The day of Ora's party finally came. The King of dale came as did the king of Merkwood, Lord Elrond came as did Gandalf. The hall of kings was filled to the brim with decorations and tables, there was a long table with gifts for the princess and another full of food and drink. The birthday cake, which was close to the gift table was massive, six tier's made to look like a white castle with pink and white flowers decorating the base and several other parts. It was beautiful. Ora was dressed in a white lace gown with a matching bow in her hair. Katie held Ora as guests came up one by one offering gifts, prayers and well wishes to their princess. Little Ora cooed and babbled at them, occasionally letting out a delighted squeal.

"Papa!"

She said as she reached to her father he was standing next to Katie, he smiled as he gently took her in his arms giving her mother a break.

"She's defiantly a talkative one king Thorin."

Said Bard admiring the little princess. Thorin chuckled.

"Aye she is. She's over all Happy."

Kaizen was having his own fun with some of the children, including Lady Tilda of Dale. They would pet him, hug him and braid his long fur, he didn't mind he enjoyed the attention. Katie helped little Ora open her gifts as the cake was cut and served. There was much celebrating. At the end Thorin and Katie wished their guests well with little Ora sound asleep in her fathers arms. The gifts were moved to the palace and the leftover food was distributed to the homeless or needy, something Katie had wanted to do, she enjoyed helping people. A few months after Erebor's restoration she opened up something similar to a pantry, giving help to those who needed it, the sick, injured or hungry.

Little Ora slept as Katie changed her into a night gown and laid her down in her warm crib and covered her with a knitted blanket made by her aunt Dis. Thorin hugged Katie from behind as she watched their daughter sleep.

"She's had a long day."

Said Thorin kissing his wife's cheek. Katie smiled agreeing.

"She's spoiled too. And not just by her papa and cousins."

This was true, the people of Erebor loved their princess but many didn't love their queen. There were many times that a rock would be thrown at Katie or profanities or threats were yelled. She learned to shrug them off a long time ago. Katie sat at her vanity brushing out her hair, Thorin as at the edge of their bed watching her. Her freckled shoulder exposed as her night gown slipped down her arm, he walked over and kissed her bear shoulder.

"I love you.."

He whispered into her ear and kissed her neck. She closed her eyes and tilted her head back.

"Ah love ye too."

She moaned lightly as his lips made contact with her neck. Thorin lifted her into his arms and carried her over to their bed and made love to her. They lay there a blanket covering them, holding each other close. Thorin smiled as he pressed a kiss to her forehead.

"I told you I'd make love to you in a proper bed."

This made Katie giggle and blush like a little school girl.

"Aye, ye were right."

She smiled and kissed him softly. They both slowly drifted off to sleep. The next few days were pretty calm. But for Bilbo they were a mess, he was nervous, he had no Idea how to ask Dis so he did the only thing he could think of, ask Fili, Kili and Thorin. Bilbo sought out Fili and Kili first, they were down in the palace kitchens having an ale and a smoke.

"Mr. Boggins! How are you?"

Said Kili with a smirk, he knew Bilbo's last name but still continued to mispronounce it for shits and giggles.

"How can we help you?"

Asked Fili taking a puff at his pipe.

"Well uhhh….I…"

"Have you proposed?"

Bilbo sighed.

"No…And I have no idea how to do it or what to do. How did you to do it?"

The boys looked at each other and then the Bilbo, Kili started first.

"I didn't even get a chance to propose, Fera and I had been courting for months, its custom to wait up to a year to marry but seeing as I was going on a potentially deadly adventure I thought it best to marry her as soon as I could. I simply said that I wanted to marry her before we left and she agreed. She wore the dress she was wearing that day, had flowers in her hair."

He smiled remembering it.

"She looked so beautiful. The only witnesses we had were her mother, uncle Thorin, Aunt Katie, my mother and Fili. Fera didn't want Dwalin knowing about it because we knew he'd object to it. Dwalin is extremely traditional."

Bilbo nodded agreeing, he saw how Dwalin reacted to Fera's pregnancy. He looked to Fili.

"And you?"

Fili thought for a moment before he spoke, puffing at his pipe.

"She loves watching the ducks at the pond, she would watch them on the lake as a girl. I took her on a picnic at the duck pond. Wine, cheese, bread and some cake."

He smiled, looked down at the ground and continued.

"I remember watching her watch the ducks moments before asking her. Strands of hair flowed free around her face as a soft breeze blew, her brown eyes looked like pools of honey in the evening sky, the sun was about to set. She looked like an angel. While she was distracted I got to one knee and pulled out the box and opened it. I called her name and she looked over at me, her smile faded to a shocked expression and obviously she said yes. "

He shrugged recalling the memory.

"It's pretty much…An advantage taken in the moment."

Said Fili after a long pause. Bilbo nodded and thanked the boys and went to find Thoin who was in the west wing of the mountain over seeing some restorations.

"Bilbo! What can I do for you?"

He asked wrapping an arm around the hobbits shoulder.

"I wanted to know how you proposed to Katie."

Thorin smiled hearing this.

"Aye, I'll tell you. But lets do it over tea. I know a great place."

Bilbo let Thorin lead him to this amazing tea house, they were led to a privet room. It was filled with shelves of books, an elf head hung above the fireplace and pictures of past kings hung on the walls. Thorin sat in a red arm chair opposite Bilbo.

"Now, you wanted to know how I proposed."

Bilbo nodded sipping his tea.

"It was a hot summer day, I had finished training and showered. I looked at the ring, a gold band with hands holding a ruby heart, a crown at the top with diamonds around it. It was perfect. I knew where Katie was at that time of day and I knew she had a picnic with her so I went to our usual spot. You know that garden I showed you with that giant willow tree?"

Bilbo nodded.

"That's where I proposed to her. I found her sitting under the tree reading. We greeted each other and had our lunch and talked. I told her how beautiful she was and how much I loved her and…"

He tiered up a bit.

"That I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. I pulled the box out of my pocket, bent to one knee and simply asked. And obviously she said yes."

Thorin smiled recalling the event. Bilbo smiled hearing it, he knew what happened just after. Smaug attacked, exiling the dwarves.

"Thank you Thorin…That's very helpful."

Thorin chuckled.

"Having trouble finding the right words?"

"Yah…"

Thorin patted the awkward hobbits shoulder.

"Just take advantage of the moment. The words will come, don't worry.

Bilbo nodded and finished his tea with the king. He took a walk to think things over. "Take advantage of the moment." He thought to himself.

Easier said than done.

((Authers note: Yes yes I know, I took too long to update. But I hope this chapter makes up for it! Enjoy! R&R))