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Chapter 2 'Drinks'

Kay finished signing papers for a new medication that South Pharmaceuticals was developing. It would be a 'wonder drug', which would revolutionize physical therapy. Not to mention how it would benefit those in poor health. She sighed deeply; of course this was if they could get the FDA to sign the human testing papers. But she would have over four years to worry about that.

Right now she was letting her mind wander. She was going to be bored tonight; her girlfriends were all out of town tonight. Toph was going out of town for a martial arts tournament, Yue was taking her night time pilot test and then turning around and doing a solo night fly so she was gone for a few days and Suki was taking her final exam with her FTO. So for one week, girls' night out would be a lost cause.

She looked around her office just to avoiding looking at the papers in front of her, until she looked out her landscape window. There she saw her secretary Aang diligently at work answering phones, writing in appointments and typing up memos. You know secretary stuff. And while looking at him she realized they really hadn't said much since their time in the elevator, over a week ago, just boss-employee things. Then she got an idea in her head.

Kay stood up from her desk and walked out of her office right over to Aang's desk. She took notice to his unusually clean desk. Her last three secretaries were so overworked after one week they couldn't handle the memos let alone their desks, so this was an impressive feat. Then it hit her and she smiled, she finally found a person who could handle her work load! She walked right up to his desk with the smile still on her face.

Aang just hung up the receiver of the telephone when he smelled his boss' intoxicating perfume and ultimately her shadow looming over his desk. So he spun his chair around and looked up at her with a smile on his face.

"Hello Miss. South, what can I do for you?" Aang said with strained perfection obviously avoiding inappropriate slang. This bothered Kay a little because he had been doing it all last week. She sat on the edge of his desk and said;

"Well Mr. White, I was wondering, if you're not busy tonight, would you be interested in going out for drinks with me?" Kay asked.

This simple request confused poor Aang and Kay could tell. What she couldn't tell was how scared her proposal made him, this was his boss, remember.

"Well, um, I would have to check but ah, I'm not sure." Aang struggled to say

"Well Aang," She whispered. "If you decide you want to go out for drinks let me know before the day is over okay?"

"Okay Miss. South let me check my schedule and I'll give you my answer before the end of the work day." He strained again.

There it was again that strange and forced way of speaking. It was really bugging her now. But she let it go. She sighed and stood up from his desk and walked away, to no real destination, she just wanted to avoid paperwork for the next hour or so.

Aang sat in his chair confused. Why would Kay want to go out for drinks? Sure he thought they hit it off when they were in the elevator but that was before he knew she was his boss. Now she just made him nervous. Unlike his other bosses he didn't think he could get along with her as well as the others. She was in charge of so much more compared to the others, and if he screwed up that was it, game over! But he couldn't say no could he? For once in a long time a girl was pretty much asking him out. Ugh this was hurting his head, boss or friend, boss or friend. Why were women so complicated and unstable?

"CAN YOU HEAR ME?" Duke yelled. (The Duke I just dropped the The.)

"Ahhhhh" Aang responded. "What the hell is wrong with you Duke?" Aang asked angrily.

"Me? What's wrong with you? You're the one who's zoned out after South talked to them. So you fired?" Duke asked.

"What? Fired how did you come to that conclusion so quick?"

"Well you sat there all blank faced like you were thinking of how you were going to pay the bills with no job!"

"No I'm not fired, she just asked me to file some shipping forms and to go down to shipping and personally make sure our orders went out on time." Aang lied

"Yeah sure she did." Duke teased. "C'mon man you can trust me!"

"Just shipping forms and statements, nothing serious." Aang defended

"Then why were you all zoned out huh? Explain that big man."

"Well maybe that's because I was thinking of untraceable ways to torture unpaid interns who butt into my business!"

"Ok man I get it shipping stuff whatever! So we still on for game night Wednesday? Last week was just plain awesome!" Duke asked.

"Yep, Wednesday just remember the rule."

