Story: Day by Day
Chapter 1: Beginnings
Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Pairings: Kataang/Tokka
Summary: Sokka's first day of his junior year is not going as planned. But what if the new girl makes it all worth while?
A/N: This is an AU fic, based on present US schools :) As for ages:
Aang: 13 (freshman)
Toph: 13 (junior)
Katara: 15 (sophomore)
Sokka: 16 (junior)
And you probably can figure out the rest of the cast. Yes, Toph is a junior, but you will see why later. Enjoy:)

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It was early; too early for Sokka.

The morning was crisp and refreshing compared to the hot basking sun he had been waking up to for the past couple of weeks. The sun peaked through the blinds of his window next to his bed. The alarm clock beeped simultaneously with Aang's cell phone, which was going off from his nightstand. Their door slammed open, causing Aang to jump up suddenly.

"Wake up you two! We need to leave in twenty minutes, and I refuse to be late for the first day of school!" Sokka heard his sister Katara scowl. She walked over and threw Sokka and Aang's comforters to the floor. Aang mumbled something, and slowly got up.

He rubbed his eyes and said, "I call shower." Sokka cussed under his breath and slowly got up, hoping to find some sort of edible food in the kitchen.

He poured himself a bowl of cereal as Katara opened the envelope containing her schedule. Having a natural curiosity, he walked slowly behind his sister to observe her new professors. "Oh man," she sighed.

"What?" Sokka asked. He sat down next to his sister, and started chowing down on his Corn Flakes. But Katara ignored him, and continued reading her schedule, most likely memorizing her class room numbers. He peered over her shoulder, and saw what she was looking at. "Aw man, you have Pakku? That sucks beyond all belief sis."

Her frown deepened as she looked at the next teacher, "And Zhao? Could my schedule be any worse?"

Sokka stifled a laugh as he opened his own envelope and scanned his junior year schedule. "Yeah: you could have Iroh."

"What?" Katara raised her eyebrow, "Seriously, what are you talking about? He is the nicest teacher…"

"…that puts everyone to sleep." Sokka added with a big sigh. Katara just rolled her eyes and stood up.

"I'm going to go do my hair. You better be ready soon, because I'd hate to be late because you weren't done fixing your hair."

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So far, Sokka's day wasn't going as he had planned. Someone had taken his usual parking space. Then, the bell had rung right as the three set foot on the campus of Ozai High. Katara, as usual, blamed Sokka for the unfortunate event, and stormed off to her first class. Aang, being a freshman, pulled out a map of the school, and scanned it for his classroom. "Do you need help frosh?" Sokka teased.

Aang glared at the older boy, "I'm good, thanks. See you at lunch." Sokka waved and he too went off to navigate his first hour class, Language Arts.

Not wanting to be any later than he was, he jogged building after building, looking for the room. "After two years of going to this school, you'd think I'd know where this stupid room was." Sokka said and laughed to himself.

He entered the class, and looking at his watch, he calculated that he was two minutes late. Sensei Roku looked at Sokka and stopped his introduction speech. "Welcome. Take a seat quickly."

Sokka nodded and looked out at the class, looking embarrassed. The class was almost completely full, except for one seat in the back corner. He walked quickly to the vacant seat and sat down; hoping everyone in the class would stop staring at him.

"As I was saying," Roku continued, "This class is not going to be one that you can slack off. We will read literature that will challenge your mind, and we will write essays and stories that will cause you to think beyond the box. Now you will each receive this text book…"

And that's when Sokka stopped caring. He hated reading, especially out of boring text books. His eyes drifted to the girl next to him. She was petite, but she had a tough appearance. Her hair was pulled back into a tight bun, and her clothes hung loosely around her tiny body. Black bangs hid her pale green eyes. Sokka was very confused. This girl didn't seem very old at all, and she defiantly did not look like a junior. She also didn't seem to be looking at anything, but almost in another world. Could she see at all? He wondered.

"Enjoying the view?" she whispered to him.

Sokka gasped. He sat up straighter and looked forward. He quickly looked to the right of him; curious to if the girl was looking at him. But she was still staring out into space, but she had a big smirk on her face.

"What are you talking about?" Sokka whispered back.

The girl shook her head and rolled her eyes. She was about to comment back, when Sensei Roku walked to the back of the room to distribute the books. He handed Sokka one, but skipped the girl and said, "I'll give you your book after class Miss. Bei Fong." The girl smiled as Roku turned around and walked towards the front of the classroom.

Sokka's jaw dropped, "Bei Fong? As in Bei Fong Games? As in the biggest gaming company in the world?"

The girl blew a few strands of her hair out of her face and rolled her eyes, "Yeah. The one and only."

The boy was still shocked, "You are like, the richest girl in the whole world! What are you doing in this crappy public school?"

She glared at him and turned herself all the way around to face him, "I chose to go to this school. Why, do you have a problem with it?"

"Miss. Bei Fong and Mr. Sokka? Would you care to explain to the class what the homework is tonight?"

Sokka and the Bei Fong heiress turned to their teacher, and then looked around the class, as if searching for the answer. A boy looked at Sokka and mouthed, "Read the introduction."

"Read the introduction?" Sokka answered to Roku.

The elderly man nodded, but his face was still stern. "Next time, pay attention, so you won't have to use Shen as an answer." Sokka sank lower in his seat, hoping to turn invisible. And as if on cue, the bell rang.

But Sokka was not done talking to the rich girl quite yet. "Hey girl!" he ran after her after they exited the classroom.

"I have a name." she retorted, "And it's Toph. Toph Bei Fong. Who are you and what do you want?"

"My name's Sokka," he said and looked at her eyes again.

As if she knew what he was staring at, she said, "Yes, I'm blind, thanks for noticing."

His jaw dropped again, "But how, you-"

"Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I'm oblivious." She snorted and turned around to walk away.

But Sokka grabbed her arm and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. Let's try this again." He put on his best goofy grin and said, "Hey, my name's Sokka! I'm a junior, and I noticed that you are new here. Do you need directions to your next class?"

Toph giggled a little, which Sokka thought was a little out of her character, "Okay Sokka. I'd actually love an escort to my next class." She shoved a sheet of paper into his hands, "That's my schedule. I have a great memory, but I wasn't really paying attention to my father's ramble this morning on my classes. What class do I have next?"

Sokka read her schedule, and pulled his out of his pocket to compare. "Hey, we have all of our classes together!"

She smiled, "That's convenient."

"For what?" he asked.

She blushed and frowned, "Nu—nothing. Just that it will be good for me, since I'm new and all."

"Oh yeah, right." He smiled and folded her schedule in his, and shoved it back into his pocket. "So, shall we continue on towards History?"

Toph gave a lopsided grin and exclaimed, "Onward!"

Sokka laughed as they started off towards the classroom. Maybe his morning wasn't so bad after all.

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A/N: Mmm so I've been dying to write an Avatar AU fic :) This isn't a one shot, even though it kinda sounds like it. Please R R...or...Ozai will eat a kitten. THINK OF THE KITTENS.