A/N: yep, I'm back, with my second story. I hope everyone likes it!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar or any of the characters. The storyline is the only thing that's mine.
Hey this is Sokka. I'm obviously not here right now, so leave a message.
Beep.
Hey Sokka, this is Suki. I'm in Maine on vacation and I was wondering if maybe you wanted to catch up on what's been happening in the last year. We can meet at a café if you know of any that are around. Ummm, that's about it. Maybe I'll see you later. Bye!
Beep.
Sokka stood outside of his bedroom listening to the message. It was strange how Suki had called him. He hadn't seen her since…since last July. Just thinking about it brought painful memories back.
Sokka pushed those thoughts out of his mind. He should probably meet up with her- to see how she was doing. He wondered if she would look any different. All of these things wouldn't be solved if he didn't pick up the phone and call her back. And with a sigh, Sokka did just that.
BREAK
Suki sat in an empty booth waiting patiently for Sokka to come. This was the place he said; it was called the Jasmine Dragon. Sokka had said that they had the best tea around.
A bell jingled as the door opened and closed. Suki turned around to see who it was. Her face lighted up as she stood up.
"Sokka over here!"
Sokka slightly turned around to see Suki standing near a booth waving to him. He walked quickly over to her and embraced her with a hug.
"Hey it's been forever since I've seen you last. What's up?"
"Nothing new." Suki simply replied as they both sat down. Sokka took off his light jacket and rested it on the other side of his seat while Suki took a good look at him.
Sokka looked just about the same. His brown hair was pulled into a short ponytail, just like it always had been. Suki scanned the rest of him and couldn't help but notice that he looked good –not just good, but really good. He was wearing a navy blue t-shirt that showed off his muscled arms. She wasn't sure if those were there a year ago.
Once Sokka had settled into the booth, he stole a quick glance at Suki while she was scanning the menu. She looked just as beautiful as always. Her short brown hair hung down until the middle of her neck, with a red headband pulling it back slightly. She also had on a long green shirt with jeans.
"You look really good." Sokka said still eyeing her outfit.
Suki blushed. "Thanks," she glanced up to meet Sokka's eyes. "You look good too."
Their eyes connected for a while until a waiter came over, breaking their gaze apart. The waiter asked if they would like to order. Sokka replied that he still needed a little bit more time.
"So how is BSSU?" Suki asked.
"It's good. How's Kyoshi?"
Suki sighed. "It's fine, I guess."
The two fell silent and looked over the menus once more. The same waiter came over with waters and asked them if they would like to order. Suki ordered a Caesar salad and Sokka ordered a sandwich. Both ordered green tea with the food. When the waiter left, Sokka started to conversation again.
"So what have you been doing at Kyoshi? Are you doing martial arts there?"
Suki nodded. "Yeah. This year we trained and got to semi-finals. I was chosen as the captain of the team for next year." (A/N: Suki does martial arts that are like what they do as a Kyoshi warrior and they have competitions/fights.)
Sokka raised his eyebrows. "Really? Congratulations! I always knew you'd be really good at it in college."
Suki laughed. "Thanks. We used to talk about it a lot back then."
The conversation ended. Neither one wanted to bring up the conversation of their previous relationship. For Suki, it still hurt to think about it; let alone talk about it.
Sokka tried again to start a conversation. He didn't want things to be awkward between the two of them.
"Why are you here in Maine exactly?"
"Well," Suki started looking down at her water. "I wanted to visit BSSU again. I'm thinking about transferring."
"Really?" Sokka inquired. "I thought you said you liked Kyoshi."
Suki nodded. "I do like it. Its just BSSU was my first choice and I want to see if I can get into it again."
Sokka nodded, though he was a little confused. Was that really the reason why Suki wanted to go to BSSU? Maybe it was because he was there; No- that couldn't be the reason. They were broken up for almost a year now. She had to be over him by now.
"So, were you doing any sports this year?" Suki asked.
"Yeah. I actually did basketball in the winter." Sokka answered.
Suki raised her eyebrow. "Basketball?"
"Yeah. Basketball." Sokka replied, looking at Suki's reaction.
Suki cracked a smile. "How did you get on the basketball team."
"Their team isn't as competitive as others."
Suki started to laugh. "But you're horrible at basketball."
"No I'm not!" Sokka exclaimed. "Why are you laughing?"
"Yes you are. Remember that one time we played one-on-one and you lost miserably?" Suki continued to laugh. "We had to play three times in order for you to finally win and I let you."
