"Zuko?" Katara said as she lay next to him in their bed. "Hm?" "You said your mother came back to the palace last night…will I get to meet her, w-will she except me?" Katara panicked. "Katara, calm down, she will be down for breakfast, I already told her about me and you being married." he said calmly. "Does she know about…this?" Katara asked pointing to her small bulge in her stomach. "Yes, she does. I told her and she said she was so happy that I was married, and had a child on the way, she also said that she was very excited to meet our friends, but she said she was ecstatic to meet you." he said smooting out kataras hair. "O-okay, well lets get ready, every one will be waiting." she leaned over and gave Zuko a light peck on the cheek. "Okay, but don't freak out, my mother is very gental and sweet, I know she'll love you."

"Finaly!" sokka said as he stared at all the food with drool hanging down his lip. "I am starving!" "Sokka, calm down" suki said. "Yes sokka don't be so impatient" gran gran said wagging her finger at him. "Oookay gran" he said with a smile on his face. Once every one was seated, Zuko called his mother in for introductions. As his mother walked into the room, every one stared, ogling at her beauty. She looked at all four of the girls, wondering which was her sons beloved, they were all beautiful young girls, she had no clue which was the one though.

"Mother, of course you know uncle," Iroh smiled and greeted ursa, she smiled back. "you have already seen sokka, this is grandmother and grandfather, kana and paku, he is a water bender, this is his father, hakoda, chief of the southern water tribe. They stood up and bowed, ursa bowed back politly. This is my friend suki, she is leader of the kyoshi warriors, and sokka wife. And this is toph, she's a master earth bender. "And this is the avatar, aang." Ursa bowed deeply. "I am pleased to meet the person who defeated ozai." Aang bowed back. "And this is Ty Lee, azulas child hood friend, she is now a member of the kyoshi warriors." "Ah, I remember ty lee, good to see you again." "Lady ursa it's a pleasure to be in your presence." ty lee said and bowed. "Mai isn't here, she hasn't come over for a while" Zuko said.

"And this is my wife, Katara, also hakoda child, sokka's sister and a master water bender." he said walking over to Katara and taking her hand to help her up. "Lady ursa it is a great pleasure to finally meet you." Katara said bowing before the former fire lady. "I am honored to meet the woman that is married to my son, the one who saved his life too." she said smiling. "Oh, well, he saved my life first" she said shyly. Ursa smiled and Zuko led her to the seat on his other side, the one that Katara wasn't sitting in. "Well, I can see sokka is about to melt down if he doesn't eat soon, so, let us eat. At that they all started to eat, chatting pleasantly.

After breakfast:

"Wow, your mother is wonderful!" Katara exclaimed to Zuko after they got back to their room. "Yeah, she is great, I was lucky to have her." Zuko said smiling then it faded to a frown. "Until she was taken away from me." he mumbled. "Oh, Zuko, you told me what she said, she did it because she loved you!" "I know, but its still hard." Katara reached up and rested her hand on his scarred side of his face. "Zuko, you have your mother back now, I know it will be hard, but you need to let go of the past if you want to make a better future." she whispered, caressing his face. He leaned down and planted a warm, soft, gental kiss on her lips, loving the softness of them. She wrapped her arms around his neck, he started kissing her collar bone, she wrapped her legs around his waist, hoisting herself up. He held onto her not leaving even a centimeter of space between their body's. (Which is strange considering she's pregnant…a mystery!)

"Mmmm" Katara moaned as he sucked on her neck. "I love you." Katara whispered, breathlessly. "I love you to" he said staring into her eyes. She leaned forward and started kissing him. He deepened the kiss, and started roughly kissing her, sliding his tongue into her mouth, his wresting with hers for domonance, and he won, but he started to think she gave up a little to easily, she let him win. He layed her on his bed, and kissed her neck again, he took off her shirt and threw it to the ground, he started kissing her stomach, trailing up and down, she giggled. She reached up and tore his shirt form his body, tracing her finger over his well defined muscles. He started to remove her bindings, when he heard a cough behind him, he turned around and Katara sat up, only to see uncle and his mother standing there, uncle had a great big smile on his face, ursa had a rosy blush on hers, but she smiled. "I take it this is not a good time." she said and quickly turned and left with uncle walking behind her lifting his eye brows up and down. After the left Zuko and Katara looked at each other with deep blushes on their faces. "How come every time we do this some one walks in!" Zuko groaned. "You know, Zuko, I would think that they would but a lock on the fire lords door…" Zuko looked at her like she was a genius and said "That is JUST what we need, I will talk to the servents to get one and install it." Katara grinned, she kissed him again. "Now, where were we?" she said as Zuko smirked. "I think we were about here," he replied, unwinding her bindings. "I believe you." she giggled.

"Poor kids, they looked mortified!" ursa exclaimed once they were in the sitting room. "Oh, they are probly getting used to it." iroh chuckled. "What do you mean iroh dear?" ursa asked with a confused expression. "Well, first, I walked in when they were kissing, Zuko kind of had Katara against a wall…I announced my presence before he..went any farther." Ursa blushed "Oh my!" she laughed daintly. "That had to be humiliating." she chuckled lightly. "Ah, well, not as humiliating as when they were…going at it…and Katara's brother and father and other family and friends walked in the room. Also that's when they found out Katara was pregnant, her grandmother told them, then Katara sort of broke down. Zuko was at her side in an instant, they were dressed…to some degree though." he chuckled at the end. "Goodness me!" ursa gasped. "Oh I would be humiliated!" she exclaimed. "Yes, they did give them a hard time, at first, but they accepted it after a little bit."

