Sokka already had a weird waterbending little sister, so it wasn't too much a stretch to think of Aang as his weird airbending little brother. And that was okay. Sokka didn't mind another sibling. It meant one more person to split chores with, after all. And, well- Aang needed a family. Maybe a thousand years ago, twelve-year-olds could wander around alone with giant fuzzy monsters, but these days it didn't work as well.
And someone had to complain to the teachers when the other twelve-year-olds teased Aang about his tattoos or his strange calligraphy. Aang tried to smile and charm his way through everything when sometimes you had to bash heads together.
He just wished that he wasn't the one who had to bring Aang his lunch. Seriously, if the kid was any more spastic, he'd forget his own head. But Gran-Gran was out of town and Sokka was taking some of his classes at the local college this year, so he was passing by the middle school anyway.
“You haven't heard about the Ba Sing Se Revolution?” Aang's teacher asked as Sokka walked in, eye twitching slightly. “Were you raised by zebra wolves?”
“Yeah,” Aang said with a bright smile. “How did you guess?!”
The teacher was rendered speechless, and the class laughed, and Aang looked almost proud of himself.
That's when Sokka decided that another part of being a big brother involved sitting on Aang until he actually did his homework.
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Aang goes to school
Date: 2010-01-25 12:07 am (UTC)And someone had to complain to the teachers when the other twelve-year-olds teased Aang about his tattoos or his strange calligraphy. Aang tried to smile and charm his way through everything when sometimes you had to bash heads together.
He just wished that he wasn't the one who had to bring Aang his lunch. Seriously, if the kid was any more spastic, he'd forget his own head. But Gran-Gran was out of town and Sokka was taking some of his classes at the local college this year, so he was passing by the middle school anyway.
“You haven't heard about the Ba Sing Se Revolution?” Aang's teacher asked as Sokka walked in, eye twitching slightly. “Were you raised by zebra wolves?”
“Yeah,” Aang said with a bright smile. “How did you guess?!”
The teacher was rendered speechless, and the class laughed, and Aang looked almost proud of himself.
That's when Sokka decided that another part of being a big brother involved sitting on Aang until he actually did his homework.