Okay I'm jerk. A HUGE jerk. I haven't postedin two months, but I have good reason,. School. I have honors classes so I'm doing work for kids a year older than me and it's pretty heard!
So if you actually still wanna read this story, I'm gonna post three things today for this story, or a Post-a- palooza for Halloween! Happy Halloween!
Thanks to kthao65, Purple-Penned PenDragon, and gutairfreak888 for reviewing chapter 6
Now that the boring stuff is over, let the fanfiction begins!
It's early and wet. My two least favorite things, Joy... I grab something to wear ( a white hoodie and green sweatpants with my green tennis shoes) and slug down the stairs, the dining room windows are constantly pelted with rain, the sky was almost black.
" Sweetie, we need to talk about your boy- boy- boyfriend." My mother chokes out like the word physically hurts her.
"Then let's talk. I've got a limited amount of time. " I grab a piece of whole grain, whole wheat organic toast and nibble on the corner.
"No, we'll talk until this is settled, Young lady." My father baritone voice hit my ears, and I inwardly groaned, this was going to be a long "family chat"...
"What is there to discuss? I've had 7 other boyfriends! Can't I pick one of my boyfriends? Or do you have to play referee in my life like you do with everything else!" I shout, my hands hitting the table causing the orange juice pitcher tip and sway in a dangerous manner.
"That is not your place to ask. We are only trying to help. Now do you really love him? This better not be a fluke to send us on a wild goose chase." My father asks. Shit.
"I do," I reply but it's not the way they think, it's the kind of love where you'd do anything for that parson regardless of what it did for you, but not in a whole kissy kissy sexy sexy way. I think if said either of those words around twinkle toes he'd spaz out. What a dork. "I really do, he's quite important to me, he's the only real friend I've ever had. "Another truth.
"I see."
" No, you don't. You see him as a pawn in your game, a king to you queen. He's not for you to play around with. You don't see it!" I yell, ready to break something.
"Tophie, dear, calm down..." my mother warns, not liking where the conversation is heading
"TOPHIE! I'm sick of it! You always treat me like I'm 5 years old. I'm 14 and I'm thinking you haven't realized that I CAN make my own decisions, and I DON'T need you to make them for me!" My voice is close to snarling. My mother's eyes well up with tears, she's not very good with tense settings. My father stands to go after and only realizes I'm still there, and his eyes are filled with hurt, love, sorrow, and pain.
" Toph, just don't make the wrong choice wit this boy, and whatever you do, if I hear of any... hanky panky, be ready for severe punishment." He sighs and pushes the door open leaving me alone. I run for the kitchen for my secret stash of pop tarts, I never liked their whole grain bread-shit anyway... I also run upstairs and change, I clothes had a bad vibe to them, so I pull jeans, a army green military jacket, combat boots, and a clip for my insanely long hair and head out the door to meet Twinkle toes.
**I rewrote that scene 6 times, two including her smashing a window, in another she fell on her butt and she fainted the last time... I like this best...**
Aang's POV
"So you stood up to them? Good for you." I hug Toph gently during free period. She really needed to do that, and I can see the pain she held is going away. I'm happy she's happy.
"No need to get emotional, but it sure felt good. Can I ask you something?" She looks up at me expectantly, waiting for a fast answer.
"Within reason, but sure." I say hoping this won't get awkward...
"Twinkles have you, you know ever had this friend, and you think they might like you, and you like them back, what do you do?"
"Oh, no she' she's not talking about me? Is she? Does that mean... NO! I LOVE KATARA! "A war raged in my mind, but I managed to crack a smile and give her the answer "Yeah, um I guess telling would be a good start, or doing nice things for them, even hanging out, like just the two of you..."
"Really! Okay, I'll text Snoozles now!"
"Wait, Sokka?" SHE LIKES SOKKA?
"Yeah, what? Did Twinkles think I had some secret, pent up passion for him? Ha, sorry, buddy I love you, but uh not in that way..." Toph laughed in my face. She. Doesn't. Like. Me...
"No." Yes. A million times yes.
"Good. Because it would be really awkward if I started actually dating you, and I mean really dating, not just the show for my parents, that doesn't count."
"Yeah it would." No, I'd be on could nine, no , cloud ten if you actually liked me back.
"I got to go to the restroom, I'll be back." I smile and head for the door, I need a moment of peace. I dash for the men's room but when I get there, all I do is restrain myself from smashing my fist into the wall. This fire, this jealousy, was all new for me, especially over... Sokka... Why does she like him? He's a bone head. Well not technically but I'm not thinking straight. I take deep breath and let my hand collide with the cinder block, and there's a blissful crack as my hand shatters, my right hand no less. My hand swells quickly, almost twice its original size when I get to the nurse's office, she takes one looks at my hand before dialing Gyasto's number, while I'm standing there not trying to black out form the pain. Stupid hand. Stupid Impulse. Stupid Sokka. Stupid Toph... okay I take the last one back.
