Lin threw another rock at her sister's sculpture in the practice room hoping it would shatter into a million pieces. She could help but let out a sigh when she saw it was shattered.

"Thanks Lin," she heard her sister say sarcastically from behind her.

Lin turned around with a slight smirk, "No problem."

Su walked into the room and sat down on a bench, "So what's got you so worked up?"

Lin shrugs nonchalantly, "Work."

Su raised her eyebrows, "Right. Not the whole introducing your alleged secret boyfriend to your family?"

Lin sighed as she walked over, "Zari wasn't a secret. I just wasn't forthcoming with the information."

Su gives her a look, "I don't believe you."

"You don't believe I could've been in a relationship?"

"And kept it a secret for this long? No. I also know you're hiding something."

"Like what?" Lin asked.

"Like I felt way more heartbeats on the ground than I should've when you guys landed."

Lin was momentarily surprised at her little sister's skill. She chose to remain silent, deciding what exactly she was going to tell Su.

"Whatever lie you're thinking of, just scrap. Give it to me straight."

Lin sighed, "Fine. But you can't tell anyone about this. Not even Bataar."

"Done. Spill."

"I met Zari a few months ago at the whole Kuvira's gone party Bumi threw. We got drunk and slept together. A few weeks ago I found I was pregnant with twins. We were going to tell you and mom the truth, and lie to everyone else."

Su looked at her sister shell shocked.

After awhile Lin looked at her sister, "Uh...Su? Are you alright?"

Su shook her head, "Sorry. I'm just processing. I get why you're telling everyone Zari's been your boyfriend for a bit. The media would eat you alive if they found out you had a one night stand. And the council. So, I'm guessing since he's here, Zari's going to be involved?"

Lin nods, "Yep."

"Wow. Honestly, if he wasn't here, I wouldn't believe you."

Lin snorted, "I don't even believe this is the situation I'm in!"

"What did mom say?"

"Oh she finds it hilarious."

"Yeah she would. So, when are you going to tell the rest of Team Avatar?"

Lin shrugs, "I only thought about telling you because I was seeing you. I was going to mention it at dinner tonight."

Su rolled her eyes, "Of course you wouldn't do a cute pregnancy announcement."

"Why would I? Isn't bring the baby daddy enough?"

"You could still be cute Lin. Speaking of the baby daddy, can I meet him before dinner? You know, when you two aren't lying too everyone in the room?"

Lin rolls her eyes, "Fine. Come on."

The sisters begin walking the short distance to Lin's room. When they get there, Lin knocks on the door to let Zari know they were back and walks in. He's sitting at the desk with his sketchbook and oil pastels. He had mentioned during work for a client, so that's what Lin assumed he was doing. She had to stop herself from rolling her eyes at the oil that speared his hands, clothes, and face. That man really preferred being messy.

He looks up as Su closes the door behind her. He studies Lin and Su for a beat before turning to Su, "I'm guessing you know?"

Su, surprised at Zari's perceptiveness, nods.

He goes back to his drawing before saying, "If you're going to hit me or something, I prefer it not being on my head. Thanks."

Su raises an eyebrow at Zari, "You don't seem that scared of me."

He shrugs, "Not really."

"Why not?"

"Your actions against me would be justified. I don't blame you for protecting your sister."

Su looks over at Lin who shrugs.

"This is not how I thought this conversation would go."

"Me neither. By the way, you have a great eye. I noticed the paintings on the ceilings."

"What paintings on the ceiling?" Lin asked.

Su rolled her eyes, "Of course you would never notice. And thank you. I enjoy art."

Zari gestures to himself, "Same. It's relaxing."

Su gives him a small smile, "Yeah, it is. So, Zari, tell me about yourself."

"Um...well you already know I'm an artist by trade. I served in the United Forces for a bit and that's where I met Bumi."

"Are you guys still friends?"

Zari nods, "Yep. That's why I was at the party."

"Are you close to your family?"

"Yes. My aunt and uncle raised my younger sister and I after my parents died. My sister, cousins and I are petty close."

Su nods, "Have you ever been arrested?"

"No."

Su stares at him before saying, "Okay."

"Ok?" Zari asks.

"Yep. As long as you don't mess up with Lin or my nieces or nephews. See you guys at dinner. You guys should work on acting more like a couple by the way," Su says as she walks out the door.

Lin looks over at Zari,"Well that went well."

"Surprisingly. Now we just have to survive dinner and the rest of the weekend."

Lin snorted at that as she went to change her clothes.


"So… Zari, what do you think of Lin's new policing policies?" Baatar asks to make small talk.

Lin almost chokes at that question and she could see a slight smirk on her mother's face. So far, the dinner had been going well with her family. They had mostly stuck to asking Zari basic questions about his life and career. They she did not anticipate them asking about politics, which she and Zari had never actually discussed.

He swallows, "Um… well you know. I think that the policies could help the poorer neighborhoods. With the monitoring crime and all."

