Moving the tension between Fili and Glenn along a bit. *evil grin*

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I could not even begin to describe the relief I felt as I saw all the dwarves freeing themselves from their sacks in the early morning light. Then I caught sight of Fili, shrugging back on his coat that had been so discourteously removed from his possession when the trolls had first taken them captive. My limbs were not mine to control as I rushed over and threw my arms around him, burying my face in the fur of his coat. Tears started escaping from my eyes and I broke into sobs once more. But, just as Fili began to hug me back, I released him and gave Kili, Tille, and Bilbo huge hugs as well. When I at last released the bewildered hobbit, I just kind of stood there, sobbing pathetically. I couldn't stop.

"Glenn?" Fili asked in a concerned voice.

"Are you alright?" Tille asked, equally worried. I nodded rapidly, still crying.

"I-I…" I stammered through sobs. "I thou-ought you were a-all go… ing to be… e-eaten!" several dwarfs laughed and I felt Fili give me a small squeeze with one arm.

"It's okay now." He reassured me. "We're all safe."

"Can…" I sniffed. "Can someone call a plumber? I think I have a leaky pipe." I laughed a little at my own joke, still wiping away tears.

"What does that mean?" Kili asked in confusion.

"Tille!" Ori called out, rushing over to the she-dwarf's side. "Are you okay?" Tille turned in surprise towards the dwarf, her face pinking ever so slightly.

"Yeah…" She breathed. "I'm… I'm fine." She smiled at him shyly. Thorin glared at the two ever so slightly before turning to look at Gandalf.

"Where did you go, if I may ask?" he inquired.

"To look ahead." The wizard answered simply.

"What brought you back?" Thorin pressed further. Gandalf looked up at me.

"Looking behind." He said, with a small wink that only the two of us shared. Then he turned to look at the now stone trolls. "Nasty Business. Still, you're all in one piece."

"No thanks to your burglar." Thorin raised an eyebrow.

"He had the nous to play for time." Adriana spoke up, causing more than a few who were listening to the conversation to look at her. "None of the rest of us thought of that." Thorin exhaled slightly but nodded a little anyway.

"They must have come down from the Ettenmoors." Gandalf mused, now examining the trolls again. And I was lost. He had gotten that voice which I take as a cue to tune out and find something interesting to do.

My eyes were still red and puffy, but at least the tears had stopped.

"You look horrible lassie!" Bofur laughed, putting his hat back on as he passed.

"Don't be rude!" Bombur scolded his brother.

"No he's probably right." I laughed good-naturedly. Though, honestly, I wasn't too happy about it. "If anyone asks where I went, I'll be down by that river by camp." I told Bofur before heading off. My feet ached as the adrenaline left me. They were now very highly protesting my careless fleeing of last night. I stopped as I reached the stream's edge and sat down. I splashed water on my face first to help with my puffy eyes, and then I took a look at my feet. They were horrible. There were cuts and bruises all over them, and I wasn't like the large amount of red stuff still seeping from the wounds. My senses came into focus as I heard the snapping of twigs behind me.

"Who's there?" I called out, frightened. Fili stepped out of the woods.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He laughed. At the sight of him I quickly plunged my feet into the water in an attempt to hide the cuts and scrapes all over them. I had a feeling Fili wouldn't like the sight of them.

"No, it's fine." I smiled back. "I guess I'm just a little on edge from last night." He walked over and sat down next to me, not putting his feet in the water.

"It was quite an adventure." He admitted.

"You're used to that kind of stuff then?" I asked in shock.

"Not really." He shrugged. "But I've been training my whole life for situations like that."

"Situations like how to avoid being eaten by giant trolls?" I guessed, causing him to laugh again.

"No. Situations where I might be in danger." He clarified.

"Oh." My smile fell. He stopped laughing.

"What is it?" He asked in concern.

"This world… is very dangerous, isn't it." It was more of a statement than a question.

"It is." Fili nodded, looking away from me.

"Hey." I started. "Can you teach me how to fight?" I couldn't believe I was asking him that. I mean… I get squeamish about killing bugs.

"I could." He nodded. "But I don't know if it's a good idea."

"Why not?" I turned to him angrily. "Because I'm a girl? Because-"

"No. It's because you're pregnant." He explained, turning to me again. We were extremely close. I mean, not emotionally, but physically. We were literally centimeters away from each other.

"Oh." Was all that escaped my lips. I could feel the redness on my face. I was way too flustered to read Fili's face. His hand reached up slowly and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. All I was aware of was his breath rhythmically on my face and his rough fingers stroking my cheek slowly. I was lulled into such a feeling of calm and safety. My eyelids slowly flitted shut and I fell fast asleep.

