"So I saw my best friend for a day and your already taking her away?" Aang joked.
"Ha ha sorry Aang, there's enough Keita to go around"
"Yeah guys, I can't wait to spend time with all of you!" I bumped in to the conversation.
"Okay okay. You guys just come back tonight at a decent time. Katara we have lessons tomorrow, remember?"
"I couldn't forget"
Lessons?
"Lessons for what?"
"We take water bending lessons by the Water tribe's best teacher."
"Came I come? I mean, just watch"
"I don't see why not."
"Okay cool! Come on Katara, let's go, because we apparently we have a curfew tonight."
Everyone laughed. We headed out the door, to town. We walked around a bit, and then we found a cool restaurant to eat dinner at. A waiter brought us to our table, and handed us our Menus. Katara was very quick to decide what she was going to order.
"Hmm, I think I'm going to get the roasted duck. It's my favorite food."
"Oh I'm a vegetarian"
"Hmpt. So is Aang"
"Oh. Uh okay."
It was pretty quiet until the waiter took our orders. Then conversation struck.
"So tell me about you and Aang."
Great.
"Well he's my best friend"
"I know that, trust me. I mean just friends?"
"What are you saying?"
Is she on to me?
"I'm saying are you to more than friends? Like boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Ohhhh! No we aren't."
"Oh just wondering."
"Wait Katara, do you like Aang?"
"Me? No, no."
"Katara. I see the way you look at him."
There was a brief pause.
"Is it really that obvious?"
I gave a smile.
"Well if it helps. I think he likes you too."
We both smiled that time. The rest of the night at dinner, we told stories and secrets. I never told her that Aang was my brother though. Then we went to the front desk of the restaurant to pay. We gave the person our check.
It was Hulio!
I whispered to Katara.
"Hide me!"
"Why?"
"That's the kid I was telling you about!"
"That's Hulio!"
She said that loud enough for him to hear!
"Keita?"
"Oh hi Hulio, I, uh, didn't see you there."
"Oh yeah. My mother and I own this restaurant. Is this your cousin you were telling me about?"
Katara stepped in.
"Cousin? This is Aangs Best friend."
"Wait isn't Aang that Avatar?"
"Uh yeah! And so is Kieta! See!"
She actually lifted up my bangs and showed him! This was going horrible!
"What? Kieta what's going on? I thought she was your cusin? Don't you live in the Southern water tribe?"
"I, uh-"
"Cousin? I'm her friend, and Aang and her are the two last Avatars!"
"Keita! You didn't tell me!"
Wow just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, Hulios mom strolls in.
"What's going on over here?"
"We were just leaving."
Katara slaped money on the desk and dragged me out.
"Come again!" Hulios mom said.
"Keita, what's going on?"I was in some deep trouble.
"I had to tell Hulio I was visiting my cousins here."
"Why?"
"His mom hates me, and I really like him."
"Oh. Well I still wish you didn't lie about it."
"I know I'm sorry."
We stood outside the restaurant. There was another pause.
"It's okay. Just please don't lie about anything again."
She really wasn't making this easy was she?
"Katara there's another secret."
"What?"
I gulped.
"Aang is my brother."
She froze. She didn't say anything for about 2 minutes. I spoke up again to break the silence.
"That's how I'm here now. When he was trapped in the Iceberg, I was out of it for 200 years with him.
"That's, that's crazy."
"I know. Katara I need you to do me a favor."
"What is it?"
"Please don't tell Aang."