"Crap." Jinora as she paced in the library. "Crappity, crap, crap, crap!"

"Not that I don't love it when you use profanity - Because I do." said Bolin from his seat on Jinora's desk. "But why the sudden outburst?"

"Because instead of regular familey dinner, my mother invoked full extended familey dinner tonight." said Jinora.

"So?"

"SO?!" exclaimed Jinora. "SO?! So Lin will be there! The woman can see attraction with her feet! She's a frigging human lie detector, Bolin! A human effing liedetector!"

"Right." said Bolin. "So long as Rohan dosn't say that 'he never saw annything interesting in the library' we're safe."

Jinora sat down and burried her face in her hand's. She loved Bolin, she really did. But somtimes he could be such a Bone-headed, idiotic . . .

"Honey I was being silly." said Bolin as he moved to sit beside her and began stroking her hair. "We can get through this. We'll sit as far from one annother as possible and when asked hazardous questions we only tell half the truth.'

"So we lie?"

"No." said Bolin flatly. "We are simply leaving out the dangerous parts."

"Lying by omision." stated Jinora.

"Well if you wan't to see it that way." Bolin shrugged nonchalantly. "But that may not work on Mako." He pondered. "The guy's no earthbender but he know's when I'm lying."

Jinora looked up at Bolin. "Mako probably already know's."

"Huh?"

"I said Mako probably already know's." Jinora held up a hand to silence Bolin. "Let me explain before you go demanding awnser's." she hitched up the collar of her Air Bender uniform, covering the hickey that threatened to expose itself. "It all happened a few week's ago when I was practising airbending with Korra . . ."

Bolin sighed. Stories that had Korra in the first scentence rarely boded well.

Jinora faced Korra across the feild on Air Temple Island that was reserved for air bending practice. Passing air acolyt's ran for cover. it wasn't that the opposing girls lacked control or restraint, it was that battle's between them had been known to be dangerous to by standers.

"You ready?" Called Jinora from her end of the field. Trying to get a rise out of her opponent and make her break her focus.

"Born ready!" said Korra. "Heck I'm the freaking Avatar! Offfff!" Korra was blindsided by Jinora's sudden air-blast.

"What was that?" called Jinora as she dropped into a defensive stace while waiting for Korra to recover so they could begin again.

Korra jumped to her feet and sent air punch after air punch toward's the younger girl. Jinora Blocked the atacks and sent an air scyth at Korra.

The battle continued in this manner for half an hour untill both girl's were covered in sweat and Korra had forced Jinora to her knee's.

"I'm the Avatar," began Korra. "And you gotta deal with - Oh. My. SPIRIT'S!" Korra's eye's were fixed on the spot where Jinora's tunic had slipped revealing her collarbone and the fresh hickey covering it.

"What?" asked Jinora. "What's 'oh my spirit's'?" She mimiced the older girl. "Korra?"

Hearing her name, Korra broke out of her trance. She grabbed Korra's wrist. "Your coming with me." She calmly stated.

"But I have to help my mother . . ." Jinora's protest's died on her wrist's. She knew full well that the Avatar was stubborn as an oxmule somtimes. No, thought Jinora, All the time.

"I'm sure your mother will understand." said Korra. "She is Ty Lee's grand daughter after all. And I'm sure she would love to hear all about what her sweet, innocent, little Jinora has been up to with her new boyfriend."

"What does that have to do with the price of peas in Persopilis?" asked Jinora.

"Absoloutly nothing." said Korra, compleatly missing the point. "But you may want to grab a scarf or somthing."

"It's over 30 degrees out." said Jinora, Pushing up the sleeves of her tunic. "Why would I want a scarf?"

Korra lightly brushed her fingers over Jinora's collarbone and raised her eyebrow. Jinora realised what Korra meant and hurriedly ran off to get a light scarf.

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"Where are we going?" asked Jinora as she and Korra stepped of the ferry from Air Temple Island.

