Sokka was late arriving like usual, Toph was a little upset about this but at the same time she knew that he was a busy man and he had a lot of things to do. It was nice to see Zuko smiling again and seeing him seem so happy, Katara and Aang were in complete shock to see Suki with Zuko. What tickled Toph even more was their over reaction to Suki's baby bump that she had, Zuko had been keeping Toph updated on everything and asked her to not tell the others till the Ember Island meeting. She kept her word of course, it was a little hard with Katara always wanting to know everything that Toph knew, Sugar Queen could be a royal pain in the ass sometimes.
"When did this happen?! Is this why you broke up with Sokka?!" Katara ask Suki in a rather panicked fashion.
"Relax Sugar Queen, maybe things weren't working out between them and it was best to split." Toph couldn't believe how calm she was being about this.
"Katara, Toph is right." Suki tried to calm the Water Tribe girl. "Sokka loved someone else and we weren't going to work out anyway."
"Sokka is going to be so heart broke when he gets here." Katara stormed off to find her kids who managed to disappear on her.
"I highly doubt that." Zuko chuckled as they all began getting settled in, Toph chuckled at Zuko's comment.
It wasn't long till everyone was at the beach enjoying the weather, Aang and Zuko sat and discussed work type stuff, Katara made sand castles with Kya and Bumi. Toph and Suki sat together and talked about what ever came to mind, mostly work and how their lives were changing for the better, Toph was beginning to wonder when Sokka was going to arrive or if he was going to come at all.
As it got darker and after Katara had put her children to bed, Zuko started a small pit fire just to keep things warm along with making a light so they could all talk and visit. Suki was glad Katara finally started accepting what happened and started acting like normal Katara.
"Doesn't this remind you of the good old times?" Aang stated as he laid his head in Katara's lap.
"With Sokka here it would definitely be like old times." Zuko chuckled as Suki laid against him. Toph felt really left out all of a sudden but in a way she was kind of use to it.
"As long as I can be Melon Lord again everything will be great." Toph crossed her arms and smiled proud as everyone laughed remembering her wonderful performance as Melon Lord.
"You did make one heck of a Melon Lord, Toph. Best one I have ever known I'd say." Aang chuckled.
"What are you saying that you have met other people who played Melon Lord? Who are they?" Toph's sudden interest in these mysterious Melon Lords caused Zuko to laugh.
"There are no other Melon Lords, Toph." Sokka's voice finally rang through Zuko's laughter.
"Sokka!" Katara ran and hugged her brother.
"Bout time you showed up, thought maybe you weren't coming" Toph chuckled.
"I'm going to need a better map than the one I drew." He laughed and sat next to Toph.
"Well that explains a lot." Zuko shook his head aand managed to dodge Sokka's flying shoe. "Hey, that's uncalled for."
"Was it?" Sokka chuckled. Toph playfully shoved Sokka knowing that they were being quite childish.
"Boys never grow up." Suki giggled. "That is the conclusion I have come down to."
"You figure that out on your own?" Toph said blankly but quickly laughed assuming the guys all gave either childish faces or ones of disbelief. Suki lightly kicked Toph as the girls laughed.
"It is so beautiful here, almost completely perfect." Suki smiled as she stared up at the stars above them.
"Indeed it is, Zuko how is it you get the awesome spot out of all the nations?" Aang chuckled as he admired the view above him.
"I wouldn't say that it is the only awesome spot, I am sure every nation has there own amazing places." Zuko thought that was a good enough explanation.
"Until someone burns down your village." Suki smiled as she spoke.
"You are never going to let that go are you?" Zuko looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Nope!" Suki giggled and gave him a kiss before looking back up at the stars.
Slowly the Gaang retreated and went to bed, Toph was surprised that Sokka hadn't said anything about Suki and Zuko being together but since Toph was the other girl that he loved he probably didn't care. As far as Toph knew, Suki had a secret love for Zuko too, who knew it was all a mystery to Toph. Soon it was just Toph and Sokka left on the beach with a slowly dying fire in front of them.
"So you got lost huh? That's the story you are going with?" Toph laid back into the sand.
"Yeah, I did and yes I am. Why don't you believe me?" Sokka looked at her in almost awe, he was really glad that she was blind and couldn't see the stupid look on his face. Although over the years he has had a lot of stupid looks.
"it's a little hard to believe, you can travel from the Southern Water Tribe to the Northern Water Tribe and then to Republic City and to see Zuko in Capital City but you can't find Ember Island. Are you seeing my disbelief here?" Toph laughed feeling Sokka shift against the sand.
"Okay, okay you got me there. I wasn't paying attention where I was going and I got off on the wrong course." Sokka finally admitted.
"Well that happens to everyone. Except me." Toph loved pointing out that she never got lost.
"What would we do without you?" Sokka bit his lip and played with the sand in between them.
"Probably be stuck looking for a Earth bending Teacher for Aang and you wouldn't have gotten as far as you have." Toph got up and brushed the sand out of her hair.
"Probably." Sokka got up as well not caring that sand was stuck to his butt, they were on a beach it was going to happen whether they wanted it to or not.
"Ready to turn in Captain Boomerang?" Toph asked as she rid the last of the sand off her body.
"Yeah it has been a long day and sleep does sound quite nice." Sokka smiled and they both headed for their rooms, they held hands as they walked not really knowing what it all meant but it felt nice none the less. Suki had been up with blasted morning sickness for most of the night, she stepped out to get some fresh air and seen Sokka and Toph walking together the way they were. She was happy for the both of them, this is how it was suppose to be and she was glad it turned out the way that it did. She gently rubbed her growing stomach and returned to her room with Zuko leaving the two new lovers alone, things were going to be better now Suki could tell.