That evening, after his Music Business class, Kili stayed afterward in the library to finally do a little big of research.

The first thing he brought up was Phillip J Durin, and was surprised when there only three results. The first was an article dating back five years, briefly stating that Thorin Durin's son Phillip J Durin had graduated from Sacred Heart high school and was continuing his education at University of San Francisco. There was a picture of Fili in his graduation cap, and as Kili studied it, he realized what Ori had meant. The graduate in the picture had an athletic build, with a full face and even through his graduation gown Kili could see his well defined muscles. His hair was cropped short and his eyes were bright and warm. Kili couldn't help but look at this man and wondered how it all could have gone so wrong? Of course, Kili knew some things; the accident, Ryan, and the deafness The Fili he knew was so different; he was shy and bone thin. He looked nothing like the Fili Kili was staring at in the photo.

The second was another brief article from People Magazine stating that Thorin and his wife Dee were getting a divorce, and that Thorin had already moved out of their home in San Francisco and bought a house in Palo Alto.

The last article was the most relevant to what Kili was looking for. It reported the accident that killed Fili's mother. Kili read:

"Last night at 2:45am, Dee Durin and her son Phillip were driving in their car and were hit by the drunk driving going into oncoming traffic. The driver also hit a truck that was carrying large quantities of explosive material. Phillip Durin survived the accident and is in the ICU. Dee Durin was killed on impact."

And that was it. There was no CrowSpace profile for Fili, or any mention of his partner Ryan. Or his deafness. Or his recent attempt to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Just the graduation article, the divorce article and the car accident and that was it.

Kili sighed and closed the page, then he pull up a new tab and search "Exploratorium". He wanted to view the exhibit ahead of time, maybe him knowing what they were would help him avoid triggering a panic attack. He smiled to himself, as he looked at all the exhibits; it was a hands on museum, where you did experiments at each station to discovery something. It encourages teambuilding, and a strong sense of curiosity. Perfect for a second date.

888

Kili stood in front of the Ferry Building, it was a bright sunny Saturday afternoon and the building was crowded with people. Kili checked his watched for the third time in five minutes, it read 12:44. He had spoken with Fili the night before on IM, and they had agreed to meet at the Ferry Building on Saturday at 12:30pm. Kili had even given Fili his cell number so they could text—as much as Kili could text on an old Nokia phone.

Kili knew Fili always strived to be on time, he was always online when he said would and the last time he met with he, he had been early.

Suddenly, Kili's cell buzzed, making him jump. He was even more surprised when he saw that it was Fili calling him.

"Hello?" he said

"Hi. Hi. Is this Kili?" a female voice said

"Yes, this is Kili."

"Oh thank god. Hi. Hi I'm Tauri, Fili's writing tutor. I was supposed to drop him off to meet you today, but….. but Fili passed out and we had to bring him to the ER. I'm sorry, I think he might have to reschedule the date."

"Oh no. Is he okay? He passed out? What happened?" Kili asked, worry filling his chest.

"We just about done with our lesson and he stood up to stretch, then he got this weird look on his face and the next thing I knew he was on the ground because he had fainted. I was so scared and I didn't know what to do, so I called for help and then called 911. I knew he was excited about your date, I'm sorry this happened." Tauri said all of this very, very fast.

"And you're his writing tutor?"

"Yes. Yes, sorry I'm Tauri."

"Tauri? That sounds so familiar. Do you go to Golden Gate College?"

"Yeah, I'm taking a class there now. Music Business."

"Oh you know, I think we're in the same class." Kili said

"Really? It's so big. Anyway, I have really long red hair if that helps."

Kili thought back in his mind, and was surprised to see that he did know Tauri. She sat infront of him, and she did have really long red hair.

"I totally remember you. I sit behind you." He said

"Oh, I know you. So you're the Kili, Fili wont stop talking about or uh…writing about. He's a great guy, you're lucky. Anyway, I thought I would call you and tell you they are taking him to Kaiser on 5th street."

"Okay, thanks so much Tauri."

"No problem at all. I'll see you in class?" she asked

"Yeah."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye."

Kili hung up, feeling panic fill his chest. Fili was at Kaiser on 5th steeet, which was way across town. He sighed, and then he lifted his hand up to hail a taxi.