Happy late Thanksgiving everyone, I tried to get this out before Thanksgiving ended, but obviously i didn't lol. I just wanted to say I'm thankful for all you great readers, seriously, you guys are awesome. Now to talk about the story and the concerns/questions you all have: Concern/Question 1: Is Jet going to get more of a beating. Yes, yes he is, just not in this chapter. Concern/Q 2 (Mainly for Ashley Barbosa): Why did Katara have Taylor take her virginity instead of Aang? I won't bring up how she lost it, but i can tell you, she didn't lose it to Taylor. And of course the main answer from yesterday, Suki cheated...well...you're about to see if you're right :D
"Well I'm not telling her," Katara stated, "The last person she needs to hear it from is from the sister of her boyfriend."
Aang scoffed, "And me telling her is any better? I'm sure she's going to have the same reaction Katara. What is she going to do when I tell her? Thank me? 'Oh well thanks Aang for telling me my boyfriend slept with his ex, here's $100!'"
"Well one of us is going to have to tell her Aang, she'll kill both of us if we knew we didn't tell her," Katara said.
"So it's either get killed now…or get killed later…I like later, at least we could have sex one last time before she kills us," Aang joked.
"If you tell her, I will give you a free milkshake at work today," She offered with a giant smile.
Aang gave a look, "Did you seriously just offer me a milkshake to do your dirty business?"
"It's on your phone, not mine." Aang grabbed Katara's phone.
"Huh, a message from Haru, I wonder what that could be," Aang said sarcastically as he tossed her the phone. She silently cursed. "Fine, I'll go tell her, but you owe me big time." He got up from the bed and went out into the hallway. Taking a deep breath, he quietly turned the knob to her door. Unlike Katara's, Suki's room was dark and smelled of pine. Aang made sure not to trip over the stuff in her room, including Sokka's stuff. For sharing a room together, Suki and Sokka were not as dirty as he would have thought. He could make out her body underneath the covers, sprawled out. "Suki" Aang whispered, shaking her slightly. He knelt down by her bed and shook her again. What Aang didn't expect was her hand coming up and smacking him in the face as she sat up. "Ow!" He cried out as she rubbed her eyes.
"Aang, what are you doing in my room?" She asked.
Aang rubbed his eye, "Well my original intent wasn't trying to get smacked in the fucking face. God that hurt." He said as he got up. "I need to tell you something, but you cannot freak out like that."
"What is it Aang?" Suki sat up in the bed and patted the spot next to her.
Knowing better, Aang continued to stand, "Well I received a picture from the party after 'Unholy Forest's' performance."
"And?"
He pulled out his phone and opened up the picture, "Well…look for yourself." She sighed and took the phone from him. Aang took one step back when he saw the expression on her face.
Sokka yawned, not opening his eyes. He felt around the bed and felt the familiar warmth and scooted closer to it. He felt the silky hair tickle his face and he breathed in the scent. Vanilla. He opened his eyes to see white hair instead of brown. Before he could say anything, a hand came over his mouth. He turned to see Haru who had a finger to his lips. He picked up some of Sokka's clothes and gave him his underwear and pants. Sokka carefully put them on and got the rest of his clothes from the ground. They both exited the room while Haru quietly shut the door. "How the fuck did I end up with Yue in bed?" Sokka angrily whispered, putting on his shirt.
"Don't ask me man, I didn't make you get into bed with her," Haru told him. "Do you remember anything?"
He shook his head, "I'm pretty sure I would remember fucking my ex-girlfriend."
"I surely remember it," Haru laughed, Sokka hit him in the arm, "I'm just messing man, relax."
"What am I going to do about Suki? I can't lie to her about this; she can always tell when I'm lying." Sokka rubbed his head, feeling the full effects of his hangover.
"Yeaaaaah…umm, about that Sokka…she…kind of…knows," Haru told him nervously.
His eyes went wide and he grabbed Haru by the shirt, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE KNOWS?"
"I, uh, kind of took a picture of you two last night…"
Sokka picked him up and slammed him against the wall and held him up there, "Are you fucking crazy or something? Suki is going to kill me! I don't mean, 'oh god, my parents are going to kill me for not getting an 'A' on my paper', I mean she will gut me with my own bass!" Ben came into the hallway to see the two.
He pulled them apart, "Okay relax you two. Sokka, if you need a place to hide out for awhile, you're welcome to stay here as long as you help clean up."
He took a deep breath and calmed himself down, "I would, but I have work today…"
"Sokka," They all turned to see Yue, fully clothed, waiting by Zeroun's door. "Could we talk?"
He looked at his watch and then back at Yue, "Yeah, walk with me." She followed him out of the house.
"So about last night," She started. "I know that you and Suki are still together…so I'm guessing you don't really want this to get out."
