A/N: I tired putting in more Zutara, since I noticed that I'm only focusing on Taang really.
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Katara ran to her car to get away from Zuko. She hated him so much right now. She was just about to give him her whole heart, and he goes and cheats on her!
She opened the door to her silver Lexus and climbed in. The black leather seats were hot against the bare part of her legs, but she didn't care. As long as she got out there.
Just as she put her key in the ignition and started the engine, she heard Zuko's voice call out to her.
"Katara! Katara wait!" he yelled over the quietness of the day.
To hell with him, she thought to herself as she backed out of the parking space. She could see his face in the review mirror, looking at her pleadingly. He looks so sad… no Katara, he cheated on you. Don't fall for that face….not again.
She continued to drive away, but his face stayed in her mind the whole way home.
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Zuko watched Katara's car fade into the distance. He couldn't believe he had lost her. Just because he had gotten drunk. He turned around and kicked the nearby tire of his car. The alarm sounded.
"Shut the hell up!" he roared at the car. He pulled out his keys and turned off the alarm. He crossed his arms on the car and pounded his head on them. After a while, he pulled his head up, panting. He got into his car and hurriedly pulled out onto the road. He drove fast, not paying attention to the speed dial, and the only thing that pulled him out of his trance was when he came to a sudden stop and he lurched forward. He noticed that he had hit another car. He got out and went to the car. He knocked on the window. The door opened and a guy stepped out. He inwardly groaned when he recognized who it was. He was not in the mood for this right now.
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Toph put down the phone, for she had just been talking to her boyfriend, Haru. He had asked her out on another date, and she said yes. It was for this afternoon.
She was in her room with Aang, because he still hadn't left yet, much to Star's happiness. Aang might be totally oblivious, but Toph knew Star was secretly following them around the house, which in their house, was a real chore, since it was so big.
She was 'looking' through her closest for something to wear since she was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday. She stepped out of the closest wearing a pair a short jean shorts and tang top with blue, green, and white stripes on it.
"Does this look okay?" she asked dully. The only reason she was even asking was because she didn't want to look like an idiot.
She frowned when Aang's heart beat made a quick jump before going back to normal. "You look great," he answered. Toph flipped a black strand of hair out of her face. She walked over to her dresser, planning out putting her hair up in its usual bun, but Aang stopped her.
"Why don't you leave your hair down? It looks nice," he told her. She thought about this for a second. Very few people had ever seen her with her hair down, she wasn't used to it. Then another thought entered her head. Why was Aang asking her to leave it down? He didn't really care what she looked like.
"Since when do you care?" she asked him jokingly. He shrugged.
"Dunno. But you should grace your boyfriend with you with your hair down," he said laughing. He rubbed the top of her head in a friendly manner, and she frowned at him. He had been doing that ever since he had gotten taller than her a few years ago. She took a brush and ran it through her hair a few times before the doorbell rang through the house.
"Guess that's my cue to go too. Have fun," Aang said as he left.
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Zuko looked at Sokka straight in the eye. "Were you hurt?" he asked him in an uncaring voice.
"Lucky for you, no. But that doesn't make this any better for you," Sokka said smugly. Zuko glared at him. He walked behind the car to see if there was any damage. It was only a fender bender.
"It's not that bad," Sokka noted. "But I can't help but wonder, what made you loose concentration?" Sokka asked.
"I was thinking about…" Zuko started off, but was interrupted by Sokka's phone.
"What's up?" he asked into the phone. "Yeah I'll be home soon… mhmm… WHAT?!" Sokka looked up and glared at Zuko. He abruptly hung up the phone. "You want to know who that was?" Sokka asked menacingly. "It was Katara, telling me how you broke her heart!" he said as he took a step towards and shoved Zuko on the shoulders. In response, Zuko shoved Sokka harder. Soon, they were having a full-out fight on the side of the road. They could hear the sound of police car sirens coming towards them, but they ignored it. They continued to fight. They were finally pulled off of each other by the cops, and they could see the damage they did to each other. Sokka had a black eye and a whole bunch of bruises on his arms. Zuko had blood running from the corner of his mouth with some bruises as well.
"Come on guys, this is no way to behave over a little accident. Get into the car. We're taking you two home," the cop told them.
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Katara rushed to the door when the doorbell rang. He jaw literally dropped when she saw her brother being lead in by a cop.
"Does the man live here?" the cop asked.
Katara snapped out of her shock. "Yes, he does. He's my brother," she answered.
"Are your parents home?" the cop questioned.
"My dad's home. I'll go get him," Katara said as she ran to her dad's study. She opened the big oak doors to see her dad on the phone.
"Dad," Katara said, trying to get his attention. He waved his hand at her, translating into 'just a minute.'
