A/N: I think I really like writing this.

Disclaimer: I don't own.

Zuko loved his bed. It was big and always had soft clean sheets. He could spread out as much as he wanted (which wasn't much actually) and it was one of the few places he could be himself. His time on his ship and running around the Earth Kingdom gave him a healthy appreciation for such luxuries.

Seeing his bed after dinner and being in the South Pole for two weeks and that awful lumpy bed from last night (and the bruise Katara left from her kicking in her sleep) was a relief. He quickly changed into a clean pair of sleeping pants and promptly flopped down on his bed. He knew he needed to sleep, in the morning he'd have to meet with the Fire Sages to have them not only draw up his marriage contract but also his annulment. Plus Katara was going to have to be there and he wasn't really looking forward to any snide comments from her (even if he usually liked them). He was just about ready to crawl under the covers when his bedroom door banged open.

"Husband there isn't a room ready for me so everyone suggested I sleep in here," Katara shouted as she slammed the door behind her. Zuko rolled over with a groan. "I think I'll take the bed and you take the floor."

Zuko sat up and glared at her. "No, it's big enough we can share." They stared at each other until finally Katara's shoulders slumped in defeat.

"Fine," she agreed. "I'm going to get ready for bed in the bathroom." She turned and started walking to the closet.

"Not the bathroom, other door," Zuko called from the bed.

"Thank you," she whispered as she changed course.

"Aren't you going to change?"

She shook her head. "No I don't really have anything to change into."

"Why?"

She put her hands on her hips. "Because in the South Pole, as you well know, its really cold and the less time we spend without clothes on the better therefore we just take off our parkas and sleep."

He stood up and walked over to his dresser. After rifling through a few shirts he finally pulled one out and handed it to her. "What's this?" She asked.

"Something to sleep in."

"I don't-"

"Please, I think you'll be more comfortable."

"Fine," she grumbled as she stalked off to the bathroom. He lay back down on the bed and tried to get comfortable. A few minutes later she came out dressed in his shirt that went down to just above her knees. She sat on the edge of the bed and turned to look at him. She took a deep breath before saying, "look I think we need to talk."

"Fine."

"No I mean," she sighed, "my mom always said never go to bed angry and she made Sokka and I talk right before kissing us goodnight whenever we had a fight. I never really thought about it until I did go to bed angry and its a horrible feeling. So I'm sorry for all this, I really didn't know what was going on and let's just try to get through this together."

"I'm sorry too." She grinned. "Don't look so smug about that, I've apologized to you so much in my life I'm beginning to think you just like hearing it."

She shrugged. "I do but that's besides the point."

"I knew it. But I am sorry and I do agree with you that we need to get through this together."

"Good because I really want to tell my best friend about this terrible mess I'm in but he's been really mad at me all day."

"But you haven't seen Aang since this morning and Sokka's mad at me, not you."

She leaned over and slapped his leg. "You're my best friend, you idiot."

"You are too. Now sleep and then our meeting with the Fire Sages in the morning."

She cringed. "After that I'm going with Ursa to see if her favorite designer is still here and then we're going to go taste foods."

"Sorry for sicking my mother on you."

"I understand why she's doing it," Katara admitted. "But if you could tell her that I apologized then hopefully things won't be too bad tomorrow." He nodded and patted the bed beside him. She crawl up and got under the covers on the extreme other side of the bed from him. "Good night, Zuko."

"Good night Katara," he mumbled into his pillow.

Toph hated flying. She especially hated flying on Appa (the new balloons were a little better because they at least had metal floors). She and the bison had come to a mutual understanding years ago that, while they didn't hate each other, they weren't exactly attached to each other either (the pebbles she left in Appa's fur annoyed the bison). This was, however, a small price to pay to try to stall Aang in his quest to find the swampbenders and give Katara and Zuko more time to stop being idiots and realize that they could, actually, stay married and maybe even have little benders tearing up the palace soon. She generally wasn't sentimental but those two needed each other and it would also keep Katara away from her so she could go back to her old habits.

"We've been flying for hours how much longer?" Toph complained.

"Almost there," Aang reassured her.

"Where's 'there'?"

"The big banyan tree in the center of the swamp."

Toph considered her next question. Did she really want to know? Yes, she did. "Why are we going there?"

"I'll tell you when we get there," he said cheerfully.

Toph rolled her sightless eyes and clutched the saddle tighter. Soon they began their descent. As soon as the bison touched down Toph hopped off. Instead of welcoming dirt her feet met wood. "You landed in a tree!" she accused.

"Of course I did," Aang answered like it was the most normal thing in the world. "I need to connect with the swamp and the best way to do that is to feel the energy through this tree. Kind of like your earth sense."

"At least that makes sense."

"You have to open your mind to all possibilities, Sifu Toph."

"I did and now I can metalbend, Twinkletoes."

"Quiet, I need to concentrate." Toph cautiously made her way back to Appa. She plopped down by his feet and waited. Longer than she thought it was take Aang said "I know where they are."

"Finally."

"Back on Appa."

"Oh joy." A short time later they land again and Toph was ecstatic at the feel of wet dirt underneath her feet.

"Aang and Toph, we weren't expecting to see you again so soon," Huu said as he greeted them.

"I'd say the same but you know how these things are," Toph said with a wave of her hand.

"I don't understand," Tho said.

"Don't worry, you'll figure it out sooner or later," Toph reassured the confused man.

"Huu about that whole marriage thing," Aang began carefully.

"It was very kind of them to get married like that," Huu agreed.

"Yeah, see they, uh," Aang stumbled.

"They want to not be married anymore and sent us here to find you guys so they can undo it," Toph said bluntly.

Huu rubbed his chin. "They need to drink from the cup again."

"That's it?" Toph asked.

"Yup, you just fill it on the next full moon, have them drink and it's undone."

"Great!" Aang said happily.

"Yeah, great. Say when is the next full moon?" Toph asked.

"Oh three weeks," Huu replied.

"They have to wait that long?" Aang asked.

"Yes but you can have the cup, no one is currently planning on getting married anytime soon."

"Thank you very much. Let's get the cup and start on our way to the Fire Nation," Aang said.

Toph had to stall and she really didn't want to be back in the air so soon. "But we just got here. Let's at least stay the night," she begged. To help her case, Appa groaned.

"I guess that's fine."

"Good, I'll make us an earthtent." She quickly did that and waited for Aang to wander off somewhere or go meditate or whatever he did before bed that caused him to wander off.

"Huu, my good man," she began. "So this whole getting married thing, all you have to do is drink from the cup and it's done?"

"That's pretty much how it works."

"Excellent," she said as she began to form a plan in her head.

As for Toph's plan: I'm debating about what I want to do with it...as in if I want this to go a weird Taang way or not. Thank you for all the follows, favorites, and reviews. You guys rock!