A/N: I was hoping to get this out earlier, but had a pretty bad migraine a couple of days ago, so had to give my head some rest. Anyway, here's the chapter that I know you guys have been waiting for! I deliberated on what name to give this chapter for a while, but decided the best one would have to be Kyla. Enjoy!

3 1/2 days later:

Aang's POV:

I guide Appa to the spot closest to Kyla's home and with a loud grunt his feet touch the ground.

"Well we're here!" I claim in an attempt to be upbeat, while really I'm half quivering with anticipation. Sokka peers out from the saddle and squints at our surroundings.

"Hey this place is close to the council hall." I nod at his observation and jump down lightly onto the ground, but no sooner does my feet touch the ground, I'm pulled into a huge embrace. I blink but the familiar scent that assaults my nose as my face is buried into someone's shoulder makes me smile.

"Kyla." I whisper softly and bring my arms to wrap them around her in a tight hug.

"Aang, it's good to see you in one piece..." The Waterbender pauses and then pushes me back whilst keeping her hands on my shoulder as her eyes scan over me from head to toe. "You are in one piece right?" I chuckle at her inquisitive look.

"For the most part. I'll update you later, but first I want you to meet some people." I turn to look behind me to see Sokka and Zuko with hanging jaws, Toph with an amused expression and Katara looking uncomfortable. Kyla watches my gaze for a moment before grinning.

"These are your friends, the ones who helped you end the war right?" I nod with a smile, take her by the arm and go over to properly introduce them.

"Kyla, this is Firelord Zuko, my Firebending Sifu and a great friend." I introduce with shining eyes as Kyla bows low to Zuko.

"It's a real honour to meet the Firelord that put an end to the war. Thank you Firelord Zuko." The Firebender returns the bow.

"No friend of Aang needs to be so formal. It's great to meet you." I shift down the line as my eyes rest on Toph.

"This is the Chief of police, Toph Beifong. My Earthbending Sifu and a headstrong friend." I say with a laugh as Toph shoots me a scowl. Kyla glances between the two of us before bowing again.

"I've seen you around the city busting criminals. I want to say that it's amazing to meet the inventor of Metalbending, you're really inspiring. It would be so cool if we could spar!" The praise seems to soften the earthbender up as she claps Kyla's back.

"Nice to see I'm being appreciated. Keep this one around Twinkletoes. I think we're going to get along great!" I gulp, as I can just imagine the chaos they could get up to together. I sling an arm around Kyla's shoulders and move her along to the next person along the line.

"Aaand this is Councilman Sokka; you'll never find a better friend to make you laugh." I introduce warmly and release my hold on the Waterbender. Just as she goes to bow I watch as Sokka grabs her arm and shakes it in a Watertribe fashion.

"It's nice to finally meet you Kyla, Aang wouldn't stop talking about you." Sokka teases as he shoots me a wink. I blush bright red and cross my arms.

"Sokka stop lying." I voice with a huff until Kyla turns to face me with a devious curl of her lips.

"So you didn't talk about me to your friends?" The Waterbender states in feign hurt and her eyes become wide in expectation.

"I did! I mean no...yes! Aurgh, stop teasing me the two of you!" I exclaim befuddled as I feel the heat radiate from the tips of my ears. The two of them share a look before bursting out in laughter and Kyla slaps my forearm gently. "That wasn't nice." I say with a slight pout.

"Eh you should be used to it by now Footsy."

"Footsy?!" Sokka echoes out in a snort. "And I thought Twinkletoes was bad." I grit my teeth at Sokka's comment.

"Kyla you said that nickname wouldn't be used in public!" I mutter out to which the Waterbender just rolls her eyes

"Your friends are hardly part of the public. Besides they'd have heard it at some point."

"How'd you come up with that nickname?" Toph chimes in with amusement.