"Not telling. Get in the Satomobile." said Korra as she hopped into the driver's seat. After the incident with the lamp-post Asami had given korra lessons, in fear of anymore damage befalling her beloved vehicals.

jinora eyed the vehical dudiously. she didn't like enclosed spaces at the best of times. Bolin thought it was halairious considoring how much time she spent in library's studying. Jinora reasoned that library's had high celings and were generally rather large.

"Are you getting in?" Korra broke jinora out of her thought's.

"Um . . ." said Jinora. "Could I drive?" Korra was widlry regarded as the worst driver in New Team Avatar. With a lead foot and a tendancy to 'forget' where the break's were driving with Korra was a terrifying experience. Even for Iroh. Who had once decided that attemping to fly somthing he had no experience with was a good idea. In the middle of a dog-fight.

"Just get in." said Korra exasperatedly as she started the vehical.

"Why can't we just fly where ever we're going?" asked Jinora, knowing full well that their gliders were on the island, as were the Sky Bison.

"This way garantee's that you can't escape." said Korra. "So nice try, but no cigar."

"That's what I'm afraid of."

"I am not going to crash!" shouted Korra. "Now get in the spirit's damned Satomobile!"

"We have got to think of a better name for these." said Jinora as she climbed into the passenger seat and securely fastened her seatbelt. "How about 'Deathtrap'?"

"I'll mention that to Asami next time I see her." said Korra as she pressed her foot to the gas pedal. And traded the crowded Major street's of the heart of Republic City for it's much quieter, less heavily trafficed suburbs.

"I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die." repeated Jinora as Korra exceded the speed limit throught the suburbs.

"No, your not." said Korra. "Your way over reacting."

"I am walking back to Air Temple island when this is over is what I'm doing." said Jinora. "Slow down!" She gripped the door handle tightly as Korra made a tight turn.

"Gladly." said Korra as they pulled into a long drive way. "We're almost there."

Korra ulled up infront of the Sato mansion and got out of the death trap.

"Stay." she said to Jinora before knocking on the front door of the mansion.

"I'm not a PolarBear-Dog!" called Jinora.

"Hello Korra." said Iroh as he opened the door.

"Hey Iroh!" said Korra. "Is Asami arround?"

"Yes." said Iroh. "But she's in her workshop."

"Awsome." said Korra. "We'll just go see her."

"She's working on the design for the new Satomobile.' said Iroh. "She's refusing to see anyone."

"This is urgent." said Korra.'

"She's very busy." said Iroh.

"She's trying to force the ideas." said Korra. "She need's to get outa the workshop."

"You think I don't know that." said Iroh, his voice laced with sarcasm. "Look I'll try calling her workshop, but no promises."

"Tell her that the Sparrow-Keet has taken flight." said Korra.

"'The Sparow-Keet has taken flight'?" asked Iroh. "And you are sure that this will make my amazing and incredibly dedicated fiance drop what she is doing and come see you?"

"Yes." said Korra, rolling her eyes.

"Fine." said Iroh, fully resighned to the fact that the Avatar would not leave until he had at least tried to get Asami out of the work shop. "I'll go call her."

No more than three minutes later a grease stained Asami tore around the corner of the house on a prototype of what she called a 'Segue'.

"Where will it roost?" asked Asami as she skidded to a halt infront of Korra.

"Unbelievable." said Iroh. "All day I try to get her to leave her work shop for a cup of tea and you come in here swith your girl code - Its just unbe-frickin-lievable."

Asami kissed Iroh on the cheek. "I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you when I get back."

"I'll hold you to that." said Iroh as he pulled asami in for a kiss. "I love you."

"Love you too." said Asami.

"Urgh, you two are like an old married couple." said Korra. "Nerw's flash! Your not old and your not married!"

"Not yet." said Asami.

"Get in the Satomobile."

"Give me the key's."

Once Korra had relinquished the key's to the Satomobile they set off.

"So this is for real this time?" asked Asami. "Not like last time when you thought somthing was going on, but there wasn't?"

"No I've got proof this time."

"A napkin with a phole number on it is not proof." said Asami. "You and I know that well enough."

"The 'proof' is sitting in the backseat with a scarf wrapped around her neck." Jinora spoke up. "And you have dragged Asami away from her work because of me before."

