I don't know why, but people thought last chapter was the actually ending to the story...it wasn't...when I said 'this is the real ending' I meant, like ending to the chapter...this chapter, however, is the actual ending to the story, sad isn't it? This is one of my favorite stories to type, but I can't continue to story for like 20 chapters can I? You all would get bored and so would I. But don't worry, there will be an epilogue to the story and it's already written, so you can just read it after this lol. But anyways, it's been great writing this for you guys. To the people who let me use their OCs, seriously, thank you. Now, onto business, there will be a final song, Miracles by Stone Sour. Again, I suggest it, but if you don't like it...eh, I'm going going to push it on you. On with the story:
The house was dark once she had arrived, it had been weeks since she had been at his house, hopefully he hadn't caught onto her. She had a better plan this time and made sure she knew exactly what she was doing. Sneaking around the house, she pasted by the living room window. Katara and Aang were on the couch together watching a movie, no sign of Toph or Zuko. Mai went to his window and, again, found it unlocked. "I thought he would learn by now," She whispered to herself. Pushing it further, she got in through the window and gracefully landed on the ground. What she didn't notice was the paintball flying towards her. It pelted her right in the knee and her legs buckled from under her.
The light turned on and Toph sat on the other side of the room, with the paintball gun. "Well finally you showed up, I was thinking I was going to have to go shoot some squirrels again."
"How did you know it was me?"
She got up from the chair, "It was pretty simple actually…it was Zuko who knew it was you. Make sure next time when you steal a girl's panties that they don't smell like your perfume." Toph opened the top of hopper and poured more paintballs in, "I would suggest you talk before I turn you into a Jackson Pollack painting."
"What is there to talk about? You know why I'm here," Mai got up. "You don't deserve to be with Zuko."
"So you plant stuff in the house to make me break up with him and vice versa…then what? You expect him to take you back? Last time I checked, you actually cheated on him. He wouldn't want you back anyways." Toph cocked the gun, "If you ever come back, I'll fuck you up."
Mai narrowed her eyes, "I'm not giving up."
Toph smiled, "I was hoping you would say that." Before Mai could even move a muscle, Toph had already pelted her twice. She tried to ignore the pain from the paintballs and attempted to get out the window. Toph laughed as each shot found its target and shot Mai up and down her back as she crawled out the window. The last ball hitting in the butt and she finally fell out of the window. Quickly the smaller girl refilled and went to the window, shooting at the running girl. "I really turned your brown eye green didn't I?" Toph mocked as the now neon green colored Mai run down the street. She kissed the gun, "I love this thing."
The door opened and Aang came in with a bat, "You okay Toph?"
She laughed, "Relax, Aang. There is at least one guy in the house."
His face dropped and laughed sarcastically, "Oh ha-ha, you're soooo funny Toph." Aang shut the door behind him and Toph switched off the lights, then jumped on to the bed. She unlocked her iPhone and called Zuko.
"What's going on Toph?" He asked on the other side.
"I got our intruder," Toph reported, "Hopefully she has learned her lesson."
"Good to hear…wait…what did you do to her Toph?"
She laughed, "I'll tell you when you get home, oh and by the way, you need to clean your paintball gun."
"That's my girl." He chuckled, "You need anything else from the store?"
"Maybe some chocolate syrup…whip cream…I heard I taste good as a sundae," Toph teased.
Zuko only laughed, "I'll be home soon, love you."
"Love you too."
It was quiet as Aang's grip on Katara loosened in his sleep. They were both woken up by Katara's vibrating phone. She groaned, "Who could be texting me right now?"
Aang yawned, "Who cares? You can answer it in the morning."
Katara rubbed her eye, "It may be an emergency." She looked at the message. "Damn it Sokka…"
"What did he do now?" Aang asked, trying to go back to sleep.
"We're about to find out," She called him, it rang a few times before he picked up, "Before you anything Sokka, if this isn't important, I will go to Haru's…and fucking kill you…"
"Suki's here…" Katara looked at the clock, it was midnight.
She sighed, "We'll be over in a little bit." Hanging up the phone, she swung her legs out of bed and sat at the side. "We have to go to Haru's."
Aang rolled over, "I don't know about this we stuff. Maybe if we were married, I would have to agree with you."
Katara shoved him, "Says the guy who wants to marry me. Come on, he needs his best friend too."
"Katara," He groaned, "Can we please just deal with it tomorrow?"
"Fine, then no sex."
Aang sighed, "Fine, I'm getting up."
Katara came dressed in a pair of short shorts and a blue tank top while Aang was dressed in his board shorts and black tank top. "If he isn't it mortal danger…I think I'm going to have to kill him."
