A/N: Welcome to Zutara Week 2015! Back in 2013 I decided to do all Zutara tropes as I called them (stories a lot of people had done) so this year I decided to do AUs, mostly off of those AU posts on tumblr. This one is lost in Disneyland together.
Disclaimer: I don't own.
Katara tapped her foot and scanned the crowd, yet again, in hopes of finding her idiot brother and friends. Sokka and Suki hadn't wanted to climb Tarzan's Tree House while Toph complained about being hunger and trotted off with Aang to go find food. All of this would be fine if they all kept to their buddy system...and didn't leave her. She'd asked Sokka to stay in the Adventureland souvenir store and he'd only been to happy to play with the fake swords and whips (Suki right along with him).
She checked her phone in case, by some miracle, Suki had found a way to charge hers or Sokka's had magically started working again (she'd bent the water out of it the best she could but apparently dropping it in the pool killed it). Neither appeared to be true and she really couldn't text Aang because he only noticed his messages or calls four hours later.
"Stupid brother," she muttered as she opened up the MouseWait app, just to see if she was missing any short lines. She gasped when she scrolled down to Space Mountain and it had a ten minute wait. "I'll find you later," she said before setting off towards Tomorrowland. She weaved her way through people and almost sprinted across the main square to get to her destination. A ten minute wait was too good to be true.
The Star Tours line looked full as did Buzz Lightyear. Maybe this was a fluke and she'd get to the line and be told its actually a forty minute wait. Slightly out of breath Katara calmly walked up to the entrance for Space Mountain. Her heart sank as she saw the chain across the entrance.
"Is it closed?" She asked the cast member working it.
"At the moment but-" he said.
"Just my luck," another voice added. She turned to look at who said that. He was tall and, she had to admit, really good looking.
The cast member began to apologize when his walkie talkie buzzed. He picked it up and Katara tried to overhear the conversation. The cast member nodded. "Copy that, they're coming." He looked up and smiled at her. "Looks like everything's fix, enjoy your space travel experience." With that he unhooked the chain.
Katara, feeling giddy, turned to the guy who muttered about his luck. "Race you," she challenged.
"You're on." They took off, the cast member not even bothering to stop them. Katara laughed as she ran, enjoying the sound her flip flops made with each step. The guy passed her about halfway up the incline but she wasn't daunted. She speed up once she was back on level ground and caught up with him. She put on a final burst of speed as the entered the building.
"I win!" She cheered, a huge smile on her face.
"I guess you did," he said, breathing hard.
"I'm Katara, by the way," she called over her shoulder as she walked down the twisting line.
"Zuko, and nice to meet you."
"How many in your group?" The cast member at the head of the line asked.
"One," Katara and Zuko answered at the same time.
"Both of you go to number one."
"Yes I love the front!" Katara said as she waited for the next car to pull up.
"I don't think I've been in the front for this."
"It's great," she said as the gates opened. She strapped herself in and checked to make sure her phone was securely in her pocket. "Here we go!"
Katara screamed with joy when they went down the first drop, huge grin plastered on her face. She could hear Zuko laughing next to her. The ride ended and Katara tried to step out of the car as gracefully as possible, which caused her foot to catch on the side and she fell backwards into Zuko. "Sorry," she said as her face flushed and she tried to regain her footing.
"No problem." He held her hand while she stepped out. "Let's see how the picture came out."
They found the picture easily, and Katara had to admit she liked it. They were both smiling and it actually looked pretty good. "I'm going to take a picture with my phone," she said as she pulled it out of her pocket.
"Or you could buy it."
"Heh, well...I mean it's kind of expensive just for a picture-"
"I'll get it then." He walked to the counter and Katara stared after him.
"Wait, I can't let you-"
"Two prints of 015 please."
"Really you don't have to do this."
"You like it and consider it a good deed for the day." She bit her lip but also realized there was no arguing with him.
"Can you have one of them sent to my hotel? I'm at the Paradise Pier." The cast member nodded and handed her the form to fill out.
"I need one too, I'm at the California Grand."
"Fancy," she teased. She handed her form back and started walking towards the exit.
"Hey, wait up!" Zuko called.
Katara stopped and turned around. "Uh, it was nice talking to you-"
"Ok I know this sounds weird but do you want to hand out the rest of the day? My sister and her friends ditched me and the happiest place on earth isn't so happy when you're alone."
