I'd like to apologize for another long wait. I got grounded....it may have involved the house nearly exploding....hehe....er...moving on. I shouldn't be on now but everyone's asleep and I feel like writing. The chapter is short too, I'm sorry. But don't worry cause there's SO much left. Anyways, thanks to my reviewers,a dn without further adu...that word is odd, okay here's the chapter.

"Good morning!" Sokka exclaimed.

Zuko rolled over, cringing slightly. "Sokka, the sun isn't up yet. You shouldn't be either."

The water tribe teen looked around thoughtfully for a moment before shrugging. There was an awkward silence before he asked, "Look, Zuko…can we talk about something?"

"If this is about Katara then-"

Sokka shook his head quickly. "Its not about you guys. It's about me and Suki. I need advice."

Zuko raised an eyebrow. "And you think I can help you?"

"Um, yeah. Its just that….before the invasion…well, you waked into my room that night and-"

"You can stop now!" it was probably funny how awkward Zuko was about all this, and he was the older one. "So…you think she might be-"

Sokka interrupted. "Yeah."

"Um…..good luck."

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Katara jumped up, gasping. "What's wrong?" Toph muttered from her still sleeping position.

"Nightmare. Go back to sleep." Katara assured. And the blind earth bender didn't need to be told twice.

Suddenly Katara realized something else. "We're not flying." she looked up. They were on land. And Zuko and Sokka had both fallen asleep on Appa's head. "Finally." she shook her head contently.

She wanted to know where they were but from the last….many islands, she decided going off alone would be a bad idea.

Luckily the others -Aang, Mizu, and Kiama- were all waking up. "Morning guys." she greeted.

That woke Zuko who yanked Sokka's 'wolf tail' and got him up. "You're a light sleeper." Katara commented. Zuko shrugged in response.

"Sokka," he started, "Where are we?" Sokka shrugged. "But you- we were talking and then….we both fell asleep?"

Toph both groaned and laughed. "We're back in the Earth Kingdom! Now we can get a house. And food."

"Aang, you should wear your hat." Sokka suggested. "Since everything, it wouldn't be good for people to know-'

Aang sighed. "Again!"

Sokka thought for a moment. "Well this time Zuko has to go through it too."

"Gee, thanks Sokka." Zuko muttered, snatching the cloak, which wouldn't have been so bad, minus the fact it was the middle of Summer.

"Um, guys?" Mizu started. "What are the odds of things going right for you all?"

Zuko, Sokka, and Toph exchanged a look. "Very very low….Now come on."

"So…we, a bunch of kids, just go and buy a house, no questions asked?" Toph wondered aloud.

Sokka thought a moment, stroking his imaginary beard. Then he turned to Zuko. "Usually I fake adulthood….but you are older."

"I thought the object was not to draw attention?" Kiama wondered.

"I'm confused!" Toph exclaimed. To which basically everyone nodded in agreement.

Sokka grabbed Zuko's arm. "Come on!" at Zuko's face he asked, "Since when have I led you wrong before?"

"Well that was the time with-"

"Okay! Maybe a FEW times!…but STILL!" He exclaimed, grabbing the money. Zuko shrugged and followed him.
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The two returned nearly an hour later with…. "You're holding keys!" Toph exclaimed. Zuko tossed them to her. "So it worked?"

"Gotta love fake identities…and gambling." Sokka admitted, pointing at Zuko who again shrugged.

"We got a house and there's money left over." he informed.

The others mumbled an agreement and they all went to get settled in to their new temporary lives.

The house wasn't far off. And it was pretty small. There were three rooms. "So…Toph and Katara…Mizu and Kiama….and us three" Sokka suggested to Aang and Zuko.

"I guess" Zuko agreed. Aang nodded.

Sokka smiled and threw his bag on the ground.

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"This is boring." Toph muttered.

"Well," Sokka started, "Someone needs to go shopping. We could divide the work."

Katara nodded. "Two people set up the house. Two buy food, one supplies, and two furniture and things."

"Who does what?" Aang asked.

Toph finally answered. "Snoozels and I get food. You and Sparky stay in the house. Sweetness and Kiama get furniture and Mizu supplies?"

They all shrugged. It would work.

So they have a house now! See, everything is getting better! HAHA, funny. Nope, theres still plenty more. And don't worry, my stupid battle every chapter method will return ver soon. But come on, everything needs a few fillers, unless your life really is that actiony, which would be cool. Anyway, thanks to everyone who read and please review.