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"At university finally everything changed and it's fun to be there." College was a lot better for me too, socially. But same as you I've accepted all of the bad parts of school for what they were.

"her father now only focussing on her" All eyes on her is the last thing she needs and wants. A girl just wants to deal with her issues in peace lol. "She couldn't deal with this and her plan to loose weight by using throwing up doesn't work. In fact it only does her more harm." Exactly. I've done a little more research on bulimia and, from what I've read, the purging is literally done to prevent weight gain and does not really do anything to lose it. In fact, from the sound of it, those suffering from bulimia can possibly be a bit overweight because the purge doesn't eliminate everything. In other words, she's in trouble, a lot of it. "And with her grades getting bad, her problems with Ozai had doubled once more." Which is a big cycle because her grades slipped because Ozai pressured her. "She will need backup to get through this mess." Indeed, a girl needs love and support. "Especially Teo seems to me, like he has noticed, that Azula wasn't eating much during lunch." He has. Which is exactly why he decided to give her a second try despite the cold reception he got the first time. And thank you for continuing to enjoy them!

Chan stood before the cafeteria with an announcement. Stealing a brief glance around the lunchroom, it would seem that she was one of the few who had a problem with this. Of course, most of that remaining few were teachers and lunchroom staff who weren't getting paid enough to hear Chan prattle on and on about his Halloween party as they tried to usher him away from the staff only microphone. Mai looked as stoic and uncaring as ever. Teo in particular seemed to loath the news, his face was twisted into an expression of annoyance that outshined that of even Long Feng's. Next to him, Azula didn't seem thrilled either. But then, Katara couldn't remember the last time she had seen the girl look anything but miserable. And it strikes her as Chan barks out the date and time, that she was actually letting Teo sit by her.

"In other words, you all can think of this as a costumed welcome back party!"

Katara groaned to herself, it truly was bold of him to throw a welcome back party for himself, and even bolder to announce another it on his first day back from his suspension. She didn't care how he was framing it; he could call it a charity drive and she would still think that it was stupid, because deep down she knew it was just another frat party. Without the frat, of course, but he always had beer, awful music, and 'sexy' women. Evidently it sounded just like what Sokka had described.

She wondered why he would even host another after the last mishap.

"Are you gonna go, Katara?"

"I'm a bit of a loser, Suki." Katara reminded her. "I don't think I'm invited."

"Not invited!?" Jet exclaims. "Every party needs a good ol' slut, of course you're invited!"

Her face grew boiling hot; for once it was in rage rather than embarrassment. She got to her feet and before she could lose the courage, got in his face. Because there she was, the girl who used to defend kids on the playground during recess. "It's a good think you'll be there then."

Duke stifled a laugh, earning himself an elbow to the gut.

"That was pretty brave, Katara." He was smiling but there was a malevolent twinkle in his eye. She wondered just why she had found him so alluring in the first place. With all of her soul she regretted hooking up with him during her freshman year.

She had a good feeling that she was going to regret her last move too.

Even as he walked away she knew it wasn't over.

She watched him thump Teo on the head as he walked past. And her temper flared more. She watched him shove Azula's lunch off of the table and knew that she might as well be dealing with the devil himself.

.oOo.

So much anger and stress wasn't good for the baby. The only reason she hadn't followed Jet, was because Katara told her not to. The other girl was convinced that he would smack her, pregnant or not. Apparently, that was the kind of man Jet was.

She looked at her phone again. Just what was taking Sokka so long. Had all of that talk about naming the baby and being a better father been a load of bullshit? She stood by her car, tapping her foot impatiently. Any longer now and she would just attend the appointment alone.

"Sorry I'm late." Sokka rubbed the back of his head. "Someone almost hit me in the parking lot, it was a little nuts."

Suki breathed a sigh of relief.

Sokka looked anything but, she could tell that he was jittery and nervous to be attending his first pregnancy checkup with her. It probably wasn't going to make things any better than she had vented and put in quite a bad word for him with her doctor. But he didn't need to know that.

"It's actually really easy." Suki stated. "Usually they just check my blood pressure, my weight, and the baby's heartbeat. Sometimes, they'll measure the bump." She ran a hand over it for emphasis. Sokka simply nodded along. "I kind of like knowing about the heart rate, it's reassuring, you know?"

"Yeah, I guess."

She folded her arms over her chest. "Are you really going to be all moody about this?"

"I'm not being moody, you—" He paused. "I'm not being moody."

"Right." She conceded. "You're completely uninterested."

"That's not true either." He protested as they arrived in the waiting room. "I'm just nervous, okay? Can't a guy be nervous?"

Suki sighed, maybe she was being too hard on him. She walked up to the check in desk and gives her name, "I'm here to see Dr. Fong." By the time she finished with the clerk, Sokka had disappeared to inspect the office fish tank. She rolled her eyes, he was going to be a fun dad, if nothing else. She could very easily picture him standing there with a child's hand in his as he told the child about all of the different types of fish.

Her name was called and she motioned for Sokka to follow.

"Hi, Dr. Fong, this is Sokka, the guy I was telling you about."

Dr. Fong quirked an eyebrow. "The selfish, good for nothing, manchild?"

"The very same." Suki grinned.

"I'm not a selfish!" Sokka declared. "Good for nothing, maybe. Manchild, definitely. But I am not selfish."

"Well I'm glad you decided to join us, Sokka. It will certainly take a lot of pressure off of Suki."

.oOo.

He listened but he didn't. His mind was whirring, trying to process everything that was happening. This was real, he was going to be a father. He was going to have to be a father while going for his degree so that he could provide the best life he could for—not just him anymore—but for his…family.

Suki and Fong became background noise, dimly he was aware that the doctor was measuring Suki's bump and declared that so far things were looking healthy. He forced himself to smile because that was good new to hear.

Even so, his mind wandered further. He began to dread the actual birthing process. He didn't know what to expect. Was he going to be in the delivery room watching her give birth? Was that a thing fathers were expected to do? Was it even allowed? And if it was, he wasn't sure if he could stomach it. He always had been at least a little squeamish when it came to blood.

He waited for Dr. Fong to finish whatever she was saying before turning to her and asking, "am I allowed to be in the room while Suki is in labor?" He truly hoped that she would say no, so that he wouldn't have to worry about looking like an asshole again for not wanting to be there.

"Of course!" Dr. Fong declared. "The presence of the father is very helpful for a newborn. The baby should be held by both the mother and father, don't you think?"

Sokka gave an awkward laugh. "Yeah, that's very true." He rubbed the back of his head. Inwardly he wondered just how the hell he was going to mentally prepare himself for this one.