Hi there! :D Been a while right? Thank you all for all the awsome reviews, you guys rock my socks right off :) hopefuly this chapter wont dissapoint. Anyway I love all the questions. I was thinking to myself the other day: mmmm has anyone noticed that I havent even used the word 'Avatar'? Patients young ones. Any who...

"How was practice?" Pema asked as she continued stirring something in a bowl. The large Kitchen was busy with staff and cooks going this way and that.

"Okay." Korra shrugged biting in to an apple. She leaned against the bar that separated her and the older woman. She wondered, not for the first time, why Pema still cooked whenever they hosted dinners when she hired other people to do it.

"How far into the tournament do you think you guys are going to make it to?"

She shrugged again. Really, the only reason why she was even there was because she was starving. But instead of being able to eat anything filling she was told to wait for the dinner that would be ready in an hour and was given an apple. An apple? An hour? And guests were already showing up. She could hear music and laughter coming from somewhere within the temple. If the way things were going was any indication, her earlier prediction about this turning into a party looked just about right.

"I'm pretty sure we're going to win."

Pema laughed, handing the bowl to a passing staff and moving on to another one. "That's what you said last year."

Korra frowned. "Everyone knows the Wolf-bats cheated, and you didn't say which team. Our team A won their final match and that's pretty much all people care about." Every high school had three different pro-bending teams, separated and ranked by skill. She, Bolin, and Mako had all started out on the Team C two years ago.

She changed the subject. "Where's Tenzin? Does he know that Bumi is here entertaining the guest somewhere?" The birthday boy had arrived sometime earlier while she was school and she was pretty sure he was responsible for the music that was floating around.

"I think he's stuck in a meeting, actually."

Korra hummed in response as her eyes followed a basket of golden rolls that were making their way out of the kitchen. She had just straightened to follow it when Pema said, "Don't even think about it."

Groaning, Korra begged. "Please? I cannot wait a whole hour." She pulled out her best puppy eyes and pout.

"No." she wasn't even looking at the teen as she pointed to a basket of apples. "But you can have another apple."

Korra groaned dramatically and looked skyward as she thought of what to say to change the woman's mind. She sighed when she couldn't think of anything. Grumbling, she grabbed another apple and left.

She walked down the hallway fully intending to go to her room where she would plot to get food before she died when she spotted the back of a familiar figure further down the hall. Forgetting her hunger Korra grinned made her way towards the older woman on quick, light feet. Moving as stealthy as a cat she approached her target in no time and was just ready to pounce when…

"Oof…" Korra looked up into jade eyes. "Curse you and your amazing earth bending skills." she muttered with the wall pressing into her back.

"It's not easy to sneak up on me. In fact…" Lin murmured, leaning forward. "I'd go as far as to say it's impossible."

"Is that a challenge?"

"No."

Korra grinned up at her. "Challenge accepted anyway!"

Lin rolled her eyes as she moved her hand from the teens shoulder and up to the wall beside her head.

"Wow…" Korra said looking the older woman up and down. She tugged on the hem of the white, button up dress shirt Lin wore. "You know how to dress for a party."

Lin fought a smile. "I was told this was a dinner."

"Yeah, sure." Laughter rang up from somewhere in the temple. "Does that sound like a dinner to you?"

The Chief of Police simply shrugged before straightening and taking a few steps back just as nearby door opened and a staff came hurrying by. The young man in uniform didn't even spare them a glance as he went on his way, disappearing around a corner.

"How do you know the guest of honor, anyway?" The teen asked once they were alone again.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" She said with a smirk. "Besides I'm only really here because Tenzin used emotional black mail."

"Emotional black mail? So that's your weakness. I knew it was only a matter of time before I found it." Korra said with a smile. Lin closed the distance between them and patted a tan cheek.

"Good luck trying to use it." She said confidently.

Korra grabbed her hand and brought to her mouth. "I'll probably need it." She admitted. "Where were you going?" her lips brushing against Lin's knuckles.

"I was looking for Pema. Someone told me she was in the kitchen; they just forgot to mention which one." The older woman answered not looking away from blue eyes.

"Ah…" she dropped her hand but didn't let go. "Well, for one thing you were going in the wrong direction and two… I have a much better idea." She added mischievously.

"And what's that?" Lin asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Really Korra, don't ever become a spy."

"What? And I thought those were quality stealth moves." The teen pouted as she leaned against the door she just closed and locked.

Lin was looking about before she glanced back at the youth against the door. "You do know I could tell whenever someone was close right?" she said distractedly as she went back to gazing around and walked over to a tall book shelf.