"Yeah, yeah I know, don't tell anyone about who attends. Don't worry man you're the only friend I have here, who isn't an intern, I won't betray your trust ok?"

"Alright cool. So what are you bringing?"

"Well I really haven't decided yet. After last week I'm not sure about my strategy anymore."

"See told you they were good. Those guys have more than one time made me rethink everything I know about the game!"

"I just can't wait! I got some ideas floating around I just need to throw them all together."

"Alright well unlike you, I have work to do so I'm off." Aang said

"Riiight shipping things and such." Duke teased

Aang shot an angry look at him before picking up his clipboard and walking over to the elevator. He sighed as he hit the call button. The doors opened almost immediately and Aang groaned. He hated this damn thing.

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Kay shut the door to her office and closed the blinds of her landscape window. It was a few hours before days end and she was tapped out now! She slugged over to her desk and plopped into her big boss' chair exhausted. She proceeded to kick off her heels and put her feet on her desk. Everyone was powering down and she was right there with them, all she wanted was to go home and take a bath. As she dreamed of the warm water flowing into the tub of bubbles she said out loud;

"This is true nirvana."

"Well I've never heard anyone say that before with such a satisfied look on their face." Aang said.

"Ahhhh" Kay screamed as her dream was shot to pieces. She kicked off her desk in her surprise and started losing balance. She flailed her arms in a failed attempt to steady herself but the whole chair tipped backwards and landed with a loud THUMP.

"Ow, what the hell is wrong with you?" She asked trying to see who it was. The door was closed and she heard stifled laughter as Aang appeared around the side of her desk and tried to help her up.

"Sorry Miss. South I couldn't resist." Aang apologized behind a smirk helping his employer to her feet. It was then Aang noticed how much shorter she was without her heels.

"It's ok Aang, it was my fault I shouldn't be relaxing yet. So what brings you into my office now? More forms, reports, or wait I know it's another meeting isn't it?"

"Um no not exactly. I came in to give you my answer to your earlier request." He said

Kay noticed the forced speech again and this time she spoke up.

"Aang we're in my office okay? You don't have to be mister perfect speech in here okay? Just say what you need to say." Kay said agitated.

"Ok sorry. I just wanted to say that, I'd love to go out for drinks tonight!"

"Really? That's great!"

"Yeah I just need to know when you would like to leave."

"Um okay, how about 5:30?"

"That's going to be a little hard for you isn't it?" He asked.

"What why?"

"Your after work meeting with the FDA. Remember you had me move it back from last week!"

"Oh crap that's right, so how about after that?"

"Sure but I might have to ride with you if that's ok? I don't know the area very well yet!"

"Yeah no problem!"

"Great well I have a few more things to attend to now so I'll see you after your meeting ok?"

"Yeah after my meeting."

Aang left the office and shut the door behind him.

"Sweet!" Kay said out loud. Tonight wasn't going to be boring after all. All she had to do was get through one more meeting and she could finally relax! Then her desk phone rang. That was a problem because only a few people had her office number and they were under orders not to call unless it was an emergency. She picked up the receiver;

"Hello?"

"Hey sis this is your lovable brother Sokka!" Her brother announced

"Sokka this better be important or I will kill you!" She threatened

"Well excuse me. I just wanted to call and tell you I borrowed your car for a little while. So you might need to call one of your girlfriends for a ride."

"Oh okay." She said not yet registering what he said. Then it hit her! "YOU STOLE MY CAR?" She yelled.

"Ow not stole just borrowed like I said. Besides what the big deal I do this all the time. In-fact a nice girl should be delivering your stuff to you now."

He was right, a girl from the garage rapped at the door to deliver her duffel bag.

"Um Miss. South your brother asked me to bring this stuff to you." The girl said.

"Thank you darling." Kay said with politeness and a smile. The girl smiled back and left.

"I swear to god I'm going to kill you with my bare hands." She told her brother with venom in her voice.

"Why is this, such a problem? Usually when I call to tell you this, you sigh and then thank me for calling ahead then you hang up and call Suki for a ride!"