"Dad!" she said more urgently. He mouthed, 'not now' to her.
Katara took a deep breath before continuing. "Sokka just came home with cop," she said bluntly.
"WHAT?!" he dad hollered. He dropped the phone and ran out of the study. Katara ran to the forgotten phone.
"I'm sorry; he'll have to call you back. This is urgent," she said into the phone before hanging it up.
She followed her dad's path to the front door where the cop was already exiting. Her dad had a hold on Sokka's collar and dragged him to a nearby couch. He pushed him down onto it.
"How could you be so stupid?!" he yelled at Sokka. Katara started to exit the room but her dad noticed this first. "Stay Katara. I want you to know what happens when you come home with a cop."
"What has gotten into you lately Sokka?! First you get drunk at a club, then you stay out all night without letting anyone know where you are, and now your having fights with some guy on the side of a road?! What happened to you?! I should ground you for the rest of your life!" he yelled, he voice booming through the house. He took a cleansing breath, but it didn't really do any good. "Now I'm not going to totally ground you, but it's going to feel just like it. I'm cutting off your credit cards, your car is mine, I'm taking your cell phone and laptop, and you have to get a real job."
Sokka's jaw dropped. "Bu-but that's not fair!" he stuttered.
"Oh yes it is. And it's going to be until you graduate."
"WHAT?!"
Hakoda just left the room when he was done. Katara came over and sat next to him. "Don't worry Sokka. It's only two months," she said, trying to be helpful.
"But spring break is in two weeks! That's going to be hell," he said as he put his had into his hands.
Katara patted him on the back slightly. "I'm sure you'll live."
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Toph and Haru were walking to his car after the movies holding hands. As it turned out, he really didn't have anything planned for a date, so Toph had suggested the movies, even though she couldn't see. She could still hear fine. Haru didn't seem to get that though. He had protested when she suggested it, but never really said it was because she was blind.
When she had finally convinced him to see the movie, she regretted. The whole time he kept explaining everything to her as if she was a little kid who didn't understand it. It bugged her to death. She wanted to slap him. And for some reason, during the whole movie she kept thinking of Aang.
Aang would never have done that, unless it was a rare occasion she asked for an explanation. The two of them would have laughed at all the funny parts and thrown popcorn at any couples making out. She would have had a good time, instead of feeling down the whole time.
Haru held her hand the whole way to the car, pulling her out of the way of anything that could possibly be in her way even though she already knew it was there. He opened the car door for her and buckled her in. This was ticking Toph off big time.
"Haru, I can do things for myself," Toph said harshly.
"I know, but I like you so much. I just don't want you to get hurt," he said sweetly, but to Toph, it sounded a lot like an insult.
He drove her home and when they got there, she got out of the car before he could come around and open the door for her.
"Do you want me to walk you to the door?" he asked, hope laced into his voice.
Toph caught the hope in his voice. What? Does he think he'll get invited in or something? "That's alright. I'll talk to you later," she told him and blew him a kiss.
Once inside, she dropped into a chair and turned on the T.V. She flipped through the channels, trying to find something good to listen to, until her phone rang.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Turn to channel seven. Sokka and Zuko are on T.V.!" Ty Lee said into the phone before hanging up.
Toph hung up the phone confused, but did as Ty Lee said. She could hear a reporter talking.
"Zuko, son of Hollywood actor Ozai, was caught on tape fighting another guy on the side of the road. The reasons of this fight are unknown; it seems that there was an accident before hand. Both boys were taken home by the cops…"
Toph turned off the T.V. after that. Figures Hothead would get himself into something like that, she thought to herself.
She got up and walked to the kitchen, where she asked one of the chiefs if they could get her a cup of coffee. Once she got it, she sat at the bar and drank her coffee in silence; that is until, her dad walked in.
"Hey sweet pea. What's wrong? You looked depressed," he said as he sat down next to her.
Toph let out a sigh. "It's Haru," she told her dad. She could tell by his vibrations that his interest immediately peeked.
"What about him?" he asked with interest.
"Every time I'm around him, I feel so depressed lately. And he's so overprotective to the point where it's annoying," she told her dad. Her dad put his arm around her shoulders.
"It's probably only because he cares about you. What's wrong with that?" Lao told her.
"I know he cares. He told me that. But he needs to know that I can take care of myself or else I'm going to have the break up with him," Toph said matter-of-factly.
Lao let go of his daughter and stood up. "Whatever makes you happy Toph," he said as he walked out of the room. "Oh yeah, Aang said to call him after your date. He said it wasn't important, and whenever was okay," he said over his shoulder.
Toph finished off the rest of her coffee before picking up the phone and calling Aang.
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