Chapter 2
The Party Begins

"Stay here, Lily." Bilbo said.

"No. I'll come with." I said, standing up as Bilbo does. We head to the door and Bilbo opens the door. I gasp as I see one of the dwarfs that was at the Green Dragon standing there. He was bald on top and had tattoos on his bald head.

"Dwalin, at your service." Dwalin said, giving a bow. Bilbo let out a noise like a whimper. He tied his robe closed.

"Bilbo Baggins, at yours." Bilbo said. Dwalin walks in.

"Hello, lass. You live here as well." Dwalin said when he saw me.

"Yes. He's my father." I said. Dwalin nodded as he takes his cloak off and dumps it on the floor.

"Do we know each other?" Bilbo asked.

"No, but I met your daughter at the Green Dragon. Very sweet girl you have. Which way, laddie? Is it down here?" Dwalin asked.

"Is what down where?" Bilbo asked. Dwalin thrusts the rest of his stuff at Bilbo.

"Supper. He said there'd be food, and lots of it." Dwalin said, heading towards the kitchen.

"He said? Who said?" Bilbo asked. I took the stuff from Bilbo, who follows Dwalin to the kitchen. I was putting the stuff up on the hooks when the doorbell rang again. I went to the door and opened it to find the silver haired dwarf standing there.

"Hello, lass. Balin. At your service." Balin said.

"Hello. Lily, at yours." I said. Bilbo came to my shoulder.

"Good evening." Bilbo said.

"Yes, yes it is." Balin said. He came through the door. "Though I think it might rain later. Am I late?"

"Late for what?" Bilbo asked. Balin's eyes land on something behind us. I look and see Balin looking for more biscuit in one of the jars. I shook my head as I lean against the door and watch the two.

"Oh, ha ha!" Balin said. Dwalin looked at Balin as Balin started walking towards the other dwarf. "Evening, brother. Heh, heh."

"Oh, my beard, you are shorter and wider than last we met." Dwalin said. I roll my eyes. They just saw each other at the bar.

"Wider, not shorter. Sharp enough for both of us." Balin said. I head to the bedroom as the brothers conversed and Bilbo followed their every move. I changed into a simple dress and come out to hear the doorbell ring again. I raise an eyebrow. Is it more dwarves from earlier today. I open the door and find a blonde hair and dark brown hair dwarf standing in the doorway.

"Hey. Its the girl from earlier." The burnette said.

"It is." The blonde said.

"Looks like you two are here with the others." I said.

"The others are here. Good." The blonde said.

"More dwarves." Bilbo said, showing up behind me again.

"Fili." Fili said.

"And Kili." Kili said.

"At your service." Both said at the same time, bowing. Bilbo pushes me behind him.

"You must be Mr. Boggins. And lass, what's your name?" Kili asked.

"Lily." I said.

"Nope, you can't come in. You've come to the wrong home." Bilbo said, beginning to shut the door.

"Father." I said. Kili stops the door from closing with his boot.

"What? Has it been cancelled?" Kili asked.

"No one told us." Fili said. I pushed Bilbo away and opened the door.

"The others are in here. Come in." I said.

"Thanks lass. That's a relief." Kili said. The boys came in and started unloading their things and handed them to Bilbo.

"Careful with these, I just had 'em sharpened." Fili said.

"It's nice, this place. D'you do it yourself?" Kili said, scraping his boots on the edge of a chest.

"Ah, no, it's been in the family for years. That's my mothers glory box, can you please not do that." Bilbo said. Dwalin came over and grabbed Kili.

"Fili, Kili, come on, give us a hand." Dwalin said.

"Mister Dwalin." Kili said, earning a laugh from the dwarves. We follow them to the dining room.

"Let's shove this in the hallway, otherwise we'll never get everyone in." Balin said. I had a feeling all the rest of the dwarves were going to be joining us.

