Yes, as I have been saying for the past 15 minutes, the chapter is finally... Completed.

Anybody get the reference? No? Aw...D:

Hope the wait was worth it. Enjoy!

Jinora felt a little ashamed of herself. She had snuck out to the city a few nights ago and it wasn't a very great experience. Her realised feelings for a certain homeless boy got in the way of her ability to enjoy spending time with him. She couldn't look Skoochy in the eye and she barely spoke for the whole night. She was sure the boy was annoyed at her in some way by the end of the night.

But she couldn't really blame herself, could she? She was always shy, and she had never been in a situation like this before in her short life. How else was she supposed to act?

But never mind that now. Jinora was hell bent on redeeming herself after that dismal excuse for a night out on the town. She thought of a way, at least what she thought was good way, to express her feelings toward him without the need to say those three words or make it obvious that she did have feelings for him.

She found herself in the kitchen whipping up sandwiches. Jinora had never done this before because her mother had always prepared her food for her. So she wasn't sure if what she was making was any good. But in the end, she ended up with six sandwiches, all filled with an assortment of vegetables.

Skoochy likes vegetables, right?

She hoped he did. Young people were notorious for hating vegetables after all.

Jinora looked at the six sandwiches that lay before her on the kitchen counter she had been working at. That would be enough to get him through a few meals. Now all she needed to do was bring the sandwiches to him. She stepped away from the counter to find something to wrap the sandwiches in.

Opening a cupboard, she couldn't help but imagine Skoochy's thankful expression when she would give him the sandwiches. The thought of being able to help him left her all giddy. She closed her eyes to imagine a scene in which Skoochy would thank her by giving her a warm hug. Jinora could barely suppress the smile that spread across her face. Feeling her face redden, she quickly deterred her thoughts elsewhere lest someone were to see her in such a state. To keep her mind distracted, she continued looking through the cupboard and found a cloth wrap. Satisfied by the size, she made her way to the bench where she laid out the sandwiches.

Jinora dropped the cloth wrap in shock at finding Korra eating away at her hard work. Korra was in the middle of a mouthful of sandwich when she saw Jinora's angry expression, causing her to stop chewing and look curiously at the young airbender. Jinora was not happy to find Korra eating the food she had prepared for Skoochy. Not happy one bit.

Korra began to feel awkward, and somewhat frightened, having the little girl staring at her in such a menacing way. When she noticed Jinora's gaze shift between her and the sandwich in her hand, she got the gist as to why the young airbender was staring at her.

"Oh, hey Jinora," Korra paused to swallow the food in her mouth, "Was that your sandwich?"

"Yes," Jinora said bluntly, a less-than-amused expression on her face.

Korra looked down at the bench and saw five more sandwiches neatly laid out.

"And those too?" Korra asked curiously.

"Yeah," Jinora said, "those too."

Korra began to point at each one individually before pointing at the one she held in her hand, counting them. She then looked out the window to find the sky was dark before looking back down to the young girl in front of her.

"All six of these?" Korra inquired, "This late at night after dinner?"

"Um," Jinora said, her expression changing to one of uncertainty, "yes."

Korra eyed the airbender curiously, "Nobody eats that much in a single night this late. Not even me. Maybe Bolin might, but you're no Bolin."

Jinora thought desperately for something to say, but she was fresh out of lies, having never thought she'd need to. After a moment of her silence, Korra continued to talk.

"I know," Korra snapped her fingers, "you're sneaking out to a secret night time picnic!"

Jinora grimaced inwardly. Korra got the sneaking out part right.

"Korra," Jinora said, wanting to change the subject, "What are you doing here in the kitchen anyway?"

"Jinora, Jinora," Korra said, "I'm from the Southern Water Tribe. Do you really think a small Air Nomad vegetarian dinner is going to keep me satisfied?"

Jinora didn't bother to respond, knowing the question was rhetorical.

"Of course not!" Korra continued, not even bothering to wait for a response anyway, "Why do you think I try to get off of Air Temple Island whenever I can find the opportunity?"

Jinora understood the feeling, but for different reasons.

"Let me tell you," Korra held up a finger, "Not just to get out on the town. Sometimes my stomach is pretty much crying for some Water Tribe style cuisine. So why am I here? I'm still pretty hungry from dinner."

Jinora nodded in understanding as she picked the cloth wrap off the floor and made to wrap the five remaining sandwiches with the cloth wrap before the avatar could get to them.

