Chapter 27 - And I Realize, I'm Going Home…

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Spreading out the blanket near the lake, Jasmine watched the sun slowly make its way over the horizon. She watched as the morning light made little sparkles across the water before her. Closing her eyes for a few seconds, she took a few deep breaths feeling so utterly at peace.

As she sat looking at the lake, Bifur approached and sat down next to her. He kissed her on the cheek making her smile.

"Good Morning Amrâlimê. I didn't hear you get up."

Turning to him, she leaned over kissing him back, "Sorry, I just wanted to see the sun rise on our last day here. I probably should have gotten you up to see the sun also. I'm sure you would have liked to watch with me."

Caressing her cheek, he said, "That's alright. I was sleepin pretty hard this morn. You might have had trouble wakin me up."

Jasmine offered up a slight grin. "Is that because of last night?"

Giving her a larger smile he nodded. "You did perhaps wear me out last night. Not that I'm complainin Amrâlimê."

Blushing, she said, "I guess I wanted you to know how much I loved you."

"Aye, that's why I said I didn't mind. We could have gone all night if I could have kept up with you."

Covering her face with her hands, she lightly giggled as she leaned against her husband.

Bifur wrapped his arms around her, "I'm so glad you are feelin better, Amrâlimê. My decidin to bring you back here has worked out well I think.

Finally looking up from her hands, she grinned. "I agree. Coming back to this lake has been wonderful for both of us."

Kissing her forehead, he asked, "So after we have breakfast, what would you like to do today?"

"Maybe take a long walk and a picnic and whatever else we feel like doing."

"Sounds good, love. Are you ready for breakfast?"

Jasmine nodded. "I am."

Getting to his feet, Bifur helped Jasmine stand as he put his arm around her walking back to the camp.

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After eating breakfast and cleaning up, Bifur and Jasmine put together a picnic grabbed a blanket and began to walk. They also talked…about everything. They weren't sure how far they had traveled before they discover a section of the lake unfamiliar to either of them.

Stopping Jasmine said, "I don't remember us ever coming near this area, do you?"

Bifur shook his head, "It doesn't look familiar to me. Should we stop here?"

"Why not. It's very pretty don't you think?"

"It is."

Bifur spread out their blanket as Jasmine put the basket on it. "Are you ready to eat lunch or would you like to maybe explore a little of the area?"

Bifur thought about it for a second then said, "Let's go explorin Amrâlimê. Sounds like fun."

"I was hoping you would think so…let's go."

Taking her husband's hand, Jasmine led the way down a small path she spotted. Taking their time, they explored the area as more and more trees covered the trail. Eventually the sky was covered by a veil of thick foliage as small patches of the sun shone through.

As they walked, Jasmine pointed further down the path. "Do you hear that? It sounds like a large amount of water."

Bifur nodded. "It does. Sounds like it's directly ahead of us."

Smiling, Jasmine clasped her husband's hand tighter as they walked toward the sound.

As they pushed through some undergrowth covering the trail they arrived in a small clearing. Pushing further into the trees it opened into a large semi-circle where it appeared the lake ended. A spectacular waterfall cascaded down the hillside where it appeared to be where it all began and eventually flow into the quiet lake they had become familiar with.

"Oh…how beautiful! Look at the waterfall!" Jasmine said.

Standing behind Jasmine, Bifur wrapped his arms around her waist. "Absolutely amazin…and I agree this area is staggerinly beautiful."

Jasmine turned around facing him, pressing her body against his. She began to kiss him deeply. Running her hands down his back she gave his butt a little squeeze. Finally, she whispered against his ear, "Wouldn't this be an incredible place to make love…right under the waterfall?"

Pulling away from her husband she began tossing bits of clothing toward him. Seductively, she removed her last item before teasingly motioning Bifur to follow her behind the falls. The last thing he saw before she disappeared was Jasmine holding out her hand to him.

Feeling completely aroused, Bifur almost tripped on himself trying to pull off his boots. Discarding his clothes in every direction, he hurriedly followed after her trying to catch up.

Stepping into the waterfall, Jasmine held out her arms as he wrapped his around her. The two of them began to kiss deeply as the water rained down in both of them. Pulling her body close to him, Bifur ran his hands over her, moaning loudly.

Jasmine reached between them and took his erection into her hand making him groan. "Nai menu durak, my love. Rasup irmish fur men."