"Normally I would do that but in-case you forgot dummy they left town for the next few days so I'm stuck at work without a ride home. Dick!"

"Wait all three are gone? Well sorry but I can't bring your car back." Sokka tried to apologize.

"Well why not?" Kay yelled

"Because I took your car at 9 o' clock this morning! And I'm over four hours away now!"

Kay tried to restrain the pure hatred flowing out of her but failed. Instead of yelling at her brother she hung up on him. Immediately picked up her phone and dialed On-star.

"Hello this is Dave with On-star, how may I help you?" The nice man asked.

"Hello Dave, my name is Katara South. I was wondering if you could help me with a little problem." She said very politely

"But of course how can I be of assistance?"

"Well it's the damndest thing, I went down to my car for my duffel bag and my car was gone! I was wondering if you could give the police my information and shut my car down for me?" She asked with a vicious smile on her face.

"Have you informed the police of this yet Katara?" Dave asked.

"Well no I haven't. I've just been so busy this afternoon I barely had enough time to call you let alone fill out police reports." She lied.

"Well let me inform the police of your current predicament Katara, and I'll let you know when we locate your car." Dave said.

"Really? Oh thank you so much Dave."

"No problem, I just need your social security number and contact information."

Kay gladly told him everything he asked for. Let's see Sokka try this crap after a night in jail! She hung up the phone with a smile on her face and leaned back in her chair. Well I wonder if Aang has a car.

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The elevator doors opened and Kay walked out with a spring in her step. Work was over! Meeting Monday was done, and Sokka was spending the night in jail all that was left was to change and find Aang. She looked around the floor and didn't see him! Where could he be?

"Boo!" He whispered in her ear.

"Ahh" She screamed. She spun around, and hit him in the face with an open palm strike. Aang reeled back with blood flying out of his nose. Then Kay realized who she hit and immediately started apologizing.

"Oh my god Aang I'm so sorry! You really shouldn't sneak up on me!" She giggled.

"OWW, you think?" he said holding his nose

"Sorry I'm so sorry! Here this should help." She reached into her suit jacket and pulled out a handkerchief. She held it up to his nose catching as much blood as she could, giggling as she did. Aang just looked at her admiring her. Granted she just broke his nose but she had a charm about her that he could forgive.

"Are you going to be okay?" She asked

"Yeah I'll be fine. A lot less attractive people have broken my nose before, so having you do it is pretty awesome!" He took the hanky from her and tilted his head back to stop the bleeding.

Then Kay took notice to his outfit. He was in different clothes than this morning. He wore a tight white tank top that showed off his surprisingly well built torso. For someone who claims to be a nerd he is very well toned. She moved down from his blood stained shirt to his pants. He wore blue jeans that seemed to fit perfectly and match the rest of his toned body. She would have gone into more mental detail but he noticed her and asked;

"So I went down to my car to change and I noticed your car was missing! Any particular reason why?"

"Um well my asshole brother stole my car. So if you don't mind could we take your car?"

"Stole your car? Why?" He asked.

"Who knows, but he can spend a night in jail! I called the cops on him!" She said.

"Wow total hard ass here"

She giggled at that "Well do you mind if we take your car?"

"No we can take my car, you just have to tell me where to go ok?"

"Great just let me get changed!" She said before running to her office.

Aang just stood there waiting while she changed. He held her hanky in his hand and noticed blood was still coming out. So he walked over to a desk and grabbed a pencil. He stuck the eraser end up his nose and forced his nose back into place with a loud crack. The blood poured a little more but he stopped it with the hanky. He cleared his airways and everything would be back to normal as long as he minded his nose. Kay came out of her office and his jaw dropped! If he thought she was gorgeous in business attire then there were few words he could think of to describe what he saw now.

Her hair was no longer pulled back into a braid, now it was hanging loosely behind her. She wore a tight black tee shirt that showed her figure perfectly. And the best part, it had AC/DC Back in Black etched in silver on it. She also wore a pair of very tight jeans that once again showed how shapely she really was. And to finish it off she wore black Nikes.