"Oh stop," She told him. They walked up Haru's steps. "Oh god."
"What?"
"Suki's not here," Katara pointed out.
"How do you know?"
"Her car isn't here."
Aang cracked his knuckles, "Okay, I'm officially killing your brother."
They opened the door, "Happy Anniversary!" Their friends yelled.
Katara looked at Aang, "Did you know about this?"
He shook his head, "If I planned this, I would have made sure it was in the morning."
Haru came in between the two and put his arms around both of them, "You two aren't excited as you should be. Why not?"
"We were asleep Haru," Aang jabbed him in the ribs, "This seriously couldn't have waited until tomorrow?"
He smiled, "Who drinks alcohol in the morning. We're going to party. It's a great day for you two, you've been together one month! It seems like just yesterday all of us were waiting for you two to grow some balls and tell each other how you feel."
"Our First Month Anniversary?" Katara asked, "That's the reason you woke us up?" Haru put on a smile and nodded. "Haru…Aang and I have been together a month and half today."
Everyone turned to Sokka, "God damn it Sokka!" Toph hit him upside the head, "I knew we should have never listened to you."
"I swear to God that today would be Aang and Katara being together for a full month."
"Sokka, next week, Aang and I will be together for a full two months." Katara corrected him. "This Friday will be Haru and Hikari being together for a full month. Speaking of which, where is she?"
"Did I miss the surprise?" Hikari asked from behind them. She was carrying bags of alcohol. "Sorry, but congratulations you two."
Haru took the bags from her, "Apparently Sokka got it wrong. He thought it was their one month anniversary but today it's their one month and a half…verisary."
Hikari sighed, "Damn it Sokka."
"Sorry," He apologized again, Toph hit him again.
"Okay then, we're going back home," Aang took Katara's hand and was about to leave.
Haru stopped them, "Oh come on, it's only midnight. You two are turning into an old couple…turning in earlier…not partying…next you two are going to start eating at the early bird special."
"Haru, Katara and I are working at 9 tomorrow, so we have to get some sleep," Aang told him. "Something Sokka should know since he's ALSO working tomorrow. Again, we're going back home. We'll see you guys at the show tomorrow." Aang and Katara left and Haru shut the door behind them.
"Well, I guess we can still have fun then." Haru said cheerfully.
Zuko shook his head, "We are over here because we thought it was their anniversary. We're going to go to."
"Aw come on Zuko, what are you two going to do what you can't here?" Haru pouted.
"He's going to have a Toph sundae," Toph told him. "Peace bitches…and Hikari." Haru grumbled as they left also.
Haru looked at Sokka, "Damn it Sokka, you ruined the night."
"Sorry man, I'm just going to take this," Sokka grabbed a bottle of vodka out of the bag, "Night guys." He ran up the stairs before he could say anything.
He sighed as Hikari hugged him, "It's okay Haru, you still have me."
"Yeah, what are the odds of you actually staying over tonight?" Haru asked.
"You have a better chance of Aang coming back," She laughed, "I'll see you at the show tomorrow." Hikari gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Oh yeah, you owe me for the alcohol."
Haru sighed, "Okay."
She frowned, "Don't be that way Haru, you know that I'm not that kind of girl that just has sex after being with someone for a month."
"It's not that," Haru said, "I just like holding you."
Hikari laughed, "Like I haven't heard that one. I'll see you tomorrow." She walked out the door and he sighed sadly, shutting the door behind her.
Sokka yawned as he flipped another burger. It was a late night for him, thinking about Suki and Yue together didn't sit well with him. Usually he wouldn't have cared thinking about it, in truth it was at one time his fantasy, but now it became his nightmare. He never thought thinking about two girls having sex could infuriate him. Sokka grabbed a plate with a already prepared bun and condiments and slid the patty off the spatula onto the bottom bun. Completing the burger, he put the plate in the window and rang the bell. Katara grabbed the plate and rushed it to the table. "Here you go," She smiled, "Anything else I can get you?"
"How about your number?" One of the teenagers at the table said, the other one laughed and gave him a high five.
Katara fake laughed and leaned in, "You see the guy over at the register?" She pointed over to Aang, who was staring at the boys. "He's my very over protective boyfriend that would send you to the hospital just for hearing what you had just said to me. Also, in the kitchen, is my also very over protective brother who just lost his girlfriend and has been in a very destructive mood lately. He wouldn't hesitate to end you. Now, you'll stay silent, eat your food, then leave me a big tip before I tell my brother and boyfriend that you are flirting with a waitress that is way too old for you. Got it?" They both looked at her wide eyed and nodded.
