A/N: lmao I forgot to add there is no bending. This story is kind of explicit in terms of language and some of the stuff that is implied. (You'll see...)
Also idk how AP classes work where y'all are from, but where I am from you have to take a test and it doesn't matter what grade you're from, if your at the top scores you make it in. The class is max. 40 students from all grades. Just some insight to avoid confusion.
"Hey Aang." Sokka said as he leaned against the locker next to Aang's. He took a bite of the red apple he had on his hands.
"Hey Sokka, how's it going." Aang smiled. He took a bunch of books and stuffed them in his black jansport.
A grunt could be heard behind both of the guys. "Sokka! Get out of my locker!"
Sokka held up his hands to show apology. "Sorry sis! I didn't know it was your locker." Then proceeded to pat Aang in his back. "Though luck," He whispered.
Katara raised her eyebrows. "I heard that, you know?"
"Yeah, whatever. Bye guys!" Sokka exclaimed as he stuffed what was left of the apple on his mouth.
Katara entered her combo and abruptly tried to open her locker by forcing the lock. Due to being one of the last to get her lock combination thank to Toph's little stunt, she was left with whichever malfunctioning locker was available.
"Ugh. Stupid locker," She mumbled under her breath.
Aang stopped looking for whatever book he was now searching for and offered his help to Sokka's sister.
"Are you okay?" Aang asked.
Katara sighed. "It just won't open."
Aang laughed softly. "Don't worry, you just gotta nudge it twice and it will do."
Katara elbowed the locker a little uncertain but quickly changed her minds once it opened. "Thanks. Aang, right?"
Aang nodded.
"How did you know the locker was going to open?"
"I've been stuck with this locker since freshman year." He said as he motioned to his locker. "People come and go but yours stay the same. It may not be the greatest locker but it has drawn in some of the greatest friends I could ever get, just ask Toph." Aang grinned.
Katara smiled back. "Thanks Aang." She looked down at her wristwatch to check the hour. "I gotta go now, it was nice meeting you again!"
"Ditto."
The bell rang and the students quickly ushered into their respective classes, except for Zuko, who had no idea were his class was. After working all summer with a tutor, he was finally admitted into AP math. All those hours were exhausting but totally worth his dad's reaction, which was basically less disappointment than expected.
"Mister You're late to class," Notified his teacher after his unexpected entrance. "Please, take a seat. Make it fast."
Zuko scanned the room looking for whatever seat was left. He smacked his forehead after noticing that the only chair left untouched was one located next to his sister, which was awful, but also in front of her gloomy best friend, which was great.
Zuko sat down expecting that Azula didn't talk to him. Clearly showing her annoyance, Azula just stared waiting for him to say something. He turned around and exclaimed, "What do you want?!"
"You're sitting on Ty lee's desk," Azula said with a neutral tone of voice.
"Where is she?" He didn't care and honestly he didn't even know why he asked.
"She got kicked out in favor of your sorry ass," Azula scolded.
Zuko gulped. "Sorry?"
Mai twirled her pen in annoyance. "Can you guys shut up?" She demanded. " I thought that Ty lee leaving this class meant actual silence to do work."
Zuko turned forward and examined the board. "We'll start with something easy this year," The teacher said as he wrote down a math problem.
Zuko narrowed his eyes. Super easy, he thought with sarcasm. He dismissed its difficulty and solved the problem. The whole time he was working, Azula did nothing but observe him with a shady smirk.
"Does anybody know the answer?" The teacher asked.
Zuko raised his hand. "5x-"
"5x-y," answered Azula instead. The tension arose between the two sibling, Mai couldn't help but mutter a tiny oh my god and put a hand in her face from embarrassment, their immaturity was outstanding.
Zuko's face turned red from anger, he bit the inside of his cheek trying to keep from snapping out at his sister. "Thought so," mouthed Azula.
Zuko stared into the distance, pondering.
He waited 10 minutes before the bell rang and mumbled to the guy sitting next to him. "Hey, what's your name?"
"Sokka."
"Great, so um... Sokka, you seem like an outgoing guy, could you do me a favor and shout this when the class finishes." Zuko handed Sokka a note.
Sokka widened his eyes and grinned. "Dude, is this for real?"
Zuko smirked. "Totally."
"Hey, count me in! Anything to give back to the community." Sokka held his thumb up approvingly.
Both Azula and Mai examined Zuko, trying to figure out what was he doing.
When the bell finally rang, Sokka stood up on a table and shouted, "Party at Azula's this Saturday at ember island!" Sokka winked at an unknown girl next to him. "I expect you to be there babe."
Zuko stuck out his tongue to Azula in a mocking manner, she didn't look surprised at all, in fact, she sort of looked amused.
Azula held a hand up making the wild public shut up. "Actually, this isn't my party, it's Zuko's. So if any of you have any suggestions or complaint, please redirect them to him."
Zuko's smile disappeared. "What?!"
Azula smiled cynically. "Keep trying Zuko, maybe next time you'll beat me." Azula grabbed her new Burberry handbag and walked to the door, Mai followed behind her as she put her black kippling bag on her shoulder. "Anyways, I hope your guests, including me, don't break anything," Azula said before leaving.
Zuko groaned. " God, why am I so stupid!"
Sokka upon hearing Zuko, he jumped off the desk and patted him on the back. " Don't worry dude. On the upside, you'll have free booze!"
Aang and Toph moved symmetrically along the food line. The food special today was either tacos or beans. Aang extended his tray to the lunch lady, who gave him the taco he chose. Toph was next in line, but Sokka snuck in.
"I'll have a taco ma'am!" Sokka exclaimed.
Toph frowned. "I was here first!"
