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Toph knocked on the door loudly with her left hand. Her other was held closely to her chest. She sighed at the radiating pain.

"Thank god you are here."

The chief of police rolled her eyes. "Why yes, I would love to come in, Katara."

Katara just frowned at her. "Just get in here. Why are you protecting your arm?"

"Dislocated my shoulder."

"Again?"

"Why do you sound surprised?"

"Touche."

The two women walked into the living room and sighed. Toph was not surprised to sense Katara's three children, Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi, sitting respectfully on the couch just observing. She also wasn't startled at the two little girls that everyone was staring at. Both Bei Fong daughters had their small hands latched on to each side of a badgermole stuffed toy, Lin holding tightly on to two legs and Suyin the other two. There was a showdown underway.

"Mine!" Suyin yelled loudly.

Lin tugged frustrated. "Su give it back!"

"No! My badgermole!"

"No it's not! This is mine! Get your own!"

"Mine!"

"No!"

Toph finally cleared her throat catching the attention of both girls. The two squealed, dropped the toy, and ran over to their mother. Toph felt her legs being claimed by her daughters.

Lin tugged on her good arm. "Mom, I missed you."

On her other side, Suyin clawed at her uniform. "Up! Up!"

"Not now, Su. Mom is hurt right now." The earthbender ran her hand through Suyin's black hair.

"I'll help you get better!" Lin exclaimed.

"No! Me!" Suyin yelled back.

Lin scowled at her sister. "You're too small. Only big kids can help."

"I'm big kid!"

"No, you aren't!"

Katara noticed Toph rubbing her temple with her good hand, eyes closed due to a raging headache. She carefully kneeled down and ripped both kids from their mother. The two girls rebelled as usual.

The waterbender smiled gently at them. "How about I go fix Mom while you guys play with Kya, Tenzin, and Bumi?"

"Mama?" Suyin reached out for her mother.

Toph closed her eyes tighter. "Please, Su?"

The avatar's children joined the Bei Fong girls, Katara being thankful for her children understanding what she was trying to do. With the kids distracted, Toph and Katara made their way to the back room. Exhausted, Toph immediately sat on the bed slumping against the back wall. Katara crossed her arms, tired as well. They both sat in silence for a couple of minutes. It wasn't until Toph shifted causing her to grunt in pain that Katara broke the unspoken air.

"I'm sorry. I forgot you were hurt." She walked over and helped her friend take off the top part of her armor.

"It's alright." Toph mumbled curses as the last of her metal plates were removed, leaving her in a white tank top. "Although if you could do something about the swelling, that would be great."

Katara finished her primary survey of her shoulder. "I can take care of the swelling immediately, but first we have to put your shoulder back."

Toph nodded, having the procedure down a total of three times counting the current injury. Katara grabbed hold of Toph's arm and top part of her shoulder. Without even a word, the waterbender pushed inward and upward creating a pop sound. Toph sucked in a large amount of air but held in her vocal response. Quickly, Katara grabbed a bowl of water and began to heal the swelling.

Toph relaxed as cool water made contact with her shoulder. "Thanks."

"How did you dislocate it?"

Katara was surprised to hear her friend chuckle.

"I just overthrew my arm. Wasn't paying attention to my form."

The waterbender applied pressure to her shoulder causing Toph to stiffen.

"Alright! Ow! Sorry!"

"You better be!" Katara only smiled.

The two sat in silence once more just enjoying the calm atmosphere. It was obvious that both women were experiencing the weight of a long day.

Toph began the conversation once more. "How much did they fight today?"

"I'm more exhausted from pulling the two apart than anything else I did today. What is going on with your girls?"

"I don't know!" Toph dropped her head to hit the back wall. "They won't stop though. Lin is six and has my mouth already. I understand now why we fought so much back then. I was such a brat."

Katara mumbled quieter. "You kind of still are."

The waterbending master wasn't surprised to feel a pebble hit her forehead. They both shared a laugh.

"No, but I'm serious. Lin is way too young to be talking to Su the way she does. Then there is Suyin who thinks hitting solves everything. You don't even know how happy I am that Lin doesn't hit back or throw a boulder."

