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Chapter 26

One ring was all she needed. The young girl hastily got off of the couch and raced to the door. Opening it, she found the blue eyed teen standing in the doorway, shivering.

"Took you long enough. It's cold out there," Sokka stepped inside, closing the door behind him. "So what's u—" before he could even finish his phrase, Azula had jumped up and hugged him tightly.

"Oh, Sokka," she said into his shoulder, "I was beginning to think that you weren't going to come."

"You just had to give me some time that's all," he said, wrapping his arms around her, squeezing her just as tightly. He sighed. Here he was at the Sozin's house with a bummed out Azula. He had never seen her like this before: an emotional, depressed, and *gulp* very vulnerable...ok, Sokka, you didn't come over here for that...at least I don't think I did...

Azula grabbed Sokka's arm and dragged him back to the living room couch. She sighed. "I can't believe Jet would break up with me. ME! Azula Sozin." She turned to look at me. "What do you think, Sokka?"

"I don't know, 'Zula." he shrugged, rubbing his hand over his mouth. "Did you do anything to him to make him mad? I mean, you can be a bit blunt sometimes, and you guys did argue a lot, and—"

"I get it," she snapped.

"Maybe you should apologize," he continued.

She swiftly turned her head towards him. "For what?"

"Find out." He took out his phone and lifted it up, but quickly put it back into his pocket once she glared daggers at him. "Nevermind." He cleared his throat and tried again. "I think I have a thought of why." She sighed out a 'what'. "Well...it could be because of the many types of secret relationship you've been in...maybe."

She raised her eyebrow, crossing her arms over her chest. "Continue."

"I think Jet was just tired of—"

"Tired?!" she snapped, quickly cutting him off, "tired of what? I was a good girlfriend; we had good sex, what the hell was he tired of?"

Sokka shrugged, feeling a little sheepish for discussing with his ex-girlfriend about her and Jet's intimate life. "Maybe you didn't give him enough of what he wanted."

"What?" She frowned

"I don't know, 'Zula, I'm guessing you didn't give him 'all of you'." She raised her eyebrows at him confusedly. "Some of you were given to...other people." She waved her hand, issuing for him to continue. "Like, Chan."

She smirked, letting out a small laugh. "I never did anything with Chan," Sokka stared at her; clearly knowing that she was lying. "Ok, ok maybe a couple times we fooled around, but I mean the times we did do stuff, we were arguing and one thing led to another...besides, that was a long time ago." she groaned. "Anyway, that's just one guy."

"Well, you have me."

She scoffed. "We're an ex couple, Sokka, of course we fool around," she stared at her nails. "And apparently you seem to like it, so why not? Besides, he had other girls too. I wasn't the only one."

"Your relationship was just messed up," he said without thinking. "But," he held his hands up offensively as she saw her frown, "the reason why he goes with other girls is because he needed to feel wanted. The same thing goes with you as well."

"I am wanted," she said.

"Yeah, but not by Jet."

"Whose side are you on?" The corners of her lips dwindled deeper into a grown "Are you even trying to make me feel better?"

"I'm just saying that Jet needed to feel wanted from you, and since he didn't, he ran off with other chicks."

"Whatever, it's over. I don't care about...him," She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted, staring at the blank wall in front of her. "I can do what I want with anyone now without having to worry about Jet anymore."

"You could do something about it."

"It doesn't matter, Sokka, I don't want him anymore." She seemed hesitant.

"So you're gonna give up?"

"No, I'm moving on." She turned towards me. "You should be happy. Now we can actually get back together." He turned away from her, shaking his head slowly. "What's wrong? Do you not like me?"

"I feel like you should give Jet another chance and apologize"

"Why?"

"Just because?" it came out more of a question than a comment.

She lifted her chin up and narrowed her eyes at him. "You're lying."

Sokka cleared his throat. "Azula, I think—"

"Who is she?" she stood up off of the couch.

"Azula, what are you talk—?"