Baatar raised his eyebrow, "You disagree?"

"No. I just think it could be less beneficial if the people don't trust the police."

Bolin looks at her, "You're okay that your boyfriend doesn't agree with you?"

"It's a minor disagreement. Plus, he just said he wanted to add some thing to it which could potentially be beneficial. We've discussed it."

Zari looks over at Lin, secretly grateful for her interrupting as he said, "Yes. As you can see, it's a sensitive subject. So, Baatar, have you designed anything new?"

"As a matter of fact, I'm designing a new…" before he could continue Su cuts him offf with a look, "um...you know we can discuss this another time."

Wing looked over, "So Zari, do you bend?"

"No," Toph says quickly, "he's a non-bender."

He glares at Toph, "Not true. I can bend I just don't do it very often."

"Why not?"

He shrugs, "It's complicated."

Wing nods and the small talk continued on for a bit. As dessert rolled around Toph says, "Well this has been great and all, but Lin has something to tell you guys."

Lin glares at her mother.

Toph shrugs, "It doesn't look like you guys were going to bring it up."

"We were getting there," Lin grumbled.

"Tell us, what?"

Lin glances at Zari and he nods.

She clears her throat, "Um...well...I...uh...wanted to tell you guys that I'm….pregnant."

Bolin spits out his drink, Baatar's jaw dropped, and Opal's face splits open into a grin.

Su stands up to hug her sister, "Congrats Lin!"

"How far along are you? Do you know the gender?" Opal asks excitedly.

"Um...I'm about three months and no, it's too early for the gender. However, I am having twins."

That got another squeal out of Opal and the twins were excited now.

"See, I told you telling them wouldn't be bad," Zari joked to Lin.

She rolled her eyes at him as Opal attacked her aunt. Maybe it wasn't that bad.


The next morning, Zari woke up to hear Lin throwing up. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before climbing off of the couch. He glanced around the room and saw a kettle and some tea. He flipped through it and put on some of the ginger tea. He grabbed a mug and set in the counter. He glanced at the clock and saw that it was only four in the morning. He then heard more retching from the bathroom, and shook his head.

Better, my butt, he thought as he poured the tea and headed to the bathroom.

He knocked on the door and got a grunt in response. He opened the door and saw Lin leaning against the wall of the surprisingly spacious bathroom. She looked up at him with a slightly raised eyebrow, "What are you doing up?"

He handed her the tea and slid down across from her, "My superhuman senses told me there was a damsel in distress."

She rolled her eyes, "I'm not a damsel nor am I in distress."

"Right…" he says as she watched her slowly sip the tea, "I'm sure your stomach would agree with that statement."

They sit in silence for a few moments before she says, "Thanks. The tea's helping."

"I'm glad. Ginger tends to do that," he says, "My mom used it when my sister or I had stomach thing. Tea was her cure for everything."

Lin nods as she sips, "That's how my uncle was, except he preferred jasmine."

"I prefer jasmine too. It's relaxing."

"Never pegged you as a tea guy."

He shrugs, "There's a lot you don't know about me."

"Like your political stance," she mumbles.

He winces at that and she mumbles, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't've…"

He waves his hand, "No. It's fine. We should've talked about that. I do believe in your policies. I just disagree with some of them. Well, not disagree, more of they need improvements or modifications. I uh...shouldn't have brought it up in front of your family."

She nods, "It's fine. It's not like you fundamentally disagree. At least you have your own opinion."

He nods, "Ok. Learning from this experience, there are some things we should probably talk about."

She nods, "About us or the babies?"

"Both."

Lin nods as she sipped her tea, closing her eyes for moment. He sees her swallow and he moves to grab the mug from her as she turns over and begins to retch into the toilet. He puts the mug on the counter, pulls her hair back, and begins rubbing small circles on her back.

A few moments later she pulls back, "Thanks," she mumbles.

"No problem," he says as he slides next to her on the wall.

The sit in silence for a few moments before she asks, "What did you want to ask about?"

"When are you going to tell the council that you're pregnant?"

She shrugs, "I hadn't thought about it."

He raises an eyebrow, "You haven't thought about it?"

She sighs, "Well I have. I just don't necessarily want to tell them. When I do, I'll automatically be on desk duty and the press will be all over the place. And then the other half of my family will want to get involved too. Especially Korra and her friends."

He nods, "That makes since but, it doesn't matter if you try to hide it. You're going to be showing more soon," he says gesturing to the barely visible bump under her tank top.

"I know," she says.

He sighs, "Well it's up to you when you want to tell, but I think you should do it sooner rather than later."

She nods and looks at him questioningly, "Is their anyone you want to tell before we officially announce it?"

He shrugs, "I'll tell my family through a letter or something. I don't really feel like being picked a part for knocking up the chief of police."

She chuckles at that.

"...although, I'm pretty sure the press is going to do that anyways. We're going to be all over the headlines."