Author's note: I want to say something to some of my readers. Some of the reviews I got was very helpful and was very considerate. But those people who called my story mary-sueish or cheesy I want to say that is something I don't need. I said constructive criticism. I don't want or need tauntings of a three year old. I know I don't stick to the avatar plot line or make some of the avatar characters the same way they are on the show. If you don't like my original characters you don't need to call me names. For goodness sakes it's just a story. There is no need to insult me. I suggest if you are tempted to make rude notes to me about how you hate me and my ideas then go outside and do something worthwhile with your anger. It doesn't bother me what any of you think of me. All that I care right now is how my writing is improving. If you think there is something I should be doing or some way I can make the story better, by all means I want to know! Thank you very much and please don't be rude up here because again I don't care what anyone thinks of me.

Chapter V:

The next morning, I was rudely shaken awake.

"Tara! Wake up!" I woke up to Jiro's sky blue eyes.

"Good morning." I mumbled sleepily.

"Tara, Toph forgot and…" Jiro said hurriedly. "You better come see!"

Pulling me out of bed, Jiro's face looked stressed.

"What happened?" I said as I was pushed up the stairs.

"Toph kinda bended the wall out…" Jiro said tiredly.

"What did my dad do?" Was my horrified question.

"He's not up yet. I just checked."

As we got into the room I saw Katara and Toph trying to stuff the wall with pillows and blankets.

"Um I'm not sure that'll work from the outside…" I said while I was coming in.

Panicked, Katara started apologizing over and over.

"No. Look, guys its ok! I can fix it up with some boards and then put the siding back up later. It's fine. I bet my dad won't even notice."

At the mention of my father, the room fell awkwardly silent.

"Breakfast will be ready in a sec." I said walking out.

Jiro followed me to the kitchen.

"Soooo… Are we just flat out skipping school today in honor of our guests?" Jiro said while sitting on the counter.

"Yes! YES! No school! Then we can have a four day weekend!" I said while grabbing eggs and cracking them into the pan.

Katara came down the stairs and sat at the table.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" she said.

"Nah I like making breakfast." I replied cheerfully.

"I'm really sorry for this morning…. I kind of get on Toph's nerves a lot." She apologized again.

"No really it's fine. I've broken down those walls before." I was cooking the bacon and the toast now. "Are Aang and Sokka up yet?"

"Um yeah, they're on the porch. They're trying to figure out where the heck we're going." rolling her eyes as she said this.

"Uh I'll go tell them breakfast is ready." I said running towards the door.

I peeked through the glass on the porch door and saw Aang walking in circles and Sokka yelling something at him. Aang was obviously not listening. Opening the door I heard the heart stopping words:

"How can you tell we can trust-?" Sokka heard me open the door and stopped in mid-sentence.

"Um…" I said while watching Sokka look anywhere but at me. "Breakfast is almost ready…"

I ran back to the kitchen and stopped. Jiro was standing up looking at Katara in disbelief and he was blushing. When he saw me in the door, he tried to smooth his face. But I still could see his cheeks reddening.

"Now what's wrong?!" I asked a little forcefully.

"Um…I'll go see if Toph is ready yet." He said ducking his head and running upstairs.

"What's wrong with him? And why the heck was he blushing?!" I asked Katara.

She just laughed.

"Maybe he'll tell you if you persuade him." She said evilly.

Before I could ask her what she meant, Jiro ran down the stairs with huge rocks flying at his head. Bewildered, Katara and I just stared.

"She was sleeping!" He yelled in disbelief. "And all I said was that her breakfast was ready and she started throwing rocks at me!"

We started laughing.

"I told you she doesn't like being woken up!" Katara said through gasps.

I wondered how my father could still be sleeping with all this drama and noise. Katara ran upstairs and soon enough we heard yelling. Sokka and Aang came in and sat next to Jiro at the table. Again, Sokka wouldn't look at me and that confirmed my suspicions that he was talking about me. I set the food on the table and ran upstairs to try to see if I could help. Sure enough there was more rocks flying and Katara was actually fighting with water.

"Stop!" I yelled over the sounds of rocks pummeling the wall.

They both looked at me.

"Please! Before I have to replace another part of the wall." I said.

"Sorry Tara." Toph mumbled at me.

"Here, breakfast is done and so when you guys are ready you can come down."

I shut the door and listened for what they were arguing at.

"No! Shut up Katara!" Toph was hissing. "She IS a firebender! I can feel it!"

"That's what you said when Azula was lying too!" Katara was whispering back. "She is not a firebender! I saw her water bend with my own eyes! And she's really good!"

Hearing enough, I angrily ran back downstairs. I found the three boys already eating and laughing over some joke Jiro just told. Worriedly, Aang asked if Katara and Toph were coming down soon.

"Yeah they're coming. They're just… straightening out some things." I said while grabbing some bacon and eggs on my plate.

"So," Jiro said setting down his glass, "what are you guys doing today?"

"Well, we were going to have a look around town and then maybe not get captured by soldiers today." Sokka said while looking at Aang accusingly.

"Whaat? It's not my fault they keep seeing my arrows!" he said defensively.

"Maybe if you kept your headband on then maybe they wouldn't keep noticing!"

Jiro laughed at this. Suddenly, Katara and Toph came downstairs and sheepishly started eating. And thus was my first morning with the avatar and his friends.