The lady handed sokka his taco and toph moved. "I'll have a Taco, please."
The lunch lady sighed. "Sorry miss, we ran out of tacos." She put a spoonful of beans on Toph's plate. Toph cringed and thanked the lady before leaving with the guys.
Aang, Sokka and Toph sat down on a table near the emergency exit. Toph glared at Sokka while she made Aang exchange plates with her.
"Toph, you're like a billionaire. Can't you get your maids to like make you good food or anything?" Sokka suggested, trying to fix things with Toph after borrowing the last Taco.
"Omg Toph you're so like a billionaire," Toph mimicked his voice with a higher pitch. "Actually I can't! When I told my parents that I wanted a normal life, they took it too literally."
"Oh! Is that Katara over there?" Sokka said, hoping to change subjects. He stood up and waved for his sister to see.
Katara caught Sokka's sign. She sat down and started stabbing the beans with the fork. "God, I'm exhausted. We had AP History today, and there was this girl who was like whining about how she couldn't be with her friends now because her friend's brother stole her place in AP math, I swear it was the worst, she wouldn't shut up!" Katara ranted. "Anyways, how were your classes so far?"
"Twinkletoes and I lit something on fire today in Chem class," Toph commented.
"It was an accident," Aang added as he painfully swallowed some of the badly made beans.
"That is nothing compared to what I have, dweebs." Sokka examined his nails cockily. "Guess what."
"What?" Asked Aang. Then gagged and left his tray aside, "I can't anymore!"
Katara rolled her eyes. "You guys have such weak stomachs, back in the tribe we ate animal testicles for breakfast."
Toph crinkled her nose in disgust and put down her taco. "I don't think I can eat anymore after hearing that."
"Katara don't interrupt!" Sokka whined. "Also can I have your taco?"
Toph shrugged. Sokka took away her taco and stuffed it into his face. "We got invited to a party!" Sokka said with his mouth full.
"Party?" Aang questioned.
"Yeah! By a guy named Zuko!" Sokka smiled.
"Zuko?" Now toph was confused too.
"Yeah!" Sokka reaffirmed. "why are you guys so confused?"
"It's just that he's never thrown a party before, it's always his sister," Aang answered.
"It doesn't matter," Toph stated. "We're totally going! I can't wait to see how badly this turns out!"
Katara finished her tray. She hunched on her chair and asked her brother, "So when is it?"
"Saturday. It's on ember island."
"Ember island?" Aang raised his eyebrow in question. "Man, we're so going!"
"Great, so It's all set. Who will drive?" Sokka asked.
"I will!" Toph offered.
"Nice!" Sokka exclaimed, Aang and Katara snickered. Then, he frowned. "Wait a minute..."
Zuko's arms were tired. Despite only going away for 2 days, Azula always insisted in carrying two bags full of clothes, plus another one in case of emergencies.
Azula stood by the main door, watching from the sidelines as Zuko loaded her bags in the trunk. "You know, father must have been in a really good mood if he let you borrow one of the cars, maybe it's because you finally might have a social life." Azula taunted as she got into the expensive black car. "You do remember where Mai lives right?"
Zuko sighed "Yeah."
"What are you waiting for? Let's go!" Azula dictated.
"Okay Azula, but your friend lives like 2 minutes from here, why couldn't they come here instead of wasting time?"
"Ugh, let's just go!"
Zuko didn't question Azula anymore. He drove down a few blocks and stopped when he found Mai's house. Both Mai and Ty lee were sitting on the sidewalk, luckily for Zuko, they brought only one backpack each.
"What took you so long?" Ty lee asked Azula.
"I don't know," Azula answered. "Zuko was taking up most of the time trying to figure out what to wear so he could impress-"
"That did not happen," retorted Zuko before it was to late. "Azula was still making her bags."
"Okay!" Ty lee said gleefully. "I can't wait to arrive! It'll be so much fun! Won't it Mai?"
"I guess," Mai said with her monotone voice.
"Come on Mai, that's not the spirit!" Ty lee insisted as she wiggled her eyebrows.
Mai pulled down her sunglasses and sagged on the backseat. "Whatever."
"Nice house Sokka!" Aang said, examining the framed pictures located on the wall. Most of them were from the siblings themselves and some were from a woman who seemed to be their mother. In the middle there was a giant family picture, judging by the quality, from around the year 2005.
Sokka thanked the boy as they walked down the hallway into the main living room. Aang pulled out his phone after feeling a buzz in his back pocket, and stopped dead on track once he read the message. "Uh oh."
Katara burst into the scene, her long brown hair down and straightened, her face slightly dolled up, she wore a chic straw hat that complemented her beach attire. "Are we ready to go?"
"Umm... actually..." Aang made a nervous laugh.
"What?" Both siblings raised one eyebrow in annoyance.
"WeNeedToBreakTophOutOfHerHouse," Aang said really fast.
Sokka scoffed. "That's it? Nothing Sokka, future engineer, can't handle."
Katara wrinkled her forehead. "What does those two things have in common?"
"It means that I know how to carry out a plan," Sokka said, grinning with pride.
30 minutes later.
Sokka ran with Toph carried in his arms. Sirens and loud dog barks could be heard in the background. Sokka quickly placed the blind girl next to Katara on the backseat and joined Aang in the front row. He slammed the door and made all kinds of hand gestures to his friend, wordless and panting.
Aang looked at him, squinting a little irritated. Once Sokka recuperated the use of words, he shouted, "DRIVE!"
Aang nodded and drove away as fast as he could.
Toph cackled loudly. "Sokka, if I were you, I would never come back to my house, it's for your own safety."
Sokka breathed in and out so he could regain his lost energy.
