Disclaimer: I own my mind, my fluffy socks and the MP3 I'm currently listening to, but I do not – I repeat, do not – own the Avatar.

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Toph's POV

There are a lot of things I hate.

I hate:

1) Doctors and their cold hands.

2) Plaster.

3) Painkillers that make you just a bit woozy.

4) Machines that make weird noises.

5) Doctors and Nurses trying to get you into a wheelchair because you're blind and they think you're going to die if someone isn't guiding you.

6) Pity.

7) The fact that your supposed best friend found the entire situation funny and was laughing his butt off when we got back to the car with the two strangers who drove us to the hospital.

8) The fact that no matter how much you threatened him, you're best friend was teasing you about being really crippled now.

And that was just the current list.

I had my arm in plaster and a sling while my left foot was wrapped up tightly in some sort of boot that totally blinded the left side of my body. Doctor-o Indian-o was acting just like my father when he figured out that I was blind. He told me everything he was going to do, like:

"I am now reaching for my stethoscope. It allows me to better hear your heartbeat and lungs. I will place it on your chest so I can hear your heartbeat. It may feel cold but I need you not to panic. Now breathe in deeply. Good, good. You're doing great. Now I'm going to put it on your upper back so I can listen to you're lungs. Breathe in again. Good, good. I'm placing it the right side of your back now. Breathe in again. Good job. You're all finished. That wasn't so scary was it?"

"I thought I was gonna pee my pants."

He actually believed me and asked me if I needed to use the "facilities". Then he asked me if I needed help! Help! It took everything I had not to kill the guy.

I made a vow to avoid hospitals from however long we were gonna be in this place to when we leave. And it was a vow I was going to keep.

"I can't believe he made you wear a boot. Very chic."

I groaned in frustration.

"For the last time. Shut up before I kill you, Hairy!"

Aang had told me about the fact that he now had hair and I was going to use that knowledge to my full advantage.

"I can't believe he actually tried to get you in a wheelchair."

"I know, right? I swear it took all I had not to earthbend him out through the roof," I joined Airhead in his laughter. Even though he was annoying me, Twinkles had a point. You never, ever, put Toph Bei Fong in a wheelchair. Crutches, I'll handle.

"Are you okay though? Doctor Indigos said that you'd have to keep both casts on for 6 to 8 weeks. Can you handle that?"

I scoffed. "Don't worry about me, Toto," I said to the guy who was driving this weird piece of machinery. "I can take care of myself."

"Yeah," chirped this really peppy voice. I still couldn't remember her name. "Toph strikes me as an independent girl who doesn't take any crap from anybody. I can tell she can take care of herself. Oh, turn back! I want to get some Mickey D's!"

"You want what?" asked Aang.

I heard an exasperated sigh. "McDonalds, genius. You know, burgers and cows and bread. You want?"

A gagging sound made me chuckle. "I'm a vegetarian."

Someone gasped. "So is Toe-jam! Look Toe-Jam, you have a veggie buddy now!" I heard a rustling of clothes and I could barely make out the impression of a hand gripping my seat. "Are you one too?"

"Ew! Of course not. Just kill me before you feed me anything healthy," I said calmly.

A loud laugh made me jump.

"Whoo, go Top! Us girls are way more manlier than your average man. Oh – wait, I said you're name wrong didn't I? I'm sorry, please don't hate me!"

These people and their constant emotional change were going to give me a headache.

"I'm not mad. Just don't do it again or you will face the consequences."

An eerie silence fell upon the car.

The girl said, "Awkward moment."

"Toph was just kidding. Right?"

In a sickingly sweet voice I replied, "Sure, Twinkles. It was all just a joke. Aren't I just the little kidder?" I humphed and turned my head away from all the people in the car.

I could feel someone was just itching to ask something but they were hesitating. I decided to spare them.

"If you want to ask something, then go ahead."

A low, "How does she do that?" from the girl had me sporting a small smirk. Aloud she said, "Well, I don't want to be rude but…actually this question is for the both of you, but I'd rather wait until we reach my house."

Todd's POV

I got tired of Ana's stalling so I asked them the question that was on both of our minds since we first saw Aang and Toph.

"I'll ask it: what are you guys wearing? Are those, like, tunics?" I didn't mean for it to come out like disgust but I mean the things were repulsive!

In the backseat Aang looked at himself. Ana scooted up to smack the back of my head.

"Gee, could you be any ruder?"

"Yes, actually, I could. But since I barely know them, I'll spare them."

She flicked my arm.

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"

"Well, nothing, Aang. It's just that, well, no one wears things like that anymore," Ana gently explained.

"It's like bell bottom pants and micro-mini skirts," I added. "It's out of style…actually; I don't think it was ever in style."

Ana slapped my arm.

"Stop hitting the driver!"

"I would if the driver wasn't such a butt!"

"I was just telling them what you were thinking!"

"Even in my head I wasn't as rude as you, Rudy McRudy Pants!"

"Wow, great comeback!" I said with my natural sarcasm.