"Actually he kind of gave it to himself, he ended up burning his feet when he was trying a new Firebending technique and accidently cried out 'my footie!' but I thought footsy would be funnier so that's what I've been calling him for a while." I slap a hand to my forehead when I hear Zuko snorting in laughter.

"Never thought I'd hear you say that and I've heard you say a lot of whacky things before." Zuko states with a slight grin.

"Ooh you must enlighten me!" The Waterbender interferes with interest. I quickly grab Kyla's hand and take her to the last person in the line.

"And last but not least, this is Katara. She was my Waterbending Sifu and the one who found me in the iceberg. She's been my rock during our travels." I compliment but Katara's eyes focus entirely on Kyla.

"Oh my gosh Master Katara! I've been wanting to meet you for so long. All that you've done in bringing equal bending rights at the North Pole and your healing abilities have been extensively told about up North. You inspired me to travel and learn what I can in the different Waterbending disciplines." The Waterbender excitedly regales as she bows especially low to my Sifu.

"I erm wow I'm glad I was such an inspiration, but from what I've heard you're talented yourself to be able to heal Aang's wounds." Katara spares me a glance and I smile encouragingly and I'm relieved to see that she returns the same smile. Kyla blushes slightly from the compliment.

"I just did what I've learnt." Katara brings Kyla in for a brief embrace and soon releases her but not before whispering something in her ear which I'm just able to catch with my close proximity,

"Thanks for doing what I didn't." I frown slightly at Katara's words but when she meets my eyes again she quickly averts them and I decide not to probe. I cough lightly and avert my gaze also.

"Why don't you all come in? The house has rooms filled with games and studies if you want to get any work done or just relax. Sometimes my patients come here if the hospitals fills up, so I thought to make it a bit more interesting for them.

"I'd love to, but I need to check in at the station. I'll swing by later to go... aurgh clothes shopping for the celebration."

"Hey Zuko you want to see if you can beat me at one those games?" The pony-tailed warrior challenges with a smirk.

"Sokka surely you have better things to do with your time?" The Firelord states with a disapproving stare.

"After the weeks that we just had I need a break and so do you." Zuko scowls slightly before sighing.

"Alright, maybe just a couple." Sokka pumps his fist up in the air.

"Oh yeah!" The two walk into the house before us as Kyla and Katara rolls their eyes.

"Boys." The healer mutters in exasperation.

"Tell me about it." Katara responds in agreement as she shakes her head before they share a smile.

"So what do you want to do Katara? Oh i know! I have a room filled with all my treasures from traveling and a bunch of complex Waterbending scrolls. It's on the top floor." Kyla suggests excitedly. Katara's eyes drop briefly to Kyla's hand on my forearm before quickly returning to meet our gazes and forces a smile onto her face.

"That sounds interesting, thanks. I'm guessing you two will be catching up?" The Master Waterbender states neutrally but I can sense the discomfort radiating off my Sifu in large waves.

"Yeah, we won't be too long. I promise." I say reassuringly, but Katara doesn't seem convinced as she quickly makes her exit. My eyes follow her out and I bring a hand to my forehead with a sigh.

"Everything is still strained?" Kyla inquires with a concerned look as she pulls me towards the healing room on the second floor.

"What gave it away?" I retort sarcastically. "Woah, tone down the sarcasm footsie." I blink at her comment and hang my head in shame.

"Sorry Kyla. It's just things are so weird between them all. Aurgh I don't how to be a good friend anymore." I grumble as I message my temple, wishing that I could just massage my troubles away.

"You know how to be a good friend, that's the reason you left them in the first place. Besides you're a good friend to me, so I know you haven't lost your touch." I pull my hand away from my head and raise an eyebrow at Kyla as she wears a smug expression.

"You know I didn't leave for that reason. And anyway, you're a bit of a hard person to get rid of." I say with mock seriousness at which the Waterbender rolls her eyes and grabs a pot of water.

