The Best Romances

Deserve Second Chances

Prologue

"Hell and Hell"

Dedicated to D0omkitty.

The war was won. Peace flooded the world, and the global rebuilding began. With the Avatar's help, the healing process was hastened, and all was well. The team that saved the world split up and were appointed 'Peace Enforcers' around the world. Katara for the Water Tribes. Sokka for the now reappearing Air Nomads. Suki for the Earth Kingdom. Toph for the Fire Nation, as per request. Aang was the Avatar, and his duty was to the whole world. Katara and Aang were still seeing each other, as well as Suki and Sokka. Individually, the team had matured past their years, and were highly respected leaders. It is now one year to this day that the war was won, and Aang and Katara decided to throw an anniversary reunion in the Earth Kingdom to celebrate the war's ending. The invitations were mailed out, and everyone agreed to make an appearance.

The party was held in a field outside the small village of Fulu, which was just outside the major city, Ba Sing Se. Aang picked up Katara with Appa, and they arrived early to put up decorations. The decorations ranged from banners, tables, Aang bended a fire pit, and Katara used the water from a small brook to cut the grass to a respectable length. The party was scheduled to start late that night, and people that helped during the war were starting to arrive by late afternoon. Suki was the first to show up with her Kyoshi Warriors, and it seemed like the Warriors had allowed to let men join the fighting troupe. One man looked especially fond of Suki, and he was introduced as Ri. Toph arrived by earth bending, as she was now the most powerful earth bender in the world, and Aang, who was the second best, was no where near to Toph's ability. Sokka finally showed his face as the sun gave way to a full moon. He had brought some of the air benders, and with their help, he used a glider to fly to the party. Aang was eager to meet the new air benders, as he was happy to see the return of his people. Fire Lord Zuko and his Fire Lady, Mai, were unable to leave the Fire Nation Palace, they were on their honeymoon.

Sokka's first goal was to find Suki, which he did with little effort. Suki didn't seem to happy to see the man, and pulled him aside.

"Sokka, I'm glad you are here." Suki said as she pulled him close to the woods.

"I'm glad you are here too, I haven't seen you in forever."

"I need to tell you something. I need to get this off my chest."

"Anything, what is it?"

"I'm seeing someone else..."

Sokka was flabbergasted, he couldn't believe that Suki would cheat on him. He started to open his mouth, but Suki cut him short.

"I couldn't stay away from you for that long, and not get lonely...I found Ri, and we kicked off. I moved on, we can't be half way around the world and not expect us to stay together. I suggest you do the same thing. I'm sorry, Sokka." Suki leaned on to kiss his cheek, and Sokka backed off at the last second. Suki stumbled forward, losing her balance. Sokka caught her at the last moment, and he put her back on her feet.

"I may be pissed off at you, but I still care for you. I always will care for you Suki..."

"Sokka, stop. You are only going to make this harder."

"But!"

"Ssshhh." Suki placed her hand over Sokka's mouth to silence him, "I still care for you too, but this is the way things are."

"Mmmphhhh."

"What?" and Suki removed her hand from his mouth.

"All right."

The two of them went back to the party, and Sokka's mind was racing. He wanted to find Ri, and give him a piece of his mind. He followed Suki's treacherous laugh, and saw a man tickling her on the underside of her chin.

"Excuse me Suki, but may I borrow your boyfriend?"

"Yes Sokka." Suki, saw this coming and had told Ri about their past before coming to the reunion.

Sokka and Ri walked off to talk in private, and Sokka took this time to size up Ri. He was at least six foot three inches and weighed about one hundred seventy pounds. Sokka could tell he was an earth bender, from the muscle that was on his arms and on his chest, which his open vest barely clothed. Sokka, who was now a six foot four inches and one hundred sixty pounds, and had finished his training with Piandao after the war, was now considered to be the best sword master in the world. Although, he didn't find his Space Sword, he forged a new sword out of a blue tinted steel, and named the sword, The Wolf's Tail. Sokka knew that he could take Ri anyday, anytime, and anywhere.

"Look Ri."

"Sokka, I know all about you and Suki."

"You do?"