Katara got more water and continued healing. "Lin is a smart girl. Deep down, she doesn't actually want to hurt her sister. Suyin is still four, this is just a stage."

"This is different. Lin and Suyin, they don't get along. At all. There are times where I believe everything is fine and then boom! I find Su pulling on Lin's hair and I have to pull the two apart using my cables." The chief of police began rubbing her temple again.

Katara finally finished. Toph's shoulder looked perfectly normal. "That maybe sore for the night. Anyways, you know why the two girls don't get along?"

"Because they were born with only half the same personalities." Toph's head was in her hands.

The waterbender came over and rubbed Toph's shoulder. "Hey, it has nothing to do with that."

"What were you going to say?" The master earthbender just brushed off the comfort.

"I was going to say," Katara made her way to sit on the bed. "Lin and Suyin compete for your attention."

"Compete for my attention?" Toph questioned.

"Exactly. Listen, you are a great mother, Toph. You make sure that Lin and Su live the childhood that you always wanted. Free to do what they want, when they want. However, you are a very busy person, Toph. Without you around all the time, Lin and Su feel the need to get your attention when it is available."

The earthbender took the words into consideration. "Katara, I can't just drop my responsibilities-"

"I know that."

"I established the police force and I can't leave-"

"I understand."

"I would if I could, you know that, right?"

Katara placed her hand on Toph's arm. "I know."

The chief of police breathed deeply. The situation was frustrating.

"So what do I do?"

"You try your best."

Toph thought carefully before making her way to stand up. The moment she touched the ground, she felt the vibrations of a fight going on outside. She sighed.

"What better time than to start tonight."

It was a little over ten o'clock and the three Bei Fongs were in the girls' room. Lin was tucked into her bed and Toph was just finishing settling Suyin in for the night. Toph was still in her work pants and sweaty tank top. She prioritized the girls first.

"Mom, can we train tomorrow?" Lin asked from her bed.

Toph kneeled in the opening in the middle of the room. She had one hand in contact with each of her daughters. "On the weekends, remember? We will earthbend this weekend. Just a couple more days."

Suyin reached for Toph's other hand. "Me too, Mama! Me earthbend."

The chief of police laughed gently. "Not yet, Badgermole. You can't earthbend yet."

"But what if she can't earthbend at all, Mom?"

Toph shot Lin a slightly disappointed look. "Don't say that, Lin. We don't know yet."

Lin furrowed her eyebrows in concern. "I wasn't being mean, Mom. I was just saying."

"Do you not want your sister to train with us?"

The elder Bei Fong sister didn't say anything.

"Come here, both of you." The two children climbed out of bed and into their mother's lap. "You guys are sisters, and you guys need to start acting like it. Why do you two keep arguing with each other?"

Lin played with her hands while Su looked at her mother confused.

"Well?"

"Because Su isn't a baby anymore, Mom."

Toph raised an eyebrow indicating to Lin that she should further explain.

Lin sighed. "You were always taking care of Su before you went back to work. Always holding her and carrying her. You never did things with me, Mom."

The earthbender kissed the top of Lin's head. "Lin, Su needed me more because she was a baby. Babies can't do anything by themselves, so Su needed a little more help. You helped me too, taking care of Su. Did you not like taking care of Su when she was a baby?"

"I did." This time Lin looked at her sister. "But I missed cuddling and you carrying me too."

"Well, I'm sorry badgermole. I didn't mean to make you feel left out." Toph held her children closer. "But things are different now. Both you and Su are much bigger and don't need me doing things for you as much. You guys can follow your own goals. However, you two still need to look out for each other, got it?"

"Yes, Mom."

"Yes, Mama." Suyin mimicked.

Toph continued. "And another thing, just because I'm not here all the time doesn't mean I don't love you guys any less. I love both of you evenly and you don't have to do anything to prove that to me. You guys are my girls, my badgermoles."

"We love you too, Mom." Lin hugged Toph tightly.

Suyin did the same. "Love, Mama."

"Good."

Toph hugged her girls back, hoping to the spirits that things were going to be different.

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