"Well you're in luck. My brother and friends ditched me too."
"Let me check wait times." He pulled out his phone and Katara immediately grabbed hers too. "Star Tours has a twenty minute wait. Up for it?"
"Yes! And the Haunted Mansion is at ten, hopefully it will stay that way."
Much to Katara's happiness the Star Tours line moved faster than the app suggested. "Is it sad I'm happy I got to be the Rebel spy?" She asked as they walked through the gift shop.
"Nope." Zuko stopped to look at the Mickey ears in the R2D2 design. "What do you think?"
"That you should get that and wear it now."
"I don't know."
"You're in Disneyland, everyone is wearing ears and you should too."
"You're not."
Katara crossed her arms over her chest. "That's because the pair I got hurt my head." She turned away and picked up a blue lightsaber. "However I would totally carry this around."
"You wanted to be a Jedi?"
She grinned. "Especially when my brother kept telling me girls couldn't be Jedi. I pointed to Leia and he wouldn't stop telling me no. I think he just didn't want me to play with him, especially because I insisted on waterbending too."
"Better than my sister who wanted to keep playing sparring and kicking my butt while firebending."
"So she's a firebender?"
"Well I am too but she was just better. Is that a problem?"
She shook her head. "Nope but I do know we can't bend here. I do like that they have a waterbender as Elsa and that she is bending for kids."
"Mulan's a firebender and makes the Mushu on her shoulder breathe fire."
Katara smiled and quickly checked her phone. "Haunted Mansion is still ten minutes, buy your ears and lets head out."
"You're kind of bossy."
"And you're kind of slow."
After the Haunted Mansion they walked through New Orleans Square. Katara joked about trying on the tiaras in a shop and Zuko took a few pictures. "You should get one and be a princess."
Katara grimaced. "Maybe tomorrow. Besides I don't really need to spend that money on something I'll only wear here."
"You pressured me into the ears." He pointed to the hat he was wearing.
"That's different. Besides you can wear those when the new movie comes out."
"If you look at them tomorrow I'm going to make you buy one," he retorted.
"Who said anything about tomorrow?"
His cheeks flushed. "I mean, if you want, we could, you know, meet somewhere in the morning and-"
"I'd like that. The coffee shop right by the security bag check? Not the Starbucks."
"Great! Pirates next?"
"I'll race you there!"
They spent the rest of the day together. Katara bought a funnel cake to share after Zuko mentioned never having one before. They shared a plate of tacos in Frontierland before going on Big Thunder Railroad twice in a row. Katara smiled to herself as they waited for Fantasmic to begin, happy to have a good spot and that her day had worked out. "Selfie?" She asked holding up her phone.
"Yeah and then can you send it to me?"
She rolled her eyes. "If you wanted my number you could have just asked."
"I, no, I mean."
"Save it." She held up her phone and smiled. "Looks good."
She'd just shoved her phone back in her pocket when she heard "Katara!" She turned and saw Sokka walking towards her.
"Where have you been all day?! I was worried sick!" Sokka shouted.
"Not worried enough to tell Suki to charge her phone or stay in one place."
"That's not the point! You should have gone back to the room!"
"We have a three day pass I'm not losing a day because of you!"
"And just who is this?" Sokka asked a he gestured to Zuko.
"His name is Zuko and we're going to see California Adventure tomorrow."
Sokka eyed Zuko. "Have you tried any funny business?"
"No?" Zuko replied.
"Well don't. Sokka, by the way." He held out his hand for Zuko to shake. Katara rolled her eyes.
The show was everything she expected. She and Zuko split off from Sokka and Suki to hit a few more rides before the park closed. They shared a churro as they walked out of the park.
"Well, here's the California Grand," Zuko said as they walked through the arch in Downtown Disney. "See you in the morning?"
"Bright and early."
"And I have your number in case I can't find you."
"Yup." They stood off to the side for a little. "I should go."
"Yeah."
"Just...one more thing." She quickly kissed him. "Thank you for making today fun. See you in the morning!" She turned and walked away.
"Hey you can't just do that!" Zuko called after her.
"Well you have all of tomorrow to get back at me for it," she said over her shoulder. She really liked the silly grin he had on his face.
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