Ty Lee decides on a surprise

After picking out a futon we headed out to the grocery store, stocks at home had gotten a touch too low and since Ty Lee was now with us we would need a little bit more to keep up. The fiasco wasn't worth too much mention...however when we passed through the candy isle it took me quite a long time to pry BOTH of them from there. After surviving the mall and the grocery store we headed home, Ty Lee enthusiastically questioning about what was new in the future while Mai and myself would try our best to answer her questions.

When we got home though is when things went very...oddly. First off, once we got all of the purchases inside Ty Lee grabbed Mai's wrist and demanded she come along, not giving Mai much of a choice as she took her futon and the few bits of clothing we had bought for her to compliment whatever Mai could loan her. While a little curious as to what she was up to I shrugged off the occurrence and went about putting things away...I was going to pay for buying them Twizlers, I just knew it.

I succeeded in putting everything away with minimal effort but found that I was still quite alone, neither of the girls making an appearance since they had disappeared upstairs. Naturally this got me thinking, wondering what the twou could possibly be doing up there. I was just about to ascend the staircase when Ty Lee came running down, a bright grin on her face as she flipped and bounced until she was nearly nose to nose with me. "Um...hi," I said, a little bit surprised at Ty Lee's surprised entrance. Instead of responding the energetic girl grabbed my wrist, pulling me along in a similar way that she had Mai, with me trying my best not to tumble and land face first into the wooden floor.

In a flash we were in front of my main bedroom door, Ty Lee turning to me with an excited bounce in her step...well an even bigger one, "Hey John, I gotta question!" "O...kay," I said, gently retrieving my wrist from her grasp, "What is it?" "You were a servant of the royal palace right?" Ty Lee asked, my eyebrow raising at her curious tone but deciding to play along anyway, "yes...and?" Ty Lee giggled, "Mai's family and Zuko's family were the ones who used you the most right?" Again I nodded, a bit curious as to where this was all going, "That's right..."

Ty Lee grinned and hopped backward, pressing her back to the door as her fingers toyed with the knob, "Well...what if you were the one using Mai as a servant?" I blinked several times in intense confusion, "What are yo-" Before I could respond Ty Lee swung open the door behind her, revealing Mai kneeling on the bed, a bright crimson blush on her face, and clothed in something that made my eyes nearly pop out of my head...