"See! I told you it was a bad idea! But no... We have to do what Sokka the engineer says!" Katara scolded.
"Come on Katara loosen up, I've brought the weedies with me, heh!" Toph wiggled her eyebrows while shaking excitedly a bag of the weedies. "We'll party til' the break of dawn."
Aang laughed, then added seriously, "Actually we are, because I have no idea where we could stay the night."
Katara shrugged. "Back in the water tribe, Sokka left the key's inside the house by accident and we had to sleep in the -60C° weather with only our coats... we'll survive."
Aang and Toph's jaws dropped in awe. "Whoa... This party is going to be LIT!" Toph exclaimed. "Turn up the radio Twinkletoes!"
"If you wanna go and take a ride wit me..." Sokka sang.
Aang and Katara cringed, while Toph sang along with the boy. "It's better if you don't do that," Aang suggested, changing the radio stations searching for something that could fit this time period and Sokka's key range.
Zuko set up a reclining chair against the sand. "Here you go Ty lee," Zuko said with annoyance.
Ty lee thanked Zuko and laid down. The girl pulled down her sunglasses and began tanning. Next to her was Azula trying to assemble a parasol. "Zuko can you please set this shit up?!" Azula demanded angrily.
"Fine," Zuko grunted. He opened the object and stabbed it against the ground. "Happy?"
"Yes, now leave please," Azula dictated, setting her towel between Mai and Ty lee. Zuko laid down next to Ty lee, shutting his eyes, trying to relax.
Meanwhile, Mai sat under the parasol, running her sunscreen filled hands through her legs. Once her hands got back to their normal dryness, she got her phone out of her beach bag after hearing its message ringtone multiple times, her eyes fixated on the screen, she began typing rapidly, sulking.
Azula raised her Miu Miu sunglasses with amusement. "What's with the long face?"
"Just a guy..."
Ty lee sat up with excitement. "Who?!" The pink girl cooed. Zuko shot his eyes open and side eyed the girls with curiosity, as if he were to figure out who they were talking about.
"Don't get too excited, I'm just trying to get us free booze for tonight," Mai said dryly, putting her phone back to where it was before and taking out a book.
Zuko sighed in relief, which Azula noticed. "But Mai, you still haven't answered Ty lee's question?" Azula pointed out while smirking at Zuko.
Mai rolled her eyes. "I don't know, I think his name is Ren Ji? It doesn't matter." The girl brushed it off and resumed her reading.
"Ooh! I know him! His name is Ruon-Jian, and actually he's very cute!" Ty lee exclaimed.
"Ruon-jian? Isn't he friends with Chan?" Azula questioned a little excited, despite being a piece of shit, Azula liked Chan, she thought he had potential, she just needed to fix a few things.
"I think so," Ty lee said contemptuously, frowning. Her change of behavior made everyone stunned. When Ty lee noticed, she turned back into her happy self. "So are you going to... you know?" The girl wiggled her eyebrows, make out, Ty lee meant.
"Only if he brings vodka expensive enough to get us drunk," Mai sneered. "Not that cheap stuff, like the one you made us drink the last party, Azula," Mai said, emphasizing Azula's name.
Azula protested. Something about it not being her fault, like always.
Zuko was surprised in general, even if he had spend many unrequested time with Azula and her friends, he has never seen this side of them, or at least hasn't paid attention. Azula apparently was crushing on some guy, which made her bubbly friend pretty mad, and Mai liked playing guys, which was kind of intriguing yet deceiving due to his stance with her -or at least what he thought they had, if anything. The situation was kind of dramatic and amusing, he waited eagerly to see how it played out tonight.
But at the end of the day, Zuko knew he should try to get away from Azula as soon as possible, or next he might be found gossiping -or spilling the tea, as Ty lee would say- with her while watching this week's episode of Grey's Anatomy.
"...Do you need me, Do you think I'm prett-ay..." Aang and Katara sang, much to Sokka's dismay.
"So I can't sing, but you guys can?"
Aang grinned trough the rear-view mirror. "Totally."
"I still don't understand why I have to seat on the backseat, I called shotgun first!"
Katara laughed. "You know the saying brother!- Finders, keepers. Losers, weepers. And let's say you bladder wept a lot. No bathroom break takes 10 minutes!"
"God, that's gross Katara."
"In my defense, you're grosser."
"Ahem." Aang put a fist to his lips and coughed. "We arrived."
Toph gleefully stumbled out of the car and casually threw herself into the sand. "Finally we're here! If I hear Cheerleader one more time I swear-"
"Oh, I think that that I've found myself a cheerleader..." Aang serenated Toph as he picked her up from the grainy surface, Toph during the process caught a fistful of sand and threw it at Aang's mouth. "That'll teach you!"
Aang put Toph down and started spitting the tiny salivated rocks with revulsion. "I think I'm going to be sick."
"Glad I got out of that one," Katara muttered, taking out the beach items out of Sokka's ugly car.
Aang approached Katara. "Need help?"
Katara didn't question it twice and handed the boy most of the stuff she carried. "Could say so."
Aang grabbed the stuff, and immediately let them fall to the ground. "You worry too much, we're not even going to use half of this stuff!"
Katara was appalled. "That was unnecessary! You could have broken something!"
Aang laughed. "We're at the beach, who cares about the material stuff! And you would have probably gotten mugged, I don't think-" Aang held up a tiny camera. "- A GoPro would be that necessary for a tan."
Katara gave him a sheepish smile. "In case of emergency," She added, needlessly.
Aang gave her a peaceful nudge to the arm. "Come on. We could use the emergency as an excuse for surfing."
"Surfing?" Katara stroked her chin while meditating. "I'm in!"
