Dum dum de dum dum dum de dum dum.....Chapter 3!
Got that somn Disturbia stuck in my head. That and Paper Planes By MIA. What I wanna do is boom boom boom boom and click BING! Take your $$!
"Great Job Sokka!" Katara said sarcastically to her older brother who had just broken someones window with their baseball. Ending the game.
"Okay, okay broken window aside, that'd be a home run right?" He asked hopefully. Bee threw her glove at his gut. Aang stared into the direction the ball hit in disbelief. 'Awesome, just awesome' he thought.
"So, who gets it?" Zuko asked with his arms folded (in the manly way). Everyone looked at Sokka. He pointed to Aang. Katara was surprised by that suggestion.
"Why should he go get the ball?" she asked with her hands on her hips. "YOU threw it!"
"Yeah but he'd be faster at getting it!" Sokka argued pathetically. Aang rolled his eyes. But then he had an idea. He could go get it. It'd definitely score some major points with Sokka and maybe even get him off his back for awhile. Maybe it was worth taking the blame for the window.
"Um, I could go get it I guess.." Aang said softly, interrupting Sokka and Katara's yelling. The stopped and looked at him. Katara's facial expression changes from mad to confusion. Sokka smiled in agreement.
"Why would you do that? Sokka's an idiot, he should get it himself" Katara said in a even voice. Aang shrugged and looked away. Sokka came over and put his arm on Aang's shoulder.
"Ya know buddy, I'll go with you to make sure the ball didn't hit a killers house and you get your legs cut off or something, I'll be in cognito!" Sokka said getting all riled up. Aang gave a light, agreeing smile. Sokka and him were becoming "tight" already.
Katara gave a baffeled look at Aang and Sokka. She couldn't belive or understand why Aang would go along with this, it made no sence to her. Bee looked down at her watch.
"Well nice meeting you guys but I'm not getting the cops called on me, come on Longshot" she said waving for him to come with her. He followed silently. Zuko stayed with Aang, Katara, and Sokka.
"It was kind of my fault too.." Zuko said trying to help out anyway he could. Katara shook her head.
"No it was this one's total fault, but he's too imature to take responsiblity" She said gesturing her thumb back toward him. Aang looked over at Katara and Zuko talking one on one. He didn't like that one bit. But he didn't pull away from being Sokka's arm rest.
"So Katara, you comin with?" Sokka said while giving Zuko a dark stare courtesy of his protective brotherly instincts. No one talked to his sister without his consent. Which is why Aang had it so hard.
"Naw, Ill head home and put all this baseball stuff away" she said as she began to slide the bats in the bag. Zuko brought his mit down and put it in the bag.
"If you want some luch or somthing we could go by that new diner I saw in town" Zuko offered. Katara zipped tha bag closed and looked at him. Sokka was suddenly very intrested, as was Aang.
"That sounds like fun" Katara said with a smile spreading across her beautiful face. Zuko smirked. Aang and Sokka dropped the buddy act to say somthing.
"I gotta go home to drop this off first" She said patting the bag. "What time are you guys gonna be back?" she turned around and asked Sokka. Aang was short of breath and felt like he couldn't breathe.
"Well, uh, you know after we take care of this manner, but it'd be done very soon. Like so you wouldn't be left home alone for more than ten minutes." Sokka stammered. His speach to make Zuko stay away wasn't being caught on very well.
"You know what Sokka, I think less then ten minutes, more like two" Aang added, nodding furiously. Katara gave a disbeliving look and began to turn away to walk away with Zuko.
"You know what, you just stay out in public for a while, eat a lot or somthing. Cause I have eyes all around this town and if you even think of going to our house with him when no ones there" he pointed to Zuko "I will cut off your leg"
Katara was taken back, she didn't understand what a big deal it was but didn't question Sokka. She put her hand on Zuko's shoulder to turn him.
"Come on Zuko, lets go" She said looking back at Aang and Sokka as she walked away. Sokka kept a squity eyed serious face at Zuko as he and Aang turned to leave in the opposite direction. They walked on the grass slowly. Sokka keeping his upset childish face. Aang wore a very simalar face.
"Ugh, can you belive that guy?" Aang asked in disgust with his arms folded.
"I know! What he thinks he can just meet her and ask her out and thats that?!" Sokka said in a very agitated tone. He didn't notice that Aang was so bothered because he was already very flustered.
