Katara
After the physician announced I was in the 8th month of my pregnancy Zuko decided we should go away for two weeks before the birth. He wouldn't tell me where we were going which made me repeat the fact that I hate surprises. He cleared both of our schedules, had my maids pack my bags and uprooted the physician from his normal apartments so that he would be there for me and the babies during the trip. It seemed like he had thought of everything.
Zuko
After we got up and dressed and bathed, Katara and I bordered the ship along with the crew, servants, and the physician. She had a sour look all morning still upset that I hadn't told her where we were going. She could live a few more hours. I had worked on this surprise for months and I couldn't wait to see her face when we arrived. I wanted so much to get her away, get me away, from all the stress and problems of court especially before the babies were born. Both of our lives would be extremely busy and it wouldn't be as easy to travel with two newborns.
After a few hours at sea the small patch of land known as Ember Island came into view
Katara
Being pregnant made your extremely lazy. I'd never before taken naps in the middle of day until now. We had been sailing for about 4 hours and I had been below deck sprawled out in Zuko's cabin bed which was surprisingly comfortable for a ship bed. My nap ended abruptly when Zuko came in,
"Katara come up! We're here!" He said, the excitement in his voice was hard to miss.
I came up to the deck and walked out to the railing. This was almost unbearable, the sea beneath me, calling out to me to bend, to ride the waves for hours. I placed my hand on my balloon of a stomach and looked out and saw the ship was rounding a corner of a fairly large but not huge island. As we turned the corner I saw the royal beach house at Ember Island, the one we hid out in so many years ago.
As the ship docked and we started to get off the ship I saw several figures run out of the house and on to the beach.
"KATARA!" I heard my brother scream waving his hands and jumping up and down like an idiot with a huge grin on the whole time. I turned to Zuko,
"You did this?" I asked a smile growing on my face, he nodded,
"Do you like it?"
"Yes!" I said throwing my arms around him in a tight hug. I had missed them and resigned myself to not seeing them for long periods of time. But now they were here and I felt like all was right.