Katara and Aang rented a surfboard each from the nearest bamboo hut, then ran with their wooden planks to the majestic blue waves.
Concurrently, Sokka and Toph were contemplating the pretty girls at the beach. "Ooh! Do you see the girl with the purple dress, she's smoking!"
"I know."
"Oh! and what about the one with the black bikini, now that's what I call natural beauty!"
"Clearly," Toph said, staring at Sokka with disgust.
Sokka yipped. "Fuck! I keep forgetting you can't see!"
"Don't take it too personally, I doubt you can remember anything long term."
"Ha. Ha. Actually that's kind of mean!"
"Go figure."
Sokka ignored Toph and continued with his quest of finding the perfect beach babe. He was lost for words once he glanced to the left, a girl wearing a red bikini ordered a fruity drink from a straw bar, he couldn't see her face but her behind was enough. "I'm going to talk to a girl, be right back. Maybe."
"Take your time!"
Sokka approached the girl from behind with slickness. "So... What's a pretty girl like you doing in such place like this? Shouldn't you be at the Ritz right now, enjoying a cup of expensive champagne? Although I have to admit a Sex On The Beach seems promising."
The girl turned around, abhorrence plastered on her face, that only intensified once he saw the "man" face to face. "Sokka?!"
Sokka gasped, horrified. "Suki?!"
Aang was surprised when Katara told him she had never surfed before.
Water was her essence, Katara's known this ever since she was five, when her mother taught her how to swim, ever since she's been going at it on the school's swim team. Trying to surf was a new experience for her, yet not completely remote.
The waves crashed against Aang's body knocking him off the board for the second time this past 10 minutes. Aang ran a hand to his face begrudgingly trying to get rid of as much water, salt bothered the few wounds that haven't yet to scar from Sokka's ball hit. Aang breathed in and out slowly. "I don't get it, this is the fifth time I've surfed. Yet, you get on a board and have practically dominated the bay. Taming the untamable."
Katara laughed. "Stop with the flattery, Twinkletoes. Toph is right, that name does fits you!"
Aang teased the girl with an amicable eye roll. Aang was about to climb on his rented board once again, but a chant distracted him and Katara. They turned around to find a small crowd of people surrounding something or someone, They cheered, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Aang then caught a glimpse of Toph, who was all alone drawing on the sand. He put his right hand on Katara's shoulder and with the other he signaled to their blind friend. Katara widened her eyes in realization, and hopped off her board. "Sokka!" She exclaimed. They swam to the shore and ran to the crowd.
As predicted, Sokka was caught in between the fight, along with Suki. Aang and Katara ran through the multitude, pushing and shoving the people that crossed their way as fast as they could to stop Sokka from doing any major damage to his health.
Before Suki could throw a slap -or punch, Aang got in the middle of the two enemies with arms extended to the extremes, his body facing Suki. "Suki, Don't!"
Too late, Suki punched Aang in the gut. He clutched his stomach in pain and dropped to floor, groaning. Suki gasped in shock, then kneeled, running a hand through Aang's shoulder kindly. "I'm so sorry!"
"It's o-ka-y," Aang drawled weakly, still feeling the pain from Suki's powerful fist.
Suki held her forehead, worry consuming her. "This would have not happened on the first place if your stupid friend wouldn't have been such a creep," Suki claimed. By now the crowd had already dispersed.
"I already said I was sorry Suki, if I knew it was you I wouldn't have flirted in the first place."
Katara frowned with disgust. "Wait, so she was going to slap you-
"-punch me actually," Sokka corrected.
"-Punch you, because you hit on her?"
"Yeah I know, isn't that a little extreme?" Sokka crossed his arms, chin up, eyes closed, proud smirk.
Katara scoffed. "I say she finishes what she started."
Sokka shot his eyes open. "What?!"
"You heard me!" Katara recalled him and vindictively flicked her brother's ear. Sokka shot out a loud yelp. "Gee, thank god you escaped that punch, otherwise I don't know how you would have dealt with it."
Aang quickly intervened, tugging on sokka's bathing suit from where he sat. "Guys please, there are other ways to solve this."
"Like what?" Katara asked, a little skeptical.
"Like-"
"Like a competition!" Blurted a familiar voice.
"Toph!" Suki greeted. "I haven't seen you in a while."
"Well me neither, literally," Toph said as she squatted on the sand next to Aang. "So what are you guys fighting for?"
"Sokka's disgusting behavior," Katara disclosed with no hint of remorse.
"Foreseeable."
"Hey!" Sokka whined. "I already said I was sorry."
"Sorry won't cut it," Toph teased. "I still suggest that competition. I say you guys play volleyball. Guys VS girls."
"That's great except, we're four in total," Aang faltered. He stood up and went to join sokka.
"I have the rest of the Kyoshi team with me." Suki copied Aang and went to Katara's.
"No threat to a man!" Sokka said with a cocky grin. Suki frowned.
Aang smacked his friend on the head. "Are you serious? Right now?" He asked Sokka, questioning his sanity.
"Fine then! If it's no threat then I guess we should play. No kyoshi, just us four. Right. Now." Suki swallowed hard and glared at Sokka. Sokka grinned nervously.
"Toph pass me the ball," Suki ordered and Toph followed, she threw the ball to wherever her friend was and Suki surprisingly caught it with just one hand. "You're going to wish you were very sorry Sokka."
"God," Mai hissed. She tiptoed upstairs to the porch of Azula's beach house. "Ouch."
"I told you to wear sunscreen," Azula said as she carried her three bags with ease in just one hand.
"I did."
"You should wear more."
Mai sighed. "Ugh, this just doesn't make sense I was literally under that hideous umbrella all day."
"On the bright side it's only just your legs that look like sausages," Ty lee said with optimism.