"Well," Korra said, "have fun with your secret night time picnic."

Korra gave a small wave before taking another bite out of the sandwich as she walked out of the kitchen. Jinora watched as Korra left the room before proceeding to stack the sandwiches in a tower before wrapping them up.

Satisfied at the knot that secured the sandwiches inside, she made her way back to her room, food in hand. She placed the wrapped sandwiches on her dresser table as she close the door behind her before reaching under her bed to get the clothing a certain street urchin boy had stolen for her.

That was the night she had met him. She remembered how he had held her hand for most of the night that night until she realised and snatched her hand away. She puffed her cheeks in annoyance at herself because right now she wished she could hold his hand at that given moment.

Jinora quickly slipped into the long jacket before putting on her gloves, scarf and beret. They fitted warmly against the cold winter air which brought a small smile to her face. She placed the food she prepared into her brown satchel bag before she shouldered the bag. After a quick check out her room door to see if anyone was coming, she spun on her heels and grabbed her glider from its spot next to its window.

She climbed onto the window sill before extending the wings of her glider with a loud click. Taking one last look into her room, she turned her gaze toward the city. A large smile spread across her face knowing she was headed for the city, headed to see Skoochy. With that, she leapt from her window sill and took flight toward the city.

They all sat around on the ground next to Zuko's statue contemplating on what to do. Skoochy blew his bangs out of his face as he looked up at the dark sky above them. Xing laid flat on his back while little Mei Li sat next to him with chin resting on her knees. They were joined by three other young boys, friends of theirs. Still, Skoochy was the oldest of the bunch at the age of 13. The oldest of the rest was only 10. Skoochy began to wonder why they had to be so unfortunate at such a young age. But a moment later, he disregarded the thought as he let out a bored groan.

"Man," Skoochy complained as he fell flat on his back, "there's nothing to do right now."

Little Mei Li giggled before she responded, "Maybe if your airbender girlfriend was here you wouldn't be so bored."

Skoochy sat up and glared at her as the other children began to laugh at him. He didn't bother to respond to the remark, knowing they wouldn't listen to him anyway. With the roll of his eyes, he stood up to stretch.

"We don't hear you saying she's not, Skooch'," said the young bag snatcher lying on the ground.

"You wouldn't listen to me anyway," Skoochy said as tugged his vest tighter around his torso, "But seriously, I know you're all bored, but don't take it out on me."

The children only giggled and Skoochy simply rolled his eyes again. They could be so annoying sometimes. But despite that, Skoochy still sat himself back down on the ground with the other children. They were his friends after all, like his little brothers and sister. He wasn't going to hold a grudge against them for something that petty.

They continued to sit there in silence. They had spent the last couple of hours sitting there and so they had run out of things to talk about. That, and there was simply nothing that seemed worth doing at the moment. Though more to the point, they couldn't be bothered with anything. It was just one of those nights.

Mei Li was kind of right, as much as Skoochy hated to admit it. If Jinora were there with them, it wouldn't be so boring right now. He looked over to his friends and watched as Xing picked at his fingernails while Mei Li watched silently as the three other boys seemed to be punching each other playfully. Skoochy was left on his own in this little group.

He found himself looking around, hopeful that there was a chance that he would spot the young airbender girl looking for him. But to his dismay, he did not find anyone of the sort. Out of bored frustration, he let out a loud huff as he laid flat on his back on the cool ground beneath him. Skoochy found himself staring off into the blank nothingness of the night sky, letting his mind wonder off somewhere else for a while. But eventually he was brought back to reality when one of his friends spoke.

"Hey," the eldest boy said, "isn't that the airbender girl that Skoochy always hangs out with?"

Skoochy's eyes snapped open wide shortly before he shot up into an upright position to scan the area around him, a hopeful expression on his face. Failing to find her anywhere, he stole a glance toward his friends only to find that they were practically going hysterical with laughter. After a short moment, it registered to Skoochy as to why they were laughing. They sought to trick him to see his reaction, and they did in fact get the reaction he was expecting.

"Oh shut up guys," Skoochy glared, "Especially you, Chan!"

"It was Xing's idea!" Chan, the boy who pulled the prank, informed after settling down a bit.

Skoochy's eyes narrowed as an annoyed pout formed on his lips. His eyes turned to the young bag snatcher who was still lying on the ground, laughing. Skoochy slammed a fist into the ground, sending a chunk of the ground underneath Xing to rise up and boot him in the backside.