Aang came over with the other boys plate and set it down in front of him, "Problem boys?" The teens shook their head and started eating. Katara smiled as they went back to the register. "So what did they say to you?"
"Well they made a world record of how many can ask my number during my shift today. That makes," She counted in her head, "About 10 people."
"At least Aang doesn't have sex with your ex boyfriends," Sokka mumbled from the kitchen.
"Sokka, that doesn't even pertain to the conversation," Katara sighed, "We're both sorry about you know who, but it doesn't mean we need to talk about her. Even I don't want to be around there anymore." He just grumbled as he went back to cooking. "So, what are you guys going to play tonight?"
He shrugged, "I think we're going to play some of our songs, maybe start off with Heart of Gold, then maybe to a cover song at the end as usual. Sokka, what do you want to cover tonight?"
"That bitch broke my heart and smashed into a million pieces, then crushed every shard with every time she fucks my ex girlfriend...by any country music artist..."
Katara sighed, "Sokka, go home, Aang and I will cover for you. I know it was a long relationship and you need time...but you can't continue thinking about it. We'll see you at the show tonight."
"Fine, I just need to clock out," He said. Sokka came through the kitchen door and went back into the staff room.
"Thank God," Katara ran her fingers through dark locks. "I thought I would have to blow my brains out if I heard any more depressing things from Sokka..." The bell on the door chimed as the door opened. "Back to work." She smiled at him, but turned to the door and her face dropped. Katara came around the counter and speed walked to the door, "Suki, what are you doing here?"
"I need to talk to Sokka," Katara could tell that Suki had been crying, but it didn't really worry her right now.
Katara shook her head, "No Suki, you may be my best friend, but I can't have you hurting Sokka anymore."
Aang saw the conversation between the two girls and realized that Sokka couldn't see them. He immediately rushed to the back and was met by Sokka. "Uh hey Sokka, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to go wallow in self pity." Sokka told him, "Hopefully God will pity me and strike me down on my way back to Haru's so I don't have to live with the pain of this unmerciful world..."
"...Sounds fun bud, we should continue talking about this while we go out the back door." Aang told him, putting a arm around his shoulder.
"Why? We could just go out the front door," Sokka questioned.
Aang quickly thought on his feet, "It's a fun game man, it's called...let's not let Katara see us. The whole point of the game...is to not let you sister see you leave. If you win...I'll buy you dinner tonight at that Chinese restaurant you love so much."
Sokka sighed depressingly, "Fine." Aang took a sigh of relief once he turned towards the back door. He turned around and walked back towards the kitchen. "Oh yeah, Katara, are you and Aang going to need a ride..." Aang wasn't expecting Sokka to come back. He stopped as soon as he saw Suki and Katara at the front of the restaurant. "Suki..."
"Sokka," She blew past Katara and went directly towards him. Suki wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so sorry Sokka, I shouldn't have chosen Yue over you. We can't get along, I can't enjoy being with anyone else then you anymore."
He shrugged out of her hold, "It's too late Suki." Sokka tightened his jacket around him and went out the front door.
She wiped the tears going down her face and went after him. Katara was about to go with them, but Aang stopped her. "We have to let them work it out."
Katara shook her head, "Aang, I have to help my brother." She followed them while Aang watched her go. Katara finally caught up with a collapsed and crying Suki. "Suki, I told you to leave."
"Katara...I made a mistake and I want to make it up to him." Suki sobbed, "I just wanted time to see that maybe I could be a lesbian...but it isn't for me..."
The bronze skinned girl helped her up, "Suki, you didn't only hurt Sokka in this. You hurt us all. I had to cut work two weeks ago so that I could help him when he wouldn't leave his room. You left him in a mess and you can't just come back and expect him to accept you with open arms. If you want to solve it, you're going to need to show him that you can be there for him and earn his trust back." Suki nodded, wiping her eyes. "Do something big for him, that should at least get you back in his good graces."
"Like what?"
Katara shrugged, "That's up to you." Katara turned and went back to work, leaving Suki to think about what Katara could mean. Then something came to mind. She regained her composure and started making phone calls.
Hikari knocked on Haru's door again. "Maybe he's not here." Zeroun suggested. She sighed and backed up from the porch and looked into the nearest window. All the blinds were closed and she couldn't see a thing. "You know, he might think you're creepy if you're looking through his windows."
"I'm just making sure," She said, "It isn't like him not to talk to me. He usually can't go 2 hours without texting or talking to me."
"Creeeeeeeepy," Zeroun muttered as rubbed his hands together, trying to get some warmth. "How about we just check somewhere else? Maybe he's at that diner that Aang and Katara work at."