"Wow you look really great." Aang said stunned.

"Well thank you Aang. Shall we?" She said slinging her duffel bag over her shoulder.

They got on the elevator and started the descent towards the parking garage. They didn't speak the whole way down. But they did start laughing at the ironic situation they were in. They met in the elevator nervous out of their skulls, well Aang's skull. And now they were leaving together nervous out of their skulls. The laughter quickly subsided when the elevator stopped and the doors opened to reveal the parking garage. Aang led the way to his car and Kay followed.

She looked around and she didn't know where he was going. The only car down here was a classic car. Surely that couldn't be his could it? But he walked right up to it and popped the trunk. Her jaw dropped when she saw that the car really was his. Aang looked at her and said;

"Well, are you coming?" As he reached in the trunk to get out another shirt.

"Uh yeah. Is this seriously your car?" She asked in disbelief.

"Hehehe." He laughed. "Yeah I get that a lot! Yes this is my car. You like it?" Aang asked as he pulled a t-shirt from his bag and slipped it on

"I. Love it. I've always loved classic cars." She said. "What is it?" She asked as she walked up to it.

"It's a 1969 Chevy Camaro SS! Um Kay you're drooling." Aang laughed as he saw the look on her face.

"Sorry it's just, I never see something this nice outside of car shows"

"Yeah I get that a lot too! Well, what are you waiting for? Throw your duffel bag in and let's get going." Aang said as he climbed into his car.

Kay slowly put her duffel bag in the trunk and shut it. She walked around his car just admiring it. The car was glossed black, with twin white racing stripes running up the hood back to the trunk. She looked at the sharp lines, the beautiful glossed paint, everything about this car screamed 'Look at me'! And that's exactly what she did she looked, and for a second, she thought she might actually be drooling because she sub-consciously wiped her chin.

"Hey are we going or not?" He asked slightly annoyed. Sure people ogled his car but c'mon, this was ridiculous.

"Oh yeah. Sorry." She walked over to the passenger side door and got in. "Oh wow! The interior is beautiful."

"Thanks took forever to find upholstery that matched the outside."

Aang turned the keys in the ignition and the engine came to life with a thunderous roar. Aang put his car in reverse and backed out of the parking spot. Kay just hoped that Aang didn't notice her suppressed scream when he turned over the ignition.

"Well where to boss?" He teased.

"Well how about The Iceberg? It's one of the best sit down bars in town."

"Sounds great but once again you have to lead I don't know where to go!" He mentioned.

"I know, just drive." She said.

So he eased his way out of the garage, heading right for the main road. Kay just sat back enjoying everything about Aang's car. She looked like a kid in a candy store and Aang had to smile at the look of amazement his boss had. It was scary how fascinated she was with his car but instead of asking now, it would be a good conversation starter.

She told Aang when to turn and she showed him some side roads that would let them avoid traffic. In less than fifteen minutes they arrived at the bar and were on their way in.

"Wow I can't believe how smooth it rides!" Kay complimented.

"Thanks."

They sat down at the bar. And the bartender walked up and said;

"Hey Kay what's up? No girls' night out tonight?" The bartender asked.

"Hey Zuko! No not tonight. They all had other things to do tonight!"

"So you out all by yourself? I'm sure you got a hot date coming in right?" Zuko asked with a vicious smile.

"Um no. Not coming in try already here!" She laughed.

"Really where?" Zuko asked.

"Right here!" Aang spoke up, waving his hand to reveal himself.

"Wow really? You're on a date with Kay? And what kind of blackmail do you have on her?" Zuko teased.

"Shut up!" Kay exclaimed as she hit Zuko in the shoulder. "It's not a date just drinks!"

"Well ok then." Zuko said as he rubbed his arm. "What can I get you two?"

"I'll have a hard raspberry iced tea please." Kay said.

"And for you Mr. Go-lucky?"