"Who the hell she?" she said, keeping her composure, but the words that left her mouth had enough venom to kill. Sokka stood up, but she placed a hand on his shoulder, trying to push him back down. "No, tell me."

Sokka pushed her hand away and stood up, turning to face her. "Suki comes back this weekend," Azula was silent, "and it's not like we broke up, we're still together, 'Zula, and...I still like her, but..."

"But what?" she spat.

He sighed. "But I still want you."

"Well, you have me," she spread her arms out wide. "What is it that she has that I don't? What is so special about her, Sokka?!" She tapped her foot repeatedly on the floor. "Tell me!" There goes that impatience.

"I don't know!" he yelled. "It's not her that's just special, you're special, too! You both are special, dammit! You're both different and I like both of you, ok?!" He looked at her; she held an expressionless face. "Why are you so eager for me to come back to you?"

"I don't know," she sat back down and put her hand under her chin. He sat next to her and placed his hand on her thigh. "I guess you just make me...happy." He smirked. "In a weird way, of course."

"Riiiiight." He said slowly.

"I'm serious" she continued to look straight ahead. She hesitated, taking a deep breath, "But if you really want her, I'm not going to stop you. Do what you want, Sokka. Apparently you care more for her than me."

"Are you trying to make me feel bad?" he asked. She shook her head, picking at her nails. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her into him. "You know, I've been waiting to say this for a while...I love you."

"You wait until now to say that?" she said a few minutes later.

He shrugged. "It's been on my mind for a while. Now or never, you know?" she scoffed. "What do you have to say about it?"

"What do you want me to say?"

"An 'I love you, too' would've sufficed." She smiled, laying her head back onto his shoulder. "Well?"

"I love you, too," she said genuinely.

"Don't say it unless you mean it, 'Zula."

"Then I take it back."

"Azula..."

"I'm kidding," she rolled her eyes. "Don't you think I know that? Besides, I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it. Trust me, that is not a word I just say casually, Sokka. You should be honored." She heard him laugh softly.

A sudden succession of shrill rings cut the silence. Sokka jumped up, startled. Pulling the phone out of his pocket, he hesitantly picked it up. "Hello?...oh, hey, Suki," he cast a glance towards Azula, who still held her head on his shoulder with a slight frown on her face. "No, no I'm not too busy...Oh, you got the message...you liked it? Well that's great...you wanna what?...well, that sounds fun," Azula shifted under him, turning to look at him. "...me and Azula? Ha ha, you thought that?...no, I wasn't laughing at you, I was just...Suki, I—..."

"Hang up on her," Azula suggested.

"You come back from France tomorrow?" he continued to talk. "...I don't think I'm doing anything, why?..."

"Hang up on her," Azula repeated more sternly.

Sokka lifted up a finger, issuing for her to be quiet. "Sounds great, see you then." He placed his phone back in his pocket and turned towards Azula who was trying to keep a calm composure. "Suki wants to hang tomorrow." She grunted in response. "She comes back from France tomorrow so..." he trailed off.

"Are you going to her?" she asked, studying her nails with the most calmest of expressions. He shrugged, looking the other way. "I take that as a yes."

"Maybe."

"So you say that you love me, and now you're going off with that tramp?"

"I still love you, Azula. I'm just seeing what she wants!"

"What she wants?" She scoffed. "Are you that stupid?! She wants you!"

He threw his hands up. "You don't know that yet!"

She continued. "Here I am, practically throwing myself at you, and you're picking her."

"Azula—" he started.

"Forget it. I'm done." She rolled her eyes and sighed. "I'm going to bed. Good night." She started to walk away from him.

"Do you want me to stay?"

She paused, clearly thinking over the question. "No." she started walking again, heading upstairs. "You can let yourself out." Sokka sighed, obviously knowing that she had wanted him to stay.

"Why are you so disappointed about this, Azula? I'm just hanging out with her."

"I'm not disappointed," she with a bitter laugh. She continued to walk, not even turning to look at him. "I'm hurt."