"You know it will take time. You can't expect everything to be ok again after 3 years. Be patient. Now take off your top and hope onto the mat." Kyla comments as she sets the water pot on the ground and kneels down beside the mat. I shake my head at her insistent tone and take a seat on the mat. I grab the bottom of my top and slide one arm out but I pause as the action results in a flare up of pain. A soothe hand takes hold of mine, giving it a squeeze. I look up to see Kyla's expression of concern mixed with understanding.

"How bad were you hurt?" She questions as she helps me out of my Airbending attire.

"Well I managed to get hurt twice, but it was over two weeks, so that's an improvement." I attempt to joke but the seriousness on the Waterbender's face makes the corners of my mouth drop.

"Alright, I did get hit by a poisonous arrow but Katara fixed that up. And then a few days ago when we went to the Fire Nation I got hit in...my stomach by Yon Yu." I whisper timidly and I watch as the colour drains from Kyla's face.

"You faced him again?!" The healer snips sharply, at which point she finally peels away my shirt to reveal a bright red rigorous scar. "Lay down." Kyla commands tightly.

"Kyla..." I trail off as I reach a hand for her shoulder.

"Lay down." The healer repeats and with a sigh I lie down onto the mat as Kyla bends water onto her hands and then onto my scar. I squeeze my eyes tight as her healing procedure begins, digging deep within and I curl up my hands into tense fists and grit my teeth with agony as I feel the slow probing repair that takes place. "Aang." I open my eyes upon hearing my name and release a shaky breath. The Waterbender reaches for a towel and wipes the sweat from my brow.

"How bad is it?" I question in a mumble, but the downcast look on my healer's face is enough of an answer.

"You've regressed about 7 months' worth of healing sessions, we're going to have to repeat it all again. I'm so sorry. I know how painful they are." I gulp upon hearing this and bury my head into my hands, 'the sessions were just starting to become milder, more manageable, more infrequent and now I have to go through that agony all over again.' I think as my thoughts takes a dark distressing route. "He knew exactly where to hit." I nod at Kyla's statement as she gets up and places the bowl in the nearby sink. "You're going to have to cut down on the amount of solid food and you'll have to go back on that nutritious liquid again for at least a couple of months."

I groan aloud.

"That stuff is disgusting." I complain as Kyla resumes her position beside me. Her eyes scan my exposed torso until it falls on an area just above my stomach to what I assume is the relatively small mark from the arrow. She reaches out a hand and traces the raised skin with her thumb.

"That's from the arrow right?" I raise an eyebrow at her correct deduction.

"Should I be concerned that you know all my scars so well that you can tell when I get a new one?" I tease, as her gaze remains fixed on my marks, which if it was anyone else it would've rendered me extremely uncomfortable, but I suppose I'm used to Kyla doing it and she has a way in making me not feel so judged...so ugly.

"I would hope I know every single.

inch of you, otherwise I wouldn't be a very good healer, would I? Now tell me what's going on with your friends, have you told them everything? Have you showed them the scars?" I sigh at Kyla's probing questions and bring myself up into a sitting position and lean against the wall behind me with Kyla taking a seat beside me.

"It's rocky...and I think it will take a while before they really forgive me. Zuko is the only one who isn't taking it so badly and well I expected that since our friendship didn't really break down much. And no to both questions. I haven't told them about how pushy the council is being nor have I told them about my trip to the Spirit world and I don't intend to. Zuko and Sokka have an idea what the council is putting me through, but not the full details." I state seriously and I watch as Kyla leans her chin on her hand with a thoughtful expression.

"They'll find out the extent of the councils' pushiness soon enough. But your vision...I'm not saying you need to tell them now, but you should tell them in the near future." I shake my head vigorously at Kyla's advice.

"What good with that do expect make them miserable?" I retort and hug my knees close to my chest.

"It's making you miserable to bear by yourself, sometimes things are easier to bear with others and you should know that now! Besides, wouldn't it be unfair on them that they won't be able to have as much time as they could with you if they knew?" I bite my cheek at the Waterbender's sharp tone as her eyes bear down on me in strictness.

