Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Script Pages
The Serpent's Pass
CHAPTER TWELVE: THE SERPENT'S PASS
Sokka and Suki sit next to each other on a flat rock under an arch. Sokka stares up at the moon while Suki builds up the courage to continue their conversation.
SUKI: I’ve been thinking… about the day we met.
Sokka takes his eyes off the moon and gives Suki his full attention.
SOKKA: Suki…
SUKI: You don’t have to pretend to be my friend. After what I did to you…
SOKKA: Pretending? I’ve been spending time with you because I want to.
SUKI: But—
SOKKA: Trust me. If I’d wanted to avoid you, I would have. But I thought we had a great time on Kyoshi Island. You showed me things I never thought I’d ask a girl to show me.
SUKI: Really? But I forced—
SOKKA: I was talking about the training.
SUKI: Oh…
Suki slouches and looks away.
SUKI: What the other Kysohi Warriors and I did to you was wrong. I let a terrible and backwards tradition almost rob me of your friendship and respect.
Sokka inches himself closer to her until their bodies are touching.
SOKKA: I may not have known what you had planned for me, but I was the one that walked in looking for…well, looking for certain things.
Sokka rubs the back of his neck and lowers his voice.
SOKKA: You more or less gave me what I came for.
Suki looks at him suspiciously.
SOKKA: Of course it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but getting naked was definitely part of my original plan.
SUKI: But that doesn’t make it right…
SOKKA: Let’s just consider it a happy accident…and continue being friends.
SUKI: Just friends?
Sokka’s eyes slowly look up at the moon, but his hand ends up on Suki’s leg.
Suki leans in closer hesitantly. She takes her hand and rests it upon Sokka’s leg. Sokka’s attention returns to her, forgetting the moon for a moment. Suki’s hand slowly shifts towards Sokka’s inner thigh, but the look on her face shows less confidence. Sokka lets her hand brush against the bulge in his pants before gently pulling himself away.
SUKI: I’m sorry.
SOKKA: No, you shouldn’t be.