Doing it my way
I own nothing but… never mind.
This story is about a sophomore realizing that so many things are here… and the past is just a reason to explore more.
R&R
Throughout the pain and stress of realizing that your world and my world are different, I have to say… I like changing planets.
"Sokka, lets get going, I hate being late, especially on the first day of school," myself, Katara Shinjite yelled out. Its 7:30 and school is a good 15-20 minutes away, if we don't leave now… let's just hope it doesn't get like that.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," he yells back. Man I can't stand him sometimes, he sleeps in, hogs the shower and to top that all off, he's a total over-protective, got to-defend-people-who-doesn't-need-help nerd. Man.
"Thanks Gran-Gran," my grandmother hands me a granola bar and taps me on my head.
"Be sure to tell Toph and Aang that I said hello," she says.
"Sure thing Gran. I AM GOING TO START THE CAR MYSELF IF YOU DON'T…" I yell impatiently toward the stairs.
"Here I am sheesh, don't have a rabbit-horse," he tells me. He grabs his keys and we are off.
I sit in the front seat of our 2006 blue Lamborghini, and I am in some serious thought. I am a 15-year-old sophomore at Arts of Bending/Techniques of Fighting at Ba Sing Se. The school is very prestigious, it takes brains to get in here. (I wonder if father bribed the principal to take Sokka) This is my second year here, and I am pretty happy.
Well okay, not really.
First off, last year I broke up with two guys. Long lasting relationships see. My first boyfriend was Jet Doitmyway Tannic. He was so charming at first, and he hated my brother, which I was cool with. He is a controlling junior right now, probably picking on a girl younger than he is. I dumped he around New Years because he wanted… well he wanted something I wasn't ready to give up.
My other ex was Haru Imsoeffinshy Dashiki. He's cute and nice and went at my level of comfort, but he would always ask, "Can I kiss you," I couldn't handle it. My brother loved him… maybe they should date.
Sokka would always say, "Now he won't do my sis," and I would argue, "he can't do his mom." I broke up with him a week before the end of the school year. We are good friends though, and we talk a lot.
Okay, since I said first off, there has to be a second... and there is. There is this dude, named... What was it? Oh yeah! Zuko Tankati, he is somewhat mean. He' is a junior this year and he is a total tick off.
You see, my Gran-Gran owns (since grandpa no longer is with us) a huge water supply company that had expanded across the world. When my father comes back... if he does, it will belong to him.
Well, Zuko's father own this... what was it. That... err, well they own a lot of things. Yeah, like matches, fire sparks... blah. They are a family of fire-benders.
Man, I keep losing focus, so anyway, they always invite us over to chat and stuff. I don't mind though, their mansion is a little bigger than mine is, and I love their cute vases.
Their daughter, is a bitch, and the son is a loner. My point exactly. Okay, that's just it. The daughter, Azula, thinks she is the queen because she can do a few sparks. She is in the same grade as me, and so far she leaves me alone. When I am at her house, she plays "nice" and stuff, but she doesn't fool me.
Zuko completely ignores our presence. His father is nice, and the Uncle as a thing for tea. But whatever, they respect my Gran-Gran, so I'm not complaining.
O.k., so what if I am?
We're at school already sheesh, I look over at my bro and he smiles. There is his is girlfriend Sukki Kanantishi. They have been dating since the 8th grade, and frankly, those two are the perfect match.
She mouths a, a "miss you," even though she was over at our house less than 10 hours ago.
I glance at my bro and he mouths, "I'm gonna get you." I can't help but laugh. She put a fruit punch pad by the sofa, and when they were making out she goes, "Oh spirits," and looks down.
"Sokka, I didn't know," she stresses and he looks like he is going to die. I laugh at this thought, and I guess my bro is thinking the same thing 'cause he is laughing too.
"Thanks Sokka, I'm going to go find Aang and Toph," I said. I pat his hand, grab my pack and step out the car.
"Yeah, okay, tell them I said hi."
"No problem," I say and I go into the school.
Toph and Aang are waiting for me in the building.
"Sugar Queen what's up?" Toph waves to me and steps around the chaos in the crowd of the school. Even though she is blind, she is pretty tough. She can sense movements with her feet, the vibration. She doesn't let her blindness get in the way of being who she really is.
A scary, attitude, smart-mouth, southern-style earth-bending tomboy.
"Nothing but my airplane," I chanted to her.
Ok, here comes another flashback.
When we (as in Sokka, Sukki, Aang, Toph, and me) were younger, I had this awesome plane. It was one of those planes in which zoomed in the air at top speed. So we zoomed it, and zoomed it some more.
Only I had this great idea, why not help out. I asked Aang if he could give it an extra buzz the next time. So we started up the plane, and as soon as the "monitor" said lift off, Aang swooshed a gust of air for the plane. It went so high and far we were all stunned.
… I haven't seen my airplane since.
Aang laughed at my remark and said, "Well you told me too."
"Why do you always listen to me, you should know better," I replied.
"Yeah you're right, I should know better," he says with good humor.
"Well come one you guys," her bun jiggles slightly as Toph steps in front of us, "we have to go to the east wing to get our schedules," she says.
"You're right Toph, bell rings in five minutes," Aang jumps up and we jog down to the office.
We let Toph get hers first, since she needs hers read to her and than given to her by tape recorder so she can hear it too.
Hers goes like this:
Semester I
8:00-8:30 – homeroom (Mr. Mao)
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 - Algebra I (Mr. Minton)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 - Physical Education (Dr. Acre)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 - Computer Skill / Human Relations (C lunch) (Mr. Young)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – English I (Mrs. Seltzers)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
Semester II
8:00-8:30 - homeroom
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 – World History I (Ms. Lacker)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 – Biology (Mr. Ellers)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 – Bending Earth (Mr. Cohere) (B lunch)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – Bending Earth (Mr. Cohere)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
So that's her schedule, hmm pretty nice.
