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It's still sort of hard to believe.

There are only a few people Kate has gone out of her way to tell about the fact that she and Newt are actually, seriously, for real engaged and it's not because she doesn't want to tell people, but just that she sort of wants to hold onto it on her own for a little while. She wants it just to be hers. She'd never really imagined herself getting married, but then, she'd never really imagined there was someone like Newt out there for her, so she knows plans change.

She knows things about her life, her family, she knows about the things she's done since coming to the island. The same sort of thing has happened to other people, too, and she's always been a little nervous, but it had turned out to be a good thing. She feels better for it. It's proof that her family, while irrevocably fucked up, is also still hers, no matter what happens to them. And even if she's not there with them, they love her, and she's okay. She's not as terrible at being an adult as she thinks.

So she's going to marry him even though her family isn't here to be with her, because she has other family now. People she loves, people she needs, people who are just as important and people she needs to tell about this whole thing.

So she sends a text asking them to meet her that evening at the really awesome diner not far from her apartment building. And she's nervous when she gets there, but she smiles in greeting and waves, and the ring flashes on her hand in a way she's still not used to.

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Kate laughs brightly, unable to help herself, because Korra seems so excited, so happy and she nods in response, squeezing her friend's hand in return. It's not that no one has allowed her to be excited about it -- they definitely have, her friends have all been great, they've all been happy for her -- but there's something different about Korra's brand of excitement. Something infectious and Kate dances a little in her seat.

"Yeah, we're getting married," she says, then laughs again, as if she can't quite believe it. Marriage isn't the sort of thing she ever imagined for herself. She thought she'd be one of those super awesome forever single women who did whatever the hell she wanted and while marriage was fine for others, it was never going to be for Kate.

And then she'd met Newt.

As someone who's always admired her parents' marriage and wants that for herself, there's nothing happier than seeing her friends realize a similar dream. Korra punches a hand into the air, letting out another loud whoop, and earning herself a few glares from fellow patrons in the process.

She can't be bothered to apologize.

"That's awesome," Korra declares, taking the time to look properly at the ring on Kate's hand. It's a different tradition than the betrothal rituals in the Water Tribes, but the theme is similar enough. A piece of jewelry, and one that looks pretty sturdy, at that. Korra chuckles to herself, imagining how Newt must have looked while trying to pick out a ring. "I'm so happy for you guys! I feel like you'll make an awesome married couple. I'd better be invited to the wedding, okay? I'll be the one obnoxiously cheering in the background for you two."

Kate laughs, covering her face with her hands, but she's not really embarrassed. She's kind of enjoying Korra's reaction. Everyone's been really supportive, no one has told her it's a bad idea, but no one has quite reacted like Korra is either and it spikes the excitement in Kate's chest, makes her realize that she's really doing this. She's really getting married. She has really found someone she loves enough to promise as long as she has in this world to.

"Of course you're invited," she says, as if there was ever another option. "I can't do this without my friends." She knows there are people who run off and elope and while there's a part of her that can get behind the idea, it's not something she wants for herself. She doesn't want anything huge either, but she wants their friends to be there. She wants to celebrate. "But you have to stop cheering during like, all the legal stuff," she adds, teasing.

"Pfft, why would I stop cheering through the legal stuff? Legal stuff can still happen even if there's someone cheering in the background," Korra laughs, loud and bright, though she knows that when the actual ceremony takes place, she'll be good and sit quietly. If she's patient enough to manage it for hours at a time back on Air Temple Island, she's sure that she can be good during on Kate's important day. With her hand still around Kate's, Korra leans in to get a better look at the ring. She's never been much of a ring girl herself, but she can't help but think that it gives Kate's hand a happier, brighter look.

"This is so fantastic," she grins, kicking her feet a couple of times in excitement. "Do you have any idea what you want to do for your wedding ceremony? And are you having a bachelorette party? I've heard about those at the office, and everyone says they're a great time to go wild."

"Oh, god, I hadn't even thought about that," Kate admits, but as soon as Korra mentions a bachelorette party, she realizes there's no way in hell Mindy is going to let her get away without one. She can go non-traditional in as many areas as she wants because she's totally the be all and end all of wedding decisions, but a bachelorette party is the sort of thing someone else throws for her and she's certain Mindy will do exactly that, even if she says she doesn't want one.

"You talk to Mindy Lahiri about a party, I bet she's already planning," she admits with a groan and a laugh, resting her chin in her free hand. "Newt and I haven't talked about it much. I don't think I want to go with the whole traditional white dress thing. I mean, number one, the purity ship has seriously sailed from these waters. And, I don't know, it's just not me."

