I know, I know, I am the WORST author ever! I haven't updated in months! Here it is though, SUPER LONG EXTRA LENGTH CHAPTER! YYYAAAAAYYYYYY!1
Toph and I were finishing up the flyer we were going to find in the market place nearby. Well, I was at least.
It looked like this:
Single? Lonely? Upset with your best friend that you like more than a friend and want to make them jealous and/or prove to them your worth? Well then, welcome all singles to this crazy new system of Blind Dating! You just come and put your information on an application, asking questions like "What's your personality?" and "What are your hobbies." Etc, and we set you up with your perfect match! Excited? Come and try it out! We won't be here long! We'll be on the edge of town in a dark alley where no one can see us for a week and a week only!
I thought it was pretty good; I put it in my bag I got a long time ago before we met Toph in Earth Rumble Six.
First, I told Aang I was going, Aang was sitting by the fire, he looked deep in thought. Then I told Katara whom was at a pond, she hit me with a water whip and told me to leave her alone, I now have a bruise on my leg…
Anyways, so Toph and I walked through the market. There were many things to see and it was one of those times when I really felt bad for Toph. Then, I saw it, the most wonderful cart of all, the meat cart made by the Angels in Heaven. The cart basked in the glow of the evening sun as if it were made of gold, I was stunned.
I heard Toph sigh, "Go ahead." She gestured here hand toward the cart in a lazy manner. I ran towards it, all the assorted and imported meats, like seal jerky!
"I'll take 6 strips of seal jerky!" I yelled to the man in charge of the cart. " 6 silver pieces please." the man said, asI put the jerky in my bag and thrust the money towards the man. I quielty laughed maniacally, I then strod beside Toph, "So, we should probably get back now before they decide to kill each other." She said.
"Yeah, that'd probably be a good idea." I said, leading the way towards camp.
Once we got back, we agreed I'd go first, I saw Aang by the pond neaby his black hair had grown longer to where it almost went past his eyes. "Hey Aang," I said casually, "What's up?"
"Nothing, just bored, I wish Katara would just forgive me..." His face was forlorn. "You mean, you've apologized and she still won't forgive you?" I asked. Aang nodded, "Wow, I would've thought she'd forgive you." I commented.
"Me too, but she didn't, I don't even know what I said that made her so upset." Aang buried his head into his hands. "Hey, I got an idea." I told him, he looked up at me quickly.
"I found this flyer," I showed him the one I made, "How is this going to help me?" He asked.
"Helllllllllloooooo! If you read the third sentence, it asks if your upset with your best friend that you like more than a friend and want to make them jealous and/or prove to them your worth, you can totally make Katara jealous and have her come running to you!" I smiled.
He looked at me questionably, "Is that really going to work?" I looked at him, shocked, "Of course it will! I am a girl expert, have I ever let you down?"
"Well there was that one time at the fortun-"
"Okay, okay, only then. But besides then." I interrupted him.
"Well, everytime I've tried to tell Katara, you've interrupted it..."
I sighed heavily, "That doesn't count, come on, you HAVE to try!"
"Fine, so when should I sign up?" He asked. "Probably tomorrow, it's not too busy, but I'm not gonna come with you so Toph and I can make sure that Katara doesn't find out."
Aang nodded, "Okay, thanks Sokka!"
Oh right! Mission accomplished! Now for mission two, Katara...
I gave the flyer to Toph and Toph headed out to find Katara.
Toph P.O.V.
I felt Katara's vibrations on a trail headed back to camp. "Hey Katara," I waved to her casually, "Can we talk for a sec?" I asked. "Sure, why not." She said, sitting under a tree, I sat next to her.
"So, you still mad at Twinkle Toes?" I asked, her heart beat increasing. "Yes, I am! He turned into a sexist pig, just like Sokka!" Her voice was like ice. "No he's not, what did he say, anyways?" I asked.
"I don't want to talk about it."
A silence came between us. "You wanna prove to him your worth?" I asked, quoting from Sokka's Blind Dating Service paper. "Of course I do!"
I gave her the paper, "Sokka and I found this and he read it to me." I told her. "How will it help me 'prove my worth'?" She asked. "Didn't Aang say something about you not getting a boyfriend because you wouldn't be worth their time?" I asked, even though he didn't, I knew we as women hear what we want to hear. "Yeah, something like that."
I smiled, "Then show him how much you worth."
"Yeah I will! When should I put in an application, tommorrow?" Katara said, enthusiasticaly. "Um, not tommorrow, maybe Wednesday because Wednesday's aren't very busy days and Tuesday's are, which is tommorrow."
"Wednesday's are some of the busiest days of the year." Katara said confused. Oh, crud... I thought.
"Um, for...couples! Yeah couples are always busy on Wednesday's, busy busy busy. But singles are free as a bird!" Wow, nice one Toph. I thought to myself. Katara shrugged and walked off.
Sokka's P.O.V., Tuesday morning, Aang's application day
I woke up early, mostly because Toph woke me up and told me that Aang was going to leave soon and I had to set up the Dating Service first. I got up and but on my beard and mustache, I let my hair down and put on some earth kingdom clothing I had purchased earlier. It was a dark green tunic over light brown pants, kind of like Haru's put a darker green and lighter brown. I wore no shoes to pose as an earthbender.
Soon I was down the dark alley I had chosen to set up the Service as I shall call it now, and made a desk from rotting wood and put made up applications on one side of the desk, and 'filled out' ones on the other to make it look the slightest bit better. I quill pen on the side of the new applications finished the look.
