All I could do was watch as my entire body froze in fear and worry. The woman I loved was going into labor and I didn't know what to do or even how to handle this situation, Kya crying kept out in pain as the contractions came sooner and sooner from atop the bed. At least I managed to get her there before I froze.

"Lin help!"

"How? tell me what I need to do."

"Okay mom will be here soon but until she gets here you're going to have to help. First I need you to check and tell me if you see anything."

Check? she can't mean... No Lin you can do this. But even as I made my way over and lifted her nightgown I was praying that Katara got here quickly.

At first glance the only thing I could see was water and a small amount of blood.

"Nothing."

"Good that means I still have a while so all I need you to do is aaaaahhhh!" she hunched over and pain as another contraction hit.

What do I do? I'm not trained for this, come on Lin just focus, keep her calm and try to ease her pain.

"Kya it'll be okay. Katara will be here soon and then we can spend the rest of our time spoiling our kid alright."

"Yeah okay. But lt feels as though our kids trying to bend their way out. I'm not sure which it is but their sure trying their best." Every second that passed the situation was becoming worse and worse. Mostly due to the fact that I had no idea what to do. I had a very basic field medic course under my belt and enough knowledge to bandage a cut or make a splint, but helping with a delivery. Katara had tried to have me sit on a class on this but I bolted after three minutes.

Now here I was with no clue on what to do.

"Kya what do you think our lives will be life after this?"

"What Lin nows not the time for this."

"No now is the perfect time I need to keep your mind off the pain so please tell me what our lives will be if only a few months from now."

She smiled slightly as she rubbed her stomach. "I see you coming home from work and our kid running into your arms. You're still beautiful and I'm not far ahead with our second in tow."

"Two huh? Lets wait until we get this one up and walking before we start for two." But if she wanted two or twenty I was going to give her as many as she wanted.

"What else?"

"Tophs there to babysit while the two of go on a much needed night on the town."

"We won't be home until morning. I'll be sure to spoil you beyond belief." It was all sounding perfect. And I'd make sure to make it all happen.

Another wave of contractions tore us from our happy dreams but as she hunched over I saw the massive shape of a bison landing in the backyard.

Seconds later the front door was thrown open. "Girls where are you?"

"Upstairs!"

When Katara opend the door relief washed over me as I moved to hold Kya's hand and let the master take over. After taking on look she turned to Kya suddenly annoyed.

"Kya by any chance have you been having small pains throughout the day?"

She looked away and mumbled a quiet yes.

"Is that bad Katara?"

"Well not bad but it does mean that this kid decided to come out a bit early and instead of telling me sooner she ignored it and now we do this in the middle of the night."

"Kya"

"Don't Kya me Lin I told you to come home earlier, besides they haven't been that bad. It's possible the attention you gave it today pushed it over the edge." I'd yell at her later right now she needed to focus on herself.

"Okay Kya I need you to try and focus and keep your breathing constant, Lin right now I need you to boil hot water and get lots of warm towels."

I didn't want to leave Kya's side but I wasn't about to argue with a person who was during this since she was twelve.

Hot water was easy to get but getting the warm towels proved to be the harder of the two tasks. I threw every towel I could get in the dryer and prayed it would go faster as every few seconds Kya let out another scream.

Hold on Kya I'll be there shortly if only this piece of junk would work faster!

When I heard the click I grabbed the towels and rushed upstairs where Kya was thrashing about while Katara did her best to work.

"Lin I need you to calm her down. If she doesn't she's going to run out of energy when she needs it the most."

"Alright but what about the towels and water?"

"Place the towels under her and set the water by me." the second everything was in place and I was by her side Kya grabbed my hand and nearly crushed it with an intense grip.

"Come on Kya you can do it." her grip was getting tighter and tighter with every passing second and I could tell that by the time the baby was born i'd have to have one of the heal my hand.

"Katara what can you see?"

"Well the good news is it's starting to crown."

"And the bad?"

"Lin I'd brace yourself for what comes next, Kya I need you to push with all your strength because this is where things get intense." Kya let out a massive scream pulling me straight into her until I was completely lying next to her and she was squeezing my entire body.

Katara was using both of her now glowing water filled hands and I was trying to comfort Kya while at the same time trying not to get crushed to death.

Finally after what seemed like forever Kya stopped screaming and let me go, seconds after taking in air I heard a sound that I'd been waiting to hear for months now.

The cries of our kid.

"Lin come here and do the finishing touches." Kya nudged me forward and Katara handed me a small knife which I used to quickly cut the cord before my kid was handed to me.

"Go on Lin tradition dictates the sire knows the gender first."

My hands were slightly shaking with anticipation and pure awe. As I looked down I saw the face I'd be looking at for years to come.

"It's a girl." her skin was a shade or two lighter then Kya's with a small patch of dark hair on her little head. As I was looking at her she opened her eyes to show a beautiful pair of mismatched eyes. Her left was bright blue while her right was an forest green.

"Do you two have a name picked out?" Katara said as I gave our child to Kya who hugged her gently.

"We talked it over for a long time and finally settled on something we think will fit."

"Yumiko, Yumiko Beifong"

That night all four of us fell asleep in that little room. Katara resting in the small chair tired from healing and Kya and I fast asleep on the bed with Yumiko placed in a snug little bundle between us.

When morning finally came it was when Yumiko decided she was hungry and woke us all up the way all newborns do when they want something. By crying as loud and as long as she could.

Having recovered during the night Kya was the one to pick her up and carry her down to the kitchen. After waking Katara I made my way down a got a glimpse of Kya breastfeeding and humming a tune from our childhood.

I've got to be luckiest women in the world right now.

"So how's our little girl doing?"

"She's hungry and as soon as she finishes I'll need to get her dressed. Oh I have the perfect little blue outfit for her to wear. Should we tell the other's about this?"

"Katara will tell the others for us, right now I want to spend the entire day with my family."

I gave her a quick kiss before giving Yumiko one as well who waved a small chubby hand before going back to feeding. After leaving them inside I went outside to practice my bending as well as take a look at the training area. We had no idea which element she'd bend and we probably wouldn't until she was at least five but that didn't stop us from planning our lessons in advance.

Will she be an earthbender or waterbender? I'd love to teach her metalbending but I wouldn't mind watching as Kya trained her to move water.

Either way I was still excited. Katara came out a few minutes later a smile on her face. Probably at the thought of becoming a grandmother.

"Leaving already?"

"Sadly yes. As much as I'd love to spend the morning with my daughter and granddaughter I have to go make sure Toph knows the news. She made me promise I'd tell her as soon as I could knowing you'd try to keep her all to yourselves for as long as you could."

"If you could give us the morning for ourselves that would be great." I loved my mother I really did but she can be blunt and loud at the best of times so we needed time to prepare.

"Fine you can have the morning. Now make sure Kya takes it easy for the next week or so." I watched her take off on her bison before heading back inside. I was going to enjoy the peaceful alone time while I still had the chance.

And that's the end. Hope you enjoyed reading. Review and tell me what you thought.