It was one of those rare occasions where no one couldn't find anything to complain about. The sky was clear, the sea was blue, and the sand was just waiting to be sculpted. Everyone picked a spot and began building.
It didn't take long for Aang to perfect his sand Appa. "Check it out!" He laughed, admiring his horns. "I did Appa!"
Appa stared down his doppelganger and roared at it.
"Good job, Twinkle Toes," Toph said appreciatively. "But I've been working on my sand bending, and, well - see for yourself!"
She stomped her foot onto the ground and the sand sunk into the ground, leaving behind a miniature Ba Sing Se.
"Cool!" Aang said impressively. "You even made a tiny Earth King and Bosco!"
"Phsaw!" Sokka called over. "I can do better than that."
"Oh, yeah? Let's see it, Snoozles," Toph said as she and Aang walked over to Sokka's sculpture. Suki was laying on a towel nearby, watching Sokka work with a strange expression on her face.
Sokka finally stepped aside to reveal a grotesque sand blob with seaweed for hair, a starfish nose, and shells for a mouth. "Ta da!"
Aang scratched his head. "Is it a... blubbering blob monster?"
"No!" Sokka crossed his arms and turned up his nose. "It's Suki!"
Aang glanced at Toph and burst out laughing, both of them slapping their knees and gasping for breath. Suki merely stared at them, her face blank.
"Suki, we'll all understand if you break up with him over this," Toph giggled. When she didn't respond, Aang and Sokka looked at her.
"Suki?" Sokka said tentatively.
She blinked and shook her head as though coming out of a trance. "Sorry, must have dozed off...What?"
"I said if you break up with him, we'd all be on your side," Toph repeated, nodding her head toward the sad-looking sand Suki.
"Oh...ha, ha, ha," she laughed weakly. "Uh, Sokka, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Oooooo," Toph and Aang catcalled as Sokka nodded and followed her into the think brush.
"So what's up?" He said when she stopped and turned to face him, placing his hands on her shoulders.
Suki shrugged them off and avoided his gaze, biting her lip. "Um...listen, Sokka..." she took a deep breath and started again. "About the sand sculpture -"
"Oh, that," he said carelessly, tossing his hand. "I know it's not that great, but I was trying my best."
"No, it's not that," Suki said, sounding agitated now. She crossed her arms and looked him in the eye. "It's about what Toph said. Sokka, I'm really sorry, but I think we should break up."
Sokka half-laughed, a smile still on his face. He shook his head stupidly. "Uh - I'm sorry, what?"
"I think we should break up," she repeated determinedly.
"Suki...wha - I mean..." He ran his fingers through his hair. "Where is this coming from?"
"I'm sorry, Sokka, really, I am," Suki said in a rush. "Its just that, well, I don't feel that way about you anymore, and actually I've been doing some thinking, and I'm not sure if I ever really did, and, well -"
"You're doing this NOW?" Sokka interrupted, his voice coursing with anger. "Right now, right before the world might end? That's when you tell me you don't like me anymore?"
