AN: Hey guys! Thanks so so so much for all the reviews, favourites and alerts!
So chapter 1 had 3 reviews, chapter 2 had 5 and chapter 3 got 8! How 'bout we aim for 10 reviews for this one?
I hope you guys like this one! ^_^
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Katara stood in front of the mirror floor-length mirror in the room she shared with Toph, turning side to side and examining her first-day outfit.
"Are you sure this is okay?"
Toph rolled her eyes and popped a piece of lemon-lime gum into her mouth. "Yes Sugar Queen, for the millionth time!"
Katara smoothed down the white skirt that fell to just above her knee, and stared anxiously at the patterned silk top that she wore underneath her navy fitted blazer. "Well okay.."
Toph uncrossed her denim-clad legs and pushed up the sleeves of her baggy, dark green V-neck cardigan. "Good good let's go."
Katara reached for her tote and hurried after Toph. Aang was waiting for them in the kitchen, chewing on a chocolate chip granola bar.
"Hey Aang, where is everyone?" Katara asked.
Aang smiled, slightly sympathetically. "They had to leave or they would be late."
Toph played with the zipper on her brown messenger bag. "I should have gone with them, it would have been way better than watching Sweetness try on every single item in her closet."
Katara shot her an annoyed look then stared at her shoes, trying to decide which pair she wanted to wear.
"Can you hurry up please? We're all going to be late!" Toph said, tapping her converse-clad feet impatiently.
"Right, sorry!"
Toph rolled her eyes. Eventually the three of them arrived at the University of Ba Sing Se.
Katara headed for her math class and together, Toph and Aang made their way to the Arts department.
"Kay I'll see you at 11:30 Twinkles!" Toph called to him as she walked away. Aang waved at her and disappeared around the corner. Toph walked into her class and sat in a spot near the back.
Her class was pretty small (by UB standards) and she was glad of that. One row down from her was a group of annoying, giggling girls who were wearing too much make up. They would turn, look at her and snicker, then turn back and start giggling again. Toph rolled her eyes and slouched in her seat. It was going to be a long day- she just knew it.
Katara burst into the room, thinking she was late. But when she saw that people were just getting into their seats and settled, she realized that she was actually a few minutes early. She sat in the first spot she saw and drummed her blue-painted fingernails on the desk.
"Hey."
She looked up. A shaggy brown-haired, brown eyed boy with a flawless grin and attractive, chiselled features stood over her.
Katara felt the blood rush to her cheeks. "Uh.. Hey."
"Is this seat taken?" He asked in a smooth, slightly husky voice.
"N-No!" Katara stumbled over her words.
The guy smiled at her then sat down. He leaned back in the chair, crossing his arms over his chest.
"So what's your name?"
Katara played with one of her curls. "Katara." She answered.
"Katara… that's a nice name." He drawled. "I'm Jet."
"Hi Jet." Katara tried out, smiling.
Jet grinned. "Hello, beautiful Katara."
Her heart thumped a little. "How do you, sweet Jet?"
Jet's grin widened. "Great, kind Katara."
Their conversation went on like that until the professor came in.
Katara sighed happily, looking over at Jet and catching his eye. He winked at her and her heart fluttered.
Today was going to be a great day- she just knew it.
Toph sat alone at a table in the Courtyard, which was a big open dining area at the school that was filled with tons of different restaurants. She stared at the table with narrowed eyes and grit her teeth. Aang was late.
She whipped out her phone and angrily jabbed the buttons, sending him a text.
Where are you Twinkle Toes? Get your butt here, NOW.
"Can I sit here?"
Toph looked up. A guy stood in front of her, holding a bag of food with one hand and running his hands through his messy dark hair with the other. He looked at her from behind a pair of black-framed glasses, and he wore a friendly smile.
"Sure why not."
He thanked her and sat down across from her, pulling out a burger from the bag.
He took a large bite, swallowed then lowered the burger. "I'm Teo. What's your name?"
Toph tilted her head to the side so her bangs would get out of her eyes. "Toph Bei Fong. Is this your first year?"
He waited till he was done chewing before answering. "Yep. I'm doing engineering but I also want to be a pilot. You?"
"Arts." Toph answered, quickly checking her phone for a reply from Aang.
Sorry Toph! I got held up but I'm on my way, see you soon!
Teo's warm brown eyes brightened a bit when he smiled at her. "Cool! So which building do you live in?"
Toph found it weird that a complete stranger decided to sit with her and immediately strike up a conversation, but she wasn't as annoyed as she might have been with anybody else that was as overly-friendly as Teo.
"I don't live on campus." She informed.
"Oh! Do you live in the East Square? I know most students who live off campus live there."
The East Square was right behind the Middle Ring's shopping district. Students liked it because they could go shopping and there was a big train station there to take them to and from the University.
