UPDATE: Sorry all, for some reason FF messed with my document and some of the words were replaced for some reason, i fixed some of the mistakes, so i hope this is better. If you are worried you might miss something important...there really isn't anything different, a majority of things are the same.
Well, this is just a story to just get the creative juices flowing. I'm stuck on writting 'Sharing is Caring' because, I'm just REALLY lazy and I'm hoping by writing this, it will kick my lazyness in the ass and say, 'Hey mother fucker, stop being fucking lazy!' Now, Aang, Katara, Toph and Meng are 21 and everyone else is 22.
In a world full of technogly, love, and music, dreams can come true.
Katara sat in her purple colored room, typing on her computer. She was wearing her classic pajamas: A light blue tank top and blue short shorts. The house was silent…of course if you didn't count the sound of her brother snoring in the next room with Suki. She still hated herself for introducing them. A couple strands of hair fell in her face and she finally huffed in anger, she grabbed a hair tie and tied up her brunette hair into a pony tail.
She heard her phone vibrate and checked the time. It was 1 in the morning; she wondered who would be up at this time besides her. Flipping open her phone, she felt her heart beat pick up. It was Aang. Katara hadn't come out with her feelings about him, but all their friends knew, except Aang. She didn't want to make their friendship awkward if he didn't feel the same.
Aang: Hey, are you up?
Katara: Yeah, what's up Aang?
She waited patiently as it seemed to be forever until he texted back. Katara stared at the phone, waiting for the text. As soon as her phone vibrated she quickly opened up the message.
Aang: Do you want to come over to Toph's? We are having a little get together. ;)
Katara: Umm, yeah, just give me a little bit, I need to get dressed.
She shut her computer and jumped off her bed to get more suitable clothing. Her phone vibrated again and she quickly opened it again.
Aang: Haha, okay, see you when you get here :)
Katara pulled off her shorts and put on a pair of blue jeans. She slipped into her shoes and grabbed her phone, then shut off her lights. The only trouble now was sneaking out without waking anyone up. Even though she lived with Suki now, her brother was a very light sleeper even through his loud snoring. Opening the door slowly, she crept out onto the unbelievably loud hardwood floor. If she was just going to the bathroom, the floor wouldn't make a peep, but tonight when she was sneaking out, it was like the creaking sounds were enhanced by concert speakers. Since her room was closest to the stairs, she slowly went over the railing and slid down the poles onto the middle stair. She stepped as quiet as possible down the stairs. The door was so close, she reached for the handle but the light clicked on. "Going somewhere Katara?" She almost screamed in terror, but held her hands in front her mouth.
"Suki, how did you know I was sneaking out?" She asked.
She took out her phone, "They texted me first. Come on, let's go." Katara smiled as Suki got up and went to the door. "Wow, you should keep your hair like that, it looks cute…and I'm pretty sure Aang would think so too." Katara blushed, secretly hoping she was right.
"What about Sokka? Shouldn't we take him with us? You know how he gets when he isn't invited to things. Remember when he sat in the bathroom crying for an hour because we didn't invite him to go skiing with us?" Katara reminded Suki.
Suki waved it off, "He's too tired to be waking up before we get back." They both went out into the chilly night and packed into Suki's car; she turned her key, making the machine roar to life. "Well that won't do, I need a quieter car." She backed out of the drive way and they sped down the barely lit road.
Katara held onto her seat as she was scared for her life. "No matter how many times I ride with you, I will never be able to get use to the way you drive."
"Oh relax, it will get us there faster," Suki quickly turned, her tires squealed and Katara screamed in terror, she swore they were only on two tires. They pulled to a stop in front of Toph's house and Suki put her car in park. "See? We're here; you don't have to freak out."
"Suki, for the love of God, the next time you drive, please don't drive THAT fast again," Katara pleaded, getting out of the car. They walked up the path and knocked on the door. The door opened and Toph's head poked out, she had a top hat on and aviators. "Uh Toph…what are you wearing?"
She looked down at herself, "Clothes?"
Katara pinched the bridge of her nose, "I meant on your head…"
"Oh, I'm Slash!" She proudly announced.
Suki pushed past Toph, "Too bad you suck at playing guitar."
"Yeah yeah, whatever," Toph mumbled as Katara came in also. Toph's house was one story with a basement, unlike the one Katara shared with Suki, her living room was trashed and so were the other rooms in the house. They went down the stairs to the basement where they could see Aang's legs hanging over the back of the couch. Katara smiled and went to the other side of the couch to find Aang absent mindedly drumming on his stomach with a pair of drumsticks.
He looked up at her and gave her his signature goofy smile, "Hey Katara."
She felt her heart flutter, "Hey Aang."
He rolled off of the couch and stood in front of her. He grew taller than her back in their sophomore year of High School and grew a little more. His hair was neat and spiked up as usual and was clean shaven. Aang wore a white tank top which really showed off his muscular body and a pair of baggy black jeans. "Can we talk, in private for a second? I need to ask you something."