Sokka sighed, "Well Haru sent out a picture of us last night, not only does she know now, all of my friends know."
She hid her face in her hands, "Oh my god, now everyone is going to think I'm a tramp."
"No they won't, they'll just think I'm an asshole," He told her, "Do you remember what even happened last night?"
Yue shook her head, "I was really drunk."
Sokka nodded then remembered something from last night:
He sat at the kitchen table doing shots with Haru. Ben sat at the head of the table, casually drinking some sort of alcohol that he didn't know of.
"Hey! Who wants to do body shots?" Zeroun shouted, a bunch of girls shouted in approval.
"Zeroun! I'll tell Mom and Dad if you don't stop that!" Hikari yelled at her brother. He laughed and ran away from his sister who chased him deeper into the house.
He downed one more shot, "Haru, when are you and Hikari going to go out?"
Haru shrugged as he took another shot, but when he went back, his chair tipped over and he rolled over until he smacked into the wall. Sokka and Ben laughed, but a cry of protest quickly sobered them both up. A guy had Yue trapped in between him and a wall. She obviously wanted nothing to do with him as he continued to flirt with her. "Please stop," She said again, trying to duck down under his arms but he lowered them. Sokka got up from the table and walked over.
"Are we having a problem here?" Sokka asked, trying his best not to sound drunk.
"Get lost, the lady and I are trying to have a talk here," The man told him and went back to Yue.
Sokka laughed, "Uh, that's my girl man."
"Now she's mine, beat it," He told him. Sokka looked over to Ben and gave him a nod towards the guy. Ben put down his drink and came over to the guy.
"Hey, if you don't get away from the girl, the only thing getting near your junk is the doctors after I give you a swift kick there," Ben told the guy, then held up his drum sticks, "Then proctologist will have to go in elbow deep to get these out of you. Now, what's your next move?" The guy backed up and left.
Sokka gave Ben a high five, "Thanks man. Are you okay Yue?"
She nodded, "Thanks Sokka…it's been awhile since I've seen you."
He gave her a smile, "Yeah, how have you been?"
"Good…I, uh, I've missed you…a lot." She confessed, "I miss our nights together."
"Yue…please don't talk about that, I'm with Suki now…you and I…are ancient history." He told her. She frowned a little, "But we can get a drink if you want." She smiled and nodded. Sokka and her walked to the kitchen when Haru called him.
"Sokka! You're the man!" He shouted, giving him a thumbs up.
Sokka laughed, "Shut up man." He opened the fridge and jumped back a little, "Zeroun? What the hell are you doing in the fridge?"
Zeroun handed him two beers, "Sh, I'm hiding from Hikari, she's going to totally kill if finds me." He shut the door, leaving Sokka and Yue confused.
"Okay then…" Sokka turned back towards Yue and was met with a kiss from her. What he didn't see was a someone taking a picture. He pulled back, "Whoa Yue…"
She blushed, "I'm sorry Sokka…I've just really missed kissing you."
"I've missed it too…" He said, still a little bit stunned. Usually he would get himself far away from her…but the alcohol had another plan. "Do you want to go and talk somewhere private?"
The fridge door opened, "You guys can go into my room, down the hall and to the right."
"Thanks Zeroun," He took Yue's hand and went towards the room. Sokka looked to see Haru completely passed out against the wall as they continued to the room.
"Wait," Sokka stopped.
"What is it Sokka?" She asked.
"Haru didn't take the picture…"
Toph turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. She dried off her body with the nearest green towel. After drying of the last part of her body, she wrapped it around herself and opened one of the cabinets, looking for some Q-tips. Instead of finding what she was looking for, she found perfume. She opened the bathroom door. "Zuko!"
"What Toph?" He called from his room.
"Why is there girl perfume in your bathroom?" She shouted.
"Because you are over here a lot, especially when your water gets shut off," Zuko yelled again. She stomped her way to his room. He was lying across his bed playing video games, she walked in front of the TV. Zuko paused the game, "What's wrong Toph?"
Her scowl already told the story, "What's wrong? Maybe because there is another girl's perfume in your house! Are you cheating on me Zuko?"
He laughed, "Yeah Toph, after wanting you forever, I decided to ruin it by cheating on you." Toph studied his face, he was relaxed and had continued eye contact with her. Then something else caught her eye. She walked over to his bed and grabbed the red strap underneath his pillow. Toph pulled out a red lacy bra.
"Whose is this Zuko?" She questioned holding it in his face.
"That has to be yours because I don't sleep with any other girl," He told her.
"I'm not a C-cup Zuko," Toph threw it at him, "Whose is it? Its Mai's isn't it? I saw the look on your face when you heard her and Jet broke up. You are sleeping with that slut! Tell me I'm wrong! I dare you!"
