24Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar,White Flag by Dido, or Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson. Those belong to someone else who is probably made a fortune off them by now.
OH MY GOSH! Today was great...a first, yes I know, but still! Okay, first, I accomplished a big feat for me: I ran, or jogged rather for 10 minutes, WITHOUT STOPPING! You guys are probably all like, "SO?" But I'm all like, "YEA BABY!" WHOOO! Next I found out that I made all A's for the 2nd six weeks when we got ourreport cards, and it was2nd time in a row and of High School, so that was pretty awesome. Then, there was a pep rally that I'll be basing a chapter off of later. And about 2 hours ago by the time you all read this, it was AVATAR! This day just keeps getting better and better! WHOOOOOOOOO! Sorry, momentarily lapse of sanity. Who saw the new episode? Was it not just TOTALLY COOL AND ROCKIN'? Ya, it was (sighs and goes off into own world)!
ILuVeLeMrS!- SOKKA HAPPY DANCE! Lol. I'm glad I made you happy. Yay! Did you go Trick-or-Treating? It was stormy here, but I still went, or tried to go. I got 2 blisters, one on each foot, and a raw spot on my leg from my boots I was wearing, sigh,but you don't need to hear that!If you did go, what did you be?I went as a hott devil-first time only!-and that's the only timeI can dress like that in front of my parents so it was great. Ya. Hope you had fun! I never got your pen name until you said it just then! Yea, I'm a little slow right now. Lol. Hey, report cards just came out!
SeethingxShadows- WE? What do ya mean girl?Yea, I'd be freaking out too, but Abby's just calm like that. Of course after the Vikings came through that one year, she's learned to handle herself, and she's learned not to make too much noise, or fear the wrath of the evil sister! MUAHAHAHAHA! And no pressure or anything, but when are you going to update! I can't wait for the next chapter! Then again, I should be getting onto Lin13 for her story, since she hasn't updated in what seems like a month...so yea! I'm off subject now, so I'll just stop!
sokka is my homeboy- You love my story, and I love your pen name. It all works out. Yes, cause we're cool like that. hahaha. Hey, Diamond is an original name, just as long as it's not Crystal. Too many of those in this world! Not that it's a bad thing! Crystal! (my friend Crystal stalks off) I'm sorry!
lensgirlfriend- Zuko's such a maniac about the Avatar. He just needs to grow up, forget about his father, try smelling the roses for once, and help Aang...FOR THE GOOD OF THE WORLD! hehehe.
Yes, in case you didn't notice up there, I am extremely hyper, and have been since about 5:30 today. Don't know why, but I'm lovin' it! (sings: Da-da-da-da-da, I'M LOVIN' IT!) Lol. Anyway, we had a Pep Rally today, last one of the year, (cries) yes I know, very sad, and I still didn't see my fave buddy, Ash. I'm looking for ya Ash!
When you see the dots, line, dots, it's just about 5 to 10 minutes passing. And I do not own the phrase, "Monkey, out!" I'm not sure who's that is, but it's not mine. I just modified it a bit. hehehe. Long chapter here, so get ready ya'll! (dives in)
Chapter 3- Morning Sleepy Head!
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BE-WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!-
This kept going on while I woke up. I slowly raised my head groggily over my pillow to see what was going on, but it was useless in the dark. I stretched an arm out of the nice warm covers and into the open, cold air to turn on my bedside light. Once it was on, I looked over at where the noise was coming from, and saw Sokka standing there pounding my Happy Bunny alarm clock with his club. I quickly jumped up and grabbed his arms to his side before the evil Kathy woke up. Aang and Katara had woken up and were looking at the battle scene with mild interest from the sidelines.
"Drop-the-club," I said through gritted teeth. He was about a head taller, so he struggled against me thinking he would win, but soon found out that he'd lost the battle and dropped the club to the floor. "Are you calm?" I asked, and I felt his body relax.