Hikari shook her head, "No way, if he was, he would have invited me." She ignored the look her brother gave her. "Shut it, I actually like that he wants to be with me a lot. I think it's cute."
"Now you're desperately trying to see where he is because he hasn't given you attention since," He moved his sleeve up his arm and checked his watch, "About 10 hours ago."
Hikari rang the door bell, "I think something wrong Zeroun and if you're just going to be a smart ass you can go back home."
"The band needs to get their instruments for tonight's show, I can't really let the band down because you don't want me to be a smart ass." Zeroun told her. He watched as she continued knocking then tried calling him. He thought for a second and then he felt something click in his head. "What was the last conversation you had with him?"
She shrugged, "Um, I think it was that he wanted me to stay the night with him." Hikari angrily grunted as she got his voicemail again. "And uh, I think I said something about me not being that kind of girl and then he said he wasn't wanting to have sex, he just wanted to hold me. I told him that I've heard that excuse before and I left."
"Oh, I know what your problem is then." Zeroun said, "You hurt his feelings."
Her eyebrows furrowed, "What do you mean? How would you know?"
"Believe it or not, I've actually have gotten to know your boyfriend over the short amount of time you two have been dating. He really likes you and thinks you are the perfect girl for him. Wait, scratch that, he loves you." Zeroun said.
"Wait, he loves me?" She questioned.
He nodded, "Well, from my view. You are the first girl that has actually saw past his money sis. Think about it, you see him for Haru and no one has ever done that. That's why he's always talking to you, texting you, and why he asked you to stay the night last night. Haru actually meant that he wanted to be with you. But you saw it as a attempt to sleep with you and hurt his feelings by thinking that's all he wanted from you."
"Oh God," She sat down on his front step, "You're right...he must think I'm such a bitch..."
Zeroun shrugged his shoulders, "Eh, I think it's about half of a bitch move, but whatever makes you happy sis."
"Thanks Zeroun..." She said sarcastically.
"What are you two doing here?" They both looked up to see Sokka walking up the path.
"We've been trying to get into the house. Hikari hurt Haru's feelings last night so he's ignoring us..." Zeroun explained. Hikari punched her brother in the knee since it was at the height she was sitting at.
Sokka nodded, "Okay...well, I have a key." Her face lit up as he produced a green key from his pocket and unlocked the door. Once inside the dark house, Hikari instantly ran up the stairs to Haru's room. "Nice seeing you too Hikari."
Zeroun patted him on the back, "It's fine man, sometimes she's just oblivious. I'm going to get the equipment from downstairs for the show tonight, could you help me?" He nodded and they climbed down the stairs to find Haru leaning back in his chair with his headphones blasting. "Oh...that makes more sense." He saw his phone on the couch behind him and tapped Haru on the shoulder. Haru nearly flipped over in the chair, but Sokka caught him.
"Whoa, Zeroun man, you scared me." He chuckled, "What are you doing here?"
"Well I came to get the stuff and my sister came here to see if you were still alive since you haven't texted her," He told him, going into the recording booths.
Haru groaned, "I knew I forgot something. I just actually got up a couple hours ago and I've been listening to our new album that I've been mixing."
"Whoa, you got our new album completed?" Sokka asked, forgetting his current problem.
He nodded, "I got Heart of Gold on her, Caught in a Nightmare, Push and about 6 of our other songs on here. I even have our version of 'A Little Piece of Heaven' and 'I'm So Sick' featuring your sister."
Sokka's eyes went wide, "You recorded that?" Haru nodded, "Dude, she's going to be PISSED."
"Eh, she'll get over it. I've actually made a bunch of CDs that have 3 of our songs and the two cover songs on them to give out at the shows and to send out to some labels," Haru picked up a CD case, "Check it out." Sokka took the CD case from his hands and looked at the design. The picture was of a Rabbit driving a convertible and sitting at a stop sign. On top it said 'Stopping the Rabbit' and below it said 'One Way Street'.
"Our First CD...is going to be called 'One Way Street'?" Sokka asked.
"Not our First CD, it's our Demo." Haru explained. "Hell, we could even change our name is like, 'Flaming Gates'."
He smiled, "That would be AWESOME!"
Haru laughed, "Yeah, we'll talk about it with the guys."
"I can't find him anywhere," Hikari said as she came down the stairs, once she hit the last step she ran to Haru. "Oh my God Haru, I'm so sorry for last night. Please don't be mad at me. I'll stay over with you whenever you want me to."
"Slut," Zeroun muttered as he carried the band's equipment by them.
