New story time, yea!! This is Kataang just like every other story. I came up with this randomly this morning watching a music video by OneRepublic called "Say (All I need)". So yeah feel free to review. So I guess that was a preview for my story. Enough of this let's get on with chapter one:

The Lines of My Earth

The only sounds that the young Avatar could make out from the meeting were muffled voices of old (well in Aang's eyes old) Fire Nation council members and the occasional mumble from Fire Lord Zuko. He couldn't concentrate. These meeting were so boring. And besides that fact, he was tired. He had only gotten to the Fire Nation the night before after a long trip on Appa from Ba Sing Se. Now that the war was over, everybody needed him but he didn't have enough time. Every time he had to tell a nation no for an event, he felt horrible because they'd bring up the fact that he was the Avatar and they needed them to help them fix up the aftermath of the war.

"So what do you think, Avatar?" A council member asked. "Do you think that the raised money should go to the outskirts of the Earth Kingdom for their transportation project or the Northern Water Tribe for their city improvement fund?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever works." Aang said, monotone.

He held his head in his hands, elbows resting on the table, and his eyes were half shut. The council member just looked over to Zuko with a concerned look. He shrugged.

"Or do you think that we should sell your bison to the Eastern part of the Fire Nation so we can send money to both projects?"

The council member was obviously testing his attention and the Avatar sadly failed.

"Yeah, sure, whatever works."

The man sighed and turned to Zuko again for help.

"Uh…let's give him some time to uh…think about the decision and we'll get back to you tomorrow. Meeting dismissed."

The new Fire Lord bowed to the council and they all shuffled out of his palace- all except for Aang. Zuko placed a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Aang I need to talk to you."

"Yeah, sure, what-."

"Snap out of it!"

Aang shot up and looked around, confused that there was no one left in the room.

"Oh…sorry. I must have spaced out again."

Zuko shook his head.

"Aang you've been spacing out at every meeting lately for the past month. It doesn't matter if you're in the Earth Kingdom or Fire Nation or Water Tribe-."

"I haven't been to the Water Tribe in a year, Zuko. That's not possible."

"I meant the Northern- oh. That's what this is about."

Zuko took a seat at the meeting table and looked to his depressed friend.

"You miss her don't you?"

Aang again gave Zuko a confused look.

"What are you talking about?"

He rolled his eyes. "Katara?"

Aang laughed out loud nervously.

"Her? No, no, no. I haven't thought about her in months!" He lied. "What was her name again?"

Zuko sighed. "Go back."

"Go back? Why? I can't go back. Not now. I'd feel bad."

"Why would you feel bad? Because you broke your promise?"

Aang's eyes narrowed and he glared at Zuko suddenly angered. He stood up.

"What are you talking about!? I never broke any promises to her! I- I… you're wrong! I can't go back because…I just can't, okay?!"

"You know I talk to her, right? Whenever I get a letter she's asking how you're doing and since you're always traveling she can't send a letter to you or she would. And every time she writes, she asks when you'll be back. She hoped that you'd come back soon because that's what you promised."

"And I haven't broken that promise. It hasn't been that long since I've seen her."

"Aang, it's been a year."

Aang stared at the table and sat back down. He hadn't realized how long it had really been. He had been so busy that he hadn't really thought about visiting in a while but over the past month he found that he couldn't get Katara off of his mind. It was like the spirits were taunting him that he hadn't returned yet. It's like he could feel her calling him to her. And it hurt.

"I guess…I guess you're right. It has been a long time. Zuko, I feel awful! I broke my promise and now she probably hates me. Either that or she's married or something."

"Relax, she can't get married. She's only fifteen. She could be engaged though…"

Aang returned his glare to Zuko.

"Hey, I'm kidding. Look you two love each other. Just go back. Trust me, you'll be glad you did."

"Alright. But what about meetings?"

"I'll send word to the other nations that you have some business in the Southern Water Tribe that you need to catch up on."

"But what if they send people down to meet with me?"

"I'll tell them it's personal. They'll understand. Besides, what will a week off hurt?"

Aang nodded. A vacation sounded nice but a vacation with Katara sounded even better. He suddenly felt very relaxed and very excited. He was going back in the morning to see Katara- it seemed so unreal but so amazing at the same time.

A/N: Also, in the next chapter (sneak peek!) I will be showing a flashback of when Aang left the Southern Water Tribe and if it looks familiar (which it might) go to the story On Kataang and look up the chapter Our Farewell. I'm basing it off of that oneshot.