"Wake up, my princess." Fili whispered and kissed Ella's shoulder. "You got a long journey ahead of you."

"No, I don't want to." She mumbled sleepy and turned around, pulling the fur covers with her. "Five more minutes."

He chuckled and snaked an arm around her waist before pulling her closer to his chest.

"You don't want to keep the master of Lake Town waiting."

"Screw him, I need my sleep." Ella said. "Go hug your brother or something and let me rest."

"Come on, up!" Fili poked her side, which made Ella kick his shin. "Ow! You are terrible."

"I know." She smiled and turned to face him. Fili moved his hand through her hair and cupped Ella's face before placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"Now who's the terrible one?"

"As long as it gets you out of bed." He said

"Hmm." Ella hummed as she kissed him again. "Keep going like this and I might call off the meeting."

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea right now." Fili whispered and crawled over her as he deepened the kiss. He moved her hands above her head and entwined their fingers. Fili kissed her jaw and down her neck, leaving marks that he knew she would complain about later. He kissed down her collarbone and she gasped when he bit down her skin.

"Every damn time!" Ella growled softly and Fili looked up at her.

"That's what you get for not getting out of bed." He chuckled and got off of her. "Now get dres-"

"What? You can't just start kissing me and leave in the middle of it!" She grabbed his shirt and pulled him back in bed but this time she sat on top of him. "I wasn't even half done with you yet."

"Ella…"

"That's my name." She smiled. "What is it, my love?"

"You're heavy. Get off of me… I need to get back to my duties." Fili said and tried to get out of his wife's grip. "And you still need to get to Lake Town."

"But I don't want to go." Ella whined and pulled his tunic. "I don't like the Mayor. He's fat and ugly and really rude. He's arrogant and a completely selfish bastard!"

"Dwalin and a bunch of guards are going with you."

"But I want you to go with me." She whined again. "And I don't want to leave Vili alone. He's six months! He can't survive without his mother!"

"It's only for a couple of days." Fili said and pushed himself up on his elbows. "Nothing will happen. I'm still here and Zyri said that she would watch him together with little Gimli when I'm working. Even Katalin offered help and my mother will keep an eye on him too. Everything will be alright, we might even have him talking before you return."

"Promise me you won't work late." Ella said.

"Promise."

"And that you will sing him a lullaby before he goes to bed."

"I will."

"And that-"

"Love, I know the list." Fili smiled and sat up, placing Ella on his lap. "Everything will be

fine." He placed a kiss on her lips and lingered there for a moment.

"Promise me everything will be fine?" Ella asked and played with one of his braids.

"I promi-"

"And don't take him down to the mines!"

"I cross my heart." Fili put his hand on his heart and kissed her again. "Now will you PLEASE go and pack your stuff? You're already late."

"Fine." Ella growled and moved from his lap before she got herself dressed. "But I still don't want to go."

"It's either to Lake Town or to those tree shaggers that I have to meet in a month." He said. "Those no good, three ton, perfect, little, elk loving, forest caring, tree shagging, bugger bugging elves. Did you know that Thranduil had a 'complaint' about the alliance? The bastard should be happy that we even thought about having and alliance with him!"

"I'd rather go with Thorin to Dain." Ella said.

"You hate Dain."

"No, no… I don't hate Dain." She said and pulled on her trousers and boots. "I just really, REALY don't like the dwarf but his kingdom has some really good beer. Lake Town's still tastes like fish!"

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"Are you sure you can take care of him?" Ella asked and pulled her tunic nervously as Dwalin placed her bag on her pony. She was leaving and she didn't like it for one bit.

"Love, we'll be fine." Fili answered and held Vili in his arm. "I already told you that this morning."

"Just checking."

"There truly is nothing to worry about." He stepped closer and pulled his wife's hand from her shirt and held it in his own. "Vili, tell your mother who's right."

"Bah!"

"You see." Fili smiled. "If Vili agrees then it has to be true."

Ella stroked her hand through Vili's dark curls before taking him from Fili. "Look after your father, little one. He always finds away into mischief with your uncles. Be a good baby boy and take good care of your grandma. Listen to Zyri and Katalin and make sure Thorin doesn't kill anyone of the company while I'm gone, alright?"

"Bla bla!" Vili tightened his grip in his mother's coat and started blowing raspberries.

"Time to go, princess." Dwalin called from behind them. Ella gave her baby one last kiss on his chubby cheek and handed him back to Fili.

"Are you-" She was silenced by Fili when he placed a kiss on her lips.

"Stop. Worrying." He smiled and kissed her again.