He stood up, "You are wrong Toph, Number 1, Mai is a D. Number 2, I do not want any other girl except you. I have no idea how this got here. How can I prove to you that I am telling the truth?"
Toph just shook her head, "You can't Zuko…I'm getting my stuff and going home…" She walked back to the bathroom with Zuko following her. Toph shut the door in his face and started putting her clothes on.
"Toph, please, can't we just talk about this?" He asked.
"No Zuko, I don't want to talk about it. I don't know how, but I know you're lying to me." She felt the tears starting to roll down her face.
"Toph, I'm not lying! I would rather die than be with someone else," Zuko told her through the door. "I love you Toph…" It was quiet on the other side of the door except for slight rustle of her putting on her clothes. Toph tied her last shoe, wiping the trail of tears coming down her face. She opened up the bathroom window.
"I loved you too Zuko," She told him and crawled out the window.
Katara wiped down the counter top on the bar around Aang as he laid his head down on it. "Sokka, I still can't believe you made out with your ex-girlfriend."
"Please don't remind me," He said from the kitchen, "I really don't want to talk about it."
She threw down the rag, "You know you are really something Sokka…you have a perfectly fine girlfriend at home and you go out to hook up with another girl." He barged out of the kitchen and grabbed Katara by the wrist.
"Aang, you're a temporary employee, watch the counter," He told him and pulled Katara into the back room. Before she could protest he pushed her up against the wall. "Katara, I'm going through some stuff right now that you can't even imagine how troubling it is. I love Suki, I really do…but I still love Yue." Her eyes went wide at her brother's confession. "Last night, we did more than what that picture that Haru sent. I woke up next to her naked in a bed after a huge night of drinking. I feel guilty for what I did, I really do…but I don't need my sister adding on to it. It truly hurts to know that you think of me as a scumbag, trust me. But please don't add onto this Katara. Can you please just not bring this up anymore?" She nodded. "Thank you Katara."
He was surprised when Katara wrapped her arms around her brother. "I'm sorry Sokka. But please, tell Suki…she's…I've never seen her like this Sokka. She's…nervous, twitchy, and won't leave her room. I don't know what to do Sokka."
Sokka sighed, "I'm going to go see her."
"You can't Sokka, Ron will get pissed if you leave," She told him.
"I'm going anyways," He walked out of the backroom to see a group of people waiting in a couple booths. Aang came out of the kitchen, plates balancing on his arms, and gave everyone their food. He went back to the counter.
Ron stared on approval, "Katara, who is this boy?"
"Uh, he's my boyfriend," She confessed.
He nodded, "He's now your co-worker also. Sokka, you can go home."
"Thanks Ron," Sokka said as he quickly left the restaurant. Katara grinned and jumped with excitement. She got to work with her boyfriend now.
"What's your name?" Ron asked.
"I'm Aang," He shook Ron's hand.
"Well, Aang, I usually don't like random people working my grill and such, but I've never seen someone this good at their job. You could even give Katara a run for her money," Ron laughed. That's when Katara's excitement dropped. "Well anyways, I hope you two don't mind but I'm going to schedule you two for the same shifts, makes it a little easier since you two already get along. Katara will explain all the rules to you. Nice to have you aboard."
Aang grinned, "Thanks Ron." He turned back to Katara with his smile. She tried her best to not be mad, but she always loved his smile. "Now I can move out of Zuko's…and we work together! This is going to be awesome!"
She gave him a smile, "Yeah, it's going to be perfect."
"Are you okay with that? I hope you don't mind," He worried.
"No, its okay Aang…I guess I'm just a little jealous that there is someone who can work harder than I can." She confessed.
Aang gave her a hug, "But Katara, that's one of the reasons we are a good couple, both of us work hard…also love each other."
A person walked into the restaurant and waited at the front. Katara gave Aang a quick kiss and met the customer. She grabbed a menu, "Welcome to Ron's, table for one?"
"I'm not here for food, I'm looking for Aang," The man told her.
Katara turned towards Aang and back to the man, "He's right there."
He walked past and her and b-line towards Aang. The man pulled out a gun and instantly Aang backed up. The customer's Aang gave food to instantly got under the tables while Katara felt her heart drop. "You got my sister pregnant!"
"What are talking about? I don't know who your sister is!" Aang told him as he held his hands up.
The man pulled back the hammer, "Meng, you got my sister Meng pregnant!" Aang dropped his hands.
"You're fucking kidding me, I didn't even touch her. She has this crazy obsession with me. If anyone got her pregnant it's Lu Ten." Aang explained.
He got up over the counter and closer to Aang. He pushed the barrel under his jaw. "Are you calling my sister a liar?"