"I don't want to disrupt their lives just because they think I'll need to be babysat. We aren't discussing this anymore Kyla." I state sharply and shoot a slight glare at her direction at which she puts her hands up defensively.

"Alright alright, don't have to get so passive aggressive." I slump my shoulders at her sarcastic tone, but because knowing her better than that, I know she's masking her hurt. I sigh and turn my head towards her whilst taking hold of her hand.

"I'm sorry Kyla, I didn't mean to snap. I'm just already worried about it as it is and I really don't think any good will come out of them knowing. Besides, you knowing is enough for me." I try to sound encouraging but Kyla doesn't seem like she's convinced as she raises a sceptical eyebrow.

"That's what you thought about keeping the assassination attempts a secret and look what happened as soon as it was out in the open, they were put to an end." The Waterbender points out as she crosses her arms.

"But this is different, they can't do anything about it." I stress as melancholy washes over me.

"Alright Aang. I won't push you, but you should think about it. Remember I haven't been wrong so far." The healer teases and finally lets a genuine grin slip through and I can't help but chuckle in return.

"True...but I'd like to think I can't always be wrong." Kyla snorts at this and shakes her head.

"With you, I wouldn't be surprised. What about your scars? I know that's a sore topic, have you showed them or told them about it?" I tap my fingers against my thigh in response to the Waterbender's question.

"I told Toph when she felt one of them after I got mild hypothermia..." I trail off at the aghast look on Kyla's face but I quickly raise up a hand when she opens her mouth. "I've told Sokka too...Katara found out after she healed me and I get the feeling Zuko already knows. But I haven't showed them. I was going to show Sokka, but we were interrupted and I lost the nerve to do it again. I think if I can show someone, it will be easier to be more open about it with the rest of the gang." I confess carefully.

"That's..." But a knock at the door quickly interrupts Kyla and she gets up to go the door. I scan around for my top and use it to cover my torso.

"Katara?" Kyla's surprised tone sounds from behind her and I shift out of the door's line of sight.

"Hi Kyla, I was wondering if Aang was free to join us to get some clothes for the celebration tomorrow?" Kyla sends a brief side glance to me as I shake my head before returning to Katara.

"He sure is! Give us a minute and he'll be right out." As the door closes shut I glare at the healer in annoyance.

"Don't you understand what the shake of a head means?" I grumble as she kneels in front of me and helps me back into my top.

"You told me from last time that you need to get an orange sash for your ensemble after the last one got singed. Besides, I'm not blind to see that you have a soft spot for the Waterbender. Perhaps a normal outing is what you need to relieve the obvious tension that's present between the two of you." I drop my jaw open at her observation.

"Is it really that obvious?" I question as I pull my sleeve down self-consciously.

"It is. Now go and bond with your bestie." I spy the twinkle in Kyla's eyes as she voices her statement and I find myself blushing in response.

"This is just going to be awkward and you know it. Hey, do you want to join?" I plead with puppy eyes but the Waterbender just laughs at me as she pulls me up to my feet.

"I've already got my clothes for tomorrow. And I'd just be a third wheel." Kyla states softly and her eyes become slightly downcast. I frown at this display and put a hand on her shoulder.

"No you wouldn't!" I protest. She smiles at me, but I can tell it's fake.

"You know I will. I'm not part of your gang. Besides you need to fix your friendship with them and you can't do that if you keep using me as a shield. Also, I do need to get back to the hospital." I blow a puff of air out at her logic.

"I hate when you're right." I grumble at which she throws her head back and laughs.

"I'm glad you agree. Come back in the evening. We still need to talk and don't think I'll forget about that hypothermia business." She warns with a serious expression, though her eyes dance mainly with concern.

"And here I was hoping you'd forget." I joke with partial dread. She pushes me towards the closed door.

