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Last night was...

...last night was just what Mel needed to work out some of her issues right now :-D?

Since coming back, she's been doing rounds of the farm with a determined eye, making lists of things that need doing, doing some of the more urgent things; maybe she's spoken to you about what you need to do, but it's possible she hasn't yet caught upon all the gossip.

Now, as Hana and Loo play together in the grass, she's sitting and staring comtemplatively at a car that once flew. Funny how, even though one may have a genius mechanic for a brother and live with still more, there are some things for which help still cannot be asked for.

Mel wants to make it work again, and she's not sure where to start.

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Steph has no clue either. But she's feeling out of place and a bit lost around the farm, and that's one thing she never feels with Mel and the girls, so before too long Mel has company in her sitting-in-the-grass.

"What're you thinking you want to do?"

"Make it work," is the simple answer.

Longer, "it's out of power, and we don't have the fuel here. So it needs converting."

She could ask her genius mechanic for a brother?

Sokka is coming over fresh from a conversation with Katara, full of giggles and laughter and smiles and he's-- well, he is smiling. It's just... he thought having her back would make everything perfect, the way it was when they were kids. And it hasn't. Of course they're older, they're not at home, things have happened and changed them both, it's just...

Well.

He flops onto the grass near Mel and offers his nieces two new wooden carvings. He hasn't been sleeping well lately, which means more toys for the girls.

Mel, he figures, will talk to him if she wants to.

Hana loves her wooden carving, and squeals in delight. It's Loo who actually says "nk you Ska" and hugs him tight before joining her sister.

Mel gives up on all thought, and smiles delightedly at her.

"She just needed to be home," she remarks.

Sokka smiles and kisses Loo's hair while she hugs him, grinning as the girls start to play with each other. Mel gets a glance when she speaks and his smile doesn't dim in the slightest while he nods.

"She looks good," he adds, watching the girls again. "They both do. They're not... they don't seem any worse for it."

"That's what we got Sokka for," Steph says cheerfully, tilting her head to the side to inspect the car. "Toldja he'd come in handy one of these days."

"Yeah," Mel agrees. "Like to do it on my own. It was her rig."

"I don't think they really know what's going on," Mel remarks.

(She's more cheerful, too. Somehow)

"Not like they even knew her."

Sokka nods, quiet. He wasn't really talking about Erin or Katara, he had figured that Loo's upset was a product of all of their moods.

But it's kind of nice to be proven wrong in this case.

He glances at his sister with a small smile. "You seem better, too."

"Uh."

Mel smirks at the flying car, like she and it share a secret. Then, casual as anything, she shrugs.

"Got to work out some of my issues."

Okay, that reaction is a little suspect. Sokka looks at her and lifts an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah?"

"Uh huh."

Mel leaves a pause of a few seconds to see if he gets it.

"Nothing serious. You know that Dean guy?"

Sokka does not get it. Because despite being a genius mechanic (because of?) he is occasionally back asswards when it comes to relationships.

"Yeah, sure," he replies easily, brows lifting now, not sure where she's going with it. "He was helping me research back when-- a while back."

Not that it had been much help, but Sokka had appreciated the effort.

"Ran into him after dinner," Mel explains. "Hana adores him, so we got talking, and after the twins were in bed we decided we both had an itch needed scratching."

Steph nods, and leans sideways to elbow Mel gently. It's like affection, only not so squishy!

"I think it'd be awesome if you painted it green and pink to match your hair," she suggests, tongue in cheek. "Ooh, ooh, or you could draw a smiley face on the nose!"

A blink.

A frown.

A very confused brother.

"What's that supposed to me-"

LIGHTBULB.

Sokka will be over here, listening to his brain break into tiny little pieces.

Mel smirks, running a hand through a hair. "Going back to blue next time."

Mel's missed Sokkabrain-breaking.

She grins, and elbows him. "The longer you react like that, the more I'm going to keep telling you these things."

"Pink suits you," Steph says, eyeing her analytically. "You look good today. Happier."

Sokka goes bright red and scowls at her, elbowing her in return. "I'd react like that less if you'd ease into it instead of just throwing it at me to watch me squirm," he grumbles.

He's-- not sure what to make of it. There's Zuko, his brother, off in some other dimension without his wife or his daughters, but... well, that was almost two years ago now. And in Eden, he hadn't been... himself. Exactly.

He can't blame Mel, but at the same time, his Loyalty Gene is splicing a bit.

"Thanks?" Mel says. "S'probly just post-coit, though. It'll wear off."

Steph takes a second to figure that one out, and then her face splits into a wide grin. "No way. Who? Oh man, who?"

Mel keeps her smirk up just long enough to let him know what she feels about him squirming, but after that, it fades again, and there's more of her general sullenness.

She hugs her knees, looking back at the car.

"He's not going to come," she says. "I can't keep telling myself he will."

Steph doesn't need to be so grinny about it. Mel elbows her in the arm to get her to quittit.

"Just come guy comes through here sometimes. No big."

The sullenness alone has Sokka trying to lighten up on his expression. When she curls up and speaks, he feels about two inches tall.

He glances over at the girls and, finding them occupied, scoots over to wrap an arm around Mel's shoulders.

"I'm not blaming you."

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