Toph awoke the next day to the phone ringing beside her bed. She sat up and answered it.

"hello?" toph was still drowsy and was curious as to who it was calling

"hey toph I was wondering do you want to come hang out today?" Aang answered from the other side of the call

"huh what time is it you just woke me up" toph was pleasantly surprised that he had called her

"its like 2:30 you sure do sleep late" Aang glanced down at his watch and was surprised he figured it was only like one

"hang out where like what do u want to do?" Aang hadn't actually thought about it he paused for a second but then toph said

"hold on I got a beep don't hand up alright" she clicked the button on her phone and answered the other line

"hey toph want to hang out today" katara said as soon as she heard toph on the other side

"if were hanging out were doing it around here with Aang" toph said getting up and rubbing her eye's a bit

"Aang who's that?" katara hadn't talked to toph in almost a week and the one time she did toph didn't mention Aang

"oh he's just this guy that I have been hanging out with a lot this week he just moved in" katara was shocked that toph hadn't mentioned him until now

"ok ill be over in a hour see ya" katara hung up and toph switched back over to the line with Aang

"hey Aang I can come hang out today but I'm going to bring a friend and her brother" Aang was a little bummed because he wanted to hang out with toph alone but he wasn't complaining

"ok how dose a hour sound" Aang looked t his watch and figured he still needed to shave and get a shower

"yea that's good ill see you then bye" toph hung up the phone walked over to her dresser and grabbed the outfit that her mom had laid out for her that day and headed for the shower.

She took a shower and got dressed and fixed her hair for the day she fumbled around the medicine cabinet and grabbed a bottle of her moms old perfume. She pulled her hair up into her normal fashion sprayed herself with a little perfume and waited down stairs for katara because she knew when she said a out she meant 15 minuets.

"hey toph where are you going sweetie?" her dad asked when he saw that she was waiting for someone

"oh I'm just going to go out with a couple of my friends for a little while" toph said as she fidgeted on the couch

"oh really who would this be" her father didn't take his eyes off his paper for obvious reason but unlike normal parents he was actually paying attention

"uhhm Aang katara and probably sokka" her dad thought for a second and smiled

"I've noticed you have been hanging out with Aang a lot lately why is that?" tophs face turned bright red and she dropped her head in the hope that her dad wouldn't notice

"I don't know he's just a nice kid he's fun to be around" her dad chuckled slightly and just smiled

"well I'm guessing that the perfume isn't for katara and it damn well better not be for sokka" this made toph laugh and really broke the tension in the room

Their was a knock at the door toph got up and answered the door.

"hi katara hi sokka oh hi Aang" she welcomed her three friends into her house

"so can I go pleas daddy?" toph was playing the cute factor she knew her dad couldn't say no to that face

"yea go ahead" he just shook his head knowing he was being played but he didn't see any reason she shouldn't go play with her friends

Aang Sokka toph and katara all walked outside and stood in front of tophs house trying to decide what to do. They had all basically invited themselves over to tophs house but none of them had any idea's on what to do. They pitched around idea's as they walked they never actually decided on anything but they ended up at the lake that was about a mile away from tophs street. Once they got to the lake toph announced that Aang was very special and she asked Aang to show them what it was

With the same swiftness that he used before he shot sokka into the air with katara's ok to test It on him.

"alright ouch next time toph when you've got a big secret to demonstrate your going to be the crash dummy" sokka said as he stood up and brushed himself off

Katara was awe struck " h how did you do that"

"I'm a air bender me and my dad are the last two in the world" Aang said not used to getting attention for his skill

"no way that's so cool" sokka called from his awkward position on the ground still recuperating from his flying lessons

Aang spent about fifteen minuets explaining the story of how he was a air bender. They spent about a half hour ogling Aangs ability and at the same time they had a little fun with It. They shot sokka sky high a couple times. And as they continued to enjoy each others company and have some fun with their individual bending skill's time passed and no one seemed to notice they were all having fun so time was no object.

Holy crap its getting late" Aang said looking at his watch

"wow yea It is" katara added glancing at hers it was already 8:30

"sorry guys we got to get going" sokka said as him and katara got their stuff and began the walk home.

"ah come on it's only 8:30 I don't have to be home till 10" toph protested

"sorry our mom said we have to be home at 9:30 and its still a half hour walk back to the car" toph knew she couldn't argue but she still didn't want to back just yet.

"well toph if you want to stay I can still stay I don't have to be home till eleven" Aang said looking up at the sky

"oh alright then" she was happy with this turn of events "later you guys" she said as she waved to sokka and katara.

"so what do you want to do" Aang asked as he walked over to toph

"oh I know how about a sparing match" toph said grinning at the thought of getting to test Aang's power

"I don't know it hardly seems fair for me to fight you with you know you being blind and all" Aang had no idea what he was doing when he said that.

Toph hung her head she couldn't believe he would say something so insensitive.

"is that all you see me as just a helpless weak blind girl !?" she was very hurt she was extremely angry but at the same time sad

"no that's not what I meant I was just trying to…." he was cut off by toph beginning to walk away she turned around and walked away from him and toward her street.

"oh toph come on pleas wait" Aang ran after her he caught up to her and he grabbed her arm

"pleas wait I'm sorry I know it came out wrong all I meant was that if you cant see how would you fight me" Aang did not want this night to end this way and he wasn't going to let toph think that that's what he thought about her

"admit it Aang all you see when you see me is a helpless little blind girl I cant believe I thought you were different" she jerked her arm out of his hand but he was blocking her way so she stormed off back toward the lake.

She sat down by the edge of the lake put her head in her knees and just sat their. She didn't cry. No not toph she was way to tuff to cry that was for sissies. Aang walked back over beside her and sat down next to her. She didn't bother getting up she knew he wasn't going to let her go. She knew deep deep down that when he apologized he meant it.

"I really am sorry" Aang was extremely sad he didn't think toph was weak but he wasn't thinking when he said that and he wished he hadn't said that

"I know I forgive you" they sat silent for what seemed like a very long but in reality was only like ten minuets

"so still want to spar?" toph bounced up from the ground feeling much better and egger to kick Aangs ass

"yea lets go" Aang stood up and prepared to attack

They took their respective battle stances. But it mattered very little 15 rounds in 15 seconds toph won each and every one of them. She either would blast him in the stomach or spread his legs apart and then blast him and he fell for it all 15 time's

"alright I am never going to fight you ever again" Aang said as he laid sprawled out as toph had left him at the end of the 15th match.

"muwahaha I am toph the invincible" she bounced shouting

With a flicking motion of his fingers and blasted her in the face when she was in the air so she didn't land on her feet but her back.

"that was a cheap shot" toph growled as she regained he composure

"I win the 16th round just admit it" Aang said persistent to be victories once

"fine whatever but it was a cheap shot" she helped him up

"alright well I'm getting a little sleepy lets head home toph" Aang said as he dusted himself off and stood up.

They walked the trail through the woods back to their street. They stood outside of tophs house as Aang said goodbye. She wasn't sure why but more and more he seemed to becoming. He went from the new kid to her friend but as time went on she seemed to like him more that the day before.

"well I'll see ya around" Aang turned to head home when toph grabbed his shoulder turned him back around and gave him a kiss right on the lips

"see you later Aang" toph smiled and walked away and left him standing their. It was true that she did like him but mostly she did it to shock and stun him. She just laughed as she walked up her walkway into her house.