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Post by Fateful on Jan 18, 2011 21:17:45 GMT -5
A new year of Hell has started. Whereas A-Star High wasn't one of those throw away schools, it was one that was rather boring. Not much happened. It costs thousands of dollars for their education that was given to all the best warriors and benders of the various nations.
However, it wasn't the pretty picture for all the students. Everyone fought to be the best. To be number one at bending, at sports, as swordsmanship, at academics, at beauty. It was rather pathetic.
Or, at least Toph thought so.
They had moved in yesterday for their second year. After getting settled (and by that she rearranged parts of the walls to make her room the ways he wanted it) she slept. However, Katara insisted they went out and saw the new guys that were coming this year. After a very (un)exciting examination of the freshman boys, they met up with Sokka and Aang and went to dinner.
During which, Katara dominated everything, from where they sat to what they talked about. Yeah. No one messes with princesses sugar queen. If only water made her dissolve.
The day after move in, Katara woke up Toph much earlier when she wanted to be awake and insisted they went for a walk around campus. It was still warm, so Toph changed and walked barefoot with Katara down one of the dirt paths that lead from the Earth Bender dorms down a rather long path through the woods.
And of course, she then started on her new crush. Last year it had been back and forth between Jet and Haru. Now it seemed she had her heart set on Toph's newest friend - Zuko. Figures.
"Katara, Zuko has a girlfriend." Toph added, crossing her arms and then shifted. "Aang and Sokka are walking towards us." She added simply. "I can feel Twinkle's angelic footsteps."
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 18, 2011 22:26:59 GMT -5
A whole new year, Katara thought as she strolled carelessly across the school campus with Toph, hips swaying perfectly. Her blue eyes skimmed over the new meat, both male and female, and she tried to categorize each of them. Skanks, players, nerds, wannabes...
When Toph spoke up, she let her attention drift back to the shorter girl beside her. She made a face to show her distaste. "When did that happen? He was free the last time I checked. And hey, it's not permanent. It's not like he's married." She said, crossing her arms over her rather impressive assets. "Besides, I probably liked him first. Who is she anyway?" she asked, suddenly curious as to her this girl was. It was probably Ty-lee, she was something like a slut anyway. There were always boys hanging around her, but it wasn't like Katara was jealous or anything.
No way, she was so much prettier. Yes, Ty-Lee was pretty, but Katara was exotic looking with beautiful tan skin and dazzling oceanic blue eyes. And Zuko hadn't fallen for her why...? She rolled her eyes and continued to saunter down the winding pathway between the various housing units. They were making their way around the entrance of the Water Dormitory. A large blue symbol marked it. Katara had already settled her things in. Being the very punctual and prepared young lady that she was, she had to make sure she got here before all the noobs did.
Speaking of noobs, Toph brought up the subject of her brother and Aang which caused Katara to raise an eyebrow. "Good, they're only about ten minutes late. I swear, it's probably Sokka's fault. He has to hang up all his stupid little posters before he can go anywhere."
Somewhere far off, yet not so far, Aang grabbed Sokka by the shirt. "Hurry up, you know Katara gets angry if we're late for one of her meetings." He said, bookbag tossed lazily over his shoulder and an unpeeled orange in his hand. Off in the distance he could see two female figures, which he assumed were Katara and Toph, mostly because of the way they walked. They both had distinct walks, especially Katara, who would probably burn her nose on the sun had it been a tad bit closer to their planet.
"Hey!" He shouted to the two of them.
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Post by Fateful on Jan 18, 2011 22:37:59 GMT -5
Sokka rolled his eyes. Aang was moving around his room impatiently, but his room was not complete until he had all the posters of the models up in a very specific way. There had to be two beside his bed, one large full body poster on the ceiling, and another two or three in other places that he could put them without getting into a fight with his room mate. Not that they usually cared. Sokka had amazing taste in female posters.
After he finished, he nodded. "Okay! Let's get going!" He said, walking out with him. "Don't be so uptight. You're supposed to keep a girl waiting, it's just how things work. They do as we say, make us sandwiches. Just follow my lead and we can get you a girlfriend this year. As long as you don't do that awkward thing you did last year." It had been a school legend. Aang had accidentally hit Katara in the face with a cake. Most people thought it was because he was standing up for the nerds and the noobs, but Sokka knew other wise.
Toph sighed. That was Katara. Queen bitch of the campus. It was weird, but she'd been putting up with it for long enough now that she was used to it. Under normal circumstances they wouldn't be friends, but they were. Beings friends with Katara guaranteed that people knew who you were and that they loved you. However, Toph assumed that she kept her around because she wasn't as pretty and therefore was no threat. Being blind, she had no idea about the legitimacy of that statement, but it was still what she thought. No guy ever reacted to her as they reacted to Katara.
