Okay… Wishes was so popular with all the reviewers, I decided to continue it. I'll be making this chapter about "The Talk" and I might throw in some introspection from Katara, Aang, or both of them in this chapter or the next, but definitely some from Aang in the next chapter. Note that the rating has been bumpted up do to certain content discussed in the talk.

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Wishes

(The Talk)

"We need to have a talk. The talk."

Aang kept staring blankly. "A talk…"

"Yeah a talk! You know… the birds and the bees?"

Aang kept staring "You want to talk about bugs and birds?"

Sokka blushed faintly. This was not going well… it didn't look like anyone had ever told Aang anything… He tried again. "You know… where babies come from?"

Sokka, deeply relieved, saw a look of comprehension dawn on the young airbender's face; followed by one of the most brilliant blushes he'd ever seen (at least, the biggest one that wasn't related to Katara in some way, shape, or form).

"Oh… that talk…"

"Yeah… Katara says I'm supposed to tell it to you…"

Aang's face immediately lost all color. "What! Do we have to?"

Sokka paused. "It depends on what you know. If you know less than Katara thinks you should, then she'll march us both back here and force us to go over everything with her right there."

Aang immediately blushed again. "Um… I guess I know some things… but do I really have to say it?"

Sokka cracked a smile. "I'm just guessing… but since you seem so reluctant to tell, I'd say you know something of what we're talking about."

Aang just blushed harder and stared at the ground. 'Awkward… I wonder why Katara volunteered me for this…'

"Well… if you know about that, then do you know about puberty?"

Aang shook his head. "Not really…" 'More than I'm willing to admit…'

So, they spent about fifteen minutes or so talking about puberty, which, though not quite on the same level as that, was nonetheless closely related and sufficiently embarrassing.

"And then you get zits, which is one of the real downsides, but hey, you'll probably grow taller, which, if I do say so myself, is something you could use…"

Aang just shook his head. 'Am I going to get a quiz on this?'

"…And you have to make sure you don't start reeking, which is something girls really don't like in a guy, but you're a clean person so you probably won't smell as bad… and you already know how to shave, so I think you're all set."

"Okay… so we're done?"

"Unless Katara comes back and decides to quiz you…" He said deliberately, knowing the effect it would have on Aang.

"We're done!" He semi-shouted, blushing hard.

"Oh good."

Aang whipped around.

Katara walked out from behind the bushes with Toph, who looked a little shocked.

"I figured that, since you were talking to Aang, I'd clue in Toph. She's a little shocked"

Sokka chuckled. "A little! She looks like she's been slapped in the face!"

Katara glared at Sokka. "At least she's sill standing here! I remember when you got the talk you couldn't stand to be in the same room with any human of the opposite sex for a week!"

Aang and Toph both flinched at the mention of the "s" word.

Sokka blushed. "And you were so much better! After dad gave you the talk, all you would do is ask everyone questions, and telling everyone else what you knew! You had those three year olds traumatized for days…"

Katara blushed. "Well… I… their parents will thank me in a few years…"

Sokka rolled his eyes. "Sure. After they stop asking what "genitalia" and "sex" are…"

Toph and Aang both flinched and covered their ears at the use of the "g" word and the "s" word in the same sentence…

Katara huffed and tuned away.

Toph paused. "Wait a minute. Did you say your dad gave you the talk?"

Sokka smiled. "Yep."

Aang whistled. "Awkward…"

"So how'd your talk go?"

Aang immediately blushed and looked down, scuffing his shoe in the dirt. "Uh… good I guess…" He stole a peek at her through his eyelashes. She looked satisfied.

"What did you talk about?"

The dreaded question. He began stammering. "Well we…uh …um… we talked about… stuff?"

She nodded. "You've passed the test. You must have talked about something, or you wouldn't have minded telling me…"

Aang just nodded, hoping the question wouldn't come up again.

Sokka walked over to Toph. When he got within five feet of her, she let out a kind of squeal, and lifted a wall between them, which Sokka promptly ran into.

Aang didn't really blame her.

Sokka rubbed his head. "So what did you girls talk about?"

Toph got an evil smile on her face. "Oh you know… sex, periods and-"

But the boys were already gone.

Hah! I like how that turned out!

The next chapter is going to have Aang introspection, probably KatAang centric!

Thanks for reading!!!

-Kairuthefrog