A/N: Here's another one! Heh heh… I'm obsessive tonight. Again, I don't own Avatar or the song Once in Every Life by Aselin Debison. The song rocks, and the girl who sings it is AMAZING.

Summary: AU Toph's thoughts about Aang. Taang. DUH-HUR! Slight Longerbee and HaruxTy Lee

Summertime. The time when friendship moved to the beach.

I was so happy when Mom let me go to Hawaii with just me and some friends, no parents. I was glad she trusted me enough to let me go alone.

I decided to bring Aang, Haru, Ty Lee, Smellerbee and Longshot. The plane ride was uneventful, and we got to our hotel just fine, with Aang driving (he's the most capable with a stick shift, after all).

When we were settled in our rooms, me, Smellerbee and Ty Lee in one, Aang, Haru and Longshot in the one next door, we all drove down to the nearest beach to swim. Ty Lee dragged Haru down to the waves, and Smellerbee sat down to build a sand castle near the surf. Longshot, Aang and I watched our friends with still smiles on our faces. Aang lay backward, and it was very hard to keep my eyes off of his medium build. That's what I get for choosing a place where you don't have to wear a shirt.

Once in every life
love should leave you without a choice
Where the only thing right
is to follow that still small voice
Once in every day
it should take your breath away
Once upon a time
should happen once in every life

I remembered our spring break trip to Hollywood, where everyone thought he would ask the ever popular Pop Sensation, Katara, out. Turns out, she had, (and still does) a boyfriend, and Aang had to look elsewhere.

We kissed in Hollywood. We kissed when we got back to New York, we kissed at Jet and Mai's graduation (they did too, each other, I mean.), and we kissed when I told him I had loved him. Before that day, I had never actually SAID that. We just knew it, in our hearts.
Once you give it your heart
without holding back your soul
You can dance in the dark
cause you're never there alone
Once in every hour
you should feel that healing power
Once upon a time
should happen once in every life

When we were back at our hotel, freshly showered and getting dressed, we heard a knock at the door. I was still dressing, so Smellerbee shoved me in the closet while Ty Lee opened the door. I could here the boys as they shuffled inside.

"Where's Toph?" Aang asked.

"In the closet," Smellerbee giggled. I could here her still a quick kiss from Longshot.

Aang gasped, "She's gay?"

That was an ever popular joke between our group of friends. When I was in ninth grade, we were playing hide-and-seek at Smellerbee's birthday party, and I had chosen the closet out of desperation. Aang was counting, and he couldn't find me. Finally Smellerbee found me in the closet when Aang was opening her gift for him. We had made the joke that I was still 'in the closet' and Smellerbee had asked which girl I had a secret crush on. I told her, "Pop Sensation Katara, of course."

They knew I was kidding.

I had finished dressing and opened the sliding door to the closet, "Yes… Aang, I am gay, and Smellerbee is my secret lover!" I gasped dramatically, taking Smellerbee's hand.

We began laughing hysterically, and I dropped Smellerbee's hand to take Aang's.

"Shall we?" Haru asked.

We left the hotel to go to a small Chinese Restaurant that was about a stone's throw from our hotel.
Once it's stronger than you
There's nothin' else you can do
You stop asking why, just let yourself fly
When we got back Aang joined me on the balcony to watch the sunset. Ty Lee, Smellerbee, Longshot and Haru were in the pool swimming, but I wasn't a strong swimmer, being blind and all.

"The sunset is beautiful, by the way," Aang told me, slipping his warm hand into mine.

"Thanks," I replied, 'looking' in the direction I heard his voice.
Once in every life
love should feel so good you cry
And your only release
is releasing three small words
Once you hear them out loud
you feel heaven coming down
Once upon a time
should happen once in every life
His breathing faltered for a brief second, and I felt him lean down towards me. I smiled and stood on tip toes, waiting for another kiss like the one in Hollywood. It never came, because our friends had returned, and were bursting out onto the balcony to give us wet hugs.

I smiled, Kiss denied… but as Ty Lee picked me up and spun me into the room, disposing of me on the bed I was to share with Smellerbee, I felt Aang glance my way as Longshot gave him his signature mute man-slap, and I knew there would be other times.
Once upon a time
should happen once in every life

A/N: Squee! These are so fun! Be ready for another one… only it will be funny.

Toph