"Mai is one of Ty Lee's friends. The one with really long dark hair? They apparently knew one another when they were kids and they just came back into contact." Hearing Aang call out to her, she turned her head and slowed down a little, feeling Katara do the same. "I'm hungry. We should go get some lunch and then go eat it outside." That would work unless Katara was on another binge diet.
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 18, 2011 23:17:19 GMT -5
Aang sighed, he wondered how Sokka could even sleep in a room like that, with all those eyes staring at you in such a creepy and odd way. He looked back at Sokka as they made their way down the pathway, dodging kids who were looking at their schedules and dorm numbers rather than ahead. "Yeah but you don't keep Katara waiting, she runs you over with her car or puts up a naked baby picture of you up all over the school." He said. He knew Katara wouldn't do this to either of them, she hadn't reached the point where she betrayed her closest friends yet.
He personally didn't have a problem with Katara, she was one of his best friends and despite what people said about her, he didn't see anything wrong with her. He even admitted her had a crush on her. Okay so he did have a crush on her, even since freshman year, but he knew that he didn't have a chance with her considering she was popular and he was a weird kid who hung out with Katara's retarded brother. And yes, everyone referred to Sokka as her retarded brother, or the unlucky one, despite that they did know his name just as well as Katara's.
Katara looked at her, eyes narrowed. It wasn't directed at her, but at what she had said. "Mai? The emo girl? Why would he want to go out with her? She has no freakin' soul. She was in my biology class last year and she stabbed the hell out of the pig fetus we dissected. I mean like, full out texas chainsaw kind of way." Okay so maybe she was exaggerating - by a lot - but that was because she had her eyes set out on Zuko this year and this girl had to come around and just...steal him? What? You couldn't steal a boy from Katara. Everyone knew this. Once she associated with a male, they were hers until she made it clear that they weren't.
She nodded. "Yeah, let's go grab something The Loving Cafe. I'm trying to stay on soy now, it's really good for you. If you want to go get one of those nasty burgers though we can swing by another place too." She said, taking out her phone - a stylish new iPhone that she had bedazzled enough to blind even Toph, who was already blind - and checked to see if she had any new messages. "Hey, you know that guy Chan? The one from the fire dorm with the amazing parties? Yeah well he's having another one this weekend. His parents have a house in this area and they're leaving for vacation so he's throwing one while they're gone. I hear it's going to be amazing, you should definitely come with me. There aren't going to be any losers there either."
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Post by Fateful on Jan 18, 2011 23:35:24 GMT -5
Emo girl? Jesus what was up with her, it's like everyone was lesser than her. She just sighed and kept walking with her. "I like Mai. I spent like a week with Zuko this summer at his parent's villa and she was there with us for a few days. She was really sweet to him. We spent some time together and shared a room while she was there. I assume the way she acts at school is a persona." Sokka and Aang finally caught up and Toph sighed.
Soy? Really? If Katara got any lighter the air was going to sweep her away. Then again, with how much Aang liked her it wouldn't be that surprising. "Sure! But we can ONLY go to this new soy place if you let me drive!" She pointed to herself when she said 'Me' and grinned at her. "It's not that far and I take directions well."
Toph laughed. "You're wrong about that. A loser will definitely be there. If you go, then Sokka's going."
"Hey!" Sokka exclaimed. "I am a fine water tribe guy! I'm one of the school's hottest guys. No one can resist me! Right Aang?" He asked, turning to face. That didn't sound gay. "I'm going to ask Yue out this semester, just you wait! Her and I will be the HOTTEST couple in this school."
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 18, 2011 23:56:30 GMT -5
Katara shrugged. "She's weird. I don't like her." She said, texting something to someone real quick and dropping her phone back into her Louis Vuitton bag, a recent birthday gift from her father. She laughed. "Great idea, Toph. Let's all die for this year of school even started." She joked.
Aang laughed. "Of course, Sokka. You're exceptionally handsome and if I were a female, I would consider having a brief relationship with you." He said and shook his head. Yeah, there was probably something wrong with Sokka.
Katara laughed "Yue is the daughter of the Watermaster. You're my friend and all Sokka, but I think you should stick to someone who's a little more in your league, don't you think? There are a lot of decent girls that are in the same level as you, like that girl over there with the dazzling mouth piece." She said, pointing to a girl whose braces probably outweighed her entire body. "Wouldn't you just love to get your lips caught between that?" She asked, patting his shoulder.
"Anyway ladies." She said. "We're getting something to eat and we're taking my Beetle. Dad had it new painted for this school year. It's a little navy blue this year, it's fabulous, trust me."
