Thank you for reading. Sorry it has taken me so long to up-date. Also thank you very much for the review.

I agree the last chapter was not very good. I rushed it, so it was not me best. To be honest I am starting to think that this how story is not that good. I started it a long time ago, read it over, thought I could do better, so I have been rewriting it. I feel a little like it may have not been worth it. It was my first fanfic, so I thought it was worth a try. I have also reworked the structure added parts, so I feel like I have to keep going.

I hope that it will get better, more interesting. If you keep reading thank you, but I don't really expect many people to be reading now.

Toph let herself into the chair Suki had been sitting in, waiting for the person she could feel walking towards her room to enter. She knew that she would have to speak to him at some point, but she didn't feel ready for it now. There was no were to escape tom so she was trapped. It was best to get it over with, that was what she had to keep it telling herself.

The door slowly creped opened and Lao Bei Fong entered. His face was like stone, showing nothing. He took a few steps carefully into the room running his eyes over the room, everywhere but at his daughter. He came to a stop at the centre of the room, only then did he look at her. Toph could feel his eyes on her; she could guess what he was thinking.

"You look just like your mother did, on our wedding day" She had guessed right.

She let out a sigh, as she turned her head away, trying to get his eyes of her. "You're wasting your time."

Lao was still very uncomfortable with the way Toph was able to read him so easily. Everything he had ever wanted for her seemed to be so far away from her when she acted like that, she was not the daughter he had thought he had brought up. She was a stranger. He didn't know her.

"I don't consider trying to save my daughter's life wasted time."

"My life is not in danger." Shock was clear in her voice.

"If you stay with the avatar, get closer to him your life will always be in danger." He started to move closer to Toph, as she still sat in the chair. Again trying to get his eyes off her, by turning away, because no matter how much would deny it, there was some truth in what he was saying.

"I can take care of myself." Toph was now on her feet, trying to meet her father's eyes, and sound at confident as she could.

She felt him lower his head and his heart slow as he spoke again "If you marry him, then I will be forced to disown you."

Toph felt her breath catch in her throat for a second, then the rage build up inside her. She was very close to pulling the inn down around them. Concentrating on her breathing and keeping her voice even she calmed down and spoke. "I thought you already did, six years ago, after I nearly died in the war."

This was piece of information that she had kept from everyone. In taking down the air ships he had been hurt be a piece of metal on her back. At first she didn't think much of it. While in Ba sing Sa afters the others had left it had infected her blood. It would have ended up most likely killing her if she hadn't been the only metalbender. She concentrated all the metal to a point then bent it out, leaving her with a scar on her right hand. If she had told them they would have just worried and made a fuss, so Toph kept it to herself, till now. The pleasure of twisting the knife into her father was too great not to use it now.

"Toph I am your father." She felt his voice almost brake "I will not let you.."

"You are my father, and I know that everything you have down for me has come from love. You just don't see me, understand who I am. You think that if you love someone you have to control them, to keep them close to you."

Toph for the first time in her life really felt close to conceiting to her father, as he seemed to be really listening and understanding what she was saying. She reached out her right hand to take his. Maybe they could find a way to work though this, and be a family.

"I am not going to lose you like I did your mother." As he spoke he moved his hand out of Toph's reach.

Tears started to form in her jaded eyes. "You didn't lose her, you pushed her away, and you just pushed me away too." She gained her composer again, lifted her face, so they faced each other "Get out."

Lao Bei Fong looked into her eyes, seeing the traces of tears. Quickly he turned and left the room, walking out of his daughter's life forever. Toph let out a breath she had been holding since she last spoke. As the air left her body she felt as if a mountain had just been lifted off her. Leaving her with an empty feeling.

She may have just severed any link to her father's family, but she was about to join her really family again. A part of Toph felt a pagan, she had just also cut any thin connection she had to her real mother as well. Her hand took hold of her mother's necklace. She felt reassured as she mover her fingers over the engraving on the pendant. No matter what had happened she was always going to be her mother's daughter that also meant she would also be her father's daughter she could deal with that if she was never near him again. It would just be to painful.

