Sorry about the reposted chapter. Pregnancy brain hit me like a freight train.

In the earth nation Aang, Katara and Sokka were riding on Appa. Once they settled for the night Aang and Katara decided it was a good time to talk.

"You think she's had the baby yet?" Aang asked.

Katara shrugged. Even though it had been a while the thought of leaving Sophie behind still stung her. Aang was the only one who knew about her pregnancy. They both agreed Sokka didn't need to know. If he did it would crush him. If she were to have the child of someone in the fire nation it would be something he could look past. Having the children of the fire lord they both agreed that he would go off the deep end.

Had things not turned out they way they did and the two weren't helping the avatar, he would have already been married to Sophie. Sokka loved Sophie. He had planned to marry her since they were children.

Sokka was close by and only heard them talking about a baby. He immediately assumed that Katara was pregnant and Aang was the father.

"Wait a minute. KATARA YOUR PREGNANT?!" Sokka yelled.

Katara looked shocked and her eyes grew big. Aang looked dumbfounded.

"AANG I KNOW YOU'RE THE AVATAR BUT I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Sokka said starting to get heated.

"But Sokka Katara isn't pregnant." Aang said with a confused look.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU GUYS WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HAVING A BABY!" Sokka said his anger growing.

"Sokka please calm down. I'm not pregnant." Katara said trying to calm her brother down.

"ME CALM DOWN? THE ONLY OTHER PERSON THAT CAN GET PREGNANT IS CURRENTLY STUCK IN THE FIRE NATION." Sokka said. The looks on their faces made him stop. "Wait...no...just no. That can't be. That means Katara you would've had to have..."

Katara and Aang suddenly seemed interested in something else. Sokka felt like time had stopped. Katara left the fire nation 5 months ago. She never said anything to him about Sophie other than she couldn't get away. The pieces started coming together. The reason Sophie wouldn't have been able to leave was because she was pregnant. Who would have gotten her pregnant though and why?

"Who's the father Katara?" Sokka asked dangerously quiet.

"Sokka please don't. You don't need to know who or why." Aang said pleadingly. The last thing they needed was Sokka losing it and going after the fire lord himself.

"No. You will not keep this information from me. I deserve to know. Its bad enough you two kept it a secret this long. Especially you Katara. You know how I feel about Sophie." Sokka said feeling betrayed.

Katara looked down as she debated on telling him. If she lied and he eventually found out Sokka would never speak to her again. If she told him the truth it would crush him. She sighed as she prepared herself for the outcome. Before she could though Aang spoke up.

"The fire lord got her pregnant Sokka. Sophie wasn't wanting to get pregnant. When she found out though she didn't want to risk her child's life. I'm sorry Sokka but it was my idea not to tell you." Aang said looking for forgiveness. He wasn't going to allow Katara to take the fall for this.

Sokka felt his heart stop. "It couldn't be. She couldn't have just let that animal touch her. Let alone get her pregnant." Sokka thought to himself. He loved Sophie. She was supposed to be his wife and have his kids. No way was it supposed to turn out like this. What was he going to do. He didn't want to give up on her being his wife, but what about the child she was having or already had. He could raise it as his own. He could try to make it have as normal a life as it could in the southern water nation.

He could claim that since his mother could use both elements. What would be abnormal that her child could use one of the other. The child would be the fire lords though. Could he look past that?

Aang and Katara watched as Sokka seemed to think about what he just learned. They weren't sure how he was going to react. At any moment he could explode. The fact that he seemed to be thinking it through rather than raging about it seemed to scare them even more.

In the fire nation Sophie looked down at the necklace in her hand. The rubbed the carving that was hand carved into it. It was beautiful. It had a water nation boomerang on it and was a little sloppy but made with obvious care and love. It was her engagement necklace.

Flashback

"Katara look! I can freeze the water and then use my fire bending to heat it up." Sophie said excitedly.

Katara watched with a smile. She had to admit she was a little envious of Sophie. It was like the two elements posed no problem for her to master. Katara would watch and try to imitate what she was doing but couldn't get a handle on it as quickly as Sophie did.

Sophie didn't really seem to notice or just didn't mention it. She always encouraged Katara to keep going at it. "One day Katara you're gonna be an amazing master water bender. Then we can teach out kids together." Sophie said excitedly.

Katara laughed and smiled at her. In the distance someone was yelling for Sophie. Katara looked up just as her brother Sokka tripped and fell flat on his face. He stood up quickly and tried to look as if he wasn't affected by it. Both Sophie and Katara couldn't help but giggle.

"Sokka are you ok?" Sophie asked walking up to him.

He turned red and nodded. "Oh ya I'm totally fine. You know just trying to practice ducking in case someone comes along and tries something you know."

Sophie raised an eyebrow and just shook her head. "Is everything ok? You seemed to act like its urgent."

Sokka looked nervous and put his hand behind his head as he gave a grin. "Oh ya. Well you know its kinda important but its nothing bad."

Sophie looked at him curious as to what would be important. "What is it Sokka?"

Sokka sighed and looked down for a moment. He got a look of determination on his face and looked at Sophie. "Sophie I have a question and if you don't have an answer right away or you say no I'll understand... You know. We've known each other so long. Ummmm I just wanted to ask you if..." Sokka held out the engagement necklace he had finished just before seeking her out. It took him weeks to perfect it. "If you would ummm..."

Sophie squealed. "Yes Sokka I will." She said before he could finish his sentence.

"Well I mean I understand that you don...wait you said yes?!" He asked surprised. His face broke out in the biggest grin when Sophie nodded excitedly.

Katara was smiling in the background. She watched as Sokka worked on the necklace. She also knew that he and Sophie loved each other. Some of the people in the tribe weren't very thrilled about it. They still believed she would bring danger to the southern water nation.

Sophie was brought back from her memory when she heard the door open. She hid the necklace in her hand as she looked to see who walked in.