"You know I'd never forget something like that. Now shoo before I give you some more grief." I grin at her, knowing that whatever telling off she'll give me later will be because of how much she worries and cares. I open the door to see Katara's downcast eyes and crossed arms. As soon as she hears the click of the door opening she looks up and drops her arms to her sides.

"Ready to go?" She asks with a small smile to which I return and nod. I turn back to wave goodbye to Kyla and with another click the door closes.

"So who else is coming with?" I ask in an attempt to make small talk.

"Just Toph. Sokka and Zuko already have their official attire with them. And Toph called up to say to meet her at the station as she finishes off something." My Sifu explains with a shrug.

"Alright, do you want to take Appa?" I ask, and internally I hope she says yes, despite knowing how close by the station is - a 10 minute walk, but a 2 minute flight and the later is more appealing to me right now. 'I don't know why, but frequently when alone with Katara it just feels awkward or not right. I have no idea what Kyla was thinking I'd gain with this outing'.

"Do you think we could just walk it? I think Zuko mentioned how close the station is from here and I haven't seen the city yet, so it will be nice to see it a bit more...I mean if you want?" I groan silently, not wanting to but not being able to bring myself to say no, especially with how subdued she's been since we got here.

"Sure, I don't mind. Zuko's right, it's only a 10 minute or so walk." We go over to the door and leave the house in silence.

"I'm sorry." Katara breaks the silence with. I blink in surprise and turn to face her in confusion.

"About what?" I question with a raised eyebrow.

"For interrupting your time with Kyla. It's obvious that you still had a lot to talk about with her." The Master Waterbender states with a neutral expression and I find myself snorting at the unneeded apology.

"Nah, I should be thanking you because you saved me from a potentially bad telling off." I joke and this time Katara is the one with the raised eyebrow and a silent question on her lips. "I accidently let it slip about the hypothermia incident. She was about to grill me about it until you came, so no harm done." I say with a relieved smile and it seems it's enough to put Katara at ease as she relaxes her tense shoulders.

"Good. I was afraid of being an annoyance." I widen my eyes at her comment and grab her hand as my eyebrows furrow.

"You'd never be an annoyance." I say with utter conviction and it seems my behaviour must have been quite unpredictable as she opens her mouth and closes it before finally shaking her head and giving my hand a reassuring squeeze and then letting go.

"Well thank you for that reassurance." She says with a mischievous smile and then heat rises to my cheeks as I realise I was probably a bit too forward. I clear my throat and scoot a little away from her, but Katara isn't having any of it as she closes the distance I made until our shoulders nearly touch. "So what were you talking about with her?" I gulp at her question but after a quick glance at her I see a fairly content expression on her face.

"She already knew most of what's been going on during the last couple of weeks so I didn't have to fill her in. I told her about what happened at the Fire Nation and like all healers I know she insisted on a healing session. It seems the progress that we've made with the damage in my stomach has been undone, so I have to go through that again." I say as I pull a face to make it seem not so bad, but Katara sees right through my facade as lines of concern appear at her forehead.

"Oh Aang. Is it those deep tissue sessions?" My eyebrows shoot up at her knowledge of such sessions.

"You know about those?" I find myself asking at which she tilts her head to the side.

"I do, I first heard about it during our visit to the North Pole. They've perfected all sorts of healing techniques. Although, admittedly my knowledge of it isn't quite near as much as I would like. But I've heard they're the only type of healing that elicits pain due to the need of trying to repair such extensive damage and that it's quite a long process." She explains as her eyes shine with compassion for me.

"I wish I knew that. When Kyla first did it, I couldn't stop..." I pause, remembering who I was talking to and I break off my sentence, so as to not make Katara feel worse, but a hand to my shoulder is enough encouragement and I carry on. "...well screaming. I was convinced that Kyla didn't know how to heal after that until she tried explaining about different healing types. In the end I just let her get on with it due to the lack of options." I laugh self-consciously but again Katara picks up on my discomfort and makes us stop walking as she pulls me into a hug.

