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My Inspiration behind this and the next chapter is a song called Think Twice by eve6.
Brief warning! the start of this story is mushy. To all Anti-mushyists don't read.
Aang woke up early next morning to see his sleeping beauty in front of him. Aang remember that he and Katara had slept with each other this night. He figured that Sokka was probably going to need another reason on why they were, yet again, together in the early morning. He decided to deal with that problem when it came. Aang decided to wake up his beloved by kissing her neck and cheek gently. Katara's eyes remained closed but she put on a smile and moaned softly. Aang stopped and smiled at Katara and began brushing her hair behind her ear.
"What did I do to deserve such a great wakeup call?" Katara asked sleepily.
"Nothing I just like to treat you nice once and awhile." Aang responded. Katara rolled over and gave Aang a passionate kiss on the lips. They both thought that their kiss lasted an eternity. Katara slowly broke the kiss away and got out of bed and walked to the bathroom. Aang stayed in the bed and suddenly remembered that today was the day they went to the Southern Water Tribe.
"Are you ready for today Katara?" Aang asked hoping that she was still excited to tell her dad about their new relationship.
"Of course Aang, not only do we finally get to go back to my home, but we also get to tell my dad and the entire village about our new relationship." Katara said from the bathroom.
"Do you really think we should make Toph come with us? I know I beat her in the match but still I just don't think she would like it there." Aang asked Katara as she poked her head out of the doorway to respond.
"You did beat her but I don't think we should make her do anything she doesn't want to." At that moment Katara had an amazing thought pop into her head. She ran out of the bathroom and grabbed Aang's hands and looked him in the eyes with a huge smile on.
"What?" The curious Avatar asked as he stared into Katara's cerulean eyes that sparkled with an idea.
"Were going down south right?"
"Yeah?"
"Going south we must pass through all the southern earth kingdom villages' right?"
"Katara where are you going with this?" Aang asked still completely confused at whatever Katara was getting at.
"Why don't we stop by Gaoling and let Toph be with her parents so she can catch up with them?" Aang never thought about that and the idea sounded perfect.
"OK, but we can't tell Toph or the others, we should make it a surprise." Aang looked into the eyes of his lover and kissed her on the lips. He moved his hands behind her head and made the kiss deeper. Their tongues wrestled for control in each other's mouths. Aang broke away from the kiss and had a sly smile on. Katara, who appreciated the kiss, was confused on why he gave it to her and then had that smile on.
"OK…why do you have that smile on your face?" Katara asked.
"Because that's one of the reasons why I love you Katara, your intelligence." He started. "You always seem to have ideas that change a good idea into a perfect one, like right now for example."
"Oh really, then what are the other reasons you love me?" Katara asked with a smirk on her face.
"All in due time my love." Aang said as he put his hands behind his head and lay back onto the bed.
"Aww come on tell me one more at least. If you do then I won't ask you again until you tell me what the rest are." Katara said as she put on a puppy dog face and crawled on top of Aang. Once Aang saw this face he couldn't refuse it he had to give in and tell her another reason.
"Ok fine another reason that I love you so much is how much comfort I get when I am with you. Whenever I'm with you I feel like everything is perfect even if it isn't. Like all the times I was in the Avatar state out of anger, remember? The Southern Air Temple, General Fong's base and the Si Wong desert. Each one of those places you pulled me out of the Avatar state. Nobody in the world can do that except for you." Aang finished and Katara looked at him with a tear in her eye and gave Aang a long and tender hug.
"I know that we love each other but I didn't know I meant that much to you." Katara said still buried in Aang's shoulder.
"You mean more than that to me; you mean the world to me Katara. If I lost you I don't know what would happen to me." Aang said stroking Katara's back trying to comfort her. Katara sat up and smiled at Aang, she gave him a light kiss on his forehead and got off of him.
"Come on Aang we should start heading downstairs for breakfast." Katara said trying to quell her emotions. Aang got out of bed and put on his shirt and took Kataras hand and began leading her downstairs. They arrived to see that everyone had their bags packed and placed near the front door ready to go. The couple walked to the table that everyone was sitting at and joined them. Iroh came out with two bowls of fruit for Katara and Aang.
"Good morning you two, did you sleep well?" Iroh asked.
"I slept great how about you Katara?"
