this is all leading up to something... i hope. anyway, you bitches didn't review the last chapter, is there something wrong with it? AND TO THE FUCKING ASS HOLES WHO FAVOURITED AND FOLLOWED ALL MY FUCKING STORIES, GO DIE IN A FUCKING HOLE! anyway, read, review and enjoy

Lin opened her eyes and squinted at her bedside clock. If it were any other day, she would get out of bed and prepare herself for a day of busting criminals at work. But this wasn't any other day since her mother had suspended her without pay for the next week, hoping it would help her heal and try to resolve any inner conflict she may have towards her sister. To say the least, it wasn't going to plan.

Rolling over, the metalbender was about to go back to sleep when there was a knock on the door. Groaning, Lin pushed herself off the bed, and went to answer the door, where she found a beautiful waterbender she hadn't seen in a few months, standing on her doorstep. "Kya?"

"Sorry to wake you up so early." Kya pecked her on the lips before walking past her. Setting her rucksack on the floor, she made her way down the hall where she found the bedroom and dove into the spot that Lin once occupied to find it still warm.

Standing in the doorway of her bedroom, Lin shook her head in amusement at her girlfriend before getting in behind her. "I missed you."

"Mm, I missed you too and don't think I didn't notice the bandage on your face. When I wake up in five hours, we are going to talk."

Lin remained silent as Kya drifted off to sleep, unsure if she should tell her or not. Pushing the issue out of her mind, Lin closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Lin and Kya sat at the dinner table on Air Temple Island, across from them was Toph, sipping her tea casually as they waited for Katara to serve dinner. The tension in the room was thick and heavy and Kya had no idea why that was, but knew it had something to do with the cuts on her girlfriend's cheek. "Where's Su?"

The waterbender instantly picked up on her girlfriend's increasing glare at her mother. "She went to Gaoling to visit my parents. She wanted me to tell you she is sorry for missing your birthday dinner. How is it to be twenty four Kya?"

"It's no different than being twenty three."

"We'll see if you say that when you're in your forties." Putting down her teacup, Toph stood and began to walk towards the kitchen door. "I'll see what's taking Katara so long."

Once she left the room, Kya turned around to face Lin, and took her hand in her own. "Lin, I know you said you didn't want to talk about it, but, did your mother hurt you?"

"What?!" Lin pulled back her hand and looked at her girlfriend with wide eyes, shocked she would even ask the question. "My mother didn't do this. It was a training accident, okay?"

"Okay. I just wanted to make sure. You know if you ever need to talk, my stash and I are here for you."

"Your stash?" It took a few seconds for the term to register in Lin's mind. "Do you mean to tell me, you have lillyweed in my apartment?"

Kya shot her a knowing smirk. Lin was about to berate her about the consequences of having an illegal substance in Republic City, when the door opened to reveal Toph and Katara carrying in two plates of food each. "That smells great mum. Are those sea prunes?"

"Sure are. I know they're your favourite so I thought I would make them."

"Dad's not going to be happy about that. Where is he anyway?"

"I'm not sure. He and Tenzin should be here soon."

Half an hour passed and there was no sign of Aang or Tenzin and as every minute passed, Kya got more upset and more angry, nearly blowing her top when Tenzin and Aang walked into the dinning room laughing and eating a piece of fruit.

"Hey Kya. What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here?!" Toph, Katara and Lin all cringed for what was about to come. It was one thing to miss your daughter's waterbending practice, or forgetting she doesn't like peaches but it is never acceptable to forget the day she comes into your life. "It's my birthday!"

Kya took Lin's hand in her own and stood up. "Mum, thank you for dinner, it was lovely. Goodbye Aang."

The Avatar looked like a kicked puppy at being called Aang by his baby girl. "Kya, I-"

"Save it."

"There's alcohol in the pant-, what are you doing?"

"I am getting high." Lighting the lillyweed with a match, Kya took a long drag before exhaling. "Want a hit?"

Against her better judgement, Lin accepted the joint and took a seat on the couch next to her girlfriend. "I'm sorry your birthday turned out to be complete and utter shit. Is there anyway I can make you feel better?"

The waterbender traced her fingers over the fresh scars on her girlfriend's cheek that she had healed earlier. "Tell me how you actually got these. I know it has something to do with your family."

"You're really not going to let this go, are you?"

"Nope."

Letting out a groan, she took another drag of the joint. "My bitch of a sister thought it would be fun to rob a store. I went to arrest her. She cut the cable and bang, I now have scars on my face. My mother refused to put her in jail so she sent her away from the city."

"That bitch."

"I know!"

Kya took back the lillyweed and finished it off before leaning against Lin's shoulder. "You should call her before it becomes too hard to."

"I'll talk to her if you talk to your father."

"At least give me a week for it to turn into a grudge. You know, dad forgot a lot of stuff but her never forgot my birthday. Though he has never forgotten anything of Tenzin's. He always picked him up from school and dropped him off. He never picked up Bumi and myself before Tenzin started school. Does his precious airbender really mean that much to him?"

"I just think Aang is desperate to hold onto something that he hasn't had in years. Tenzin is the last link to the Air Nation other than the bison and lemurs. I think Aang really misses it."

"This is really what I hate. Everyone thinks of me as Water Tribe, Tenzin as an air nomad and Bumi as nothing. We are all apart of the Air Nation and Southern Water Tribe."

Wrapping her arms around Kya, Lin stretched out until they were both laying on the couch. "I think we should get some sleep to make sense of this. And if that was lillyweed, I honestly don't know what the big hype is, cactus juice is much better."

"I love you Lin."

"I love you too."