A/N: Another almost real life experience. Me and the green lady are friends now but boy did she confuse me the first time I went in there. Enjoy! Very very AU: canon Z&K in the modern, real world.

It was all Sokka's fault really that Zuko and Katara were more than a little confused at the moment. They were trying this place out at his suggestion. He had raved about this place. Going on and on about how amazing it was and how delicious it's fare.

It looked like a really popular place since there were quite a few people there. They walked in and sat at one of the tables. After a few minutes they realized that they had to get in line to order because they had no servers. Zuko bristled at this and murmured to Katara that it was unseemly for the fire lord to stand in line. Katara reminded him that none of these people knew him or cared about his status.

Their next moment of bafflement was when they looked at the menu. It was supposedly a coffee shop but very few things on the menu were called coffee. There were things called espressos, cappuccinos and Frappuccinos.

Katara and Zuko looked at each other in confusion. Neither one of them knew what any of this was. What in the world were they going to do? Katara came up with the idea that they should listen to the other people order and that would give them some clues. Zuko beamed at his wife and agreed.

The first order they heard left them speechless. The man, wearing what looked like torn pants, ordered a 'Venti Caramel macchiato with a double espresso shot to go'. Zuko asked Katara if she'd heard the same thing he had. At her dazed nod, he felt a little bit better. The ladies at behind the counter, however, did not seem fazed at all. Fascinated, he watched the girls behind the counter deal with loud machines and then add a few different things to the drink before presenting it to the man.

Zuko realized that in watching the process of the drink being made, he had completely missed the order of the woman standing behind the man. He groaned in frustration and asked Katara if she'd paid attention to what the lady had ordered. She told him that the lady in question had ordered something called 'Dopplo espresso con panna for here'. They watched as the woman got a steaming cup and sat down at a nearby table.

They decided to wait for another person to order and soon enough another lady came in to order. She had quite a few drinks to order. While they didn't hear all of the order, they managed to catch 'grande cappucchino' and 'tall vanilla latte'.

They discussed their order and concluded that being that espresso was the first item on the menu; it was most likely to be this 'coffee' thing. With no small amount of trepidation Zuko walked up to the counter and placed his order. He had a moment of panic when the girl asked him if he wanted solo or dopplo. His look must have tipped the girl taking his order to the fact that he was a newcomer and asked him if he wanted a small or medium cup. Smiling in relief, Zuko confirmed that a small cup would suffice.

When he brought the steaming hot cup to the table, Katara was clearly apprehensive. They both looked at the cup like they expected it to jump up and bite them. Katara asked Zuko to take the first sip since he was the firebender and the liquid in the cup looked scalding.

Zuko took a sip and as soon as it hit his mouth, his eyes went wide. It was his years of being in court that had him swallowing the sip. Katara was not at all encouraged by his reaction but she had promised to take a sip and with a pounding heart, she did…

It was very long time before either of them forgave Sokka.