Ba Sing Se Boarding High

Lunch

*Aang POV* 

The first four classes were just icebreakers and class outlines. Basic stuff. There was one English teacher who made us talk about our bending types. I got a little nervous, contemplating whether I should just say air or outright say I'm the Avatar. But I don't want a target on my back, so I went with air, which was more than enough to baffle everyone. This one guy gave me a dirty look. I pulled my toque down further and ran away from him though. (Yes toque. Americans call them beanies. TOQUE IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE WAY.) When I got to the cafeteria and got my food, I sat down with Toph and Nebula. (Right. Cafeterias. Those exist. Totally not closed to the entire school because of evil virus. STAY HOME EVERYONE.) We were just chowing down when I see Sokka. 
"Hey, it's Captain Boomerang! What're you doing here? Sugar Queen is elsewhere," Toph looked at him. Right, they met in her dorm last night.
"Captain Boomerang? Where'd that come from?" I ask her
"Guy seems to have a comeback for everything. Like a boomerang. How do you know him?"
"Aang and I are roommates. Now can Zuko and I sit here or what?" Sokka moves his head towards Zuko, who's standing behind him.
"Sure, just don't be a wuss," Toph replied. Nebula broke into giggles. Sokka just stared at them, baffled. He sat down anyway and started digging into his meat. Unfortunately for me, he sat next to me. I resisted the urge to gag at the smell. Way too similar to cooking human. He then looks over at my salad and vegetarian burrito.
"Where's your meat?" He stares at my plate. I'm still resisting the urge to gag, so Zuko responds for me.
"Air Nomads are vegetarian you idiot. We literally covered this in history class today. They have this all life is sacred philosophy. Weren't you paying attention?" Zuko stared directly at him from across the table.
"Oh come on. Who pays attention on the first day?  Besides, that's review from last year. No one pays attention to that stuff after you learn it. No offence Aang," Well, that backfired on him. I took a lot of offence to that. My culture is dying, but he has the nerve to say it's nothing more than a page in his history textbook?
"Much taken," I reply. Sokka looks a little hurt, but between resisting my gag reflex and Sokka's rude remark, I don't have the energy to be nice. Last night's lack of sleep doesn't help either.
"Nice job Sokka. You just offended an entire culture because you're too lazy to pay attention in class," Zuko glared at him on my behalf.
"At least my father didn't try to wipe them all out!" Sokka yells. What? Did I hear that right? Zuko went pale at that statement. He looks at me, and I can tell it's sincere. 
"I thought that the fires at the Air Temples were accidental?" Nebula looked up from their food.
"Really? Flames totally engulfed all four of them at the same time and it was a coincidence?!" I was close to screaming. Everyone stared at me. I turned bright red when I realized what I'd done. I got up and dumped my food in the trash. I ran from the caf as fast as I could. And I'm an airbender, so that's fast. I found the highest point at the school and sat there.