My extremely late entry for day 6 of Bolinora Week

Freedom

Disclaimers and Credit: This whole one-shot was inspired by Drops of Jupiter, and the first paragraph is heavily based off of the beginning of "No place like London," from Sweeney Todd.

Reviews: I got a review from Yollo wishing that the stories were longer, so I'm trying really hard to make this longer. Is it a better length?

Summary: "Did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?" Bolin and Jinora meet again after her trip around the world.

Jinora's POV

Jinora had traveled the world, seen its wonders, from the air-temples, to Omashu to the great Northern Water Tribe, but she was glad to be returning home. She had left with her glider, and sky-bison a week after her eighteenth birthday, when she received her tattoos from mastering air-bending, now two years later, she was glad to be returning to Republic City. She missed her family, and she missed her good friend Bolin.

Bolin's POV

Bolin was patrolling the park like he always did on Tuesdays, when he saw a sky bison starting to land in the distance. "It must be Meelo," he thought ,"That kid is always landing in the park, even though there's an ordinance against it."

He yelled out "MELLO! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN'T JUST LAND YOUR SKY-BISON WHERE EVER YOU WANT! THERE ARE ORDINANCES!" The person riding the sky bison wasn't Meelo, though. It was a girl with long brown hair and blue arrow tattoos.

"Jinora," he asked, coming closer to the girl, "Is that you?"

"Yes," she replied, "I'm Jinora." He came a bit closer and then Jinora recognized his face.

"Bolin," she asked.

"The one and only," he joked, "So what are you doing back in town?"

"I came to see my family," she said, "Two years traveling the world can make someone very homesick."

"How about I take you for some noodles before you go?" he asked, with a grin on his face.

"Alright," she said, "I did tell Fluffy we'd take a break. Let's go."

"I get off in an hour," he replied, "Meet me at Narook's?"

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"So," Bolin asked, looking across the table at a girl he hadn't seen in two years, "How's life been?"

"It's been amazing," said Jinora, "I've seen the air temples, Omashu, Ba Sing Se, the fire nation capitol, Roku's Island, Kyoshi Island, the Northern Water tribe."

"It sounds like you've been everywhere," he replied.

"Yah," she said, "I've been almost everywhere I've ever dreamed of going. I'm glad to be back home, though. I'm planning on staying and becoming an author."

"That sounds amazing, Jin," he said between mouthfuls of noodles, "What are you planning on writing about?"

"The culture of the air nomads," she said, "The equalist conflict and maybe some modern day fairy tales are what I have planned out.'

"Those sound interesting," he said, "I can't wait to read them."

"Now what have you been up to, Bolin," she asked.

"Metal-bending training, police force training," he said, nonchalantly, "Basically a whole lot of training before I could officially join the force."

"It was nice seeing you, Bo," she said, "But I really should go see my family now. Maybe we could do this again sometime."

"I'd like that," he said, "But could I ask you a question first, Jin."

"Of course," she replied, slightly confused.

"What was the best part your journey?" he asked seriously.

"I loved the freedom from all concerns. When I was traveling on my own, I could just go wherever the wind took me, but I missed everything about Republic City." She replied, "Pro-bending, my favorite restaurants, my family," then she paused for a second, "And you. I hope we can do this again soon."

"How about next Friday," he supplied, "We can go to a picture show."

"I'd like that," she said, walking away.

Author's Note: After writing that I realized it was very similar to my story for gender bender. I had more ideas for gender bender, so I'll go back and write a different one. Possibly a male!Jinora crushing on fem!Bolin who's going out with Iroh II. Yes, that sounds good. Should I delete the original or just add the new one on as an extra chapter?