"Like a baby." Katara reassured Iroh.
"That's great, now you two eat up you have a big day ahead of you." They nodded and started eating the fruit. Aang thought to himself for a little bit. It's a good thing that Sokka doesn't pay much attention when he eats. Aang looked up to see that Sokka had a piece of meat in each hand and was eating them furiously. Oh well at least I don't have to explain why me and Katara were with each other this morning.
"Aang are you alright?" Kataras voice brought Aang back to reality and realized that he hadn't eaten anything yet.
"Oh yeah I'm fine I was just thinking about something, no big deal." Aang said as he started eating his fruit. Shortly after everyone finished breakfast, packed everything onto Appa and said goodbye to Iroh.
"Alright are we all ready for our next adventure?" Aang asked looking back to the saddle were he saw Zuko holding Mai, Sokka holding Suki, Toph clinging to the side of the saddle and Katara who looked at the group then back at Aang. Everyone nodded at the same time to Aang.
"OK then let's get going Appa yip yip!" With this they were all finally on their way to the Southern Water Tribe, or so everyone thought. After a few hours Sokka noticed that they were drifting to the left and wondered what was going on. He got up and walked over to the edge of the saddle so he could see Aang.
"Uh hey Aang I don't want to tell you how to fly Appa but you should keep him strait if we want to get to the Southern Water Tribe." Aang smiled at this and turned around and looked past Sokka at Katara. She noticed Aang looking at her and went over to see why.
"What's going on?"
"Aang is trying to get us lost." Sokka said bluntly.
"Ha ha not exactly Sokka, should we tell him Katara?"
"I guess." Katara said and leaned in close and began to whisper. "But what if you know who hears us?"
"It's ok she won't, Here Sokka get down here with me." Aang said as he moved over so both he and Sokka could fit on Appa's head. Aang whispered into Sokka's ear and told him about Katara's idea.
"That's a great idea, but one question. When were you two alone?" Sokka questioned. Aang's face went from happiness and excitement to nervousness.
"Um you know…when we were uh." Aang fumbled on his own words trying to get an answer for the Water tribe warrior.
"Sokka we slept with each other last night because you wouldn't fix my door like I told you to do." Katara said hoping bringing back the door would change the topic.
"Hey I said I would fix the door I just never said when. Wait a minute." Sokka paused with a look of deep thought on his face. "YOU TWO SLEPT WITH EACHOTHER!" Sokka exclaimed nearly falling off of Appa's head.
"Relax Sokka we didn't do anything." Katara mumbled "that night" so Sokka heard her but couldn't understand.
"What was that?" Sokka demanded from his sister.
"What was what? I just said that we had just slept with each other."
"Oh no no no after that, you said something and I want to know what."
"I didn't say anything Sokka now drop it before I push you off Appa." The waterbender glared at her brother.
"Fine ill drop it for now." Sokka said in an irritated and defeated tone. He crawled back up into the saddle were everyone was staring at him trying to hold in their laughter. As he crawled up Katara jumped down to sit next to Aang. He began to whisper to her so she could barely hear him.
"Why did you say that? If Sokka was smart enough to figure out what you mumbled I'm sure I would be dead right now."
"I don't really know." Katara smiled at this thought and rested her head on Aang's shoulder and relaxed. The group flew around the Si Wong Dessert to the Eastern Air Temple, where Aang had met Guru Pathik. Aang had hoped that the guru was still their so he could talk with him and introduce him to the group. Upon their arrival Aang ran off trying to find him, he ran to the first spot where they met and as he guessed the Guru there meditating.
"Hello Aang it's good to see you again." Said Pathik without opening his eyes. Aang smiled and ran up the stairs and bowed as Guru Pathik stood up, faced Aang and bowed back.
"Hello Guru Pathik."
"I had a vision that you would come back here but I could not see the reason why." Pathik said questioning Aang's presence.
"We were on our way to the Southern Water Tribe and we decided to come here on our way."
"Ah I see and who is with you this time? More than just Appa I hope." Aang smiled and forgot all about his friends with the excitement of seeing Pathik again.
"Yeah this time I have a few new friends for you to meet. Let's go find them I'll tell you about them on the way." Aang said pulling Pathik to the area where they landed.
