I'm proud of myself for this chapter. :)

Zodiac

"Aang, you know I don't belong here." Toph said, referring to the book store he had led to her.

Aang had to pick up a novel for his English class and Toph volunteered to tag along, but she forgot how out of place she felt amongst books and regular readers. Five minutes in the strange jungle of paper and hard covers and she began to miss her punching bag and XBOX.

"Oh come on." Aang said, smiling widely. He loved fantasy books. He loved hearing stories of heroes who save people, especially tales of little no-bodies who would rise up and become champions of good.

Like Superman.

"Just get your book and go." Toph pleaded. Whenever she said things like that, she was making a demand, not a request, and she expected Aang to listen to her within seconds.

"Hey! Look at this!" Aang said, completely ignoring Toph's order, aggravating her further.

"Aang! I said to hurry up!" Toph glared at the book in Aang's hands like it was her sworn enemy.

"Look! It's a zodiac book!" Aang smiled. Toph sighed.

"You actually read that mumbo-jumbo? It's all made up garbage for desperate people who have nothing better to do with their spare time."

Aang paused. "…nuh-uh." He said back.

"Ya-huh." Toph mocked him.

"There's plenty of truth to these things. I have a lot in common with my zodiac sign." Aang bragged.

"Sure you do." Toph said sarcastically.

"I do! Look." Aang flipped through the pages and found his birth date. "Here! Pisces! Pisces are very emotional and sensitive. Sound familiar?"

"Dumb luck." Toph insisted.

"Pisces tend to day dream a lot and their easy going, bubbly way of thinking tends to annoy the other signs."

"I know that's right."

"Shut-up! If you are a Pisces, you are a very passionate person; however, this passion often remains hidden below the surface."

"HA!" Toph laughed in Aang's face.

"You laugh, but I'm more passionate than you think."

"Uh-huh. So why don't you have a girlfriend?"

"Moving on…Pisces have a great deal of compassion for others and are always willing to help those in need."

"…okay, that's true. I'll give you that."

"Pisces have a great generosity. Sometimes, it is so great that they will neglect themselves while giving to others." Aang looked at Toph and coughed.

"What?"

"How many times have I bailed you out of tests you didn't study for? Or homework assignments? There were nights when I've purposely skipped my homework to help you with yours"

"Please…I could do my homework if I wanted to. I just don't want to." Toph sneered.

"A simple thank you would be nice." Aang continued to read from the book. "Being the last symbol in the zodiac, Pisces has characteristics of all of the other zodiac signs and can take on and copy the traits of other signs, even those of completely different elements to them."

"Ooo. That's cool." Toph spoke with sarcasm again.

"Yeah. The little book knows me more than you do."

"Aang, all of those characteristics were so vague that they can be applied to anyone. They're random characteristics that you end up believing and then you start to mimic them. That's why they are true! You make them true!"

"No, it's real!" Aang whined like a boy refusing to stop believing in Santa Claus. "Okay, you obviously don't believe that these are true, right?"

"Duh!" Toph crossed her arms.

"So I'll look up your sign and we'll see just how inaccurate this thing is."

"Okay, fine. Go ahead." Toph waved towards the book, convinced that there was no accuracy to the zodiac hocus-pocus.

"What's your sign?" Aang reopened the book.

"I don't know. I never bothered to look for it."

"Well, when is your birthday?"

"November 2nd."

"Okay…" Aang examined the book. "Scorpio!" Aang showed Toph the Scorpio chapter. "You're symbol is a scorpion.

"Really?" Toph was surprised. She grabbed the book to make sure and saw a purple scorpion on the top of the page "That's pretty bad-ass."

Aang continued. "Scorpio's are shrouded in mystery, which you love…"

"Okay. It's a little accurate."

"…but you have a lot of trouble expressing your feelings."

"Hey, whenever I'm angry with you, I yell at you, don't I?"

"I don't think that's what they mean Toph."

"Whatever. Keep going."

"You are very loyal, even possessive, and you become jealous very easily."

"I am not possessive." Toph insisted. Aang gave her that look.

"You nearly killed Zuko on the first day of school because he threatened me."

"What's your point?"

"Anyway…" Aang continued. "You have a great deal of courage and your goals are very clear, to both you and others around you."

"Hell yeah!" Toph smiled.

"You are protective and will seek revenge on those who do wrong to you. Steel and iron are your metals. You are very clever and demand that others know what you want and need."

Toph smiled as Aang spoke. "Ya know, maybe this zodiac crap isn't so bogus after all."

"I told ya." Aang reminded her that he was the one who opened the book in the first place.

"Let me see that?" Toph grabbed the book out of Aang's hands. Toph smiled as she read, pleased that there was an author out there who thought she was as cool as Toph knew she was. She read for a good five minutes…

…then, in the middle of a new chapter, Toph stopped reading. She flipped through some more pages and then skipped back to Pisces. Her eyes widened, then she shuffled through a few more pages and her cheeks turned bright red.

"What's wrong?" Aang asked.

"Nothing!" Toph shoved the book into his chest. "Like I said, this zodiac stuff is stupid!"

"What?"

"Just get the book you need and let's go!" She pushed him away from the horoscope section, forcing Aang to leave the book on the self.

Chapter 13 - Romance Between the Signs

Scorpio's best love interest is Pisces. Both are highly emotional and usually start out as friends both entering a serious relationship.

While Scorpio has trouble understanding Pisces' loose personality and while Pisces has trouble understanding Scorpio's stubborn attitude, their differences compliment each other very well. Pisces teaches Scorpio to show more emotion and Scorpio teaches Pisces to stand up for themselves.

Even though both are attracted to one another, they will often end up driving each other crazy.

However, when these two signs come together, sparks always fly. The incredible sexuality Scorpio brings to the relationship is overpowering. In fact, the sex alone may be more than enough to keep the two together.

Toph blushed heavily and slammed the book closed. "Like I said, this zodiac stuff is stupid!" She slammed the book on Aang's chest and began pushing him. "Just get the book you need and let's go!"

Aang was confused, but decided that it was best not to pry. Even though he had gotten Toph to open up more, he knew that she was too stubborn to change her mind once she decided on something.

Besides, he was used to driving her crazy by now.