"How could she get knocked up like that?" Tenzin hissed as he drove, forgetting Pema was even in the car. She had always been careful, super careful with him. If she had accidentally gotten pregnant, they'd likely still be together.

"I'm sure it was an accident. It's not like she wanted children," Pema wanted to change the subject.

"And who does that guy think he is, showing up with a pretty face and a fancy car and he just gets a family?" He got the one thing Tenzin thought was impossible. He got Lin Bei Fong to become a mother.

"Why are you so upset about this?"

"Why am I so upset? We were together over 15 years."

"And you left her for me. What, would you have stayed if she got knocked up earlier?"

He probably would have. "We wouldn't have worked," he told his wife.

"Then let it go. Maybe this will be good for her." She needs to do something other than work all day anyway.

"How could this be?" He saw his wife's angry face and finally shut up.

The other patients had seen the fight between Lin, and Tenzin and it wasn't long until the rumors started clamoring about something going on between Lin and Tenzin. Was she pregnant? Could he be the father? What would Kuzon do if it were an airbender?

Lin was overwhelmed by the media's aggression. They were outside her door, outside the precinct; they had even started popping up outside Kuzon's office building.

She just wanted to work and live in peace.

Finally, Kuzon said, "maybe we should make a statement," just to see if they can get these people to move on to a new story.

Lin reluctantly agreed. She offered to do one interview, "and don't send me an annoying journalist or I won't ever do another one!"

They sent an excited young scoop to get the story. They did the interview in Lin's house, as she did not want him in her office where her employees might say all kinds of nonsense.

The young man, he actually looked like a young teen, had a recorder in hand as he started the interview.

"I'm here with esteemed Chief Lin Bei Fong, daughter of war hero and former Chief Toph Bei Fong and presumed heir to the Bei Fong estate.

She has graciously agreed to be interviewed with regards to her expected child, the youngest Bei Fong, known in the media as Baby B."

Lin rolled her eyes at the nickname. "So where do I start?"

"I will ask a couple of questions, but I try to get my interviewees to tell their story in their own words. Hopefully, that will be easier once we get the preliminary stuff out of the way.

I want to start with your own mother. Would you say that you two were close?"

"Not really. She was well intentioned, but she didn't really know how to parent. Her parents had been overbearing, so she let her daughters do whatever we felt like doing. Often times, my sister and I fought and she would come break it up and then we'd go right back to fighting."

"Did you follow in her footsteps to get closer to her?"

"I wanted her to be proud of me, but she didn't care what I did as long as I wanted to do it. I don't think she wanted me to be a police officer. She didn't think I chose the job for the right reasons."

"And did you?"

"I don't know, but I'm glad it's what I do now."

"Have you thought about how you're going to balance a career and a family?"

"I don't have the whole future planned out, but Kuzon plans on taking a sabbatical when my maternity leave runs out, so he will be at home for the first year and then he'll go back to work and we'll have to figure out something."

"Did you want to be a mother?"

"I wasn't sure if I had it in me. I didn't know my father at all, and I had supportive adults in my life, but it's not the same as having parents. I wasn't really sure what to do."

"And is this why you and Tenzin didn't work out?"

"It was a part of it. When you're with someone, you have to meet him half way. Tenzin and I couldn't do that. We fought over children and work and it got to the point where we fought over everything just to fight.

We couldn't make it to the grocery together without fighting. It would have been no environment for a child, and I refuse to have any kids if we couldn't work out our other issues. He thought I was refusing forever, so he left for the first offer he got."

"And do you think they have a strong marriage?"

"I have no clue. It's not my business either way."

"Tell me about Kuzon."

"Well, I was driving home. I had been working longer hours to try and hide from the media. They had been annoying me ever since Tenzin announced Pema's pregnancy and I saw this cool looking bar I had never been inside of before, so I pulled over and went inside.

He was there. He suggested I try a drink called the Fallen Lady. I did. It was really good and well, we started chatting. It was weird how much we had in common. We never met our fathers. Our mothers were distant, each affected by her upbringing. He was actually adopted, so he has two mothers as it were. Given his adoption, he never knew his sister. My sister and I can't stand each other and haven't spoken in a decade.