Korra raked her eyes over Lin's tall frame as she let the older woman browse her collection. That fitted, silk dress shirt distracted her from any thoughts not concerned with getting it off of the earth bender.

"I've never been in here… I expected it to be…messier."

Chuckling, Korra pushed herself off the door and walked over to where Lin was standing. She stood behind the older woman.

"I think Monks are as OCD as you are. I couldn't keep this place any messier than this if I tired." She murmured, placing her hands on silk covered waist and rested her chin on a shoulder.

"I don't have OCD." Lin replied before slipping out of the teens embrace and walking over to the desk. Grinning, Korra simply followed her and replaced her hands and chin.

"Sure you don't." the teen smiled as she slowly moved her hands up and down. "I can't get over how good this shirt looks on you." She mumbled against a pale neck.

"Korra, I'm not having sex with you." She stated as she picked up a hardcover book off the desk.

"Why not?" Korra sounded more amused than concerned or disappointed.

"Because Tenzin could come knocking on your door at anymoment." She said flipping through the book.

"I didn't know you were scared of Tenzin. Maybe emotional black mail isn't your weakness, its Tenzin." The teen pressed a kiss below Lin's ear.

"I'm not afraid of Tenzin, Tenzin's afraid of me." She said matter of fact like

Korra laughed quietly. "I can believe that. …You cannot be finding my yearbookthat interesting." She slipped her hands underneath the shirt and splayed her fingers over the warm skin.

"I am, actually." She sounded slightly distracted as Korra continued placing open mouth kisses down her neck. Once the teen's lips made their way back to Lin's ear she bit and lightly tugged on the lobe.

"No you're not."

It took Lin a moment to reply when she did it was slightly breathless. "Stop trying to seduce me and tell me about those pictures." She pointed to the wall above the desk that was covered with dozens of pictures of various people and places. Lin could tell a lot weren't taken in Republic City or in the Water Tribe.

"Seduce?" Korra asked innocently before moving her lips to the sensitive skin behind the ear and started gently sucking. "Me? I would never."

"…Um…" The older woman trailed off as she tilted her head to the side, giving the waterbender more room. Korra slid her hands from underneath the shirt and slowly began unbuttoning.

"Korra… I'm not having sex with you…"

"Uh huh." The teen said before trailing her nose across the nape of Lin's neck. Her fingers never stopped theirundressing as she mumbled, "Have I ever mentioned how good you smell?"

"Once…or twice." Lin muttered. "But… I think you smell better." She felt lips smile on her pulse point.

"Just showered." The teen explained just as she got done with the last button. Her tan hands slipped between the opened shirt and ran over all the newly exposed skin. Lin's own pale hands covered her own, but didn't stop them.

"Are you going to answer my question?" Korra's curious hands were causing her breathing becoming a slightly ragged.

"Mmm maybe later." The teen murmured before looking down at their hands and the black lacy bra Lin wore. "Nice, very nice." She said running her fingers over the material. "If I didn't know any better I would say you dressed just for me."

"Good thing you know better." Lin muttered while tan hands continued their exploration under her own. "Korra… I meant it when I said I'm not having sex with…" she stopped short with a sharp intake of breath as Korra pushed her hands under the black fabric.

"mmm…" Korra sighed as she cupped the soft flesh in her hands. "I've missed these." She mumbled, loving how the buds harden against her palms.

"…You …don't remember last night?"

"I do… but that was like, sixteen hours ago." She began kneading with hands that made it clear she meant what she said.

Lin grasped the teen's hands and turned around so she was facing the younger one.

"You really don't care that anyone could just come walking in at anytime?" she asked with their noses almost touching.

"Doors locked." Korra said her gaze locked on Lin's lips.

"And if you have to answer the door?"

Korra leaned in closer."Then the first thing to come across in their mind is going to be that we'rehavinghot…" she pushed her nose against Lin's. "Amazing….sex." She closed the distance and pressed her lips against Lin's. The older woman didn't hesitate to run her tongue across already parted lips and into the teen's mouth. Korra groaned when Lin released her hands and grasped the back of her head to pull her closer. The kiss was rushed and frantic.

Lin was slightly breathless when she pulled back, only leaving a few inches between them. She met Korra's eyes with her own and could easily see the lust in the blue orbs. She moved her hands from the teen's neck and head down over her shoulders until there was on her hips. The older woman never looked away from the blue eyes as she walked them to the bed behind Korra. The part of her that stopped her from doing irrational things just wasn't loud enough.

"You are something else you know that?"

Korra grinned with a retort right on the tip of her tongue but the fine silver chain around the older woman's neck caught her attention.

