A/N:Thanks for all the reviews guys! Much appreciated! I'll keep adding on stuff, and I'll try to update daily or every other day, but sadly, in a few days, I have to go on vacation, so... srry...-sniffles- LOL! I LOVE SOKKA! And for all you AxK fans out there, there's gonna be some of that later on in the store, kk? Just so ya know:)

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Chapter 4

Jaeda stood up and walked over to her miserable friend leaning up against the tree. "Um... Hey, Sokka," she said, sitting down beside him.

"Oh. Hey," Sokka replied. I hope Katara kept her mouth shut! he thought to himself.

"You ok?" Jaeda asked.

Sokka sighed. "Um, listen. Do you think you'd want to take a walk with me? I mean... it sounds good right about now..."

"Sure," Jaeda replied, smiling at him warmly. I love that smile, Sokka thought.

They both stood up and headed down a path in the woods. As the two were walking, Sokka was thinking about how he was going to tell Jaeda. He couldn't just walk up to her and ask, 'Jaeda, do you love me as much as I love you?' It wasn't that easy.

They sat down by the stream, side-by-side. Then Jaeda started Waterbending shapes in the air like she was doing earlier. Hoping she would see a smile, she turned around to see Sokka frowning. "What's wrong?" she asked, putting her hand over his to comfort him. This made Sokka blush furociously. Jaeda looked worried. She can't stand to see her friends so sad like this.

"Well," mutterd Sokka, staring into Jaeda's beautiful eyes, "I, uh... have something to tell you."

"Yes...?"

He then lifted her chin with gentle fingers, and gazed down into those geourgous jade-green pools she calls her eyes. And at the same time, Jaeda look up into his- the bluest eyes she'd ever seen.

"I, uh... I just wanted to say that..." Sokka continued nervously, "Jaeda, I love you. More than anything."

Jaeda couldn't believe what she had just heard. "D-do you really mean that, Sokka?" she asked hopefully.

Sokka smiled sweetly. "Every word."

Jaeda continued gazing up into his eyes of blue. "I love you too," she said. And then Sokka kissed her... on the lips. She really does love me! Sokka thought. In his mind he smiled as Jaeda wrapped her arms around his neck.

When the very satisfactory kiss stopped, they smiled at eachother, and walked back to the cave, holding hands.

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"Well, you look a little better, Sokka," mentioned Katara as he and Jaeda walked into the cave. "I take it that you took my advice?"

Sokka grinned. "It wasn't easy," he replied, putting his arm around Jaeda, "but it was worth it!"

Aang looked shocked. "So you did have a crush on Jaeda?" he asked, playing with Momo.

"Yeah. I just didn't want to tell anyone, because, well, I had no idea if she liked me."

Then Katara walked over to Jaeda and whispered in her ear, "Can I tell him now?"

Jaeda laughed. "Be my guest!"

Sokka looked at them with a confusedexpresion on his face. "What was that all about?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well..." answered Katara, "she told me she also liked you, right after you told me..."

Sokka looked over at Jaeda and blushed. "Y-you did?"

Jaeda giggled. "Why do you think I saved your butt from all those Firebenders?"

Aang and Katara also started laughing. "So now she's your girlfriend?" asked Aang, his eyes all watery from giggling so much.

Sokka answered by pulling Jaeda close to him and kissing her in front of everyone. Katara laughed so hard she fell on top of Aang. She blushed when she finally realized what she had done.

"What?" Jaeda asked. "You've never seen two people kiss before?"

Katara and Aangcontinued giggling like crazy.

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"I don't know about you, but I'm hungry!" Jaeda finally said.

"Me too," Sokka agreed.

"I swear," said Katara, "you guys were made for eachother." And as Sokka and Jaeda were stuffing their faces with food, they grinned.

Then Aang sat down right beside Katara with some friut in his hands. "Would you like a peach?" he offered, holding a peach in front of her.

Katara blushed unnacountably. "Um... sure. Thanks, Aang."

Sokka and Jaeda looked at eachother as if to say, 'Kids these days...'

"Hey, Jaeda... Wanna take another walk with me?" Sokka asked once they were finished eating.