Sokka watched as Suki continued to laugh as she sipped her water. Sokka had always loved how Suki smiled. His stomach did a little flip as he continued to watch her. The awkwardness had cleared away and now there was a comfortable air around them. Things were starting to get friendlier now that they had something funnier to talk about.
Sokka scoffed. "That was just an off day. Besides I've gotten better."
Suki stopped laughing and genuinely smiled. "I guess we'll have to play again to see how good you really are."
"You're on!"
Suki quietly laughed as she took a small sip of her water. Sokka playing basketball on a team- that was something she had to see.
The jingling sound could be heard from where they were sitting, indicating that someone had come into the shop. Clicking heels came towards Sokka and Suki's booth. Suki looked up to see Sokka put on a forced smile.
"Hey." Sokka said.
Suki turned around to see a tanned girl with long blond hair come towards them smiling. She had a bunch of bags in her hands. Suki wondered who she was.
"Hey!" the girl exclaimed as she came closer to Sokka. She carefully put her bags on the floor and kissed Sokka full on the lips. Suki quickly looked down as she felt her heart wrench.
"What's up?" Sokka asked while the girl gently ran her fingers up and down Sokka's arm.
"I just went shopping for some bathing suits. I got this cute polka-dotted one. You're going to love it."
Sokka nodded as Suki cleared her throat. She hated being ignored like this.
Sokka faced Suki and started to speak. "Yue, this is Suki. Suki, this is Yue."
Suki lethargically waved.
"So you're Suki. Sokka used to talk about you a lot when we first started dating. You're a friend from high school, right?"
Suki glanced at Sokka who was looking down at the table. "Actually, me and Sokka dated."
"Oh." Yue lightly replied. "Well, I'm going to get going."
Suki watched Yue as she kissed Sokka again and whispered "see you at home," before kissing him again. She gathered up her bags, smiled at Suki and walked out.
Suki stirred her water. "So that's your girlfriend."
Sokka nodded. "Yeah. She's great."
"How long have you guys been together?"
Sokka scoffed. "A few months."
"How much is a few months?" Suki pressed.
"I don't know, maybe since September."
"For ten months?!" Suki alarmingly questioned.
"Yeah I guess," Sokka bit his lip. "Is there something wrong with that?"
Suki recovered. "No, not really. So you guys are living together."
"Hm-mm."
"So I guess that means you have already slept with her too." Suki stated.
Sokka didn't reply for a while. Suki had suddenly gotten more reserved after Yue came in. "Yeah. Is something wrong?"
Suki started at him in disbelief. Of course there was something wrong! Why was he being so dense all the sudden. Suki then felt a sense of stupidity wash over her. Why did she think that he was still not over her like she was to him? She hastily grabbed her purse.
"Wait, where are you going?" Sokka asked. All the sudden she was getting her things together. They hadn't even gotten their food yet.
"I'm leaving." Suki said as she dug through her purse looking for money.
"Why? We haven't eaten yet."
Suki pulled out a twenty. "It was stupid of me to come here. I just thought that…never mind."
Suki placed the twenty down on the table. "If the food's already made, take this money to pay for mine."
Sokka held on to Suki's wrist. "Wait. Tell me what you were thinking."
Suki shook her head and stood up, wrenching her hand from Sokka's grip. "Nothing. Just drop it."
Sokka stood up too and grabbed hold of Suki's arm, not letting her leave. "Please, just tell me what it is."
Suki's head whipped around and stared straight into Sokka's eyes. "I just thought that you weren't over me like I'm not over you." Suki spat out.
Sokka looked confused. "What do you mean?"
Suki sighed exasperatedly. "It's not that hard to figure out!" She yelled, as she felt her eyes water up. "I thought that maybe if I could transfer over to BSSU, then we would be able to be together again. But you have a girlfriend and you obviously love her more than you ever loved me and-"
Without thinking, Sokka leaned in and captured Suki's lips with his. He held on to the kiss for a second before Suki pulled away, surprised.
"What the hell-"
Sokka looked shocked. "Listen- I-I didn't mean… I'm-"
Suki jerked her arm from Sokka. "Whatever. I'm leaving."
Sokka tried to gather the words to apologize but Suki left too quickly for him to say anything. What had just happened? Sokka had no idea what came over him then. Did that mean he still liked her or was it just an impulse? Sokka slid slowly back into the booth and sat there thoughtfully, trying to digest what was going on.
So this is the first chapter. I hope everyone liked it and will read more of it. I'm going to try and take more time to write the chapters now that school is almost over and I'll have nothing else better to do. Please review and tell me what you think of it; good or bad.