"Fine." Ella sighed. "But don't forget to-"

"Give him his bottle and add vanilla if he doesn't want it, remember his stuffed dragon, rock him on his belly, sing a lullaby, no food at night and keep my knives out of his reach, don't work late and eat enough even the vegetables, make sure the mountain still stands when you get back." Fili finished for her. "We got it, we got it. Will you just go for Mahal's sake? We're men but we're not that helpless, are we Vili?"

Vili just looked up and smiled his drooling baby smile.

Ella gave Fili one last long kiss and walked up to Dwalin who helped her up on her pony.

"Say ByeBye, mama." Fili told Vili and waved his little hand for him. "Bye mommy."

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"Stop looking back, lass." Dwalin whined when Ella looked over her shoulder for the tenth time in fifteen minutes. "The mountain and its people are not going to disappear if you don't look."

"I'd like to see you worry when you would have to leave your son alone for four whole days." Ella said. "Vili has been reaching for Fili's knives since he could stretch his arms properly. Do you know how dangerous those things are?!"

"You carry them too."

"Yes, but that's different." She argued. "I'm not a little dwarfling."

"Your twenty-one." Dwalin smiled. "You ARE a dwarfling."

"Don't make me shove my boot in you face, Captain." Ella said half serious and shoved her pony against Dwalin's.

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"Come on, Vili." Fili said and picked the baby up from the floor. "We are not going to stay inside when the sun is shining and with your mommy gone. We still have two hole days so we can do what ever we want. We're men! We don't need a woman to take care of us! Wouldn't you agree?"

"Ugh!" Vili squeaked and fisted his little hand in the front of Fili's tunic as he drooled a little.

"Let's go meet your uncles and grandfather, aye?"

"Bah!"

"I'll take that as a yes." Fili said and kissed his son's head. Vili squeaked again as Fili grabbed the bag with baby stuff and head out the door.

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Thorin was leaning back against a tree with Vili between his legs while Fili, Kili and George were having a mini grass battle. Vili looked at his father and then to the ground. His tiny finger pulled at the grass and he 'threw' it against Thorin's knee.

"UH!" He squeaked with a happy smile on his little face and did it again. Vili turned his head to Thorin but lost his balance and felt in the grass on his back, which made him giggled even more.

"You are becoming more and more like your old da, you know that?" Thorin smiled and picked up the little baby and bounced him on his lap.

"Oy!" Fili shouted. "I am not old! Vili tell him who's right."

"Bla bla!"

"You see!"

"I'm not sure 'bla bla' counts as dada, Fili." Thorin said and threw a rock at his nephew.

"Oy!" Kili shouted when the rock almost hit him instead. "Maybe you're the one who is getting old. Do I see another grey hair coming through?"

"I get those from you three!" Thorin joked. "Wait until you get your own."

The three guys looked at each other and Thorin saw the mischievous spark rising in their eyes. The sprinted towards him, ready to attack him with grass. Before he could do anything he was covered in green, much to his dislike.

And they are my heirs? Thorin thought and grumbled softly before removing the grass and leaves. "Do me a favor little one, be more like your mother… No, wait! Forget I said that. Your mama is even worse then your dada."

"Dada." The baby whispered, trying out the sound. "Dada!" He squeaked and lifted his tiny hands.

"Your mother still might be-" Thorin froze when the baby's voice finally reached him. "Say it again!" His eyes were wide and locked themselves onto Vili's. "Come on, little one… Say it again. Say dada."

"Daa… Daa." Vili said and tilted his head to the side. "Daaa-daaa."

"Fili!" Thorin shouted with a hint of panic in his voice.

Fili came running up as fast as he could, thinking that something was wrong. "What is it?!" He asked. "What happened? Is something wrong with Vili? Vili, what's wrong?!"

"Listen!" Thorin ordered and suddenly there was dead silence.

"Daa… da." Vili said softly. "Da da." He whispered. "Dada." He kept repeating and Fili's breath had left him. He was frozen. He couldn't react.

"Dada?" Vili looked up at his father with big blue eyes. The baby didn't understand what he had done wrong and started to whimper a little. Fili snapped back to reality when his son started to cry. He picked him up and swung his around before tossing him in the air.

"He said it! He said it!" Fili beamed and held Vili against his chest. "Did you hear him?! He said it! He said- We have to tell your mother! But you said it! He said dada! Our little lion can talk! He talked! Say it again."

"Dada." Vili whispered softly which only Fili heard as the baby's hands tightened around on of his father's braids. "Dada!"

"Did you hear him?! He said it again!" Fili smiled and jumped in the air. "He said it! He really said it!"

Vili started to wiggle in his father's arms when Fili didn't but him back down. "Daaaa!"

Please let me know what you thought of it!
Sorry for the short chapter though... Forgive me?

XxX KneelingAngel