You know it's been almost two years since I've seen your damn face around here. "You were so busy traipsing around the globe. "Protect me from what, Sokka? What could you have done?" Months worth of tears stream down Toph's round face and it infuriates her all the more. "Toph, I could have protected you!" Sokka springs to his feet now and paces away from her, his icy water tribe eyes boring holes through her own. Sokka, you don't hear it!" Toph is shaking, her hands clenching and unclenching. You're not the one who has to listen to the radio every single day only to hear what people say. "Why is it important to you anyway? You're not Badger Mole's father. Toph springs to her feet, too quickly, and her back screams in protest.
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"You knew exactly how to reach me, Toph." "Bullshit." Sokka leans away from her now and she misses his warmth immediately. "Sokka, you were so far away…I didn't know how to reach…" Toph's voice sounds fake, even to her own ears. I didn't know I'd hear about this," he waves to her stomach, "through the grapevine." I thought you would have the courtesy to tell me yourself. "I know I'm not in Republic City all the time but I at least thought I had the right to know. "Were you ever going to tell me?" Sokka's voice is quiet. She is too fatigued to care at how stilted this reunion is, too worn down from the weeks of embarrassment and sorrow. "You look good, by the way."Īn unbidden blush spreads across her face and she leans into his arm cautiously. She is all soft curves and smooth valleys. She is rounded in ways she had never been before, in a way he thought previously impossible on Toph. He studies her carefully, surprised at how much has changed in two years. You should also get into the practice of locking your doors." She is silent. "You used to be able to sense me a mile away. He settles into the couch next to her and tentatively slings an arm over her shoulders. "Sokka!" She tries to get up but he stops her. Her eyes fly open and she gasps, her feet recognizing the heartbeat of someone she hadn't met in a long time. If she closes her eyes, she can pretend she's not truly alone. She leans her head back against the couch, sighs, and for a moment, she imagines his arms around her, his hands resting gently on her rounded stomach. Speculation about her love life, the future security of Republic City, the future of women holding government positions…Toph isn't sure what the newspapers are saying but they must be worse because Katara doesn't let any of her kids speak of them anymore. Without even work to distract her, she is forced to sit at home and listen to the radio and all the things they say. Toph is not one to sit at home and mope but she is seven months pregnant and utterly alone. "I want to do this." She placed a hand on her still flat stomach. "No." She rose up from the table fluidly, planted her feet firmly on the ground. A cold sweat started its way down her back and she froze.
The world spun around her in a way she hadn't experienced since a battle on an airship long, long ago.
"Chief Beifong, if you are unsure about this, there are certain arrangements that can be made for you." Her cloudy, unseeing gaze was trained at the doctor, her ears carefully listening to his steady heartbeat. It’s no secret that he's felt and built up a deep frustration about what's been happening at United in the last year in particular, and certainly this year, and he feels that it's time to speak out.Toph was quiet because for once, she had nothing to say. “He's been thinking about this for a while. “Cristiano asked me to do it, simple as that,” Morgan explained when asked how he got the interview. The duo have previously spent time together over dinner and have got to know each other’s families.
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The Talk TV host had earlier confirmed that Ronaldo had asked him personally to do the interview due to the relationship that already existed between the pair. However, Morgan hit back, telling the presenter: “Why don't you wait to see what questions I ask him before you decide whether I've lost my journalistic charm?”
“Are you saying he did it because you wouldn't ask him the difficult questions?” she queried.
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