"Yeah, the nerve.."Aang added quietly. The two reached the side walk leading in to the direction of the house that the crash came from.
"We gotta hurry this up too, we have to get home quick. He's probly some kind of freak who takes advantage of girls like her" Sokka argued with nobody. Aang stayed quiet. He was feeling a little down after she ever so carelessly dumped him. She didn't do anything that wrong but to Aang, watchin his best friend/crush just waltz out of a day of fun into the date with this person she just met was heartbreaking to him. Once Aang regained focus he notice Sokka was still rambling.
"-And knowing my sister, she wouldn't want to upset him by saying 'no' " Sokka ranted waving his arms all around for empahsis. Aang looked up at the houses in search of a broken window. They turned down a new street. Still no broken windows. And Sokka had finally settled down.
After about twenty mintutes of stareing at houses they decided that they were either in the wrong neighbor hood or the ball went much further than it seemed. Aang looked around. The street they were on now looked familiar once he thought about it.
"Hey Sokka, weren't we here before?" Aang asked, racking his brain for memories of the familiar landscape around him.
"I don't know, I don't recognize anything" Sokka said, scratching his stomach and being uncaring unobservant like always. Aang exhaled loudly in annoyance and looked around again.
"We were here yesterday..."Aang remembered out loud. Sokka looked around with a weird-uncaring expression on his face. He had lost intrest in finding the ball. Aang walked back down the road they had just come up. He came to the edge of the private drive. He looked at the windows and sure enough, a rigged chunk of glass was smashed out of the upper left window.
"Crap" Aang said fusterated. Sokka jogged over, and looked at the house. He put his hand on Aang's shoulder like he was gonna give some epic advice.
"Listen Aang, it was awesome of you to come with me with the ball situation but uh, could you handle the rest solo?" Sokka asked. givin Aang a pleading look. Aang scoffed.
"What? Why?" Aang asked disbeliveingly. Sokka looked back down the road, then up at the mansion.
"My sister is out with a weird scar faced emo kid, I don't give a rats ass about the window, and I'd like Gran Gran not to find out about this, that way my dad doesn't find out" Sokka explained.
"Okay, fine" Aang grumbled. 'God, I'm sucha push over'
"Thanks Aang, I owe you man" Sokka said, jogging back to the direction of his house. Even though Aang had the whole blame of the window on him, Sokka owed him! It was basically saying that there was an unspoken truce of brotherhood. Halelujah.
Once Sokka was out of sight Aang looked up at the towering house and began walking up the drive. It seemed much longer than the other time they walked up it accidently. This time he was walking up with the intention of talking to someone instead of just accidently trespassing. Aang quietly walked afew dozen more feet and reached the door.
He knocked lightly on the door like he was intimidated. Well, he was but that was beside the point. He put his hand down by his side and waited for someone to come to greet him. A couple miutes passed and no one came. Aang stepped back and looked up at the windows. It was dark and seemingly vacant.
Aang knocked a bit more louder. He waited longer. He saw someone inside move this time. They looked around a wall to see who it was then dissapered again. Aang reached to knock again and his hand was centimeters away when he heared a voice.
"Hey" it whispered loudly. Aang jerked his head to look toward the person. He saw a black haired girl along the side of the masion. She motioned her hand for him to come toward her. He followed obiediently. She walked alongside the house like she had yesterday and he followed her as she slipped in the back door.
They were now in a long hallway. She was leaning against the wall. Aang was confused.
"What are we-?" He began but was cut off by her shrill SHHH-ing. She pointed to the maid in the hallway straightening paintings on the walls. Aang made an "o" with his lips and nodded his head as if to say "Ohhh.." Once the maid left She grabbed his left wrist and led him down the hall into a room and she flung him in with her and quietly clicked the door shut. Aang had fallen on the ground and was very confused to what was going on. Why did they sneak back in?
"What was all that about?" He asked quietly, pulling himself off the ground. She was still faceing the door with her hands at her sides.
"We had to sneak back in" She said, her voice caught Aang off guard, he was expecting a tough-boyish voice from her, not a small very feminine one. It still had somewhat of power with intimidation.
"Yeah, why? Don't you live here?" Aang asked. He leaned his head to try and see her better, but she was still turned around.
"Yeah I live here, but I'm not suppose to go outside" she answered, folding her arms.
"Is it because of...your eyes, or something?" He asked hestitently. Her fists balled up tight.
