BOOM! The thunder crackled loudly as lightning flashed across the charcoal-gray sky.

Katara went to بستر early. But she didn't hear Aang's feet padding down the hallway to his room.

Wait a minute. Katara was sure she saw something in that last flash of lightning...and it sort of looked like...

"Aang?" Katara asked. "What on Earth are آپ doing here...and why are آپ shaking like a leaf?"

"I'm...afraid of storms," Aang confessed.

"Aang!" Katara cried. "Why didn't آپ tell me...or anyone else for that matter? آپ know that we're always here."

"That's exactly it!" Aang said. "I didn't want anyone else to know."

Katara wrapped a blanket around his shoulders.

"Am I being...childish?" Aang asked.

"No, Aang," Katara said. "Of course not."

And with that, they shared a warm hug.

"Thank you, Katara," Aang said.

"Anytime, Aang," Katara answered.

Thay shared a fiery, breathtaking kiss.

Just as Aang was about to leave the room, Katara said, "Wait, Aang."

Aang spun around. "Yes?"

"Please...lay with me," Katara said.

"Are آپ sure you're comfortable with that, Katara?" Aang asked.

"Yeah, I'm comfortable," Katara said. "It's just you."

With that, Aang crawled into bed, and he and Katara shared the deepest, most passionate kiss ever. They went to sleep, each dreaming about the other, not caring what Sokka would say. All they had on their minds was each other.