Seeing a moss covered rock near him, he lifted her up to settle her backside onto it. Positioning her a little higher, he slid his length into her making Jasmine gasp.

"Ooohhh Bifur!"

Laying her face against his neck she clutched onto him as he gently starting thrusting into her. She took one of her hands and began helping his irkat move in and out.

The feel of the water, her touching him, and her body was so stimulating to Bifur he almost couldn't handle it. He made a long, low moan with each push he made into her. His panting became louder as what he was feeling echoed across the rock walls.

"Oh…Jasmine… Jeg vurthurkon farurm durakeh Amrâlimê!"

Wrapping her legs around Bifur's waist, she steadied her hands on his shoulders as he began to push. Throwing back her head and closing her eyes she could feel he was getting ready to release…as was she.

Breathing hard, Jasmine panted to Bifur, "Sulnil menu Amrâlimê…Sulnil menu!"

Pushing into her one last time, he clutched her body to his yelling loudly…the sound reverberating off the rock facing. Holding onto her, he buried his face against her shoulder shaking hard as he let go. She soon followed, shuttering from the feelings.

Clasping on to each other as they both tried to calm their breathing; they soon began to slowly kiss. With their bodies still joined, Jasmine caressed Bifur's face, whispered, "As long as I live, I will always love you. If I live to be a 1000 years old, I would tell you that every day."

Nuzzling his face into her wet hair, whispering back, "I will never stop tellin you either, Amrâlimê. Never!"

She put her head on Bifur wet shoulder for a bit until she said, "I suppose we should leave and return to where we dropped our clothes. Then we can make our way back, dry off and have something to eat."

Bifur nodded. Lifting her off the rock, he led her out of the falls. Picking up a few of their undergarments and putting them on, they grabbed the rest of their clothes making their way back to where they left the blanket.

Now back out into the bright sunshine, they set out their lunch having an enjoyable last meal at the lake as their hair began to dry. After she finished eating, Jasmine began to finger comb her hair helping her long hair through the drying process.

After finishing off her hair, she helped with Bifur's. Starting with the braids on his head, she slowly undid and dried each one before braiding them up again. She also ran her fingers through his hair trying to remove any tangles.

For his part, Bifur sat quietly as she took care of it. As she continued to work on his hair, he closed his eyes moaning softly under his breath. He could feel his erection growing and started massaging himself trying to take care of the problem.

Jasmine had just about finished up his hair braids and was preparing to start on his beard when he let out a long moan. She stopped and looked at her husband. His eyes were closed; his mouth was slightly opened and he was breathing heavily. She realized he had untied his trousers to take care of his problem.

Caressing his face, she whispered, "I should have realized my messing with your hair would have done this. Stretch out on the blanket and I will help relieve you."

Bifur reclined without objecting. Lowering his trousers, she began to run her hand up and down his already engorged erection. His moaning became louder as he twisted and turned under her ministrations.

"Men zirikh menu Amrâlimê." He groaned. "Rasup menu durak."

Feeling he was very close to releasing, Jasmine decided that it would only take one thing more to push him over the edge - Leaning over she gently kissed the tip of his erection.

Bifur yelled as he finally released. "Aaaaahhhhhhhh…Amrâlimê!"

Gripping the blanket on either side of his body, he shook before his breathing began to finally slow down. Giving him a moment as she cleaned him up, she gently caressed his face.

"I should have thought about what it would be doing to you. We've been together long enough for me to know better and how it makes you feel. I'm sorry."

Opening his eyes, he looked up into her concerned face. Smiling he touched her cheek. "I love you Jasmine…and never apologize for lovin me. I should have said somethin, but I was so into how you were makin me feel…Mahal the things you can do to me." He let out a deep breath. "I should sleep well tonight."

Tilting her head as she looking in his eyes, she asked, "Are you feeling better now?"

Pulling her face down to his as he kissed her. "I feel incredible Amrâlimê. You always take care of me."

"That's because you would do the same for me…and because I completely love you."

He smiled. Reaching down he pulled up his trousers and fastened them. Sitting up beside her, he said, "Our last day at the lake has been an interestin one, but I am ready to return home…how about you?"

Kissing his cheek, Jasmine agreed. "Yes my love I am. I miss our children. Let's head back to the caravan, pack up, have our last supper and a restful night."

Getting to his feet, Bifur pulled her up to stand beside him. Packing everything, he grabbed the blanket and took her hand as they made the slow walk back to the camp.