"Can you call Mr. Ling's free period class? My stuff is there my friend can bring it."
"Sure, sweetie." Toph is there within a minute of the nurse putting the phone back in its place.
"Twinkles, what the hell happened?" she ask as quietly she can, she knows better than to swear in front of the faculty.
" The bathroom door happened." I lie, she's go nut if she known I'd try punching a wall in anger,...
" Be more careful, I may be the smaller one here, but you need more padding than I do." She pats my left arm and waits till Gyasto comes. She says she coming over later to sign the cast first, no exceptions.
I laugh as I get into the car, my hand throbbing along with my fluttering heart.
*! wow that was stupid of him ,but the cast will lead to a lot of things...!*
"Wow, what did you do, have a superman moment and decide to break down the wall with your fist?" The astounded doctor stared in awe at the broken mess that was my hand.
"No I smashed it between a door and a wall."
"Well let's get it in a cast, so you can get out of here." He walks off to talk to Gyasto but all I can think about is Toph. What's she doing now? Is she worried? Ah, who am I kidding, I can' think about her, I, I we are just friends, not lovers, friends. I may be here because her but it's worth it, I'd been the nerdy quiet kid who always turned in his homework and got straight A's, now I'm still a nerd but I've got a kick-ass friend. And she's made these two months interesting, it feels like the connection goes deeper, like I went to preschool wither, but of course I was living in the Temple in Sheri-Lanka at the time, and they don't have preschools there... but still. The same way with Sokka and Katara though I'm not as close as I originally was. Gah, I'm thinking too much!
*!*!**!*! Is there really a deep connection? I don't know, I haven't written it yet...*!*!*!**
"PINK? Pink is for wusses and men with no balls, which I'm now allowed to say you have neither." Toph cackled at my hot pink cast.
"It's the only color they had left. I'm getting a new one in a week. Shut up about , okay?" I let her doodle with the sharpie on my cast, which wasn't a good idea...
"Hey is it okay Katara and Sokka come over? They talked to me earlier and they wanted to sign the cast. Sokka laughed too when he heard it was pink."
"Yeah, I did text him that I liked him but all I got back was a smiley face, I don't he understood, should I tell him now?" Toph looked at me with glassy eyes.
"no, no don't do that... give him time." I said quickly trying to get off that subject.
"AANG!" the door barely survived being practically ripped off the hinges when Katara ran though, running to hug Aang. Sokka just walked in with a smile on his face.
"What happened?" Katara looked at his arm in uttermost horror.
"A door happened, Sweetness. Klutziness got the better of twinkles here. And all he has to show is this girly hand." Toph picks up my plastered hand, which made me winch slightly in pain.
" Toph, not so hard, he broke it two hours ago!" Katara swatting her hand off mine, and my hand rushed toward the couch and hit the arm of the couch in such a way it sent a jolt of pain up my whole arm. I yelp and grab for my oh-so-manly cast and whimper slightly, it really hurt. Katara, who is sometimes more like a doctor than a friend, goes to get ice and Toph apologizes, which she never does...
"Oh, Twinkles I'm sorry I didn't think... are you okay? " Toph bits her lip, she's kinda afraid she really hurt me, I can tell.
"No, but you actually said sorry, I thought you never said sorry..."
"Shut it. I'm almost double broke your hand and all you can think about is the fact I said sorry?" Toph smacks me and sits down in a huff.
"Here, hope this makes it feel better." Katara comes back I and gives me the ice. Turn to look at Sokka.
"Gonna stand with the door wide open, or are you gonna sit down?" I laugh and pat the seat closest to me.
" So, Aang, taught Appa any new tricks?" right on cue, the big fluff ball runs from the kitchen, with Gyasto in fast pursuit.
"Come on, Appa, putt on the costume for daddy! You'll get a big bone for it! "Gyasto shouts and chases the dog with a cape and wig. I think it was a Dracula for dogs costume, but all I could tell was that Appa was unwilling to try on the costume.
" Gyasto, what's with the cape for Appa?"
"You've got to be kidding me, Halloween is next week for Pete's sake! I'm just seeing if Appa's costume fit. Don't tell me you forgot?" He looked at me with his "are you crazy?" stare.
"Wait, next week? Oh yeah, do Not make plans for the 31st, I'm planning a huge party!" Toph yelled, her voice thick with joy.