Azula rolled her eyes. "I've got some Aloe Vera on my room, that could work." Azula threw her bags to the floor.
"I'm going into town to buy stuff for tonight," Ty lee announced. "I don't want to go alone tho." Ty lee eyed Zuko.
"Just take Zuko," Azula proposed. "And by the way, can you get me some skittles?"
"Great! And sure."
Zuko growled and followed behind Ty lee. Once they were far away, he asked, getting straight to the point, "Okay, what do you want?"
Ty lee twitched one eyebrow. "What makes you think that?"
"Don't play dumb, I saw you looking at me back there."
Ty lee sighed. "You got me. I need you to buy me some booze, it's easier to when you're actually 18, like you are."
Zuko grimaced and tilted his head. "That's it?"
"Yeah pretty much."
They ignored each other until they arrived to the convenience store.
Zuko pushed the glass door inwards. When he was inside the first thing he noticed was his classmate being threated with an ice bag by the same girl he met a few days ago.
He approached them with curiosity. "Sokka?"
"...aasdssghslr..."
Katara intervened. "I think he has a concussion, it's better to not do anything."
"What happened to him?"
"Wait, is he the guy that was in a fight today?" Ty lee asked.
"Was. He didn't even finish it. We played volleyball and Suki practically smashed the ball into his skull." Katara once again introduced the ice to Sokka's purple injuries, there were two, one under his right eye and another on his left cheekbone.
Sokka shifted from the amount of beer boxes where he sat, straightened his back and cracked his knuckles. "I'm better now thanks sis."
"I didn't know you guys were siblings," Zuko added.
"Sometimes I wish we weren't," Katara commented as she applied more ice to his face.
Sokka brushed her sister's hand off his face. "You say that now! When I die. Then you will realize."
"Ugh Sokka you're such a nerd."
Suddenly, Aang and Toph came out on the left aisle. "Hotman!" Aang greeted loudly.
Zuko yelped in surprise. "Stop calling me that!"
"Hotman?" Ty lee put a finger to her lips, questioning.
"Yeah, we've called him that ever since he helped us pay a joke to her sister," Aang replied.
"We? It's just you who calls him that," Toph said as she juggled with a can of Coke.
"That was year ago, and it won't happen again anyways," Zuko informed. He grabbed a small package of skittles for her sister.
"Wait it was you the one that made the fire prank?" Ty lee looked at Zuko with disgust.
Zuko gulped. "Yeah..?"
Ty lee was about to say something but she just shrugged. "I won't tell her."
Zuko sighed in relief. "Thanks..."
"You owe me." Ty lee pointed a finger to Zuko in a dominating manner. The girl grabbed a bottle of Absolutand handed it to Zuko along with money.
"I remembered, we need to buy booze," Sokka recalled, he snagged a bottle of Hennessy.
Katara snatched it from him. "No. No. No! We're taking Tequila. I've read on a magazine that it's the least depressing of all alcoholic beverages. And I know how much a crybaby you are while drinking this stuff."
Zuko and Ty lee chuckled.
"Katara you can't embarrass me in front of the ladies." Sokka looked around but only realized the only pretty girl there was Ty lee, no offense to Toph. "Well, lady," He corrected.
Zuko showed his ID to the owner and paid for both bottles plus mix. Aang grabbed Zuko's shoulder."Here." He signaled to the money.
"My treat," Zuko insisted.
Aang smiled. "Thanks Your Fieriness."
Ty lee observed her pink Casio wristwatch. "Zuko, it's 10:00pm."
Zuko played with his hair. "What's a better way to throw a party than arriving late to it." Zuko laughed nervously.
"You can catch a ride with us," Katara offered.
Ty lee giggled. "Aww Thanks!"
The door of the beach house opened abruptly and in came Sokka, Aang and Toph, who were completely trashed. Aang went in first, with a 6-pack of beer hugged by his biceps, and with the other fisting the air. "Time to raAaAaveeeee!" Sokka followed behind carrying Toph in one arm, tequila in the other, both chanting "Weedies! Weedies!"
Meanwhile, Katara, Zuko and Ty lee were outside. The multitude was outstanding, Katara was pretty sure he just saw a dry humping threesome behind the bushes but then again it could be the beer talking.
Zuko rubbed his eyes weakly. "Thanks for driving Ty lee!" He said unintentionally loud. Suddenly every guy around the perimeter perked their heads out all of them questioning "Ty lee?".
Ty lee cringed. "You're welcome... Now I gotta go!" Ty lee's pace quickened when he saw the approaching pack of men.
"So we're alone now..." Katara suggested, drawling words due to her drunkenness.
Zuko grinned, leaning closer to the girl. He wasn't sure if he wanted to make out with her but he was high and the last time he made out with a girl was in months, and it was a party so...
"ZUKO!" yelled Azula. Her hair was messy and her make up was off place. "YOU'RE LATE! AND SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO BREAK AN EXPENSIVE VASE. TAKE. CARE. OF. IT!"
"Hooh myy god," Zuko whined. He swallowed his saliva with a pained expression on his face. "Catch you later."
Katara inhaled deeply, with a neutral expression. She observed the guy stomp off and chugged down the rest of her third beer. She ran a hand to her mouth with disgust. "God, it tastes awful!"
"Weedies. Weedies. Weedies." Aang and Sokka chanted now in fatigue.
"You guys can stop doing that now." Toph sat on the stairs between them.
Aang stood up. "Where are you going?" Sokka asked.
"To make out with someone."
Sokka scoffed. "As if!"
Aang narrowed his eyes, inspecting the room. He waved to a girl with brown hair. "On Ji!"
On ji turned to face Aang and waved back. She approached the guy. "Hey Aang!"
