Bitter Work

A new day dawned over the Earth Kingdom for the team. It had been three days since they were chased by Azula. No one was willing to complain at the thought of resting as much as they could to regain their strength. They had chosen to take refuge in a small canyon for their camp. 
A good majority of those trying to sleep groaned a little. He landed among his friends and could hardly contain himself when he said, "Can you believe it? After all that time searching for the right teacher, I'm finally starting to learn earthbending." Then gesturing to their location he asked, "And this place, it's so perfect, don't you guys think so?"
"Aang, I know you're excited and all, but don't you think that learning Earthbending's gonna be harder?" Lucy asked.
Aang gave a sheepish grin and said, "Sorry. You guys are still sleeping, huh?"
Sokka groaned again before trying to become comfortable to sleep again. Aang looked to his friends and whispered, "Sorry."
"Hey, Lucy, you wanna learn Earthbending with me? Who knows, maybe earth might be your third element." Aang said.
"That's okay, Aang. I think I'll might watch." Lucy said.
Suddenly, everyone was awakened when a loud rumbling came from Toph and Jiba's earth tent. The earth made shelter exploded and the young girl and boy were stretching their arms out. She had a big grin when she said, "Good morning, earthbending student!"
Aang bowed after saying, "Good morning, Sifu Toph."
"Hey, you never called me Sifu Katara." Katara pointed out.
"Don't be jealous, Katara. He's just excited because he's gonna start Earthbending." Wendy said.
"Well, if you think I should call you Sifu Katara." Aang offered 7and Sokka starts grumbling again.
"Baby." Gray muttered
"I know, right?" Lucy said.
"Sorry, little baby. We'll do our Earthbending as quietly as we can." Jiba said smirking. He kicked with his left foot and a pillar erupted underneath Sokka. The Water Tribe teen shrieked as he was sent high up into the air. Everyone was on their feet when he came back down and crashed into the ground and created a large cloud of dust. He angrily muttered as he hopped up to Aang before going over to Jiba. Everyone watched as the teen then hopped away to find another spot.
"Baby." Lucy and Gray said at the same time.
"So what move are you going to teach me first?" Aang asked.