Thank you for reading. I hope you will like the story. This is the 14th part in a 20 part story that I am writing. You don't have to have read the first 13 parts, but it would help. Of course if you don't want to, and there is something in the story that you don't understand, then I would be more than happy to answer any question that you may have.

Also I have added a link to a picture of the dress robe Toph is wearing in this part on my profile. It will be under green dress robe, in the where do we go from here section. I hope you like it, and let me know what you think.

Toph drummed her bitten down finger nails, onto the large wooden table. No one else seemed to notice the faint drumming sound. The lords and nobles around the table were to busy taking over each other over things that were only really important to them. She blamed Aang for this. It was him that had wanted to come to Ba sing Sa. Now she had gotten dragged into this meeting, and he had left her to face it alone. The main point of the meeting, at least what she had been told was the main point, was that King Bumi was thinking of retiring. This point seemed to have gotten lost amongst all the trade treaty's and disputes over land.

There was also other reasons why she felt so uncomfortable being here. From the minute they arrived in the city, she felt like all eyes were on them, more so than normal. That they knew everything about them, things they had done, just by looking at them. She had never felt like that before, so exposed. The other, and at the moment more pressing reason for her discomfort was sitting four seats to her left, Lord Toro.

While her right hand rested on the table, her fingers drumming on the table, her left hand was hidden in a small pocket in her elaborate dress robe. Where her hand held on to the silver bracelet Lord Toro had given her the last time she saw him. Her finger ran over the engravings on the bracelet, as she thought over how best to return it to him. He had to know she was married to Aang, everyone seemed to know. He was the avatar after all. She could just tell he knew, because unlike everyone else when she entered the large meeting room, he had avoided looking at her. Unlike everyone else, whose eyes seemed to burn into her.

She had said nothing, and neither had he. It was like they didn't want to draw the others attention to their presence. Which was a useless exercise, as they were both very aware that the other was there. Suddenly a flurry of activity pulled Toph from her thoughts. Everyone round the table, now stood up and started to leave. Worrying she may have missed her chance, she quickly pulled herself to her feet, and made her way towards the main door. She could see his vibrations clearly. Pushing her way through the crowd of men that where all a good few inches taller than her, she finally made her way through the door.

She noticed him walking down the corridor to her left. The majority of the crowed seemed to be headed in the opposite direction, so she ran a little after him.

"Lord Toro…"

He stopped, paused for a second, then turned to face her. While forcing a natural look to his face, not that she would ever see it. "Lady Bei Fong…." She was now standing in-front of him, looking every inch the noble lady. "Sorry, lady avatar." A look of confusion crossed her face. "Is that not the correct title."

"I don't know." A faint laugh escaped her lips. He laughed a little to. With the tension broken a little, she moved her left hand to her pocket.

She was about to pull out the bracelet, when he spoke. "Congratulations."

Silence fallowed, as her hand slipped from the pocket and hung by her side. "It wasn't planned."

"I heard your father was organising suitors for you…."

"He was. Then Aang arrived and…..it seemed, it made sense more at the time."

Even after six months, she still found it hard to explain to anyone what the situation really was. How they had got to where they were now. Even harder to explain was what Aang had been thinking. Harder still, what their relationship was now, how to really define it in a way that made sense.

"I wasn't trying to be rude. I am genuinely happy for you."

Toph let out a deep sigh of relief. It was nice to have this issue over with, dealt with and in an amicable way. "Thank you." Her hand once again reached onto her pocket, but this time she did pull out the bracelet. When it was held up to him, he did his best to not showing any feeling on his face again.

"Lady…."

"Toph, just call me Toph."

"Ok, Toph." He lifted his hand and placed it over the bracelet. He then pushed her arm back towards herself. "I want you to keep it."

"I can't."

"Think of it as a wedding gift. I said we could give it any meaning that we want to. I think that is the best meaning for it."

He, with a small smile turned to walk away. Toph felt a sudden panic, like something was going to be left unsaid. So she spoke up. "I thought about contacting you." He turned to face her again. "I..I didn't want to drag you into what was going on, it didn't seem was asking to much."

"It would have been a honour, it was not to much."

An awkward silence followed, as she lowered her head to the floor, and he quickly looked to the left.