"Yes I'm calm, but that thing was about to explode!" he began yelling and I slapped my hand over his mouth.
"Nunadat!" I removed my hand and did a little "shut up" signlike Raven did on "That's So Raven".
"We do not want to wake Kathy up!" I said, but it was too late seeing as how she was running through my door at that very instant. "Aw crap." I muttered under my breath as I turned to face her very surprised expression.
"No way!" she laughed. I hid a blush coming through as I faced the wrath of my sister. "You did not pay some geeks to come and dress up as thoselosers from that show you watch!" she was laughing harder than ever now.
"No! These are the real people from the show!" I yelled at her, frustrated with her naïve mind.
"Yea right, when dolphins fly!" she said turning to go, but running into Zuko'schest because he'd just run in to see what all the commotion was about with Alex at his side.
"Here, Katara…no, you can't make water appear out of thin air…uh, Prince Zuko!" He looked up at me, "Can you please create a small flame in your hand to show my ditz of a sister that you all are real?" He looked really ticked at having to bend so early, but did it anyways. "Thank you. Now do you believe me Kathy?" She looked from Zuko to the flame in his hand to me and repeated this movement.
"Fine! You all can play with this for a while, but when dad finds out-" she began turning to me, but I interrupted.
"Dad won't find out, because one, you won't tell him, and 2, he's never home." The guests watched our little feud along with Alex. Kathy huffed out, but I stepped forward and caught her arm. "Zuko will need some clothes for school."
She looked from me to Zuko and back again, and then said, "No way! He is…they are not coming with us!"
"Then what are we to do with them?" I asked sweetly. She was caught and we both knew it.
"Baggy jeans only!" she said sternly, and I let her walk out. "No duh," I muttered under my breath, as Zuko turned sideways so she could pass. I turned to Katara, Aang,and Sokka, who was still standing by the alarm clock with his club still at his feet, and punched the air. "YES!" I let the air pass through my teeth to make a hissing noise when I said this and brought my arm back to my body.
"Excuse me, but what will Aang and I wear? He's not the only boy here you know!" Sokka pointed a finger at Zuko. Aang was in a corner cowering from Zuko, Zuko still hadthe flame in his hand, so he was dangerous if someone made a wrong move, and right now he was looking at Sokka with daggers, and Katara was still in her original place.
"No Prince Zuko." I turned to Sokka, "Aang can wear some of Alex's clothing since they're close in age, and you can wear some of my jeans, at least until we get a chance to go shopping tomorrow." I said going towards my closet. "Now come on, we only have an hour to work!"
"I am so not wearing girl's clothing!" Sokka yelled. Zuko piped in, "Neither am I!"
"One, you can't tell a difference in this world…at least sometimes, two, it's Thursday,three, I gotthem in the boys section anyway, along with the Evil Demon of the West did, and four, they're baggy! No one will notice! We'll be going shopping for your new clothes soon enough." I said, fishing out some pants and a shirt for Katara to wear. "Here, try these on." I said softly to her, but loud enough for her to hear. She nodded, but stayed in her place when Sokka spoke up.
"Look! I don't care where you got them! I am not wearing girl's clothing!" he yelled and I gave him a death glare…
..."Argh! I cannot believe I'm wearing girl's clothing!" he cried after I forced the top and pants on him.
"It looks good." I said, admiring my work. Zuko and Katara were stifling laughs. Aang and Alex were in his room by now getting clothes out for Aang. "Okay, Prince Zuko, you're next. Katara, you can use my room for a changing station while we go down and get Prince Zuko some decent clothing." I gave his outfit a look over, and then dragged him out of the room. Then I turned back momentarily and said to Sokka, "Brother, out!" He quietly got out of my room, wentinto the hallway,and I closed the door to my room so Katara could have some privacy.
Zuko and I made our way down a hall, down a few stairs, and down another hall, but we werestill soon as we left my room however, Zuko got his arm back. I shrugged, not caring as long as he followed. He did.