"Yeah…I really am." Aang said without hesitation. Ron came out of his office with a name tag and instantly stopped. The man looked towards Ron and Aang could tell he was about to aim the gun at him. He grabbed the barrel and tried to wrestle the gun out of his hands. Katara felt the world around her slow down as Aang fought the man for the gun. Her heart nearly stopped at the sound of the gun going off. The smoking gun was thrown over the counter towards Katara as Aang slammed the guy's head against the counter. He instantly fell unconscious on the ground. "Ron, call the cops. Be sure to give them exact details or they might try to arrest the wrong person." He nodded and went back into his office. Aang picked up the guy and brought him to the other side of the counter, resting his body against the front of the counter. "Are you all okay?" He asked the customers. They nodded and slowly got back up from under the table. Aang looked at Katara, who was still standing there stunned. He came over to her as she started to burst out in tears. Wrapping his arms around her, she completely collapsed against him. "It's going to be okay Katara." He whispered to her.
She wiped her eyes and then saw red form on Aang's arm, "Aang…you've been shot."
He looked at his arm and saw the bloody wound. Aang ignored it and continued to console her, "I'll be fine, it doesn't hurt…too much adrenalin is pumping right now for me to really feel it."
"The police are on their way, they have an ambulance with them also, are you going to need any medical attention?" Ron asked.
Aang looked down at his arm and laughed, "Just a little bit."
Haru sipped his bloody Mary as he finished mixing the music. Ben, Zeroun and Hikari sat on the couch behind him. "Finally, there you go. You're full EP is finished. I'll start burning the CDs."
"Burning them? I thought companies had ways of making them without burning them." Zeroun said.
Haru rubbed his temple, "I don't know how they do it, but I don't have the technology to do that, so I'm going to have to burn them all. How many do you need?"
Zeroun laughed nervously, "Uh…about 100?"
He stood up and nodded, taking another drink. Haru climbed the stairs and came back with two big stacks of blank CDs. He opened up the 5 disk CD tray and put in the CDs. Ben nudged Hikari and nodded towards Haru. She shook her head in response but he nodded again. "Both of you leave then." She whispered.
"Hey Haru, Zeroun and I are going to go check on where Taylor and Zach are," Haru mumbled in response. Ben and Zeroun both climbed the stairs, shutting the door on their way out. Hikari stood up and took a couple deep breathes.
"Haru?"
"Hmmm?"
"I know that you like me…well, you kind of wouldn't stop talking about it last night," His groan brought a smile to her face. "…and I like you…so maybe we could actually try and be together?"
Haru turned around in the chair and looked at her, "You're not joking?" She shook her head, "I would be incredible happy about this, but I have an incredible head ache right now."
She laughed, "It's okay, I understand."
"Would you like to go to dinner with me tomorrow?" He asked, "I won't have a massive hangover."
Hikari smiled, "I would love to."
Sokka opened the door. "Suki?" He called. No one answered. Sokka heard the TV on upstairs. He quickly rushed up the stairs and opened Suki's door. She was wrapped up in her green blanket, her head resting against her knees and her legs were against her chest.
"Sokka?" She asked, he could hear the worried tone in her voice.
He came to her bed, "Suki, I am so sorry that you had to find out about what happened last night from a picture, I was drunk…and she kissed me…and…I'm sorry…"
"Not only did Aang show me…it was on my phone…on Katara's…" She trailed off.
Sokka grabbed her hand, "Please Suki, understand I didn't mean to do this…I still love you…but…I still love her also…"
Tears started to brim in her eyes, "You still love her?" Sokka nodded. Her tears poured down her face as she turned from him.
"Suki, please don't cry. I know I hurt you and your mad at me, but I will do anything in the world for you to make it better. What can I do?" He pleaded.
She turned back to him and wiped her eyes, "I'm not mad at you Sokka."
"You're not?"
Suki shook her head, "No…it's something I did…"
His current remorseful state stopped, "What do you mean it's something you did."
She wiped her eyes as more came down her face. "I cheated on you Sokka."
He took a second to let what she said sink in. Sokka took a deep breath, "It's okay, I cheated and you cheated, everything is equal. I'm sure you were as drunk as I was."
More tears came down her face, "I wasn't drunk Sokka…"
"That's okay still," He told her, trying not to feel pissed off. "We can get past both of us cheating with other people."
She wiped her nose, "That's what you don't get Sokka…I cheated on you with Yue."
BOOM! I've been planning that since last chapter! So now Hikari and Haru are going out, woot! I hope you all liked this chapter, because i know i did. :D. WARNING, there will be a lemon next chapter, either straight...OR two girls...if you know what i mean ;D. Also, if you haven't seen yet, I have ANOTHER story called 'Secret Meetings', be sure to check it out after you review here :). Now, if you couldn't tell some shit is going down for the couples. So our question for this chapter will be: Who is/are trying to break up the couples?
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