"Yeah, Suki told me. I'm sorry that I had to come in between you and her."

"If you hurt her..."

"I would never hurt Suki, nor touch her. I want to wait till we get married for that."

"Good because if you do hurt her, I will skin you alive, and then kill you."

"Cross my heart and swear to die, stick a needle in my eye."

Sokka could tell that Ri was a good guy, and that he truly was saddened that he split up Sokka and Suki. Ri bowed to Sokka, and he returned to the party. Sokka skulked back to the party, not wanting to be there.

The party was an overall success. Literally everyone who helped the Avatar win the war was there. Teo, the Swamp Tribe, the Earth Rumble combatants, the Earth King and Bosco made a special appearance, Bumi, and Hakoda. The party had music from all of the different nation's, and it ended with fireworks. Sokka was still distraught and he felt that he needed a break from being a 'Peace Enforcer.' He asked the lead air bender for her permission to take a vacation, and she happily granted him the luxury. Sokka went to the one place where he actually felt that he had a real vacation during the war, Ember Island. He wrote Zuko a letter saying that he would be staying in his beach house, which Zuko gladly handed over to him for as long as he needed. Zuko had heard the news of Sokka's break-up with Suki, as Toph was always talking about it after the reunion. During the reunion, Toph could only focus on Sokka and had followed him during the party. She over heard the conversation between him and Suki. Toph didn't know what happened to Sokka after the party, but she returned to her 'Peace Enforcing.'

Sokka has been down in the dumps for the past week, but he maintained his workout schedule and sword training. He was in the best spot to lounge around and do nothing, but he was still upset about Suki. He decided to go down the beach, and build up some self-confidence. At first he wasn't sure if his plan would work, but when he saw the first group of girls oogle at his body, he knew he was doing the right thing. He walked along the beach until he saw a sand volleyball game going on, and he asked if he could join. The small game was attracting some observers, and when Sokka joined, the majority of the crowd was women. The game was long and hard-fought, with Sokka's team prevailing. The winning serve was being contested by the other team, and the two teams got into a kerfuffle. Sokka was the server who scored the winning point, and he was under the brunt of the argument. The kerfuffle exploded into an all out brawl, with Sokka knocking out the entire opposing team. The crowd grew during the escapade and were cheering for Sokka after his victory. With the fight and the game over the crowd dispersed and again, Sokka was left alone, except for the couple of beach girls that clung to his arms. Sokka continued to walk down the beach, and was still being looked at by the girls and now some men on the beach. He kept walking until he saw a small girl, laying on a beach towel, sun bathing. The girl looked eerily familiar, and as he approached the girl he recognized it to be none other than Toph.

"Hello, Snoozles. What fancies you to be here?" Toph asked, she could feel the boy approach her, as she had been working her sand bending.

"Vacation. Why are you here?"

"One, I live here, and two, I'm relaxing. So could you move, you're blocking my sun." and Toph shooed Sokka away with her hand. Sokka was to stupid to take the hint, and he did away with his followers, and joined Toph by laying down next to her.

"I thought I asked you to leave?" Toph asked Sokka.

"You said to move out of your sun, and I moved."

"Great, but I meant to move far away from me."

"Shouldn't you be 'Peace Enforcing'?" Sokka asked.

"Shouldn't you be too?"

"I have a reason not to be."

"Oh, yeah! What could that be?"

"Suki cheated on me..."

Toph already knew this, but it was like she was being told for the very first time. She instantly regretted yelling at the young man, and she wanted to care for Sokka. She wanted to hold him, to tell him that it was all going to be okay, and that she was there for him. Sokka took Toph's silence to look over the young girl, he didn't remember seeing her at the reunion. For only one year, Toph had physically matured at a rapid rate. She was three inches taller, and had the signs of curves developing throughout her body. She had her hair down, which was past her shoulders, and her tan was a healthy bronze. The bikini that she wore didn't help Sokka to take his eyes off of her, as it revealed her flat stomach, legs, and shoulders.

"I'm sorry about Suki."

"Don't be. It's her fault."

"Is there anything I could do to help?"

"I didn't get to catch up with you at the reunion. What's new?"

