Chapter 3 - 6 weeks later - The Truth and Confessions
"Have you seen Sokka?" Suki asked.
"No." Katara replied, "He hasn't been here for a couple of weeks now."
Suki sighed, "I think I'm finally ready to forgive him."
"Are you sure?" Katara asked, pouring a cup of tea for herself.
"Yeah..." Suki said.
"Have you two talked about it?" Katara asked, joining Suki at the table.
"Well... The last time we talked was a week ago."
"Oh..."
"But what's stopping me?" Suki asked.
Katara sighed. The last time her and her brother talked, it was about him leaving Suki for good.
"What is it, Katara?"
"I don't think Sokka is ready to forgive you." Katara admitted.
Katara could already see the tears filling up in Suki's eyes.
"Why?" Suki asked.
"Well..." Katara said slowly.
"We need to talk." Katara said sharply.
"About what?" Sokka asked.
"You and Suki." Katara said, "What the hell is going on between you two?!"
"That is none of your buisness." Sokka argued.
"Well the way I'm pulled back and forth between you two, it is!" Katara argued back.
"What are you talking about?" Sokka asked.
"Sokka, almost every day Suki comes over here, in tears, asking me where you are, why are you acting so mad towards Suki, why haven't you forgiven her yet... All of that non sense!"
"I can't forgive her." Sokka said.
"What?!" Katara shouted.
"If I forgive her, she'll want to get back together with me." Sokka said.
"And you don't want that?" Katara asked.
"No." Sokka said, "I'm not longer in love with her. There's someone else."
"Who is it now?" Katara asked.
"Toph." Sokka said.
"I'm so sorry, Suki." Katara said, patting her gently on the back.
"It's not your fault." Suki said.
"I know, but I'm still sorry." Katara said.
"I should get going." Suki said, standing up.
"What?" Katara asked.
"It's getting late." Suki said, before rushing out the front door.
"I'm worried about her, Aang." Katara said, "All the years I've known Suki, she's never acted so strange."
"She's just going through a rough time." Aang said.
"I know that..." Katara said, "But, I'm just trying to comfort her, and be there for her. And she's slowly beginning to push me away."
"It's not necessarily our business either." Aang added.
"Suki is my sister-in-law and Sokka is my brother." Katara said, "And she always come running to me, pouring her heart out, telling me about the situation. She's basically made it my business."
"If she's starting to push you away, that must mean she wants to try and figure this out on her own." Aang said.
"I'm just afraid that if things don't get better in a certain amount of time, she'll try to hurt herself." Katara said.
"Oh, stop worrying, sweetie." Aang said, "This is Suki we're talking about! We know she would never do anything like that."
Katara sighed, "I guess so."
"Sokka, wait." Suki said, tears already streaming down her face.
"What?" He said, stopping in his own tracks.
"We need to talk." Suki said, stepping forward to reach out and place a hand on his shoulder.
Sokka didn't even turn around.
"About what?" Sokka asked.
"What do you think?" Suki argued.
"About our relationship?" Sokka asked.
"You can really be stupid sometimes." Suki said, "But that's why I love you."
"Okay, stop." Sokka demanded, turning around.
Suki looked up at him.
"This ends now." Sokka said.
"What?" Suki asked.
"You." Sokka said, "Me."
Suki's eyes watered up with fresh tears.
"I don't want to see you anymore." Sokka said, "I don't want to hear you anymore."
"I thought you were ready to forgive me." Suki said.
"The only think I'm ready to do," Sokka said, "Is move on." Sokka began to walk away.
Suki stopped him by grabbing his shoulder. He turned around and stared deeply into her eyes.
"You can't leave me." Her voice low and sad.
"I'm sorry, Suki." Sokka said.
"No." Suki said, "I am."
"What?" Sokka asked.
"Because, I'm pregnant."
"Yeah." Sokka said, "She's sure."
Katara sighed, "You're stuck with her."
"No, I'm not." Sokka said.
"Sokka, you can't just run off like that." Katara said.
"It's not your decision to make, Katara." Sokka argued.
"You can't be a douche bag father and just run away from the problem. This is a human being. Your own baby. You have to be there for Suki and for the baby."
"But, I've already moved out." Sokka said.
"You don't have to move in with her." Katara said, "You just have to get involved with the baby's life."
"Well, this baby isn't coming for another 8 or 9 months," Sokka said, "So, until then, there's not much I can do."
"I can't believe you're just blow her off like that." Katara argued.
"Now you're really starting to sound like Suki." Sokka said.
"But I'm serious!" Katara yelled, "This is your baby Suki is stuck carrying, and you're not even going to be there for her?"
Sokka paused.
"You're not the one stuck carrying the baby for 9 months! You're not the one dealing with all the side effects that come along with the pregnancy! You're not the one that has to deal with the morning sickness!" Katara shouted, "I could go on for hours."
"Why are you getting so defensive over this?" Sokka asked, "It's not like you're the one that has to deal with all of those things either."
Katara's eyes drifted off, and met the floor.
"Or are you?" Sokka asked, taking a step closer to Katara.
Katara didn't say anything. She peaked up, noticing that Sokka was getting closer and closer to her. He lifted her face up with his hand.
"So, why are you getting so defensive over this whole Suki-being-pregnant thing, huh?" Sokka asked.
"Yeah..." Aang added.
Katara gasped quietly, "When did you get here, Aang?"
"That doesn't answer my question." Sokka said.
"I've been standing here the whole time..." Aang added.
Katara pushed Sokka away, and backed up a couple of steps.
"Katara..." Sokka said.
"What?" Katara asked, her eyes frantically pacing back and forth between Aang and Sokka.
"Why are so nervous all of a sudden?" Aang asked.
"Yeah..." Sokka added, "All I did was ask a simple question."
"No reason..." Katara said nervously.
"Come on, Katara." Sokka said, "I can tell you're hiding something."
"I'm not hiding anything!" Katara argued.
"I asked you a question two minutes ago, and you're completely avoiding it." Sokka said.
"So, Aang." Katara said, "How was work today?"
"Katara." Sokka said, "Answer my question."
"What question?" She asked with a guilty chuckle.
"Come on now, don't make me repeat myself." Sokka said.
"Okay fine." Katara said, "I'll admit it. I'm pregnant."
Sokka slowly turned around, staring directly at Aang. Sokka threw him a look. Not any kind of look, but a death glare. A glare that read oh-you-are-so-dead. Aang did have a shocked look on his face, but he was also happy at the same time. Then, he looked at Sokka. A small, guilty, smile appeared on Katara's face.
"You're what?" Sokka asked.
"Why are you getting so angry over this?" Katara argued, "I was planning on telling Aang first, anyway."
"There's just so much going on right now." Sokka said, "I'm sorry for freaking out."
"It's alright." Katara said, sighing.
"I'm going to head out." Sokka said before glaring at Aang again, "And I'll see you at work tomorrow."
To be continued