I hate Creepy Songs
Toph and Sokka go on a mid-day trip to escape Katara. Tokka, AU
Disclaimer: I suppose you know what goes here, but I don't own Avatar (YET! You mark my words Nickelodeon!) Or Taylor Swift or her songs. The end. Be gone. Actually stay and Read!
TOPH PoV
Now, normally, I wouldn't be listening to country music, let alone Taylor Swift. But when Katara insists that you come over and have a "Girl's Day" with her, there's no backing out, especially since she apparently has no other girl friends.
So here I was, stuck in Katara's bedroom, listening to Taylor Swift's CD. Ugh, Why couldn't I of been deaf instead of blind? I shoved my head into a fuzzy pillow (Sooo Katara.) and tried to drown out the music. Every song seemed to be about boys, and how oblivious they were to Taylor's crush on them.
I so don't need this right now. I really didn't want to think about Sokka. Though the thought that he was in the next room made me grin. At least I know he's suffering too. Maybe we could sneak off and go listen to some real music.
Periodically, I'd raise my head to try and make it seem like I was listening to Katara ramble on about Aang and Zuko. Why can't she just pick one already? Honestly.
I turned my attention away from Katara and to the music. I had some optimistic hopesthat maybe this song would be different from the other six. (What was getting into me? Optimism? Wow, I really was spending way too much time with Katara) The guitar started to play, and then Taylor Swift came in,
I don't think that passenger seat, has ever looked this good to me
He tells me about his night, and I count the colors in his eyes,
Oh no, this is going to be like every other song, "I love him and he has no idea". Is that all the girl did as a high schooler? Love boys from a distance? And then write songs about it? Geez, she needed a life. Still, I decided to give this song a chance. It seemed….different?
He'll never fall in love he swears, as he runs his fingers through his hair,
I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong, and I don't think it ever crossed his mind,
He tells a joke, I fake a smile but I know all his favorite songs,
Before I even knew it, I was silently counting off Sokka's Top Three Favorite Songs.
Whoa Oh, By Forever the Sickest Kids- Number One
Almost- By Bowling for Soup- Number Two
Home-By Daughtry- Number Three
The song proceeded to go to the Chorus.
And I could tell you, --
SOKKA PoV
I couldn't stand it anymore. I put my guitar down and went into Katara's room.
"KATARA! YOU NEED TO TURN THIS OFF. IT'S TOO FRICKIN' LOUD." When she didn't even look up from painting her nails, I marched over to the stereo and unplugged it from the wall.
At this point, now that I could actually hear myself think, I noticed Toph leaning against the bed. She had this weird, creeped out look on her face. I turned to Katara. "Look what you've done. You've mentally scarred Toph."
I glanced over at Toph again. She looked like she was about to snap. I grabbed her hand, to lead her out of the room. "Come on Toph, Let's get you away from here, before you go into shock." I shot another nasty glare at Katara, and looked down at Toph to make sure she was okay. Her face looked flushed, an adorable pinkish. "Katara! Turn on your AC, it's gotta be, like, a 100 degrees in here." As we left Katara's room, a brilliant idea struck me. "Wait right here." I said to Toph, as I quickly dashed back to my room. I put my guitar in its case and went back to Toph, who was standing right where I left her, arms crossed.
As I went to grab her hand, she pulled away. "I can get down stairs by myself." She felt around for the banister and latched on. "Let's go." She said forcefully.
When we reached the bottom of the stairs, I noticed how painfully heavy my guitar really was. I set it down with a loud "Thunk". Toph's ear wiggled at the sudden noise. "What the heck was that??"
Busted. "Eh…nothing."
She wasn't amused. "It was so something. You and I both know it was, so tell me what it is."
"I…fell?" I said, unsure if she would buy it or not.
"Of course you did." She sighed. "So where are we going?"
I smiled and Toph scowled. "Surprise." One simple word shut her up, just like that.
TOPH PoV
I scowled and sighed.
I hated car rides.
I sighed again, louder this time.
"Will you shut up Toph? Geez. You could still be with Katara, you know." That wasn't the reply I was hoping for, but at least he finally acknowledged that I wasn't having a great time.
I turned in Sokka's direction and sighed again.
"You're really depressing, you know that?" He said to me.
"Thank you. I try." I smirked and shifted around, so that I was leaning against the window. "How far away is this "Surprise"?"
"Uhh…" Sokka hesitated. "About two hours."
SOKKA PoV
As soon as I said that, I knew I'd screwed myself over. Toph went from bored to boiling mad. "What!" She shrieked. "I would rather be with Katara now." She turned to face me again. "You know how much I hate car rides. They're boring as hell."
"Ah, come on Toph." What was I suppose to say? I knew that she hated car rides when I started this excursion. I wanted to slap my forehead. What was wrong with me?
