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Korra's POV

After a few days, Jason was returned to the shelter and I wasted no time going to visit him. It still hurt to move and though my muscles were stiff I made the effort to see the small Firebender. Howl accompanied me each time, making sure I was safe and didn't overdo myself. But when he couldn't, Mako would since my guard had begun to take shifts as the Blue Spirit.

I was at the shelter now, my leg resting on a pillow while I watched Jason play with a few toy cars. They were nothing special, just old toys that someone had donated, the paint already scrapping off them but I had started to notice that he liked anything with wheels.

I leaned against the chair and noticed a couple come in. I studied them, wondering what they could be doing here but apparently they had come to visit a little girl, a Waterbender, who had been badly burned on her arm and back after being left an orphan.

She ran to them and the couple smiled before the woman lifted her up, cradling the girl close to her chest. One of the supervisors brought some paperwork and they both signed it. It didn't take me long to realize that the girl had just been adopted.

Jason pulled on my shirt, shifting my attention back at him. He held a car in his hand, gesturing it towards me and I smiled before taking it and playing with him. The rest of the day I thought about the girl and how now she would have a home of her own, someone to care for her.

Howl came to pick me up before it got dark and Jason gave me a tight hug which I returned. It was in that moment that a decision was made. I went home and asked my parents and Tenzin to meet up with me since Katara was out.

I sat on the sofa, a bit nervous I'll admit. Everyone starred at me, wondering what I wanted to talk about. I had a feeling i knew how everyone would react to the news, and I was hesitant.

After gathering my thoughts, I cleared my throat.

"I want to adopt Jason."

Senna's POV

I was surprised I have to admit. My daughter had never shown any sign of wanting a child, or wanting to adopt one for that matter. Tenzin, Tonraq, and Korra were arguing with each other about the subject. I on the other hand just stood quietly on the sidelines, still trying to process the idea.

Her injuries were close to healing completely though she still used a cane to walk around the house. It had been Jason that had finally gotten her out of her room and I was happy she had let someone in to help her with all her trauma but…a child was not to be taken lightly.

"Korra is not mentally or emotionally stable enough to adopt a child," Tenzin insisted.

"Are you trying to say I'm crazy?" she replied, infuriated.

"She has been making progress," Tonraq countered.

"When she went into the Avatar State she destroyed half the island," the Airbending master countered. "If she loses that kind of control-"

"I'm working on it!" Korra snapped. "I've been volunteering for months. I can do this. I can take care of him," she added quietly.

"Look at how you're-"

"I think it's a good idea," I finally said.

Both males stopped their arguing and turned to look at me. Tenzin looked like he thought I had gone mad. My husband on the other hand looked confused. Korra herself looked to be wondering why I was siding with her.

"Senna, look at this reasonably," the Airbender began.

"I am," I said. "I've met Jason. He's different around Korra, almost as if he depends on her."

"Korra can't support Jason," he countered. "She doesn't have a home of her own."

"I'm on the Task Force," she said. "Tarrlok is going to be giving me a salary."

"That's another thing I'm worried about. He's using you to do his bidding."

"I can support Jason," Korra answered. It seemed she had been planning this for a while.

"The house I am building next to the main house is almost done," Tonraq added. "I can add an extra room."

"She can't adopt because she isn't married," Tenzin stated. "The child needs a two parent home."

"He doesn't need that," Howl countered. He had been silent until now. "But he does need someone who will be there and I'm sorry Avatar Korra, but you are everywhere but home."

"I can change," my daughter said, turning to look at me. She was begging now, pleading. I could see that she really wanted this.

"That is another concern," the Airbender agreed. "Your image is not a healthy one. Your party habits are not a good example."

Korra ran her hands through her hair and I could tell it was taking all of her control to not strangle her former master. "I don't go out as much as used to, if at all. And when I'm not here, I'm with Mako at the shelter. You can ask him."

"You're too young," I began. My daughter's face saddened slightly; thinking I was going to change my mind. "But Tonraq and I can adopt."

"What?" my husband asked, raising a brow.

"We can adopt Jason but Korra will have full responsibility," I explained. "She will care for him but legally he will be ours."

A smile spread across her face and she limped over to me, hugging me around the neck tightly. I smiled and returned the gesture. Even before the island, Korra had never done this and it made me happy that the boy was indeed changing her, and it seemed to be a good change.

When she pulled away she kissed her father's cheek before going to her room, Howl following her. I chuckled. She was probably going to get everything ready for the new addition to the family.

"Senna-" Tenzin began.

"He needs her as much as she needs him," I said cutting him off. "He has changed her and Korra has been acting more responsible. We will be there to help her with him, she won't do this alone."

The Airbender sighed. "Korra will not be able to get rid of Jason if she loses her patience with him," he said. "You need to make her understand that."

"With all due respect, Tenzin," my husband began, his voice slightly clipped. "I think you underestimate my daughter. She is different and we will support her with this, whether you approve or not."

He sighed but nodded before leaving the room. If he would have been a Firebender there would probably be steam coming off him. I knew he didn't mean any harm. He was just concerned for the child's well being.

"Another child?" Tonraq teased, sitting next to me. I smiled and shook my head, leaning against his shoulder.

"More like a grandchild," I answered.

"Are you sure about this?" he asked.

I nodded. "Korra will do great." And I knew she would. I could see it.