"Hey." She said a little surprised as she gently grasped the familiar broken locket. "You're wearing this."

"Yeah…" Lin said slightly confused as the back of Korra's knees hit the edge of the bed.

"It's just… I've never seen you with it before." She muttered as Lin lowered them both onto the soft mattress.

"I can't wear it under my uniform." She explained as she kissed the girl beneath her. "It's how it got broken in the first place." She finished kissing her deeper distracting Korra from her reply. Lin's shirt hung open and the locket dangled from Lin's neck as leaned over the teen. While there lips and tongues were preoccupied Korra ran her hands over the pale taunt stomach before slipping them under the lacy fabric. She felt the older woman sigh against her mouth and the teen could already feel the familiar ache between her legs.

The teen groaned in disapproval when Lin pulled away and leaned back, pulling Korra into her lap. Now she had to tilt her head up to continue the kiss. Korra didn't complain as she settled herself flush against the older woman and wrapped her arms around her neck. Their tongues eagerly reunited while Lin drew her hands from the younger ones waist to the hem of her shirt and then underneath it. The water bender gasped as she felt Lin's cool hands traveled over her abdomen and finally cup her breast.

"No bra?" Lin asked huskily, kneading and circling with her hands.

Korra moaned and her hips pushed themselves against Lin's stomach. "N…no" she panted.

Lin hummed her approval before she slid her hands down and gripped the hem of the shirt to pull it over the teen's head. She leaned back slightly to look at all the newly revealed coffee n' cream skin as she ran her hands down Korra's back to her butt. The older woman ran her tongue across the tempting collar bones in front of her, nipping and sucking as she went.

Korra hissed when Lin bit and pulled the skin between her teeth, surely leaving a mark, which she kissed,almost apologetically. She glanced up into half lidded blue eyes as she pushed Korra up until a brown stiff peak was directly in front of her mouth. She smirked, never breaking eye contact as she drew the nipple into her mouth. The teen's breath hitched sharply as the hot muscle swirled over her sensitive flesh and started sucking.

"Fuck…" Korra muttered weakly, pulling Lin closer. She whimpered with a shuddering breath and bucked her hips when the older woman sank her teeth into the bud and soothed the sting with her tongue.

"Ok?" She asked when she pulled back.

"S…spirits, yes." Korra answered hoarsely, urging paler woman to continue her earlier actions which she did in earnest. The teen didn't think she could take it much longer and. Shewas just about to plead Lin to stop teasing her when the delicious heat on her nipple and the supporting hands disappeared. The teen toppled back onto the bed utterly confused. She blinked up at the ceiling before glancing at Lin.

"W…why?" she mumbled, dazed.

"Someone's at the door." She answered, starting to re-button her shirt. Korra let out an agonized groan like the mere sight of the vanishing creamy skin caused her physical pain. She grasped the pale hands and scooted closer.

"Ignore them." She whispered pressing kisses along the pale neck.

"Mmm, they seem very insistent." She said just as another round of obnoxious knocking started. Lin pulled away again this time out of Korra's reach and finished re-dressing. The teen covered her flushed face with her hands, hardly believing the situation she was in. She shifted to the edge of the bed, in front of where Lin was standing and grabbed her hand. Korra brought it between her legs where Lin could feel the hot dampness through her pants.

"Are you really going to leave me like this?" she asked in a husky whisper. The chief of police stifled a groan and couldn't stop her hand from pressing harder into the warmth.

"Normally…" the older woman breathed. "no, but I really don't think they're going to go away…"

"Who c…cares?" she replied bucking her hips.

The banging on the door only increased and Lin pulled away again leaving a shirtless water bender to moan in frustration as she rolled over repeatedly on the bed. The older woman couldn't help but find the sight amusing.

"I warned you that this could happen." She mused.

Korra ignored her and shrugged on her shirt. "Whoever is behind that door is going to die that most painful gruesome horrific death in fucking history." She said through gritted teeth and she started marching with determined strides to the door.

"Wait." Lin said grasping her arm and turning her around. She looked down at the teen for a moment before drawing her thumb down a flushed cheek.

"You still have 'I was just about to come' blush on your cheeks." She said with a wide smirk.

Korra narrowed her eyes to slits. "You're finding this funny? Really?"

"A little bit, yes."

And somehow Lin looked perfectly presentable even with a few buttons undone, which Korra wasn't going to mention just to spite her.

The teen gritted her teeth and continued her march to her door. She about to tear whoever it was a new ass hole, she really didn't care who it was, as she opened the door but her lethal "I'm going to fucking kill you." Was lost as Asami pushed passed her.

"There's a party going on and I'm not invited?"