"It's okay Hikari," He told her.
She shook her head, "No it's not okay, I shouldn't have thought you were just trying to sleep with me. I really care about you Haru. Please forgive me."
Haru gave Sokka a look, who just shrugged. "Um, you're forgiven?" She gave him a kiss and rested her head on his shoulder. Sokka gave him a thumbs up and Haru silently thanked him.
They ended the song and the crowd cheered even louder. Haru smiled as the crowd wanted more. "Okay, okay, calm down. We're going to slow it down a little bit. This song is for everyone who has ever been dumped by the one person you love. This song is Miracles by Stone Sour...a song that isn't on our new demo that is available over by that small black haired girl aaaaaaall the way in the back. She looks like she's ten so she's very hard to miss."
"Fuck you Haru!" Toph yelled.
"Love you too Toph. Anyways, let's do this, Zuko, kick us off." He started off with the rift and Aang and Sokka came in a little after him. Haru took a breath and came in:
I've seen it all and I know better -
I've felt the bitterness and pain
My soul keeps changing like the weather -
the only constant is the rain
I've known your black and white intentions and there's no room
For shades of gray
I never asked you to conform to me...
I only begged for you to stay
I waited here tonight for you to come
But your love just disappeared
I'm waiting in the dark for miracles
But miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here
Everyone in the crowd pulled out their lighters and softly swayed to the beat.
I still have dreams that we're together
And I can still taste your skin
Reminders all around surrounded by your light -
I don't want to die again
I don't deserve to be discovered -
I don't deserve to know you care
I only want my promised other... not someone who isn't there
I waited here tonight for you to come
But your love just disappeared
I'm waiting in the dark for miracles
But miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here
Oh, I waited here all night for you to come
But your love just disappeared
I'm waiting in the dark for miracles
But miracles don't happen here
I waited here all night for you to come
But your love just disappeared
I'm waiting in the dark for miracles
But miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here
Miracles don't happen here...
The crowd applauded as they ended. "Thank you all, don't forget to buy a demo." They started packing up when a older man came up on the stage and started clapping. "Um, can we help you man?" Haru asked.
"It's not about what you can do for me, it's what I can do for you and that other band you guys play with. You both are just what I'm looking for." The man reached into his coat pocket and handed him a business card. "I work for 'Kyoshi Records'. My boss told me to come down here and check out your bands and my God...you all blew me away. We would love it if you would join our family...and would make A LOT of money."
Haru smiled, "We would love you join your record company...but what made your boss come check us out?"
"I asked my Dad," They all turned to see Suki behind the man. "Thanks John. I'll make sure they come in tomorrow to negotiate the contract."
He nodded, "I can't wait to hear more from both bands."
"Suki, you got us signed? What for?" Haru asked.
"For Sokka...and also partly for you all. I know how much the band means to Sokka and I wanted to do something to hopefully help him forgive me for what I did." Suki admitted.
Haru hugged her, "Thank you Suki, so much."
Zuko also hugged her, "You're the best."
"Guys," Sokka said, "Can I talk to Suki?" They let her go and she walked over to him. He stared at her as she nervously waited his response. "You broke my heart."
"I know..."
"Then you slept with ex-girlfriend right after I left."
"I know...but she's gone now."
Sokka went silent again and kissed her. "Don't ever break my heart again."
She kissed him again, "I never will...I love you so much."
"I love you too..." They all awed watching the rekindled couple. "Thank you for getting our band signed."
"Thank Katara, she was the one that gave me the idea." Katara came up onto the stage.
"Katara, you gave Suki the idea to get us signed?" Aang asked.
Her face went blank, "You guys got signed?"
"Yeah, apparently you gave Suki the idea to get us signed." Aang told her.
"Oh...well, I guess I did." She smiled.
"Thank you Katara," Suki said.
"Yeah, thank you Katara," Aang brought her closer to him. "I'm lucky to have you as my girlfriend."
Katara chuckled, "Now I guess you're glad that I answered that text that one night or none of this would have ever happened."
He smiled, "I guess you can say that. It seemed to change our life so the better." Aang leaned in and kissed her, knowing he had a long and successful life to live with the love of his life.
I know, it kinda wrapped up quick didn't it? But that's why I made an epilogue. Again, it's been wonderful writing this story. Sorry I didn't end it with a lemon, but I wrote most of this chapter at my school...and I don't think it would normal for me to write porn in my school's library with people constantly passing by me. Anyways, feel free to PM to talk, just for kicks and giggles. If you still haven't, which would be weird if you haven't, check out my other stories. Have a good morning/day/night people!
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