"Ouch!" Xing cried out as his shot up from the ground and rubbed his sore behind, "Aw, come on, Skooch', we're just having some fun."

Skoochy merely rolled his eyes. He didn't really like getting teased after all. It was starting to put him into a bit of a bad mood. The other children snickered at Xing's dismay, who scowled back at them.

Suddenly, Mei Li straightened her back as she looked past Skoochy.

"Wait, isn't that the airbender girl?" Mei Li said.

"Cut it out Mei Li," Skoochy gave her an irritated glare.

"No, really Skoochy," the little girl raised her voice a little, "I think that's her!"

"Can it," Skoochy crossed his arms, "I'm not falling for the same trick twice."

"What won't you fall for twice?" said a young girl's voice behind him.

A very familiar voice.

Skoochy's eyes widened in surprised as he spun himself around on his spot on the ground. He looked up and was greeted by the face of a slightly puzzled Jinora. Skoochy quickly stood up from the ground to greet her.

"Oh um, nothing," Skoochy said as he scratched at the back of his head nervously, shifting his hat back and forth as he did so, "and, uh, hi Jinora."

"Hi Skoochy!" Jinora greeted back in an excited tone.

The young airbender bit lightly on her lower lip as she had a sudden impulse to give the boy in front of her a hug.

So she did.

Jinora leaned forward and gave the street urchin a quick hug. She really couldn't help herself, nor did she have any regrets. As quickly as she leaned in, she pulled back with a slight red tint evident on her cheeks. The sudden, and quick, embrace caught Skoochy did not fail to surprise him, for the councilman's daughter had never done that before. Heck, he never expected that from her at all at any point in the future.

He stole a quick glance behind him and saw his friends whispering to each other while snickering. He could already tell what the whispers were about.

That didn't really help, Jinora…

Turning back to the girl in front of him, he watched as Jinora clumsily held her glider to her body with her arm as she used her now free hand to extract something from her bag. She held something wrapped in cloth and he could see a somewhat proud expression on her face.

"What's that?" Skoochy inquired.

"Oh um…" Jinora shifted on her feet a little, "I made a little something for you. I thought you might like it so…"

Jinora stopped there, not knowing what to say next. Thankfully for her, Skoochy didn't really need to know anything more. He accepted the cloth parcel when Jinora handed it to him. He undid the knot at took a look to see what it was Jinora had made for him.

"Bread, huh?" Skoochy said.

"Sandwiches," Jinora corrected, "five to be exact."

"Sandwiches," Skoochy repeated, still eyeing the food he held in his hand.

The tone in which Skoochy said that sounded a little unappreciative to Jinora. The thought he didn't appreciate her work pained her a little. Skoochy's thoughts, however, were somewhere else entirely.

Sandwiches. Five of them. I have five friends who won't stop bugging me. This works out well.

"Hey Jinora," Skoochy looked up at the airbender, "wait here for a moment."

The young girl gave Skoochy a questioning look, but he didn't see it for he had already spun around on his heels toward the group of children who were behind him.

"Okay guys, here's the deal. My friend," Skoochy paused for a moment after putting massive emphasis on the word 'friend', "made some sandwiches, five of them. You can have them, so that's one each. Now stop bugging me about Jinora, alright?"

They all nodded and muttered their agreement on the conditions as they all grabbed a sandwich eagerly, leaving Skoochy holding an empty cloth wrap. After double checking the children would be off his back, at least for the next couple weeks, he turned back around to Jinora.

"C'mon," Skoochy said as he walked past her, ushering her to follow him, "Let's go somewhere else."

"O-okay," Jinora mumbled as she turned around to follow him.

They walked for a while in silence. Skoochy was glad to be away from the teasing of his friends. Jinora felt a little disappointed, however, having not received the thanks that she had been expecting from Skoochy. The walk soon came to a stop when Skoochy seated himself on a roadside bench, to which Jinora joined him.

It was a few silent moments before Skoochy caught the downed expression of Jinora's face. It wasn't a very obvious expression, but it was still there and it was not nice to see. This troubled Skoochy a little. Usually she would be at least a bit cheerful, if a bit awkward at times.

"What's up?" Skoochy asked with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Hm?" Jinora looked at the boy beside her, "Nothing."

Her tone didn't convince him, his expression told her that. Jinora looked down at the ground in front of her, avoiding eye contact with the street urchin.

