The Meeting

"Face it. I'll never find a man." Toph sighed as she glanced at her watch. It was nearly midnight and her hopes were falling. Pretty soon she'll hit rock bottom. Her so called friends abandoned her after twenty minutes of searching. Ty-Lee went to go talk to the married man, and three guys were chatting it up with Katara. Toph felt a twinge of jealousy. Katara always sparked the attention of other guys. But then again, when guys walked up to Toph she gave them the "I-Will-Break-Something-That-Shouldn't-Be-Broken" look. Which of course mad then turn back and go the way they came. But tonight was different. She tried to look...well she tried to look like herself. Just for that night. Obviously that wasn't working. She thought of approaching some guys but she had too much pride to do that.

"Pride? What pride? Your at a club looking for a guy, so you can ruin his life for 10 days. All for a magazine, which, I might add you hate!" Toph muttered to herself. No doubt she looked crazy and/or weird. She was tired. She started to imagine her life the following year. Her dream was to travel. Living in hotels, hostels, on a bench, it didn't matter to her. As long as she could travel and see the world. She just needed to this job for a little longer and then her dreams would beome reality.

As the young woman sat there, in total bliss, oblivious of her surroundings a young man climbed up to the stool next to her.

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"Hey! Could I get some water?" asked the man, not noticing a very dazed young lady next to him. The bartender looked at him quizzically. "...uh I'm designated driver." Aang added with a broad smile. He took a long gulp of water, feeling refreshed he looked around the bar. None of the women fit the description of "The Lady of Green". He sighed. What a waste of time. If he the guts he would look it up on Craigslist. But like the girls at his high school who talked to him said, "He's good looking, but he's way too nice. He's like friend material." He was crushed. Sometimes he wished he wasn't so nice, but he couldn't help it. His grandfather raised him to be a gentleman, and now he was sitting at a bar, drinking water, and dateless. He sighed again. He put his elbows on the table and buried his face in his face. He loved his job, he truly did but there were certain aspects he didn't like, not including this situation.

"Here's your non-alcoholic ice tea with a hint of alcohol in it miss." the bartender said as he slid the long glass toward Aang but instead of hitting him, a small pale arm grabbed the glass.

He stared at the arm as long as he could. That arm was perfect. And he noticed a green piece of cloth warped elegantly around the already perfect arm. Aang couldn't help it, he pinched his leg as hard as he could. Which he regretted the moment he did it. The arm was perfect, now it was time to inspect the person, whom the arm belonged to. He held his breath and very slowly slid to his left, keeping his eyes toward his feet.

Aang looked at her feet which were shoe-free, because they had been kicked on the floor. Her stocking legs couldn't hide her pale complexion. Her outfit consisted of a black skirt, green top and her hair was held in a messy bun being held by two black chopsticks. The only thing he couldn't see were the woman's eyes. He swallowed his pride and anxiety down and said, "Hello." Because that was all could say, because he was so nervous. Apparently the young woman didn't notice, so in a somewhat louder, somewhat high-pitched said, "Hi. I'm Aang."

"Oh wow, three whole words. How pathetic are you?" He thought to himself, when he was about to open his mouth to say he was sorry, he saw that she was looking at him, with sea-foam green eyes! He couldn't help himself, he smiled at her. She was smiling to.

"I'm sorry I didn't catch what you said. It's kind of loud in here. I'm Toph by the way." The "Lady in Green" said as she stuck out her hand.

"Enchanted to meet you..." Enchanted!?! Where did that come from? "...I'm Aang. Hey listen, I don't know you but I would like to...um do you want to go get some coffee?"

As soon as he said that Toph was in her heels and already two steps in front of him. Then she turned back and yelled, "It's not you who should be enchanted. The pleasure's all mine."

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Toph told her friends that she was off, and after 10 seconds of excited squealing she left the bar. Aang said that he was going to get his vehicle and meet her in front of the club. She was ecstatic. She found a fool and a looker. After about a minute of waiting she looked up and down the street to what kind of car he had. Assuming his polite manners she guessed that he drove a BMW or something as classy. But as she stared down the street she saw a single headlight coming her way. Toph's heart started to beat wildly the 1000th time this day. She looked up into the sky and silently prayed to the sky, that wasn't what she thought it was.

Of course she was wrong. She silently cursed the sky but looked back at the motorcycle that was in front of her. She stared at it. From what she could make out from the dim street light she saw that the bike was white with some brown stripes on the sides. She couldn't make out the name. Aang held out a helmet to her. She took it limply. At least the helmet was green. Aang must've sensed her anxiety because he said, "Don't worry. I'm a skilled driver. And Aapa has never let me down once." Aapa? The bike had a name. She stared at the bike again and, low and behold, the writing said Aapa. She stared at Aang and saw the innocence in his eyes and she climbed on.

"I know a great little coffee shop we can go to. Well actually it's a tea shop but It's still a nice place to go." Aang said as he started up the bike. She nodded but there was no point. As the bike roared to life she clinged to Aang's waist with all her might.

"What have I gotten myself into....what have I gotten myself into....WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?" She asked herself all the way to the tea shop.

When they had stopped, it took them another 5 minutes to get off the bike because Aang was too polite to tell To[h that they were there and safe. He cleared his throat and Toph snapped back into reality. She scrambled off the bike and her feet landed on the ground. She was so happy to have feet to floor contact again. After she had taken off the helmet and gave it back to Aang. She looked at the shop.

"Iroh's Tea Shop" The sign read. She remembered this shop. Whenever she was stressed out from school and her parents she would come in here and relax. The last time she entered the shop was 5 years ago. But it was still the same. At least Aang and herself have great tastes in tea shops.

After they sat down and had a cup of jasmine tea, they started talking and they realized how much they didn't have anything in common. But that was okay for them because each of their stories fascinated one another. Pretty soon it was 2:30 am and Toph started to yawn.

"Well it's getting late. I should go. And I'll be taking a taxi this time." She added in fastly. Aang stayed with her until she found a cab and clamboured in. They waved to eachother as they seperated.

"Goodbye lady of Green" Aang said to himself as he waved at Toph.

"Squirm Twinkles, Squirm." Toph grinned evily to herself as she waved to Aang.

Okay, now that the meeting (hard part) is over it's time for the ACTUAL dating to begin :). I promise it's going to get better.

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