Her heart leapt, but she didn't show any signs of joy, "Yeah, sure." He led her up the stairs and into Toph's room. Aang sat on the bed and patted the seat next to him. Katara didn't even hesitate to sit down; she would have given her right leg just to be in a room alone with Aang. He took a deep breath before he started.
"So, Toph decided to invite Meng…" Aang began. Katara knew this was bad news, Meng use to always stalk Aang in High School and wasn't Katara's number one fan. Toph should have known that it wouldn't have been a good idea to invite her, but knowing Toph…she would probably find it funny. "…I know we are best friends and I'm sure that's the way you want to keep it, I just have to ask this one thing…Will you pretend to be my girlfriend when she is around? It will keep her off my back and I will do anything you want for a whole week." Katara's eyes went wide. Aang wanted her to be his pretend girlfriend? While the thought of being anything close to Aang's girlfriend made her want to cry tears of joy, the thought of it being pretend tore at her heart. Aang noticed she wasn't saying anything, "Never mind it was stupid of me to ask-"
"I'll do it," Katara finally said, "I'll pretend to be your girlfriend. But you know," she stood up, "You could have just asked me out." Aang's eyes went wide as she left the room. While walking back to the basement, Katara tried to steady her heartbeat, she couldn't believe she had just said that to the boy she loved that he should have just asked her out. She bounded down the stairs and sat on the couch, where Toph and Suki were sitting.
"So I guess he asked you?" Toph asked, with a sly smile on her face.
Suki looked at Toph then to Katara, "What did he ask you Katara?"
"He asked if I could pretend to be his girlfriend and I agreed," Katara simply stated.
Her best friend leaned over and gave her a hug, "It's okay Katara, he will own up to his feelings soon and really ask you," Suki whispered into her ear.
Katara nodded and broke the hug as Aang came down the stairs, all the girls looking at him. "What?" He asked, totally oblivious. There was a knock on the door, making everyone look up. He put his hands up, "I'm not getting it, I didn't invite her…" Toph got up and started grumbling and Aang came and sat down by Katara. "Hey, we need to talk tomorrow…" She looked at him and could see the seriousness in his eyes, Katara nodded and Aang put his arm around her and pulled her to him. For the first time in her life, Katara knew what it was like to have the man she loved treat her like she was his.
"Look who finally showed up," Toph announced as her and Meng came down the stairs, she was wearing a short mini skirt with a tight pink shirt. She wore her hair in pig tails as she seemed to skip down the stairs. Aang didn't even look back, still watching the TV that was on the table in front of couch.
"Heeey Aaaang," Meng rang out as she sat down on the couch that was against the wall to the right.
"Hey Meng, you've met my girlfriend Katara right?" Aang asked, gesturing at Katara.
Meng's eye's went to Katara and went black, "Yeah, we've met." Katara felt a cold chill crawl up her back as she stared at her. "So, when did you two start going out?"
Aang mentally cursed at himself, he didn't think of that. "Three months," Katara replied, without hesitation, "It's been the greatest three months of our lives, right honey?"
"Uh yeah, it's been really great," Aang replied.
Meng could see the hesitation in Aang's voice, "Ah, so I guess the honeymoon phase in the relationship is coming to a close then?"
"No, it's still really strong," Katara told her, she put a hand on his chest and smiled.
"Oh really, then you two wouldn't have a problem with kissing right?" Meng asked.
The group froze for a second, "Yeah, you two should kiss," Toph exclaimed and got an elbow in the ribs from Suki, she chose to ignore it.
"Well, we don't like to-"
"Of course," Katara interrupted Aang; she leaned up and kissed him. The air escaped her lungs as she finally kissed him on the lips. Tingles crept along both their lips as Katara continued to move her lips. What started as a kiss, turned to a make out session, leaving Meng fuming, Suki smiling and Toph still not caring. Katara removed her lips and gave one last small kiss and turned back towards Meng, "Every time we kiss, it always seems like our first."
Meng huffed in anger, "Well that's great; I'm going to grab a drink." She walked up the stairs and went into the kitchen.
"And the Emmy goes to…" Toph announced giving a fake clap.
Aang was still frozen from the kiss as Katara gave a fake bow. He finally came out of it and continued to stare at her. She finally looked back at him, "What?" Before she could say anything else he captured her lips once again. His hand ran up the side of her face and into her hair as he enjoyed the sweetness of her lips. This time, when Aang pulled away, she was left frozen from the kiss.
He stood up, "Man, I can go for a drink right now, the bar is still in the living room right Toph?"
"Mhmm," She said. He climbed up the stairs as Meng walked down, but pulled a 180 and followed him up stairs.
Suki clapped excitedly and bounced her way over to Katara, "How was it?"
"Better than anything I could have ever dreamed about," Katara breathed out.
Aang put a couple of ice cubes into his cup and poured the liquor into his cup. "So," Meng's voice scared him a little but he continued to pour his drink, "You and Katara."
"Yep," he stated as he spun the cap back on top of the bottle.