Kathy's door was closed when we got there, so I knocked 3 times. "Kathy? Prince Zuko's here." I heard her sigh. "Come in." she said unenthusiastically and half bored. We entered to find her at her make-up desk finishing putting on her mascara and leaning over the small mirror she used.
"Make-up's for wussy's who don't like to show their true selves." I whispered to Zuko, but she heard me.
"It so isn't for wussy's. It's for people who want to look beautiful." She finished and screwed on the cap of her bottle.
"Yea, beautifully ugly!" She stood up to show her true size to me, but I wasn't intimidated. I mean, how could you be intimidated by someone who's wearing a shirt that shows almost two inches of their midriff, and a shirt that say's "Daddy's Girl" in pinkon it?
I rolled my eyes and dragged Zuko to her closet. "Come on Kathy! Don't spoil Prince Zuko's eyes! Don't make him go blind!"
She huffed and followed us, and when we got to her closet door, she said, "Ah! My closet! Go away!" and got in front of me.
I gave her a look but took my hand from the doorknob and held up my hands in surrender. "Fine, but Kathy, just don't make him look like a girl." I walked away as Zuko stared after me, a very scared look on his face.
I walked back down the hall towards my room, stopping briefly at Alex's room to see how he was holding up. The door was open so I stuck my head in the navy blue room. "How're you guys hangin' on?"
A boy turned around from near the bed. I expected to see Alex, but instead saw the bald monk I knew as Aang. "Whoa. Nice touch Aang!" I said, bouncing my head with the rhythm of the words.
"Thanks." He was dressed in a forest green shirt with the US Army logo on it and some of Alex's jeans.
Alex turned away from the closet, fully dressed. "When should we be down for breakfast?" Aang looked from me, to Alex, to me again.
"Hmmm. Give us about…uh, maybe 15 more minutes? In the meantime you two get to know each other…more than you already do of course, 'cause I have a feeling youtwo'llbe sharin' a room." I said as Alex nodded. I left and heard Aang ask Alex, "What does she mean, 'More than we already do?'"
I passed Sokka sitting on the playroom couch. "She's taking forever in there!" he yelled at me. The sun was beginning to come through the windows; only it was like the 'dusk sun' where the sun isn't very bright yet. I kept walking past and knocked on my door. "It's Abby!" I called. I heard a very faint, "Come in!" so I opened the door.
Katara turned away frommirror on my dresser,and saw that blue really was her color, and not just the color that the producers on the show made her wear. She was wearing a navy blue shirt, but darker than the color in Alex's room, that said some stuff in French, not like I could read French though, and some of my jeans. "Very nice. Now, I have to get dressed." I walked in and closed the door behind me. "You don't mind listening to music, do you? It's like my morning antidote." She smiled and said that she didn't mind. I turned the dial to the radiostation 96.5, the awesomnest channel ever, and turned up the volume a little. The song that was playing was White Flag, by Dido. Katara looked at the radio like it was the strangest thing ever. I explained what it was and what it did while I went to my closet and gotsome clothes out ofit, and since I was already wearing clothes, I just had to strip those off and put on the clean ones. She turned away alittle while I put on the clothes to give me some privacy as well, but went over to my photo albums and started looking through them, every now and again asking about a picture or two. The shirt, or sweater really, was grey with black buttons down the middle, and I also wore blue jeans with my favorite black belt. I was doing my hair when Breakaway, by Kelly Clarksoncame on, and so I began muttering the words under my breath:
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I just stared out my window
Dreaming of a could-be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)
Trying not to reach out
But when I'd try to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I pray (I would pray)
I could breakaway
Of course when I got to this part, Katara stopped me. "Who is that?" she asked.
"That? Oh, that's Kelly Clarkson, one of the greatest singers...in my mind anyway." I continued brushing my hair.
"She's good." Katara whispered. She was looking at my photo albums while I finished getting ready.
"Okay, done!" I exclaimed when I was done and we walked out of my roomtogether.
