Just a small chapter with an embarrassing ending :-D
Have fun!
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Slowly the company managed to climb down the high rock and settled down in a clearing, in the cover of the rock and some trees.
Gandalf told them they had to rest as long as Thorin was that badly injured. So they set up a fire, some of them went into the small forest to hunt some animals for dinner.
Lindsey prepared her bedroll as she saw Kate doing the same. Thorin was pulling off his leather-fur-coat and his complete armor and his tunic. Dressed only in his dark trousers and fur-boots he let himself sink down against a boulder.
Kates eyes drifted to him and she saw Gandalf walking up to the dwarf king. He put some cream on Thorins wounds and bandaged him.
As he finished it Thorin leaned back against the rock and closed his eyes.
„You've been brave...", Lindsey said as Kate was close to her.
„I did what I had to do..."
„You did what your heart told you to do...", Lindsey smiled and Kate ignored that, starting to help Bombur preparing the dinner.
„She's still pretending, right?", Fili whispered behind Lindsey and she nodded.
„I guess it's only a matter of time until they cannot hold it back any longer", she replied and they sat down at the fire.
Later they started to eat the stew Bombur had made. He was a real good cook.
Thorin was still sitting at the rock, eyes closed. Kate was worried for he hadn't eaten since their last rest before reaching the Misty Mountains.
She took a bowl and slowly walked closer to him. She knew that some eyes were following her but she ignored it. She knelt down next to him, gently touching his arm. His eyes opened and they got stuck in each others eyes for several seconds. She cleared her throat.
„I thought you might be hungry..."
A tired smile curled his lips and he reached for the bowl.
„I'm starving...", he chuckled slightly.
He started to eat and her eyes drifted from his hair, to his face down his chest. Everything on him seemed to be just perfect.
A sweet tickling ran through her body but she pushed these thoughts aside. It was important that he recovered as soon as possible.
He finished his meal and she took the bowl to bring it back to the others. But before she left she turned around once more.
„Try to rest a bit...I'll come and look for you again before I go to sleep"
He nodded and she turned around and walked back to the rest of the company.
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„So you had to play a riddle game down there with some kind of...of what? What was that creature?", Kili asked curiously while Lindsey and Bilbo had told them what had happened down in the caves.
„I don't know what it was...it repeated to say Gollum. And it was calling us or whatever its Precious. It was a creepy monster", Lindsey said with a shiver. Gandalf kept silent, deep in thoughts.
„I only saw it for a few seconds but yes, it looked creepy and dangerous", Kate added.
„What was the last riddle? How did you beat that creature?", Dwalin asked.
Lindsey chuckled.
„All right, let's try if you can guess it: In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back."
The dwarves looked at each other confused, none of them came up with an answer. Kate suddenly chuckled.
„Clever, sis. Asking for something not even known in this world"
Lindsey and Kate smiled at each other.
„So what's the answer?", Bilbo asked.
„A bullet", the girls answered simultanously.
The dwarves and the hobbit were confused but curiously and so Kate explained it to them.
„Yes, that was really clever", Balin laughed and the group cheered.
„I'm tired...", Lindsey yawned and got up.
„Good night", Kate said and Fili walked with Lindsey to her bedroll. They both cuddled up together and were soon off to sleep.
As soon as the rest of the company went to sleep as well, Kate got up again and walked to Thorin. He was awake looking at her as she sat down next to him.
„How do you feel?"
„Could be better...", he said and she took his hand in hers, stroking it gently. He smiled at her and they looked at each other for several seconds.
„You look tired...", he whispered.
She nodded. „I am..."
Her head leaned against his shoulder, and he placed a soft kiss on her hair. They sat like this for a while until Balin woke up for his night-watch.
Kate got up before the elder dwarf could see them like this.
„Sleep well, Kate", Thorin whispered and she smiled at him before laying down on her bedroll.
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Two days past by and Thorins recovery went on rather slow.
„It's boooring", Kili mumbled while he leaned his head on his hand throwing small stones into the fire.
„Maybe you could make yourself useful and help Bombur to make lunch", Bofur said.
„Oh don't let him go too close to the cooking pot, or he'll ruin the meal", Fili joked causing his brother to jump at him. The two rolled over the grass, laughing and punching each others in joy.
Lindsey was amazed by that.
„Do you remember when we did things like that as well?", Kate chuckled and Lindsey nodded with a smile.
„I do indeed. You always won against me"
„I guess it was because am older", she chuckled.
A movement caught her attention and she turned around to see Thorin getting up.
Her eyes were glued to his bare chest again, the warm sunlight shining down on him. Her throat tightened again and she was so much longing for just one kiss. One touch.
She could hear a quiet chuckling next to her and saw Bofur with his pipe grinning up to her.
„What?"
„Oh nothing, lass"
Thorin slowly left the company behind to walk down to the lake behind the trees.
„Where are you going?", Fili called while he played with Lindseys hair.
„Washing...you should to as well...", he called and was gone.
„Oh, yes! Let's go swimming!", Kili jumped up in excitement and followed his uncle.
„Am I smelling bad?", Fili asked and caused Lindsey to laugh.
„Well...you don't smell like rosebud", she answered and he looked slightly embarrassed.
„All right, gonna take a bath then", he said and got up to follow his family.
Soon all the dwarves were down at the lake. The only ones left in the camp were Gandalf, Bilbo, Kate and Lindsey.
While Gandalf smoked his pipe the three of them continued with the lunch.
After a while the group came back all with wet hair but they smelled definately better than before.
Kates mouth dropped slightly open as she saw Thorins wet upper body, the water dripping from his hair.
She thought back to Rivendell and a heat crept up in her.
He gave her a slight smirk and sank down against the rock again.
„Now that was some fun!", Kili called with the broadest smile on his face.
„How about some music now?", Bofur called and they all cheered. He started to play on his flute and the dwarves started to sing some merry dwarvish songs.
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It was early evening and many of the dwarves had fallen to sleep right after dinner. The light of the day was long gone and the moon was the only light around besides the warm fire.
Fili and Lindsey had separated from the group to walk down to the lake to enjoy some time together.
Kate looked up and saw that none of the others were awake. She sneaked closer to Thorin and knelt down to him. His eyes resting on her face, his hair still wet.
Suddenly he reached for her and pulled her on his lap facing him. He brought his lips close to hers. „I need this so much...", he whispered and his lips met hers in a deep kiss. Her hand found its way into his neck and intensified the kiss while his hand right hand found its in hers and the other hand on her back pulling her closer.
He let his tongue slide over her lip, begging for entrance and she let him pass. It was the most passionate kiss they shared so far and as they broke the kiss both were panting for air while their foreheads leaned against each other.
They chuckled quietly and her hand ran down his chest making him catch his breath.
„I think that's not such a good idea...", he whispered and she could already feel what he was talking about. A dark smirk appeared on her face and slowly moved her hips. His head leaned back against the rock, eyes closed and a soft moan left his mouth. She captured his lips again to muffle the noise. „You're making me crazy...", he whispered hoarsely with his hand on her hips trying to stop her movement.
She stopped and leaned closer so he could reach the side of her neck. His lips and beared brushed it slightly and started to nibble and kiss. Goosebumps covered her body and she tried hard not to moan.
„Get a room...", Kili suddenly said behind them and Kate jumped up turning around to him and the whole company awake.
Thorin shifted a bit, both of them blushing slightly.
„I knew it!", Bofur chuckled.