"How has it been since you two were best friends," Meng fished for information, hoping to find anything that she could use.
"It's been okay, I guess," Aang took a drink and decided to pour some more.
Meng nodded, "Well I guess it's great since you both have liked each other since the 4th grade."
He almost spit out his drink, "Wait, what? Katara liked me?"
She rose her eye brow, "Yeah, I thought she would have told you that or that it would obvious since you two are going out now…"
"Uh no, we really don't talk about the past too much," Aang recovered from his slip up, he started to walk back to the basement, but was stopped by Meng.
"Is there any chance that you and I,"She took his free hand and put it on her breast, "could be together in the future?"
He took his hand away from her, "No Meng, I'm with Katara and I don't think it would ever work out between us." Aang walked down the stairs to the basement. He sat down next to Katara and put his drink down.
"Welcome back," Katara smiled.
Aang put his arm around her, "Thank you." He watched as Meng sat down in her spot and tried not to look at the pretend couple.
"So what is going on tomorrow, maybe we could actually have a get together during the day time," Meng suggested.
"Um, actually we are going hiking tomorrow, just the band and us," Aang told her, hoping she wasn't going to ask about it further.
"Well you can come to," Toph said, Aang had never brought harm to a girl, but he was definitely thinking about it now.
Meng smiled, "Cool, what time?"
"About noon, we are going to meet here then after the hike we are all going to see the band play, I'm sure they won't have a problem, right Aang?" Toph asked.
He gritted his teeth, "I don't know-"
"See, I told you it would be okay," Toph assured her.
"Okay, well I got to go now, it's almost 2:30, I want to get some sleep for tomorrow, night all…night Aang," Meng touched his shoulder as she went by. Once they heard the front door shut, Aang leapt at Toph but was held back by Suki, he was only a few inches from her.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" He yelled, "YOU KNOW I HATE HER!"
Toph got up and went to the stairs, "I have my reasons."
Suki made Aang sit back down, "I'll go talk to her, don't worry." She got up and followed Toph. She finally found her in the kitchen. "Why are you torturing Aang like this?"
"Because I don't want him with Katara, I love him!" She exclaimed.
Suki went wide eyed, "What? R-really?"
Toph laughed, "Nah, I don't. But think, the more Meng is around, the more both of them have to pretend they're going out. Hopefully by them spending more time together as a couple, they will finally fess up to their feelings."
She was floored, "Wow Toph, you are an evil genius, makes me wonder what other people you got together…"
"Sorry, your relationship was all your own, I can't plant things into people's minds like, 'On Sokka's 13th Birthday, give him a hand job'," Toph told her.
"How do you know about that?" Suki whispered angrily.
"You told me when we went out for your 21st Birthday, you also told me you thought Sokka had E.D and asked if sticking a finger in his butt would help," Toph told her as started cleaning up the dishes. "If I were you I would get Katara home so we don't over sleep."
Suki was still fuming over what she had told Toph, "Fine, good night Toph." And she stomped her way towards the basement.
Aang sat next to Katara in silence, he drank his liquor, but other than that, he did nothing. "So," Katara broke the silence, "What does this mean between us?"
"I don't know, but…I really enjoyed it," Aang confessed, making Katara blush.
"Well, I actually-"
Suki came down the stairs, "Hey, let's go, we need to let the drummer get some sleep if he is going to go hiking and then having a show tomorrow."
Katara looked at Aang and stood up, "Okay, good night Aang." He stood up and gave her a hug, once he let go, there was awkward moment as they just looked at each other. She walked to the stair case and climbed it and gave him a slight wave. He waved back until she was out of sight and he collapsed on the couch.
Toph thundered down the stairs and jumped to the end of the stairs, "You going to go home soon little drummer boy?"
"I don't know, did you invite Meng over there too?" Aang sarcastically asked. "Would you mind if I just crashed here? I don't feel like going home."
"Yeah, you're probably a little light head from that lip lock with Katara aren't ya?" Toph teased him.
Aang paused for a second, "Do you think Katara actually likes me more than a best friend?"
Toph put a hand on his shoulder, "DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH!"
"Well you could have just said, yes…" Aang mumbled. He turned off the TV and took one last drink of his alcohol, "Night Toph, I'll see you in the morning."
"Not yet, Aang," She turned the TV back on, "I'm about to show you how a real drummer plays."
Aang sighed, "Toph, because you can play Rock Band on the drums doesn't mean you're better than I am."
Toph pulled up the plastic drum set and turned on her Xbox, "I'm pretty sure if I can play 'Panic Attack' on Expert, I'm a better drummer."
"You know Toph, I love your confidence…but I can kick your ass."
"Bring it on!"
Okay, I'm not sure how long this one is going to last. This might be in my regular rotation of stories, but it also might be my thing to do whenever. But tell me what you think, if i should continue, if i shouldnt or if i should let Toph kick Aang's ass. Also, i don't talk much about it this chapter, but the band Aang is in will be mentioned a lot more next chap.
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