We Want Both our Parents 6

Chapter 6-  scared?

"Katara, I'm not going," said Toph with her arms folded over her chest
"Come on you had fun when we went before Sozins comet," said Katara
"That was like 16 years ago"
"come on its different from it this time they don't have Aang as a girl and they don't have you as a guy, also we win not Ozai and Azula"
"Katara please don't say that name in front of me," Toph said as she rubbed the sides of her forehead
"what name?" Katara asked
"the name of my children's father," Toph said as she faced her back toward Katara
"oh... right, sorry," Katara apologized
"I'm not going,"
"Why not? Tom-tom and Liana would enjoy watching the play,"
"Take them with you, I'm not going"
"why? cause Aang is going to be there?" Katara asked
"No, I just don't want to go," Toph lied
"Toph, I know you're lying. what happen to the Toph that pushed Aang around, or called me sugar queen and the Toph who always fooled Sokka when you say that you can see," said Katara
"That Toph is long gone," Toph whispered
"Toph, you use to be the strongest, bravest girl I ever met  and now your acting like Mai," said Katara
"I don't care," said Toph
"fine, if you don't want to go, then you're going to explain to your kids about why you're not coming," Katara said. Katara walked toward the door and slammed it shut. Katara sighed, 'only if she could get over it' Katara thought

Later

"What do you mean she's not going?" said Zuko
"Yeah what has gotten into her lately?" Suki asked
"She doesn't want to go cause.." Katara was cut off by a deep voice walking into the room
"Cause of me" said the voice
Katara turned and saw Aang standing behind her about 5 feet away
"Aang? how long have you been there?" Katara asked
"The whole time," he answered
"oh," Katara said lowly, "Aang? what really happen that night at the beach," she asked
Aang turned his head away from Katara, "I don't want to talk about it Katara,"
"Fine, it's your business so I respect that," Katara said, "so who's going to talk to her" Katara said turning toward the others
"Not me" said Sokka, "she will kill me"
"Zuko?" said Katara
"No way she won't listen to me at all," said Zuko
"Suki?"
"I tried, she won't listen," said Suki
"then I would do it," said Aang
"I'm sorry to say Aang but you're not the talking type when it comes to Toph," said Katara
"I don't care, it's my fault she's like this and I need to do something about it" he said
Katara looked at Aang with her dark blue eyes, "  I hope you know what you're doing Aang" she said
"I do" he said leaving the room


At midnight  at the garden


Toph always got out of her room at midnight while everyone was sleeping. Or so she thought. Aang stood on the roof top of the house, watching the love of his life. Toph didn't ever  feel  Aang's vibrations while he was on the roof.  Toph stood under the stars and the full moon. She sat on the grass, feeling the earth like she use to do before she was married to Aang. She didn't do much earth bending or metal bending after her love for Aang. She thought it was a big mistake to leave her element for so long. Aang watched her every move as she played with her element. He waited a while till she was completely calm and once that happened she jump down and landed 5 feet behind her. she was startled when she sensed his vibrations. she was pissed off that he was there but also  wondered why Aang was there.
"What are you doing here?" She asked
"I'm wondering the same thing about you" he answered
They both stood in silence for a moment until Toph finally spoke out, "What do you want from me you caused enough trouble,"
"Why don't you want to go anywhere no more?" he asked
"you don't need to know that," she said they got up from the ground. her back was toward Aang still. she made both her hands into fists, "now answer my question, why are you here?"
"I came to talk to you," he said
"well I'm not in the mood to talk to the man who I gave my heart to but never appreciated it" she said
"what are you talking about? I appreciated everything, especially you," he said
Toph turned her head, "but you never showed it enough, you were so into everything else that it seemed like you forgot all about me, like I was nothing," she said. tears fell down her eyes, her arms started to shake in anger,  "when you asked me to marry you at 16, you said that you will always love me," she said, "what a big lie that was"
"that was not a lie, I did love you and I still do but you don't want to let go of your feelings"
"If you love me then why did you leave me Aang, you made a promise to me," she screamed
"why do you make everything about you?" he said
"I don't make everything about me, " she said
"then why don't you just go to the play, your holding the kids back from things you know, and they are getting older, they need to be out more" he said. he sighed, "your becoming more like your parents"
" I would never, EVER, be anything like my parents" Toph said
"then if you're nothing like your parents, then where is the Toph that I met when we were 12? the Toph who I asked to marry?"
"As I told Katara, that Toph is long gone"
"well I want that Toph back, not the Toph that holds a grudge"
"I can't do that," she said
"why? are you scared?" Aang said
Toph was really mad, she turned around  and walked up to Aang, "did you just said I'm scared? well Toph Bei Fong is not scared of anything"
"you mean the old Toph was never scared" he said
"You idiot, you don't know what you're talking about, I'll show you I'm not scared, I'll prove it so that you will see I'm not scared" Toph said. Toph walked past Aang, and once she reached the beach house she told him, "the only one that is scared her is you"