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It was the day after Lin had received her scars and she was still reeling over the whole ordeal. Hoping that Tenzin could take her mind off of it, she headed over to Air Temple Island.

She opened the door to the family home, to be greeted by various looks from Aang, Katara and Tenzin. Tenzin was the first to snap out of it. "Hello Lin, would you care to eat dinner with us?"

Lin looked at the empty spot on Tenzin's left, across from his parents. "Sure." She sat down, giving him a kiss on the cheek, which allowed Aang and Katara to get a good look and Lin's bandaged cheek.

Katara handed Lin a plate of food, still not being able to tear her eyes away from the young woman's face. "So Lin, uh, how have you been lately?"

Lin deadpanned at her aunt, allowing he voice to ooze with sarcasm. "I've been just dandy."

Aang and Katara shared a look. Aang coughed nervously as he gained the courage to ask her what happened to her face. "So Lin, that's a very large bandage you have there. What happened?"

Lin let her hand drop to under the table, taking Tenzin's hand in her own for support. But at the last second, decided to tell them the story, the way her mother tells stories when she doesn't want to go into detail. "Arrested Su for running with some gang members, she cut the cable, it flung back and caught my cheek. So when is Bumi's ship getting in?"

Katara went into over protective mode. "What?! What did your mother do? Where is Su now? Did you get that looked at by a healer?" Lin didn't get a chance to answer these questions, as Katara began to tear away at the bandage on her face to look at it herself. Trusting the Beifong women in the past about their injuries had been a mistake. Lin hissed when Katara's hands accidentally grazed her cheek. "Sorry." Her hands were soon covered in water as she began to close the wounds and take away the pain. "So what was your mother's reaction to this?"

"She wasn't happy with either of us," she gestured to the wound on her face, "but I haven't told her about this. And I'd appreciate it if you don't tell her. As much as she likes to be tough and act as though she doesn't care, I know she will freak out and I don't want to put her through that. It's bad enough she is sending Su to our grandparents house." Lin regretted those words as soon as they left her mouth.

Five minutes of Aang trying and failing to calm his wife down passed. He succeeded by speaking to Lin himself. "Lin, how do you feel about this situation?" Katara glared at him before going back to healing Lin's cheek.

Lin scowled t the table in front of her. "I'm not sure how to feel about the whole thing. I'm still angry with Su for not taking responsibility for her actions and for scarring me. But I'm also angry at Chief- I mean mum for not punishing her. I'm caught between a rock and a hard place and there is no bending my way out of it." Lin looked up at her uncle, smirking as she spoke. "Have you got any of that Avatar wisdom talking to you yet?"

Aang grinned at her. "I believe this situation will work itself out. Are you staying the night? Bumi gets back tomorrow and your mother will be coming over to greet him. Those two have always gotten along so well it's frightening. Sokka doesn't help either."

Lin smiled at the memories of Toph and Bumi pulling pranks with one another and cracking jokes. "Might as well."

Tenzin stood up to lead Lin to his room that they occasionally shared. Tenzin walked into the bathroom that joined onto the bedroom so he could take a quick shower. When he remerged, he found Lin looking at the newly healed scars on her face in the mirror. He came up behind her, wrapping her arms around her waist. "They don't look too bad. They make you look… appealing in an unusual way. I can't put my finger on it."

Lin turned around in his arms. "I'm going to take a shower and I want you to join me."

"But I just had a shower." Lin cocked an eyebrow. "Never mind. That was one of the most stupidest things I have ever said."

It was seven in the morning when the their small family gathered on the docks to greet Bumi. Toph walked up to Aang, punching him hard in the arm. "I hope your kid knows how lucky he is to get me out of bed so early Twinkle Toes."

"I'm sure he appreciates it Toph." Aang began kicking the ground with his foot nervously.

"Spill it Twinkle Toes."

"Lin told me what happened with Su."

Toph let her head fall forward. "Ugh. You were going to find out sooner or later. Might as well be sooner. Is the little badgermole still angry at me?"

"Yeah. But I think it will work itself out. Is Su still in town?"

"Nah. I put her on the train as soon as she had her bags packed. But it's for the best. My parents are the only ones strict enough to handle her. I just hope I did the right thing for once."

Even though Aang new he would suffer in the future for this, he drew Toph into a tight hug and to his surprise she returned it. "You do what you think is right and that is all we can do as parents." He released her when he heard Lin's voice.

"Hello chief."

"Hello Lin. Nice to see you are still angry at me."

"You can't see anything aunt Toph." Bumi walked up to them, duffle bag flung over his shoulder as he smacked her on the back in good gest. He took in the sight before him. Everyone other than Kya, who was off travelling, and Su was there. They noticed that Bumi was looking for Su and then locked eyes on Lin's scars. Everyone started giving him hand gestures to shut up but this was Bumi they were dealing with. "Those look like some angry scars you got on your face there Lin."

"WHAT SCARS?!"

Lin groaned. "Shit."