Contacts

"Oh god. It has to be allergy season." Toph complained about the pollen falling off the autumn leaves. "Come on…come on…get in there." After a teary ten minutes of red eyes and blurred vision, Toph finally managed to put one in. "Okay. Time for number two."

"Toph?" Aang hollered from the other side of the bathroom door. Toph jumped and nearly dropped her second contact. "Are you okay? You've been in there for a while now."

"HOW ABOUT A LITTLE PRIVACY AIRHEAD!" Toph screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Okay, okay. Sorry."

Toph waited for silence and then, sure that she had her solitude, continued to put her contacts in.

"It's just…" Aang continued.

"Oh, come on!"

"…you've been acting really strange today. You thought Appa was Momo, you walked into my screen door and you couldn't even watch TV. Are you sick?"

"No Aang. I'm not sick. I just…can I please have some time alone?"

"Uh, I guess. I'm just…worried."

"Yeah, well don't be. I'm fine." Toph looked up and tried to, finally, get her second contact in.

Then she heard a gentle jingle outside the bathroom door and a low growl, the sound of Appa's collar shaking and him eagerly wanting Aang to play with him.

"Appa, go away." Aang said to his dog. Toph heard Appa whimper. "No Appa. Away." There was another silent moment. Toph waited patiently, balancing her contact on the tip of her pointer finger.

"ARF!" A loud bark startled Toph and her contact fell to ground, rolled a few inches across the floor and slid underneath the bathroom door.

"Appa! Bad! Go away, now!" Toph heard Appa run down the hallway. She thought that thinking Aang had gone with him so she opened the door. But Aang was still there. And he was holding the little glass disc that had emerged from the other side of the bathroom.

"What's this?" Aang asked, examining the little lens carefully. Then he looked at Toph and his eyes widened. Toph grabbed the contact and slammed the door closed.

"Not a word twinkle toes!" Toph threatened. Aang giggled gently.

"I didn't know you had brown eyes." Aang said with a grin.

"Not one word!"

Two things.

One: I think that this is my favorite chapter yet.

Two: I'm going away for like 5 days, so try to get a long without me. I won't be able to answer your emails for a while either. BACK TO JERSEY!