" Sure, I wouldn't miss it for the world." Katara looked over at me happily "What about you? If your arm is broken what can you do?"
"I've got an idea, You go as a nurse and he's your patient. Problem solved." Toph looked at us making kissy noises. Katara and Aang turn beet red at that comment giving the room an awkward slience.
"Not funny, but I was gonna go as a doctor or a snow princess."
"A snow princess? I was thinking of more of a ice queen..." Toph snickered at her own joke.
"Oh and you have some super amazing costume planned?"
"Maybe, I'm not telling. What are you gonna do Sokka?" Toph blushes the slightest bit when she says her name, I smile, she is sooooo into him.
"I was thinking something like a ninja, they are silent, stealthy and all around cool!" Sokka jumps on the couch and tries imitating a ninja but fails when he slips on a pillow. Before we all could stop laughing Toph's cell sounds off an excerpt of Beethoven, per parent's special ringtone.
"Hello?...Wait your... breaking.. up..." She presses the phone to her and turns into the hallway. Her strained voice drifts from the hall, between the snippets of Katara and Sokka discussing something I really could care less about at the moment.
"JUST SHUT UP!... I'm not gonna play dress up for you tonight!... Hell NO! I have a boyfriend, I mean you hand a breakdown over it this morning!... bye..." she storms back around the corner bee lining for the door , her cheeks wet... I trail after her down the street, and pull her to a stop
"What twinkles? Come to pour a ton of salt in the wound?"
" No, I just what? What did your mom say? Please tell me."
" I'm supposed to spend the evening with the ambassador of Ireland's son, Melvin, who I've met before al all he talks are kilts and rugby... so I'm staying here tonight, can Gyasto let me? I'll go tomorrow but just for tonight please?" her voice cracked on the last word, I cloud tell she couldn't go home. This made my blood boil, and I had this urge to take her far away from here, away from her parents, pressure and another troubles she might have, but for now all I can give her now is support.
"sure, I've had Katara over he won't mind..." I pull her inside to find Katara and Sokka slippingon their jackets.
"Sorry Dad and Gran Gran said we HAVE to come home from dinner, he's got good news, but I'm not so sure, If you need anything, at all I'm a call away and so is Sokka!" Katara says pulling her mittens over her slender fingers
" Why so I get dragged into this?"
"Because Meathead, you're the only person her can drive, ka phish?
"Sure sure, whatever Toph see you guys next Friday at Toph's house, look for a black Ninja!" And with that the two siblings were gone for the night.
I get up and look for Gyasto. He's in the basement, looking for the big box of ancient Halloween decorations he keeps year after year.
" Gyasto, can Toph stay the night, she and her parents are fighting , and she needs a night to cool off, please? We were gonna sleep in the living room and watch some old horror movies on the SyFy channel."
"I guess, but I'm ordering take out, so she better like Dim Sum!" Gyasto pumps his fist in triumph, when he finds the neon orange box.
"Let me help."
"Not with that hand you're not." Gyasto laughs and carries the box upstairs leaving me to have a duh moment in peace...
*** I finally got sorta over my writer's block!***\
" And then all the blood in "Psycho" is just chocolate syrup... see? It's totally not blood!" Toph sat on the couch in a T-shirt and shorts, arguing with me about how unrealistic horror movies are.
" Yeah but it's still kinda creepy." I slide my knees up and rest my head on them, I really hated scary movies, but Top lived for them.
"Fine but next Time, warm me when the monster comes."
"There's no boogy man in "Psycho", Twinkle Toes. What, are you afraid of the monsters?" Toph uses her mocking voice; she's just trying to egg me on.
"Yeah I am. I never liked the whole monster gore horror thing. I'm more of a romantic comedy guy..." I look over at her and shrug; I'm no normal thirteen year old.
"Okay, that's just lame. But to the girl who marries you, she'll be lucky you'll wanna watch " A Moonlight Kissy Walk" over "Blood and Gore 2: The Blood Strikes Back".
" Oh you're so mean, can I have my own preferences that you can't rip to shreds?" I stuck my tongue out at her and she laughs. Her face gets this glow to it, and it's not from the TV, and she looks so cute when her head flies back, her button nose squishes up, her laugh almost tinkles out of her mouth. Her laugh is hearty, but not like a fat guy's, more like an loud child, it was deep but sweet, not too loud nor too soft and her cheeks got rosy making her look even cuter. This is sort of sadistic, but I took pleasure in these kind of thoughts , even if she doesn't like me in that way, this is gonna be how I handle it. It's even worse when I still... like... Katara... a lot, but sometimes she's more of a mom, and this story does NOT include main character falling for their motherly figures in the end! (A/N : I JUST BROKE THE FOUTH WALLLLL! Heheheh okay I won't do it again!)