"Just water for right now." Aang said.

"Wow real interesting guy you got Kay. Water and a Halo t-shirt! Are you sure he isn't blackmailing you?" Zuko asked in a condescending tone.

"Just get us our drinks Zuko." Kay said sternly.

Zuko had the hard tea and the 'water' ready in ten seconds. Instead of putting up with him all night Kay suggested they sit at a booth. So they took their drinks away from the bar and Zuko just smiled. The reason, Zuko liked watching Kay walk away, but his vision was obstructed by the guy she came in with. And just as soon as his smile and lovely view came in, it was gone, putting an immediate scowl on the bartender's face. He had known the guy for twenty seconds and he already hated him. Aang smiled at his small victory and followed Kay to a booth at the other end of the bar.

"God why does he have to be a jerk every time I come in with anyone but Sokka and Suki?" Kay asked as she slid into the booth.

"Well whatever the reason he needs to take a chill pill." Aang said as he seated himself across from her. There was a slight pause before Kay said;

"So Aang let's forget about Zuko and talk about you!" Kay said with a mischievous smile.

Aang nearly choked on the water he was drinking when she asked him that.

"Huh huh excuse me. What did you say?"

"Well in the elevator I told you so much about myself; I'd just like to know more about you!"

"Well ok what do you want to know?" He asked nervously.

"Tell me about what you did before you started at South Pharmaceuticals."

"Ok well my job experiences started when I was thirteen. It was simple work; ya know stuff a thirteen year old could do without much trouble. Things like mowing the lawn, trimming hedges, simple landscaping." He took a drink of his water then continued. "And when I wasn't working during the day I was helping my father with his dojo in the evening."

"Wait your dad has a dojo?" Kay asked immediately intrigued.

"Well yeah, he had a dojo. But he closed it down when I moved away." Aang laughed. "He said he shut it down because it was no fun without me!"

"Sounds like your dad is a really nice person."

"Yeah the best I ever knew." He said.

"So why did you move away?" Kay asked.

"Why? Well I guess I just wanted a change of pace. So on my fifteenth birthday I moved out and got a job at a trailer factory."

"Wait fifteen? Didn't you finish school?" Kay interrupted.

"Yes I finished school. I lived on the school grounds and worked at night so that wasn't a problem, but transportation was. But before I left the house my dad gave me a present!"

"What was the present?"

"Well you rode in it tonight."

"Your dad gave you a 1969 Chevy Camaro SS for your birthday?"

"Hehehe well back then it was a POS that could barely get out of its own way!" He laughed. "What I did was rip out the engine and completely re-build it. Then I tore it apart and fixed the body in my free time which was scarce. And finally I saved up enough money to get it painted before my sixteenth birthday!"

"Wow you were one busy beaver weren't you?" Kay asked, sipping on her iced tea.

"Yeah but you haven't even heard the best part yet. After I finished fixing up my car, my boss at the trailer factory comes up to me and asks me if I want a real job making big money. I told him I'd love to but I need to finish school. And he offers a once in a life time opportunity! If I work for him for a full year he will pay for me to be cyber schooled! So I took him up on his offer and started making a lot of money. So much so it was a problem. So I picked up a new hobby or two!"

"Magic right?"

"Yeah, Magic for starters."

"So what about your cyber-school?" Kay asked

"I finished it in under a year! Because I was able to move at my own pace I flew past everyone else in my grade and was able to graduate two years early!"

"huh huh What?" Kay choked on her beverage this time. "Under a year that's crazy!"

"Well I am a super nerd remember. High school was no real challenge. No instead of going to school those extra years I thanked my boss for what he did and moved out of town to work at a lumber mill."

"I'm confused how old are you?" Kay asked completely backwards.

"All right fifteen when I moved out and got my car, sixteen when it was painted and I started cyber-school and seventeen when I finished cyber-school and moved away again." Aang clarified.

"Ok. Wow you have had an eventful life!"

"I guess I have. Uh do you need a refill?" He asked noticing her glass was empty.

