Chapter 35 – The Arkenstone
"Do I look pretty?" Gilriel turned around and liked her red and golden dress. "I never wore something like this. Are you sure I can?"
"Yes, of course!" Fili hugged her and turned her around which made both of them laugh. Fili stopped moving after awhile and looked at the dwarven hobbit. "Are you happy? I mean... are you tired? You were travelling far and maybe you want to rest"
"I rested a lot more than the rest of our company. I can't keep up but I'm here. Dis took good care of me" Gilriel put her arms around Fili and quickly put a kiss on his lips before running out of the room. The dwarven prince was taken by surprise and needed a moment to think before he ran after her. "Gilriel! Wait!"
Since it was a long time ago she had been walking through the mountain she kept running without knowing where she was going to. Every stairway took her deeper into the mountain and she looked back now and then to see he was still following her. It made Gilriel happy to see he chased her and she took the next steps even faster. Running through corridors she noticed he was faster this way. He was almost catching her when Gilriel ran into Nori. "Hey!"
"I'm sorry. I didn't see you coming. Where exactly did you came from?" Gilriel put her hands on her hips when Fili stopped breathless next to them. "Thank you Nori but I almost had her"
"No, you didn't. On the next stairway you would have lost me again" She teasingly pushed him but Fili didn't even move. He hugged her and didn't give her a chance to escape. "Do you think you can run now?"
"I can if I want to"
"Ehm... I... I should go" Nori walked away with red cheeks and was obviously uncomfortable around their happiness. Fili and Gilriel didn't care and the dwarven hobbit opened the door to the room Nori had come from. "Come, quickly"
"I wonder what he did in here" Fili looked around. The room wasn't special but something was glowing in a corner and surprised the prince. "When did Nori find the Arkenstone?"