Math

Aang was fiddling with his pencil as he sat at a little table in his house as he pretended to look busy as he looked at his homework. The numbers and symbols in the text book meant nothing to him and the explanations were worst. He slammed his forehead against the table. He remembered what he us to do at school when he was bored and started to move his head left to right as it was against the table and his head started to vibrate. He got enjoyment out of this and continued to do that for a few minutes.

"Okay Aang, it's time to get back to work," he reminded himself and stared at the page again. "Okay what did Toph tell me to do?" Aang asked himself looking at a long line of numbers and symbols and brackets. "'Use BEDMAS you idiot!'" Aang said impersonating Toph's voice and attitude. Aang went back to the question finally got it. He scribbled down his steps to help him find the answer and went on to the next few questions. He was now deep in concentration when the ringing of a phone distracted Aang. "Hello," Aang said as he answered the phone.

"Hey, are you finished your homework yet?" Toph asked impatiently asked on the other side of the phone. Aang paused not knowing how to answer the question. "Sigh, you don't know how to do math do you?" Toph asked disappointedly.

"No I know how to do them you just…" Aang started to say to disagree with Toph when she interrupted him again.

"What's the answer to question five?' she asked plainly. Aang shrugged and looked over at him note book. He read his scribbled writing to Toph.

"I got nine, why…"

"It's two point five - your doing it all wrong…I was going to ask you to hang out but now I'm coming over there so our teacher won't spazz at you and we can hang out longer," Toph stated. Aang got a nervous feeling in his chest. Toph couldn't come over. Mr. Gyatso was going to be out all week on a business trip.

"No Toph you can't…Toph?" Aang asked when he heard nothing on the other side of the phone. "Fantastic! She hung up on me!" Aang yelled. He sat back down at his table and his pet cat, Momo, jumped on his lap. Aang started to stroke Momo to relief him of his anger. "Can you believe her? She never listens to me…god she's so childish," Aang complained to Momo. Momo purred and stretch himself out before jumping off Aang's lap. Aang rolled his eyes and started on his work again. A few minutes later he heard a loud knock on the door. Aang sighed and pulled himself off the chair he had been sitting in. before he reached the door Toph had opened it.

"I'm hungry," Toph stated and walked past Aang into the kitchen. Aang stood there confused and frustrated. Once Aang turned around he could see Toph rummaging through his fridge. "Do you have any left over pizza?' Toph asked with her head in the fridge.

"No…why?" Aang asked walking up behind her. Toph turned around with a hand full of food and shrugged, placing the food on top of Aang's homework.

"I don't know…I just thought all poor families always had leftover pizza in their fridge," Toph stated sarcastically. Aang rolled his eyes and pushed the food away from his work. He swore under his breath and started to write down his answers. Toph watched over his shoulder as he worked. Aang suddenly stopped and looked up at her.

"Aren't you going to help me?" Aang asked. Toph shrugged and paced back and forth around Aang's small kitchen.

"Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for life," Toph stated profoundly. Aang looked up at her confused and his eye started to twitch.

"What? I want you to help me with math, not give me a fish," Aang yelled. Toph started to laugh than sat in the chair beside Aang. She moved the chair closer and closer to Aang so she could see Aang's work. Aang could feel her breath run down his neck and found it oddly uncomfortable. "Do you have to be so close?" Aang snapped.

"I wouldn't have to be if you wrote I little neater, Twinkle Toes," Toph snapped back. She took a pencil off the table and lend onto Aang so she could reach his page. Aang's face went red and he moved slightly so she could get by easier. She scribbled out Aang's work and wrote down her formula and did the question quickly. She dropped the pencil and sat back down. "There use that as a guide. I'll be in the living room watching you're tinny ass T.V." Toph stated and walked away.

"Um…thanks," Aang said confused. He looked at what Toph wrote down and understood the homework, but now he didn't want to do the work. He looked over at the room beside him to see Toph laughing at the television. He felt like he should be sitting beside her, but he also needed to do his work. After a few moments of staring at his paper he rolled his eyes and walked over to the living room. Toph had some way to make him feel angry at one point and this other sensation at another. He didn't know how to explain it but he liked her as a friend, as a best friend.

"Hey shouldn't you be working?" Toph asked as she noticed him entering the room. Aang shook his head and sat down beside Toph.

"She hates me anyways,' Aang stated. Toph laughed and looked back over at the television. Aang didn't care what was on the television as long as he got to spend time with Toph. After a few minutes Aang turned to Toph. "You wanna play N64?" Aang asked excitedly. Toph started to laugh very loudly.

"No way! You remember the last time I played," Toph reminded Aang. He nodded disappointed. Toph lightly punched his shoulder to cheer him up. "Plus Xbox has much more straight foreword games," she stated with a wink. Aang laughed slightly and went back to watching the television. Suddenly Aang found Toph's head on his shoulder.

"what are you doing?" Aang asked nervously. Toph looked up at him with a smile and was about to say something when a large white dog jumped on her lap. "No Appa!" Aang yelled at the dog but there was no response. Its tail was waging back and forth as Toph nervously petted him. Appa jumped on top of Toph and started to lick her face. Her head fell back onto Aang's lap and his face went red.

"Aang, get your stupid dog off of me!" Toph commanded. Aang quickly leapt off the couch and grabbed a hold of the shaggy dog. Aang yanked and pulled and finally the dog ran away and the extra weight was lifted off of Toph and she rolled onto the ground.

"Toph!" Aang exclaimed. Toph started to laugh as Aang went down on his knees and looked at her worried. Toph pushed his face away from hers and sat up laughing even harder.

"Don't worry I'm use to falling on your floor…does that sound as wrong to you as it does to me?" Toph said still filled with laughter. Aang laughed and nodded. He helped his friend off the ground and they both went back to sitting on the couch silently watching the television. Toph finally broke the silence. "Fine I'll play N64 with you," Toph grumbled tired of the silence.

AN: I know it's short and it has been a while since I wrote something new in this story. I just thought you guys finally needed something new. This is all you get for now but school's almost over and I'll have much more time to write. cheers