-Dinner and Dates-

Zuko groaned as he stood outside of Yori's apartment door. She lived only a few blocks from Toph and Sokka's apartment. It was a bit run down but looked like an old building. He was tired from walking up the seven flights to her door and just wanted her to open it.

"Hi!" she called through the door.

"Open the door," he growled.

"Yeah, wait, my bra is doing stupid things."

"That doesn't make me want to wait at all."

She giggled cutely and opened the door a crack. "Look you can come in, just close your eyes, okay?"

"No promises," he joked.

She slammed the door on him.

"Okay, okay Yori I'll close my eyes."

"Okay, wait don't close your eyes, you need to help me, my bra like, isn't-" she screamed.

Zuko stood outside, now accepting that he would be waiting here for a while.

"Okay, I'm going to go put on a new, less shitty bra. And I ripped a hole in my dress, right around my tits, so I'm just going to change. You can come in just seriously, I'm like, not wearing clothes. Your eyes must be closed until I say you can open them."

"Yeah, yeah let me in."

She open the door before his eyes were closed.

She screamed and ran down the hall.

"Agni! Why can't you close your fucking eyes?" she called from her room down the hall.

"I'm sorry," he said, grinning like an idiot.

"So where are we going?" she asked. "Like how dressed up do I have to be? I just ripped the only fancy dress I own so the next best thing are some hipster shorts and a floral shirt.

"I don't know, it's whatever my friends want."
"Your friends?" she asked. "Why would your friends be there?"
"Oh, my friend Aang has been really busy lately and my friends want to go out with him and my friend Katara told me told bring you."
"Well that's weird," she said, walking out of the room putting on a pair of high heeled booties. "How do I look?"
"Great," he said, chauffeuring her out of the room and into the hallway. "How's that bra working out for you?"
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Shut up. Oh, how are we getting there?"
"We'll probably take a taxi 'cause I always drink when we go out."
"Oh, so your an alcoholic?" she asked, taking his hand and walking down the stairs.
"I don't drink a lot, but I drink."
"Whatever you say. Oh crap!" she exclaimed.
"What?" he asked.
"I left my bag by the door and my keys are in my bag and my neighbor has my spare keys and she's old and has been in bed since five thirty."
He looked at her, "Just stay at my house."
"We've been dating for a week darling," she said, skipping ahead of him, "That would be grossly inappropriate."
"We've known each other since high school," he pointed out.
She looked at him. "Yeah, okay."
"That was fast."
"All I needing was some persuading."
He smiled at her. It was going to be an easy relationship.
He took the hand that wasn't being held by her and poked her bun. "What's with the hair?"
"Yeah, I know it's boring, but my coworker was dying it for me, and the bitch decided to play a joke on me and dyed it purple. Personally, I think it looks wicked, but your friends might not like it, so I put it up where you couldn't really see it."
"Purple?"
She laughed. "Yup!"
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Katara, Aang, Toph and Sokka were all already sitting at the table in the Indian restaurant they were having dinner in.
"Hey," Zuko greeted everyone at the table, pulling out Yori's seat for her.
"Hi guys. I'm Yori."
Aang waved brightly at her.
"Hi Yor," Sokka said.
She looked at him and her eyes widened. "Sokka! Wow it's been ages! Still rocking the ponytail, I see."
"It suits me," he shrugged.
Yori smiled at him. Zuko poked her cheekbones, "Don't smile too much, your face'll break." She rolled her eyes.

Toph grunted in her seat, "Well then, I'll introduce myself. I'm Toph, that's Aang and that's Katara, Sokka's sister."

"Nice to meet you guys, I'm Yori."

A nice Indian waiter came along and took their orders, and after he left, they all began to talk.

"So, Yori, where do you work?" Katara asked.

"I'm a graphic designer. But right now, I've been doing a lot of advertising for a large company."

"Do you live in the city?" Sokka asked.

"Yeah, apparently, I live a few blocks from you, so says Zuko."

"So you live in an apartment?" Katara asked.

"Yeah. The old greenish one on Montgomery Boulevard."

The appetizers came and Zuko noticed that Yori wasn't touching her food.

"So you went to school together?" Toph asked.

Yori nodded, "Yeah. I went for freshman year, and then we moved and then came back for the last half of then senior year."

"Oh, so that's why I've never seen you."

"This is so cool!" Sokka exclaimed, "I never get to see kids from high school."

"Me neither but that's because I went to so many."

"So how did you and Zuko find each other?" Toph asked, stuffing her face.

Yori smiled, "Supermarket."

"At a supermarket?" Katara said, "How on earth did you guys recognize each other?"

Yori narrowed her eyes, "Is that a joke, or are you just being stupid?"

"Excuse me?" Katara asked.

"The scar's pretty big."

Katara nodded, "Oh yeah."

Toph snickered.

