Chapter 9: I know I've got two left feet.
The Master of Lake Town was surprisingly welcoming towards the company, allowing us to sit and eat and drink amongst his men, joking and singing and dancing like we owned the place. I sat beside Fili with a mug of ale in my hand, taking small sips every so often and laughing at Bofur's jokes.
It amused me to see such strong, proud beings losing all sense of dignity after a few pints of ale, it wasn't that they were inappropriate, they were just rowdy boys.
In the corner, I could see Nori annoying Dwalin again, the latter chasing the Thief up the staircase at the back of the room, the pair disappearing from view. I smiled and shook my head at the Dwarf's antics, Kili was sat with Ori, probably trying to convince his friend to do something Dori would've killed them both for.
"Didn't you say you liked to sing Clary?" Fili said loudly, Bofur's head snapped up and his brown eyes twinkled.
"Oh is that so? Well I think we ought to have a song then My Lady." Bofur replied, I glanced at the encouraging faces before chugging the rest of my drink and nodding.
"This one is called Little Lion Man." I shouted, some of the men looked round at me as I cleared my throat.
"Weep for yourself, my man, you'll never be what is in your heart.
Weep little lion man, you're not as brave as you were at the start.
Rate yourself and rake yourself, take all the courage you have left.
Wasted on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head
Tremble for yourself, my man, you know that you have seen this all before.
Tremble little lion man, you'll never settle any of your scores.
Your grace is wasted in your face, your boldness stands alone among the wreck.
Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck.
But it was not your fault but mine
And it was your heart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
Didn't I, my dear?
Didn't I, my dear?"
I swallowed thickly and bowed flamboyantly, grinning as I fell backwards off the table and onto the floor, cracking my head against the wooden planks and laughing my ass off.
"Alright up you get." Fili grunted, helping me up as I teetered on my feet, rocking back and forth before regaining my balance properly. "Well done, a beautiful voice for a beautiful lady." He praised, I shrugged.
"Indeed a magical voice Lady Rae. I was wondering if I might take this next dance?" The Master requested, I smiled and nodded once, taking his arm and taking to the dance floor with the human equivalent of the Great Goblin. He was surprisingly good at dancing, which made up for my decidedly poor skills regular the waltz. "I couldn't help noticing the braid in your hair matches that of the Dwarf you were stood with."
"Yes, it does." I replied airily as we spun around, the blurring of the room make my stomach turn.
"Is there a courtship in action?" He questioned I nodded and looked up at the man's slimy expression. "Is he an honourable man?"
"He is indeed."
"And what of this journey? I do not believe that Dwarves would be in there parts for any reason other than the Mountain." He said, I knew I should keep my mouth shut, I shook my head.
"No, we really are just visiting distant relations." I lied softly, he nodded but seemed visibly disappointed with my answer. "It's quite a long journey and I was rather hoping you would be so gracious as to allow us to rest here for a few days prior to the next leg of our travels." I added, his watery eyes narrowed but the Master nodded nonetheless.
"I would have it no other way." He agreed as the song ended and I returned to the side of the Dwarves.
"I think I ought to go to bed and not drink any more, my head is spinning like a top." I whispered, pinching Fili's arm before shuffling to the stairs. As I passed Dwalin's door I heard what sounded remarkably close to a headboard banging against the wall and grunts echoing from within, I ignored it and stumbled further down the corridor. It was funny how Dwalin and Nori could get away with no interruptions but Fili and I couldn't, Fili was always being cock blocked by his little brother.
"Not that door Little Sister, the next one down." Kili said helpfully, his head poking out from behind his door. I nodded and kept going for a few seconds more. "Yes, that's the one." He added, watching to make sure I entered the room before closing his door. I closed my door and went straight to the bed, flopping face down in the fish stinking sheets that probably had every kind of bodily fluid imaginable staining them. My eyes slipped shut as I lost consciousness, sleeping like a baby from what felt like severally hours.
The reason I woke was that someone was removing my boots, my coat and then my under coat, slowly and gently so as to not wake me. I opened my eyes and threw my hand back, hearing the grunt as it connected with the side of someone's hairy face.
"Do you mind? I'm trying to get you into bed, drunkard." The hairy faced man muttered, lifting my legs and twisting me until I was all on the bed and was able to see my room mate.
"If you're trying to get me into bed then it's working, all I need is you now." I croaked, he rolled his eyes.
"You're a sexual drunk aren't you?" He sighed, hands on his hips as I took in his figure appreciatively.
"I'm just sexy in general but yeah, I am." I replied, grinning lazily from ear to ear. "Is this a dream? Because if it is, you can keep your clothes on." His cheeks turned pink as he lay down beside me. "I'm also on the left side of the bed."
"We didn't celebrate your birthday back in Rivendell." Fili whispered, kissing the side of my head as I shrugged slightly. "I even had you a gift." My mind wasn't focusing on his words, it was on his hands, drifting lower and lower on my stomach until one f them hit the waistband of my leggings and stopped. "I asked the Elves to make you a set of knives since you keep stealing mine and Nori's." Another kiss in my hair, I swallowed against my dry and sticky throat, feeling a rather solid bulge against my lower back. "There's no Kili stopping us now."
"That uh.. that reminds me. What did Thorin want?" I gasped, no reply.
"He didn't want anything actually, Kili was just being Kill." His voice was heavy, lips on my neck this time, hand slipping into my leggings, I gasped as he touched me lightly. "But as I said, no Kili now, he's passed out on his bed." I blinked three times in close succession.
"Then we'd best get on with it, before he wakes up wondering where you are."