"I'm sorry. I should've been there. But I'm here for you now and not even the end of the world will separate me from you." The Master Waterbender whispers into my shoulder and I swallow back the sudden emotion that surfaces up.

"Thank you. But please no more apologies." I whisper back, but Katara remains silent and I can tell that this won't be the last time that I'll hear one. We break apart and continue our track to the police station.

"So what do you think of the city?" I inquire in an attempt to change the subject.

"It's amazing and it's especially beautiful to see all the different nations in one place, working together and getting along. I should've come and visited sooner." Upon hearing the regret in my Sifu's voice I try to think of another topic to talk about to elevate the mood.

"You were busy with rebuilding your tribe and you're here now." I say with a shrug, not really sure what else to say.

"True." We spend the rest of the short walk in silence and as we reach the police station I'm relieved to see Toph is already waiting outside.

"Let's get this awful shopping trip over and done with." The Chief of Police states with a grumble. I raise an eyebrow at Toph's extra crabby than usual attitude.

"What's got your bundle in a twist?" I ask as we fall in step with her. I watch as crease lines appear on her forehead as she opens her mouth, but she closes it a second later and turns her head away from me.

"Nothing...I just hate shopping ok?" I blink at the muttered response and share a look with Katara who looks equally as puzzled as me before shrugging.

"So, what attire do you need for the celebration tomorrow?" Katara questions brightly in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"A new green dress. I've got the rest sorted. What about you?"

"I don't know, I suppose I should be going in some sort of fancy Water Tribe dress?" I hear the uncertainty in Katara's voice as she glances between the two of us.

"Don't worry there's a fancy clothes shop down the corner that does all sorts for all nations. I'm sure you'll find something there." The blind Earthbender reassures.

"Yeah, if they have Air Nation clothes then they'll definitely have Water Tribe stuff too." I say with a smile.

"Air Nation stuff? How did they...?"

"They manufacture it specially. I managed to find an old book about it all and I passed it onto them when I first visited. They've been doing my clothes ever since. It's pretty great." I grin widely and I watch as a bright gleam shines in Katara's eye.

"That's really amazing. I'm happy for you." My Sifu comments with a warm smile.

"Thanks."

"Aurgh, you guys are terrible. It didn't take long for the two of you to return to mushy land together." Toph says with a groan to which I feel the tips of my ears redden in embarrassment and the colour of Katara's face quickly matches mine.

"We're friends Toph, like I am with you..." I pause as the words tumble out. "Erm right?" I cautiously ask as my eyes shift from Katara to Toph. A second later my question is rewarded with a punch to my bicep.

"Does that answer your question?" I rub my arm.

"Yes it does. Ow, are you ever going to show affection in the way that everyone else does?"

"Nope. Besides it makes me feel better."

"You feel better by using me as a punching bag?" I ask incredulously.

"Pretty much." Toph responds as she shoots me an innocent smile, I glower at her and open my mouth with a retort but shut it once I realise that we've arrived.

"Introducing; 'Clothes 4 all'. It's a pretty clever name." I present with both arms out.

"Ah, I get it. Clothes for four nations." Katara says with raised eyebrows. We push open the door and step in.

"So what do you need?" The Master Waterbender asks me.

"Just a sash. There's the Water Tribe section." I point out and with a slight squeal she's over there in a blink of an eye.

"Alright Twinkletoes where's the Earth Kingdom stuff? If they didn't change everything every time we come here I wouldn't need to keep dragging someone with me. I mean what's the point in moving a bunch of clothes from one side of the store to the other?" I cough slightly at Toph's rash words and push her away from the lady standing at the counter who eyes us wearily.

"Toph can't you be discrete? The lady heard you!" I whisper with a hush but the blind Earthbender just folds her arms.