"Yeah, it was awesome, he walked into my cart, and I got so mad, because he wound up smashing a bottle of cheap wine I had in there and it got all over my shoes and my stuff, but he was seeing shades and I though he was a pretentious twat for wearing shades inside in the winter, but then he turned to me and took off his shades and I yelled "Oh holy shit!" but I was in the baby food aisle and a bunch of mothers glared at me."

"But I didn't recognize her and she hugged me and I pulled her off of me, and she was like, "Zuko!" and it was all really weird."

"And then I told him it was me and then everything was wonderful."

"That's kind of adorable," Sokka said.

"Yeah I know." Yori narrowed her eyes and turned to Zuko, "I think you need to buy me new shoes."

Zuko rolled his eyes, "We can go shopping next week."

"I was kidding but yeah, you can buy me things if you'd like."

"That one is quiet," Yori said, turning to Zuko, and talking like he was her father and she was his kid.

"Aang? Aang's not a very quiet person. Aang! Why are you quiet?" Zuko asked his friend.

Aang just shrugged. "I don't know."

Zuko turned to Yori and reported, "He doesn't know."

Katara snorted at Zuko and Yori.

The same waiter came back and handed everyone their dishes.

"You didn't order anything?" Zuko asked Yori.

She nodded, "I ordered a mango lassi!"

"That's it?"

"Yeah."

Zuko began to remember his freshman year all too well, and he really hoped that this... whatever it was with Yori wasn't going to be anything like that again.

They all partook on idle, meaningless conversation as they ate (and drank) their dinner. They all wished they hadn't come, and just went to bed early instead of being here. And it showed.

"Why aren't you drinking?" Yori asked. "I thought you said you always drink when you go out!"

"That's right," Toph said, "Where's your Jack Daniels?"

He shrugged, "They don't serve Jack here. I don't know why you picked this place Katara."

"Shut up Zuko," Katara said through gritted teeth.

"Calm down Tara, I was kidding. I think I brought you here one time."

"Did you?" she asked innocently, even though she knew that he had, and that was the only reason she chose his restaurant.

"Yeah," he grinned knowingly at her, remembering the things that had happened after dinner that night, "I can't believe you forgot."

"You two used to date?" Yori asked, seeing the unmistakable look in Katara's eyes.

"Yeah," Zuko said, "for three years."

"Wow, that's like forever in dog years!"

Everyone turned to look at her.

"Yeah, I'm sorry, that was supposed to be cute and childish, but came out stupid. Don't ever tell anyone I said that." Zuko laughed loudly, and soon, Toph, Sokka, and Aang were laughing too. So was Yori.

"I'm goi ng to the bathroom," Katara said, standing and leaving the table.

"She hates me," Yori said.

"No she doesn't," Sokka said.

"She's just..." Aang began.

"Frigid?" Yori supplied.

"Yeah, frigid."

Yori stifled a yawn with her hands and rested her head on Zuko's shoulder.

"Tired?" he asked. She nodded.

"I've had so much work to do lately, there's never anytime for sleep."

Zuko smiled knowingly.

Katara came back from the bathroom and Aang said, "Why don't we go somewhere else for dessert?"

They all agreed, and once the check was paid, they ere off to wander the streets looking for a bakery, or ice cream truck, or wherever sweets were sold.

Yori took Zuko's hand as they walked. They lagged behind the rest of the gAang.

"Why didn't you eat?" Zuko asked her softly.

"I'm not hungry," she said. "Don't worry about me."

She pulled his face down and planted soft kiss on his lips. "I'm fine now Zuko."

Ahead of them, Toph and Sokka walked, holding hands as well. They hadn't talked much about the baby. They hadn't talked much about anything really. They had slept until Sokka woke and had to go to work. When Toph woke, after noticing Sokka was gone and walking to her closet to take out something to wear around the house, since she didn't have work that day, that she realized she wouldn't be able to go to the dojo anymore and moped around angrily until Sokka came home and they got ready to go out.

"How are you feeling?" Sokka asked.

"Fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm sure."

Sokka thought for a few seconds before he asked, "Have you made a doctors appointment yet?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I forgot."

"I'll make one in the morning then."

Toph exhaled a breath she didn't know she was holding in. "Isn't there something else we can talk about?"

"Like what?"

"I don't know, just anything we would have talked about of this date happened four days ago."

Sokka began to think, and think, and think, but he couldn't think of anything to say to Toph, so he just pressed a kiss to the top of her head.

"So, how much longer will you have time to spend with your friends Aang?" Katara asked, "When's your next rime consuming deadline?"'

"Soon," Aang grumbled. Being and editor took a lot out of him, he was always locked up at his job until the morning, and then he'd take his job with him home. He brightened, "But, hey, I'm here now, aren't I?"

Katara nodded, "Hey look, there's a gelato stand right up there."

"Do you like gelato?"

"I love it!" she said, walking a little bit faster.

Aang smiled at her excitement and he sped up with her.

A/N - Yeah, okay. That's it. Review. NOW.