Asami abruptly stopped the car. "Holy shit." she breathed turning around to face Jinora. "Hickey's?" she asked, eye's flicking to Korra.

"Ya huh." said Korra. "Our precious little girl hasn't learned any decent way's of hiding them yet."

"I have so." said Jinora. "It is just impractical to wear a scarf for airbending practice."

"Well you can alway's use creme conceler." said Asami. "Not that I have ever done that."

"No Asami those odd coloured splotches arent badly conceled hickey's at all!" said Korra.

Jinora put her head in her hands. "We are not having this conversation. I know how to hide hickey's."

"It dosn't seem like it." said Korra.

"It's the middle of Summer!" exclaimed Jinora.

"So?" asked Asami.

"So it's to hot for a scarf." said Jinora. "And so what? I have a hickey, or five, from -" Jinora cut herself off before she could say any thing that would get her and Bolin in a sticky situation with their friends or worse - her parents.

"From who?" asked Korra.

"None of your business." said Jinora.

"Tell us." said Asami.

"You don't know him." Jinora tried the oldest trick in the book.

"Dont we?" asked Korra.

"NO!"

"I think our littlr sparrow-keet is holding out on us, Asami." said Korra, a malicious glint in her eye.

"Yea." said Asami. "I think we do know him. Quite well actually."

"You don't." said Jinora. And who even said they were a guy?" Jinora hoped her comment would throw them off. It didn't.

"Honey, we all know that is a lie." said Asami.

"Yea." said Korra. "Over the last eight years i have watched you sigh over multiple male book and film characters."

"Well it dosn't matter," said Jinora. "Because you don't know him."

"Really?"

"Really." confirmrd Jinora.

Korra turned to Asami. "It's Bolin." She said with utter conviction.

"It is not!" exclaimed Jinora, knowingfull well that any further protest was futile. "Where the blazes did you get thatstupid idea from?"

"Your insistance that we dont know him." said Korra.

"And your bright red face." added Asami. "it wasn't that hard."

"Damn we owe Mako." said Korra.

"Yea." said Asami. "How were we supposed to know she would go for an earth bender? Thinking about it - How did he know?"

"He probably noticed somthing was up with Bolin." said Korra.

"You made bet's on what element my prospective boyfriend would bend?" asked Jinora incredulously. "That's unbelievable!"

"Not really." said Korra. "We've also got one on when Ikki and Skoochy are going to tell your parent's they're making the beast with two back's."

"Two week's, three days." said Jinora. "At the next mandatory familey dinner. Twenty Yuans."

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"You put money on when your sister would come out about the nature of her relationship with Skooch?" asked Bolin. "You are unbelievable. Never took you for the gambling type."

"Yea." said Jinora. "But it's an easy one. I know Ikki better than anyone. I'm so going to win this tonight."

"That dosn't really explain how Mako know's." said Bolin.

"Korra would have told him." said Jinora. "And Asami will have told Iroh. and I think my mum knows."

"So it's just your dad and the Cheif that don't?" asked Bolin. "And why do you think you mum know's?"

"She said somthing about a nice earthbending boy." said Jinora. "Makes me wonder how she know's."

"Skoochy may have toild Ikki who may have told her." said Bolin.

"How does Skoochy know?" asked Jinora.

"My whole squadron knows." admitted Bolin.

Jinora raised an eyebrow. "How?"

"Well the guy's kinda figured out I was getting some and launched the Ember island Inqusition on me."

"Huh?"

"They dragged me into an innterogation room and dragged it out of me." Bolin explained. "They were very thorogh. I taught them well."

"Ahhh." said Jinora. "You did teach them well. Maybe you should work on you resistance to such methods."

"Yea thats how everyone know's." said Bolin. And dont be cheeky."

Jinora sighed. "This has to be the worst kept secret ever."

"No worst kept secret was that Korra was pregnant the first time." said Bolin.

"True that." said Jinora thinking about her four year old godddaughter.

"We mannaged to keep it from the most important people." said Bolin trying desperatly to find the bright side.

"Who my dad and Cheif Bei Fong?" said Jinora sarcasticly. "Well done us. They would have been oblivious anyway."