"Will you guys shut up?!" Toph turned her sightless eyes in my general direction and I could see that she was glaring at me. "The stuff that the Doctors gave me is making me numb and I don't like it. And you guys yelling your heads off isn't helping either! So just shut up until we stop this stupid moving…thing!" She turned her back on us and continued glaring out the window.

After a moment of silence Aang spoke up.

"So, McDonald's?"

Back at Ana's house

Toph had fallen asleep because of the medication that they had given her for the pain on the way back to Ana's house, so I picked her up from the car seat and walked carefully back into the house.

"Take the crutches, will you, Aang?" I called out behind me. After instructing Aang how to get out of the car, I was sort of fed up with him. It's not his fault though; I just wasn't a very patient person.

"You know, Toph doesn't really like strangers touching her," Aang said. Was it just me or was he getting a bit…jealous?

"She knows my name. Besides, she's sleeping. It's not like she can feel anything when she's this heavily medicated."

I looked at him as he struggled for a rebuttal. Silently, he gave up and picked up the crutches that were on the ground as a result of Ana's problem with getting out of vehicles safely.

"C'mon guys, we're burning daylight here!" Ana called from the doorway.

"You're doing what?" Aang asked in bewilderment.

"Burning daylight. You know, wasting time?" I explained to him as he walked behind me.

"Oh…" he trailed off.

What did he think we meant?

Aang's POV

Who did this Todd guy think he was telling me what to wear? Telling me what my best friend likes and doesn't like…well, okay, he wasn't really telling me that but still! She's my best friend. I was just stating a fact that everyone should know about her. If Toph doesn't know you, then it's better not to touch her. And where does he get off explaining things to me like I'm an idiot? I mean, excuse me, I've never been in a car before; how should I have known how to get out? And then he's over here bossing me around? Sheesh, I'm the Avatar for Spirits' sake! If anything I should be ordering him around!

"Pop the burger in the microwave will you, Aang? It got cold on the drive back."

She wanted me to do what? I stopped looking at Ana and saw Toph being carried by Todd into a dark hallway.

"You know, I better check on Toph. I want to be sure that she's comfortable when she wakes up because if she's not…well, let's just hope she's comfortable tonight."

I tossed her the wrapped food and walked towards the darkened hallway. I saw a light shining from under the door and slowly opened it.

Todd was just then putting Toph in the middle of a huge bed with a canopy overhead. He put her over the covers and began taking off the boot.

"Why are you taking it off? I thought it was supposed to stay on."

He jumped at the sound of my voice.

"Oh, it's only you." He looked at Toph and back at me. "Well, I heard you say something or other about keeping her comfortable and sleeping with the boot is very uncomfortable. I should know. So, I'm going to take it off and just elevate her foot with these pillows." As he was putting the pillows under her ankle he looked at me, "You know it's not even broken. She just sprained it. I swear that doctor was so stupid; I mean, he didn't even take an X-ray to check. He just stuck her in this very uncomfortable cast because she was blind. Can you believe that?"

"Why are you so angry?"

This guy seemed very suspicious. First off, he doesn't even know Toph and he's treating her like royalty by carrying her everywhere. Second, he's not a Healer. He doesn't know these things. Thirdly: why is he so angry about Toph's discomfort? I mean, I'm angry about it but I'm her friend for crying out loud! This guy has known her for what: 5 hours?

"I hate doctors. I don't really know why, but I do. Just like I hate those little rubber erasers that leave marks on your paper. They just annoy me."

I didn't trust this guy, especially to take care of Toph.

"Why don't you let me do that?" I nodded towards Toph. "You have bags under your eyes and you look like you haven't slept in a while."

"I'm fine for right now. I was being a total insomniac last night. And for no reason too; I just couldn't sleep." He paused. "Speaking of sleep, where are you guys staying at?"

I scratched the back of my head. This hair was so weird! I mean, yeah, I've had hair before but never this long. How does Zuko handle it?

"I don't really know."

I don't even know where we are in the world, I added helpfully in my head.

"Well, you can spend the night with me and Toph can stay with Ana?"

"I don't really know how long we're going to be staying here," I hedged. I really wanted to get out of this world and back to mine where things made sense.

He shrugged and whipped his head sharply to the right to get rid of a hair that had fallen in his eyes. "That's cool. I don't really care and since you have nowhere else to go, why not just stay with someone you know? I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind."

Okay, after Toph had fallen asleep, I looked at the world around me. I mean, really, really looked. There were these cars everywhere and huge factories that didn't seem to be bothering anybody. I didn't see a single person bend an element while I looked out the window, so naturally I figured that the spirits had done something with the time or with the elements. After we left the hospital I picked up a rock and smashed it to bits in my fingers: that proved that I could still bend so I ruled the latter out, leaving only one other explanation. Using common sense, I figured out that this couldn't be the past, or present for that matter, so it had to be the future.

The Avatar and the Worlds' Greatest Earthbender in the future…my prayers are with these strange new people.

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A/N: Sorry for taking such a long time. And just so you know, this is like a filler chapter. So, it's not that interesting…well, except for the jealous Aang. That's always hot!

Anywho, I promise to update as soon as I can. If I don't…well, I may be dead or just lazy…darn procrastination!

Review and what not if you want.

Love: Lola of the Peaches

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