Disclaimer: Don't own The Hobbit.


"Bilbo, darling! Open up!"

Darling? What could that damned woman want now? Bilbo opened the round green front door to his home, a scowl on his face as soon as he set eyes on Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Of all times, she just had to bother him just as he was going to eat his second lunch.

"Now, now, don't give me such a look. Especially when I've brought company," Lobelia said a bit crossly, stepping to the side. Another Hobbit stood just a bit behind his cousin to her left. A male Hobbit to be exact. And, dare Bilbo say, very attractive. He had curly sandy brown hair, eyes that seemed to be made of jade, and he was tall for a Hobbit, though not by much.

"H-Hello," Bilbo muttered timidly, his face and the tips of his pointy ears turning a few shades of red. The male Hobbit smiled warmly, causing butterflies to fly around in Bilbo's stomach.

"I'm Sigo Hayward. You must be my fiancé Lobelia was telling me about," the other said, taking the slightly shorter Hobbit's hand and lightly kissing his knuckle.

"Fiancé?" Bilbo repeated, casting Lobelia a confused look as well as a hateful glare.

"Yes, fiancé. Your parents made an agreement to Sigo's family that if you hadn't married anyone to your liking by the time you were 37, that they would be more than willing to arrange a marriage between you and Sigo here," Lobelia explained with a slight smirk pulling at her lips. She then pulled her cousin to her and whispered threateningly into his ear,"The Hayward family are loaded with money and are pretty damn close to being the highest family in all of the Shire. So don't you even dare try and mess this up." Bilbo roughly pulled himself away from Lobelia and blinked at her with slightly widened eyes. So that's what she wanted. She is so damn greedy.

"Well, I suppose I must be going now. Would it be alright if I came by later Mr. Baggins?" Sigo requested suddenly.

"O-Oh, of course," Bilbo replied, watching as Sigo left his home with Lobelia following and glancing one more time back to him with a smirk.

Back inside his comfortable hobbit hole, Bilbo put a hand to his chest, feeling his heart beating erratically against his rib cage. Sigo was coming over later. Sigo Hayward, who was now his fiancé, was coming back to Bag End tonight. Oh no. He had to get ready and look presentable for then!


A/N: Really short, I know, but this is only the beginning! Maybe the next chapter will be longer but I don't know. So until then, I hope the first chapter was enjoyed!