Today would be known as an exciting,yet sad day. Today, May 8th, would be Jet's 20th birthday, almost four years since he had passed away from his fatal injuries. On his birthday, they would celebrate him and remember the memories of him, knowing he is watching them along with the other spirits. Team Avatar and their fellow friends all come to celebrate at Ba Sing Se at Iroh's Tea Shop for the day. Once the sun is gone, lanterns are lifted into the sky, rainbows of colors surrounding the stars. But that wouldn't be held til a couple of hours.

Down at the empty corner of the tea shop was a lonely Toph, who sits with her faded jade eyes staring into the nothing, letting her feet feel the vibrations so she could 'see.' She felt lonely, everyone had someone by their side who loved them more than a friend. Even Haru managed to get together with Ty Lee, who was always showing off her flexible body. Zuko and Mai were on and off but they always manage to find a way back to each other thanks to Aang and Katara, who were closer than before. She listens to the whispers and the footsteps, but none of the words or steps were for her. Then her ears perk up and soon everyone goes silent.

"Suki! Not everything has to be about you!"

"I never said that, Sokka. I just wanted to know why you care for Toph so much."

Toph could feel Sokka's uneven footsteps move closer to Suki's figure. "One, it's none of your business. And Two, she's my closest friend. Third, you're my girlfriend, which means I love you differently from everyone else."

"It doesn't seem like it," Suki mutters.

Toph could practically feel Sokka shaking in anger, "And what does that suppose to mean."

"What I mean," Suki started, "is that I always hear Toph's name coming from your mouth when you speak about meeting her again or when 'Team Avatar' should all meet up more often. And every time you talk about your adventures, her name comes out of more than half of your sentences. I never hear my name from your mouth."

"I told you not everything has to be evolved around you. I have friends and Toph is my closest."

"Are you sure it's something more than that. Are you both doing something I don't know about. Are you planning on meeting her for a kissing session tonight?"

"Enough!" Sokka shouts, cutting Suki off. Suki jumps and puts her hands on her hips. Sokka's brown cheeks turn red as his blood boils, "Suki, I'm done. If you can't accept that I talk about Toph, then we're going to have to break up."

"But-"

"If you can't accept that Toph and I have too many stories to tell, then that's too bad. Come talk to me when you calm down. Until then, we aren't together."

Toph can hear Sokka's clumsy footsteps walk away until his vibrations at faded. The jade green eyes tat belong to Toph lowers as she feels all sets of eyes on her, one pair shooting knives at her mentally. Toph, not wanting to be the center of attention, walked out of the room and to her guest house that she shared with the girls. She stands in the middle of her room she shares with Katara and Ty Lee and feels her eyes pricking. She knew she was Sokka's best friend and the best Earthbender in the world, but she knew she wasn't that big of a deal. After a day or so, she is out of everyone's thoughts because there is something much more better than she. Work is much more important than she is, or at least that's what her parents think.

Toph never felt so lonely. Everyone had someone to love or someone to care for. No one thought of her once, or at least until now. She knows she's not as pretty as Katara or Ty Lee and not as smart as Mai and Suki but she thought being tough made her unique and special. She didn't have the perfect body like all the other girls. At 16, she stood at a short 5'3 and grew curves, small ones, but curves none the less. Her curves aren't too small where you wouldn't know where it is, but it's decent enough to know they're there. She didn't hold her hair into her original style but instead holds it into a tight ponytail and wears it down in waves for special occasions like tonight, except there was no one to celebrate it with.

Feeling a stabbing pain at her chest and tears trying to push away from her eyes, she rubs at her moon rock bracelet Sokka gave her, something she did when she was thinking, nervous, or sad. She was sad at the moment; she felt guilty. Guilty that she had split up a wonderful couple without even knowing it has happened and that ripped her apart. The dam holding her tears inside had broken and she had exploded into tears and her sobs echoed in the empty house, loud enough to catch someone's attention outside and she didn't care.

She couldn't stop the guilt eating her up inside.

It's a stupid start, but I promise it will get better. Please review and I'll Post the next chapter. IF I get 1 or more review, I will update the new chapter.