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Epilogue: Six Months Later and Another Party

Dear Katara,

How are you? I'm great! Sokka seems pretty happy too. Oh, he says hi. How is Zuko? And how is everyone else back there? Let us know!

The city is great – we have a wonderful view of the harbor from our apartment window. It's really beautiful, especially at sunset. Lol, Sokka has this little habit of dragging the chairs out onto the little balcony and getting me to sit with him and watch it. I think you can guess what he does next, and let me tell you, your brother knows how to handle a lady (wink, wink).

Well, I can't say I can't wait to get home, because I love it here so much I don't want to ever leave. But Sokka and I definitely miss you and everyone else back home.

Let us know if anything big happens… like if Zuko proposes to you, or if someone else gets a girlfriend or boyfriend. (I hope Mai gets one soon, and stops bugging you and Zuko.)

Lots of love, Sokka sends his too.

Suki!

XOXO

Katara smiled as she read it and then tucked it back into her school folder. Sokka and Suki had gotten engaged at the end of the summer and had married two months ago. They were supposed to leave for their honeymoon in the city less than a week later, but Suki had gotten a really bad fever and they'd had to postpone and reschedule everything. Unfortunately, the next time they could book for the same place was two months later, which is where they were now. And there in the city, was where they'd be staying for the next two weeks.

But for the rest of them, it was back to school. Sokka hadn't been too happy with himself when he realized that Suki was going to drop out of school for him – he'd already been planning to, so he sort of just forgot. But in the end, they were happy with their choices.

Katara and Zuko officially started dating after that night at the beach house. It had taken a bit of talking down before Sokka accepted it, but after Suki started with the break-up threats, he didn't want to argue anymore.

Aang had backed off from Katara, but seemed to be sticking very close to Azula. Zuko didn't like it at all – Aang was too young for Azula. But Katara assured him that they were just friends, and that it was probably something they'd talked about at the party, the day after which was the starting point of this 'friendship'. No one knew who Aang fancied anymore, but Azula and Katara had both confided in each other that they had a sneaking feeling that he would start making eyes at Toph next. Toph didn't seem bothered in the slightest by that idea and both of the older girls nodded their approval.

"What class do you have first, Katara?" Ty Lee asked randomly.

"Um…" Katara consulted her papers, "Biology."

"Sweet, Mai and I have Phys Ed."

"Nice."

"Hey, Mai and I are going to Cheng's StarBar after school. She told me to ask you if you'd like to come, and we're also gonna invite, Toph, Aang and Zuko. So, do you want to come?" Ty Lee asked hopefully.

Katara's face cracked into a smile, "Sure! I'd love to!"

"Ok, if you see any of the others, let them know I'm looking for them."

"Will do."

"See you at lunch!"

"Bye."

In the cafeteria, they all sat around the same table, like they usually did. Mai sat as far away from Katara as she could, but no one, not even Katara was bothered by the usual behavior. The only difference in the day was that their little group, along with various other groups around the school, were talking excitedly about the party going down at Cheng's after school. It was Friday, so none of them were likely to miss a chance to stay out past midnight.

Katara chanced an uncharacteristic glance in Mai's direction, but the older girl was off in her own little world. Katara followed her line of sight and found her staring at a table on the far side of the room, occupied by a group of boys. She didn't know all of these boys – she only knew the younger boy, Lee, and one of the older boys who looked about a year older than her; Haru.

Raising her eyebrow, she noticed Mai followed Haru with her eyes as he stood up and left the table, walking over to dispose of his lunch tray. She followed him back to his seat and then tore her eyes away from their table. Katara quickly looked down so that she wouldn't know she had been staring. But in the back of her mind, Katara tried to picture Mai and Haru together… it seemed reasonable enough.

"Katara?"

"Huh?"

She looked up to meet Zuko's eyes. He was in his final year of school now and he had just been talking about the exam he was going to have to sit in a few months… or at least, he had been before Katara started paying attention to Mai.

