A/N- Again I say thanks to my wonderful readers and reviewers you give me the courage to go on, seriously without you guys I would have stopped the only reason I started writing is b/c of the idea I had that just wouldn't go away. Also if you haven't seen Sokka's master yet there is some slight spoilers in this I just realized that I didn't warn people on my last two chapters I hope I didn't ruin anyone day or anything and if I did sorry

Disclaimer-I don't own avatar although I do have Aang tied up in my basement

Sokka was exited about making his own sword it would be unique, no one else would ever have a sword like his . This is because he planed to use a material no one has ever used before and one no one will ever get a chance to use again. He planed on using the meteorite that had crash landed the other day, the meteorite that had made him realize that compared to every one else in the group he was worthless. Sure they had tried to say it wasn't true, but it didn't work in his mind he wasn't a worrier he was just Sokka the regular guy. And that hurt him deeply, knowing that all this time he wasn't as good as he thought he was. But all that was going to change all with the help of Master Piandao. Sokka was about to become the warrior he was meant to be, he had to.

Sokka was walking up the hill that would take him to the camp they had set up earlier. He briefly wondered how the others were doing without him, that is until he saw all three of them running at top speed towards him.

"Hey, guys what are you doing"

"Sokka!"

"Your back!"

"We missed you so much"

"Say something funny" Aang said quickly

"Funny how?" At this Katara and Aang busted up laughing. "What's their deal?" he asked turning to Toph.

"I don't know" she replied turning away from him, Sokka smiled, she was very pretty. "they missed you or something, I didn't care" she blushed after saying this. 'Ohh man I hope Katara doesn't see' she thought to herself

For some reason this statement made Sokka's heart hurt. He had, a couple of days ago, come to the conclusion that he thought of Toph as more than a friend. But it had never a cured to him that she might not feel the same way. What if she found out, he could only imagine what that would do to their friendship, or for that matter what she might do to him personally.

"Thanks that warms my heart" even though he said this completely normally he couldn't quite keep the look of hurt off his face, and he really hoped Katara didn't notice. "Anyway I need some help"

Toph noted his vibrations they were lying, but what did that mean

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Sokka fed the flames, melting the meteorite that would soon become his weapon. Though he was exited about the prospect of having his very own sword and becoming a master swordsman, his mind kept wondering back to Toph. And he even had a conversation with himself about her and what she had said. It went something like this.

'I can't believe she doesn't like me, she didn't even miss me'

'don't be stupid of coarse she likes you, I mean who wouldn't?'

'obviously she doesn't'

'maybe she was lying'

'of coarse that's got to be it I mean look at me I'm sexy, now all I have to do is tell her how I feel and th…'

'Woe there cowboy don't get ahead of yourself now, first you have to do nice things for her, you know get her stuff, or compliment her. You can't just tell her, you might scare her and she could reject you' '

'good point, but what should I get her?'

He stopped and thought about this. She didn't like normal girly things so that ruled out flowers. She couldn't see so that ruled out any type of card or note that he could leave her in secret. He could carve her something, but he wasn't that skilled in carving, and it made him think of Yue.

He stood up from were he had been sitting and added more coal to the fire, and then an idea struck him. He went over to the area where he had been endlessly chipping the meteorite and looked around on the floor. Ha! there were small pieces left he pocketed one of them, 'I hope Toph likes it' he thought to himself before going back to his work

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"Toph I thought you might like this, since you probably haven't had a chance to bend space earth before"

"Sweet, check this out" she took the rock and started bending it into many different shapes.

"You know I don't think that there's such a thing as space earth if its from space then its not earth" said Katara

Sokka turned to her "Must you ruin everything" he said annoyed.

"I can't believe I missed you"

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Later that night Toph stayed up later than everyone else. She couldn't go to sleep she thought of Sokka, and her feelings towards him. She liked him a lot, but wasn't sure if it was love or just a crush. How could she be sure, she didn't have anything to compare to, the only human interaction she ever got before meeting Sokka was her parents and the guys at earthbending competitions. But she really didn't think that last one counted because the only things she ever said to them were taunting and mean.