"Yes. Yes it is because of my eyes" she answered angerliy. "So why are you here?" she asked turning around.
"Uh I kind of...broke your window" He answered sheepishly. She smiled lighty, while her un-seeing eyes "looked" at the floor.
"Oh that was you huh?" she chuckled. Aang didn't laugh, he was too scared.
"I guess so" He answered while he played with his fingers nervously. She smiled and walked over toward him. She sat on the floor cross legged. He joined her.
"So your into sports?" She asked. Aang smiled lightly.
"No, not really, why?" He asked.
"Your that kid from the Lazer Tag, you were, well not exactly crappy, and you broke my window with a baseball" She stated. Aang looked away shyly.
"Eh, yeah. I'm Aang" Aang said introducing himself.
"I'm Toph" she said with a small smile. They shook hands in a formally aquard way.
"So you can obviously handle yourself outside, why don't don't your parents want you out?" He asked looking around the large bedroom to avoid staring at her cloudy eyes.
"They think I'm their delicate little baby" she said resting her face in her hand. "They don't get it"
"How do you move around so well? You don't even have one of those cane thingy's" Aang asked.
"I'm just awesome like that" she said nodding. Aang smiled at the remark. He stood up and walked to the center of the room. Most items in the room were a color of light green. The windows were enormous, she had a king sized bed with a foamy green comforter. On the other side of the room was a bookshelf with acouple of braile books on it, next to it was a giant dresser. Then in the wall there was a couple of doors. Probobly bathroom and closet.
"I would give you a tour but your not suppose to know I'm alive" She said standing up to stretch. Aang watched her walk over to a giant stereo by her bed. She flipped it on and grabbed a remote that was sitting on top of it. She hit PLAY and some music came on. Aang didn't recognize the song very well.
"You know Flyleaf?" Toph asked. Aang shook his head no. "Well you should, their freaking awesome" she said. She pressed the NEXT button afew times. A new song came on.
"This ones my favoriot" she said. Aang listened to the music. He heard the faint playing guitars in it get louder.
My hands are searching for you
My arms are outstreched toward you
I feel you on my fingertips
My tougne dances behind my lips
for you
This fire rising through my being
Burning I'm not used tot seeing
you
I'm alive, I'm alive!
I can feel you all around me
thickening the
air I'm breathing
Holding on to what I'm feeling
Savoring this heart thats healing
Aang listened to the words. Not Bad. Toph flopped backwards on her bed and looked up at the ceiling. Aang walked over to an Egg chair and sat in it, getting absorbed by the soft cusion like it was eating him.
"She has a good voice" Aang said "I'm more of a Skillet person though" Toph closed her eyes and shurgged.
"I'm bored, wanna do something?" Toph asked in a oredering tone.
"Sure" He said. Toph clicked her stereo off and tossed the remote on her bed.
"What do you want to do?" She asked, out of ideas.
"Bowling?" Aang suggested. Toph frowned. Aang was shocked what had he- oh right.
"Arcade?" Aang asked.
"I would, but can't really see the screen smarty"
"The Super-Market to buy junk food pig out?" He suggested. Toph nodded and smiled. She liked that got off her bed and headed for the door then spun around.
"Yeah, I know this is rude and I just met you and all but, can I stay the night with you?" She pleaded.
"Won't you have a problem with the parents?" Aang asked suspiciosly. Toph psshed and waved her hand.
"Naw, their outta town" Toph assured.
"Well okay then" Aang agreed. Toph did a quick yessss! then went to her dresser and grabbed a few articles of clothing. She closed it and went to her personal bathroom, grabbing her deoderat, toothbrush and hairbrush. She threw in into a dark green tatered up bag that had buttons and pen writing all over it. She grabbed h er black and green jacket and threw it on the slung her bag around her.
"Lets go" she said. She walked over to the door and opened it silently. She peeked out, seeing noone. They walked out into the hall and Toph tossed her bag at un ususpecting Aang. He jolted back but caught it clusmsily.
"I gotta make sure none of the maids or butlers relize I'm gone" she said "Meet you outside"
Aang nodded and went out the side door they had come out of. He headed around the side of the mansion and went out by the sidewalk and waited. After a few minutes Toph came out.
"I told them I was going to bed early and for none of them to bug me" She said. They started walking. It was the early evening and they headed down toward the streets talking about music. movies, and favoiriot foods.