" Twinkles? Yo? Twinkles, did the painkillers they give you make you loopy?" Toph is practically sitting on my lap, waving a hand in my face, her eyes wide with a bit of fear and panic.
" Uh, oh sorry I spaced out. Just thinking." I smile and she goes back to normal.
***$$$$$cha-ching!$$$$$$$****
Sunlight streams down from the window, making everything sparkle. I reach to rub my eyes, but my arm is pinned down. Toph had somehow taken refuge on me last night and was sleeping peacefully on my chest, the slightest smile played on her lips, her lashes resting daintily upon her cheeks, and her long hair cascading haphazardly around her form. I couldn't dare to wake this angel, she was so peaceful.
I lay their stroking her silky ebony locks, each strand shimmering in the pale morning. I lightly kiss her head, and she snuggles closer.
"Twinkles?" Top's sleepy voice rises from my chest and she raises her head. "When did I end up on your chest? Oh no, uh did we- TWINKLE TOES... please tell me we didn't." her voice practically scares the shit outta me when she finally stops talking.
"Uh, what do you- oh no no no, I just woke up and I found you here, nothing happened, trust me. " I say pushing her off me so I can go and pee. I relieve myself and come back to find her talking on the phone.
"Halloween? Really? Sparky you have strange timing, so you'll be there? Cool! Byes!" Toph hangs up and smiles at me.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"Sparky is gonna be there!"
"Zuko, your brotha?"
"Yeah him, I'm so excited! Thanks for letting me stay the night, Twinkle Toes." She comes over and squeezes my shoulders. I hug back and let her go to beck to her parent's home.
"Remember if anybody asks, you were with Katara!" I yell as she walks down the sidewalk, back to a place she hates. I wish she didn't have to be with her parents, they made her so unhappy sometimes, oh well it's not my business anyway...
*** YAY WE ARE GONNA SEE ZUKO! ( time skip: one week)****
Toph's POV
Bow? Check. Hair? Perfection. Fan? Yup. I'm good to go, Snoozles better look twice at me for this, I did it for him.
I sigh at the pretty reflection that stares back at me in the mirror. I was a geisha with a too short skirt but I was pretty smoking. I my hair was pooled high above my head, and I wore make up now than I've ever worn in my life. Ever.
"Tophie, dear the guests are arriving. Can you come and be a good hostess?" my mother's head pops from behind the door like how a pop tart shoots form a toaster.
"Yeah, yeah, give me a minute." I slides the last clip into my hairs and hit the stairs running. The whole eighth grade seems to flow like a river before my eyes, flooding the parlor and ballroom.
" Yo, everybody, party's in the ball room!" I yell, which only accelerates the river's pace. But one person strays for from the path and comes towards me. Then another, and another.
"TOPH!" Aang, Sokka and Katara run for me, ready for a hug fest but I side step at the last minute, can't let all my work go to waste, especially when I hate it in the first place...
"Yeah, no hugs. My costume will be ruined." Say politely to my motley crew of friends, I love 'em but really did Aang and Sokka both have to dress a ninjas?
"What's with the twin costumes? Are you going at ninja dumb and ninja dumber?"
"Hahaha har har. No we're elite black label ninjas, the most secret force of ninjas in the world." Sokka imitates his sad kung fu skills, which make me blush.
"Toph, you okay? Your cheeks are red." Aang looks over at me, trying to feel my forehead. I jerk, my head back and his hand grasp open air. I pretend it never happened, Twinkles is so weird these days...
" This is some party!" Katara remarks wearing quite a pretty array. She had the whole snow princess look, which was what she was going for.
"I like your costume Katara." I said slightly sucking up to look good for Sokka. And where the heck is Sparky?
"Oh thanks, Gran Gran helped my sew it. It's really soft." She happily twirled in a circle, the dress poofing out around her.
"I'll see you all later, I'm gonna go find some punch." Katara left the group on their own, their voice mixing with others, as she got farther and farther away.
*** OOOHH Katara get her own mini adventure!******
That was a lot! I'm gonna pot Katara's mini adventure ( that includes Zuko) today if I can and the second part of the Halloween party ASAP. Preferably today!
Thank you so much if you decide to continue reading this!
Ooh and I'm giving you a challenge: why do you think Aang and Sokka are dressed alike? Closest one to the answer ( or if you actually get the answer) you get a chapter dedication! Just put it in the review!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ( this is really ironic, the last time I posted it was labor day, I must love posting on holidays...)
Lots o' Love,
PFB!