Sorry I haven't updated. We made it out of the desert finally. We took a little break yesterday morning at a beautiful place with a waterfall. Sokka was trying to read a map and I accidently splashed it, but it's fine now. We were going to take the ferry into the city with this family we met at the waterfall, but ended up trying give our tickets to them because after we split up at the gates, they were robbed. The old hag at the gate wouldn't allow it though, so we're helping them get to the city another way. The Serpant's Pass.
We found Suki! She was working as a security guard at the docks and she offered to take us through The Serpant's Pass. Sokka's been acting all goofy again. I'm glad to see he's finally trying to move on from Yue. It's still hard, I know. I overheard him talking to Suki last night about her.
Hey, here's another weird fact! Toph likes my brother! After we got attacked by that serpant, which Sokka pointed out was the reason for the name of the place, I had to make an ice bridge and Toph almost drowned because the serpant broke it as she was crossing. Sokka was about to jump in, but instead Suki did and Toph got all dramatic with her thanks and kissed her on the cheek thinking it was Sokka. How does my dim-witted brother manage to get girls to like him? I'll never understand.
I helped deliver a baby today. That woman we were traveling with was pregnant and I helped deliver it. She named it Hope. I think it was very fitting. The birth brought a couple of things around. Aang finally admitted his feelings for me, as if I couldn't already tell they were there. I wasn't sure what to say. I just don't feel the same way. Maybe we'll be able to avoid the subject for a while. Suki also left us. She'd done her job, although I'm not sure how she's going to get back with a lot of the pass destroyed. Maybe she'll go down and take a ferry back. Anyway, I have to stop for now. We're almost there. I'm so excited!
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I was right about the food. It's disgusting and I wasn't afraid to say it. I guess that's what lead me to help "liberate" some food with another kid my age named Jet. He seemed okay, but I'm not not exactly in a position to be making friends. He's fairly skilled with his twin hook swords like me with my twin dao. It was easy to steal the food from the cabin and it felt good to help the others on the ferry.. not that I would tell anyone that.
Uncle acted strange after that night. I woke up in the middle of the night and he seemed to be looking at something, but told me to go back to sleep. I'm not sure what it was, but it was obviously important. I'm getting that feeling that I'm left out of something again, so it's going on my list of questions.
He flirted with the lady that was checking passports. It was disturbing. Jet asked me to join his Freedom Fighters, but like I said, I'm in no position to make friends. If he found out who I was, he'd probably try to kill me. The way I've heard him talk about the Fire Nation, I wouldn't doubt it.
And Uncle was firebending in plain sight!! All because he got some cold tea! I smacked it out of his hand and he almost cried. Pathetic. I hate tea. And when he said he got us jobs and a place to stay, I was almost too afraid to ask. Of course it had to be a tea shop. That'll only fuel my dislike for the drink. He got a plant to make our apartment nice in case I decide to "bring home a lady friend". Yeah right. I don't want to make a life here.
I'm not sure why, but I have this strange feeling that something is happening both inside and outside the city. Oh well, there's no time to think about it now. I have to get ready for my first day of work. I'm going to hate this, I know it.
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R&R!
Jenn