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Over the rest of the day, Bifur and Jasmine made sure to pack everything up from the campsite. Bifur wanted to leave early in the morning to start their trip back to Dale. Like Jasmine, he missed the children and couldn't wait to see them.

After making sure everything was ready, they sat down near the campfire and began preparing their last meal. The two of them had a wonderful time making their supper, talking and laughing over everything.

As supper was finishing up, Jasmine asked, "Can we spend a little bit of time down by the lake before we go to bed?"

Kissing her cheek, he smiled, "I was actually goin to suggest that. We can watch the moon come up."

"I love that idea. Let's get everything cleaned up and go down there."

It didn't take them long to clean and put away the last of the food before Jasmine went into the van, grabbed the blanket from the afternoon, a bottle of wine and glasses.

Following her husband, Bifur took the wine bottle and one of her hands as they walked down to the lake shore. Taking the blanket he spread it out on the ground before sitting down taking the glasses from her. Sitting down on the blanket beside him, she stared up into the night sky.

"So incredibly peaceful here…I'm going to miss this place." Jasmine sighed.

Putting one of his arms around her, she rested her head on his shoulder. "I agree Amrâlimê…This place will be hard to forget."

Opening up the bottle of wine, Bifur poured them both a glass. Handing a glass to Jasmine, he said, "What should we drink to?"

Jasmine thought about it for moment before saying, "How about to Happiness, love and our going home."

"To happiness, love and goin home."

Clinking their glasses together each of them took a sip as Bifur stared into the night sky, "You know it's funny…before I met you, never even thought about watchin the night sky. It just never occurred to me how magical it could be, but you've opened up a whole new world to me."

Snuggling on his shoulder, Jasmine smiled. "I'm glad you've come to love the night sky like I have. I've always thought there was something otherworldly about being under the night sky with millions of stars filling the heavens. No matter how often I sit out under a clear night sky, I always feel an incredible sense of wonder."

Bifur turned her face to his and kissed her. She smiled deepening their kiss. Lowering her onto the blanket, he moved his hands over her body making Jasmine moan as bit by bit she became aroused.

"Oh Bifur…I love you so much." She whispered.

Whispering back in one of her ears, he replied, "Khaz torak rar azamar Amrâlimê."

Slowly, he began to remove her clothes along with his as they began to make love under the star-ladened sky. With no other witness but the full moon, they took their time sharing their love with each other.

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Bifur climbed onto the bench of the caravan taking the reins of the pony into his hands. The sun was barely above the horizon, but it was already a colorful dawn as both her and Jasmine smiled at each other.

"Are you ready to go Amrâlimê?"

"I am my heart. As much as I have enjoyed our days by the lake, it is time to return home."

Kissing her cheek, he clicked his tongue to the pony as they began they journey back to Dale.

Jasmine rested her head on his shoulder, snuggling into his dark hair. She pressed her lips against his neck feeling goose pimples rise up on his skin. She couldn't help but smile a little. She also heard him issue a small sigh afterwards.

Bifur tried to pay attention to the road ahead, but sometime all it took for her to create a fire inside him was something as small is a kiss. His love for her was so strong. Staring at the trail ahead, his mind began to concentrate about some recent things he had considered about his life .

Before he had ever met Jasmine, he never thought much about the love that was shared between a male and female. To him there were certain things he needed to have like eating and drinking, and he would be the first to admit that when he had sex, it was because he wanted it…like an itch that needed scratching. And he never once thought about the females that helped him scratch that itch. They took care of a problem that needed fixing. He did feel bad about it now, that he might have treated them badly to get what he wanted. Of course during that time of his life, he was not the same Dwarf that he was now.

But that all changed when his beloved Jasmine entered his world.

For the first time in his life he was in love. It might have taken him some time to figure it how, but when he did he was almost overwhelmed by the feelings. Maybe it was because of what he felt for her, what he saw in her, or just the look in those blue eyes gazing into his. Maybe it was because she brought him back to his younger days. His cousins would be the first to tell anyone during that time that Bifur use to be was a gentleman, someone with a heart that loved his family and friends. Everything about him changed on the day he received his head wound. His cousins knew he was never the same after that day.

But even with the axe embedded in his forehead, he felt different with Jasmine. She broke through to him in ways that no one ever had. That's when he knew she was his One, his soulmate, the forever love of his life. That's when he knew he could never live without her.