"Well, you're talking to the right person if you want an objective opinion. I mean, I've seen wedding pictures around Darrow, but the wedding ceremonies we had at home were nothing like that, so I don't have any attachment to the idea of a white dress. Actually, wedding ceremonies in the Southern Water Tribe were just... pretty casual. Traditionally, the husband-to-be helps out around his wife's household for a while, and sometimes you might have a big feast to celebrate," muses Korra, tapping her lips in thought. "But other than that, there wasn't really that much. We never had to make a big deal of it, you know?"

Leaning back in her seat, Korra rests a hand casually on her belly. "I definitely think that you should have whatever kind of ceremony you'd enjoy most. Or, if you don't even want a ceremony, that's fine. But selfishly, I want to see you have a ceremony. I feel like that moment when you guys are just bam, married, will feel really awesome."

"Oh, there will definitely be a ceremony and a big party after," Kate says, because if there's one think she likes, it's attention and since she's planning on doing this whole marriage thing just the once, she wants to make sure she takes full advantage of it while she has the chance. She's definitely not going out like Charmaine, all sad and pregnant and left at the alter.

Not that it was really her fault. Nick had been kind of a dick in the end. Kate thinks it's a pretty shitty dude who waits until the moment of the ceremony to decide it's not the thing for him.

"It'll be fun," she decides. "I mean, we're all fun, so what else can it be, right?"

"When you put it like that, it just sounds like we're overcompensating," laughs Korra, who thinks about the couple of people in her life who are arguably fun... but don't really know what it means to have fun. Mako, for example. Much as Korra will always love him in her way, he's just awkward enough around people he doesn't know that he often inadvertently ruins a moment.

"Maybe we can all have a big party beforehand and get to know one another," says Korra, tapping her chin in thought. "I'd like to meet all of your other friends, and if people get along really well, I think that'll make your big day that much more fun, right?"

Korra grins, lifting her chin. "Plus, it'd be another chance to celebrate you, and who doesn't want that?"

"That pretty much sounds like a bachelorette party," she says with a laugh, covering her face with her hands for a moment. She wonders if she can convince Mindy to invite men and women to a party like that. She knows it's just supposed to be for the girls or whatever, but a really big chunk of the super important people in Kate's life are men and she doesn't think they should be excluded. Kurt and Chris would probably both have a great time with the thousand of penis shaped party favours Mindy is sure to get, although for very different reasons.

"I think it'd be more fun if everyone was there and not just women," she says. "But Mindy also might kick my ass if I try that." She absolutely loves Mindy and actually has no issue at all letting her take over like that, but she knows, too, that Mindy has pretty strong opinions on certain things and that unless the dudes are dancing to music and taking off their clothes, they probably won't be allowed to join in.

"But a bachelorette party is for the bachelorette, right?" Korra points out, wrinkling her nose. "So it should be whatever you would have the most fun with. If that means inviting everyone but Newt to go a little wild, then you should do that! I know that if I ever have that kind of party, I'd definitely want guys there. I still have a lot more guy friends than I have girl friends; I can't imagine not wanting to have them around."

Struck with a sudden thought, Korra grins, the expression mischievous as she sits up straighter. "Besides, if there are guys around, that means we can make them do totally embarrassing things to entertain the rest of us. Knowing Naruto, he'd probably enjoy making a spectacle. But like, you know, you're the boss. I'd definitely abuse that kind of power."

"And Chris would probably totally play the role of a stripper if that's what Mindy wanted out of him," she says, laughing at the thought. She loves Chris dearly, but she doesn't think she ever wants to see him stripping. "I don't know. I haven't thought about all that stuff. It's like... my aunt got married and it was just such a giant clusterfuck. Everything went wrong. My mom transitioned and then her dude left her at the alter and then it turned out that like, my mom and aunt had a half-brother who was totally creepy and molesty and that got revealed after everyone bailed. So that's pretty much my experience with weddings."

She shrugs. "I honestly never thought I'd do it. It just seemed like a lot of work for something that was probably just going to fall apart. But Newt's different." She rolls her eyes at herself. "Everyone who gets married probably says the exact same thing."

"Uch," Korra says, wrinkling her nose at Kate's tale. It definitely sounds like a series of events that would turn someone off of the idea of trying for a wedding of their own, which Korra finds unfortunate. But if Newt's managed to get Kate past that, then Korra's all the more grateful that a close friend of hers has such a good partner in life.

"The only weddings I've been at have been some in the village. No one I was really close to, since I spent most of my time training and stuff like that. But, I think the idea is definitely that you need to find that person who's different before getting hitched," Korra points out, agreeing with a laugh. "I mean, if you think about it, everyone who gets married dates a bunch of duds before just one person ends up being right. All that matters is that your marriage becomes what you want it to be."

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