"Well…" She replied. "I suppose if you entertain me, this car ride won't be so bad…" She smiled an evil smile, and I shivered.
"What do you want me to do?" I asked hesitantly.
"Tell me about…" She thought. "Tell me about your sophomore year."
I really didn't want to do that. "What-Why?"
She shrugged. "I dunno. I'm a sophomore and I wanna hear what stupid things Sokka the Senior did as Sokka the Sophomore."
"What...like you want me to tell you about the time in biology…with the frogs? Or do you want…more serious stuff, like my first girlfriends?"
She leaned back against the fake leather and just nodded. "Both sounds fine to me."
Now I sighed. Wonderful, I was about to tell Toph about my first (and only) girlfriends. But what I couldn't figure out was why it bothered me so much….
"Well…biology. Basically, me and Zuko were lab partners-"
Toph laughed. "Oh god. Move on. I don't even want to know."
I was happy to see that Toph wasn't mad at me for bringing her anymore. "Well… at the start of 10th grade, this girl, Suki started telling people that she liked me. I was hesitant at first, but we dated for, like 2 months. It never got very serious. And then…there was Yue. Yue was everything I could've asked for in a girl. She was beautiful, and really nice. She was the hesitant one and it made me feel more confident."
Toph's voice was gentle when she asked me, "If you loved her so much, why aren't you still with her?"
"Her hair was white.", was all I could manage to say.
"Soo, there was quite the age difference?" Toph asked, smiling.
"No. She had Crestaniaflexiphonia. It's a rare untreatable diease, where the babies are born with white hair and has organ complications. They usually live to be about 10 but everyone thought Yue was going to be different. She died on our 6 month anniversary."
"Oh my god Sokka. I'm sorry, I'm an awful person. I shouldn't of said what I said…" Toph's voice became shaky.
TOPH PoV
Ohmigod. I'm such a dumbass. What was wrong with? Quite an age difference. I'm such a retard. What was I thinking?
I wasn't expecting him to, but Sokka said one last thing. "At her funeral, I swore I'd never fall in love again. And I haven't dated since."
Well, that makes sense, as depressing it is for me to say it, but it does make sense. Wait….He swore he'd never fall in love? Where did I hear that today….No Way. It was in that Taylor Swift song….the one I actually listened to.
I hate creepy songs.
SOKKA PoV
I looked over at Toph. She'd fallen asleep. Maybe I could get away with listening to some Country music. I knew Toph hated it, but it was my guilty pleasure. I switched on the radio. A voice, which probably belonged to a large black man, deep and raspy, came pouring into the car. "And coming up next, Taylor Swift's latest single, I'd lie." I sighed. (Man, Toph was really getting to me.) More Taylor Swift? Like I didn't get enough of that at home. As the song started I went to change the station. I grasped the dial, and….left it alone. The tune was already very catchy. I put my right hand back on the wheel and analyzed the words.
Passenger seat…. Count the colors in his eyes. Ugh, did I mention that I hate drippy, girly songs as much as Toph? ….He'll never fall in love he swears…Whoa whoa whoa. Rewind. Didn't I just say that 20 minutes ago? Weird. As the pace of the song quicken, I noticed Toph fidget a little in her seat.
As the chorus came through the speakers, the only thing I could think was
I hate Creepy Songs.
The Chorus:
And I could tell you, His favorite color's green, he loves to argue, born on the seventeenth, his sisters beautiful, he has his father's eyes, and if you--
TOPH PoV
I was never asleep, but apparently Sokka thought I was. He had turned on country music. What was wrong with the world? I thought we both agreed that we hated country…Sokka was so confusing. I recognized the song as the one I'd heard in Katara's bedroom, and yes, I still thought It was creepy and I figured Sokka thought it was too, but not for the same reasons as me. It described how I felt about Sokka to a T, right down to, "And if you asked me if I love him, I'd lie.", but he probably thought it was creepy because it basically described him. He loves green and he's on the debate team. His birthday's February 17th and he looks like his dad. And come on, everything about Katara radiated "beautiful" as Aang and Zuko both constantly reminded the lunch table.
SOKKA PoV
I reached over and turned the radio off. I had a strange sense that Toph was awake, and frankly, the song was also weirding me out. The chorus described every basic aspect about me. But the one thing I couldn't figure out was, was there really someone who knew all those things about me? Who was it? I glanced over at Toph, and shrugged. I really had no idea.
A/N: I originally thought this was going to be a one-shot but it's probably going to end up having 3 or 4 chapters. I have to admit that when I first heard I'd lie, I was as creeped out as these two. Sokka loves to argue, bought a green bag in book 2, Katara's pretty, He does have his father's eyes…and we all know that if anyone asked, Toph would Deny, Deny, Deny. BTW, I love Taylor Swift almost as much as Avatar, so nothing against her. And also BTW, I totally made up Yue's diease.