Here's the next chapter~~thanks for your patience :)

Its a short one...so...I may just post the next one tomorrow ;) ;)

Chp 46

Tauriel could hear Kili swear loudly, again...then he told the other dwarf, "Very well...tell her I will be with her momentarily, and then come back here." She heard a door close and a moment later Kili came back in the bedroom a very sheepish look on his face. She smiled, still covered up and sweaty with messed up hair too. Kili sat on the edge of the bed, at a loss for words. She sat up, pulling the blanket with her. She grabbed his hand and squeezed. "I know," she said knowingly. "You have to go...I understand. I was hoping to meet your mother under...different circumstances," she looked down and smiled. He squeezed her hand back and reached up and caressed her jaw, "I love you, Tauriel" and reached over to kiss her. She replied the same and he got off of the bed. "I'd feel more comfortable if Tulin the guard escorted you back to your room. Dinner will be served shortly and I hope I'll make it there in time." Tauriel replied, "Spend time with your mother, she has traveled a long distance and I'm sure you have much to discuss, my love. If I do not see you at dinner tonight, I will be ready to depart after breakfast in the morning to forage for those items." They kissed again and Kili put his shirt back on and walked over to a small mirror and basin on a dresser. He rinsed his hair and face and ran a brush through it. Tauriel dressed and did the same. When they were presentable they entered the living room and Kili instructed Tulin to see Tauriel back to her room. As they were leaving, Kili said, "Tulin, I apologize for raising my voice to you..." Tulin stepped in, "Forgive me again sire...but I thought, under the circumstances, the interruption was warranted. No apology is necessary," he smiled at the pair knowingly.

Tulin checked the hallway and no one was moving about. Kili and Tauriel touched fingers as she was walking away. After the two departed, Kili walked by the mirror again and checked his appearance. He smoothed his hair down and added a few quick braids. His clothes, were a little disheveled, so he straightened his shirt, hitched his undergarments up and made sure his pants were still buttoned...the bulge all but disappeared, now. He figured, this was as regal as he was going to look, at the moment. He took a deep breath, slowly let it out and started his walk from the King's chambers to the room next door. He arrived back in the hallway and still no one was about.

He breathed deep again when he arrived at the doorway. His mother had worked hard those many years raising him and his brother, so he of course knocked on the door before entering. A hearty and deep, "Who is it?" could be heard coming from inside the room. Kili cleared his throat, "Mother, it is me, Kili," emotions starting to well up inside of him. The door opened from the inside and there, in the entryway, stood his mother. She was tall, like Thorin, slightly taller than even Kili. Stockily built, but with a royal bearing that was evident, also like her brother. She had dark hair with only a hint of a beard, unlike so many of the dwarf women; her hair was neatly parted down the middle and had some simple braids in the back. Upon seeing her youngest son, the future King, her warm honey green eyes welled up and she welcomed him into her bosom with an immense hug. Kili stepped over the threshold and she held him tight for a few moments. They both sniffed as they broke apart, but Dis looked at her son with pride and smiled.

He went into the inner chamber of these quarters, and not as large or opulently decorated as the king's room next door, it was still very comfortable and well fitted. She invited him to sit on the soft couch and she sat next to him. He hung his head, knowing what he must say, but Dis understood her son's pain and took his hands in hers and began, "I have heard the news, my son. I know about Thorin, and... of your brother." The last bit difficult to be spoken aloud, she found. Fresh sobs came from her son and she reached out to hold him in her arms. She too, cried, and they stayed like that for awhile. She patted his back and asked, "Was it quick? I mean...did your brother suffer overmuch?" Kili pulled himself back, out of her arms, sniffed and looked in her eyes, "No, he didn't have to suffer long," as he wiped his nose on his sleeve. "I was there...and yet, I didn't remember what happened. They had only told me later. He was killed by that abomination, Azog." His mother sighed long, closed her eyes and exhaled deeply; then she asked, "So...he has been dispatched? Your brother...and my grandfather...have been avenged?" she said, eyes open now, a fiery blaze in them. Kili sniffed again, "Yes...twas Thorin. They had a mighty battle, tis said. Both bodies were found a short distance from one another, on the ice, on Ravenhill," Kili knodded his head up in the direction of the hill.

He didn't want to go into details about Fili's death...his mother didn't need to know exactly everything Fili had suffered through; the most important thing was that Azog, and Bolg, he had found out later, had been killed. After that, they discussed many things; Dis's long journey from their home in the Blue Mountains, and many of the more exciting parts of Kili's adventure, that didn't include his "dealings" with elves. His mother yawned, and Kili looked over her shoulder to the shutters that were open. There was a similar outdoor balcony as the one in the King's chamber, and he noticed it was nighttime already. He said a loud, "Damn," and his mother looked at him with one eyebrow raised, he had missed dinner with Tauriel. Looking sheepishly down, he said, "Oh, um...sorry, mother. Well tis late and I'm afraid we've missed formal dinner in the Hall." She yawned again and said, "That's okay son. I'm pretty tired from my journey, and don't think I'm up for entertaining now, or for awhile yet." He leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, "I'll have something sent up to you right away, then," he told her as he got up to leave. She looked at him sweetly and grabbed his hand; looking up at her son, she said, "I am so proud of all you have accomplished so far, and all that I know you are destined to do, for our kin." He teared up and squeezed her hand, smiling. There was a knock at the door and Kili went to answer it. Balin was there. He said, "I had heard that your mother and the party from the Blue Mountains has arrived. If she is not in repose, may I speak with her?" He went to ask his mother and she gave her permission so he showed Balin in. Then he turned to leave to summon some food for them and as he walked away, she said, "When you return Kili, you will have to tell me all about this female you have given my runestone to." Kili gulped, as he walked away.