Jaeda smiled. "I'd like that. I've been meaning to tell you something anyway..."

As the two of them started out of the cave, they heard someone say, "Where are you two love-birds off to?" Sokka and Jaeda turned around to see Katara standing behind them.

"We were just gonna take a quick walk... That's all, " replied Jaeda.

"Well, it's getting late. Don't stay out too long."

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"So," said Sokka, once they were in the forest, "what did you want to tell me?"

"Well... here goes." Jaeda muttered, staring at her feet. She sighed. "Three days ago, Zuko and his men found my family and I traveling. Then I tried to attack him, to protect my little sister, but that jerk tied me up. I called him every word I could think of, and then... he killed my family."

Sokka looked shocked. "Oh man... But- how?" he asked, with a concerned look in his eyes.

Jaeda told him all about the day the Fire Nation killed her family.

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Jaeda and her family were traveling to the North Pole, to escape from the Fire Nation.

"How long until we'll be there, mommy?" asked Jaeda's twelve-year-old sister, Neescha.

"We should be there in about a week or two," replied their mother, Naomi.

Jaeda groaned. "That long?" Shewas neverthe most cheerful person on earth.

"Come on, girls," said their dad, Mike. "We should speed it up, the Fire Nation could be here!"

Jaeda was tired from travel, and hated carrying that pack on her back! Then she noticed someone. But it wasn't just anybody. It was a Fire Nation soldier! The soldier grabbed ahold of Neescha. "Mom! Dad! HELP!" shouted the panicking little girl. Jaeda and her parents dropped their things and turned around to see an army of Firebenders heading their way.Naomi tried to free her daughter, while Jaeda and Mike, the warriors in the family, fought off some enemy Benders.

Jaeda kicked a soldier in the face and knocked him out, and he landed on top of another.

Then one of the men grabbed her arms and tied her up. They also tied up the rest of her family.

"Let us go, you JERKS!" shouted Jaeda, but then that evil Prince Zuko walked up to her, with a fire ball forming in his hand. "You wanna say that again, you little brat?" Jaeda was extremely worried, but she stood up for her family by calling Zuko every word in the book.

"WHAT? Why you little..." He walked over to where the rest of Jaeda's family was tied up. He had this evil smirk on his face.

"What are you doing?" asked Jaeda, tears running down her face.

Zuko said nothing. All he did was form another huge fire ball in his hand and he threw it at Mike, Naomi, and Neescha. And there were plenty more where that came from.

"NO!"Jaeda shoutedin tears as she watched her family burn. "You BASTARD! No!"

"Let this be a lesson to you," Zuko said as he and his men boarded the ship.

That day was going to haunt Jaeda for the rest of her life.

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"All because I couldn't keep my big mouth shut..." Jaeda said as a tear fell down her cheek.

Sokka wiped the tear off her face and took his miserable girlfriend in his arms. "I'm so sorry, Jaeda," he replied, as if it were his own fault. "It's ok. Don't feel bad, or anything. I know exactly how you feel." Then he took her hand as they continued walking. "So, you have nowhere to go? No home? No family? No nothing?"

Jaeda nodded. "Nope."

Then an idea popped into Sokka's head. "I got it! How about you come with us?" he said happily. "I mean... you wouldn't be alone, you'd be with people who care about you. Like me, for instance!"

Jaeda smiled her beautiful, warm smile (the one that Sokka liked so much). "You are too cute!" she said. Then Sokka blushed, and kissed Jaeda's cheek. She giggled and layed her head on his shoulder. "But what would Aang and Katara say?" she asked, sounding worried. "Would they mind?"

"They shouldn't," replied Sokka. "They think you're pretty cool!" The expression on Jaeda's face turned into that warm smile.

The two continued walking around in the woods, watching the pinkish-orange sunset. Well, Jaeda was watching the sunset, but Sokka was watching Jaeda. Then they heard something. "GET THEM!"

A/N: Well, there was chapter4! Mushy, fluffy, and kind of a cliffy. And yes, I know, cliff hangers suck. Big time. Lol! Plzz review! Thanks!

Britt (SOKKA LUVER!)