"Good, maybe then she'll stop moving things around." I shake my head at her brashness until my eyes fall on a beautiful dress behind her.

"Hey Toph, this looks amazing!" I say as I examine the material more closely.

"Am I meant to take fashion advice from you?" I ignore the obvious sarcasm in her voice and pick up a couple of dress sizes that would hopefully fit her.

"I'm sure I have better taste than you do. Now try these on. I'll be over at the back looking for a new sash." I push the clothes into her hands and walk towards the Air Nation aisle. My eyes run through the hangers until they fall on various sash lengths. 'Hmm what was my size again?' I sigh. 'This would be easier if my weight didn't keep changing.' I reach a hand for the shortest one and run my hand through the material. I pull it off the hanger and start wrapping it around my waist. I wince slightly as I have to stretch my arms to behind me but soon enough I feel a second pair of gentle hands tying the sash around my waist causing me to drop mine down to my sides. A glance behind me confirms my suspicions of Katara helping me.

"Thanks." I say with a blush. The Master Waterbender hums in response as she finishes wrapping it round.

"I think you should go a size up to give you some breathing room." I nod numbly as Katara unwraps it and picks the next size up which she wraps around me as well. She steps back to observe the new sash and nods her head in approval. Finally she raises her eyes to meet mine and upon taking in my red face she blushes and averts her gaze.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to..." the Master Waterbender stutters and I clear my throat to interrupt her.

"No no, it's fine. Erm, did you find something for the celebration?" I ask, my face still bright red.

"Yes, I found a beautiful Watertribe dress." Katara disappears behind a set of hangers and reappears a moment later with a stunning blue sequined dress.

"Wow." I breathe out, but before I can open my mouth to say more I sense a presence behind me.

"I hate dresses!" I spin round to see Toph wearing the dress that I picked out and I almost balk at how unrecognisable she is. Katara seems to have similar thoughts as she goes over to Toph with an astonished look.

"Gosh Toph you look so beautiful!" Toph winces at Katara's compliment.

"Well what do you know, Twinkletoes actually knows something about fashion." Katara spins round to face me with a raised eyebrow at Toph's comment.

"You picked this?" I shrug, embarrassed by the surprise in Katara's voice.

"Yeah, no biggie."

"Well in that case, I'll let you do my clothes shopping from now." I blush at the praise.

"You look like you're doing a great job yourself." I say with a pointed look at the dress in her hands.

"Aurgh, can we please just pay for this junk and leave?" Toph complains and my eyes snap back to hers.

"Sure, get changed and we'll meet you by the till.

A/N: Ok, I have to admit what Toph said to Aang when she got into the clothes shop is something I would do (and proabably have done). I mean I don't understand why do people change where all the stuff go! Haha.

Ok, next I know this is probably not what you expected from Katara's and Kyla's meeting, but for me I didn't want an overly exaggerated response from Katara. I keep thinking back to that episode at Kyoshi Island and yes Katara was jealous but you didn't really see any huge outburst from her (save from her little argument with Aang) and having aged/matured to 18 in this fic I feel she wouldn't have regressed as such. We definitely will see in Katara's head in a couple or so chapters, so don't worry there's plenty of angst on the way. Overall, I hope I didn't disappoint you all too much.

Finally, let me know what you think about Kyla as a person. I have no experience in creating a whole new character so I hope she seemed realistic and not a copy of any of the other characters.

Ok final final thing, thank you all for your continual support. I appreciate it to the moon and back. Will try to get another chapter out this week, but I guess we'll see. My aim was to make sure that I get to chapter 30…30?! Can you believe it?! This story has been stuck on the 20s for a while so it's a nice change of pace to be on 30! All because of you guys of course! Anyway, yeah wanted to get to chapter 30 before uni starts on Monday, so glad to have stuck to that, but will try to get a couple more or so chapters out in the next week (hopefully!) Wishing you all a lovely day.

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