A/N
Just thought I'd clear up the fact that Toph and Sokka did not kiss in the previous chapter and still have remained friends.
NO KISS.
Not yet at least.
Kiss, Kiss, Fall in Love
Chapter 7
If You're Going to San Francisco
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"We're taking the train?" Toph asks, ears tilted towards the clicking of trains over tracks. "How did you find one?"
"I googled it." I say, smiling before pulling her onto the train. Teo was able to secure us our own car so when we entered the Host Club, plus Katara, was already sitting in compartments. Zuko sat alone; reading a book, across from him was Teo was already dozing.
Haru and Jet were messing around in another part, seeing who could balance the most cases of luggage on their heads.
Aang and Katara had their own booth; Aang was sitting up while my sister's head rests on his lap. She's reading something from a magazine while Aang listens.
"Here we are." I open the door for Toph, she walks in and I close it. The train's engine begins to whine. "Toph you better sit down."
"No, I have to get my bag." Her small arms reach for her bag, which sits on on rack above our heads. She pulls a small backpack out under a pile of my luggage. As she does this, the train lurches forward violently. She tumbles back, backpack and all, right into my lap.
I, of course, was waiting with open arms. "Told you."
"Yeah, yeah." she opens her bag, pulling out an iPod.
She settles comfortably in my arms, a hand reaches up her ear to put in an ear phone but my hand catches hers. "I have something for you." She raises and eyebrow. I lift her up and place her on the booth opposite of mine. "Wait here." She nods and puts her music on. I slip the door open and sneak out.
Zuko and Teo look at me as I open the door to their compartment. "You have the flowers?"
The scarred boy nodded and stood up, removing a bouquet from the rack. "Are you sure Toph really wants flowers? This is Toph we're talking about."
I snatch the flowers out his hands, blushing slightly. "Of course! She's a girl isn't she?"
Teo laughs, "Remember, you're the one who mistook her for a boy."
My mouth opens, forming a non-existent rebuttal. To leave with some dignity I silently vow revenge and glare at Teo, making sure to slam the door on my way out. The train enters a tunnel as I edge back to our compartment. For a second I stand there, hand fumbling blindly for the handle. I start jamming my shoulder into the door convinced that the door is jammed.
The doorway opens just as I shove it again. Falling spectacularly I land on the carpeted floor, my jaw meeting the feet of Toph Beifong. "Wow. That was impressive." She sneers. I whimper for a moment on the floor before she grabs me by the shoulders, pulling me roughly to my feet.
"I got these for you." I mutter, picking up he flowers that were squished under my body when I fell. Toph takes them, her hand briefly touching mine. I let my hand venture out into the dark and I find a bench. I think I'll be a bit safer if I sit down.
Toph takes the seat beside me, I can feel her weight make the cushion bounce slightly. I can hear her inhale the perfume scent. "Flowers..."
"Do you like them?" I can keep a tone of nervousness from my voice. I can't see her face, and she doesn't speak. Something cold touches my hand and I twitch before I realize it's her hand. She lifts mine gently to rest on the soft petals. "Do you feel this one?" Her hand presses a small blossum into my hand.
It's closed, still waiting to unfurl and become a flower. "Yes."
"It still hasn't blossomed yet. And judging from the smell of the others, it's the only one.
Light poured back into the train as it emerged from the mountain. Toph's hand still hovers above mine. Her pale eyes search me. I gulp and try to think on the go. I tak the bouquet from her hands and place my under her chin. "And the last will be the most beautiful of all."
She arches an eyebrow. "Isn't that from a movie?" Owch. So much for super suaveness.
"Don't ruin the moment." I scold. She grins and pushes me away, a blush forming on her cheeks.
The rest of the trip was boring. Toph laid on the opposite end, her music playing while she threw a ball up and down, catching it every time with uncanny precision. I stare out the window, watching countless trees whiz by in the calm countryside. After an hour of riding a voice spoke from a speaker in the roof. "Arriving in San Francisco in five minutes. Five minutes."
I walk over and push Toph. She grumbles and takes her headphones out. "We're already there?"
"Yeah. You nervous?"
She laughs bitterly, "Nervous? I'll let you meet my parents and then you can decide whether I'm nervous or not."