The last six months had not been any easier or less complicated and confusing for Aang. Know how he felt about her did not make it any better. In fact it made it worse in many ways worse. In a way he had what he wanted, but not really it was like a huge piece that was missing, the piece that made everything else make-sense. There had been many times he thought about telling her, but he never did. There were times when someone would say something, sometimes even him, that made her look closely at the new situation they were in. Then she would get this look in her eyes. A look that said if she was pushed, she was likely to run. He knew that look from when he first met her.

Feeling a little guilty about leaving her to face the meeting on her own, he went to meet her, when he though it would be done. He had intended to go when he first heard about it, but he just couldn't face it. It was bad enough in a large group, but sitting around a table where all eyes could be locked onto you in a second. Knowing something about you, that you wanted to keep private, something that should only be between him and Toph. He couldn't face that, so he left her to face it on her own. It was worse when they were together, so it wouldn't be as bad for her on her own. He still felt bad for leaving her alone, so he planned to make it up to her.

The majority of the lords and nobles had left by the time he got there. At the far end of the corner he saw her, dressed in a bright green robe, with elaborate gold detail. Her hair was half up, the rest was almost reaching her waist. She was smiling, and laughing a little. Her smile was a real smile, and bright. Unlike any smile he had seen from her in a long time.

The man she was talking to, who he recognised as he got closer, seemed to be smiling and laughing to. When he noticed him, he bowed his head a little. "Avatar."

Toph turned to face Aang who was now a few feet behind her. "Aang." She smiled at him, a real smile, making her eyes shine. "You remember Lord Toro." She turned back a little and gestured to the young man.

"Yes, of course." He nodded his head a little.

Lord Toro, reached out his hand to shack Aang's. the avatar offered a forced smile as he shock the man's hand. Once the shack was over, Lord Toro turned back to Toph. Taking hold of her hand, he kissed it. "Lady Toph, Avatar Aang, congratulations." With that he turned to walk away.

Though she couldn't see it, when she turned back to face Aang she just knew there was an odd look on his face. "Is everything ok."

Slowly he turned his gaze back onto his new wife. " Yes, of course."

"Aang don't think you can lie to me. What is the problem."

"Nothing…just….I think in marriage….relationships, like ours is meant to be, then…there everyone…..gets one…."

"Aang, would you get to the point." She laughed a little as she spoke, softening her tone.

"I think we should be able to ask one thing of each other, that we don't have to explain, without question."

"Ok." Toph sounded a little unsure. In a spilt second a million different thoughts raced through her head. "What one thing do you want to ask me."

"No questions or explanations." Toph gave a slight nod. "Ok. Don't speak to him again, without me."

He sound so nervous that she couldn't help but laugh. "Twinkles, are you jealous."

"No, I….no questions, you agreed."

She ifted her arms half into the air. "Fine. I will never speak to him agian."

"Thank you." He smiled and nodded as the turned to walk along the corridor.

"It will be easy. He's moving away, further north, to get married."

"What." Aang stopped in his tracks, as he turned to Toph, who gave him a quick nod. "It doesn't count then. If he….."

"Don't get mad cause you wasted your one request." She was still grinning as she started to walk on again.

"No Toph, that's not fair, it doesn't count." Feeling him moving to catch up with her, she sped up.

"Yes it dose. Now what am I going to request of you…."

He was now very close to catching up to her, so she started to run. "Toph…."

"I'll have to think carefully about it….don't want to waste it."

He was now chancing her ass he ran down the corridor, then took a left down a side staircase. The mix of their footsteps bounding of eth stone floors, and their laughter echoed throughout the corridor, and caused a lot of shared looks of confusion between the people that heard it.

Once again thank you for reading. I had this part worked out a while ago. It is going to just be a short 3 maybe 4 part story. The thing is that I don't really know what to do with it now. This will sound a little silly, but I was going to have Aang singing in the next chapter. I know how cheesy. I don't like that idea mush now. So I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas for what could happen next. I would like for them to do something nice together, but I can't really think of anything at the minute. It may take me a while to up-date, as I don't know what to write next, so any help, ideas for things to do would be greatly received, and help me up-date sooner. Hope to here for you, thank you.