Thank you for reading. I really hope that you are still enjoying the story. I am starting to get a little excited about the end of the whole story, which may seem a little odd. I have an idea for something extra once the story is finished I can't wait to share with all of you. I'm making it seem bigger than it will be. It is more like a bonus sense kind of thing.

They had only been traveling for a few hours or so but already Toph was starting to fidget. She had done this a lot when they had been younger and travelled a lot more. Over the years she seemed to have gotten better at flying on Appa. Being pregnant seemed to make it more uncomfortable for her again.

"Are you ok." Aang asked as he turned round to face her.

Toph was quiet for a second as she decided weather or not to tell him. "I'm fine…..my leg is cramping that's all."

There was little he could do for her at the moment. As he turned away from her to look where they were going an idea came to him. "You know we could take a detour. If we turned right now, we would be at Kyoshi Island in less than an hour."

"You want to visit Sokka and Suki now."

"Well it would be nice to see them, and I thought you might like the break."

"If we keep going we should be back home before nightfall. Why take a detour and take another few days to get home when we don't have to."

"I just thought it would be nice." He offered.

"Don't do that." She almost shaped.

"Do what." He turned to face her again.

"Patronise me. My father and master Yu did that to me my whole childhood. One day you will be able to bend a rock the same size as your hand." As she spoke the last part she took on a mock male voice. "I know when I am being patronised."

He sighed a little. "I'm not patronising you….."

"Really."

"Really. I'm placating you." He smiled a little. "Your leg is cramping because you've been sitting for a while and are carrying extra weight. I think…"

"That I'm fat."

She felt his eyes looking at her for a few seconds, trying to think of what best to say next. She tried her hardest to force the smile that was threating to cross her face, from spreading. In the end she couldn't fight it any longer and she let out a small laugh as she smiled a faint smile.

"That wasn't funny." She just shrugged. So he went on. "I think you need to rest….."

"I am resting. Sitting here doing nothing is resting."

She was technical right, but she knew what he meant. Rest was only rest if you were comfortable and she was clearly not comfortable now. "So are we going or not."

Taking in a deep breath before she answered she drew it out. "Fine."

"Why don't you want to go. Don't you want to see Sokka and Suki and the kids."

"Of course I do, but they're not the only ones that live there."

"Oh." He turned away so that he could smirk a little. "Why do you hate her, she likes you. She said you were very cute."

"No she thinks you're very cute." Toph crossed her arm and leaned further back into the saddle. "She thinks I'm so adorable." She huffed.

Aang couldn't help but laugh. "Can't blame her…."

"If you call me…."

"I was going to say I was….."

"Don't let that air head of your get any bigger." She smirked.

"Will you let the big head thing go. My head isn't that big!"

His voice grew as he went on. He would have said more but he suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap lightly around his neck. Then a head resting its chin on his shoulder. Taking one had off of the rains he placed it over Toph's hands.

"Ok captain cute. Take us to Kyoshi Island."

"Aye aye."

"Just don't let her hug me."

"I promise."

She huffed. "Really."

"Avatar promise."

The arms wrapped around her so quickly she didn't have a chance to move out of the way. The arms held her like a vice. She was trapped. What was worse he had let her down he had promised her. Avatar promised her. Now here she was, held in place unable to move and barely breathe. She had forgotten how quick Ty lee was. She was also judging by the hug she was currently giving her, stronger than she seemed as well. She could hear the older girl talking away in her ear, but all she was really hearing was the faint muttering of him laughing. He would pay for this.

Just as suddenly as she had been pulled into the hug, she was pushed out of it with Ty lee still gripping her upper arms. "Whoa…you are really big." She smiled. "Not that big, Suki was bigger. For you though it's big. You were always so small." She suddenly seemed to become aware of her hold on the pregnant women's arms. "Your arms are so thin. Like twigs." With a smile she released her grip and moved away.

Toph remained frozen to the spot. Her arms still held a little out in front of her and bent at the elbow. Holding back a laugh Suki moved forward to lightly hug her friend. "How can you stand her." She whispered into Suki's ear.

She laughed a little before answering. "She's not that bad. Plus the boys love her." Almost like it was her sixth sense, which as a mother it most likely was, she moved back from Toph and turned her head around. "Speaking of which."

"Uncle Aang!" Suten scream as he ran ahead of his younger brother and father.