"Nope. My house is in Parkville Estates."
Teo's brown eyes widened. Even though Parkville Estates wasn't the most expensive neighbourhood in the Upper Ring, it was still definitely not a cheap place to live.
"Wow!"
Toph's lips twitched into a quick smile. "Well I have five roommates so really it's not that bad."
Teo chewed on his burger thoughtfully, then leaned in closer. "Oh that must be fun. What are they like?"
Toph broke out into a full out smile, thinking of her crazy roommates.
"Well there are two other girls, Katara and Suki, they are my best friends. We all went to school together, and decided to go to UB together. Then there is Sokka.. He can be so clueless, but he's also pretty smart and fun to be around. And Spar-I mean Zuko is my pal. He's really great, he's like a big brother actually." Toph paused, wondering why she was blurting all of this out to a complete stranger. But Teo just grinned and nodded encouragingly.
Toph continued. "The last is Twinkle Toes-er, Aang. He's really-"
"I'm really what?"
Toph whipped around in her seat, coming face to face with Twinkle Toes himself.
"Where have you been?" Toph yelled, glaring at him. Aang slid into the seat beside her and handed her a bag that smelt of yummy food.
"I'm really sorry! I tried to hurry down here as fast as I could! Here, I got you some food."
Toph reached into the bag and pulled out a container of noodles. She peered inside and grinned when she saw shrimp. "Good boy. Twinkle Toes, this is Teo. Teo, meet Twinkle Toes. The biggest airhead in the world."
"Hi Teo!" Aang said enthusiastically, causing Toph to roll her eyes.
"It's nice to meet you… Aang?"
Toph let them talk while she enthusiastically devoured her noodles. When she was done the two boys were too deep into the conversation for Toph to just jump in, so she sighed and sat there, bored out of her mind. Her phone buzzed- she had received a text message from Katara. When she read the text and replied she noticed the time.
"Whoa hey, we gotta go Twinkle Toes."
Toph and Aang were in the same class next. "Okay."
Him and Teo exchanged phone numbers and he got up to leave.
Toph was about to follow when Teo stopped her. "It was really nice meeting you Toph, text me some time okay?"
Something about his big, sweet smile made her automatically smile back. "Will do, four-eyes." She widened her grin and winked to let him know that she was just teasing.
Teo laughed and waved goodbye.
Toph ran after Aang and fell into step beside him, punching him hard on the shoulder. "Thanks for waiting, Airhead."
He surprised her by throwing an arm around her unsuspecting shoulders. "No problem Shrimp."
Toph's eyes widened and Aang's bizarre bravery. "Did you just..?"
"Yup!"
She shrugged out of his arm and shoved him. "Hey! You know that Sparky is the only one allowed to call me that. Wait- scratch that. Nobody is allowed to call me that."
He simply laughed in response and slid his arm over her shoulders again. "Whatever you say Toph, whatever you say."
When he saw her, he tried to run. But despite his efforts, she spotted him and then she was after him, and there was no use trying to escape anymore.
"Why are you not happy to see me?"
Zuko didn't respond. Instead, he stared straight into the cold, tawny eyes of his younger sister.
She smirked and crossed her arms over her chest. "Mai has missed you dearly."
Zuko made a face.
Azula's smirk grew. "You must be happy to be here, now you can see uncle Fatso all the time!"
"Goodbye Azula. Please don't talk to me anymore." Zuko turned on his toes and started to walk away.
"Hey! Aren't you going to introduce me to your roommates?"
"Nope." He called back to her, quickening his pace.
"By Zuzu!" she yelled after him, causing him to cringe.
He quickly caught up to Sokka. "Had a run in with your sister, huh?" Sokka spoke.
"Unfortunately." Zuko grumbled.
Sokka stayed quite, debating his next move. "Your sister isn't uh.. That bad."
Zuko stopped in his tracks and looked at Sokka with wide, surprised eyes. "You're joking."
Sokka laughed nervously and scratched the back of his neck. "Well no.. not really. I mean, she's okay. She's your sister, you've gotta love her! I mean it's like- hey stop giving me that look!"
Zuko rolled his eyes. "Can we just end this conversation? Now?"
"Fine.." Sokka mumbled.
Katara:
I met this amazing guy Toph! His name is Jet and he is totally hot. Hes in my math class.
Toph:
Yay for u. I met somebody 2, this dude named Teo.
Katara:
Aww is he really cute?
Toph
Calm down Queen of Sugar, I dont like him like THAT. He seems cool. AS A FRIEND. Goodness.
Katara:
Alright alright, Im sorry!
Toph:
Good. You should be.
Katara:
Hah right… well I've got to get to my next class, text you later okay?
Toph:
Will do. Bye Sweetness.
