Chapter 10: Baking game

January TA 2943

"Bilbo!" Allie exclaimed loudly as she had her face pressed against the tainted window. "Come and see this!"

Within seconds she could hear the sound of Bilbo's feet coming down the tunnel towards where she was standing. He frowned slightly when he observed Allie for a second who gestured outside.

He looked through the window and saw that large snowflakes were descending from the gray sky. The whole of Hobbiton was covered underneath a huge blanket of snow.

"Does it snow often in the Shire?" Allie asked with interest.

Bilbo turned to meet her curious gaze. "Not that often. It does happen from time to time so it's not exactly rare."

"Come on. We have to go outside. "

"In this weather?"

Allie gave him a questioning look. "The snowfall isn't that extreme. Back in Ered Luin the dwarves were always ecstatic whenever it would snow and they would all go outside. I can still remember Fili and Kili having a snowball fight together. It can be a lot of fun though."

She didn't give him any time to argue with that and pulled him along with him down the tunnels of Bag End. Before they left the hobbit-hole Allie made sure that she and Bilbo were wrapped warmly for this weather and she even made him put on a sort of beanie to shield his ears. When they were wearing mittens, scarfs and a thick trenchcoat they stepped outside of the hobbit-hole together.

It really was as cold as they thought it would be. They were able to see lots of hobbit children running down the hills and chasing each other with snowballs. Others were busy with building snowmen or snow-angels.

Bilbo looked incredibly adorable wrapped in that many layers of clothing. It caused a warmth to spread inside Allie's chest as she saw him observing the snow flurry with a cynical eye.

"Didn't you go outside in the snow when you were younger? " Allie asked him.

"Oh, I did. I would often annoy my father whenever it was snowing and he would refuse to outside with me so my mother went with me instead. I can still hear her laughing every time that we were building snowmen together. She was really into that."

Belladonna Took sure had been a fascinating women. And hearing Bilbo talk about her with so much admiration made Allie wish that she had been able to meet Belladonna in person.

"Alright, so I have an idea," Allie began, which made Bilbo's gaze linger at hers. "How about we have a little fun together in the snow for a while? Like build some snowmen or something. And after that we can go back inside to bake a seedcake."

"I do like the second part of this plan of yours," Bilbo said with chattering teeth as he rubbed his hands together.

"I knew that you would, Bilbo. That was why I suggested it. I'll leave you in charge of the baking then," she said with a fond smile as she heard Bilbo laughing next to her.

They decided to build a snowman together. There was plenty of snow to be found in the garden and they were able to create a pretty large snowball that they could use as the lower body.

"Aren't we way too old for this?" Bilbo asked skeptically.

Allie flashed him a large grin. "I wouldn't say that. I don't think a person is ever too old for this."

Instead of arguing with her further Bilbo approached her and brought their mouths together to kiss Allie for a moment or two there as the snow continued to flurry from the gray sky.

"See. It's fun," she affirmed joyfully.

Bilbo had been able to find some tiny rocks that they could use to give the snowman a face. He took his time to put everything in the right place while Allie put a rather damaged hat on the top of the snowman's head.

"He looks kind of terrifying," Bilbo pointed out.

Allie chuckled. "Perhaps this will scare the crows away." She could see the mirth in his eyes. Bilbo really was enjoying himself immensely despite the cold weather. He had completely forgotten about why he hadn't wanted to go outside in the first place. Allie was able to make him the good side about everything.

Because Allie was so focused on taking in the scenery and seeing hobbit children playing together she didn't see how Bilbo was creating a small snowball behind her. Before she could process what was going on the Halfling had thrown it into her neck and she could feel the cold wetness slipping down her back.

"Bilbo!" Allie cried out in discomfort.

She heard let out a shout when she almost in an instant managed to throw a snowball back at him which hit him full in the face. It hadn't been her intention to target his face but she didn't regret it. Bilbo threw back in an instinct and with that a snowball fight between them had started.

Apparently they were both rather competitive and they gave it their all to hit the other as often as they possibly could. Bilbo even hid behind their snowman so that Allie couldn't hit him. This made her approach him so that she had better access to him.

Only Bilbo's sudden movements caused her to stumble and she fell backwards on the ground with Bilbo right on top of her. His face was inches removed from hers and she could feel his warm breath brushing her nose in the cold.

"Who's idea was this again?" Bilbo asked cheekily.

"Mine. I know that you weren't opposed to my idea at all, Bilbo. In fact you were laughing much harder than I was," Allie responded with a huff.

He chuckled and his warm breath send a shiver down her spine.

"I wasn't complaining about it at all, Allie," he assured her as he leaned forwards to bring their mouths together. For a moment it didn't seem to matter that they were lying on the ground and that the snow had intensified. All they cared for was how well their lips fitted together.

"Can we go back inside and continue this properly? It feels like my lips are going to fall off any second now and not even your exercise is going to fix that."

Bilbo only laughed louder. "You'll full of clever ideas, my beautiful wife. Come on." Being the gentleman that he was he pulled Allie with him on her feet as they made their way back inside Bag End.

They removed their clothes that had gotten completely soaked from the snow. While Allie went to put on some clean and dry clothes Bilbo made sure that the hearth in the living room was burning intently. As Allie entered the kitchen she saw that Bilbo had also put on a clean expensive looking waistcoat.

"You had promised me lots of seedcakes before you proposed to me, " Allie reminded him. "I haven't exactly had that many yet since I moved here and I think we should do something about it. "

"Care to help me then?" There was a certain glint in his blue eyes.

"I would be happy to oblige, my zinlaz."

Allie aided by giving Bilbo the needed ingredients from the pantry. Since their return to the Shire they had only baked cakes together a couple of times because normally Bilbo was doing it by himself or he had arranged something else for them to eat. She just wanted what he had promised her.

Because they still possessed a youthful spirit despite their age they both ended up covered in flour because of a friendly wrestling that they had gotten into. They were both simply enjoying being able to spend time together with each other.

"I love you," Allie suddenly proclaimed out of nowhere while Bilbo was making sure that the cake was being baked.

He turned towards her, an adoring look on his face. "I'm well aware of that, my Allie Baggins. You do know that I love you more than anything in this world right?"

He wanted to let her know that he meant what he said. He kissed her, reveling in the feel of her soft lips on his. When they separated, there was an amused glint in her lust-darkened eyes.

"How long does it take until the cake is finished?" Allie asked, drawing circles with her fingers on Bilbo's chest.

"About two hours," Bilbo said with a sheepish grin.

"Well, that should give us plenty of time then."

She laughed as she pulled him in for another kiss.

Dictionary:

Dorzada: Someone that you love
Zinlaz: My star