The following month was busy. Thorin had loads of papers to fill out, he needed to move furniture's from his sisters flat to his (fortunately he had an extra room that the boys could move into), sell the ones he didn't need, let the flat to himself, sell it, make funeral plans and make arrangements with his job. He needed to cut down his hours a bit. Normally he would work from 7 am to 7 pm, but he could reduce it to 8 to 5; which he was VERY grateful for.

The same evening they got home his neighbour Bombur had talked to him.

"Well I saw you this morning, you didn't lock your door, so I took the spare key you gave to me and locked. What happened?"

Bombur was one of the nicest persons Thorin knew. He was short, fat and had bright orange hair. He looked like a typical Englishman and Thorin almost giggled by the thought. Bombur had welcomed him the first day he moved in and he got Thorins spare key after he accidently locked himself out when he had lived in the apartment for a year.

Thorin took a deep breath and started explaining. Bombur looked concerned and serious, nothing he normally did. When he was done talking Bombur laid his hand on his shoulder. "If you ever need something, lad, just come to me. A babysitter, a cup of sugar or anything else; just come to me and I will help you with whatever I can." Thorin was grateful for Bomburs kindness and happily accepted his help; he, for example, helped carry Fili and Kilis beds up to the second floor (where Thorin lived).

Even though the boys just lost their mother it wasn't noticeable during the day. The boys were just as cheerful as ever, during the night, however, he could hear muffled cries and sobs from their room; it made him very sad. Some nights he carried them to his bed and they slept curled up in his arms. He liked those nights. It felt good to feel love and to give love. Those little boys were his all now, and he was theirs. The boys started go to a psychiatrist named Thranduil Greenleaf and it also went good. However the days had to become normal again. The boys had to go to kindergarden, and he had to go to work; he had clients waiting.

That Monday morning was extra warm for being in April. Thorin could leave the balcony open to let in some air. The boys had woken up earlier than Thorin, as usual, and were watching some morning show on the TV. Thorin chuckled a bit when they didn't even notice when he got into the room, they were so swept into the show. He had to drag them to the kitchen to get them some breakfast. "I wanna go back to kindergarden!" Kili shouted between the chews of his cereals. He and his brother ate eagerly; they actually longed to get back to normal. He knew it could never go back to being the same, but this was as close as it could get. "Yeah, me too!" Fili filled in, mouth filled with cereals and milk. "And meet Ori and Nori! And Bilbo!"

"Don't talk with food in your mouth." Thorin had to take the role of a father and teach them some table manners. "And who are them? Your friends?"

"Ori and Nori are! But Bilbo is our teacher!" Kili stood up in his chair, waiving his spoon in circles. "The other teachers say we need to call him Mr Baggins, but Bilbo says we can call him Bilbo!"

Thorin reached out to catch Kili as he was afraid the child was going to fall down. In response Kili burped and jumped down from his chair. "Thank you for the food, now I need to poop!" He ran into the bathroom and locked the door. "Thank you too!" Fili shouted, burped and ran into his room in haste.

Dear god, Thorin thought. How did Dis manage all this? But he couldn't help but to smile. Sure they were overactive but he couldn't imagine his life without it; even if they only had been with him for about a month. He was, anyway, interested in talking to Mr Baggins. Just to make sure that everything was alright with the boys when they got back to school.

"Hurry up boys, we will be late otherwise!" He shouted and walked into his room to get dressed into his suit.

He pulled up on the parking lot an hour before his work began just to make sure he had the time to speak to the teacher. First out of the car was Kili, he was dressed in a pair of jeans and a black polo shirt, with Fili following him and he wore basically the same. Thorin had to pull them close to himself; otherwise they would have run right in front of a driving car. After that he released them and, hand in hand, they ran to the front gate with Thorin walking behind them. Most people wouldn't believe Fili and Kili were twins, Fili were both taller and lighter than Kili. People would often think Fili were at least one year older, although he was only 3 hours older than Kili. They were also very different in personality, Kili were more timid and obedient, while Fili were cocky and wild. He always pulled Kili along with him on his shenanigans; but in private Kili was at least as wild as his brother.

The kindergarden was a medium sized house with red wooden panels with white corners and a red tile roof. It had large windows on the front with butterflies and clouds in paper (probably made by the children there). In the front yard it had a large blue slide and a swing set with 6 swings. It looked really cosy to Thorin.

There were about 10 kids running around there and they all gathered around Fili and Kili when they came. A small kid with strawberry blonde hair hugged Kili tight. "I feel so sorry for you!" Thorin heard the boy say. "Ori, it's ok" was Kilis answer to that. "Hey, what about me?!" Fili exclaimed and within a few seconds a few girls hugged him. Thorin smiled and closed the gate behind him. The children stopped and stared at him, he felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Is that a bear?" a kid in long platinum hair said. Thorin couldn't see whether it was a boy or a girl. "That's no bear!" Kili said. "Yeah, that's our uncle." Fili filled in and a silent murmur was heard among the other children. Thorin smiled.

"I'd like to speak with Mr Baggins." Thorin said.

"He's right there" Kili said and pointed at a little shorter man (Thorin estimated he was around 160cm) with short curly hair. "Bilbo!" He shouted and the Bilbo turned around.

He smiled a warm smile and came walking towards them. Fili and Kili ran in his direction and they were embraced by their teacher. "Hi you guys! Oh, how are you? We were so worried, all of us." He said as he hugged the twins. "We're fine." They answered in the same time and Kili came running towards Thorin, taking his hand. "This is our uncle, Thorin, and he wishes to speak to you." He pushed Thorin in front of Bilbo so they stood close.

"Oh, yeah sure." He said and wiped his hands on a grey apron he had on together with a white short sleeved shirt and grey jeans. "Bilbo Baggins, I'm the boys responsible teacher." He reached out his hand and Thorin shook it. "Thorin Oakenshield" he answered. "Is there perhaps somewhere we can talk in private?"

Bilbo nodded "yes, we can talk in the teachers' lounge."

"Excellent" Thorin answered and they both walked towards the little house and got inside.

The walls were painted with a light red colour and the floor was of light wood. They passed a few doors before Bilbo took up a pair of keys and unlocked one of them. Inside there was a small kitchenette and a coffee machine, along with a coat hanger, a table and 6 chairs.

"Do you want some coffee or tea or something?" Bilbo asked but Thorin declined and sat down at the table; Bilbo did the same. Thorin cleared his throat and put his elbows on the table.

"You're here to talk about the boys, right?" Bilbo said before Thorin had a chance to and shocked nodded as a response. "I think it's great that you've taken them in and we here would like to help out as much as possible. We can offer counselling and our staff is well educated in the subject, so there is nothing to worry about."

Thorin was stunned. He had to gather himself for a moment before he could say anything. "Well the boys go to therapy with Doctor Greenleaf so that won't be necessary. But I would like to give you my phone numbers in case something was to happen." He reached down his pockets and took out a business card.

Thorin T. Oakenshield

Licensed Lawyer

"Wow, so you're a lawyer then?" Bilbo was impressed; Thorin could see that in his eyes. He felt a bit proud, he had never felt that when anyone else said it like that.

Bilbo put the card into his pocket and reached for a piece of paper and started writing on it.

"Here is my phone number and the number to the kindergarden if anything is needed." He said and smiled. Thorin took the piece, the handwriting was really nice. It looked original and well worked out.

"Well, Mr Baggins" Thorin said. "I need to get to work, but I'll see you tonight."

"I hope so, Mr Oakenshield" Bilbo smiled and they both shook hands.