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Post by Fateful on Jan 19, 2011 0:09:57 GMT -5
Toph wanted to trip her for some reason. "You think everyone is weird. Remember the first time you heard my phone read me my text messages? You said that it was weird and that I should just stop being lazy and read it myself." She teased, remembering that moment. It was hilarious and just went to show that was perfect as Katara pretended to be she wasn't and still made mistakes like everyone else. As they made their way towards Katara's car, she sighed. Of course they couldn't just walk there. It wasn't like walking would help with her diet or anything.
Sokka mumbled under his breath in irritation. "We need to go to Meat-xtreme! They're introducing this new triple beef and bacon cheese burger and I have to try it! It sounds delicious." he smiled, pulling out his phone and checked a message. It was from Yue. "Ha! Look at this Katara, she likes me, she's just shy! She's at my level, I'm a stud. You're just jealous because you don't have a boyfriend." He ran his hand through his hair.
Toph sighed. "Sokka that sounds disgusting, or like a heart attack, and I actually eat meat." She stated flatly. As they made their way towards the parking lot, one of the sports teams were training with a five mile run.
Zuko separated from the group and went over to them. "Hey, Toph." He came up behind her. He was wearing red shorts with a red and gold jersey with his number - 18, and his name on the back. He smiled at her, even though she couldn't see it and put something in her hand. "You left this at my house." He turned to everyone else and waved. "Gotta go, catch you later." he said, running back towards his teammates who were a distance ahead of him now.
Toph ran her hands over it. "Hey, he found my iPhone case!" She pulled out her phone and put the case back onto it and slid it into the pocket of her jeans and kept walking. "Careful Katara, it feels like your heart is about to explode."
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 19, 2011 11:29:09 GMT -5
Katara shrugged. "Because a lot of people are weird. Aang is weird too, look at his stupid hoodie" She said. "Except here, weird is good. Because so long as he associates with me, he's alright." She said, dangling her keys around her finger. When Sokka spoke up about the disgusting sounding burger, she stuck out her tongue. "That's gross, Sokka. If you want to kill us, we might as well let Toph drive. At least it will be a quick death, whereas if I were to eat that burger, it would sit in my digestive tract until it came back to life and ate me from the inside." She said, flicking his nose and shaking her head.
When Zuko ran over to them, she smiled. "Hey, Zuko!' She called, after he began to run off. "Chan's having one of his legendary parties this weekend, it'd be really cool if you came! You can bring um...Mai if you want!" She shouted over. A few people stopped in order not to cross the area between them and piss Katara off.
Aang blinked. "Chan? Isn't that the guy that set the water dormitory on fire last year? And he's not even a firebender." He said, shoving his hands into the pockets of his hoodie. "And what's wrong with my hoodie? It's cool." He said, opening the car door of the backseat because he knew Toph would sit in the front with Katara. "Sokka, we're not going to a burger joint like that where they don't have anything vegetarian."
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Post by Fateful on Jan 19, 2011 11:43:50 GMT -5
"If cool is measured by how much time we spend with you, I must be frozen." Toph muttered, getting into the front seat of the car with Katara. She didn't even bother to mention anything Katara said to Zuko. Whereas she didn't want to cross Katara, she wasn't going to let Katara break up Zuko and Mai (because she knew she wanted to). Sighing, she shook her head and put her seat belt on and leaned back in the seat.
Yeah, she wasn't a vegetarian and she'd appreciate not going there. "Sokka if you eat there, you can walk back to campus. Your breath will give us diabetes." She said boredly, glancing into the backseat. Then, Toph started laughing. "Yeah, he did! He started the fire and then took off and blamed it one one of the female fire benders and got away with it. Sorta like last year when I accidentally broke part of the air benders dorms." She earth bended out one of the supports and then returned it, but caused part of the building to shake and they had to bring in someone to fix it because it was unsafe.
Sokka groaned. "Will you at least let me pick it up and I can eat it when I get back to the dorms? I promise not to eat it around you guys. Pleeease!" He asked, getting into the backseat of the car beside Aang. "And why can't I ride shot gun?"
"I'm blind, that gets us disabled parking."
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 19, 2011 12:47:22 GMT -5
Katara seemed annoyed. "What the hell is his problem? I invited them to a party, I didn't tell him I'd kill his girlfriend or something?" She shoved her keys into the ignition and turned on the car. "He's probably just afraid because I'm just a great waterbender and water is fire's natural opposite. It's not my fault though, I just got the half that was supposed to belong to Sokka too. That's why he's normal." She stated, backing out of the parking spot. She rolled her eyes at Sokka through the rear view mirror.
"You can go get that trash some other day, I don't want the smell of that crap tainting the inside of my car." She said, driving out of the lot and onto the street. The school was a private school and was settled in an area outside of town so it was fairly quiet and secluded.
Aang leaned forward, having not put on his seatbelt anyway. "Where are we going anyway?" He asked
"The Loving Cafe. You'd like it, Aang, it has a lot of vegetarian dishes and plenty of soy for my new diet. And because majority wins and I don't care for Sokka's disgusting opinion, that's where we're going." She said.