You what? Mom!

Hey, what can I say? I was tired! Don't forget that I hadn't slept at all that night!

Still… you fall asleep WAY too quickly!

Will you stop complaining and let her keep talking? I wanna find out what happens next!

Are there gonna be orcs soon?

Almost. But there's a bit more that happened first.

As I was saying, I fell fast asleep. When I awoke again, I was back with the rest of the company. They seemed to be temporarily camped in front of a large cave. And, boy did it stink!

"What's going on?" I asked to no one in particular. It was Dori who noticed I was awake.

"Some of them are checking out the troll's hoard." He explained. "You could probably check it out too if you wanted."

"Going in there? When it smells like that? I think I'll pass." Dori just chuckled a bit, then muttered something under his breath and rushed off to go scold Ori about something. And I was alone. Everyone was minding his or her own affairs and I was there. Just sitting. And all by myself, alone with my thoughts, I began to think about my mum. And my dad. And all my friends back at home. My cat… she was such a lazy bum. This made me laugh a little in a sad, hollow way. My school and my church… My favorite t-shirt. It had three baby bunnies on it wearing sunglasses. Whenever I would wear it, I would always look in the mirror and say to myself: 'that's you girl! Cute and cool!'

Soon the rest of the company came out of the cave, several of them holding new weapons of some type.

"We'll be leaving in a few minutes!" Thorin called out. "Gather your belongings." Then he made his way over to Tille. "I found this among the rest of the rubbish down there." He said, holding out a small arm band encrusted with jewels. "It reminded me of you."

"It's beautiful papa!" Tille beamed, taking the jewelry and sliding it easily onto her upper arm. "Thank you!" she gave him a huge hug and rushed off to show to others, leaving Thorin to smile after her. I jumped as I realized Adriana was glowering next to me.

"Uh… don't worry." I patted her arm awkwardly. "I'm sure he got something for you too!"

"Don't waste your pity." She shrugged me off. "There are many here that need it more than I."

"You're not bothered then?" I asked warily.

"Of course not." She snorted. "Tille has always been my father's favorite daughter. It's because she takes after her mother so much."

"Oh…" I said pathetically. "I guess that makes sense… You're mother stayed in the Blue Mountains then?" I assumed.

"My mother is dead." Adriana said bluntly. "She died in child birth."

"I'm… I'm sorry." I stammered.

"Don't be." Adriana sighed, turning away. "It wasn't your fault." I stared after the she-dwarf as she walked away.

"What were you talking about?" I turned in surprise to see Fili standing behind me.

"Not much." I shrugged, quickly scooting away from him and trying to hide my red face.

"Did you have a good nap?" He asked. I think I heard a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Y-yeah. It was very nice. Much needed." I stammered turning to walk away. Fili followed me.

"That's good. It's important to get your rest." He continued. I nodded and kept walking, weaving through the dwarves to the far side of the little clearing. "Wouldn't want you to fall asleep while we were travelling for hours on horse back now would we?"

"Starting to sound a little bitter there Fili." I said, still walking away. He still followed. I was so intent on getting away from him, that I was not aware of where I was headed. I soon passed the line of trees on the border of the clearing.

"Why won't you turn this way?" Fili called from behind me.

"Don't really feel like it at the moment." I shrugged, but my words were cut short as Fili grabbed my arm and turned me around to face him.

"Why won't you look at me?" He asked, sounding hurt. Well, I was most certainly looking at him now. Not like I could do much else. He was right in front of me and my back had managed to find it's way against a tree. My face… no, my entire self from my shoulders up turned bright red. I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out. So, I ended up looking very similar to some type of deranged dying blowfish. The entire time, Fili just stared at me, his blue eyes searching for some kind of answer. At last I managed to speak.

"Hurting my arm." I said breathlessly. His eyes widened and he immediately let go of my elbow and stepped back, somewhat startled. I took a deep breath, realizing now that I had been holding it.

"Sorry." He mumbled, looking away.

"Me too." I smiled weakly. "I don't mean to be avoiding you! I'm just… I don't know. With all that happened last night and all these stupid emotions and being so tired… I'm just… feeling a little confused."

"Confused about what?" Fili asked, looking up at me again.

"I don't know." I shrugged. "Everything?" Fili's face fell slightly. "I'm sure I'll be fine in a bit. I just need a little while to myself." But of course, I didn't get it. For, just then, I heard Thorin call out.

"Something's coming!" Fili and I looked at each other, eyes wide and hurried back to the others, each readying our weapons for what might be coming.

What could it be? *gasp*

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