so, i actually liked this chapter. i find that it flowed nicely. anyway, i'm still trying to type as much as i can when i can, with gym 5x a week, work 6x a week and fitting in everything in between, i now know what it feels like to be one of those A+ students... without the school. anyway, enough about me, read, review and enjoy

Item: Award ceremony

Pairing: Kyalin

Prompt by: AddictedFangirl101

Lin sat in the audience of three hundred, with a large grin on her face as her girlfriend was called onto the stage to deliver her speech. She didn't clap as Kya took her diploma in her hands, instead giving her a smirk that spoke volumes.

The waterbender looked her way, a frown on her face turned into a smile as she searched the crowd and saw Lin smiling at her. The waterbender took her spot next to her fellow graduates and smiled as pictures were taken.

"Laddies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to present to you, Graduating Class one. They have paved the way for future generations of doctors. Thank you everyone."

Kya jumped off the stage and ran into Lin's open arms and laughed when she picked her up and span her in a circle. "I am so proud of you Kya."

The older woman took off her cap to look up into her girlfriend's emerald eyes. "I did it! I'm now Doctor Kya." She looked around, hoping to see two very special people. "Where are my parents?" A sincere look crossed Lin's face, she really didn't want to have to tell her, and luckily for her she figured it out herself. "They forgot, didn't they?"

"I'm not sure babe. Maybe something important came up."

"Yeah, sure." Kya sighed and slipped her hand into Lin's. "Let's just go back to mine for dinner. Mum said she was making my favourite meal for the special occasion."

"Sea prunes?"

"You love them Lin. Don't try to deny it."

Kya and Lin entered the family home on Air Temple Island, to see Aang, Katara and Tenzin sitting at the table, half way threw dinner, which was an eggplant salad. "I thought we were having sea prunes."

Katara looked up at her daughter and smiled cheerfully. "I was going to make sea prunes, but Tenzin came home with some wonderful news. Tenzin."

The young airbender puffed out his chest and sat up as straight as he could. "I finally got a job at the city council. It's not much, just running papers between representatives. Uncle Sokka actually got me the job."

Kya stood there, speechless as her father gave her little brother a pat on the back. What she wasn't expecting was her girlfriend to react the way she did. "Are you bloody kidding me?! Your daughter has spent the last four years of her life, studying like crazy to the point she nearly passed out every time I saw her, trying to become a doctor and succeeding and you two find your twenty three your old son getting a job, that was handed to him, more important than someone who has worked their ass off." She shook her head and let out a puff of air in annoyance. "You two are unbelievable. You make me grateful for my own mother." She turned around and faced Kya who was still wide eyed with shock. "Kya, you are welcome to stay with me at my apartment."

The waterbender looked between her parents, who had pleading looks on their faces and her girlfriend. "I, umm, okay. Thanks Lin."

Kya woke to a soft knocking at her girlfriend's front door. She looked over her shoulder to see Lin still asleep, with her face buried in her lovely brown hair. Extracting herself from Lin's arms, Kya got out of bed and quietly walked to the front door, only to see her parents standing in the lounge. "You two do realise you just entered a police officer's home without permission right? I think this is illegal trespassing."

"Kya," Aang stepped forward and attempted to place a hand on his daughter's shoulder, only to have her step out of his reach, "Kya, your mother and I are here to apologise in person for how we shrugged off your graduation yesterday. It was on our minds and then Tenzin came to us with his wonderful new-"

"Oh shut up. He got a job. Big whoop. I was awarded valedictorian. Something only one person will be awarded with each year. I will never get that opportunity again but Tenzin has many opportunities in the future. I just wish that you two realised Bumi or myself for once other than your precious airbender."

Katara motioned to the couch. "Why don't we sit down and talk? Tensions are high and we don't want to say something that could drive us apart." The three adults sat down, but neither of them was willing to talk, though they knew they had to.

"Kya, I love you, I really do. You're my daughter and nothing is going to change that. But you need to understand, my nation is gone and I feel like Tenzin is the only one that understands that."

The young waterbender tried to calm herself, she really did. "It was my nation too! I am part of the Air Nation, just as much as you, Tenzin and Bumi. I am half Air Nation and Water Tribe. When will you two understand that? I love our family, but until you two understand what this family is, I can't see us getting along."

"We uh, we understand. Let's go dear."

Aang and Katara left with solum looks on their faces, allowing Kya to go back to bed, where she found her girlfriend lying in bed awake. "Hey."

"Hey." Lin lifted the blankets invitingly for Kya, allowing her to snuggled back into her warm embrace. "Where did you run off to this morning? Usually I find myself having to pull you out of bed to get you up."

"I had something I needed to take care of. Let's just go back to sleep. We don't have to be up for another couple hours."

"Okay. Before we go back to sleep, I have to ask you something. Can you move in?"

The waterbender looked up at her girlfriend with a large grin on her face. "I would love to move in. It makes me having a copy of your key seem appropriate."

The metalbender looked down at her with a cocked eyebrow. "When did I give you a key?"

"Shh, just go back to sleep."

"Ky-"

"Shh. Sleep."