A/N: Here's chapter two! Uh... I can't think of anything else to say. Crap. Um...I like toast?... TT Well ya gotta give me some credit for trying! lol! Oh yea, the disclaimer thingy, ugh...

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar:The Last Airbender. Nick does. But Jaeda is my made up character, so... You get the point. On with the story...

Chapter 2

"So, Sokka, tell me more about yourself," Jaeda said as the two of them were walking down a path in the woods, gathering berries and pears and things like that.

Sokka smiled. "Well, I'm fifteen, and I come from a Water Tribe. Katara and I used to live with our grandmother in the South Pole. See, we lost out mother in a Fire Nation attack a few years ago. Then our dad went to fight them, and I've never heard from him since. So I was out tribes last defence."

Jaeda looked up at Sokka in shock. "I'm sorry..." she said as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"It's ok, it's not your fault," Sokka replied as if giving Jaeda back whatever guilt she might be feeling. "Before he left, he gave me this," mention Sokka as he pulled out his boomerang.

Jaeda stared at it in amazement. "Wow..." she said, admiring Sokka's most prized possession. "I used to have one," she added. "My father gave it to me for my eighth birthday. He said I would need it because I was soon going to be a warrior and defend out tribe."

"So that's why you kicked some Firebender butt earlier?" Sokka asked with a smile.

"Yup!"

They smiled and gazed at eachother for at least five minutes, just like they did earlier. Then Sokka snapped out of it and asked, "Care to tell me more about you, Jaeda?"

"Sure," said Jaeda. "Well, I'm fourteen, and I also come from a Water Tribe. And, like I said earlier, I'm a Waterbender. I didn't want to learn Waterbending, because I'm a warrior, but my mom insisted that I had to. So I just went along with it." She smiled a very sweet smile. "Can you Waterbend?" she asked.

"No," replied Sokka. "I'm also a warrior..."

"Awesome!" Jaeda said. "I think we're gonna get along great."

Sokka's face turned bright red. "...cool..." he said with smile and a sleepy, dazed look on his face. As Jaeda laughed, Sokka's face turned even more red when he realized he'd said that aloud. Way to go, Sokka, he thought.

The two teens continued to walk around the woods, but they both stayed quiet for a while, until Sokka spoke up. "What about your family?" he asked.

Jaeda stopped walking. "...My family?"

"Yeah."

Jeada shuddered. "I-I, uh... I don't really want to talk about it..." she replied, with a certain saddness in her voice. Sokka put his hand on her shoulder. "You ok?" he asked.

"Uh, yeah," Jaeda replied. "I'm fine."

"You sure?"

"Yeah...thanks."

Sokka and Jaeda walked back to the cave and sat up against it, watching the beautiful orange and pink sunset. "Um, Jaeda?" Sokka asked.

"Yeah?"

"Well, when you were fighting off those Firebenders earlier..." he muttered nervously, rubbing the back of his neck,"...I uh... I thought you were pretty good... and I was just wondering... if maybe you could teach me some of your moves? I mean... if its alright with you and all..."

Jaeda grinned. "I'd be happy to teach you!" she shouted. "But it's getting late. We'll have to do it tomorrow."

"Ok, great!" Sokka said happily. "We'd better tell the others we're back with some food." He helped Jaeda up and together they walked into the cave.

"We're back!" said Sokka, holding up a small bag they put their food in.

Katara was trying to start a fire and Aang was playing with Momo. Then Katara looked up at them and smiled. "What all did you find?" she asked.

"Just some fruit and stuff like that..." Jaeda said. She glanced down at the fire wood Katara was struggling with. "Need help, Katara?"

"Yes please," Katara replied with a sigh of relief. Then Jaeda bent down to help her.

As they were working on the fire, Sokka couldn't take his eyes off Jaeda. Wow, he thought. She's so... amazing. He smiled and sighed with a delerious and dreamy look on his face.

Aang started laughing. "What's that look on your face for, Sokka?"

Sokka almost jumped, he was so surprised. "Huh? Oh, I- uh..." he muttered, blushing.

"I think somebody's in love!" Katara giggled. Then Jaeda's face turned as red as Sokka's was.

When the two girls got the fire going, they all sat around the it and talked as they ate. And, of course, Sokka sat right next to Jaeda.

"Hey, Jaeda, you think you want to stay here with us tonight?" asked Katara.

Jaeda smiled. "Sure! Thanks!"

"You got anything to say about that, Sokka?" questioned Aang, with a sly and sneaky look on his face.

Sokka blushed (for the millionth time). "Come on, guys! Would you lay off?" he shouted.

"Yeah..." Jaeda agreed with a smile. "Stop embarrassing the guy!" She scooted closer to Sokka. And then he smiled and scooted closer to her.

Aang and Katara looked at eachother and grinned. But before they could make another clever remark, Jaeda changed the subject. "So, Aang... You're really the Avatar?" she asked.

Aang smiled. "Yup!" Then he used his Airbending skills to lift Momo up in the air. Jaeda and Katara giggled as Momo squirmed and then made this funny shrieking sound.

"Show off," Sokka muttered under his breath. She's mine, he thought to himself.

Then it was Katara's turn to talk. "Does your family live around here, Jaeda?" she asked. Sokka knew right then that that was a bad idea, on account of Jaeda refused to answer his question about that earlier.

Jaeda hesitated. "Uh...well... I-I don't exactly want to talk about it right now..." she replied, staring at the ground. Katara had a worried and confused expression oh her face.

"You heard the girl!" said Sokka, joining in to defend Jaeda. "She doesn't want to talk about it!" He put his hand on her shoulder. Then Momo quickly hopped into Jaeda's lap, and she began to stroke his ears. The four of them stayed silent for quite a while, the only sound being Momo's purring.

Finally, Aang yawned. "I'm getting tired..."

"Me too," said Jaeda.

"I think it's just about time for bed," yawned Katara. They all rolled out their sleeping bags and layed down to go to sleep.

That night Sokka had a really hard time finding any sleep. Never in his life had he felt so many different emotions before. Why do I feel like this? he thought. He didn't know what to think until one one idea popped into his head. Sokka was a sucker for love.

But does she love me back?

He then sat up and looked over at the peacefully sleeping figure that layed next to him. She looked like an angel. He wondered what she was dreaming about, hoping that maybe she would be dreaming about him. Sokka gently put his hand over hers. "Good night, you beautiful angel," he said to Jaeda. And he could have sworn he'd seen a smile on her face as those words came out of his mouth. He finally layed back down and tried to sleep, but he was too deep in thought. The only thing on his mind was Jaeda. Jaeda... Jaeda... Jaeda... Her name rang like a bell in Sokka's head. After a while of thinking, he finally got some sleep, still holding Jaeda's hand.

A/N: I know, mushy. But I sotra like how this story's coming along so far. Hey, cut me some slack, ok? This is my first fan fic! Lol. Anyways... Pleas review! Thanks!

Britt