Katara turned her phone on silent and tossed it into her tote. She walked into her class and sat down. Bored, she leaned forward, resting her elbows on the desk and tapping her foot impatiently.
"Hello Katara."
Katara whipped her head around and the sound of the unfamiliar voice. A girl sat behind her. A girl with pale, smooth skin, jet-black hair and amber eyes.
She looked.. Familiar?
"How do you know my name?" Katara blurted the question out.
The girl flashed her an amused smile. "I know you're brother, Sokka. He's best friends with my stup- uh, my brother."
Katara quickly figured it out in her head, and her azure eyes widened. "Oh! You must be Zuko's sister! You guys look alike."
She made a face. "Uh.. Sure. But yes I am Zuko's sister. Azula."
Katara smiled. "It's nice to meet you Azula."
Azula smiled back and Katara had a hard time trying to figure out whether it was fake or not. "Likewise." She said without a trace of friendliness in her voice.
Feeling uneasy, Katara turned around again to face the front. She could feel an uncomfortable sensation on her back and it felt like Azula was glaring at her from behind.
Rubbing the back of her neck, Katara tried to shake all the negative thoughts from her head and focus on the class.
Suki shook her head then quickly looked away when Sokka pouted, resisting the power of Sokka's cute little pout.
"Suki why don't you believe me?"
Without turning her head to face him, she answered.
"Because Sokka, dogs don't do that!"
Sokka suddenly grabbed her chin and turned her head to face him.
"Stop looking away!"
She blushed, unable to answer.
Sokka grinned and stepped closer. "Well this dog did."
Suki swallowed lightly, trying to remain calm. "Okay Sokka. So basically you are telling me that this random dog mysteriously shows up, pees on this person's papers, winks at you then disappears?"
"Yes!" Sokka exclaimed. "Well except, it didn't really disappear… I guess. It just ran around the corner."
Suki rolled her eyes. "Well that makes more sense. But the whole story is still kind of unbelievable. Why would somebody leave their papers lying on the ground?"
"Don't ask me! I wasn't the one who did it!"
Suki laughed and surprised Sokka (and herself) by wrapping hear arms around his waist and hugging him tightly.
"You're crazy Sokka, but I wouldn't want you any other way."
Sokka grinned and hugged her around the shoulders. "Is the hug a very nice way of telling me that you believe me?"
She smacked him on his back then hugged him tighter, burying her face in his chest. "Nope!"
"So, how was everyone's day?"
The six of them sat in a circle on the living room floor, playing president.
Katara set down a two (causing everybody to glare at her) before answering. "Good, actually. I met two new people. One of them being your sister, Zuko."
Zuko shot her an apologetic look, placing double queens over her double jacks.
Toph slapped down double kings. "What's so wrong with your sister Sparky?"
Suki raised an eyebrow at Toph's double kings. Everybody expected her to pass, but she calmly placed down three aces.
"What?"
"Hey wait you placed down an ace last time.. You had four aces? How is that even possible?"
"Sokka. What kind of shuffling is that? I'm dealer next time."
Zuko cleared his thought. "Anyway Shrimp, My sister- Azula- is crazy. I don't really want to get into it right now."
Toph shrugged. "Whatever, tell me later okay?"
"I promise."
For awhile they played in relative silence.
"Woo I'm president!" Sokka cheered, hopping up and doing a silly dance that everybody laughed (and rolled their eyes) at.
Zuko threw in his last card. "Vice!"
Katara, Toph, Suki and Aang continued playing.
"Yay!" Toph cheered when she threw in her last cared. "Suh-Vil-Eee-An!"
"How come Toph is always civilian or president? I don't remember her ever being Vice President, Bum or Vice Bum!"
Toph just grinned and shrugged.
Suki ended up being civilian as well while Katara was Vice Bum and Aang was Bum.
"Lame." Aang muttered, tossing in his still-large hand of cards. "Sokka is the lamest dealer ever. After I gave my two best to him- TWO JOKERS! My highest card was an eight!"
Toph laughed loudly while Katara just shot him a sympathetic smile and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Aw Aang, don't worry! You'll work your way back up again."
Aang smiled just a tiny bit, decided that that just made losing a tiny bit better. "Thanks. But we both know how hard it is to get up from Bum."
Katara bit her lip and shrugged, because he was right.
Toph yawned and stretched out her arms. "Well, today turned out to be kind of good."
Zuko smiled at her. "You're right Shrimp, it has."
"New game!" Sokka yelled, reaching for the cards. "Can I please deal again?"
"NO!" Five voices yelled simultaneously.
AN: I love President. This summer, my brother and five of our (family) friends played it alll the time, sometimes till 5 in the morning!
So Jet, Teo and Azula are in the story! What do you think is going to happen with them? I'd love to hear your theories :)
Reviews would be nice.. (hint hint).
-Till next time,
Tk