"Ok first is the new Fire Lord, Zuko, my Firebending teacher and his girlfriend Mai. Then comes my Earthbending teacher, her name is Toph, she's blind but she can see with her feet by feeling the vibrations in the ground. Next is Sokka and Suki, Sokka's a water tribe warrior and Suki is a Kyoshi warrior. Finally is Katara, my Waterbending teacher and now my girlfriend."Aang finished and looked away from Pathik thinking that he would be angry for remembering how Aang had left him last time for her.
"Aang I know what you're thinking and no I'm not mad at you for leaving last time you were here." The Guru said looking down at Aang who looked back up at him with a smile on. They walked down the rest of the hall to see the group unpacking their stuff from Appa's saddle. The group stopped and looked at Aang and the weird old man with the long white beard.
"Hello everyone I am guru Pathik." He said introducing himself and walked up to each person to meet them.
"You must be Sokka and Suki am I right?"
"Yeah it's nice to meet you." They said as they shook Pathik's hand.
"Ahh and you must be Toph; I have heard you have a great gift with your feet." Toph smiled and nodded to the Guru.
"This must be the new Fire Lord Zuko and his girlfriend Mai yes?"
"It's an honor to meet you Guru Pathik." Zuko said and bowed in respect.
"And finally we have the most powerful influence on the young Avatar, Katara." He said staring deep into her eyes.
"Yes but what makes you think I'm the most powerful influence on Aang?" Katara questioned. Realizing that Aang never told her that she was the reason he didn't open his last chakra, Pathik backed off.
"Just a guess." He replied with a smile and turned to Aang.
"Shall I show you were the rooms are?"
"That would be great we've all had a long day." Pathik walked them down a few hallways and arrived at four empty rooms with only a bed in each.
"There aren't many beds here anymore so you will have to pair up and spend the night with each other. I shall let you decide this good night to you all." Pathik said as he walked off. Everyone got to a room and just as Aang and Katara reached a door Sokka stopped them.
"Oh no, no way are you two sleeping with each other again." Sokka said over exaggerating again.
"What's the big deal Sokka you and Suki sleep with each other every night, and I'm sure that's not all you two do." Katara said making Sokka stop in his tracks. At that moment Suki came up and grabbed the defeated water tribe warrior's arm and dragged him away.
"OK everyone let's just get some sleep, we have a long journey in front of us." Aang commanded. Everyone went to their rooms and began their rest. Aang and Katara just cuddled in their bed and began talking.
"Katara why did you nearly tell Sokka what we did two nights ago?" Asked Aang hoping he would get more of an explanation this time.
"Because I want everyone to know how much we love each other. We won't get much alone time on this trip, especially at the South Pole."
"I understand that but I don't think that may have been the best way to show it."
"Maybe, but that night was still fun wasn't it?" Katara asked while blushing remembering how the two 'expressed' their love for each other. When Aang heard this, he two began to blush. The couple reminisced about the night in their heads and started to fall asleep, but before either of them could, Katara shot up with a gasp.
"What's wrong Katara?" Asked the curious air nomad sitting up next to her. Katara turned to Aang and whispered to him to make sure the others didn't hear.
"That night that we made love when you um…'released' into me." The puzzled Avatar paid close attention at his girlfriend, not fully understanding yet.
"And? What abo-"Aang's voice trailed off and his eyes shot open suddenly realizing that he could have impregnated Katara. She looked at Aang who finally understood and nodded slowly.
"Are you pregnant?" Asked Aang still in his shock.
"I don't know, it's too early to tell, but when I find out I'll let you know. It's ok Aang just don't worry about it I'm just glad that, if I do turn out pregnant, they are yours."Katara said reassuringly to Aang who started to calm down. He looked into his girlfriends sapphire eyes and gave a weak smile.
"Yeah me two." They laid back down into a cuddling position, both acting like they were asleep. They both had a new and rather heavy weight that was just placed on their shoulders. After a few hours they both fell asleep and awaited the next day.
WOAH NOW! What's this? A possibility of Katara being pregnant? Want to find out? Ok I'll tell you…in the later chapters. Ha ha I'm so evil aren't I. Ok not really. Anyways people you know the drill read the story and click the little "Review this Chapter" button underneath this. Thanks for reading and double thanks for reviewing, stay tuned for the next chapter.