No! I'm doing it again!

Jinora closed her eyes with a frown as she resisted the urge to squeal in frustration at herself. This was exactly how she acted last time she had snuck out to the city, only this time for slightly different reasons this time. But she was still doing it.

Suddenly, a hand touched her shoulder and she nearly jumped out of her skin in fright. She turned her gaze to her side and saw it was Skoochy with his hand on her shoulder, a look of worry on his face.

"Is this about the food you brought me?" he asked, "Which I gave to my friends?"

Deciding to be truthful about the situation, Jinora nodded in confirmation. Skoochy gave her a blank look for a short moment before he started to shake as he chuckled.

"Jinora," Skoochy began as he settled down, "it's not that I didn't appreciate it. I just don't like being given things for free, like a charity case. I thought I told you that a while ago."

"Oh," Jinora said softly, looking down at the ground, "oh yeah…"

"Besides," he continued, "my friends hadn't eaten a thing all day. So in a way, you helped them."

"That's good, I guess," Jinora said, slightly reassured.

A moment of silence passed by comfortably, but it didn't last long.

"Geez," Skoochy leaned back on the bench, his elbows resting on top of the back rest, "You're such an air head."

Jinora perked up and eyed the street urchin as menacingly as she could because of what he called her. But all she could muster was a frown and an awkward pout. Skoochy in turn merely smirked at the young air bender. Jinora stood up from the bench, maintaining her facial expression while she placed her hands on her hips much like her mother would do when she was unhappy with someone or something.

"Well you're…" Jinora tried to think of a comeback, "You're a…"

Skoochy raised an eyebrow.

"You're a..." Jinora struggled, her stern facial expression beginning to fail her, "A um…"

Skoochy was now suppressing the urge to laugh at the young girl's feeble attempt to insult him. Jinora cursed inwardly. Why couldn't she think of anything? Surely she could have remembered some sort of insult from one of the many, many fiction books she had read over the course of her life. But for the life of her, she couldn't.

"You…" Jinora was now pointing at him with one hand, "You are a…"

The homeless boy on the bench was now visibly shaking as he struggled to hold back the laughter that was building up from within. Jinora, unsurprisingly, stopped trying. She gave up. Having never really had the need for petty name calling while being raised on Air Temple Island, she just could not think of anything to call him back with.

"Oh forget it," Jinora said as she spun around on her heels and crossed her arms.

Skoochy lost it. He slapped his knee as he cracked up laughing. Hearing his laughter behind her, Jinora's facial expression formed into an extremely irritated frown with one of her eyebrows twitching slightly.

Having settled down, Skoochy stood up and placed a hand on Jinora's shoulder, "Try 'lousy street urchin'."

Jinora gave him a questioning look. Why was he telling her how to insult him? Confused, Jinora turned to question him but was met by a look of encouragement from the boy. The next thing she realised was how close he was standing to her, how close his face was to hers now that she had turned around. Jinora felt the heat rise in her face. To try and suppress the colour change in her face, she decided to give it a go.

"You're a lousy street urchin," Jinora said.

Skoochy looked at her blanky before chuckling as he spoke, "Gee, it's not like I've never been called that before, you silly air head."

Jinora gasped at his final remark. She was about to have a shout at him, but he ran off laughing. He turned his head to look at her as he ran, as though ushering her to chase after him. Jinora caught that and clutched onto her glider tightly in annoyance. After a moment, she quickly put one foot in front of the other in rapid succession as she chased after the laughing boy.

She chased him through much of the busy city streets throughout much of the night while she still failed to think of a name to call him.

And that was chapter 7. What did you think of this new chapter to the tale? Reviews are most welcome.

That was a slow update... I'm sorry. D: I had a major block at with this chapter at first, but after a while, because of the fact my school year is over, I got completely sidetracked with other things. When I did try to write this, nothing happened, and then I'd get side tracked again. That's basically why it took so long... BUT FINALLY! I got it done.

As always, I hope you enjoyed this.

Response to a couple reviews:

egarcia413: Just wait and see. :3

welcometoBangkok: Thank you for the feedback. :D Yue and Sokka seriously did not come to mind when I was writing that. I never really planned to make that connection between the two. The back story was mainly to establish the fact that Skoochy is a kid that is interested in love. Kind of based off a personal experience of mine, though it was a story on the internet and it was actually completed...

yunadance6: So am I. :)