A/N:: well i'm sorry for the last chapter being short, i'll try to make this chapter longer.
Lin Is Amazing- yes Jade was wearing her colored contacts. none of her friends know she has silver green eyes and that's why Korra said her eyes were different. just thought i clear that up if you guys were confused. well anyway school starts back up tomorrow so i need to focus on my studies cause i'm barely passing two classes and midterms are coming up so i need to study hard. so i'm not sure when i'll update again i'm sorry but anyway enough rambling from me, and on with the story.


Chapter 9

'I'm so stupid why did I kiss Lin? She's right I am a married man.' Tenzin mentally scolded himself as he paced back and forth in the backyard. Since the day he kissed Lin, she was avoiding him every time they were in the same room.

Jade noticed the tension between her parents. 'Why do they keep avoiding each other? Is it because of me?' She asked herself one time when she saw her father sleeping on the couch when she got up to get a glass of water one time. She felt like it was her fault that her parents were avoiding each other.

Lin noticed Jade feeling uncomfortable everytime her, Tenzin and Jade were in a room together and no one was talking. One night after dinner, Lin decided to confront her and talk to her.

"Jade, can I talk to you?" Lin knocked on her door as she opened it and found Jade on her laptop again. Jade looked over at her mother and said, "Sure."

"Jade, is there something you want to talk about?" Lin asked her as she sat down on her bed. Jade turned around and Lin gasped. Jade had brown eyes instead of her silver green eyes.

"I feel like the tension between you and dad is my fault." Jade told Lin with her head hung down. Lin looked at her and hugged her tightly.

"Jade, it isn't your fault that your father and I are avoiding each other. A few nights ago, he made a dumb move on me, and now things are akward between us. So don't blame yourself." Lin comforted her daughter as she stroked her hair and placed a small kiss on her forehead.

"Why do you have brown eyes? Are you ashamed of your natural eye color?" Lin asked her as they went downstairs to have some tea.

"No one knows I have a different eye color. Since I was a little girl, Sara and Tyson told me I can't take them off no matter what. But if I did, I had to say that my real eye color is colored contacts. I'm not ashamed of them, I just can't tell anyone I wear brown colored contacts." Jade explained as she sat down while Lin put the tea kettle on the stove.

Tenzin came in and Lin refused to look him in the eye. Jade got frustrated at her parents so she told Tenzin to sit. Lin looked at her with a 'are you crazy' look in her eye. The kettle started screaming out so Lin took it off the stove and poured herself, Jade, and Tenzin a cup. The tension between them was akward so no one dared to say a word.

"Look this is ridiculious. You two need to talk about what happened between you two." Jade finally spoke which caused Tenzin to choke on his tea while Lin hung her head down. Jade got up from the table, put her cup in the sink, and went to her room.

"The next time I come back down, you two better be talking to each other." Jade yelled at them from her room. Lin tried to sneak away from the table but Jade opened her door and yelled, "Don't try to sneak away mom. I want you and dad to talk things through."

Lin and Tenzin stared at each other for what felt like an eternity. Everytime they opened their mouths to speak, they would shut them instantly.

'Great, this is torture. Why did Korra and them decide to go to the beach today?' Tenzin thought to himself as he kept staring at Lin.

"Lin, i'm sorry for that stunt I pulled on you. Your right, I am a married man. But since our break-up, all I thought about was you. I'm sorry for kissing you." Tenzin finally spoke up to ease the tension away from them. Lin looked at him and smiled. "I accept your apology." She told him which made him break out into a big goofy grin.

"When are you going to her that your taking her back with us?" He asked her with curiousity.

"She already knows. She's just waiting for her care keepers to return so she could say good-bye to them." Lin explained to them when footsteps were heard coming down the stairs.

"Good. You two are talking again. Mom, when are we going back?" Jade asked when she came into the kitchen. Lin looked at her and smiled. "I thought you wanted to wait until Tyson and Sara came home."

"They said that their going to come back next week." Jade told her as she went into the pantry and got a granola bar.

"Jade, what do think about moving back with your mother?" Tenzin asked her when she sat down and opened her snack. "I think it'll be intersting. You know, since you get bending abilities." She answered as she took a bite of her granola bar.

"Well, you may never know what type of bending you might get. You could either get earthbending from your mother. Or get airbending from your father." A voice spoke up behind them which made them all turn around.

They found Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami standing in the doorway. Korra came up to them and put her hands on Jade's shoulders.

"I can tell you what type of bending you can do." Korra told her as she sat down. Jade looked at her with wide eyes. "Really, you can?" Tenzin, Jade and Lin said at the same time. Jade leaned over and said, "Pinch, poke you owe me a coke. No paybacks." to her parents who looked at her with confused looks.

"It's this thing that when you and someone else say the same thing at the same time, you pinch them and poke them. Then they owe you something. But since you don't get it, I won't do it again." Jade explained but when she said the last part, she sunk down in her seat and a rosey hue appeared on her cheeks.

"Wait. Where's Pabu at?" Bolin asked when he noticed Pabu missing from his shoulder. Then, Jade let out an ear piercing shriek when she felt something run across her feet. She jumped out of her seat and was standing on the chair. Everyone laughed at her but she shot them death glares which made everyone shut up instantly.

"I think he's under the table." Jade said as she slowly climbed down off the chair. Bolin crawled under the table and found Pabu there. "There you are buddy. Don't ever do that again." Bolin scolded him and everyone laughed.

"Well, i'm going back up to my room if anyone needs me."

"Wait, don't you want to know what kind of bender you are?" Korra asked her before Jade staarted running up the stairs. "I'll find out when we get to the other world." She replied with a smirk as she continued up the stairs.

"Lin, can we go for a walk?" Tenzin asked her when everyone went to their rooms for the night.

"Sure."

So they decided to walk along the beach, like they used to when they were still together.

"Lin, can I ask you something?" Tenzin asked her akwardly when they started their walk. "Sure Tenzin. What is it?" Lin asked him.

"Well what you say if I told you I was still in love with you?" Tenzin asked her shyly, just like the time when he was trying to ask her out in the cave.

"I would say your crazy. You don't love anyone else except for your wife and children. Of course, you'll love Jade since she's your eldest child, but still, I'd say your crazy." Lin replied back.

"Ok then just hear me out. Lin Beifong, since that night you found me kissing Pema, you were the only girl who was on my mind. When you didn't talk to me since then, it broke my heart. Lin please don't say i'm crazy but, i'm still in love you." He annouced to her which caused them to stop in their tracks.

"Tenzin. Your crazy. I don't feel the same way. When I had Jade, she was the only thing that reminded me of you. She has your eyes. But when they took her from me, I was devastated. But, since then when the Equalists happened, working with you was painful. I'm sorry but, i'm confused right now." Lins said to him.

"Can we at least try to keep this a secret?" Tenzin asked her.

"Maybe we can."

When they both said that, they sealed their deal with a kiss.


So what do you think. Ok here's a challenge, you get to decide what kind of bender Jade gets to be. Just tell me what kind and i'll count the votes and which ever element wins, that's the kind of bender she is. But any way review please with you element. Thanks (your choices are either Tenzin's element or Lin's element)

-raindancer167