-Friday Night-
Aang, Katara and I are at a karaoke bar, and Aang and Katara just finished singing a duet. They came back to our table glowing. I smirked. "Guys, it was just karaoke."
"Yeah," Aang said, "But it was fantastic."
Katara blushed. "Oh, Aang." She swatted his arm playfully, and then she kissed his cheek.
"Guys, guys, don't go makin out on me, 'cause I'll leave you two stranded," I joked threatened. They both laughed.
"Sokka, you didn't sing yet, are you going to?" Aang asked me.
I took a sip of my Coke. "Of course, I'm just waiting for the right time." There aren't many people in here, only around twenty, give or take. Most of the crowd already went up.
"Okay, everyone, we have another duet tonight," the host announced. "We need a boy and a girl. Who wants to come up?"
I immediately jumped off of my seat. "Me! Me! Pick me!"
"Yes, you, the boy in the blue T-shirt jumping around. Come on up!"
"Yes!" I walked up on stage
"Go get 'em Bro!" Katara cheered.
"Now, we need a girl. Who hasn't sung yet…?" The host inquired. No one raised a hand. I realize a girl with black hair, wearing a leather jacket, is sitting by herself, drinking calmly. I don't think I've seen her sing at all tonight. The host takes notice. "You there! Girl sitting all alone! With the black hair! Come up here and sing!" The host boomed.
The girl's head snapped up, startled. The lights went to shine on her, and she flinched under them. The host's walking towards her. "N-no, I'm good, sir…"
"Come on! Just give it a try!"
"I'm fine," she said, shaking her head.
"Come on girl!" some random kid yelled. "Sing! Sing! Sing!" he started to chant. Soon everyone joined in, making a deafening roar. The girl had no choice but to come up on stage with me. "Fuck," she whispered.
"Don't worry, you got this," I said, trying to encourage her. She just glared at me with light green eyes, instantly shutting me up.
"Okay everyone, we got our duet!" The host yelled. The whole place cheered. I grinned boyishly, and the girl just scowled. The host turned to us. "All right, you two, the song you're going to sing is a cover of 2NE1's song 'Let's Go Party', okay?"
"Yeah, that's cool," I replied. The girl kept scowling. "Hey," I said, "Lighten up, it's just one song." She sighed.
"Whatever…"
We were handed the mics, and the lyrics of the song appeared on the screen. The first line we have to sing together. "Ready guys?" The host asked.
"Sure…?"
"And SING!"
The music starts, and we start to sing. "~Let's go party, now work that body…~"
"Wow, Sokka, you were great up there," Aang complimented when I came back, just finishing the song. The crowd loved us, and the girl had a good voice. They all wanted an encore, but we turned it down. (Okay, it was mostly her, but I didn't wanna sing again!) I brought her to our table against her will to introduce her and keep her company.
"The hell man?" she asked me quietly.
"Shh! Thanks Aang."
"Come, sit with us, we have room," Katara said to the girl, gesturing to the seat next to me. The girl reluctantly sat down. "So, what's your name?"
"…Toph," she mumbled.
"Toph! How interesting," Aang cut in.
"Can I go?"
"Well…" Katara started to say.
"No! You stay here with us!" I exclaimed.
"Dude, chill," she said.
"A-anyways, Toph, why were you alone, if you don't mind me asking?" Katara asked.
She shrugged. "Eh. Don't really have any friends to hang with."
Aang got a look on his face. Crap, I KNOW that face. "Let's be your friends Toph!" God, dude…
"No."
"Whyyyy?" Aang pouted.
"I don't know you people."
"Let's get to know each other then!" Aang, what are you ON?
"Don't mind him Toph," I said. "His name is Aang, the naive kid in our group. The girl's Katara, my sister. She likes being motherly."
"No I don't!" she protested. I ignored her. "And you already know my name. I'm the smart one here." Toph snorted. "Yeah, okay."
"Hey!"
"You guys are crazy…but I guess I'll stay for a while." She smiled. Katara beamed at her, glad there's another female joining us.
"Let's party!" I yell.
"Yeah!"
We're in my car, but Aang's driving us back home. Katara's in the front with him, and Toph and I are in the back, laughing our heads off. I put my arm around her. "You know Toph, I really had fun with you tonight."
"T-thanks. I did too."
I looked at her. "Did you just stutter?"
"Psh, of course not."
I looked at her closer. "….Are you BLUSHING?"
"NO."
"Awwww, how cute!" Katara commented, looking back at us.
"Shut up Sweetness."
"Pff." Katara soon turned her attention back on the road. I realized Toph was snuggling close to me. Now, I don't mind, but… "Toph, are you cold?"
"No, why would I be?"
"So why are you close to me?"
"'Cause you're warm, now shut up and leave me be," she answered, grabbing on to me. I kissed the top of her head softly. "I love it when you're being stubborn," I said. Toph grumbled, but said nothing. I might be falling for her, I thought.
Up front, Katara's humming and singing the words of the song Toph and I sang. "Let's go party, now work that body, when this night keeps calling both our names oh baby…"
Aang dropped Toph and I off at my house. Katara didn't get out as well, because Aang said he had a surprise for her. It better not include a condom, I thought. I started to get out my keys, when Toph stopped me. "Sokka, wait."
"What?"
She just looked at my face, but I think she was focusing on my lips. "Did you…um…I don't know, use chap stick or something?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Ehm…sometimes, when it's really cold, or when I'm going to kiss someone."
"Oh, really? Kissing?"
"Yeah, like now."
"What?" I shut her up by kissing her softly, then she wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me in close, kissing back with passion. I fumbled with putting the keys in the lock, almost dropping them twice. When I finally got the door open, we stumbled in, grabbing onto each other, still making out.
"Where's your room?" Toph asked, breathing heavily.
"Upstairs," I responded, then I picked her up bridal style and carried her up. When we make it to my bedroom's door, I let her down and started kissing her neck. She moaned softly. She pushed the door open and jumped on the bed. I jumped in after her, and kept kissing her wherever I could. She had her hands under my shirt, roaming around, when she suddenly stopped and broke away.
"Toph? What's wrong?" I asked.
Toph was looking around the room feverishly, as if she's looking for something. "Wha-what time is it?"
"Ummm…" I looked at my watch. "Oh wow, it's that time already…?"
"What time is it?" she asked again urgently.
I sigh. "It's almost one a.m. Toph."
"Shit…!"
"What?"
"I…I gotta go, Sokka," she said, smoothing out her clothes.
"What? W-we just got here," I protested.
"I-I know, but I really have to go. Thank you so much for tonight," she said, and quickly left my room. I followed her out and caught her at the front door.
"Why the hurry?"
"It's…complicated. You don't need to know," she replied quietly. "Good bye…Sokka." She opened the door and slipped out silently. I went to the window and watched her run away. I slid to the floor. The one girl I want to be with just left me…
