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Optimism and Arguments

"Oh! Look, I think he just smiled!"

"Katara stop it, he's just drooling."

"Sokka you're not even looking!"

"He's only just over a month old! He sleeps, he cries, he pukes and he poops that's it!"

"I'm just trying to be helpful!"

"Well maybe I don't want your help, miss nags a lot!"

"Oh yeah! Well maybe I don't want to give you help either!"

"Wha-?"

A sort of soft gurgling noise sounded, the two siblings stopped their bickering and stared open-mouthed at each other as if trying to register what the sound was.

"Did he just…?"

"Laugh!" Katara exclaimed looking down to the soft blue blanket that lay slightly wrinkled on the soft grass. The small child who lay on his back was giving a faint smile and laughing.

"Did laugh at your silly daddy?" Katara cooed. "See your Auntie knew that you could smile!"

"My boy smiled!" Sokka yelled throwing his arms into to warm air. "I knew you could do it all along!" Katara glared at his proclamation but said nothing. "I'm going to go and wake up Ty lee, could you stay and watch him?" He asked quickly, not waiting for an answer, and sprinting out of the courtyard.

"It'll cost you extra!" Katara yelled at him jokingly as he retreated. With a smile she looked back down to her nephew. His blue eyes, which were now turning slightly gray, looked back up at her, shimmering with fatigue. His eyelids would flicker open and then shut, before finally fully closing, signaling sleep. Katara hummed softly as he slept, basking in the warmth of the summer sun, and savoring the sweet smell of fire-lilies. Around ten minutes later the sound of rapid footsteps snapped Katara out of her daze and alerted her to the presence of her sister-in-law and brother. Ty lee, whose brown hair fell down her back in long frizzy waves and eyes were rimmed with purple, looked positively exhausted.

"He smiled?" she asked Katara with a slightly cracked voice. Katara nodded with a bright smile.

"He did, but I think all of the excitement tired him out." She explained motioning toward the sleeping child. Ty Lee's tired eyes softened and she smiled.

"I missed my sons first smile and laugh?" she asked, her tone sorrowful. "Well he better smile just that much more for me then when he wakes up!" she said with a slight smile. The new mother then carefully picked up her son and cradled him to her chest. Katara couldn't help but smile at her sister-in law. Always the optimist.

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A/N: Well, it's not much but at least it's something. I had no idea how busy I was going to be this summer and this fall. I've been working non-stop and so it's been really hard to actually sit down and write. Thankfully I've had some time today and hope you guys don't hate me too much. I actually may post another (and hopefully longer) chapter today or tomorrow. But I can't make any promises.

Please review! – Lily