Katara made a face. "Really, why would he be thinking about things like that? It's taken him long enough to find happiness, and he's already starting to wonder what will happen when he and Ronnae separate? I mean, who says they have to at all? Honestly, he needs to be focused on how good that feeling is, to have someone that cares so much about him!"

She ought to know....just as she knew why Billy would react this way to begin with. There was still that ache in not having his friends, and the pain they both shared at losing Renne. But Katara was not about to let Billy think about what was going to happen down the road: now was the time for him to be happy with what he had.

"I agree, and I'll try to make sure that the both of them are staying positive in whatever they do. Billy is someone I see as my responsibility, and if there's anything that I can do to make things better for him here, I'll do it."