Together

Thanksgiving

Katara was not very excited about Thanksgiving. It was the same boring routine every year. Get up early, cook, eat, fight over which movie to watch, then end up going to bed without watching anything. Gran-Gran got Sokka and Katara up early, like usual but this year she seemed more intent on it being quick and there was more food, which was fancier. They were done by ten, so Katara and Sokka sat in Sokka's room texting their friends. Toph's parents were cooking and wouldn't let her because she was blind (She had a text to audio feature on her phone), Aang finished his vegetarian meal, Mai's family was cooking and she didn't like what they were making, Zuko was helping Iroh at the Jasmine Dragon, Suki was done cooking, Teo was very excited to see his family who he was visiting, but Jinora was sick of her siblings so she was skateboarding with her " just a friend" Kai.

At twelve something happened. Somebody knocked at the door. Gran Gran told her to open it. When Katara opened the door she saw none other than her father. She hugged him, tears streaming down her face. "What's going on?" Sokka asked, running down the stairs. Then he saw his father. He hugged Hakoda, Sokka was crying too. They missed him so much.

At twelve thirty, they ate. "So, Sokka, do you have a girlfriend?" Hakoda asked

Sokka almost choked on his food, he didn' expect his father to be so up front.

"Um yes, her name is Suki, she plays baseball, and is one of our friends,"

"What about you Katara, do you have a boyfriend?"

"In fact she does!" Sokka cut in, "His name is Aang, he's on the swim team with Katara, and seems like a pretty good kid, vegetarian, on the honor roll, but I still got my eye on him."

"Really Sokka, was that necessary?"

"In fact it was!"

"What about your friends?"

"Well Toph is cool, I mean she's blind but Katara said she is good at sculpting, Zuko's a bit weird smart, but VERY awkward. He also really wants to be on the honor roll, and Mai is like super gloomy. We also hang out with Jinora and Teo sometimes. Teo is really smart, he is confined to a wheelchair but he loves to invent stuff. Jinora's a bit weird, she's like kind of spiritual, but also a skater chick." Hakoda laughed at some of Sokka descriptions. That night for the first time ever they agreed on a movie and watched it through. Katara went to bed with a smile on.

The next day was Black Friday. Hakoda offered to drive the kids to the mall. They could barely fit everyone in. Sokka sat in the front with his dad. Katara, Aang and Toph sat in the middle row, and Suki, Zuko and Mai sat in the way back. Toph was sceptical about shopping, Mai didn't really care, Sokka was overly excited, and the rest acted well, normal about it. Hakoda started to question Aang and Suki. Aang felt very uncomfortable and was bright red, Suki on the other hand answered with a straight face never wavering. They hopped out of the car. When Hakoda had driven off Toph said, "You see, their reactions to your dad's questions have to do with their families. Aang family and Jinora's family do spiritual mumbo jumbo. While Suki goes off to a military academy her aunt is running. Though Jinora is cooler than Aang, that's because of her skater chick vibe."

Aang just rolled his eyes and they walked in. Sokka found a matching bag and belt along with a realistic looking sword that he just needed. Katara found some cool tops and Aang bought her a choker with a pink flower. Suki bought a fan for her room and some makeup. Mai bought a knife for reasons unknown. Zuko bought a random mask, Toph was just walking around, she wasn't going to buy anything. They got some pretzels before they were picked up. Katara ended up having the best Thanksgiving in a long time.

A/N:There a nice long chapter! Happy Friday from yours truly!