She yawned and started to walk closer to the camp, she had been out away from everyone. As she was walking she was so caught up in her thoughts that she wasn't paying attention and walked right into the one person she had been thinking about, the same person who made her heart beat fast and made her feel warm inside and out, the same person (though she didn't know it) that had been thinking of her and hadn't been watching where he was going.

They both landed in a heap on the ground, Sokka on top of Toph.

"TOPH!' Sokka said sounding surprised. He looked down at her she looked even prettier with the moon shining on her like it was now. He was so wrapped up in her looks he forgot the position he was in.

"Hi, are you going to get off your kinda heavy"

"Ooh right" he was really nervous, he could feel his heart beating heavily in his chest

Toph noticed this "so Snoozles, what are you doing out so late at night shouldn't you be asleep"

"Uum well…." the truth was he woke up and noticed that she wasn't there and got worried so he went to find her. "I woke up and had to use the bathroom"

"Right, and your lying because?"

'Darn' he forgot she could tell when he was lying "Because it's a secret that's why"

"It's a secret why you are up so late?" she asked questioningly

"Yes, and why are you up so late?"

"If you must know, I couldn't sleep, I have to much on my mind right now" she wasn't sure why she added that last part.

Sokka was interested now "Really, like what"

"Like, none of your business that's what" she snapped

"Come on Toph, I'm your friend you can tell me" he said softly

"Not until you tell me why you are up so late, and no lying because it will just waste time, and I'm kind of tired"

Sokka thought about this, he really wanted to know what was on her mind so he could help her in anyway she needed, but he couldn't tell her the truth without her maybe guessing his feelings for her. He thought some more.

"Well" said Toph impatiently

It was a chance he was willing to risk, "Well, the truth is, I woke up and noticed that you weren't around so I got worried and went looking for you. And then I started thinking and I ran into you"

Toph was shocked, could he possible like her the way she liked him, he did give her a gift for no reason, and then there was that time when he had lied about his feelings about how she hadn't missed him. She just stood there with a blank look on her face.

"Toph are you ok?"

His voice brought her out of her trance "Of course I am Snoozles, and in case you hadn't noticed I can take care of myself"

"Yeah I know, I just worry is all, you are my best friend you know"

So that was it, friend, that's all she was to him, but that didn't matter to her because after all, all she ever wanted her whole life was friends. She smiled a rare occasion in her life "Do you really mean that Sokka?"

He saw her smile and she was so pretty he could hardly contain himself, he wanted so bad to tell her his feelings but held back.

"Of course I do, Katara and Aang are great but I think I like you more your not as jumpy as Aang and not as motherly as Katara. Plus your more fun to hang out with, Katara and Aang are to goody-goody they don't know how to have fun."

"Thanks"

"No problem, so what's on your mind"

"Ohh umm you know that rock you gave me I was just thinking about it is all" she lied

"Yeah, what about it"

"Well I think Katara was right its not earth, it doesn't feel the same when I bend it, it feels awkward and strange"

"Ooh so you don't like it" his heart sunk

"No, no, I like it a lot and I never got a chance to properly thank you for getting it for me"

And before she even knew what she was doing, she had walked closer and stood on her tippy toes. She gave him a light peck on the cheek, and then blushed realizing what she had done.

"Well goodnight" she said quickly and walked back to camp

Sokka just stood there with a dumb look on his face. He touched his cheek, "goodnight" he said dreamily.

A/N- well hope you liked it, I had to watch 'Sokka's master' over again so I could get the lines just right. I don't know if I was the only one to notice it or not but doesn't Sokka look kind of hurt when Toph says that she did miss him if you don't believe me check it out there's a link in my profile, well that's all I got until next time

-Megi