The Necklace
“Katara wait up!”
Turning, Katara saw Aang jogging towards her and he was closing in quickly.
She smirked,
“Never!”
Katara picked up her skirt and began to run as fast as she could. Most of her speed came from her unusually long legs. But Aang would catch up with her because he was agile and very quick by nature. She stopped to catch her breathe, there is no way she can keep this up, Aang could run for miles without breaking a sweat but Katara, she couldn't run for more then a 1/4 of mile before she collapsed heaving. Running wasn't Katara’s strength, water bending was. She smiled. Just as Aang approached the peak of a small hill, Katara froze the ground underneath him, sending Aang sliding backwards down the hill.
“Haha, you will never catch me!” Katara shouted.
Aang frowned, then gave a devilish grin, he did a front walk over and jumped. Flying high in the air for several seconds, he landed behind her. Before Katara could react, Aang grabbed her wrists and planted a kiss on her forehead.
“Ewww, keep your oogies to yourself,” someone whined.
Katara and Aang looked up, Sokka was heading towards them with Suki trailing behind.
“Really Sokka, you and Suki do the ehm, constantly.” Katara spit.
Sokka’s face turned pink.
“And to make matters more interesting Sokka…”Aang trailed off.
He approached Sokka and stood next to him. Katara and Suki gasped.
“I am now taller than you.” Aang teased.
Sokka’s face changed from pink to fire engine red.
“You aren’t even married to Katara yet, so keep your hands off her until your wedding!”
Aang’s mischievous smile turned upside down, expressing his irritation.
“What about you Sokka, you couldn't keep your hands off Suki for one second during the war, Toph complained constantly, I could even hear you from…”
Sokka tackled Aang, trying to cover Aang’s mouth from saying another word.
“Come on,” Suki whispered, “let them steam off.”
Katara frowned, Sokka was right, why didn’t Aang ask her yet, he could have done that two years ago.
As if Suki read Katara’s mind, she said, “Katara, I am sure Aang is waiting for the right moment to ask you, all these meetings are keeping him busy and you too. Why would he ask you when both of you are constantly tired, I am sure he is going to ask soon.”
Katara sighed, “I hope you are right Suki, I hope so so dearly.”
The girls started walking towards the court house for the meeting that would in fact start in 20 minutes. Aang and Sokka were too busy kicking and punching(Aang mostly evading) each other to notice that the reason of their fight just left.
“Wait,” Aang exclaimed.
“Sokka, before we continue our little blitzkrieg, I wanted to show you something!”
Sokka seethed, “No show, must beat you up!”
Aang grabbed Sokka’s hands and looked him in the eye.
“I have a betrothal necklace for Katara,” Aang hissed.
Sokka’s eyes widened.
“Really? Show!”
Aang retrieved a shiny necklace from his robes.
Sokka’s mouth dropped, It was a design he never saw before and it was beautiful. The necklace had a waxing crescent moon, with a few waves of water and behind the moon, an Air Nomad sign was carved into the white stone. It only emphasized the
moon design.
“Is it beautiful? I made it myself.”
“Aang, when are you going to drop the question?” Sokka demanded.
“Uhhh, When Katara is not tired, I don’t want to overwhelm her.” Aang said.
Sokka cocked an eyebrow, “Did you ask my da…”
“Yes I have, he said that he completely supports this marriage and that I was the right person for her.” Aang smiled to himself.
Sokka looked up and chocked,
“We got to go Aang, we will be late for the meeting.”
Sokka dragged daydreaming Aang towards the court house.
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