A/N: There's not enough country music here, and my cd's have been inspiring me, so here you go. I apologize to any zutarians ahead of time for this one, but my usual pairings are in this one. Others will have other pairings/scenarios. I'm going to start with Garth Brooks, but if you have any requests, I'll consider them. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar or 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' by Garth Brooks.
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Aang couldn't sleep. It was the night before they would attack Ozai and thanks to Katara and, surprisingly, Zuko, he had been able to sleep the past few nights. But this last night, he just couldn't sleep. He knew he should. The next day was the most important of day of his life. The comet was approaching and this was the last chance to attack Ozai. Aang sighed as he rolled over before deciding to get up. He walked silently through the house on Ember Island. He stopped outside Katara's room, hesitating to open the door. Taking a deep breath, Aang opened the door and saw Katara sleeping peacefully in the moonlight. He made his way over to her side, not noticing two shadows moving through the hallway behind him.
Sometimes
late at night
I lie awake and watch her sleeping
She's lost in
peaceful dreams
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the
dark
And the thought crosses my mind
If I never wake up in the
morning
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my
heart
He watched as she sighed, a smile coming over her face before she turned onto her side and a stray lock of hair fell onto her face. Her nose wrinkled as the hairs tickled her and he moved to gently pick up the lock of hair and tuck it behind her ear, causing her to smile again. He thought about the next day and what faced them all and studied her. She was so strong, so beautiful, and he didn't want her to get hurt, but knew she could take care of herself.
If
tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I
try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
if
my time on earth were through
She must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comesHe
continued to watch over her as he thought about the past and
everything that had happened. So many things had happened that he
regretted. So many people he had hurt and lost and now she might be
the next.
'Cause
I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved
them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them
never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each
day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where
there's no second chance to tell her how I feelHe
sat on her bed and watched her sleeping peacefully as he thought
about his past mistakes.
He had run away from his friends, his family, his people and then he had seen her. She was beautiful, and he had tried to run away to protect her. He had even let her go to protect her, but it hadn't been enough. He had been the one in need of saving and she had never left his side since.
He had lost his mother at a young age, lost his first love and his father temporarily to the war. He had despaired when he lost his first love, but it had hurt so much more when he had found out the princess had captured and was torturing the beautiful girl before him. She meant more to him than life itself and he meant to watch over her in the battle to come.
He had been banished, lost the only people he cared about and so many had died for the wrong reason. His people, his cousin, his girlfriend. And yet the girl sleeping peacefully before him had shown him that life moved on, that there was laughter still in the world. She had become his closest friend and made him become a better person while he gained the other's trust. He was her servant, her caretaker, her sight while she healed, but also her friend. And he cherished that the most.
If
tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I
try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
if
my time on earth were through
She must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes
He knew it was late and seeing her sleeping so peacefully gave him hope for the next day. Smiling, he bent down and kissed her forehead lightly and saw her smile as he drew away and got up to leave to get some sleep. He made his way to the door and turned back once more to see her still smiling.
"I love you," he whispered to her. With a smile and a yawn, he closed her door and made his way quietly to his own room, falling asleep easily, unaware that others had been moving that night or that the girls had awakened to the sound of the door closing.
"I love you too," Katara, Suki and Toph all whispered back before they laid their heads down to sleep once more.
So
tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If
tomorrow never comes