"Everyone? How many more are there?" Bilbo asked. I heard the doorbell ring and I head to the door. I opened the door and let out a squeak as dwarves fall on top of me and I am squished by the dwarves.

"Sorry lass." Dwarves were saying.

"Gandalf." Bilbo said as the dwarves got off me. The starfish hairdo dwarf was among them and he gave me a smile as he helped me stand up.

"Its good to see you again lass. Nori at your service." Nori said.

"Lily." I said. Nori took my hand and kissed it, making me turn red. I met Dori and Ori, who were Nori's brothers along with Gloin, Oin, Bifur, Bombur, and Bofur.

I stood watching the dwarfs take all the food and move it to the table that was now out in the hallway. I slip through ignoring my father fussing that the dwarves were taking all our food.

"Miss Lily." A familiar voice came. I looked up and saw Gandalf standing there.

"Gandalf." I said.

"You look so much like your mother, but you got your father's eyes. I knew them well. Your father would be proud of the woman you grew up to be." Gandalf said.

"I don't remember my parents since I was so young when they died, but Bilbo keeps telling me stories." I said. I head into the kitchen and help Fili get mugs with ale.

"Thanks, Lily." Fili said and I carried mugs into the room with Fili. Fili gets on the table to hand out mugs and I pass mugs from the floor.

"Who wants an ale? There you go." Fili said, passing drinks. I hand one to Nori and he gave me a smile, making me red and I slipped out as the burping competition began.

The dwarves leave the table a bit later and walk around. Nori had a doily and Bilbo grabbed it from him.

"Excuse me, that is a doily, not a dishcloth." Bilbo said.

"But it's full of holes." Bofur, who had a funny hat on said.

"It's supposed to look like that, it's crochet." Bilbo said.

"Oh, and a wonderful game it is too, if you got the balls for it." Bofur said. Nori came up to me as Bilbo and Gandalf talked.

"Your father is a weird one. Your more relaxing." Nori said.

"He's my godfather, but he's the only father I've known." I said. Nori nodded.

"I'm glad to see you again." Nori said. I smile

"Excuse me. I'm sorry to interrupt, but what should I do with my plate?" Ori asked. I turned to see Ori talking to Bilbo. Fili came out of the doorway.

"Here you go, Ori, give it to me." Fili said. Fili takes the plate from Ori and throws it to Kili, who throws it behind his back to Bifur, who was standing at the sink. Nori disappears to join the dwarves. I heard dwarves drumming on the table in a rythem.

"Excuse me, that's my mother's West Farthing crockery, it's over a hundred years old!" Bilbo said. I went to watch the dwarves more, interested in the singing. "And can you not do that? You'll blunt them!"

"Ooh, d'hear that lads? He says we'll blunt the knives." Bofur said.

"Blunt the knives, bend the forks." Kili said, motioning for Kili to send him more.

"Smash the bottles and burn the corks." Fili said, bouncing a cup on his arms and sending it to Kili.

"Chip the glasses and crack the plates. That's what Bilbo Baggins hates! Cut the cloth and tread on the fat, leave the bones on the bedroom mat. Pour the milk on the pantry floor. Splash the wine on every door. Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl, pound them up with a thumping pole. When you've finished, if any are whole, send them down the hall to roll." The dwarves sang.

I watched with wonder as plates were tossed and cleaned and stacked. Fili looked like he was dancing, but my eyes were on Nori. He looked like he was having fun. Our eyes met and I looked away. There was a look in his eyes I was not sure what it was. Nori came up and wrapped an arm around me as we stood in front of a table with clean dishes with a pipe in his hand.

"That's what Bilbo Baggin's hates." The dwarves sang as Bilbo pushes through us and sees the stack of dishes. They were laughing, but they were silenced as there was a knock on the door. We all look at the door.

"He is here." Gandalf said. A dwarf I haven't met yet just got here.

AN: Here's the new chapter. Hope you enjoyed.