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Chapter 6

Katara woke up before Aang. Their hands had found one another during the night. She didn't mind though, it was comforting. As if they were making sure that they were still there and not alone. Plus, he looked so peaceful sleeping, she didn't want to move or wake him up just yet. She just let her thoughts wander for a bit.

I can't believe I almost kissed him yesterday. I wanted to so bad but of course Toph had to walk in. I couldn't help it though, I tried to restrain myself. But there he was, alive and whole. Reassuring me that everything was alright and that he safe. His hands were cupping my face in the gentlest way. It was just so…perfect. But maybe it was a good thing Toph had walked in. What if he didn't want to kiss me? What if he had moved on? I don't think I would be able to handle it. I wanted to be honest and tell him everything. Finding the perfect moment to do so was going to be challenging.

Aang stirred next to her. His eyes flickering open, till they found her face. She smiled.

"Good morning," she said.

"Good morning Katara," he said, "did I wake you?"

"No, not at all. I've sort of been up for a while. I didn't want to do anything to wake you up. It's probably the first time I've seen you sleep so peacefully before. Besides the time we made you a bed out of the wool of those koala-sheep," she said laughing at the memory.

He laughed. "Now that was a comfortable bed. But yeah, I mean why shouldn't I sleep well? The war is over, everyone is safe, and waking up to a beautiful face doesn't hurt either," he said winking at the last part.

She blushed, her heart fluttering at his compliment. Has it always done that? Am I just starting to notice or is just being extra loud?

"So Aang, there's something I've been wanting to tell you. I… I uhm…"

He squeezed her hand in reassurance.

"What is it Katara?" he asked, his voice full of concern.

She took a deep breath. "I…"

Boom! The door slammed open revealing Sokka.

"MORNING!" he yelled.

"SOKKA!" yelled Suki coming into the doorway, "Why would you do that?! What if they were both sleeping!? And how did you get here so fast with an injured leg?!"

"Relax Suki, they're up. And I mostly hopped. Besides my leg isn't too bad. The cane is helping." he replied.

"Sokka! Have you heard of knocking?!" yelled Katara furiously, her cheeks turning red.

"I just came to check on you guys," said Sokka innocently.

"Ugh! We are fine Sokka, clearly!"

Aang placed his hand on her shoulder. "It's alright, Katara. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it." He smiled reassuringly.

Yeah, right. He definitely did this on purpose. She took a deep breath. "Fine."

"Sorry guys, if my meat-head boyfriend here woke you guys. We were coming to check if you were awake so we could tell you breakfast was ready." said Suki, "but now that you are up, you should come with us. I think Zuko wanted to talk to you Aang also. Probably just Avatar and Firelord business. I have a feeling things are going to get crazy around here next few days."

"You're probably right. Thanks Suki for telling us," Aang said, hopping out of bed.

"You guys go ahead, we'll be right behind you," said Katara.

Suki smiled. She then grabbed Sokka and dragged him out of the room. "Hey! Wait, I wasn't done!" They heard his voice stop, followed by what sounded like Suki, scolding him.

"Guess we should go with them. Next thing we know Toph will come in and start yelling too," said Aang, chuckling.

"Yeah, your right," said Katara, picturing Toph from yesterday.

"And whatever you have to tell me, you can tell me later. I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to talk."

She turned to face him, "I…uhm… yeah Aang. Sounds good."

He walked out. She took another deep breath and followed him.

How is it that they are always interrupted? If this keeps going on, how will I ever be able to tell him? But he's right. I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to talk later. I mean how much could they possibly have to do?

Oh, how wrong she was.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review! I'm really trying hard at this whole fanfiction thing. Like i've said before i absolutely love Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra. These shows are so creative and wonderfully written, it just inspires me to hopefully one day create something of my own. But for now, i'll just practice with these characters :) Hopefully i'll get better as time goes on. so yeah! review! i really appreciate the feedback, means a lot!