Turning slightly in her direction, she still had her head comfortably resting on his shoulder. She had a smile on her face and every so often would kiss his shoulder near his neck. Placing his head against hers, he continued to guide the pony along the road to Dale.

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Their journey continued well into the day, until finally deciding to stop for the night. Bifur found a wonderful spot with a good pond for a water source and where they could park their van for the night. They created a small campsite for their fire and set about cooking their meal.

As they always did, Bifur and Jasmine went about putting their supper together. They talking, laughed and remembered how much they had enjoyed the last few days. Never once did they bring up what happened the night of the attack, never once did Bifur want her to remember her assault. He wanted to only remember the love they shared, the love he had for her…to remember the days at the lake and how much it meant to be there…together.

After supper, having had a long day on the road they decided to go to bed. Before going to sleep they made love, reveling in the feeling of each other's bodies.

Wrapped up in each other's arms afterwards, Bifur glanced down at her, his Jasmine already fast asleep in his arms. Kissing her softly, he whispered, "Men kardunuh bi azamar Amrâlimê."

Closing his eyes he sighed softly as he too drifted off to sleep.

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Bifur and Jasmine got on the road again early in the morning and after another long journey, Bifur pulled their wagon to a stop, pointing in front of them.

"We're almost home Amrâlimê. Dale is directly before us. We should arrive in the late afternoon."

Jasmine snuggled on his shoulder. "I can't wait. Having two more nights alone before we head home to Erebor is going be wonderful, but I can't wait to see the children."

"I agree love."

Moving the pony forward they began their final leg of the journey.

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As Bifur predicted, their caravan enter the Gates of Dale in the late afternoon. Arriving at the barn they always used, they stabled the pony before grabbing a few bags to take with him. They had decided to stay where they spent their first two nights before setting out on their trip to the Iron Hills. They even ended up in the same room that night.

Sitting down on the bed, Jasmine removed her boots before lying back on the bed. Bifur started a fire before he too removed his boots and stretching out beside her.

"Are you tired my love?" she asked

Turning on his side, he looked at her, "Perhaps a bit. I'm feelin stiff from sittin on the wagon bench."

"Would you like for me to give you a massage…try to work out some of the kinks?"

"Aren't you tired Amrâlimê?"

"I'll feel better after I take care of you first. Take off your tunic and roll over onto your stomach."

Sitting up, Bifur removed it before lying back down on his stomach. Propping his arms up on one of the pillows, he comfortably turned his head to the side.

Jasmine started with his shoulders, slowly applying her hands back and forth across his upper back making it pop and crack. As she moved lower down Bifur's back she could feel him grunting and groaning as she pushed down on him. Applying as much pressure as she could, she splayed out her fingertips, placing one hand directly onto the other massaging along his spine. The lower she went down his back she could hear him grunt particularly as she pushed along his spine.

Finally after he made what seems to be a painfully groan, Jasmine stopped. Adjusting her dress, she crawled closer to his head, she asked, "My love, are you in any kind of pain? The noises you seemed to be making are concerning to me."

Rolling over from his front to his back, he opened his eyes before answering, "I might have pulled a back muscle last night. It's not bad, but the trip here was over a bit of rough road so I suppose I aggravated it."

"Did you hurt yourself because of our lovemaking last night?"

Sheepishly, he offered up a slight smile. "Aye, it's possible. Never had that happen before whenever we've joined together, but I reckon I did."

"Oh Bifur! I wish you had told me." Concern filling her face, she got off the bed, going to the fireplace. "I know exactly how to take care of this. This will only take a moment."

Jasmine put a small kettle on the fire that was in the room. Then retrieved a couple of towels from her bag. Once the water had heated, she took off the kettle pouring the hot water into a bowl. Taking it over she placed it on the table next to the bed, dunking one of the towels into the water. Carefully wringing it out, she had Bifur lie down his stomach again. Placing the cloth onto his lower back she put another towel on top of it to hold in the heat.

Pressing down, Bifur made a low moan as she made sure the heated cloth stayed in contact with his back. Turning his head, he said, "Amrâlimê…that does feel good."

Caressing his face, she said, "Let me know when the cloth begins to cool so I can heat it up again."

Nodding, he closed his eyes as over the next several minutes, Jasmine repeated the process. It wasn't long before her husband had fallen fast asleep. Placing the last hot towel over him, Jasmine pulled one of the room chairs next to the bed along with a foot stool.

