My blush grows deeper as people gather. I've never really been the "performing" type. But I just lock my amber gaze with Nathan's crisp blue's, forgetting the world.
The music plays faster, and we dance faster, when it ends, our hands are clasped together, our faces right up to each other. I don't try to move away.
The only thing that brothers me is my height. I'm not tiny but my relatively small stature and Nathan's tall one makes me stand around where his chin is.
Perfect. I do something that I might regret for a lifetime. I grab his shirt in my fist and very slightly have to go on my tiptoes. Leaning in, our lips connect.
At first, Nathan is shocked. No, absolutely petrified. I begin to pull away with overwhelming disappointment and humiliation, but he holds my head in both hands, kissing me back.
Wait, what?! If he likes me this much, why the hell hasn't he said anything?!
Doesn't matter. I've never felt this way so strongly before. And I didn't realize I did until I bucked up and actually did that I've been wanting to do for weeks.
When our lips part, some people still stare. Crap. Yeah, probably not the smartest thing.
I smile and laugh a little and smile as Nathan tugs me to the chocolate fountain. The last time I had chocolate was when I was 6 or 7. After my mother disappeared, my dad made my life as miserable as he could. Which, of course, means no chocolate.
I gingerly take a strawberry on a stick from the table and put it under the fountain. Nathan does as well, but at some point I'm convinced he's going to drink the whole thing.
The boy I danced with earlier still watches, making me very uneasy. I would leave, but I wouldn't want to ruin the fun for Nathan. After the war officially starts, all hell will break loose. And somehow I'm supposed to stop it. Anxiety pierces my stomach, making me almost shaky.
I can't win a war! What am I thinking?!
"What's wrong, Rose?" Nathan asks, eyeing me worriedly. I wasn't trying to hide the terror that I hopelessly felt.
"Nothing," I say, putting on a brave smile. He seems to want to push more, but doesn't.
Homesickness floods through me now. If I wasn't banished, I would be living my normal life. It was boring, but better than everyone relying on you to defeat the entire Fire Nation. I would be in my dusty apartment, eating bread for every meal because our city as poor, meaning I couldn't afford much.
You wouldn't have met Nathan.
True, but he would be safe in the Fire Nation if I hadn't.
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Avatar Rose: Dawn
FanfictionRose, a 16 year old girl who happens to be the avatar, is banished from the Earth Empire once they found out her identity. Of course, this is because the next avatar was meant to come from the Fire Nation, where a plot to take over the world is br...
