I want everyone to know that I'm not planning on abandoning any of my stories! I know that sometimes it takes a while for me to update but I won't leave them to be unfinished. So here is the next chapter of New Kids on the Block! (Please vote in the poll on my profile so I know which story to update next!)

Toph, Aang, and Kinto watched as Katara continued to pound on the door. "Sokka! Open up! Don't be a coward!" After a few moments, Katara came up with an idea. She turned to the three that were watching her and put one finger to her lips, telling them to be quiet. Katara motioned them to follow her to the other side of the door and they waited. She then turned back to the attic door and yelled.

"Fine Sokka! You stay up there all day if you want! I'm going to Toph's!" Katara stomped across the hall, her footsteps getting softer every second, until it sounded like she had left. She waited by the door for Sokka to come out. After a few moments of silence, the lock on the attic clicked and unlocked. Sokka poked his head out of the door and looked around. Since he couldn't see anyone, Sokka slowly tiptoed out of the attic and towards the stairs.

Katara smiled at her successful plan. She tackled Sokka to the ground and Sokka yelled in surprise. "Ahh! Katara get off of me!" Sokka struggled to get away and then pushed Katara off of him. He tried to escape but Katara grabbed his short brown ponytail. "I can't believe you forgot about me, AGAIN!"

"I'm sorry! It's just, there was a sale at the meat store today! Ouch that hurts. Stop pulling on my hair Katara!" Sokka whined.

Katara loosened her grip and Sokka turned to her. "You left me at school to get meat?" Katara scoffed.

"I'm sorry, I won't ever forget you again."

Katara looked at her older brother skeptically. "That's what you said last time."

Sokka was about to say something else when he saw Toph, Aang and Kinto. "Um..who are the guys standing by Toph?" He whispered as if they couldn't hear him.

Toph, Aang, and Kinto were trying to stifle their laughter but they weren't really doing a good job at it. "Don't' try to change the subject Sokka!" Katara stated. "You owe me big time! We would've been home almost an hour earlier! Plus we have guests, and that's so rude, Sokka." She scolded.

Sokka looked down for a second, in shame. However, the look of shame was soon replaced with another look. "I know! We can all have some of the meat that I got on sale!" Sokka exclaimed. "Then we can be even!"

"Yeah right." Katara responded as she headed down stairs with Kinto and Aang.

"Yeah Snoozles. It'll take more than meat to make it up to her. That's more of a reward for you, but I'll gladly take some as an apology." Toph punched Sokka in the arm and followed Katara as well. Sokka then rubbed his arm, where Toph punched him, and headed downstairs to the kitchen.

The kitchen was huge, just like every other room in the house. It had a main center counter with some bar stools, a big table that could seat many people, and a big area to prepare food in. When they arrived in the kitchen, Kaito was already there preparing some of Sokka's meat. "I heard you kids arguing, and thought I could help by starting Master Sokka's meat." He explained.

Katara smiled and sat down on one of the bar stools. "Thanks Kaito, you're the best!"

Kinto looked around once more and then looked to Aang. "Wow, she can kick butt, she's hot, and she's rich!"

Aang just glared at him. He saw how sweet, caring, and funny she really was and he didn't like it when Kinto talked about her like that. Aang, however, ignored Kinto and sat to the right of Katara. Kinto sat to the left of her for a few moments until Toph pushed him to the floor and took his spot. "Sorry, but this is my seat. I am her best friend after all." Toph smirked.

Kinto glared at Toph but then sat next to her. Sokka was the last one to sit. "Ok, so are you gonna introduce me to our guests now, Katara?"

"Oh yeah, Sokka this is Aang and Kinto." She said pointing to Aang and then Kinto. "Aang, Kinto, this is my annoying older brother Sokka." She stuck her tongue out towards Sokka at the last part.

Sokka shook each of their hands. "Are you guys new? I've never seen you around here before."

"What a great observation you've made, Captain Obvious." Toph stated.

"Thanks so much Toph." Sokka said sarcastically.

"No problem!" Toph grinned.

Sokka face-palmed at this remark.

By this time Kaito was finished cooking and passed each of the kids a plate with meat on it. Sokka, Toph and Kinto gladly took their plates and dug in. Katara passed her plate in between the three of them and watched as they fought over it. "It looks really good Kaito, but I'm not in the mood for meat right now."

Kaito smiled. "That's ok, Mis- I mean Katara. Would you like me to make you something else?"

"No thanks. I got it." Katara hopped off the bar stool she was on and went over to the fridge to look for something else to eat.

