continuation of my story, 'the daughter with the, beard?' please R&R and enjoy.

Bumi waltzed into the Republic City police station, a goofy grin on his face. He opened the door to her office, not caring to knock. "Hello Linny, are you ready to spread the wonderful news that the spirits have bestowed on us?"

Lin looked up from the papers on her desk, a playful smirk tugging at her lips. "Well someone is extremely happy today."

"Of course I am! The woman of my dreams is going to have a little earthbender, with me of all people. And today we finally get to tell people. Why you made me wait three months to tell people, I will never know."

Lin let out a sigh as she stood up from her desk, walking over to Bumi to place a gentle hand against his cheek. "Bumi, you know it is bad luck to tell people you're pregnant before the first trimester is over."

"I know it's just been hard to keep this hush hush. Now Let's go, Tenzin said if we're late we don't eat." He placed a hand on her armour-covered stomach, silly grin back in place. "And you're eating for two now."

"Hello Lin, you look as radiant as ever and Bumi… where were you? You missed out on the evening meditation session."

Bumi slung an arm around Tenzin's shoulder, leading him back into the house. "Well little brother, I thought I'd be a nice boyfriend and pick Lin up from work. Is that okay with you, Mr. High and Mighty?"

Tenzin shrugged off Bumi's arm as they sat down at the table. "So how have you been Lin? I hear that crime has reduced a lot recently."

"I'm great. And you're correct about crime being down. I managed to leave work at three yesterday."

Pema came into the room, placing various dishes in the centre of the table before taking her seat next to Tenzin. "Do you plan on taking any actual days off in the future Lin?"

Kya and Korra both let out a laugh, Kya being the first to speak. "The last time Lin took a day off from anything, was when Su was sick with the flu and Toph ordered her to stay home and look after her baby sister."

Korra laughed again at the thought of Lin playing mother. "The only way for Chief Cranky Pants to take a day off is if she were pregnant and we would know because Bumi would be dead." Lin and Bumi didn't say a word. "Siprits! Are you two having a kid?"

Lin looked at her plate, playing with the peas. "We were hoping to announce it after desert."

Kya was the first to react to the news. "Whoop! Niece or nephew number five! Have you guys decided on guardians or what about a midwife? Do you want a boy or a girl? What kind of bender do you think it's going to be? I hope it's an earthbender, this family has seen its fair share of airbenders as it is."

"So that's where Ikki gets the endless rants from." Stated Bolin, pressing the palm of his hand to his forehead.

"Bo, that's not really important right now. Chief, I'd like to be the first to congratulate you on your pregnancy." Mako raised a glass in their direction, in a gesture to wish them luck.

Lin returned the gesture. "Thank you Mako. I appreciate it."

Jinora walked over to her uncle hugging him then Lin, soon followed by Meelo and Ikki. "Congratulations uncle Bumi and aunt Lin! We are all happy for you. And I think I speak for myself, Ikki, Meelo and Rohan when I say it's about time we get a cousin."

After hearing everyone's congratulations, but one, Bumi turned his attention to Tenzin. "What do you think Tenzy? Are you excited about becoming an uncle?"

Tenzin forced a smile. "Yes. I think it will be nice to have another airbender in the family."

Bumi felt Lin's hand squeeze his, indicating she was getting frustrated. "Tenzin, Lin and I don't want an airbender, we are hoping for an earthbender. We want a little girl as well. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy with a son but I've always wanted to scare the daylights out of some punk ass kid."

"Bumi, I think it would be best for the world if your child was an airbender. Even with the new airbenders popping up, the world could still do with more airbenders. It would make me-"

Lin slammed her fists on the table, silencing all discussions. "That's the thing Tenzin, this is not about you. This is about Bumi's and my happiness."

"I wasn't trying to make this about me."

"You are always trying to make everything about you. You want to know the reason you and I never worked out?"

"Lin, don't."

"No Bumi. It's about time he knew. The reason you and I never worked out, is not because I didn't want kids, it's because you couldn't accept the idea of having anything other than your idealistic family of airbenders only. You never cared about what I wanted in a family. The first night we discussed children I said, 'maybe we could have an earthbender.' I barely finished the sentence before you shut me down."

Everyone including Pema, looked at Tenzin, ashamed of what he had done in the past. "You're right Lin. I'm sorry I never looked at it from your point of view."

Lin squeezed Bumi's hand one more time before taking in a shaky breath. "That's all I ever wanted."

Sensing the awkward silence Kya spoke, wanting to know the details of the baby asap. "So who are going to be the godparents?"

"Lin and I talked and we would be honoured if you and Tenzin would take up the mantle of godparents. I wanted Su to be godmother but Lin said she wanted our child to be mature instead of doing whatever they wanted. Also we'd love it if Kya would be the midwife."

Kya clapped her hands together. "I accept! Lets let the boys make the desert and we can go check on things."

"Kya, I don't kn-"

"Pleas? It will only take five minutes."

Lin stood up, indicating her answer. "Pema, Asami, Korra, I can't take those pleading faces anymore, if you would like to accompany us you may."

All of the woman bustled into a healing room down the hall. "Take off your chest plates and sit on the bed so we can get started."

Lin let out a growl at being told what to do, but did so anyway. "So what are you going to do to me?"

"You sound like I'm about to torture you."

"Wouldn't be the first time."

Korra's interest peaked at hearing these quips between the two older women. "What did she do?"

"Sorry kid, maybe some other time. Now hurry up Kya, salad isn't very filling."

Kya bent the water from the basin onto her hand, as she proceeded to lift up Lin's tank to her ribs. "You know, it's kinda weird thinking that you're going to get fat. Good bye muscle, hello baby fat." Kya ignored the glare, as she manoeuvred the water over Lin's abdomen.

Pema peaked over Kya's shoulder to observe what she was doing, she lost interest when her eyes flew to Lin's scars. "Lin, did you get all these scars on the job?"

"Hmm, pretty much. The little one on my rib is from Tenzin. We were sparring one day and he got angry because I wouldn't let him win, so he used his airbending to wiz a rock at me when I wasn't looking. My mother looked as though she were about to kill him."

A moment passed, as Kya bent the water back into the basin, allowing Lin to sit up. "So, how is it going in there?"

Kya walked over to Korra, whispering something into her ear, which made Korra's eyes widen. She walked over to Lin's side, pushing her back down onto the bed. She repeated Kya's process. She turned back to the older waterbender giving her a nod.

Lin sat up again, a worried expression on her face. "Earthbender in distress guys. Mind telling me what's going on?"

"Everything is fine Lin. Trust me when I say you want my scraggly brother's ass in here to hear this. BUMI!"

There was a loud crash in the kitchen, before Bumi came bursting into the room. "Are you okay?! What's wrong?!"

"Bumi relax. I just wanted you in the room so I could tell both you and Lin that you're having not one but two kids."

Lin looked wide-eyed at Bumi, the look was soon replaced by a grin. "We're going to need a bigger apartment."