"I hear that Mr. Cohere is pretty rough, please Toph, don't kill him,"
"Well we will see," she smiles slightly. "Until that time comes, tell me about your schedule."
I read the following aloud:
Semester I
8:00-8:30 – homeroom (Mrs. Shedein)
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 - chorus (Mr. Wonder)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 - Physical Education (Dr. Acre)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 - Dance/ sing/ drama (C lunch) (Ms. Cherry)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – ROTC II (Colonel Zhao)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
Semester II
8:00-8:30 - homeroom
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 – English III (Ms. Lacker)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 – Physical Science (Mr. Ellers)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 – Fire/ Water bending (Dr. Toart / Ms. Concit) (B lunch)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – Fire/ Water bending (Dr. Toart / Ms. Concit)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
"This schedule is pretty good, I like it a lot," I say facing them. "Toph, that's cool, we do P.E. together, and you know what that means..."
"When were a team, no one else can compete," Toph screams it... and its true. I've known her longer than I have known Aang, I am a year older than her so I consider her as a sister. I taught her so many things, since she has no other siblings. Her father is the mayor of our city, for the past 15 years, and her mom is the manager of the airport. Big, busy family and I'm glad to get to know her so well.
By the way, she can't do well with poetry.
Aang scans over his own..." Aww, I don't have the same lunch as you guys," he pouts, and I feel slightly guilty.
"Come on Aang, your schedule can't be that bad.
Semester I
8:00-8:30 – homeroom (Mr. Mao)
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 - Algebra I (Mr. Minton)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 - Computer Skill / Human Relations (Ms. Chanto)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 - Physical Education (D lunch) (Colonel Zhao)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – English I (Mrs. Seltzers)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
Semester II
8:00-8:30 - homeroom
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 – World History I (Ms. Lacker)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 – Biology (Mr. Ellers)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 – Bending Air (Dr. Telepath) (A lunch)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – Bending Air (Dr. Telepath)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
Hey, you and Toph are in a lot of classes together," I wink at Aang and he smiles.
"Ya-whoo," he says sarcastically, "Just what I need, someone to constantly throw rocks at my hairless head." With that statement, his head somewhat glowed in the light.
"Shit, you guys, the bell is going to ring... now," Toph says. She is a tomboy and all, but she had this thing with being late, "Come on Twinkle Toes," she pulls him along.
"You don't even know the way," he yells, as they turn a corner.
I laugh at the site and jog to my homeroom class. Mrs. Shedein is really nice; she was my math teacher last year. I smile to her and take my seat.
She is really organized and has our names on our desk. It's kind of creepy, but you get use to it. I glance at who is going to sit by me, and I started gaping.
Zuko is... yee-haw.
He walks into the classroom and Jet slaps him on the back.
That's weird, it sounded like I said Jet's name...
Wow, that's weird, It sounded like I said Jet.
OMG, that is like deja vu
... Oh damn, he's in here too. D for damn and D for Dashiki. Since Mrs. S is organized he will be far from me.
Well anyway, Zuko glares at Jet for a moment, then says, "What's up."
I glanced at them, and then jumped when the first bell rang. Zuko sat down as I was arguing in my head.
Talk to him, don't talk to him, talk, don't talk, yes, no, OMFG this is hard. I decided to talk and I smiled at him and he glanced at me for a moment.
Wow, he looks nice, and he smiled back.
"Hi… Zuko right," I question him, and he nods.
"Yeah, you're that girl who is always at my house," he stated. It wasn't mean, actually it was friendly like.
"Nice to be remembered like that," I sweated a little, I hope I don't seem as a stalker," I looked at him and he flashed his pearly white teeth at me.
"No, your pretty funny Katara… That is your name right," he questioned.
"That's my name," I say.
"Well I'm glad you know yourself," Mrs. Shedein says. "I've been saying your name for the last 30 seconds," she looks annoyed and I smiled.
"Sorry," I whispered. The class laughs and I smiled with them. It was somewhat funny; I am not a sorry sport. She soon calls Zuko's name and then we continue our conversation.
"So, can I see your schedule, I'll let you look at mine," I asked. He smiled again… man, that smile, and hands me his schedule. WOW, we are in a lot of classes together.
Semester I
8:00-8:30 – homeroom (Mrs. Shedein)
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 – Martial Arts (Mr. Tinton)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 - Physical Education (Dr. Acre)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 – English III (C lunch) (Ms. Lacker)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – ROTC II (Colonel Zhao)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
Semester II
8:00-8:30 - homeroom
8:30-8:34 - transition
8:35-9:55 – English III (Ms. Lacker)
9:56-10:00 - transition
10:01- 11:20 – Physical Science (Mr. Ellers)
11:21-11:25 - Transition
11:36 - 1:00 – Fire/ Water bending (Dr. Toart / Ms. Concit) (B lunch)
1:01 – 1:05 – Transition
1:06- 2:26 – Fire/ Water bending (Dr. Toart / Ms. Concit)
2:26-2:30 – Transition
2:30- 2:55 – Study Hall
2:56 – Dismissal
He smiles again, I wish I would of gotten to know him sooner, I love that smile. "Wow we are in a lot of classes together… Maybe you are a stalker." I laugh at that statement and I wave at Sukki.
The rest of homeroom was smooth sailing. Jet was already in trouble with talking back to Mrs. Shedein. The homeroom was filled with laughing, talking, and just enjoying each other. Well, I know I had a good time.
Okay, thank you everyone. OMG, please R&R, I am almost begging you. This maybe a Zutara, or a Kaang, or a whatever. Just because it's like this, I can change it. I am the author you know.
So R&R, please