"Haven't seen you around lately? Is Hans? Chaining you or what?"
"His name is Hide, and I broke up with him."
Aang wore a comprehending face. "I'm sorry Ji, that must have been though."
On Ji shrugged. "Meh."
Aang put a hand on her shoulder. "Well, if it makes you feel better, you were way to good for him."
On ji blushed, caressing Aang's cheek. She batted her eyelashes and Aang leaned closer, finally kissing.
Sokka stood up, speechless. "Bu-But He-H-He -What?!"
On ji pulled apart. "Want to go get a drink?"
Aang wrapped and arm around her waist. "Sure." When they were walking away, Aang flipped Sokka off and mouthed "Bitch you thought!"
Sokka face-palmed. "Want to go get a drink," He asked Toph.
"I hope that's not how you flirt," Toph sneered as she stood up. She grabbed Sokka's arm and they went around the beverages table.
"I can't believe these idiots leave their drinks unsupervised," Sokka said while making himself a super mix with all he could find. Toph couldn't help but gag. "Want one?" He asked, shoving his drink all over her friends face. She declined skeptically.
He chugged down his drink in 10 seconds and began hyperventilating. He burped and Toph frowned.
"Nice eyeshadow Sokka, it really complement your eyes. I wonder who the make up artist is?."
Sokka cocked one eyebrow. "Well, well, well, if it isn't beach babe Suki."
"You know, if you weren't so badly injured right now, I would have kicked you in the balls."
"I'm sure you would."
"Hey there's a game of Truth going on right now, are you sure you don't want to play? I mean... it's very liberating," Toph spoke.
"Truth?"
"It's a game where basically a couple have to answer questions in a short amount of time, always telling the truth, if not then it's a dare." Suki smirked. "I'm pretty good at it."
Sokka put down his drink and squinted at the girl. "Is this a challenge?"
"Obviously," Answered Toph instead.
Once accepted the challenge, the group moved to the living room, respectively sitting in front of each other, Sokka and Suki engaged in a glaring contest, while Toph stood in the middle with a chronometer. "Okay you guys know the rules. Sokka since you were the one challenged you start." Toph made the guy next to her set up the chronometer, time ran, only a minute on the clock.
"Okay, Suki is it true that..." Sokka moved his eyebrows up and down suggestively.
Suki crossed her arms, rolling her eyes. "Yes, It is true about the piercing. Now my turn. What's the nastiest dream you've ever had?"
Sokka swallowed when he realized more and more people arrived. "A threesome, Steve Buscemi was involved in it..."
Suki laughed loudly and Sokka pouted. "It's not funny! It was more like a nightmare..." He laid back on the brown couch and smirked. "Spit or swallow?"
Suki widened her eyes. "You can't ask that!"
"Yes I can!"
"Ugh, fine. Swallow."
"I knew it! Haru owes me twenty..."
"Is it true you barfed on a girl while making out?"
"Ho-h- How did you know that?!"
"Twitter."
The player kept answering questions back and forth. Toph meanwhile grabbed a pack of Skittles she found on a table and ate with amusement.
"If it were the last day on the world and you had to sleep with someone? Who would it be?"
Suki scanned the room , she glimpsed at Haru first, then jet, and actually Zuko too for 0.0001 second, but her eyes came back to Sokka. "You..."
Sokka opened his mouth, speechless. "W-what?!"
"No one deserves to die a virgin," Suki said, smugness all over her face. Sokka frowned.
"Figured you would say that." (A/N: Pll reference don't me lol!)
Suki's turn to ask. "How many?"
"One, you?"
Suki shrugged. "One."
"Okay this is getting boring," Toph interjected loudly. "Also I may or may have not added a couple of minutes."
"You know, I have to admit, it's pretty entertaining to beat you," Suki said as she stood up from the brown leather couch.
Sokka raised his eyebrow followed with a smile. "Oh yeah? I happen to know more games."
Suki smirked and sat down again. "Let's hear them."
"hmmph..." Zuko rubbed his red eyes in annoyance. He sat on the wooden stairs and started posing down all the vases he rescued from being shattered. Once finished, he exhaled, his eyes slightly closed, head resting on his hands, grinning for no reason.
His eyes shot open once he heard that dreaded sound. "Oh no. No. No. Not again!"
He ran to the house's chimney (since when did a beach house need one) and surprisingly, ignoring his actual state, perfectly grabbed the vase from where it was being thrown. "What the fuck is your problem!" Zuko exclaimed. The two dudes, who he has never seen before stared at him dumbfounded, they were probably just as high a Zuko.
"Dude... it's just material. Life is about having fun duuuude..."
"Yeah Duuude..." The other guy made multiple hand gestures. "It's like *pow* and *pew* and *popow*"
Zuko just stared, blinking slowly.
"Dude let me show you." They guy grabbed another vase from the chimney and smashed it against the ground. "Now your turn." He gave him another vase.
Zuko extended his arm a little skeptical, vase in hand, but upon seeing the gigantic smiles the two stoner dudes served, he obliged. Luckily a brown hand caught the vase before hitting the ground.
"N-ot r-es-ponsabluh..." Katara said drunkenly as she handed the vase to Zuko.
Zuko shook his head, breaking out of his Dudeee spell. "Riiiight!"
Katara grabbed zuko's shoulder. "We should sit down."
Zuko was better now, less high than before, still a little dizzy. Katara was worse, she had drunk other five vodka mixes, though she had a steel kidney if she hadn't blacked out yet.
Katara handed Zuko a shot. "Relaaaaaxx! It za parti!"