...

Meanwhile

"C'mon, Toph, we haven't talked in ages," the young boy said. "It's like after the incident, we don't even associate with each other anymore. What happened?!"

"What do you mean what happened?" Toph raised her eyebrows in confusion. "We stopped talking, that's what happened, Teo. Apparently you didn't want to talk about what happened, so I moved on."

"To Aang?" he questioned.

She shrugged. "More like, from you."

He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. If he knew that Toph was going to be at the Ba Sing Se mall he wouldn't have come. "You didn't even approach me anymore. I thought that you were mad at me."

Her face softened. "No, I wasn't mad at you. I thought you were mad at me?"

"No, no," he held her hand. "I couldn't be mad. It was partly my fought. I shouldn't have pressured you into—"

"It was just as my fought as it was yours," there was an awkward silence before anyone spoke again.

"Have you told Aang?" Teo asked her, dropping her hands.

"I can't tell him, and I don't want to ruin this relationship we have," She shook her head. "He'll be so...devastated."

"Why would he be?" he questioned. "It's not like he and you were together, so it shouldn't matter, right? Besides, I'm sure he knows that you've been with other guys besides me?" she didn't answer him.

"You're the only guy."

He grunted, taking a finger to rub his chin. "Well you can always come back to me if it doesn't work out, you know."

She narrowed her eyes at him. "This isn't a game, Teo!"

"And I never said it was," he said coolly. He groaned, shaking his head. "You know, I kind of miss you." She started at him, crossing her arms over her chest nonchalantly. "I really did. To be honest, I'm a little jealous of Aang."
"Why is that?"

He shrugged. "That could've been me."

"Yeah it could've been."

"It should've been."

She softly chuckled, making him smile as well. "Don't push it."

"I'm just kidding with you," he pushed her shoulder lightly. "You know, maybe we should hang out sometime, it'll be fun." She shrugged. "Oh, c'mon, what happened to that 'I do whatever I want' girl I used to know?"

"I'm still the same girl," she told him.

"Then hang out with me!" he took a step forward, placing his hands on her shoulder. "I'm sure Aang wouldn't mind if you're hanging out with a friend. Besides, I still know you have a little thing for me," he smirked at the blush appearing on her face.

"I do not!"

"Okay, whatever you say. I'm just pointing out the obvious, Toph." She frowned, twisting her lips into a frown. "It was a joke, Toph, come out of that hard shell and laugh a little." He held up his hands and smiled coolly. "I better go, I promised my dad I was gonna be back in a little." He opened his arms wide, walking towards her.

Toph held up her hands. "And what do you think you are doing?"

"Giving my friend a hug. Can I not do that or will that offend Aang?" he raised his eye brow, but quickly smiled when she uncrossed her arms from her chest and said a muffled 'fine'. He pulled her in gently and gave her a tight squeeze, she did the same, hugging him longer than she expected. They were interrupted by a loud 'ahem'.

"Aang!" Toph shrieked.

"Aang!" Teo said in a cheerful voice, patting the young boy on his back. "I didn't know you were here with Toph."

"Yeah, I just had to go to the bathroom," Aang said, giving Toph a confused look.

"Dang, man, you were gone for a while," Teo laughed. "You okay?"

"Fine," Aang said with a frown.

"Well, it was nice seeing you guys," he said with a smirk and a wink at Toph. "see you at school, maybe." He turned off with a wave, jamming his hands in his pockets.

"What was that all about?" Aang asked his girlfriend.

Toph shrugged. "It's nothing important, he was just saying hey. Don't worry about it, Twinkletoes." She grabbed at his hand and started to walk in the other direction, though catching a glimpse of Teo before he turned the corner. Maybe she still was into him...

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*Please read and review—alright, another chapter! Okay, so I'm just going to keep going a couple more chapters further, because there is another scene with the whole Sukka and Sokkla parts. So I'll keep you guys updated/ posted on that soon. Thanks for all the reviews!*