Wendy leads me outside. "Let's go for a walk," she says, in her regularly bubbly tone. "I thought you'd never come back ever since you got banished a while back!"
I chuckle softly. "Well I'm here now, Wendy."
"Good thing, too." she chirps as we turn down a corner.
"What's the whole 'Gwen' thing?"
"Oh," she says, snapping back at me. "I almost forgot how much time has passed since then..." she remarks. "Well... Wendy seemed a little childish. Gwendolyn seemed to long, so my mom suggested 'Gwen', and I went for it. "
"Yes," I muse, "Gwen is very... Very... it fits you."
Not really. You'll always be Wendy to me.
"So... What have you been doing all these years? You left when you were 12, so that's 5 years now. Must of had lots of time to burn." Wendy looks at me. "Get it? Burn? Because you're half fire-nation?"
"Haha yeah..." I take a small breath. "Well, Dad, Mom and I moved to a small fire nation island, Mom caught a disease and-"
"No need," Wendy says. "We heard all about it."
I took a sigh of relief. "After that, Dad offered a caregiving position to one of mom's nurses. And, she took care of me just 'til 6 months ago, when I met Rose."
Wendy giggles. "Cool. I've just been chillin' here in the tribes. Get it? Chillin?"
I nod.
"It's been a little hard since you left. I had to befriend the twins." Wendy shudders. "It's nice to see you again, after all these years." She shoots me a abnormally uncomfortable glance, then bursts into hysterical laugher.
"What?"
She giggles. "I'm guessing you and Rose are a couple? Finally found your soulmate, have you, Nathan?"
I smile, this time it's genuine, "Yes," I say happily, "I suppose I have."
Wendy smiles again, this time a little weaker. "That's great." She glances down at her watch. "Oops!" She yelps. "Gotta rush off to report to the Council!" she nudges me. Her voice lowers down an octave. "You know how impatient they can get. See you!" she says loudly, hustling off busily in the other direction.
I smile after her. Time to go back to Rose. Maybe she will take me up on that sketching lessons offer.
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FanfictionNathan and Rose have finally escaped from the Fire Nation. They're safe in the Water Tribe, but that doesn't mean that they lived happily ever after. Yet. Rose has changed a lot since the day Nathan found her unconscious at the entrance of his villa...
