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Chapter 1
"…No."
Lin Beifong stared at the test results, unable to believe the latest shit storm that happened in her life.
"Pregnant, how?" she asked stunned. Of course, she knew how but she was still unable to grasp the entire situation.
The test showed that she was already one month pregnant, her memory immediately going back to that time. Her longtime boyfriend, Tenzin, had broken up with her, something she had not seen coming. How could she, they were childhood sweethearts, sure they had fights before, but they would always patch things together.
But things had been different this time, two month ago she and Tenzin had finally discussed plans to finally marry. Unfortunately, it was during a regular medical checkup that it was found out that Lin had a low fertility rate, making her ability to conceive a child almost impossible. She was genuinely distraught at the news and despite Tenzin's constant reassuring her that he still loved her, she could sense a drift grow between them.
It seemed that they were fighting more and more often, and as a result they began to get more focused on in their jobs.
The day that he broke up with her, was like any other. She had just finished arresting the latest batch of gang members and finishing the mornings paperwork, Lin was supposed to meet with Tenzin at the air bending island for lunch.
However, when she had gotten there she noticed an troubled Tenzin standing in the courtyard, when she had asked what was wrong he told her that it would be in their best interest to break off their relationship.
She was stunned, never expecting it, she hardly even heard his explanation, only small bits. He tried to justify it by saying that they were no longer as close as they used to, that they both were to busy with their responsibilities, or that they both wanted different things in life.
Lin didn't believe him for a second, she used all of her observations skills on him to find out the real reason.
When she asked him if it was something she did, he said no.
When she asked if there was someone else, he said no.
When she yelled at him and said if this was because she couldn't give him a child, he said no.
Each and everyone of his answers was like a stake through her heart, her seismic senses telling her all she wanted to know.
It was then that she spotted one of the air acolytes at the corner of her eye, hiding behind a large wooden pillar. She immediately put the pieces together. She knew her of course, she was Pema, a seventeen-year-old girl, that would constantly follow Tenzin around like a lost puppy.
She was so upset that she went temporary blind in rage, trashing the entire island. They had to physically drag her off the island, and restrainer her from pummeling the airbender any further. The last time she saw him, he was nursing a black eye and a nasty cut on his chin as Pema fussed over him.
She had to take a couple of days off work, since her head just wasn't in the game, and in her line of work that could prove dangerous.
The next couple of days following the break up had been hard on her, she would constantly cry in her room drinking from a bottle. Everything had seemed to be falling apart in her life. First her sister, then her mother, now Tenzin. All of the people that she cared about were slowly leaving her.
A couple days later she had woken up in her bed alone, her clothes on the floor and the bottles of liquor showed her the results of a one-night stand. That had been the last straw for her, she was not that type of person. She was Lin Beifong, daughter of Toph Beifong, and the chief of police. She was not going to just wallow in her own misery and cry herself to sleep, sleeping with random strangers. She was supposed to be strong, she need to get her head on straight.
Lin had immediately gone back to work, pouring even more of her time on her job.
However, she had been feeling sick for the past couple of days, hardly able to keep anything down in her stomach. She had at first thought it was just a mild flu but after it started to affect her work, she had gone to the doctor, and the results were in her hand.
The 32-year-old earthbender looked at herself in the mirror in horror, how could she raise a child.
She had given up any notions of being a mother a long time ago, and so was left sorely unprepared.
She wanted to ask for help, but quickly realized that she no longer had anyone to rely on.
There was no use crying over spilled milk anymore, what was done was done. She would have the baby, there was no other choice in her opinion. She would just need to take things one step at a time. Her mother had raised her while being the chief of police, so it wasn't like it would be impossible.
"… I really hope you aren't a girl," she said as she placed at worried hand on her stomach.