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Post by Fateful on Jan 19, 2011 12:53:02 GMT -5
Toph sighed. "He probably just didn't hear you Katara. He's training. They have a game the first week of school, so I'm not surprised that they're moving on their training. He doesn't have time to hang around and chat. If he even shows up to the party, it will be a miracle." The assumed the game was the same day as the party, just the party was later in the evening. Who would go to a party that wild after a game?
Sokka leaned forward. "Jesus Katara... You're extra vicious today. Did Dad tell you something when we came here? Like that he'll be away on business during Christmas vacation so we have to stay on campus like last year?" He asked, leaning into the front seat. "And I have the best opinion in this car. Mine is the only one that matters because I'm the only man in this car. Aang's a vegetarian, he doesn't count."
Toph snorted and started laughing. "The Loving Cafe? It sounds like your taking us to a porn shop Katara..."
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 19, 2011 13:46:58 GMT -5
Katara raised an eyebrow. "You didn't make fun of it when I mentioned it earlier? Is it because my brother and Aang are around that you need to act like one of them? I know you like Sokka, but just because he likes his food still alive, it doesn't mean that you have to agree with him." She said, making a turn when they reached a light.
She glared back at Sokka. "Shut up, idiot. I'm vicious because there's a bunch of stupid little kids running around campus with their parents trying to figure out where they live. One of the little turds walked into my room right as I finished getting dressed and then realized it was the wrong room. Stupid freshmen..."
Aang peeled open the orange that he'd been carrying around earlier, tossing the skin into his backpack because he honestly didn't care (plus it would freshen it, so it was plus). He bit off a slice and looked out the window. "We were freshmen before too. I was one last year. You know we were all like that when we were their age."
"Excuse me? I was never that dumb. I didn't bring dad to my dorm with me. I said my goodbyes at the lot like everyone who wasn't a noob did. I mean, it's not like I was dying, I was going to see dad again at some point. No need to cry about it." She said.
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Post by Fateful on Jan 19, 2011 13:55:55 GMT -5
"Jesus Christ, what the fuck is your problem?" Toph kicked her car, which when she did it, it could actually cause damage. "I will toss your engine into a river, Katara, I swear to fucking god. You can be a bitch to everyone else, but there's no need for you to be a fucking cunt to me. I always make little nasty jokes and as someone who can't exactly see what we're walking into, names are all I have to go on." She crossed her arms and looked out the window. "Fuck introducing you to Zuko now." She stated, flatly.
Sokka reached into the front seat of the car and turned on the radio, rather loudly to distrubt the chaos going on in the front seat. When Katara was angry, she had a tendency to get a lead foot and would be going over 90 and wouldn't even notice. She was dangerous when she was angry without a couple hundred tons of steel in which she could commit at three counts of murder with her suicide.
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Post by belated valentine on Jan 19, 2011 14:03:31 GMT -5
Katara glared at her. "You weren't going to introduce me anyway, so I don't care. I don't need anyone to set me up, I set myself up with someone because I'm not little miss depend-on-everyone-else. If you have a problem with where we're going, then tell me WHEN I tell you where we're going, no when you're on the way there." She opened her mouth to continue arguing but music flooded the car and she swerved over the median on accident, quickly moving back to avoid hitting the other car which honked loudly.
Aang moved and his orange slipped out of his hand, hitting Katara on the side of the face. "Jeez guys, calm down! I'm getting out of this car if you continue arguing with each other." He said, getting annoyed with what was going on, and it took a lot to irritate someone like Aang who was chill about most things. "I came with you guys to eat and hang out, not listen to you bicker back and forth."
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Post by Fateful on Jan 19, 2011 14:11:25 GMT -5
Toph rested her temple on the window. "Why wouldn't have introduced you? Both of you are my friends, or at least I THOUGHT you were my friend. Apparently I was wrong." Her head angled so she wasn't looking at Katara. What the hell was her problem? She didn't depend on anyone else. Yeah, she needed more help then Katara did, but she wasn't useless. The grip on her arms tightened considerably and made it look like she was about to about to earth bend the door off the car. Considering her nature, she put up with Katara surprisingly well, but she was starting to get more and more irritated with her recently, especially because she acted like god's mother gift to humanity - as if her importance should out weigh that of Jesus.
"I didn't have a problem with it." She muttered back, trying to avoid an even worse argument.
Sokka put his seat belt on. They were going to die. "If you jump out how, you'll die and make a mess all over the road. Just sit back and shut up. You'll like longer." He warned in a quiet voice. "Just enjoy the show and watch them fight." He leaned back in his seat, putting his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. They fought like this all the time, so it was nothing new.
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