"I asked you if you knew how Sokka and Suki are. Have you heard anything from them?"

"Oh yes!" She quickly went through her bag until she found the folder she had slipped the letter in. She read out the letter, making sure to skip the bit about Mai getting a boyfriend, for the sake of Mai not getting huffy at her. Then she stashed it away when the bell rang and they all headed off to their own classes.

Everyone headed home after school. But their homework for the weekend was left abandoned in their bags in their bedrooms, along with their dirty school clothes. Instead, they all wore something nice and showy, as they would for a party.

By five, most people were at Cheng's.

"Awesome party!" Ty Lee cheered as she and another girl, Jin, had a race to see who could finish a bottle of Vanilla Coke first. Jin won, but only just.

"Whoa!" Jet clapped as he approached. Katara resisted the urge to role her eyes as he did that stupid get-the-girl act on Jin. She smiled, battered her eyelashes and took what was left of Ty Lee's Coke and tipped it over his head.

"I don't hook up," she informed him, bluntly, before walking away. Ty Lee skipped after her, laughing loudly, just like the rest of the bystanders.

"Nice one, Jin!" several people – mainly girls – yelled. She raised her hand in acceptance to the praise.

Ty Lee skipped off to dance with some boys, Toph and Aang were sipping lemonade at a table, Mai was watching the same group of boys she'd been staring at during lunch. Katara slipped over to her.

"Which one have you got your eyes on?" she asked, trying to sound innocent.

Mai quickly looked away and avoided eye-contact with Katara.

"No one!" she said, too quickly to be telling the truth.

"Liar!" she teased. "You were staring at Haru!"

"And so what if I was?!" she demanded.

Katara crossed her arms in front of her chest and smirked.

"Mai has a crush…" she cooed.

The girl blushed furiously and huffed away, mumbling something about stealing boyfriends and Zuko.

"What was that all about?" Azula's voice brought Katara out of her thoughts.

"Just Mai staring at that boy," she indicated over to the group, "Haru."

"Ooooh!" she nodded in understanding, "maybe she'll get a little lovin'!"

"Maybe."

"Anyway, Katara, Zuko is looking for you!" she nudged her in the ribs.

The girl's face cracked into a smile and she looked around eagerly.

"Where is he?"

"Over by Toph and Aang… he's giving them a bit of space though," Azula pointed.

Katara headed over and wrapped her arms around one of Zuko's.

"Hey there!"

"Hey Bub!" he smiled, kissing her on the forehead. In her peripheral vision, Katara saw several girls glare at her.

"Azula told me you were looking for me."

"That's right," he smiled, "I hadn't seen you at the party yet, and I wanted to buy you a drink."

"Is that so?" she raised an eyebrow. "Now, why on earth would you want to do that?"

"Because I love you!" he smiled.

Katara laid her head on his shoulder and he kissed the top of her head gently.

"Let's get that drink then."

Azula didn't follow Katara back over to Zuko. She didn't want to have to watch her brother going all mushy over a girl. Instead, Azula tagged after Mai, her intention, to interrogate her about Haru.

"How was that boy you were staring at?" she blurted out quickly, a grin spread across her face.

"OH! Not you too!"

"Mai! C'mon, tell me!"

"His name is Haru," she said bluntly.

"Do you like him?"

"Not in the way that you're thinking."

There was one thing that gave away the fact that what Mai was saying was a lie – she was looking away from Azula and she had her shoulders hunched, while she looked at the ground.

"You like him!"

Mai sighed, "Whatever."

"Yay!" Azula flung her arms up into the air and hurried off to find Ty Lee, who, as we all know, will react ten times as over-the-top as Azula just did… especially since she'd just chugged a bottle of Vanilla Coke.

They both came back with huge grins on their faces and laughing.

"Mai and Haru, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" they sung, making close bystanders stare at them.