Korra gritted her teeth so hard she feared for a moment that she would never be able to unclench her jaw. Who the hell else would it be?

"Damn it, Asami! Why?!" she finally managed as Mako walked into the room in a much calmer fashion.

"Oh! Hi Chief Bei Fong." Asami looked back at Korra while Mako politely nodded at the older woman. "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" she asked slyly.

Korra glared at her and said through gritted teeth, "I'm going to kill you."

"So I take that as yes."

"You!" she yelled, reaching for the others teen's neck but Lin stepped between them. Korra looked up at Lin ready to tell her that now was not the time to be a cop but stopped cold at the serious heated look in her green eyes. A beat, and then she said in a serious tone.

"You told her?"

Being trapped under the fierce jade gaze, Korra found it hard to answer.

"I…" she started. Lin stepped closer to her crossing her arms with her stare intensifying.

"Did… you?"

"I…yes… But…" She answered stumbling over her words. Lin's jaw clench and her nostrils flared she opened her mouth as if to say something but closed it, turned and left. Not even slamming the door behind her.

Korra never would've thought forgetting to talk to Lin about this was going to back fire so hard. She stood there not moving or even breathing as if Lin had taken her breath with her when she left. Korra ran a helpless hand down her face.

"What is going on?" Mako asked a little baffled by the scene that played in front of him. Asami might have said something but Korra didn't hear a thing as she rushed out of the room. She ran down the hallways for what felt like forever before she finally caught up to the Chief of police. She grasped the older woman's arm before she could get to the stairs.

"Lin, wait." She said earnestly.

Lin whirled around. "Do you even care, Korra? About the risk I'm taking? By being with you."

Korra had seen the other woman angry many times before but never like this. She didn't raise her voice but the teen could see the anger set in the green eyes.

"Of course I care." She replied sincerely. Lin took a step towards her and gave her fierce look.

"It really doesn't seem like it. Bragging to your friends and treating this relationship like…." She gritted her teeth. "It makes me think otherwise."

Korra blinked and gaped from a moment not even knowing how to respond. "Bragging? Sprits, Lin, that's….it's not like that at all. I was going to tell you." She said, not being able to shake the hurt from the assumption. She couldn't believe the older woman could think that, if Lin only had any idea how hopelessly she was in love with her.

"Then why haven't you?" Lin demanded just as Pema came up the stairs.

"Lin!" she called happily walking over to the couple with record breaking bad timing. "I was wondering where you've been." She started before she felt the tension and stood awkwardly until Lin replied still tense,

"I've been around."

Pema looked between the two of them. "Is everything alright?" she asked.

Korra looked away knowing she couldn't do a good job at hiding her inner turmoil.

"Yes, I was just explaining why vandalizing school property is indeed a bad idea for a senior prank." Lin said calmly. Korra couldn't even find the humor in the easily believable lie.

"Korra!" the air bender's wife admonished. "That's horrible!"

The teen shrugged and managed a small smirk. "I was just bouncing some ideas around."

"Did you not learn anything last month? No more pranks." She said with a firm finger.

"Right." Korra said.

"Well, the dinners going to start soon and your still not dressed. Lin, Bumi is dying to see you again." She said leading the other woman down the stairs. The teen could hear Pema talking to the earth bender but she couldn't focus on a word, she stood needing Lin to turn around and just look at her or…anything. But they disappeared without the older woman so much as glancing back.

Korra was struck with the same sensation of Lin taking her ability to breathe with her leaving a terrible sense of Emptiness. She ran a hand down her face again and looked skyward. 'I knew I was going to fuck this up. I just didn't know it would be over something so stupid.' She thought. She didn't want to go back to her and get ready for a dinner she didn't even have an appetite for anymore. She didn't want to do anything but find Lin explain to her why this was so ridiculous. She stood rooted to the spot until a servant bumped into her.

"Sorry." The older woman muttered before rushing down stairs. As if that brought her out of the depressing trance, Korra made her way back to her room only thinking about collapsing on her bed. When she closed the door behind her she leaned her head against it trying to think of what to do.

"What happened?" she heard Asami ask, concerned.

The water bender let out a miserable groan. "Why are you here? Why?" She asked not even looking at the other teen. Instead she pushed off the door and walk over to her bed, falling on her back just like she envisioned, she covered her face with her hands and sighed in irritation when she heard the fire bender.

"I am….so confused." Mako said from some corner of the room Korra couldn't tell which or cared to.

"I'm guessing you didn't tell her you told me and she's pissed." Asami said softly, closer to Korra now.

The teen glared at her friend through her fingers before sitting up. "You two have three point five seconds to get out before I will a hatchet into existence and cut you bitches into hundreds of bloody pieces." She said angrily.