Making herself comfortable she covered up with a blanket before drifting off to sleep, Bifur's hand clasp gently in hers.

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"Amrâlimê…are you awake?"

Sighing softly, Jasmine opened her eyes to see Bifur, his hand resting gently against her cheek, standing beside her.

"Hi!" Gazing up into his face, she said, "How are you feeling?"

Kneeling down next to her, he smiled, "Better. What you did for me helped immensely."

Leaning over to him she kissed him. "I'm so glad."

Bifur deepened the kiss, parting her lips with his tongue. He stood, lifting her up beside him. With her body close to his, he ran his hands down her back before unbuttoning her blouse and caressing her breasts. As he did that he continued to kiss her cheek, neck and her now uncovered shoulders, dropping her blouse to the floor.

Jasmine began to shiver, feeling goose pimples spread across her skin.

"I want you." He whispered. "I want to fill you up with my love."

Moaning as he continued to kiss her, she said softly, "My love I don't want you to hurt your back again..."

Removing her breast binding, he moved his mouth over her, taking one her breast into his mouth. "Don't worry about me Amrâlimê."

"Oooohhhh !" she moaned.

Bifur next pushed both her skirt and her bloomers off, lowering both items quickly to the floor. He took one hand stroking across her stomach until he reached her pelvis. Slowly, he knelt down in front of her and began kissing her stomach before moving his mouth over her pelvis.

Jasmine released a long, low groan as Bifur paid special attention to that area. Panting loudly she gripped his shoulders, and braced her legs to keep from collapsing. She was finding it harder and harder to remain upright as her husband ministered to her.

"Oh dear lord…I'm so close." She gasped.

Feeling that it was time to join her, Bifur removed his clothes as he backed her over to the bed. Collapsing onto it, she pulled him down onto her grasping his already erect irkat slowly sliding it into her.

"Oooohhhh Bifur," she moaned, "Push my love, push! Sulnil menu!"

Bifur thrust his irkat into her, pushing in and out making him begin to pant and moan along with her.

"Oh Amrâlimê Ya mal!"

Together their bodies moved as one. It didn't take them long before reaching their peak…first Bifur then quickly followed by Jasmine. Each one letting the other know how good it felt.

As they both collapsed against each other, their breathing and heartbeats returning to normal, Jasmine gave him a soft kiss. "What brought this on my love? Not complaining mind you…just wondering since I was asleep and this kinda started quickly."

Returning her kiss, he said "Truthfully, I was sound asleep too, but I began to have an very intense dream about us. It was so intense it woke me up and I was feeling very…well in Khuzdul it means mabal and durak." He gave her a sheepish look.

Jasmine covered her mouth stifling the laugh that wanted to break out. Instead she gave him one of bemusement. "And so…?"

"Aye, well," he continued, "I saw you sleeping there and decided to wake you up. It just sort of happened after that."

Continuing to giggle a bit, she said, "So I'm supposes to believe that?"

"Aye."

"Okay. I'll take you at your word." Tilting her head a little, she asked "So no more feeling mabal and durak?"

Bifur's face blushed. "Aye…all taken care of."

"That's good. Think you are ready for supper?"

Nodding, the blush still covering his face. "Aye I believe so."

"That's good. We should perhaps clean up first before we go downstairs to eat."

Bifur got to his feet before helping Jasmine to stand. Wrapping his arms around her, he said, "I love you. We are not far away now."

Kissing him softly on the lips, she replied, "I love you too, Kurdunuh. After tomorrow night I realize - we're going home."

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Khuzdul - Nai menu durak.

English - You're so hard

Khuzdul - Rasup irmish fur men.

English - I'm ready for you

Khuzdul - Jeg vurthurkon farurm durakeh Amrâlimê!

English - I must go harder my love!

Khuzdul - Sulnil menu Amrâlimê…Sulnil menu!

English - Fill me my love…Fill me!

Khuzdul - Men zirikh menu Amrâlimê.

English - I want you, my love.

Khuzdul - Rasup menu durak.

English - I'm so hard.

Khuzdul - Khaz torak rar azamar Amrâlimê

English - Our souls are forever joined my love.

Khuzdul - Men kardunuh bi azamar Amrâlimê

English - My heart is forever yours my love

Khuzdul - Amrâlimê, Ya mal!

English - My love, with pleasure.

Khuzdul - mabal and durak

English - stiff and hard

Khuzdul - Kurdunuh

English - my heart