"About time!" Sokka yelled to us when we walked out, standing up.
"Hey," I stopped him, turned to him, and put my pointer finger up in his face. "Never...rush...a...girl." And I turned back around and continued walking down the hall to the stairs; Sokka following like Zuko did earlier. We stopped outside of Kathy's door.
"Kathy? Breakfast!" I yelled through the door and Kathy flanked by Zuko came out a moment later. "Ooh! Lookin' good there Princy!" I exclaimed, Zuko not looking happy about it all.
He was wearing a pair of her very baggy jeans and a checkered red shirt over a black t-shirt. "I took the shirts out of Dad's closet…like he'll notice," she added in an undertone, looking over her work and back at me. "And he insisted on wearing his 'native colors' so there you go." She mocked him with the voice and the quotes with her hands as she said "native colors".
"Well, let's not stick around this popsicle joint!" I began heading downstairs with Kathy, the others still standing at the top of the landing with a very confused expression on their faces, like they were missing something. "It means let's get going." I explained. They understood this right away.
We reached downstairs and found Alex trying to get Aang some breakfast. My little bro looked really confused. "Is milk part of meat!" he asked hysterically turning to us for help when we came down. Aang turned to face us as well.
"Nice outfit, Aang." Katara mentioned while I went to the bar and everyone sat down.
"Uh, well it comes from cows." I tried to help. "You guys just want cereal?" I asked the people at the bar. The three newcomers looked very confused.
"Don't worry, you'll like it." Kathy stepped in, and so I took that for5 orders of cereal, including Alex's order since he had cereal each and every day.
"What's a cow?" Aang asked as I got the bowls down.
I looked at him dead in the eye, and answered flatly, "It's a type of meat. Here, I don't care at this point whether or not you want cereal, but that's what you're getting...without the milk of course. OJ for everyone?" Kathy nodded for all of them. Alex took his seat very nervously next to Zuko.
I was soon done getting all the bowls together and giving everyone their meal. I eventually ate too, but just a bit of toast. I didn't like cereal all that much. Then we all headed back upstairs (it sounded like a heard of cattle moving up to the second story of our house) and brushed our teeth. Thankfully no explaining to be done here. Then, once again, we headed back downstairs and got our jackets on, letting our guests borrow some extra's, and headed out the door.
"Just so you know, it might be a little cold." I warned before we went out. All of us were wearing gloves, Kathy and I were also wearing a scarf, and I was wearing mittens. My jacket was blue, knitted, and went down to my knees.
"Look, Katara and I are from the South Pole! How bad could it be?" Sokka asked.
"Trust me, Houston has extreme heat, and when it does have cold, it's extreme too." Kathy said, "Now let's just go out there already!" She didn't have her license yet so we had to wait for the bus to come and get us, which came at the end of the street, about 3 blocks from here. I opened the door and we stepped out into the bitter cold. The good thing about it was that the sun was already up (daylight savings had happened a week ago) and shining, so the light and little heat took away some of the cold, but it was still torture to walk out in.
As soon as we got out from under the safety of the porch, the cold hit us full force. While Kathy tried to lock the door, Zuko's teeth were already chattering. "Aw, suck it up! It's like summer out here!" Sokka said to Zuko, taking off his gloves. Zuko acted immediately and tried to sock Sokka, but I stepped in.
"Hey, nunadat! No fighting today, tomorrow, or whenever we're up at the school! Oh, and no bending you three." I motioned to Katara, Zuko and Aang. Katara and Aang nodded but Zuko rolled his eyes. I gave him a look."I'm serious." He finally nodded.
"Can we please go now?" Kathy asked annoyed and shivering, and so we started on our way down the street, teeth clattering and all, except for Sokka and Katara of course.
If I didn't stop somewhere, this would go on forever, so I had to chose a place. And this is as good as any! Wow, while I was reading that over, my hyperness went away. (Cries.) Maybe if I try really hard, it'll come back!
