Chapter One
Kili strode purposefully down the hallway towards Ereli's room, he needed to speak to her about something his uncle had said.
Not one hour earlier, he had been happily training with Fili for the upcoming journey to Erebor when Thorin beckoned him to the side of the training area…
'Kili' Thorin called. Kili turned to his uncle with a questioning look, narrowly missing a sword to the head, swung by Fili. 'Come here' Kili obliged and walked over to Thorin.
'What is it uncle'? He asked, knowing that Thorin would never disrupt a training session between the brothers if it wasn't of great importance.
'As you know, I leave for the Iron Hills in a few weeks time but, I wanted to give you some advice before I left.' Thorin began.
Kili nodded unsurely 'Don't you want to talk to Fili too?'
'Kili, what I have to say neither concerns nor interests your brother.' Thorin chuckled, making Kili more confused. 'I wanted to say, don't make the mistake I made. Get what you want before it's too late.' Thorin said and turned, walking away from Kili.
'Wait! Uncle! I don't understand! What do you mean?' Kili shouted after him
'You'll work it out Kili, what have you always wanted but never had?' Thorin called back to him.
Kili had worked it out, five minutes earlier, realising that what he always wanted but never had had been right under his nose the whole time. He needed to speak to Ereli urgently. He got to her door and knocked loudly three times before the door swung open. There she was. He felt his mouth grow dry at the sight of her, decked out in her training outfit
"Kili!" she said when she opened the door "What can I do for you?"
"Well, um, I need to talk to you, actually." He said. She nodded and moved out the way of the door "Um, It's about something my uncle said to me."
"Okay," Ereli said, sitting down next to her table. Kili went around to the other side and took the seat opposite.
"He said, 'don't make the mistake I made. Get what you want before it's too late.' I had no idea what he meant, but, now I do. Ereli, I, I don't know how to say this but I lo-"
Kili shot up in bed, panting heavily, wondering where he was. He looked around, finding himself in his bed and realised that it was a dream. He sighed and lay back down, his hair splaying out across his pillows. He ran a hand along his face and rubbed his chin in thought. Where had that come from? Yes, he had a small crush on Ereli, he had thought she was beautiful for as long as he could remember, at seventy six, Kili should have had some relationship experience but, no other girl could do it for him, but, it wasn't love, surely. Little did he know, the object of his affections had had a surprisingly similar dream…
'Ereli!' Thorin called across the courtyard 'I need to speak to you' She turned to him, after excusing herself from a group of young dwavern lads, and stopped in front of him
'Yes, Thorin?' She asked
'I wanted to give you some advice before I left for the iron hills.' He said. 'I know that matters of the heart have never interested you…' He began
'That's not strictly true, Thorin.' Ereli interrupted
'Ah, I thought not, but, I thought I should tell you to tell him.' Thorin said 'You never know, he might feel the same.'
"Are you sure we're talking about the same dwarf?' Ereli laughed.
Thorin smiled 'Just, tell him before it's too late.'
Ereli knew she was dreaming. She had to be. There was no way that she would really have brought up the courage to find Kili and tell him how she felt about him. Ever since seeing him all grown up about 51 years ago, she'd loved him, and, as dwarves could only ever have one mate, she hoped every night and every day that Kili might feel the same. So, in her dream, she had finally told him, and my, what a naughty little dwarf girl she was. In her dream, he had gone to her room, knocked on the door and caught her just before she was going to tell him.
"Ereli" He had said "I, I don't know how to say this but I lo-" He didn't get the chance to finish. People say that the subconscious has a way of showing the conscious what it wants. If Ereli's dream was anything to go by then she had been paying far too much attention to the older lady dwarfs in the court. She dreamt that she had stopped him mid-sentence with a searing hot kiss filled with need and passion and now she dreamt that they were together. In her bed.
Unlike Kili, Ereli woke as normal, not having as unusual a dream as him. Yes, it was a regular occurrence for the young dwarf girl to find herself subconsciously lusting after her best friend, but she never let it show. Today however, she was going to take it upon herself to follow dream-Thorin's advice.
'Tell him before it's too late.'