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A Second First Date; One month after Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai

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Chapter 101

(Haru & Jade)

After lunch at The Jasmine Dragon, they went down to the Zoo outside the inner wall. They walked around looking at all the different animals. "Fun Fact," Jade said "Aang made this zoo when he was twelve. The zoo was inside the city and the animals were cooped up in tiny cages and were half-starved. I visited it once with lady I worked for and her children. The children didn't like it at all."

"That's sad." Haru said.

"After Aang created this place, with Earthbending and waterbending, the Zoo has always been so full and gets lots of visitors." Jade told him.

"Really, wow!" Haru was amazed the Zoo was huge and the pens were beautifully bent. "He is quite an amazing bender."

"Yeah, The Avatar has to be." Jade giggled at her husband.

"It is amazing to see him all grown up, when I think about him I still picture him as that twelve-year-old kid I knew, he is a wonderful leader too."

"He is a great leader, so kind." Jade said.

"And the wedding vows he read were amazing. It feels funny taking advice about love from someone who is hard to not see as a kid anymore. The night before we got married, he and Sokka and Fire Lord Zuko gave me a night before the wedding talk. They told me to be a kind and gentle, to let you set the pace on our wedding night." Haru blushed.

"Katara talked to me too. I was so nervous, after she told me the guys went back to our quarters with you she said "hopefully they are telling him to be gentle" and stuff like that... all I could think of was the wedding night, I was so nervous, I was so scared she said it would hurt and that was all I could think of."

Haru's face took on a scarlet hew. "I have a confession... One night after I had walked you to your dorm, I walked back across the temple enjoying how wonderful you are... I got back later than normal... and well... You know how you have to pass Aang and Katara's room to get to my room... I heard things that I didn't mean to hear... and from the way it sounded... well... I thought we might like being together."

"Back when Katara was teaching me to be a midwife, she answered any questions I had, she want to help me. I asked her if it hurt, she said only the first time, then she told me it feels really good too." Jade's face was as red as her husband's.

"Oh, look at the baby Rabbaroos!" Jade said. "They are just adorable"

"All babies are Adorable..." Haru smiled, "Our babies will be adorable too. Maybe we need to take my mother's request to heart."

"I think you are right," Jade smiled, "I want lots of babies."

"Lots and lots," Haru smiled.

"What are we going to do if Joon doesn't fix the wrong she did? What if she takes off? How is she even going to get all the money she stole?" Jade asked her sweet Earthbender over dinner out.

"I don't really know, My Sweet." Haru was trying to help "I'm not really sure what we should if Joone doesn't right her wrong. We could report it to the Police of Ba Sing Se; It's guards, I guess," he tried to comfort her.

"Yeah, that would be best... You know... the main thing I want from her is an apology; for kicking me out, for telling me my father didn't care about me, for lying to my father... and for saying all those cruel things about me. Maybe I've spent too much time as an Air Acolyte, learning to respect all life, forgiving even though they don't really deserve it..." Jade sighed.

Haru couldn't help smiling at his wife. "I love the way you are, you are a sweet kindhearted young woman. I love that you're an acolyte, that you can forgive someone of their debt if they just apologize."

"That is how the Air Acolytes are, but the forgiveness part I learned from Katara, there is no point holding onto something that will corrupt your heart, something that doesn't even matter, happiness and love are the most important thing" Jade smiled.

"Katara is such a kind person, I'm glad she taught you these things," Haru said as they finish their meal.

Haru got them a carriage back, winter was coming soon, you could feel it in the air, in the breeze.

Three days have passed, Joon's time was up. Zane, Jade, and Haru walked down to Joon's apartment. They knocked three times on the door... no answer... The knocked three times again... still no answer... They repeated their actions one more time... and just like before no answer. Zane tried the door handle, it opened right up. The three went inside, there they found a letter addressed to Zane and Jade.

Zane and Jade,

I'm so sorry for what I have done to you. I kicked Jade out because I didn't care about her, I used the money for opium. For four years I used the money for the opium. My life was falling apart on me, I had lost my job at a restaurant because I was always high.

I decided to clean myself up. It took two whole years to finally be clean, I got a new job and my life has become much better. I wanted to apologize to you the other day, but I was scarred. Please forgive me.

Jade do you remember where that loose board in the floor is? Where you use to put the letters from your father. Go to it now, open it. There you will find EVERY letter your father sent you over the years, you will also find several pouches of money. I didn't lie when I said I was putting the money away for when Jade came by, I hadn't seen her in years, but after I cleaned up I did actually put the money away for her. I know I owe you so much more than what I did save. But there is 4 years of money there.

I want to apologize for the horrible things I said, your husband is right I shouldn't have said it. It is amazing that you know so many of the world's leaders. Please forgive me for what I have done to you, for making you think your father didn't care about you. Please take the letters and money Jade they were all meant for you. I will try as hard as I can to pay you back EVERYTHING I owe you. I'm sorry, I left the door unlocked for you to come in and get what I had for you, I am so ashamed of what I did to both of you that I cannot even be in your presence.

I'm So Sorry.

Joon

Jade went into the back bedroom, the one she had stayed in. The leg of the bed was right on the loose board, she pushed the bed like she always had to, it was perfect hiding place. "Haru, do you have a knife or something flat?" Jade called to her husband. Haru came in and handed her a small knife he carried in a side pouch he wore. She used the knife to wedge the board open. She found stacks of letters so thick it was hard to pull them through the hiding compartment. Then she fished out about thirteen medium pouches full of money. Jade sat on her heals staring at all the pouches, she was in utter shock at how much was there.