Zuko was more sleepy than stressed, honestly. But he couldn't lose his grip otherwise the house would end up in flames, it almost happened twice now. He cupped the small shot glass and swigged its content. He made a sour face as the drink slowly burned his esophagus.
Katara face-palmed. "I forgot ze zalt and ze lemon."
Zuko's face brightened up, tequila making effect. "IDontCare. Give. Me. Another. One." The boy ordered with excitement.
Zuko was about to chug down another shot until he heard a chant from afar.
"Sokka! Sokka! Sokka!..."
Zuko and Katara raised an eyebrow and instantaneously went to where the chants proceeded.
"You owe me one suki," Mai said loudly. She tied her hair in a ponytail and Suki handed her a small playing dart. Meanwhile Sokka quietly whimpered, standing still with and apple on his head.
"Okay. One. Two. Three." Mai released the dart and Sokka let a loud cry of desperation. The small piece of metal successfully pierced the apple through the middle. "Easy," Mai muttered casually.
"But that's not all Sokka." Suki handed Mai a blindfold, which she inspected unconvinced. Mai finally shrugged and put it on.
Sokka yelped in suffering. Mai positioned herself and was about to release the weapon once again until someone caught her wrist.
Mai abruptly turned around and angrily took off the blindfold with her free hand. "What the FU- Oh, it's you."
Zuko awkwardly grinned, clearly drunk. "What do you think you're doing?" Zuko asked with both annoyance and concern.
Mai let out an irritated sigh. "Having... fun?"
"You could have killed him!"
"So? We would have called an ambulance," Mai declared flatly.
"I thought you knew better."
Mai rolled her eyes. "You're so dramatic." She snatched a red plastic cup from a random guy's hand and gave it to Zuko. "Drink up and stop whining."
Zuko grimaced and did as ordered.
"Okay.. Feel better?"
He nodded and gave her a faint smile.
"Good. You should. It's a party. Don't stress too much."
Katara and Suki cooed, "Awww!"
Then Suki frowned. "Wait a minute... Where's Sokka?" She scanned the room and saw him hide behind a lamp. "Sokka get back here! The game isn't over!"
Sokka screamed and ran down the opposite direction of the house.
Zuko interjected, "Actually... It is over. You guys are too drunk to be handling sharp object."
They both shrugged.
Suki snorted. "Yeah, whatever Zuko. If you'll excuse me... I have to find that son of a bitch."
Zuko and Katara sat down on the stairs once again.
"Are you okay?" Katara asked with concern. The alcohol's effect degraded quickly, though she was still a little lightheaded.
Zuko rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I think so, I don't know. I'm tired."
Katara crossed her legs, glanced from her shoulder and brushed her fingers against his face.
Zuko smiled and leaned closer to Katara, who extended her lips for a kiss.
Unanticipatedly Zuko got knocked over by a gigantic object flying down the stairs.
Katara stood up annoyed. "You have got to be kidding me!".
"Toph I told you it was a bad idea to slide with the inflatable Banana downstairs!"
"You have to admit it was pretty fun."
Aang grunted. "I think I need an Aspirin."
"hmmph..." A hand crawled underneath the banana.
"Hotman!" Aang exclaimed apologetically.
"Oh my god Chan!" Azula laughed loudly. Chan smirked, putting his arm around her.
Across her Ty lee glared at them while Haru got her wrapped in his arms.
On the couch to the side, Mai sat checking her nails, Ruon-Jian yawned and stretched, trying to do as the others and embrace her.
"Don't even try it."
"...Okay," the boy drawled, retracting his arm in fear.
"What's so funny Azula?" Mai asked.
"Oh it's-"
"Oh I was just telling her about that time this girl confused me with Joe Jonas," Chan said cockily.
Ty lee widened her eyes and twisted her mouth. "Wow. Hilarious."
"Ty lee!" Azula angrily muttered between her teeth.
Chan put a finger to Azula's lips, shushing her. "It's okay babe. I got this! She probably wouldn't know how it feels since she doesn't look like anyone remotely famous, maybe some E-Lister."
Ty lee rolled her eyes. "Joe Jonas IS an E-Lister. And also my Russian friend said that if I were white I would look just like Maia Mitchell, and she also said Mai looks just like Shay Mitchell."
Mai sighed. "I personally don't even see it, just because she's Asian doesn't mean we're all the same. White people..."
Ty lee, Haru and Chan giggled, Ruon-Jian cackled.
Mai stared at the boy. "It wasn't that funny..."
"Dude... not cool!" Haru warned.
Mai stood up with a groan. "I'm going to find Jet," she announced.
"Actually I'm leaving too, I need to get a drink." Azula rose from her seat and grabbed Chan's hand. "You coming?" She winked at the boy.
"Sure babe."
Ty lee grimaced an unattached herself from Haru. "Make it three, I'm going to the bathroom. You should wait here Haru," She advised.
"Um okay?"
Mai and Azula made their ways out of the balcony, Mai to the beer pong table, where Jet was playing with Aang and Toph, and Azula in front of the stairs with Chan. Ty lee stealthily followed behind them.
Ty lee got a strand of hair behind her ear to listen better.
"I think I'm ready Chan..."
Ty lee gasped.
"… I'll go first, wait five minutes and then go upstairs."
Ty lee bit her lower lip. She had to think of something. Suddenly it struck her.
Azula already went upstairs and Chan waited a little bored.
Ty lee ran to the plasma TV hanging above the chimney and plugged the mic on. She tapped it slightly, provoking a static sound that made everybody cringe. "Ok everybody who's ready for Karaoke!" Ty lee exclaimed.
The erratic crowd cheered. Ty lee raised the remote and ran through the songs from the Karaoke DVD. She smirked when she found the one. "The first song is... A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton!"