"So who were those people you were with earlier?" Toph asked as they approached the Grocery Store. They stepped throught the automatic doors which opened up to reaveal a tiny grocery store buzz with people. The colorful candies and magazines at the front looked like a rainbow the the murmering of "Paper or plastic?" could be heard all around.
"Their Katara and Sokka, their brother and sister" Aang explained. They walked down the chip isile that had a mother and her two children with her.
"Okay, they got Funyuns?" Toph asked. Aang handed them to her.
"Is that chick always so...motherly?" Toph asked. Aang assumed she was tlaking about Katara.
"Yeah, she keeps up straight" Aang said. They walked down the pastry and goodies isle. The chill of the nearby frozen food section made Aang shiver slightly.
"Little Debbie's or Cosmic Brownie's?" Toph asked. Aang thought for a second.
"I like Brownies" He decieded. Toph took the plastic pacages from his hands.
"I like them both" she said. "We need sugary drinks" she stated.
They walked down the large isle filled with sodas, teas, bottled water and other liquids. They slowed down for Aang to look at the brand names. Toph's arms were overflowing with junkfood.
"Want some Arizona Tea?" Aang asked reaching for it. Toph made a face of digust.
"No, what about Moutain Dew?" She asked. Aang reached up for the two liter of the green liquid. They continuted through the store buying and piling up the things they needed, or that Toph wanted. Doritos, cheez-dip, whipped cream, dozens of chocolate bars, and a box of mint chocolate chip cookies. They bother staggerd up to check out. Dumping their many items on the counter.
The lady scanned them, Aang inspected all the food. "Toph, I don't think I' have enough for all this"
Toph didn't look phased. The cashier said the total was $37.56. Toph pulled her wallet out of her bag and pulled out one of the a $50 bill, while Aang gawked at the glimps he caught of the other dozens of bills she had. She tossed some Twizzlers on the couter.
"Those too" Toph said leaning on the counter in a relaxed way. Aang was in awe by the amount of money she had on her. He knew by the house she lived in that she was well off but to leave a blind girl that much money?
The cashier put all the items into plastic bags and gave Toph her change and reciept. They thanked the lady and walked back outside. Toph opened the bag of Twizzlers and stuck the end of it in her mouth.
"Wan one?" she asked. Aang grabbed a couple. They chewed and slobbered down the sidewalk past the small town shops and resturants.
Toph put two Twizzlers under her lip and turned to Aang "Hey look, BLA!" she said, doing her best vampire imitation. Aang laughed.
"Hey Aang!" A voice from behind them said. He turned around and saw Katara and Zuko. Katara and up and smiled while Zuko slumped along behind her.
"Hi Katara" Aang said. Toph chewed her Twizzler. Katara looked at Aang then at her and back. Zuko didn't really care.
"Hey I'm Katara" Katara said putting her hand out to shake. Toph didn't move her arms that had braclets of grocery bags on them. Katara's happy face dropped and she looked back to Aang wondering what she did wrong.
"This is Toph, you know her from the Arcade thing and the window that was broken hapopened to be her's" Aang explained. Katara nodded, Toph's face became focused and hard.
"Zuko and I were just heading home, where is Sokka?" Katara asked, changing from one motherly thing to the next. Aang smirked at the memory of Sokka rambling about his sister and Zuko and the things he suspected were going on.
"Eh, he'll meet you at your house" Aang answered simply. Toph pulled out anopther Twizzler silently. Katara frowned at her but chnged it quickly.
"Well you guys..have fun" she said un-ethusiastic. Aang's mood dimmed as he relized he had hurt Katara's feeling's. He reconsidered.
"Katatra you can com-"He tried to say before he was cut off by Toph dragging him away. Aang stumbed trying to find the right footing in order to keep up with Toph's fast pacing. Katara was now a few good feet behind them.
"Toph what the hell?" Aang asked angerliy.
"She is not coming with us" Toph said. Aang was confused, like always.
"Why? she's really cool" Aang argued. Toph blew at the hair in her face.
"Because I'm not gonna sit through a night of your guys's gay inside jokes that I won't understand and the aquward feeling that I'm some kind of intruding outsider freak who should back out of your guys's alone time" Toph said. Aang was now really surprised. Some one was a little demanding. But he saw her point.
They walked for a few miutes in silence the turned into a drive way. Then Toph screamed.
Oh god so suspenseful. My hands are gonna fall off from the cold.