Author's note: I forgot to post? I'm so sorry, is the break. We lose notion of time! But here it is, hopefully you'll like it.

I'm sorry for being late!

14. everyone's got problems

"I think we have a problem," Bolin said sitting in front of them with a plate of food. "We've been meaning to tell you guys."

The welcoming party to the Avatar was being held at Varrick's with all the greatness of a Varrick party. Every important person was coming as well as family and personal friends, and most of them were already there. Korra watched Opal get a tofu and soy stick and give it to Gummy, their youngest. Their final count was one earthbender and two airbenders.

There was a poll going on for almost twenty years now, ever since the water tribe heritage was found out, that at any moment some Beifong would have a waterbender, but it hadn't happened yet. When it'd happen – and it was going to happen - they would have all the elements in the same family. Bo and Opal didn't want more kids, but Huan and the twins were still options.

"We?" asked Asami. She distributed salmon and leech for her and Korra.

"Yeah…" Bolin sighed. "I'm pretty sure Emerald is in love with Major."

"What?" Korra asked frowning. "Nah, they are best friends."

"What gave it away?" Sami asked at the same time.

"She kind of told us," Opal said. "I mean, not really, but when it was revealed that Mako is Major's dad she was like, 'is he, really? So Maj is my cousin?', and we just figured from there."

Asami and Korra looked back to where the kids were, by the pool chatting loudly. Emmy and Maj were joined by Jinora and Kai's 12 year old Latika, and if they looked closely they could see the despair in Emerald's eyes whenever she looked at Maj without the other girl seeing.

They looked at each other and then turned to Bolin and Opal.

"Boy, that's bad," Korra said. "Major is super straight."

"Is she, really?" Bolin asked suddenly curious. "I thought Santo was the straight."

Korra made a face and Asami shook her head neither confirming nor denying, both of them mumbling things like 'debatable' and 'I don't know' as a way of reply.

"Anyway," Opal interrupted bringing them back to the matter. "Should we do something?"

"I'm not sure we'd be useful," Sami replied. "I mean… that's the kind of thing the kids have to figure out on their own. We do know that Major adores Emmy, she was so excited to spend the summer with her."

"And she was so happy to know that they are related," Korra added. Opal and Bo exchanged a worried look. "Look, they are very young. Plenty of time to fall in love, right? Emmy is probably just beginning to figure out her feelings for girls."

Opal sighed. Gummy poked her with greasy fingers.

"Mommy, can I go play with Tegan now?" he asked and Opal looked around trying to spot Jinora's little boy. They heard giggling from under the table and Korra decided to take a peek. She was met with vibrant green-gray eyes and a large smile.

"Well, would you look at that!" she said smiling.

"Hi, Korra Avatar lady," Tegan greeted. His cheek was smeared with dirt.

She gestured for him to come closer and he climbed to her lap.

"Hello, Tegan airbender baby, why were you hiding?"

Korra got a napkin to clean his hands at least a little, and then gave him a tofu stick too.

"I wanted to play with Gummy at the garden," he said and bit his food.

"Is there an adult in the garden taking care of the kids?" Opal asked. Tegan nodded.

"Mr. Varrick has a whole park in the backyard!"

That was typical of Varrick, wasn't it? Go big or go home. It had been that way since their kids were as little as Gummy and Tegan were.

"Okay, you can go," Opal agreed and the kids bolted up celebrating. "You better behave!"

"You know, I babysat airbender kids before," Korra commented. "And I bet they won't behave."

"You think we don't know that?" Bo said, that exhausted air on his expression again. Korra couldn't believe that Bolin was turning into Tenzin, it was hilarious.

The loud laugh of the girls caught their attention again and they all looked at them. They were laughing at something Latika had said, Major with an arm around Emmy's shoulders and Emerald blushing as she pushed Maj away. Major lost her balance and almost fell in the pool, but Latika saved her with a little airbending.

"At least their situation won't ever be as awkward or weird as Ikki and the twins," Opal said with a sigh and Korra and Asami turned to them immediately.

Mako had mentioned that there was some drama going on, but he didn't know how to explain it. To be honest, Sami and Korra were clinging to anyone else's drama lately, anything to forget their own struggles that were starting to show now that Santo was ready to leave for college.

They heard the sky bison before the sun was momentarily covered by the massive animal flying by to land in the plane port that was part of Varrick's manor and where all the animals, including Fraction and Ean's catmonkey Solo were. Korra shot to her feet.

"That's Tenzin!" she exclaimed hurrying to greet him before anyone else could.

She missed him. Lately, they only spoke on the phone. Rohan was the one bringing bison for her when she needed.

The original airbenders – or OA, as she liked to call them – had come on Zippy, Bumi's sky bison, but Bumi was already at the party. He had come with Firelord Izumi. Korra hugged Tenzin as soon as he hit the ground, and even though he tensed at first, he was quick to hug her too.

"Hello, Korra," he greeted and she stepped back to look at him smiling.

"I'm so happy to see you!" she said excitedly. "I was going to the Air Temple Island to visit, but the acolytes said you were gone."

"Yeah, we had to go to South Pole talk to my mother," Tenzin said keeping it vague. Pema stepped closer and Korra hugged her too.

"Is everything okay with Katara?" Korra asked and the two of them quickly dismissed her question. Katara was great.

"We just wanted to see if she could help us figuring something out," Pema said always smiling.

"Stop that, I'm fine!" they heard someone complain.

"I'm just trying to help!" someone else replied. It was Rohan and Ikki coming down from the saddle of Zippy.

"I don't need help!" Ikki protested pushing Rohan aside, and then Korra saw it.

Ikki was pregnant.