A couple minutes later, Toph came running in, her hair down and in a forest green kimono. I had no idea her hair was so long! The bangs were brushed away from her face and colored sunglasses covered her eyes. She...was...gorgeous, "He'll be coming soon, what's our story!" Toph urged, "Uh-" I was about to start when she covered my mouth, "He's coming!"
Soon, Aang came walking in, his face a bit forlorn and Momo was on his shoulder. As soon as he came up Momo jumped onto Toph's shoulder, she pretended to act surprised, Aang looked up and found nothing wrong with it, "Don't worry, he's friendly." Was all he said, then he turned to me.
"So, sir, where are the application forms for this thing?" I pointed to the papers on the my left side of the desk. He picked one up and skimmed over the questions, he picked up the quill pen when he suddenly looked up, "You to look oddly familiar."
"Um," My voice cracked as I gave the deepest I could muster, "I don't think so Mr. Avatar, sir, my name is Cheng, and this is my, uh, um.." I looked at Toph, "Wife! Yeah, my wife Jenny, we met by doing something similiar to this that my family made and I decided to make it a service! It's absolutly free!" Toph turned to me tapping her foot impatiently as I finished up my sentence.
"Excuse me, dear, can I talk to you for a second?" She asked angrily, "Why not? Hehe.." I was nervous, her composure reminded me of a platypus-bear about to attack it's prey, sturdy and deadly. We walked around the corner and she turned to me.
"Your WIFE!!1" She said with an icy tone. "I couldn't think of anything else! And it seemed to fit!" I defended myself. Toph sighed, "Fine, but you WILL pay for this later!" She looped her arm with mine as we walked back in.
"So, young man, are you finished with your application?" She asked, her voice a bit lighter and girlier. Aang didn't look up, "Almost, one more question...done!" He said, "Where do you want me to put it?" He asked.
I pointed towards the other stack. "Right over there is fine, come back Thursday morning for your result!" Aang put his paper on top of the stack, face down, and walked off, "Have a good day!" He waved back happily.
Toph thrust her arm away from mine, "After Thursday, you shall pay." She said darkly, shivers went down my spine. "Right," My voice cracked, "Now let's hurry and get back before Aang gets suspicious!" I said, already back in my watertribe outfit and my costume under the desk I had disabled slightly and put the applications underneath. Toph was still in her costume, "What are you waiting for?" I asked.
"You! Do you think I'd really want you standing there while I am changing?" She put her hands on her hips. "Oh, right!" I ran out to the corner and before I could say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, she was out here with me. She earthbended us on the way back with the rock thing she used when Aand and I were going back to Ba Sing Sei to find Katara.
We got there just in time as Aang walked in. "Hey Aang!" I said, and rushed over. "Did you get your application?" I asked, trying to sound genuinly interested. "Yeah, and the couple that owned the place were really weird though!" He said, thinking. I smiled, "Hopefully, they'll tell you soon!"
Wednesday, Katara's application day
It went pretty much the same way, except it was a bit smoother and for some reason Toph looked radiant! Maybe it was because the sun was right over us, making her shine almost as much as the meat cart a few days ago when I purchased the seal jerky. That reminds me, I need to get more...anyways, the only real difference besides the smoothness was that Katara was interested in our lives. That part did NOT go smoothly. Especially since I talked most of the time. But she was gone before we knew it, and she would be coming back Thursday afternoon.
Thursday
It was morning and I was tired! I was not used to getting up this early! After all of this was done with, I could go for a nice nap. Anyways, we told Aang and Katara we were going for a long walk and possibly to the market so they wouldn't bother us. As Aang walked in I smiled. "Mr. Avatar sir, I do believe we found your perfect match! Meet her tommorrow at the gates of the town, you can take her anywhere you want to! Be sure to be there by eight and dress nicely!" Aang nodded and bowed, "Thank you sir." He said as he walked off.
We waited for hours, upon hours, upon HOURS until Katara finally came. "So, Miss Katara, we found your perfect match! Meet him tommorow at eight by the village gates! Dress very nicely!" I said enthusiastically.
Toph's P.O.V.
As Sokka and I walked into camp, I felt Katara jump up and run over to me, "My dates meeting me tommorrow!" She whispered excitedly, "Wow! That's great Katara!" I smiled, trying to match her enthusiasim as I felt Sokka talk to Aang about most likely the same thing. "I'm going dress shopping! I'll be back soon!" She said, as she walked off wth money in her pocket.
An hour later she was back and she gave me detail after detail of her dress. She said it was a strapless, knee-length, blue dress that had a split from the waist down to reveal a darker, midnight blue color that had, what she said was a fake midnight blue rose at the top of the split. She got the same flower as a clip to hold her hair she was going to put half up in a ponytail and half down. Oh, Aang was going to enjoy this!
Sokka's P.O.V.
I saw Katara talking animatedly to Toph as I spoke to Aang about his date, he was just going to wear a long-sleeved, button down shirt that was red and black pants underneath that matched his hair. he wasn't going to tuck it in, just leave it out so he'd look more casual.
Soon, Toph came over and said what Katara was going to wear. Although I didn't approve of how much skin exposure there was going to be, I had to agree with Toph that Aang really would enjoy it. Oh man, can't wait for tommorrow!
(Like Spongebob narrater) Tommorrow, Eight o' clock, p.m.
Toph and I were watching as Aang stood by the gate casually leaning against it, we told him to leave earlier so neither would get suspicious which was getting really hard to do with the various attempts to get the other jealous. Soon, Katara walked up to the gates and Aang stared off in disbelief, "Katara?" He asked, "Aang?" She said in the same tone.
Oh, this was SO going to be good!
Good? Bad? Is it so horrible that I should just delete the story? TELL ME!
