Author's Note: I'm hoping I'm not alone in saying that I'm SUPER sad "Avatar" is done. I watched all the new episodes, and "Sozin's Comet" made me both happy and sad. I really could not have asked for a better ending, though. I thought it was pretty great.

BUT.

Like all authors, it gave me ideas. And ideas turned into teeny tiny fics. And I figured if I wrote out these teeny tiny fics and posted them here, I could turn it into a little series.

So here is the first of an unknown number of one-shots! Each of these will be from a character's perspective, and they will be mostly my favorite characters.

This here is Toph. I love her, and I want to say now that this idea is purely based upon the one little scene where she clings to Zuko's arm. The rest is from my ridiculously large imagination.

Enjoy, and please review! Thanks!

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I know I shouldn't be thinking like this. It's weird, and probably frowned upon. And there's no way he feels the same.

But I can't help it.

I can't help listening for him to move, or speak, or breathe. I can't help picturing what he looks like in my mind. (Handsome, of course – even with the scar.) And I can't help getting excited whenever he's around.

First of all, I like to feel his footsteps. They're heavier than Twinkle-Toes' but not quite as sloppy as Sokka's. Sometimes he walks like a freaking ninja and I can barely feel him coming before I hear him beside me. That usually gives me a good scare.

I also like his voice. It's deeper and scratchier than all of the other guys in our group, but I think that's why I like it. It makes him sound mature, like he's been through stuff. (Which I know he has.) I don't know. It's hard to explain.

And when he talks to me – just to me – I get this weird feeling in my stomach, like I ate something alive and it's trying to get out, but in a good way. And it's times like that when I wish I could see.

I mean, is it too much to ask to see him once, with my own two eyes? I want to see the body that I can feel when he lays down to sleep at night. I want to see his eyes, and more than anything I want to see the scar…

I've never felt like this before. It's all really strange to me. I feel like a wimpy little girl with a crush, which I'm almost positive I am. I'd take it up with Katara but I'm not sure she'd understand. After all, she hated him until he took her on that little field-trip.

And now I'm wondering if it's bad for me to enjoy feeling his strong, easy strides. Or the even breaths he takes when he's sleeping, which I can feel from across the fire. I mean, is that normal? Do normal girls with crushes fixate on tiny things like that, or do they usually just fixate on looks? Because god knows I can't do that.

Sometimes I convince myself that's it's not that serious, that it's just normal for girls to be like that around him. I mean, he's a prince, you know? Think of all those fairytales with "Prince Charming" or whatever.

But then he sneaks up behind me in that annoying ninja-way he has and scares the crap out of me, and my heart starts to beat like no tomorrow. Then my face gets hot. Is that normal?

So yeah. Laugh it up, why don't you? Tough girl Toph likes the freaking heir to the throne of the Fire Nation. I know it's funny, and hopeless, and I'll probably grow out of it.

But for now, I really, really, can't help it.

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Yep, that's it! Short, neh? Oh, well. Please leave some love!