Suki and toph walked down the hall way to the fire lords room and on their way thay saw Zuko walking out of his room with his stoic expression, but he seemed a little happier than usual. They knocked on his door and heard Katara yell "Wait just a second." a minute or two later Katara answered the door with her clothes barley hanging on her body. "Uh, Katara, what happened, you don't look so good?" suki said looking at kataras distant eyes. Katara snapped back into focus and invited them in. "You might want to fix the clothes, before some one like sokka, for example figures out what you've been doing, I know I heard you from all the ay down the hall" toph said after hearing suki's remark. Katara blushed. "What was she doing?" suki asked. Toph gave suki a look through her sightless eyes, then it snapped in suki's head, clothes barley on body, distant eyes, blushing Katara, hearing what they were doing…"You did it again!" suki asked. Katara nodded. "Wow, and I thought me and sokka did it often, how many times since we've been here, we've been here a month or two, sooo…" suki left off for Katara to finish. "Guuuh..I-I..how…uh.." Katara stuttered. "Katra SHUT. UP. and answer the question. "Ab-about 7..." she said blushing. "Woah, that's…wow." suki said, toph just grinned. "So was it as good as you always say it was?" toph asked wiggling her eye brows. "Well, a-at first it was then…" Katara boke off the sentence. "Theeeen" toph said. "H-his mother and uncle walked into the room." Suki gasped, a blush stained kataras cheeks. "Again, how many times have people walked in on you two" Suki pondered. "…Four…me and Zuko talked, and decided to have a lock put on the door." Katara said rolling her eyes. "I would have thought the fire lord would have a lock on his door." suki said quizikly. "Well I-" Katara was cut off when they heard a bang on the door. "Katara are you in there?!" they heard sokka call. "Toph, answer the door, barley open it though, and keep sokka distracted while I help Katara fix her clothes!" suki yelled in a whisper. "okay." toph said casually. "Hey snoozles." toph said nonchalantly. "Hey toph, watcha doin in here?" sokka asked is his usual goofy voice. "Oh, you know hanging around." toph said scratching her head. "Oh, okay, well I need to see Katara so move." sokka said trying to pass the little earth bender. "Woah, didn't learn manners did we?" toph said standing her ground in the door way.

Suki and Katara heard sokka and toph arguing out side the door, figuring they better hurry, they were tying sashes, buttoning clothes and straightening the dress up. "Thanks suki!" Katara said turning around to hug her sister in law. "Ahem" toph cleared her throat, standing in front of the door she had just slammed in sokkas face. "And you too toph!" Katara said giving toph a big hug. All of the sudden sokka swung the door open and glared at toph. "What was that all about?" he yelled in a high pitched voice. "Sokka chill, I was…getting dressed." that was kind of the truth. "Oh, then why didn't you just say that toph?!" sokka yelled again, getting a shrug from toph who said "I guess it just didn't accur to me."

Sokka rolled his eyes. "so Katara, gran says your going to the…baby doctor tomarrow, who's going?" sokka asked. "Uh, suki toph gran gran and lady ursa, and I guess that's all.." Katara shrugged. "Why isn't ty lee going with you guys?" sokka asked. "Well, she only comes home for dinner and bed, I am guessing she spends her days at a friends house." suki said. "Eh, cant blame her, she must miss all her friends here." sokka said walking over and pecking sukis cheek. "So, Zuko isn't going?" sokka asked raising an eye brow. "Well, he said he would if he could but he had a meeting with a governor of one of the cities." Katara said playing with her hair. "Oh, can I come?" sokka asked. "Nope!" toph said cheerfuly. "Wha- why, you cant make that decision!" sokka yelled. "Toph is right, girls only" suki said wagging a finger in his face. "HOW COME ZUKO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO!!! HUH!?!?!?" sokka yelled. "Because he's my husband and the father." Katara said exasperatedly. "Well iam the brother and the uncle!" sokka muttered. "Snoozles, shut up and get over it!" toph growled. "Huh, fine!" sokka said sounding offended and marched off. "Well, that went well" muttered Katara, she was starting to get in a bad mood, and no one wants to be around a grumpy Katara.

"Hey, how about we see if we can go to the spa! And we could invite lady ursa, I am sure she could use some relaxing!" suki said, noticing kataras tensness. "Great! Katara said perking up. "Fine, as long as my feet are left ALONE!" toph grumbled.

"Lady ursa?" Katara called quietly as she knocked on the lady ursas door. "Come in!" she heard her call. "Oh hello Katara, how are you?" "oh, iam fine, me suki and toph were wondering if you would like to go to the spa with us?" Katara asked twirlling her thumbs. "Oh, that sounds delightful! Of course I will go!" with that lady ursa and Katara went to meet suki and toph.

"Oh. I have missed this!" ursa exclaimed as they all sat in the sauna. Toph kicked her foot and a couple of rocks went and landed in the pit, Katara waved her hand and added some water. "amazing, you two are very talented benders I have heard!" ursa smiled. "And you suki I have heard to be a great warrior!" "Oh, well I-" Suki was cut off by toph. "Yep, I am the first known metal bender and earth rumble champian!" "Oh wow, that is impressive, dear!" ursa praised. "Toph, you are so full of your self!" katara teased. Toph huffed. "You want to spar and see whose better1" toph challenged playfully. "Well, I would, but I just got my nails done, soooo…" Katara left off grinning. They all laughed. After they got out they all went to get something to eat in the city, chatting and enjoying each others company.