"And who would have had the worst reaction to finding out?" asked Bolin.

"Good point." said Jinora as she brought her lips to meet Bolin's.

"What are you doing?" asked Bolin. "Not that I'm complaining."

"Enjoying the last few hour's before my father lock's me in a tower." said Jinora.

"I'll climb you hair when it grow's long enough." said Bolin. "Or, you know, you can fly out and I'll earth bend the tower to rubble."

"That secont option was hardly romantic." said Jinora as she covered bolin's mouth with her's cutting off whatever he may say next. Not that he minded that much.

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That night at dinner Bolin and jinora sat as far from one annother as they could and neatly dodged questions on the nature of their research together - the pair were wrighting a book on the origins of bending sports. However the tension between the pair was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Eventually Lin got sick of their barely conceled love lorn glances across the table so, in the break between the main and dessert she said;

"Pema, Aang was known for fainting when he heard particularly shocking knews about his children."

"I remdember that!" said Bumi. "Do you guy's remember the time -"

"Not now, Bumi." said Lin. "Pema."

"Yes?"

"Prepare to catch you husband."

"Why?"

"Because," said Lin. "This one," She pointed at Jinora. "And this one." She pointed at Bolin. "Are doing a lot more than 'research' in the library. Unless each other's body's count."

Several thing's happened at once. Tenzin's face turnes twelve shades of red and his eyes bulged. Korra, Mako and Iroh burst out in peals of uncontrolble laughter. Asami stifled a giggle. The air bending teen's and Skoochy said "Finally!". Pema said, "That's old news." And Bumi clapped his younger brother on the back booming "Congratulation's little bro!"

Bolin and Jinora sat there looking absoloutly mortified.

"Daddy, I can explain -"

"Lounge. Now." Tenzin cut off his daughter and pointed at the door.

Tenzin closed the door behind himself as he followed his daughter into the room. "Why?" He asked. "Why didn't you tell me about you and Bolin?"

"Because I thought you'd be mad." said Jinora as she sat down in an arm chair. "Because of the age difference."

"Jinora." Tenzin sat down in the chair opposite. "Their are sixteen years between myself and your mother. Do you honestly think we care about that? We only care that you are happy. And not doing any thing stupid."

Jinora looked up at her father. "Your not mad?"

"I'm mad that you didn't tell us and that I had to find out from Lin. And that I was the last to know." Tenzin ran his hand over his bald scalp.

"So your cool with it?"

"Yes I am 'Cool with it' as you so eloquently put it." said Tenzin. "But I am going to have to give that boy a stern talking to. If Meelo and Rohan havn't beaten me to it. Also I have one thing I need to know. Lin was able to sense that you two had been uh, together. Your not . . .?"

Jinora looked confused for a moment then realised what her father meant. "No." said Jinora. "Oh, Spirits no. Our relationship hasn't progressed quite that far yet."

"Yet?" asked her father.

"Dad it's inevitable and you know it." said Jinora. "You were our age once."

"Fine." Tenzin sighed. "So long as you two are planning to get married at some point - and are prepared for the consequences of your actions - You have my blessing."

"Thankyou Daddy." Jinora hugged her father before they went to rejoin the other's.

Sure enough Meelo and Rohan were giving Bolin a stern talking to. Or rather as stern a talking to as a sixteen year old 'helped' by a eleven year old could mannage.

"Now our sister is very precious to us." said Meelo.

"So if you hurt her we will hurt you.' said Rohan. "Understood?"

"Understood." said Bolin. When he saw his girlfriend re-enter the room he mouthed 'HELP! ME!'

"Meelo let him go." said Jinora. "Rohan, you too.'

"NEVER!" shouted Rohan. "You defiled my sister in the library! I shall -"

"Rohan." said Pema with all the authority that came from being a mother of four. "Let the poor boy go."

Dinner was just returning to normal when Ikki made her own anouncement;

"As you all know, Skoochy and I have been dating for the past two year's. Somthing has come up and we are planning a spring wedding."

This time Tenzin did faint.

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(A/N: So how was it? Did you like it? You think I should continue? Thankyou for reading!)