The next day Fili drove Ori and Kili to school and went to work. His work was sometimes really fascinating, running a huge company and office could be bothersome but fruitful. His day always started with the same ritual, morning coffee and hundreds of e-mails. Uncle taught him how to manage with the flood of information in the morning, but that day he wasn't prepared to read a very personal e-mail from his uncle so he forgot about all the work related duties and focused on it.

"Dear Fili,

This is probably my first personal e-mail to you in a deeper note. The trip to China has surprised me with the feeling of longing to be back home. You know me, I've always liked travelling and business has always gave me plenty opportunity to do that. But with every passing day in China, I feel like jumping back into the plane and flying to New York. I've been doing a lot of thinking, and it came to my attention our lives changed a lot in the last weeks, and in my opinion those changes should bring even bigger changes influencing our whole lives. For years I've been warning you about people, about how people are obsessed with our money and would only see that. I think I might have been wrong, and Kili and boys showed me money is not what everyone sees in us. I was wrong to judge Kili badly at the beginning, and sitting here in China I keep thinking about what I should do next. Ori and his brothers are good kids, they value family above everything else, and I think embracing them as family is the best thing we could do. When you're at the office go to Gloin and as him for keys to the house on Greenwich Street. I bought it many years ago for sentimental reasons and it's been empty. You might find it strange I would buy a house and never rent it or use it, but it's a very special place for me, so with those keys I entrust you with the property and apart from standard repainting you are not to make any changes. I bought it thinking of having a family, but many things changed. The flat was fine for just the two of us and me travelling all the time, but I think it's time to slow down a bit, and it's time to truly start a new life. I'm leaving you the job of convincing the three Luin brothers to move in, find out what jobs they're doing and write back to me so we can work things out. I want to see settled in the house by the time I come back.

Yours,

Thorin."

Fili rushed to Gloin and the surprised lawyer gave him the keys.

"It's really beautiful old house in the best part of town" Gloin told him. "I've been telling him to do something with it ever since he bought it over fifteen years ago. It's in prime condition, maintenance and staff checks it out regularly."

"Thanks!" Fili told him with a smile.

When he picked the boy from school instead of driving towards Ori's home he drove towards the new house. He wanted to take a look himself and he wanted to see Kili's reaction.

"Where are we going?" Kili immediately noticed they were going into a posh part of town.

"I want to take a look at something." Fili told them without going into details.

He parked the car in front of a beautiful dark wooden door with a green handle; there was a small sign above the door saying "Bag End". He jangled with the keys before finding the right key to the door. He entered the security code and turned the alarm off. The boys walked in with wide eyes, the floor was covered in white marble, and the walls had a beautiful old fashioned floral design. The furniture was dark and stylish. The house was amazing; there was a huge kitchen, a huge living room, in the living room they could see a fancy window leading into the garden behind the house. Fili told them to come upstairs, and before Kili knew it Fili had pulled him into one of the bedroom.

"How do you like it?" He asked kissing the boy neck and taking him into his arms.

"It's the most amazing house I've ever seen!" Kili told him shaking under his touch. "But why are we here?" He asked trying not to squeak as Fili was touching him.

"Uncle Thorin wants us to move in here with Ori and his brothers." Fili told him taking in Kili's wide surprised eyes, and his blushed cheek as he was stroking him gently. "I'm going to need your help to convince them."

"It's going to be really difficult they are very proud." Kili was trying not to scream as Fili was playing with his body.

"We want to be a family." Fili noticed. "And I want you to feel happy and safe." He smiled as Kili came into his hand. "Let's go and choose a bedroom."

"I like this one." Kili noticed.

"'Let's see all the other rooms first before we make a decision." They went back into the corridor and Kili went to find Ori.

They found him in a room on the same floor; he was sitting on the bed and crying.

"What's wrong?" Kili asked really worried, he sat down and hugged the boy tightly.

"This is just too much!" Ori cried desperately. "I'm just so jealous of you! You have everything, a nice place to live, a boyfriend, stability and safety. Brining me here was downright cruel! I love you so much and I don't want to feel envy but I just can't help it!"

"Why do you say cruel?" Fili asked sitting on the other side of Ori and gently rubbing his back.

"You keep showing me things I can't have!" Ori sobbed.

"If you like this room, you can have it." Fili told him. "Uncle wanted us to take a look at the house and he asked me to convince you and your brothers to move in." Ori lifted his head and looked at him in disbelief. "We're going to need some help with your brothers, but this house would feel empty without you guys." He hugged Ori and Kili kept hands on Ori's back as the boy slowly calmed down and took a careful look around the room. It was partially a library and bedroom. There were bookshelves on all the walls, but there was also a wardrobe, a bed and desk.

"Can I really have this room?" Ori gasped still not believing what he heard.

"I think it's just perfect for you!" Kili noticed with a huge smile.

"Why are so many personal things in this house?" Ori asked suddenly.

"I'm not really sure, but uncle said we can't change much, and it's important to him the house stays as it is." Fili told them.

"I'd like to see the next floor!" Kili told them and grabbed Ori by the hand and pulled him to the stairs. Together they went around the next two floors; there were six bedrooms in the house, each with a wardrobe and bathroom. It was evident the bedroom on the first floor was the main bedroom, so they decided that should go to Thorin. Kili and Fili decided for the room on the next floor with a view of the garden and a Jacuzzi in the bathroom. To their amazement they found a fully equipped gym in the basement and what appeared to be one more room on the ground floor turned out to be a swimming pool, it was a huge glass room with doors leading into a terrace and the garden.

"This house is just amazing!" Ori noticed.

"I've never seen anything like this!" Kili said.

"It's nice, but wait till I take you all to Key West. Our house over there is even better." Fili told them, and they looked at him with huge eyes.

"How many houses do you have?" Kili asked.

"Me personally?" Fili asked with a smile. "None. Uncle Thorin invests a lot in real estate, so he's got many buildings and houses. But here in New York we normally use only the flat; we use Key West and a house in Switzerland. Uncle also has a castle in Scotland we sometimes visit."

"That's unbelievable." Ori whispered.

Fili just smiled and pulled Kili for a hug.

"Let's go home, and think about how to get Nori and Dori to move in." He told them.

"Dori is going to be easy." Ori noticed. "He might get a job in this area. A writer needed an assistant for secretarial work and he applied."

"That's very interesting." Fili noticed. "What's the author's name?"

"William Underhill." Ori told them with a smile.

"You mean the author of "Time long lost", "Dancing sparrows" and "Miracle of survival"?"Kili asked curiously.

"One and the same!" Ori told them. "Dori has been trying to write prose for some time, and in the add the agency wanted someone with high literary skills. He just got the name of the author yesterday and he's going to meet him today."

"What about Nori?" Fili asked.

"He's going to be difficult, but if we get Dori, then maybe Nori would agree." Kili noticed.

"We'll think about it on the way, let's go I'm hungry." Fili urged them to leave.

"Big Bom Buur?" Kili suggested shyly.

"Why not, but let's pick up Dori and Nori and let's celebrate!" Fili told them with a huge smile.