Chan's head lifted up from his hand and excitedly exclaimed, "RUON-JIAN!"
Ruon-Jian Abruptly entered the house. "CHAN!"
They met up and simultaneously shouted. "OUR SONG!" They both ran up to Ty lee, who was being cornered by the demanding public. "WE'LL DO IT!"
Ty lee sneered and passed the mic to the Bros. "All yours," She said deviously.
Azula stepped down the stairs, enraged. "This fucking idiot what's taking him so long!"
Her jaw dropped when he found the homies belting it out to the gayest song on earth. She furiously studied the scene, almost ripping her own eyeball off her head once she saw Ty lee smirking next to the singing couple.
She ushered next to Ty lee and flicked her by the ear. "Ow, what was that for?"
"What was that for? You know exactly what was that for Ty lee!"
Ty lee rubbed her ear. "I was trying to stop you from making a mistake!"
Zuko accessed out the kitchen into the living room, Katara accompanying him behind. "Thanks Katara," He said while touching his bandaged arm.
"You're welcome!" She replied pleased.
"About that kiss..."
Katara rolled her eyes teasingly and leaned closed to Zuko. Who got knocked over by Sokka.
"Not again!"
"Suki please! No more games!" Sokka pleaded on top of Zuko.
Toph and Aang barged in mid argument. "Why did you tell Jet that! You know how sensitive he gets sometimes," Toph called out.
"Well I didn't know he would be such a sore loser!"
"Talking about sore losers, Sokka get back here!"
Zuko's head felt like exploding, every person he knew came into motion right now, it was nerve-wracking.
"I hate you Ty lee!"
"And I would walk a thousand miles..."
"Mai please! It was Aang's fault, just one last kiss!"
"Suki I think I'm dying!"
"Azula you are sooo meaaan!"
"Sokka stop whining!"
"Leave me alone Jet."
"… If I could just see you... tonight."
"Are you okay Zuko?"
No, obviously he wasn't. Every word spun through his head thoroughly. Azula was right, throwing a party was difficult, especially for a socially awkward person.
Zuko ran his hands through his face repeatedly, his face was red from all the stress. The shouting only seemed to amplify more and more. He was about to have a full on panic attack.
Suddenly, the music ceased. "Alright! Party's over!" Katara shouted. She stood next to the chimney, hand on hip, holding the TV's plug.
The crowd, surprisingly, obliged and scattered around.
Suki applied cold ice to Sokka's shirtless back. "I'm sorry, I guess I got carried away."
Sokka grabbed the ice bag from Suki's hand and buried his face in it. "No, I'm sorry. Really. It's just that... I guess being raised in the water tribe, everyone's sexist ideas perpetuated in my head. This wouldn't have happened if I knew better from the start."
Suki smiled. "I guess I did teach something today. Well, If you want to unlearn more of this misogynistic behavior you should read the following books-"
Sokka furrowed his forehead. "Suki, please. One step at a time."
"Right." Suki yawned. "I have to go, it' already 4am and the girls are waiting for me. She patted Sokka on the back. "See you on practice, Monday."
"Wouldn't miss it for the world."
Aang and Toph "ooed" and Sokka glared at them.
"Hey Hotman! Thanks for the party it was awesome!" Aang declared with Toph in his arm.
"Yeah, can't wait for the next one Sparky!" Sokka rejoiced, leaving with Aang and Toph.
Katara waited until her friends left and turned to Zuko. "Finally we're alone."
"Yeah..."
Zuko and Katara leaned closer, finally experiencing the awaited kiss.
They separated, stared at each other for 5 seconds and shrugged. "No spark... It's better if we stay as friends," Katara casually said as she grabbed her Zara trench coat.
Zuko sighed in relief. "I agree... See you on Monday."
Katara hugged Zuko. "Sorry for the mess. See you on Monday!"
*Thuck*
"I think he is dead..." Ty lee said, poking at Zuko's head with her pink nail file. Azula frowned.
"Don't be ridiculous." Mai rolled her eyes as she picked up a bunch of trash and shoved it inside the black plastic bag.
Zuko opened his eyes slightly and yipped when he saw his sister's slightly paler than normal face in front of him.
"What the fuck is in your face?! Ow!" Zuko grabbed his head in pain once he recalled his predictable hangover.
"It's called a face mask."
"It isn't working, you still look ugly."
"Ha. Ha." Azula threw him a plastic bag. "You should train before you get your garbage man job."
Zuko snagged the bag and started picking up the trash.
"Ty lee do you want some breakfast?" Azula asked.
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Azula frowned. "Are you still going mad about yesterday."
"..."
"Ugh. Fine... I'm... sorry..?" Azula apologized hesitantly. She crossed her arms and sat on the bar's stool.
A pair of arms wrapped Azula and wet tears ran down her face. It was Ty lee who sobbed against her. "You know I can't stay mad at you!"
"Hey Aang!" Sokka said while spinning the soccer ball on his finger. "How's the hungover."
Aang lifted his Ray Bans. "Stop shouting."
"No offense, but who gets a two day hungover?" Sokka ceased the ball and put it back on his sport bag.
"I do," Katara answered from behind. Just like Aang, she wore sunglasses, except this were round with white borders.
Sokka cackled. "How was the sleepover at Toph's?"
Katara shrugged. "It was nice actually. Her mother loves me. Oh! And before I forgot." Katara searched through her blue Kankenand handed Sokka a paper file. "Her mom sends a restraining order."
Sokka grabbed the papers with a puzzled look on his face. "She wants me to stop hanging out with Toph?"
"No, she just wants you to not come near her house, you destroyed all her flowers."
"Fair enough..."
A/N: R.I.P Zutara. (No, it's not happening again, just one time thing).