss. In return I deepened the kiss which last about ten minutes till i pulled away "umm..."
He made a sad expression "was it that bad?"
"No!" I shouted.
"Then why'd you pull away?"
"Because we don't really know each other and were kissing its kinda moving a bit fast." I said.
"I like you though." He said with sadden eyes.
"You were just denying that you liked me ten minutes ago."
"That's different I just didn't want to get rejected you didn't reject it you kissed me back which means you like me."
"This is really confusing I don't really know you, you're my brother best friend, I just need some time." I said pushing him away and heading back towards the house.
"What time!" he shouted after me! "What are you afraid of!" He yelled In the middle of the rode I said nothing but kept walking.
"What is my life a bad movie that rushed too fast." I thought to myself "I always make the wrong decisions." I said aloud "I'm just going to pretend like it never happen the kiss didn't happened and Sokka doesn't need to know." I said before opening the door.
I walked in and looked at everybody, who were all stand at the huge window I proceeded to walked over there and I could see Zuko perfectly from the window "I guess pretending like it never happened isn't going to work." I thought to myself. "You aren't going to say anything, any of you."
"What's there to say?" Sokka said.
"I know you saw it." I said to Sokka.
"Saw what?" He question
"Whatever play dumb."
A month passed and I hadn't really talked to Zuko about the kiss he kinda has givin me my space but every time we do talk he tires really hard to get to know me, it's sweet he doesn't really give up. I know a lot about Zuko he's really sweet and kind and has a temper he also hates to lose in video games and I can honestly say I really like him more than I should. I've gotten to know Suki and Toph too over the month I've been here Suki me are really close Toph can get ons my nerves a bit but she's super awesome, Aang is a big sweetie but I kinda think he has a crush on me I haven't really talked to jet other than him staring me up and down every time it walk by him though I've never been left alone with him someone's always in the room which I don't really mind I don't want to be left a lone with him.
"Katara?" Zuko said walking into the room pulling me pit of my though about the people I have gotten to know.
"What Zuko?" I said looking at him as he stood outside my door.
"Can I come in? I want to talk to you about something."
"Oh sure." I said I watched as he walked in closing the door behind him he walked over and sat on my bed.
"Katara you know when I kissed you said you said you needed time I just want to tell you I really like you and I can't stop thinking about you, I think you're funny, smart, beautiful, the sweetest girl I have ever met and I'm saying this all out on a limb because I don't really speak my feels and I'm telling them to you because I don't want these feelings to go away I don't want you to go away." He said throwing everything on me at once.
"Zuko I um..." I said not knowing what to say.
"Say yes." He said looking a me with those beautiful topaz eyes.
"Zuko I just need time it's only been a month."
"Katara I would do anything for you don't you understand that you keep pushing me away why!." He said getting angry and getting off the bed.
"It's complicated you wouldn't understand."
Then tell me why!" He said I could hear the emotion in his voice.
"Fine."
"You're going to tell me how its complicated."
I sighed. "Yes you might want to sit down." I said and watched him sit down on the bed beside me again.
"Go ahead."
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