4:Toph Beifong
When Katara woke up the next morning she couldn't wait til the afternoon. She wnated the day to pass by quickly so that she could go surfing with Aang. What was it about him: his goofy grin, the way he treated her, his mesmorizing gray eyes? She didn't know , maybe it was all three, but there was something about that boy that she really liked.
She decided to invite Aang and Gyatso over for breakfast as a way of officially welcoming them to the neighborhood. She started to go ahead and make the pancakes but second guessed herself knowing that her brother would devour them before Aang or Gyatso even got a wiff. So she walked across the yard and knock on the door and it imidiately opened.
"Hey Katara." he said cheerfully.
"Hey Aang. I was wondering if you and Gyatso would like to have breakfast with us." she said with a smile and with every word she said Aang's face brightened even more.
"We'd love too. We'll be over in a second."
"K" she said and started back across the yard. She was halfway to the house when Aang joined her. Gyatso walking a few paces behind them.
"Sorry I haven't made it yet but I knew you wouldn't get any if Sokka smelled them." she said as they walked into the kitchen.
"That's ok. How about I help you?" Aang offered.
"Thank." she said with a warm smile.
Aang set the table as Katara began making the pancakes. Sure enough as soon as the scent of the batter wafted in to his room, Sokka was in the kitchen.
"Food." he yelled as if he hadn't eaten in a week. "Oh, hey guys."
"Good morning, Sokka." Gyatso said.
"Wow. you were right" Aang said to Katara.
"I told you." she replied.
"Right about what?" Sokka asked.
"Oh, nothing." she said nonchalant.
Her brother shrugged it off and practically dove into his stack of pancakes.
After the three friends finished breakfast and said goodbye to Gyatso, they hopped in the car and headed for Toph's house.
to say it was huge is an undersstatement. It's ginormous. aang gaped at the mansion before them and he coul only think of one word.
"Whoa!"
"Great, right?" Sokka said, "One of the perks to owning the greatest sporting gear manufacturing company in the world." he paused "Another is having a girlfriend whose parents let us try out new prototypes."
"Sweet." Aang exclaimed.
As they entered the house it looked clean and fancy. Pristine. Until they heard a whoop from upstairs. Toph rode the railing down to the foyer and stopped just in front of them grabbing her board.
" 'Bout time you guys got here." she said.
"well, you know how some people are about breakfast." Katara said gesturing to her brother.
"Thirds?" toph asked.
"Fourths." Katara stated.
"I'm a growing boy and breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Sokka said in defense.
Katara rolled her eyes.
"Good thing we always have plenty of food around here." Toph joked.
"That's one of the things I love about this place." Sokka said.
Aang wasn't listening. He was in awe that THE Toph Beifong was standing there. She noticed and looked at him.
"And who are you?"
"Toph this is our friend Aang. He's a skater too." Katara said.
Toph didn't seem impressed.
"You any good?" she asked.
"Uh.." Aang stammered.
"Good he's awesome!" sokka said, "They call him Air Man cause he practically flys through the air."
"Well." Toph said. "Let's see just how good you are."
Aang was nervous as Toph lead them out to the skating area behind the house. He didn't want to look like a foolin front of Toph Beifong... or Katara for that matter. He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"You'll do great." Katara siad reassuringly.
He gave her an uneasy smile but she did make him feel a little better.
He tried not to look at toph so he could get in the zone. He then grabbed his board and jetted into the half pipe. After skating until he was out of breath he skated back over to his friends.
Toph's face was blank.
"I'll admit your pretty good." Aang smiled, "But," his face fell, "you have real competition out there. Especially Jet."
"I hate that guy." Sokka said with a grimace.
"Who's Jet?" Aang asked.
"Just some punk who thinks he and his gang are the best skaters around." Sokka said. "And he's always messing with Katara, trying to get her to be 'his babe'."
Aang looked at her and she looked away that moment he promised himself he wouldn't let Jet or anyone else hurt her.
"Don't worry, Katara. I won't let Jet mess with you ever again." He stated protectively.
"Thanks Aang." she said giving him a quick hug and a peck on the cheek causing him to blush.
"Alright enough of this, now it's time for me to show Twinkletoes some real moves." Toph said.
Aang rolled his eyes at the new nickname and they all grabbed their boards.
After skating for a while Sokka said, "Well I don't know about you guys but all that skating has made me hungry."
"You said it!" Toph chimed in.
"You too are definitly meant to be." Katara said.
They all went back inside for lunch. Aang had never seen so much food. They had every food imaginable. When they had all eaten their fill he and Katara siad goodbye and decided to go get ready for surfing. Aang called Gyatso to come pick them up so that Sokka could spend more time with his girlfriend.
"So ready for your date?" he teased when they got in the car.
"Gyatso!" Aang said totally embarrassed both teens blushing. "Were not dating." then unbeknownst to each other both added in their minds, "Yet".