A/N: I am officially dying with anticipation for Christmas. My brother has demanded I post this so enjoy! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Chapter 5: I am clueless...

The next morning, I was walking alongside my brother when Kili strode up to me and grinned at me. This was strange, even for him, so I just smiled back. Nick looked from me to Kili to Thorin up ahead of us then back to me," Uh, Sky?" I looked back to my brother," Why are you smiling?" Nick asked in French.

I grinned even wider," Because I feel like it. Kili is cute and smiling at me. I was returning the smile," I replied in French.

Kili only understood that I said his name and just grinned ignorantly. I faced forward again and let the smile slowly peel off my face as I returned back into the average teenager I was. Then my mind was flooded with thoughts like " There is a cute guy smiling at you! Oh my gosh!" and " Why is he smiling at me? It's getting kinda creepy."

Later, as we made camp, Kili called me over to sit with him and Fili. Nick being my over-protective twin sat on me and refused to let me go sit with them. I then promptly decided to punch his gut and shove him off me. I politely declined sitting with Fili and Kili then glared my brother down the entire time we ate.

It was after we finished eating that it became extremely weird for me to be around Kili. He kept asking random questions and even asked if I wanted to pet his beard. No thanks, I don't pet facial hair. My brother once again had to relieve his bladder and dragged me into the bushes once again. Once we were far enough away he smacked me upside the head," What the heck? What was that for?" I snapped, rubbing my head where he hit me.

" For being clueless. Kili is trying to court you, Sky!" Nick snapped, obviously more than a little bit ticked off.

I laughed," Right, and I'm an elf," Nick glared me down," Oh, you're serious."

Nick rolled his eyes," Dwarves don't let just anyone touch their beards. It's very special to them," my brother growled. Of course he would know that. He's even more of a Tolkien nerd than I am.

" Ok, so what do I do?" I asked, suddenly worried about how much I had probably insulted Kili.

Nick grinned," Well, I'll handle Kili and Fili. You just worry about Thorin," he stated calmly, giving me a look that worried me greatly.

I hated it whenever he did that because it always meant trouble for me. Knowing my brother, he was probably going to make Kili think that I hated him and loved Thorin. Ok, the second half is true, but I do not hate Kili, he's a great friend. There are only a few differences between me and my twin: our eye color, our gender, and how we talk to people.

When we got back to the others, I looked perfectly normal while Nick looked ready to kill someone, a rare thing to see. Nick strode over to Kili, talked to him for a minute, then strode back over to a very confused looking me. Kili looked like a puppy who had just been kicked down stairs and yelled at. The look on Kili's face made me feel horrible, so I punched Nick in the arm. Nick being my wonderful and comical twin threw himself into the bushes and rolled around as if I had shot him," Oh I'm dying!" he wailed.

I stood up and looked at him," No,but you will be. That's poison ivy," I said coolly. Nick shot up and out of the bushes screaming like a little girl," Gotcha," I laughed, cueing the others to start laughing as well. After Nick was properly humiliated by our laughter, I slapped his shoulder gently and said," Don't insult my friends, brother."

The dwarves all laughed, except for Thorin who was just staring and glaring at Nick and Kili. That caused two thoughts to run through my head: Why is he glaring at Nick and Kili? Why is he staring at me? Not the clearest thoughts that I've ever had, but they made me realize I was staring at him. I looked back to my brother and sat down next to my poor twin. Nick looked at me then at Thorin then back at me," You're blushing, what did you do?" Nick asked quietly.

I shot my brother a glare," I am not blushing!" I hissed," Thorin was staring at me, and I might have been unconsciously staring back."

Nick smirked at me, and I punched his arm again," Hey! You'll bruise the bone if you keep hitting me," he protested. I rolled my eyes and jumped suddenly when I heard someone call my name. Never in my life had I come so close to fangirling over a guy's voice than at that moment when I heard Thorin call me over to where he was standing with Fili and Kili.

I strode over and stopped in front of Fili, who was standing in between Thorin and Kili," Sky, we want to try something. You have to close your eyes. It's a test to see who you trust more," Fili explained.

I cocked my head to one side," And I have to keep my eyes closed?" Fili nodded," Even if I fall on my face?" he grinned and nodded again," Bring it on."

Fili took a strip of cloth and tied it over my eyes," Thorin and Fili are both going to stand at opposite sides of camp. You are going to have to walk to your brother based solely on their directions. I'm going to count every time you do something one of them tells you to do. Understand?" he explained.

" Not really. I'm gonna let my hair down for this. It's a quirk I have, when I can't see I like being able to guard the back of my neck with something," I replied, pulling my hair out of its braid and allowing the long, straight brown hair cascade down my back.

I heard my brother snicker and threw a coin from my pocket at his head. A solid thump and a yelp from my brother confirmed that I had nailed him in the head. I heard several of the dwarves whistle and grinned," Step forward," a dwarf called from my right.

" Step forward slowly," a second dwarf called from my left. I took a careful step forward and heard a twig snap under my boot.

" Take two steps to your right," the dwarf from my right called.

" Take one step forward, three to your right, then four forwards," the voice from my right called.

I knew that the fire was directly in front of me now, and I was very keen on not being burnt today. I followed the directions from the dwarf on my left and felt warmth from the fire inches to my right.

I heard my brother snickering and threw another coin at him. A thump and yelp confirmed that I had nailed him again. " Impressive, take three steps forward then two to your left," the dwarf from called.

" Take three steps forward and four to your left," the dwarf from my left called.

I thought for a moment then hesitantly took three steps forward and two steps to my left. " Alright!" Fili shouted, pulling off the blindfold and allowing me to see that I was right in front of Nick," Thorin wins!" Fili shouted.

I turned to see a smirk tugging at Thorin's lips as Kili shrugged in defeat. I smiled at both of the dwarves," Well, that was fun. I'm gonna sit down now," I laughed, sitting next to my brother on a fallen tree.

" You're so clueless," my brother sighed in French. I looked at him and cocked my head to one side," You just proved that you trust Thorin over Kili. You are so clueless because Thorin likes you, I can tell, and when he starts courting you, you're still going to be clueless," Nick sighed in French, patting my head.