Aang turned to face the three people going to greet them. Bending down a little he picked up the five year old and lifting him up into the air. He had gotten bigger since the last time he had seen him, so he didn't fully trust himself to throw him up into the air and catch him. At least not with his mother watching. Avatar and airbender or not. Instead he spun him round a little before placing him back on the ground.

"Hey buddy." Sokka greeted, as he placed a hand on Aang's shoulder that quickly turned into a light hug.

Toph suddenly noticed that as well as three people joining them, someone had left. It seemed that Ty lee was as good disappearing as she was at appearing out of no were. Maybe she had been a little too hard on her. She was just overly friendly that was really all that she could say against her. Form what she had heard she was clearly also a very brave person. Standing up to Azula the way she did took a lot of guts.

Huyu who had been hiding a little behind his father as they made their way to greet their guests, suddenly moved forward now he was sure that they were his as good as aunt and uncle. He passed uncle Aang, who gently patted him on the head and pushed him a little forward as he walk carefully toward his mother and aunt.

"Aunty…." He was trying to remember the way she looked the last time he saw her. The large stomach was defiantly new. "You're big…."

"It's a baby, stupid." Suten said as he moved to stand behind his brother.

"Suten!" Suki hissed at her son. Sokka just smiled a little. Which earned him a glare from his wife when she caught sight of it.

Taking a slight deep breath to ready herself, Toph smiled at the boys and after a agonising few seconds of her eyes wonder around everywhere except in-front of her, where she knew they were standing. She lifted her right arm, hand clanked towards them. Huyu moved first clenching his hand and bumping it with hers. His big brother quickly did the same after he had gently moved his brother rout of the way.

Once she had fist bumped Suten, Huyu carefully took a step forward and grabbed hold of her tunic, giving it a tug he got her attention. As much as she could she bent down to the four year old. "Is there really a baby in your tummy."

"Either that or I eat too much dinner last night." Gentle she took the boys hand and placed it on her stomach. "What do you think."

Huyu almost jumped back when he felt the baby move. Not wanting to be left out Suten moved forward and placed a hand on Toph's stomach. He was just old enough to remember doing this same thing with his other aunt, this real aunt when she was having Iroh. Aang knew how much Toph hated being fussed over and having people except him touching her stomach, but she didn't seem to mind as much this time.

"Hey. Dad has still not had a chance to hug his friend yet."

Just like his oldest son Sokka did not like feeling left out. The boys moved out of his way as stood in-front of Toph wrapping his arms around her. "You have gotten big. I can't even get my arms around you anymore." He was joking of course, so she smiled a little.

"How did that joke go down with Suki."

Moving his head back to give her a shocked look. "You can't beat a classic."

"No but you can get BEAT up for a using a classic."

Sokka now fully relished Toph from the hug. "I am funny…" He lowered his gaze to look at his sons. "Aren't I."

"How funny." Suten asked. He was too smart for his own good at times.

"Yeah dad, you're funny when you fall down or….."

"That's enough now." Suki stepped in, picking up her younger son. "Aunt Toph and Uncle Aang are hungry and tired, so let's go inside. Suten followed his mother as she walked back to the house.

"I am funny!"

Aang moved toward his wife and friend. "Of course you are. You always make us laugh."

"At you more than with you, really, but…." Toph couldn't help but laugh.

"You are pregnant, so you're all like…." He made wild hand gestures and a funny face. "So you're not thinking clearly. So I will let that go."

"Sokka. Are my eyes rolling now." She point to her eyes. "I really feel that they should be."

Realising that he had no come back. At least not one that he felt comfortable saying to a pregnant women, epically with her husband standing next to her. Never mind who this expecting husband and wife where. So he scold and turned to walk back to his house.

"Was that to mean." She asked.

With a look of slight humour he turned to face his wife. "What do you think"

"Don't make me roll my eyes twice in one day."

Walking a head Toph caught up to Sokka. Doing something she would not normally do she linked her arm through his. "We love you, you know that right."

Sokka let out a sigh. "Course I do shorty." He then quickly placed a kiss on the top of her head.

Normally the only person allowed to call her that was Zuko, but this one time she let it go. Aang now caught up with them, patting Sokka on the shoulder as he did.

As before thank you reading. I hope that I got Ty lee right, it has been a long time since I watched the show. Hopefully she is at least not very badly out of character. I would very much like to hear what you have to say about the story and an ideas. As honestly I am running out of ideas.