so toph's been preggers for nine months now...im sure you can figure out the rest.
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*music plays*
okay, okay, i get the hint. ladies and gents, the last chapter in 'TOPH'.
I absently bend pebbles around one another. Its a peaceful abscence, though.
All is right in the world: Sokka and I are together, Katara is sure she's totally in love with Aang, Teo...well Teo's just Teo, and Iroh and Poppy seem a bit more upbeat. Nothing could make this bad for me.
My eyes widden with horror as I feel around me.
"Dad!" I call through the house.
"Yeah?" his voice answers from the kitchen.
"Either I just peed my pants or..."
"Or what?" His voice is a bit more urgent this time.
"THUNDERCATS ARE GOOOO!"
I'm hussled out of the house and onto his ostrich horse (side-saddle unfortunatley). I grumble as I hear Teo wheeling himself beside me and Poppy on her horse behind us. God, this is painful!
"Ow ow fuckity ow," I moan in the hospital. "When can I have those stupid herbs?"
"Not until you become more dialated," Poppy tells me.
"So I have to wait until I'm in more pain until I get them?"
"Well, Toph, doctors are sadists who like to play god and watch lesser people scream."
"OW!"
"God...can we get some damn herbs for my kid over here?" Poppy yells, finally asserting herself. About time.
The next ten hours are spent with my legs up and my face contorted. I'm surpried it didn't get stuck that way. Katara is at my left side, the doctor stands in front of me, and Poppy is at my left.
Poppy is instructing me to push, like I haven't heard that strategic nugget the past nine months.
Katara is encouraging me to push, but with a mixture of 'oh my god!'s and 'whoa's.
The doctor is updating the baby's status every five seconds.
Finally, after what seems like an eternity, I feel completely at ease. Like, this huge weight had been lifted off of me and I smile. The doctor cleans the baby off and wraps it delicatley in a blanket as I fall asleep from exhaustion.
-A few hours later-
Iroh had to go to his shop to close it up for the next few days, putting a sign in the window. Katara had a date with Aang that I insisted she go on, that I didnt need her motherly touch patting my black hair. Poppy had to take Teo home. I lay in the bed alone, letting this all process. My feet are on the bed, so the knock at the door surprises me. I prop myself up on my elbow.
"Hey." It's Sokka.
"Hey."
We dont need to really say anything else. There isnt anything to say, anyways.
I didnt tell Sokka I was having the baby. He had that really important meet, the last race, and I didnt want him to worry about me or lose. He won. But when I wasnt there...he figured it out. He ran all the way here.
He walks over and lays beside me, resting his one hand over mine, which I hold over my receeding stomach. He decided he didnt want to see the baby, and really, I didnt want to either. We didnt feel like it was ours.
Mai stands outside the nursery, her eyes displaying some sort of emotion. A nurse, Joo Dee, smiles at her. Mai grins back, shaking with nerves, and nods. Joo Dee pushes a curtain back and leads Mai into the nursery, picking up the baby, a healthy, happy, soft baby boy. Joo Dee gently slides the baby into Mai's arms. Poppy stands in the doorway, eyes glinting.
"How do I look?" Mai asks Poppy.
"Like a new mother," Poppy answers, grinning, "scared shitless."
Mai turns her attention back to the baby.
One more chapter left!
The endings and what happened to everyeon or whatever. Yeah.
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Peace, L.