"Oh if you don't mind please?" She asked ever so politely.

Aang grabbed her glass and his and walked up to the bar for a refill. Zuko was there and he did not seem happy to see Aang. Aang set the glasses on the bar and was about to say something but was unable to start conversation with the bartender. This was all due to the fact that Zuko had their drinks ready for replacement and then disappeared. Aang shrugged it off and went back to his seat.

Aang and Kay talked more about their lives. Aang talked more about his jobs he had up until he started at South. Kay just listened, amazed at how open he was. He talked about his time at the lumber mill and the hobbies he picked up. She found it cute how childish he really was even though he had such serious jobs. Yet for some reason she found his stories were starting to blend together, details were getting fuzzy and she was having trouble focusing on him. Then it hit her, she had downed four hard raspberry iced teas no wait five.

"Um Aang what time is it?" Kay asked with a slight slur to her speech.

Aang looked at his watch. "About quarter after nine why?" He asked.

"I feel really dizzy and I'm not sure I can tell you how to get back to my house." Again more slurred speech.

"Right I'll pay for the drinks and get you home." Aang stood and went to the bar to pay the tab. Zuko was smiling this time when Aang got to the bar.

"So Mr. Interesting what are you going to do with your drunken boss? Take her back to your place and well you be creative." Zuko said with a vicious smile.

"What? No you asshole. I'm going to drop her off at her place and go home! God what is wrong with you?" Aang scolded Zuko.

"Really? Are you gay?" Zuko asked confused.

"Yeah really and NO I'M NOT GAY." Aang yelled. He slapped down a twenty and walked away. Unfortunately Kay was not faring as well as he was, apparently the hard iced teas are harder than normal. He managed to coax her out of the booth and get her to his car without incident. He buckled her in and keyed the ignition. This sent her screaming.

"EEEEEEEE I LOVEthat sound." She squealed.

Aang just laughed. She managed to tell the truth in the elevator. She cannot hold her liquor! Aang got out to a red light and looked over at Kay. She was out!

"Oh Damnit now what do I do?" He asked himself.

He was in quite the predicament. She was out cold and he had no idea where she lived. The only thing he could do was, take her back to his place and let her sleep it off. This could be bad for him but then again he couldn't just leave her. So he made a decision that could end his career, he took his drunk boss back to his place. The drive was thirty minutes back to his apartment and then he had to carry her up three flights of stairs. He looked at her and back at the stairwell before deciding to carry her up bridal style. He unstrapped her from his car and got her into position she reflexively wrapped her arms around his neck and nestled her head into his chest. Aang tried really hard not to blush, but the smell of her perfume and the way she looked in his arms he just couldn't help it. He got to his apartment and realized his door was locked so he asked his neighbor to open the door for him.

"Sure, no problem Aang my friend. You seem to have your hands pretty full at the moment." His neighbor said with a wink!

"It's not what you think, oh never mind!" Aang tried defending.

He eased her into his humble abode and moved her back to his bedroom. He had to play the host right? So he laid her in his bed and removed her shoes before tucking her in like a child. He looked at her in his bed and he just found her more adorable. Aang walked out of his bedroom and grabbed a spare blanket from his linen closet. He removed his shirt and put on pajama pants before settling down in his couch. He contemplated watching T.V. but decided he would have an eventful enough morning without the sleep loss. So Aang laid his head back and slipped off into a deep sleep.

Well there you have it people. That's chapter two! And right now I would like to ask you a few things.

Should I add to their conversations? Or just summarize?

If I do what/who would you recommend they be about

And no matter what the responses I will continue writing this story so that much is certain. Also this is rated M for future chapters. I'm just building up the actual relationship first, so that's why it reads like a T rating. And lastly let me apologize for the last paragraph, I finished this up at 5AM at work, tired out of my wits. So let me know what you think and as always…..

Remember: "No poor bastard ever won a war dying for his country. No he won a war by making some other poor bastard die for their country." Gen George Patton.