Zuko had been waiting outside Toph's room for her father to leave. Once he had seen him leave he slowly entered. Craning his head into the room he saw Toph was just standing in the middle of the room, fully dressed in her wedding robes, hair and makeup done. Her eyes seemed blood shot like she had been crying or was about to. His fear about giving her anther letter from Aang slightly increased.

"Toph are you ok." He entered the room, and walked carefully towards her, ready to pull her into a hug if she did cry.

Toph didn't cry or answer his question at first, instead she laughed. "I'm fine." She was just about able to get out a real answer through her laughter. It was all she could do, an automatic response. It was either that or crying. As her laughter stopped, the threat of crying became stronger. She fought them back with deep breaths. Zuko lifted his arms and wrapped them around her. Puling her close, she rested her head on her chest.

Once Toph stopped trembling, and calmed down, he pulled back.. Zuko still didn't know if it was a good idea or not, but he gave her the letter. It didn't seem that things could get much worse, upset her more. He noticed a flash of nervousness cross her face, but as it went so fast he couldn't be sure. Her fingers ran over the paper taking in the ink printed on it. Then she smiled a small smile, and he knew it was ok.

"You are worried about me too aren't you." He nodded his answer. "Don't be. He never meant to really hurt me or anyone. You know that." Toph took a step forward, stepped onto her toes so wrap her arms around Zuko's neck to pull him into another hug.

"I kind of like that you act all protective of me. It's good to know that someone is looking out for me. Has my back." This was one of the times when Toph was the most open with him, but the way she said it made him laugh. Here she was standing all dressed up in gold detailed dress, hair up, talking like a soldier.

"Don't laugh at me. You know it's hard enough for me to be all mushy." She finished her sentence with a punch to his arm.

"Sorry." Anyone else would have missed his apology, as it was almost completely lost in his laughter.

They each took a step aback, to get more space. Toph leaned against the vanity table. "Now you have regained control of your senses, I have something important to ask you."

Zuko now turned his fall attention on Toph; he had never seen her look so grown up. She was still thin and pale, but her spark had come back. Deep down he knew that Aang had played an important part in that, but he would give her fully credit for it.

"My father has disowned me, again." She rolled her eyes, as best as she could. "I need someone to give me away, and I want you to do it." She tried to stop it from spreading, but she had a small smile on her face.

Zuko was silent, slowly moved forward. Placing hand on her shoulder, he kissed her on the forehead, then answered. "I would be honoured." Toph let out a sigh of relief, and a smile that she this time let spread across her face. "To give you away, so I don't have to keep taking care of you." For his joke Zuko was rewarded with another punch to the arm. "For such a little person, you are a lot of trouble."

A slight feeling of insecurity crept up on her. "So do I look ok." She sounded so sincere, he believed her, and felt a little guilty. Till she spoke again. " Better than I did at me last wedding." It was her turn now to make a joke.

"You mean the one that you left the groom at."

"Yeah, that one. "

He now turned series to answer her newest question, as he could tell she did really need a little reassurance. "Then yes, you look better than you did at that wedding."

Feeling a little uncomfortable with the complement, she asked other question. The most important one. "You understand me better than anyone, do you think I am doing the right thing."

Toph expected Zuko to take his time to answer, but he didn't "yes I think you are doing the right thing. I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about you getting hurt again, either of you, but he really dose care about you. You care about him too. As someone wise said to me, you have been through a lot get here, just enjoy it." Toph remembered those words as her own. It was what she head said to Zuko before his wedding, to give him some reassurance. "And the person who said those wise words is always right so…"

"Thanks."

"You're welcome." Zuko held his bent arm out for Toph "Now there is someone waiting for you."

Toph slipped her arm through Zuko's as they left the room. Zuko guiding Toph towards the main square of Gaoling where the wedding was going to take could feel her hand starting to shack a little. With his other hand he took hold of hers. she seemed to relax a little, as they stepped out of the inn, and into the warm sun light. The crowed turned to watch, as he walked her down the aisle.

Thank you for reading. I hope you liked it, or at the least it was better than the last chapter. If you could review, comment that would be great. Though, to be honest I don't think there are a lot of people still reading this story now.