We just made sense together. If you really want to know the quick and dirty of it, I liked him, I brought him home, and I had stopped taking my birth control since I had been single for some time, and I didn't think about the consequences of that until I started puking six weeks later.

I told him. I half expected him to run. Who would sign up to raise a baby with someone he's only known for a few weeks? Anyway, he said he wasn't going anywhere. I'm used to people leaving. It was odd to accept that he was in it for the long haul."

"Have you discussed marriage?"

"Only briefly. I'm not one to rush to the altar because I'm having a child. It has to be right for us and I'm hardly one to care too much about having a child out of wedlock. Neither of our parents ever got married. I don't even know who my father was."

"Do you wish you had known him?"

"If he were worth knowing. My mother never said anything about him, so I don't know if he didn't know about me, or he didn't care or if he knew about me but didn't know I was his. For all I know, she went to the seed bank and felt like having a kid on a whim. I just don't know."

"This all got out after you got into a fight with Tenzin. Can you tell us about that?"

"Well, I was on my way out of the doctor's office. Kuzon had taken me to my appointment, and Tenzin happened to be bringing Pema in, and that's when he found out I was pregnant. I kept it quiet during the first trimester since it's bad luck and all. Only a handful of people knew, including both of our jobs HR departments. I wasn't planning on telling him myself. I told his mother, since I was hoping she could find my mother, and I figured either she or his sister would tell him.

When he saw me, he wondered why I was there. In my mind, I wanted to say it was just a normal appointment, not everyone there is pregnant, but the words didn't come out.

Kuzon said that he was pregnant, and then it was obvious. Tenzin started yelling. I got mad and started yelling. He had the nerve to criticize my decision to have a child with someone not him. After all that he put me through, he had no right to accost me about my family. He said something rude. I slapped him, and I left.

The media found out since well, every patient there saw some serious drama. They've been telling crazy stories, suggesting that it's Tenzin's baby or what not, but it's Kuzon's. I haven't been anywhere near Tenzin, and we didn't even start speaking again until recently."

"Do you know what you're having?"

"I have no idea what it is, since it could be an earthbender, firebender, or neither since I don't know who my father was, but I want to be a mother no matter what. It would be convenient if it took after one of us, but you never know."

"And how has his family taken the news?"

"Both his mothers are happy. I haven't had the chance to meet them yet. They aren't from around here, but I'm sure I'll meet them before the birth."

Before he could ask any more questions, there was a knock on the door.

"Who could that be? Excuse me," she said as she got up. She opened the door and got waylaid with a hug.

"OH MY SPIRITS YOU'RE GOING TO ME A MOM!"

"And this would be Kya."

"Can I ask you some questions?"

"Sure. Who is he?"

"He's my interviewer. We were discussing well me and the baby and …"

"I'm so excited! Can I be the godmother? Please!"

"Well I should at least talk to Kuzon before …"

"I need to meet this guy. I've only seen the photos. He looks super dreamy!"

"He is super taken."

"You always were a possessive one."

"Oh hush!"

"I'm her best friend, and I can tell you all about her."

Lin shook her head. She went on about how she and Lin would goof off as kids, and despite her serious exterior, she has a childlike heart. "Not Tenzin, though. He's too serious and not in a good way."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is he has the responsibilities that he finds most important, and he doesn't recognize that other people have responsibilities that are equally important to them. If he would calm down for just five minutes, he might realize he's not the center of the universe.

I love my brother. The spirits know I do, but I've wanted to slap him upside the head for a list of reasons."

She listed them, in detail. Lin was concerned that this would all end up in the papers. The scoop of course, loved it.

"Well, I thank you ladies for your time, and as we agreed, you'll get a chance to see the piece and comment before it's published."

"Come again!" Kya said.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin questioned.

"He was adorkable."

"Tenzin's gonna flip when they publish your rant."

"Meh. He's always flipping out."