And much to Mai's horror, Haru looked up and over to them at the sound of his name and started blushing furiously.

As quickly as she could, Mai slipped away. For the next hour or so, she stayed outside on the deck, too embarrassed to go back inside.

Back inside, the party raged on. There was dancing and drinks and laughing and joking. Katara and Zuko disappeared from sight a few times to make out, but no one was going to stop them.

Haru seemed to zone out a few times as he hung with his mates.

"Dude, do you feel all right?" Lee asked in concern.

"Yea, I'm fine," he assured them all, pulling a stray strand of hair behind his green headband. "I'm just gonna step outside for some air."

They nodded and he slipped away.

Haru slipped out onto the deck and sighed, relieved to be free of the cramped atmosphere from inside the bar. As he looked around, he caught sight of the girl from earlier. Mai.

He'd caught her staring at him a few times at school over the past couple of months – in Spanish, and English, which they both had together, and during lunch hour. Several times, he'd seen her watching him out of the corner of his eye, but he never dared to look at her too.

But now that they were alone, he couldn't help moving over to her.

"Hey there," he greeted. It made her jump, but once she realized who it was, she composed her face back to its usual emotionless expression.

"Hey there."

"What was that all about, back there, with your two friends?" he asked, trying to sound casual.

"Oh," she was blushing, and he could see that, but she kept her face straight otherwise, "that was nothing. Just my friends being stupid and immature."

Mai heard him laugh lightly and couldn't stop herself from smiling.

"Isn't that the way most girls act at parties? All on a high and really immature… sorta like boys tend to always be?" he tried to joke.

She only shrugged and he laughed nervously.

"Um… look, Mai, right?" She nodded. "Well, I… was wondering… if… I could get you a drink?" he offered bashfully.

He watched her expression change from blushing nothing, to confusion, then disgust (did she think he was a player now?) and then she looked thoughtful. Mai turned to face him and smiled a very small but elegant smile.

"I'd like that."

Haru let out a held breathe and took her arm to lead her inside, suddenly very confident.

Azula nudged Ty Lee and Ty Lee nudged Katara, who leaned against Zuko to get his attention. They all smiled knowingly as they watched from afar as Haru led Mai over to the bar and ordered a lemon lime and bitters for each of them.

"So, Ty Lee, who are you gonna go after?" Katara asked.

The other girl looked quizzically at her.

"Well, you're the only single lady in our group now! Your turn!"

Ty Lee smiled, "We'll see…" her eyes peered over at Jet, "We'll see."

Zuko bent down and whispered to her, "You don't honestly think she'll go out with tool-boy over there, do you?"

Katara shrugged, "Her choice. Anyway, Ty Lee isn't the type of girl Jet would hit on. Maybe, because she's different from the other girls, he'll act differently around her."

"I guess, and after all, Ty Lee does have her way of changing people."

"Yes, she does," they agreed.

Katara smiled up at Zuko and he kissed her gently.

"Wanna dance?" he offered.

"Sure thing."

Later that night, Katara wrote her letter back to Sokka and Suki.

Hey Suki,

Everything is great here. Everyone is happy and healthy and safe and WE MISS YOU AND SOKKA!

Well, I have some great news! No, Zuko hadn't proposed to me (yet), but Mai got a boyfriend! You remember Haru? Yea, there was a party tonight (Friday) and we all went and he was there, and she's been staring at him for the past little while, and they got together! How great is that?!

Other than that, we still have Toph and Aang under our suspicions.

Not much else happening here.

The city sounds amazing. The view from your apartment, especially at sunset sounds sweet as! Um… but I think you've given me a little too much information on what you and Sokka get up to… yuck, vomit, spew…

Well, let me know if you get pregnant, and tell Sokka to use a condom! Maybe that will stop it from happening… hopefully.

Lot of love to you and Sokka from everyone back here. We can't wait for you to come home (leave Sokka there – he bugs me when he chaperones me and Zuko).

Katara!

Fin

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