Her father had stood behind her. "I told you I never stopped sending you money."

"Do you want it back?" she asked her father.

"No, Jade, it was meant for you, it was always meant for you. It's all yours Baby Girl." Zane told his daughter as he rested a hand on her shoulder.

Haru knelt and helped her put everything into her big shoulder bag Katara had bought her almost a year ago, Jade always had the bag with her ever since Katara had bought it. It was one of her most prized possessions.

Jade was frozen in shock; shock at how much money was there, shock that her father had said the money was all hers, and one last thing "She apologized for what she did." Jade's voice was low but her husband had heard what she said.

"Yes, she did, My Sweet." Haru told her. "Do you forgive her?"

"Yes, I forgive her... She had all this waiting for me to come back." Jade let out a sob. "She knew what she did was wrong, she wanted to make it right, she apologized."

Jade was sitting up in bed counting the money from the pouches in front of her husband sat next to her "That is a lot of money, My Sweet, what are you planning to buy with it?" He asked her.

"What am I going to buy with it?" She was a bit surprised by her husband's emphasis on her spending it. "It's ours, not just mine."

"I don't want you to think I want to take it from you, it is from before we even met each other." He told her.

"I can think of a few things I'd really like to buy," Jade smiled, "I want to buy some pretty stationary, ink and brushes for writing letters, and I think I'm in need of fabric for new dresses."

"Whatever you want is yours." Haru said, oblivious to the meaning behind what she wanted to buy.

She tried to give him another hint, "I'm going to need to make small blankets, too."

"It's your money to do with as you wish." Still oblivious.

One more hint, "We are going to need a cradle too."

"A what? A cra..." His eyes went huge he thought she said they needed a cradle, cradles are for BABIES! "Really!?"

"I'm not totally sure yet, but my cycle is about a week late." She smiled.

"A BABY! I'm so happy... I love you! My patents will be happy... Katara will be happy for us... Oh, I'm so excited! I Love you! You are wonderful! I Love you! Oh My Spirits, I'm going to be a daddy! I love you so much! You're a mommy! I Love you so much!"

Jade laughed as he ranted excitedly. "I'm not totally sure yet Haru, we need to wait a couple more weeks, to be sure. I love you too!"

Their stay in Ba Sing Se was almost over; they dealt with Joon, they had a wonderful three weeks. They were now ready to go back to the Southern Air Temple. Jade had her first bought of morning sickness a week ago, and like she promised, she wrote a letter to Haru's mother. Zane was ecstatic when they had bought a baby cradle.

Jade and Haru took Zane to The Jasmine Dragon with them. "I am Honored to serve you fine tea and delicious food." Iroh said as he hugged Jade. He seated them then disappeared into the kitchen.

"You know him, Jade?" Zane asked.

"Yeah, his name is Iroh, he is Fire Lord Zuko's uncle, Ozai's older brother... He is a wonderfully kind old man." Jade said to her father.

"Hey, who says I'm an old man?" Irho joked as he brought a tray of tea and a tray of lunch.

Jade giggled at his reaction to what she said. "Katara once told me you made a miracle tea blend for morning sickness... Could I buy a few bags from you?"

"NO! You my NOT buy a few bags... But I will give you a few bags, you are like family to me, Jade. It is nice to meet your father too. I will be right back with the tea blend." Iroh said then went into the kitchen of the fine tea house.

"Wow, I would never guessed he is of ANY relation to Ozai, let along his older brother! I am just amazed that my Baby Girl, knows so many important people all around the world." Zane was very proud of his daughter, he could never have even dreamed of this for his daughter.

"You know the few I don't, Daddy, I don't know Chief Hakoda, I know his children, Sokka and Katara, but I don't know him. I've only been to their village once." Jade told her father.

Iroh returned with a few bags of his miracle tea, hugged Jade, and shook hands with Haru and Zane. The said their goodbyes and went back to their quaint little guest house in the upper ring.

The day of their departure came, they had to hire a couple wagons to transport the stuff they bought to Captain Zane's Ship.

The rocking of the ship made Jade's morning sickness worse, the tea helped but because they were on a ship she still got sick. "Katara is going to be so happy for us." Jade said as she layed her head on the pillow of the bed in the Captains quarters. Laying down helped calm her stomach.

"Aang is too." Haru put in, "Would you like me to get you anything to eat?" He lovingly asked her.

"Yes please, Katara told me biscuits worked the best to help with morning sickness." Jade told her sweet Earthbender.

"I'll get as many as I can find." He said just before he left on his errand.

When he returned with the food, he found that Jade had drifted off to sleep again. He set the tray of food on the table and layed down next to her, pulling her aginst himself. He didn't sleep though, he just laid there with her, holding her, thinking about the tiny baby just starting to grow within his wife. Is it a boy or a girl? What would it look like? Will it be an Earthbender? He pet her beautiful, shining black hair a few times and kissed her cheek as she slumbered. Haru was happy that they were finally on their way back to The Southern Air Temple, to the home Aang had given him, for Haru's family, they were going to need that second bedroom soon. He was still so happy and so excited 'I'm going to be a daddy' He thought as he held his wife. He pressed his palm on the tummy, he knew he wouldn't be able to feel anything, not even a baby bump, but he knew his child was growing inside, just under where his palm rested.