Inside of the small box was a pair of earrings. They looked exactly like the pendent on her mother's necklace. There were small diamonds at the tip of the waves.
"They match your necklace." Zuko whispered in her ear again.
"Zuko." Katara whispered. He looked into her deep ocean blue eyes.
"This brings back memories."
"Are they good ones?"
Zuko smiled. "Remember when Suki took you to get your ears pierced on Ember Island?"
Katara smiled "How can I forget." She whispered as she walked a little closer.
Flashback
It was early afternoon and Suki, Katara and Zuko were walking through the small tourist shops on Ember Island. "These shops are so cute!"
"Katara they aren't monkey-squirrels." Zuko said.
"She meant cute in a since that they are small and have cute little trinkets." Suki defended Katara.
"Uhg… you girls are killing me!"
"You didn't have to come." Katara retorted.
"Well to let you know Sokka was sleeping, Aang and Toph were training and I was bored." While Zuko was ranting he herd the girls gasp.
"Zuko look." Katara pointed to a little shop. It was full of earrings.
"Earrings wow."
"Kat you should really let me pierce your ears." Suki said.
"I don't know. It might hurt-"
"Katara how many times have you beat Zuko up?" Suki said while trying to hold in her laughter. Zuko's face was just priceless. His mouth was wide open and eyebrows were furrowed.
"Thanks. Use me as the example." Zuko spoke up, but was unheard by the two girls.
While all of this "girl talk" was going on Zuko was having a mental conversation.
'Wow I think Katara would actually look pretty with earrings.'
'Look dumb ass there are some blue diamonds that match her eyes.'
'Those are nice and expensive. Yup nice and expensive.'
"Right Zuko? Zuko? ZUKO!!" Suki snapped.
"Oh what?"
"Right those blue diamonds would just make Katara's eyes pop?"
"Yeah sure what ever. Just do it Katara."
"I don't know. Maybe I'll just wait- Ah."
"Let's go." Zuko grabbed her hand and dragged her to the small stand. "I want the small blue diamonds." Zuko told the shop owner still holding Katara's hand as he put his own money down.
"Zuko!" Katara spoke surprised.
"What?"
"Those are expensive."
"You're not buying them. So don't complain."
"But-"
"Shush."
"These are going to look wonderful on your girlfriend sir. Nice choice." Katara's eyes widened and looked at her hand still being held by Zuko.
"Yup." Zuko said not entirely paying attention. The shop owner winked at Katara and handed the earrings to Zuko. "Thanks. Let's go you two."
"How nice! Katara you just got free earrings and you didn't even have to bat your eyelashes!" Suki looked at her with an I-have-never-been-so-proud-smile.
Zuko groaned and let go of Katara's hand. He gave the bag to Suki and ran like he just saw Azula kissing that guy who foams at the mouth and always follows Aang.
Later that night Katara came out and showed off her earrings. When everyone was going to bed she stopped Zuko and told him thank you with a kiss on the cheek.
End of Flashback.
That was the first time ever that Katara and Zuko actually felt something for each other and it was just over a pair of earrings.
"You bought me my first pair of earrings and they where expensive too." Katara said as she moved her hair to show Zuko that she still wore them after two years.
"And that was the first time you ever kissed me. Am I correct?"
"Yes." Katara whispered.
"And those earrings were worth buying." Zuko whispered right into her ear. He was holding her hand in his. There were so close to kissing now.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." Zuko bent over to capture her lips and saw Iroh standing there smiling like a lunatic.
Oh my finally. I'm sorry I'm late! hides under a rock Exams and everything, but now they're done!! Woohoo! Finally ended the 9th grade! I'm so happy. Okay sorry for that back to the point system. So we find out that Zuko gave Katara earings!
Alright so 3 points to the winner if you guess the correct answer...
How will Iroh react to seeing his nephew and Katara?
A) Run around screeming "I knew it!!"
B) Say nothing but ask questions, give advice and talk.
C) Smack Zuko and give a lecture on how different they are
