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Chapter 19: Loyalty isn't everything; it's trust

I had insisted Jet to let me sleep on the floor, even if I was a 'princess'. It was tough battle but I won. It wasn't half-bad. I was used to sleeping like that, so it was a royal bed for me. Jet shrugged this off and got into bed. I was in my stripper suit still. I felt very uncomfortable with all of those guys - who may be perverted – around. I didn't trust anyone there, especially Jet.

It was a long, long night for me. Jet snored and talked in his sleep. Everytime I heard my name, well, Shiori, I shuddered and smacked him with my pillow; he said some very un-kind things that are naughty about me. I sighed. 'Ya know what Jen, this is your entire fault! You could've been snuggling with Sokka right now! But NOOO! You had to not trust him and yell! Shut it. Make me. You're just my thoughts! I can shut you up! Seriously, try. I hate you. Thank you. It's your fault anyways that I'm here on Jet's floor listening to him talk about you! Ya better knock it off… Ooooh! I'm sooo scared!' "SHUT UP!" I yelled. But I accidentally woke Jet up. "Heh heh, oops?" Jet just growled and went back to sleep.

'I made it through the night!' I thought. It was morning. 'Hmmm… good thing I stole Aang's bison whistle!' I thought. Then I saw something. It was a nice thinish/thick tree near Jet's little room. I went to it and started to climb down. I knew my way around because of the episode. Then, I came to the cliff, where the dam was, where Jet tried to flood out a little village just to rid any Fire Nation in it. I lifted the whistle up to my mouth, and blew, really hard. My cheeks turned a little red because I was blowing too hard. I heard a distant cry. I looked to my left and sure enough, there was Appa. And ontop of Appa's head, was an orangish/yellow dot, Aang. Then a tan thing popped up, Sokka. I couldn't face Sokka! Then I saw a long dark brown thing fly up and down. Nope, it's Katara. Thank god. I waved my hands like I was a mad man.

"OVER HERE!" I shouted. I saw Aang's smile even if he was far away.

"JENNIFER!" Katara and Aang shouted together. But, I saw something I never thought I'd see. They were, glaring at each other…? 'No, that's not right… they're boyfriend and girlfriend!' I screamed in my head. I didn't understand why they looked like they wanted to kill each other!

"KATARA! AANG! DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM TO SEE YOU TWO!" I shouted as Aang landed Appa. Katara was first off, so I ran up to her and tackled her into a hug. "I am SOO glad to see you guys!" I screeched. Katara giggled, but stopped when she felt a hand separating her and I from our hug. She grunted and moved far away. 'This isn't like the Katara I know…' My thoughts were interrupted by Aang pulling me into a nice, warm embrace. My came right, and I mean right next to my ear and whispered, "Jen, I missed you, a lot." He said so sweetly. I blushed like mad. My arms were still at my side. I raised them until my arms wrapped around him. I rested my head on his shoulder. I was so tired. He heard soft snoring. Actually, loud snoring, because I fell asleep in his arms. Katara too heard the snoring. She 'Feh'd and walked to the flying bison, where Aang was putting me on it's saddle. Aang started to fly Appa.

"Appa! Yip-yip!" Aang commanded. Appa moaned and flew. It was a rough ride, so I woke up. I opened my eyes slowly because it was bright. I saw Sokka; he was glaring at me. So was Katara. 'What did I do to make them like this?' I thought to myself. 'Well, Sokka, I didn't trust him. T least I know better than to judge something by what is happening…' I thought sadly. My expression was happy, but then it turned sad as I looked away. But as I was turning my head, I could've sworn I saw Sokka, having a look of concern plastered on his face. I was on the brim of tears. They were begging to be released. I didn't want to look like a big baby in front of them.

"…Sokka," I started softly. His little worried face turned sour.

"What?" He asked coldly. I winced at his harsh tone.

"…I'm…I'm sorry." I said very quietly.

"Come again?" He asked.

"I SAID SORRY!" I screamed and flung myself onto him. He fell over with my clinging onto him. "I'M SO SORRY, SOKKA! I WAS WRONG TO JUDGE YOU LIKE THAT!" I bawled onto his shirt. He tried pushing me off but I never let him go. I wanted him. I needed him.

"Dang it Jennifer! Get OFF OF ME!" He yelled. "Just because you say sorry doesn't mean it's all better! This is HUGE! It'll take a long time! Months! Maybe even YEARS for us to work again! I'm sick of you!" He yelled. I screamed and held on to him tighter.

"SOKKA! I WAS WRONG! YOU WERE RIGHT! WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT?" I shouted. He shook his head.

"Nothing! I just want you full trust!" He shouted back. I cringed at the way he said it, and held even tighter.

"ANYTHING! PLEASE, SOKKA! I'M DESPERATE!" I soon couldn't see, my eyes were to swollen from all of my crying. I pulled away a little, oblivious to the swollen; and swelling more eyes of mine. He was stopping me, from crying or holding him, but he didn't hold me back. He just simply tapped me on the shoulder. I turned my head slightly. "What?" I asked in a raspy voice.

"You're eyes are swollen shut." He said coolly. I tried to open my eyes. It hurt to try. I winced as I tried really hard to open them. I even tried to use my hands to open them, but Sokka stopped me, grabbed my hands, and held them closely and tight.

"Just stop it." He said softly. He hugged me. "I'll think about it. But for now we are…"