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Chapter Six

The Birds, The Bees, and the Avatar

"Achoo!" Toph sneezed yet again. It was later that night. After Toph's 'encounter' with the water, everyone had decided to go home. Now she, Toph, and Aang were in Aang's bedroom. She and Sokka sat on the bed, while Aang paced furiously.

"Twinkletoes, I'm sorry!" Toph pleaded for the umpteenth time.

"Humph," Aang grumbled, angrily.

"She didn't mean it Aang," Sokka pointed out.

Aang sighed angrily, "I was going to kiss her! I was this close! THIS CLOSE!"

Toph blew her bangs, "Yeah, but face it Twinkletoes, you always come ' THIS CLOSE.' You never actually kiss her. Face it, it was destiny that pushed me in the water."

Sokka snickered, "Yeah, The Destiny of All Things Against Aang and Katara!"

Aang glared at him.

"I was going to kiss her!"

"Was not," Toph argued.

"Was too."

"Was not."

"Was too!" Aang cried. He sat down on the floor angrily, "And it was supposed to be the perfect kiss! You know, the sun, the beach, the sand, the romance…"

"You read way to many romance novels," Toph laughed, receiving another glare.

"Well, what'd you expect Aang?" Sokka asked, "You guys would kiss and then the world would fall into perfect romance harmony while you two would be together forever?"

Aang nodded, "Yeah. And then we would grow up…"

He started rambling on about some obscure daydream. Toph rolled her eyes and laid back on Aang's bed. Sokka meanwhile was thinking about some serious things.

"And then our baby would be named Gyatso Jr.…"

Sokka grimaced. The LAST thing he wanted to think about was his sister having a baby.

Toph felt the grimace and laughed.

"What's wrong Sokka?" she teased.

"Nothing," Sokka muttered quickly. Aang stopped rambling.

Toph laughed, "Thinking about the birds and the bees?" she asked Sokka.

Sokka's eyes widened, "No. No…"

"What bird? What bee?" Aang asked confused.

"You know," Toph said, "The bird. The bee. The girl. The boy. The baby."

Aang stared, lamely.

Toph sat up, "Come on. You must know about that stuff!"

Aang shook his head slowly and said the one thing that Toph did NOT want to hear, "I'm an airbender, Toph. I was raised by monks."

Toph groaned, "Oh great."

She stood up, "Well, look at the time. I better go to bed."

"It's not even dinner."

"I better go to bed!" Toph repeated. She ran, quickly, out of the room.

Sokka stood up quickly, "And I've got to…uh…food…I…"

He stammered, seeing Aang's skeptic look.

"Appa…bath…food…STOP STARING AT ME LIKE THAT!"

"Come on Sokka, please!" Aang pleaded, "What do I need to know?"

Sokka sighed, "Aw Aang, do I have to?"

Aang stared back, pleadingly.

Sokka sighed, "Sit down."

Aang obeyed. Sokka rubbed his forehead.

"Okay. Okay. You take a boy. And a girl. And…"

He sighed.

"Look, Aang. A relationship is like a…like a two coursed meal! Yeah! You have the meat, and you have the vegetables! Now you can't have one without the other, right? I mean, think about it. Would you want to go down to dinner and just eat meat. And would you want to go down to dinner and just eat a vegetable? No, you don't. You want both. You need both. So you get both. Now the meat is firm and demanding. But it's also very juicy. And if the servants overcook it, I guess it gets all rubbery…but anyway…the vegetables are both soft and hard. It depends on what vegetable you have. And certain meats and certain vegetables go together. And there are some meats that everyone likes, and some meats that everyone hates. Like chicken. Everyone likes chicken. But everyone hates…uh…liver. And there are some vegetables everyone likes like…carrots. But there are vegetables everyone hates like Brussels Sprouts. Now usually, a lot of people like meat better than vegetables. BUT MEAT WILL RULE THE WORLD! MEAT IS FAR BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE! ALL HAIL MEAT! MEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTT!"

Sokka finished, panting heavily and slightly drooling.

Aang stared at him.

There was a long silence before…

"What are you talking about?"

Sokka stopped panting, "I have absolutely no idea. I guess I shouldn't be giving this type of talk before dinner."

"You think?" Aang laughed. "What was that about the meat ruling the world?"

"What?" Sokka shrugged, "It'll happen someday, Aang. You wait and see."

"Yeah," Aang said sarcastically, "Look, do you want to go down to dinner?"

Sokka was already out the door.