"Zuko is Fire Lord, and Mai is his wife. Zuko is trying to establish peace within the Fire Nation, with my help."

"And how is tanning on the beach helping?"

"Well, Meat Head, it isn't helping him. I'm on break too."

"What happened to you that made you go on break."

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Well, I'm here when you want to."

Sokka was happy to be next to Toph, and he drifted asleep on the beach. When he awoke he was still on the beach, with Toph no where to be found. Sokka's front was sunburned and he ached all over. He walked back to the Fire Lord's beach house that he was renting out, and when he entered he heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen. Sokka assumed the worst and grabbed a nearby umbrella and held it out like a sword. He tip-toed to the kitchen door, and peeked through the open door way. He was shocked senseless. He saw Toph in the kitchen trying to prepare some type of food.

"Toph?"

Toph jumped at the sound of his voice.

"Toph, it's just me, Sokka."

"I know who you are!"

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to make you feel better."

"How?"

"By making you dinner..."

"You don't have to do that, Toph."

"I want to. So are you going to stand there all night, or are you going to help me?"

"Oh, yeah sure."

Sokka stepped into the kitchen and Toph told him what she needed. He got her a wok, turned on the stove, noodles, spices, some meat, and cooking utensils. Sokka stood behind her, guiding her throughout the kitchen. He had his hands on top of her hands, so that he could guide her to what ever she needed. Sokka couldn't see Toph blushing as he maintained contact with her body. What Toph made for Sokka was a simple noodle stir fry. Sokka showed Toph to the table, and they ate the dinner in silence. Sokka thought it was one of the best meals he had in a long time, and he never knew Toph could cook so well. After dinner, Sokka invited Toph to stay in the resort with him, as he was lonely during his stay. She gladly accepted the request, and tried to hide another blush that crept onto her face. They sat together on a couch in the living room that was being warmed by a fire. Sokka had his arm around Toph's shoulders and they sat in a comfortable silence. They were both smiling as they both missed their friendship they once shared.

"Where did you learn how to cook like that?" Sokka asked.

"I always could cook, Poppy tried to teach me before I left."

"So you don't call her 'mom' anymore?"

"She's the reason I'm on vacation..."

"Is she trying to teach you how to cook again?"

"No, she...died."

"What!"

"Heart attack, from stress."

"Toph. I didn't know."

"Only Zuko knows outside of my family."

"When was her funeral?"

"It was yesterday."

Sokka was deeply distraught at the news of Toph's mother passing. All he could do was to console the young girl, and he pulled her into a tight hug. Toph started to sniffle into Sokka's shoulder, and Sokka rubbed her back to let her know that he was there.

"The problem is that I never told her 'Good bye.'." Toph sniffled out.

"I'm so sorry Toph."

"I never told her that I loved her before I left. I miss her so much, Sokka."

"I never told my mom 'Good bye' either."

"You didn't?" Toph raised her head to where she thought Sokka's face was, and Sokka tilted her head more to the right correcting her miscalculation, and receiving a blush from the poor girl.

"No, I didn't have time to."

"Well, I'm not going to wait, or hide my feelings anymore, for anyone. If I do, it will break my heart again."

"When do you want to start?"

"...Now..."

Sokka finally realized on how close he and Toph were. Toph was practically sitting on his lap, and had both hands on his chest, while his were completely snaked around her back. She balanced her knees on his thighs to help her face be more even with Sokka's. Though she was blind, she still closed her useless eyes, and leaned into were Sokka's lips were. Sokka again had to help the poor girl adjust her aim by putting on of his hands on the back of her head, angling it downwards. Sokka closed the distance between her lips and his, and they stayed that way for moments, but time seemed to stand still. Time froze to pay homage to the kiss, as if time didn't want the kiss to end.

To be continued.

FYI ages...

Sokka 17

Toph 15. She just had her birthday, Sokka's is on the way!

Really Peace Enforcers? I'm so lame.. *looks down in shame*I do plan on adding more chapters to this. so watch out.

EDIT: I proofread, and fixed most of the spelling and grammar mistakes.

A lot of little things in this chapter. Also I added some more sentences to it, making more things clearer. Point out anymore mistakes to me please!

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