Mako walked over. "I'm going to ignore that violent death threat."

"I wouldn't." Asami said taking a few steps back.

"Don't you want to know why we're here?" he continued.

"Not really."

"Trust me you're going to want to hear this."

"And you couldn't just text me? Or call me? Really?"

Mako pulled something out of his pocket but didn't open it as he looked between his girlfriend and the water bender. "Okay, seriously what is going on? Do you and the Chief have some sort of secret relationship I don't know about?"

Korra didn't even bother looking up, knowing Asami probably had some overly innocent face on.

"Probably not anymore." She muttered to herself.

"What?" Mako questioned.

"Nothing. What's that? And this better be the most amazing thing I have ever laid my eyes on." she said pointing to the folded piece of paper. "And if it's not, then kiss yourtesticles good bye." She added.

The fire bender pulled the paper out of her reach. "I really don't want to give this to you anymore." He deadpanned. Korra snatched the paper out of his hands, irritated.

Her eyebrows rose dramatically as she read the flyer. She forgot for a moment what a crappy turn her night had taken until she realized that under different circumstances she would have been completely elated.

"Really?" Mako questioned, confused "that's all?"

Korra looked up at him. "Woo…" she said dryly.

"I agree with Korra on this one. I don't see why you're all excited for another match; you've had dozens this season. What's different about this one?"

Korra tossed the formal invitation down on the bed and noticed Bolin'sabsence for the first time.

"Have you told Bolin?"

"No I couldn't find him and his phone is off." Mako answered frustrated.

Korra frowned. "Where has he been lately?"

The fire bender smirked. "Oh, I have a theory." He said slyly.

"A completely bogus one." Asami cut in. "Are you guys going to answer my question. I want to know why you almost shit yourself when you got that flyer."

"I didn't almost shit myself." Mako defended.

"You guys know I hate you both, right?" Korra said.

"Look…" Mako started impatiently like he had explained this multiple times before. "all the high schools only have 20 matches in the season but only with certain other schools. And a bunch of them are rematches so that's about fifth teen teams right there. But there over thirty teams entered into the tournament. See the problem? So high ranking teams, Like the Tigerdillos…" he pointed to the paper on the bed. "Host these underground matches."

"But why?" Asami demanded. The importance of what her boyfriend said going right over her head. "And why are they underground?"

Korra rested her forehead against her hand.

"Because the matches are against the rules!" Mako was ready to pull her hair out. "And coaches hate them because there's rarely ever a referee there. Plus it's a way to prepare for the tournament. No one likes facing an opponent they've never fought in an all or nothing match."

Asami seemed to mull it over. "But what if in a match, the kind you not supposed to have, a team purposefully throws it so in the other team underestimates in the actual tournament? See? This makes no sense."

Korra groaned loudly and dramatically before she got up and started shoving them both to the door before Mako could answer the question.

"Get out, get out, get out." The water bender growled. She completely ignored all their protest and questions and shoved them out the door and slammed it in their faces. "Get out!"

The teen stayed there for a moment her palms still pressed against the wood. She suddenly remembered something and ripped the door opened just in time to see her friends turning to leave.

They looked back at her surprised. "You two..." Korra pointed at the both of them. "better get very and I mean very comfortable with your right hands. Because those are the only things you're going to fuck for a very long time. I'm going to make sure of it." She pulled back and slammed the door shut again.

Reluctantly, Korra went about getting dressed. She was far more concerned with how she was going to get Lin alone long enough to explain to her why this was all wrong and how she could never take what they had for granted. If the older woman had any idea how she felt about her… there was no way she would be able to even think otherwise.

Korra groaned, she was so bad with words, she would probably only give her more reasons to break it off….And what if, even after she explains Lin doesn't want to take the risk after all.

The teen flopped onto the bed suddenly not having the energy to finish dressing. It felt like forever ago but it couldn't have been more than half an hour since she had her lover on the same bed. How was it one moment she was perfectly content with Lin's hands and mouth on her and the next…. It was like having a rug pulled from under her.

"I hate you Asami and Mako." She muttered to herself.

She dragged her hands down her face. She really had meant to tell her about Asami knowing, she did. But it always slipped her mind like a lot of things did when she was around the chief of police. She shook her head a sudden wave of determination filling her. There was no way she was going to let something like this be the end of them.

I can already feel the anger! XD Ill admit i probably deserve it especially if it takes me as long to update, honestly I didnt mean to leave it like this but I was like... its going to take me another five thousand words to finish this.

Giant salute to GTFOMyLand for betain.