A Tokka Story. Set 5 years after the war. Toph and aang are 17, Sokka and Zuko are 21, Mai and Katara are 19.

Toph held the invitation in her hand. Katara had read the context to her when she had first received it. You are formally invited to the Wedding of Fire Lord Zuko and Mai Juai Long on the eve of the Summer Solstice.

It was delicate paper with silk stitched around the edges. Just fancy enough for the Fire Lord. Katara and Tai Lee were asked to be bride's maids for Mai whilst Aang is the best man.

Toph hated weddings. She scrunched up the invitation and threw it across the room. Now in the Fire Nation three days before the ceremony she was angry. In fact she hated anything to do with love right now. She knew that when she was younger she had a tomboyish attitude and never really expressed any interest in romance, but now that she was older, she felt sad and alone. She was seventeen and had never been kissed. While all her friends were either in a relationship like Aang and Katara or Zuko and Mai or had at least been in one like Sokka. Now that Sokka was no longer with Suki, Toph had thought about acting on her feelings towards him. He had always been the one to pick her up when she was down, literally and not literally. He was her best friend and she was in love with him. If she could trust anyone it was him. There had been times when she thought he had felt the same towards her but she just couldn't be sure.

Toph was just tired of being the last one alone. But more than that she was ashamed of her lack of experience. Sometimes she felt like she was the only virgin over sixteen in the world. That's why this wedding was a wake up call. Or more than that. It was an opportunity to act on everything. To solve all of her problems.

Tonight she would lose her virginity to Sokka.

Everything was planned out. Earlier that day she had told Sokka to come by her room when it was late, telling him she needed to talk to him about something. But Toph knew she was never very good with verbally expressing her feelings so she decided to act on it the only way she knows how. Physically.

In her mind it sounded so ridiculous it could work. She sat on her bed wearing nothing but a robe her skin glowing in the moon light. Her palms were sweating with nerves and her heart raced while she waited. He would be here any minute now. And then after what seemed like an eternity of waiting, there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Toph?" Sokka's voice said. He pushed open the door and Toph felt him step inside. She didn't think it was possible but her began to beat even faster. "Toph are you okay? You sounded kind of urgent when you spoke to me earlier."

"Can you shut the door behind you?" Toph asked in a more calm tone than she felt but she didn't take another breath until she heard the slid click of the door shutting. "Toph what's all this about?" Sokka said as he walked towards her. Toph met him halfway in the centre of the room and placed her hands gently on his chest. "shhh" she whispered and she placed a finger in front of his lips.

"Toph what-?" he stopped mid sentence when he saw what she was doing. Taking a few steps back from him where Sokka was able to see a full view of her body, Toph took another deep breath and held her head high. Then, with a slight tug of the tassle, her robe fell to the floor.

She stood there before him, completely naked her heart pounding against her chest. Sokka frozen in complete shock stood there staring at his best friends naked body lost for words. Then after the sudden realisation kicked in he turned his head away and said, "Toph what are you doing?" his tone was disapproving and awkward. With all the confidence she could muster, she walked closer towards him. She could feel his heart quicken with each step she took until finally Toph closed the gap between them. She pressed her chest against his and turned his face towards hers. Then, she bravely lent in for a kiss, only to have him turn his head away.

"Toph stop. This isn't you." She could hear the disappointment in his voice.

"Sokka, please. I'm tired of being all alone. Tired of being left out." her voice was shaky now. "You're the only one I trust."

She felt Sokka's eyes on her face. He grabbed her wrists from his face and took a step away from Toph whilst adverting his eyes once again.

"Sokka…" she felt tears well in her eyes. "Sokka please?" She felt him walk away back towards the door. "Sokka wait…I-I love you." She felt him halt for a moment with his hand on the doorknob. "Sokka?" She yelled at him in a broken sob. Her tears ran freely now. She felt so stupid and humiliated.

"I won't tell anyone." He said before she heard the soft thud of the door closing, no one else on her side of it.

I had to make up a last name for Mai :s

I hope you like it. Theres much more to come so please review :)