Another chapter! Finally. I got one word for ya- SCHOOL.

E: That's a dollar for the swear jar nearly.

nearly: School is not a swear word.

Peanut: Oh, THE HORROR. MY HEART CAN'T GO ON WITH SUCH VILE WORDS PASSING THROUGH MY EARS.

Oh, the summer days. Only but a memory. Sigh.

And Legend of Korra. It's gone. Off Nickelodeon. I can't believe it. I know that's old news, but I just found out a few days ago. I can't believe they would do that.

But anyway, thank you for reading, and please keep on reading, critiquing, and reviewing. And special thanks to Popping the Rabbit for an awesome quote for last chapter that I just added. Thanks man!

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Since when did my life get so crazy?

Well…I guess it's as crazy as usual. This whole day has just been more emotionally exhausting than usual. I am the Avatar after all. I think that puts craziness in the job description.

I hate it when my companions fight. Being the Avatar, I must always be careful for which side I choose in a conflict. The decision is sometimes easy, but it is often hard. It just makes it harder when my friendship is on the line.

But it's my job to resolve conflict. How to resolve the conflict is another problem entirely. I don't know if I should choose a side or stay neutral or-"

"Get out of my face, Sokka! This is your fault!"

"It was an accident! And maybe if you let me talk to Suki, I could explain it all!"

"Like Cactus Juice could really make all that stuff happen!"

"Let's test it then, Sparky. I would more than happy to stuff some down your throat to keep you quite."

"Don't start with me, you slut!"

After a sudden, but not surprising exchanging of fists and ugly words, the only conclusion Aang came to was that noses could bleed a lot.

Man. Red does not go well with air bender robes. I hope Katara gets to me soon. I know Zuko is worse off than me, but she seems to be taking an awful long time fixing his bruises.

When did love become so complicated? With Katara it was easy. I liked the way she looked, talked, walked. Her ideas were always great, and she was kind to everyone. She stood by me, and never stopped believing in me. Katara made me happy. Whenever she came into the room I would be filled with happiness. No wonder I fell in love with her.

Of course it took a while for her to feel the same. But with a lot of waiting, Katara eventually started liking me too. I still have trouble talking to her and blush when she gets close, but I don't think she minds. And Katara's the one. I know it.

"Hey." Katara's voice drew Aang back into the reality of the situation. Katara looked just as tired as the Avatar. Perhaps this conflict was difficult for her to deal with as well.

I'm sure Katara could clear things up for me. She seems to know more about this whole ordeal than me. I'm sure I could come to a good decision on what to do.

Katara placed her hands over Aangs nose, letting the cave water heal the wound. The sudden coolness that spread through Aang's body felt good to the young air bender. Not to mention it also helped relieve some of the stress.

"How's Sokka doing?" Aang asked as he peered over Katara's hands to see the warrior slumped over on the cave wall. Toph and Zuko had started trading insults again, but they were easy to tune out. Sukki was still gone.

"Not good." Katara whispered. Sokka hardly ever looked sad, but now he looked like he was literally oozing sadness.

"Who knew our little exhibition would end up like this?" wondered Aang sticking out his bottom lip in an irritated pout.

"It would have come out eventually." sighed Katara, "I hate that I put everyone through such trouble, but Sokka should have just told Suki about his slip up."

Aang's eyes widened. "You were the one who told Suki?"

"I saw Toph and Sokka kissing behind Toph's academy. Of course I had to tell her. It was an accident, of course, since I assumed Suki already knew. But what are you gonna do about stupid brothers? It's his fault this is happening."

"Did you know about the cactus juice?"

"Of course not. I'm not even sure if the cactus juice really was the reason." Katara mumbled as she pulled her hands away. She flicked her wrist allowing the water she was using to wash up the blood, while Aang started to test his nose again.

"So you don't believe Sokka and Toph's story?"

Katara sighed. "Well if they were really out of their minds, wouldn't it be easy for either Sokka or Toph to talk to Suki? If they just explained what happened she would understand, but now that they didn't tell her, Suki can only expect the worse."

Aang frowned. "Yeah, but Sokka and Toph probably thought what Suki didn't know wouldn't hurt her."

"Secrets don't stay hidden forever, Aang….. Plus I'm pretty sure Toph really has a thing for Sokka."

Perhaps…Perhaps another opinion was in order. Just to make sure I know where I stand.

….

"Hey"

"Hey"

"How you holdin' up, buddy?"

"How do you think I am holding up?"

"… I'm guessing you're not feeling very good."

"Well you guessed right."

"….That kiss it wa-"

"An accident. It was cactus juice. Toph's students thought it would be a funny prank. I never that stuff could jack you up so much…And I thought I-we could just pretend that kiss never happened. Keep it buried in the sand. Forgotten.. But in the end…"

"..Secrets don't stay hidden forever, huh?"

"Yeah…I should have known."

"…"

"…You believe me right?"

"…"

"….Oh. I get it…."

"…"

"You know I really thought me and Suki were gonna make it. That she was the one. After Yue…I thought I would never be happy again…But Suki made me happy….Whenever she came into a room I would just be filled with happiness."

"…Just like how Katara makes me feel."

"I thought she felt that way too. She probably did…And I just screwed everything up…I wish I could take it all back. But I can't."

"…"

"…"

"I believe you."

"What?"

"I believe you, Sokka."

…

"Suki has lived under my roof for a good couple of years, Aang. Uncle really likes her, and Suki is always easy to talk to. She's not just a body-guard. She's a friend. And I can't stand around doing nothing when a friend is hurting."

Aang was sitting with the Fire Lord trying to get another side to this ever-increasing story. Only after removing Toph from Zuko's vison of course. Currently the blind earth bender and Katara were playing 'who-can-drown-out-the-other-girl-the-fastest-wins'. Zuko was staring off somewhere in the darkness while he continued to talk to Aang.

"Sokka has lost his honor with exchanging tokens of affections with another woman. Toph is a wench, this is most likely all her doing. Together they broke Suki's heart. Suki deserves to break it off with Sokka. He was unfaithful. She loved him, Aang. Sokka broke her heart. And a true friend doesn't let another friend keep a broken heart."

"So you were the one to get Suki to cut it off." Aang stated.

Zuko grimaced and turned to Aang. Their eyes met. "That was the only way to help Suki to feel better. What else was she supposed to do?"

"I guess…your right."

"Exactly. I feel a little sorry for Sokka, but Toph didn't even get half of what she deserved. This is her fault, and it's obvious neither of them want to mend the wounds. Sokka hasn't even bothered to apologies yet. That's how much he's not sorry." Zuko said bitterly. He turned away again.

Now Aang was a very cautious person. He never jumped the gun. But today was a crazy day.

"Was Mai sorry?" Aang whispered.

Zuko's eyes widened. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Zuko's expression soured and the fire bender stood up and walked away.

I guess Zuko didn't have an answer. I still don't have an answer either. First Sokka was wrong, then it was an accident, now Toph... Toph…I should here her side too.

…..

"Go away, Twinkle Toes. I don't want to talk to you. That kiss was when we were in crazy land. Sugar Queen and Sparky just blew it out of proportion. This whole mess is their fault. And I am not apologizing. Now leave me alone, unless you got food. I'm starving!"

….

Suki was nowhere to be found.

….

Aang trudged into 'camp' after searching for Suki for a good half hour. Toph was still yelling, Zuko was still screaming, and Katara was still shrieking. How were the badgermoles not hearing this?

Sokka still had his back against the stone wall, head in hands.

And Aang still had no clue what to do.

Maybe asking my friends what they thought was in fact a bad idea.