This is my try at a second chapter
Ch.2 of a New Start
We all started to run three laps around the field at the coach's instruction.
"So," Aang said as we were running, "I'm so excited for this soccer year. Last year we made it to finals. It was our freshman year and no one thought we would make it that far. I think it was because we had Toph, even though Sokka refuses to admit it. She was our leading scorer."
"How does she see where she is going," Zuko said.
"Beats me," said Aang, "But as long as she plays the way she does, no one seems to care."
Aang rambled on as they ran their three laps. Zuko didn't say much, unless he asked a question or mumbled his agreement.
After that, they ran suicides. Zuko hated suicides, but he couldn't show any weakness. Ty Lee and Toph finished first. Zuko noticed that Ty Lee was very flexible, so it enabled her to run fast.
They took a short water break after the suicides. Toph didn't seem like she was breaking a sweat.
"Okay everybody," the coach said in his usual loud way of talking, "were going to have a scrimmage. I want shirts verse skins."
The coach started naming off who was going to be shirts and who was going to be skins. Zuko ended up being a skin.
"He has hot abs," Zuko overheard Ty Lee whispering to Toph. Toph just shrugged and walked to her position on the shirt's side of the field, considering she couldn't see his abs anyways.
Zuko took a position as forward on the other side of the field. No one seemed to care, because Toph and the guy on the other side of him were the only forwards on the team.
Zuko couldn't help but notice some people sitting in the stands. One of the people was a girl in a cheerleading outfit, with a brown braid hanging on her back. She was waving frantically at Aang and blowing kisses.
Aang didn't seem to mind. "That's my girlfriend Katara," he whispered to Zuko.
The coach blew his whistle and the game began. The shirts had the kickoff and a guy named Niu, who was a midfielder, passed it to the defense.
He passed it to Ty Lee, who passed it to Toph, who passed it back to Aang on defense. The coach told them the object of the scrimmage was not to score, but to maintain good ball control.
After a while of them just passing, Zuko could sense Toph was a little bored because she dribbled up the field on the other side of him to score.
She dribbled past everyone and Zuko couldn't make it to her in time before she dribbled up and made a hard shot at the goalie. The ball spiraled past the goalie; a kid named Lian who was the back up goalie for Sokka, who was playing on the other team.
The shirts team broke out screaming and patted Toph on the back.
They set the ball up in the middle of the field for the skins kickoff. Zuko was going to score and show the coach and team he could play some soccer.
"Haru took the kickoff and passed the ball to Zuko. Zuko dribbled up past about three of the players before Ty Lee was right beside him. She went in for a slide tackle and knocked Zuko off his feet. In the process the ball rolled out of bounds.
The Skins took the throw in and Zuko went for the ball. He dribbled up a couple of feet and sent the ball flying for Sokka. Sokka was too quick and grabbed the ball right before it went in.
Toph scored two more times and after 20 minutes of playing shirts had three goals and skins had zero.
Lian kicked the ball up to Zuko, after a failed attempt to score by Ty Lee. Zuko kicked the ball up to Rob, the forward on the other side of him. Rob dribbled up and then passed the ball to Zuko. Zuko had to score, he just had to. Zuko dribbled up past the defense and hit a curved ball at Sokka, which brushed off his fingertips and went into the net.
The skins all ran to Zuko cheering, happy that they had made a goal.
The coach blew his whistle and called them all over to the side.
"Nice practice everyone," he said, "Toph nice goals and Zuko nice goal. Everyone did fine and I think we will have a good season this year. You guys can go home, but we have practice everyday this week, so make sure you pick up your schedules on the bench over there."
Katara ran from the stands and came over to Aang. "So, is this the new student," she asked Aang, while looking at Zuko.
Zuko didn't say anything, but he was a little annoyed because Katara could have just asked him.
"Yep," Aang replied, "His name is Zuko."
Ty Lee, Toph, Haru, and Sokka both walked over. Ty Lee was flirting with Sokka and Toph was just standing there looking bored. Haru seemed kind of quiet, but he kept looking over at Toph.
"So, Zuko," Katara said, "Where are you from."
"A lot of different places," he said with no emotion in his voice.
"Well, since you're the new kid," she said cheerily, "You should hang with us. I'm the only one in our little group who doesn't play soccer. It's ok though, because I come to every game and all the practices I can."
"I can see why you and Aang go so well together," Zuko thought in his head and he could tell Toph was thinking around the same lines he was.
"Me and Ty Lee have to go take our shifts at Jim's hamburger so I will talk to you guys later," Toph said.
"Oh, I forgot," Katara exclaimed, "How's the job there?"
"It's coming good, but considering the only thing I can do is wash tables it's a little boring, but it's better than being at home."
Zuko looked at Toph when she said this. Why would she not want to be at home?
"How are you parents taking it," Katara asked.
"They don't know I am doing the job," Toph said "They would never let me if they found out. They think I am taking some special class about learning how to overcome being blind. It's a load of crap if you ask me, but if I can keep my job they can believe whatever they want.
"They are always complaining anyway about how I shouldn't play soccer and how one day I am going to get hurt, so why give them another thing to groan about."
"But, what if they find out your not taking the class?" Katara asked concerned.
"It doesn't matter because the class ends in a week and all summer I have been supposedly taking it. I'll just have to come up with a new excuse once school starts."
"They haven't found out all summer you haven't been taking the class," Aang cut in.
"My mom is always fussing over something else and my dad is always busy, so it's been pretty easy to hide."
"We have to go know," Ty Lee said breaking away from her flirting, "Our shift starts in five minutes and we have a ten minute walk to get there."
"You better hurry then," Aang said as they took off running down the street.
Zuko was utterly perplexed at Toph. She was probably the strangest girl he had ever met.
"You want to come with us to the place those girl's are working at. I'm kind of hungry," Aang asked.
"Thanks for the offer, but my Uncle probably needs my help at the house, but I'll see you later," Zuko said walking off.
He headed for Brown Street. "I think, this might be an interesting year," he said to himself.
Second chapter is done.
I hope you like it so far, next chap is coming soon.