Sokka looked up and noticed that Aang was just looking at his plate and not eating. "Are you gonna eat that?" he asked between mouthfuls.

Aang shook his head and passed the plate to Sokka, who graciously stuffed the food into his mouth. "What's wrong Aang?" Katara asked after she saw that he wasn't eating.

"Oh, nothing's wrong. I just don't eat meat." He laughed slightly.

"Well you should've told me that before. Do you want salad? That's what I'm having. Here, you can come make your own." Katara had already pulled out lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and a few types of dressings out.

Aang smiled and walked over to Katara. "Ok. That sounds great."

They both made salads as the others continued to stuff their faces with various different meat products. Sokka picked up a remote off of the counter and pressed a few buttons. Soon after, a cabinet opened up and a flat screen T.V. popped out. Kinto's eyes bulged and his jaw dropped. "You have a flat screen in your kitchen?" He gaped unbelievingly.

Sokka nodded. "Yep and it's high def.!" The two of them quickly began talking about the T.V. and the sports channel it was on.

"Wow, that salad was really good." Aang said after swallowing the last bite of his salad. "Thanks for inviting me over."

"You're welcome. Now since we're done eating, would you like me to give you the full tour of the house?" Katara smiled.

"Sure."

"Ok, cool, come on."

Aang followed Katara through the many rooms, and showed him where everything was. "This is my room," Katara pointed to a blue door on the right. "That's Sokka's room," she pointed to a white door that read 'No Girls Allowed' that was on the left, across from Katara's."That's Toph's room, and that's a guest room." She pointed to a green door next to her room and then to an orange door next to Sokka's door.

"Wait. Toph lives with you too?" Aang asked curiously.

Katara laughed. "Well, not officially. But a lot of times, she runs away from her parents because they don't give her any freedom. So she always has a room here if she needs one."

"Wow, you must have known her for a while then." Aang stated.

"Yeah. That's actually how we met. About five years ago, I came up to go to my room and I thought I heard someone snoring. When I entered that room, I saw her sleeping on the bed…"

Katara was only ten years old when she saw the unknown nine year old sleeping in the guest bed. She didn't run or scream though because she didn't think that the girl would hurt her. She was very curious, however, to why she was there. So she sat down on the floor and waited for the girl to wake up.

After about an hour, the little girl yawned and slowly rose up onto the bed stretching. She and Katara stood up at the same time.

"Who are you?" Katara asked calmly.

"Toph. Who are you?" The girl said back.

"I'm Katara. How did you get in here? And why are you sleeping in our guest bed?"

"There was a boy playing outside and he left the door open. I was really tired, so I went to find a bed." Toph stated.

Katara knew that she was referring to Sokka. He always left the back door open. "Why were you tired?"

"I ran away from home. Please don't tell my parents. They don't let me do anything."

"Ok. Do you want to go play outside?" Katara asked smiling.

"Sure!"

The two girls went outside and started playing in the mud, where they soon discovered that they were both benders.

"…Toph eventually went back home, but she'd keep running away and coming back here. We've been best friends ever since. Sorry I don't mean to bore you with long stories." She added unsure if Aang thought she was boring.

"That wasn't boring. It was very interesting." Aang grinned.

They both were startled when they heard some people yawning. When they turned around, they saw Kinto and Sokka. The two of them had come up at one point of the story and both of them thought that it was boring. Toph, who was standing next to them, elbowed both of them in the gut. "Hey! That story is actually one of the interesting ones Katara tells. You could at least pay attention." Toph grinned.

"Thanks Toph." Katara rolled her eyes but then laughed.

The five of them went into the living room and watched some T.V. for a while before Aang and Kinto had to leave. They said their goodbyes and Katara, Sokka, and Toph went back to watching T.V.

"So what do you think of the new kids?" Toph asked.

"Kinto is pretty cool, but I don't know about this Aang kid. I mean who doesn't love meat?" Sokka said in all seriousness.

Katara rolled her eyes. "Aang is sweet, Sokka. I'm not sure about Kinto, though. He seems a little off.."

"Yeah I agree with Katara." Toph said.

"Well maybe you'll think differently after you get to know them." Sokka stated.

Toph looked at Sokka. "Maybe..but something just doesn't seem right about him…"

They waved it off, and decided to go back to watching T.V.

Well that's all for now. Next chapter will be better because this was mostly just character development. It will start to get a lot more interesting. Slowly but surely I've been updating stories, so vote to see which one will be updated next! Please review and let me know what you thought. Thanks! Oh and the next chapter will definately have a lot of turmoil between Aang and Kinto! So be sure to keep reading.