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Chapter 22 – More Confessions of Another Dwarfaholic

It had all been a blur. One minute they were racing down the rapid waters of the river. The next they were surrounded by orcs. Anne ducked her head as arrows and elves whizzed by. They slaughtered orc after orc after orc. The brunette lost sight of who was in what barrel, she lost track of time and all she could hear was the rushing of water. She did see Legolas and Tauriel, a terrific fighting duo. The slew one enemy after the next. Soon the waters began to roll gently and they saw the gate. The elves had closed it off and Thorin slammed the gate as his barrel crashed into it.

"NO!"

The rest clattered into him and Anne was on the outskirts of the group. The orcs now towered above them and glared menacingly. The dwarves yelled as the bodies of the two elven guards splashed into the water. Anne flinched when she heard one orc shouting to all the others. Nori cried out when an orc jumped onto his barrel, sword raised. Bilbo shrieked and stabbed the vile creature before it had the chance to do anything. Anne reached into the water and felt for the dead elf guard's sword. Pulling it out the water, she slashed at an oncoming orc. As it fell she remembered.

"Oh no. Kili isn't here to open the gate!"

She realised that she was the closest to the side. Pushing herself up, she jumped onto the side, still holding onto the elvish blade. She heard Fili protest, but she ignored him and slashed at the orc about to attack her. She spun and sliced at anything that came for her. Anne turned in time to see Fili throw a knife into another orc. She smiled lovingly at him and blew a kiss. He chuckled and she continued up the stairs. Kicking the beheaded orc, she'd just killed, Anne had nearly reached the leaver.

"ANNE LOOK OUT!"

She lifted the blade just in time to deflect Bolg's arrow. The orc shrieked and glared at her as she ran to the lever. Anne pushed it and the gate creaked open. She laughed and then cried out. The orc-archer had loosed another arrow and this time it hit its mark. Anne looked down at her pierced abdomen. Blood pooled on her shirt and everything went a little hazy, a bit like when she been near the ring. She faintly heard Fili scream her name and saw Dwalin go pale and try to clamber to her. The girl fell to her knees and clutched her stomach.

"ANNE!"

She gritted her teeth, the arrow still sticking out of her, and climbed to her feet. The orcs had begun to chase the rest downstream, but a few of the company still held on for the girl. Fili looked up at her.

"Anne! C'mon!"

The brunette looked down at herself, her hand was now drenched in her own blood and she knew that the morgul shaft was embedded deep in her. Anne bit her bottom lip as she jumped into her own barrel and screamed when the arrow snapped, the head moving inside her as it separated from the wood. Fili moved his barrel closer to hers and cupped her cheeks.

"Anne look at me."

"I'm fine Fili…we have to keep going!"

The prince glanced down at her, but she covered the wound with her arm and pushed his barrel with the other. They heard the orcs screeching further downstream and pushed off to keep with the current. They fell down a small waterfall and were swept with the speeding water. Anne distantly heard the others shouting and smiled weakly when she saw Bombur's barrel get tossed into the air. It rolled along the bank and soon the fat dwarf was slaying orcs that were on dry land.

"HANG ON!"

The water gushed over her head and she gasped as water filled her barrel. Her stomach pounded with pain and she clenched the side of the barrel, ignoring the splinters that dug into her palm. The girl laughed when she saw Legolas jumping over the dwarf's heads and smirked when she heard Dwalin bellow loudly at him. She could feel the blood trickle down her stomach and screwed her eyes shut. Anne ducked further into her barrel and tried to blot out the chaos around her. Soon the shouts died, the whooshing of arrows had stopped and the waters had calm.

"I think we've outrun the orcs!"

"Not for long!"

"Anne?!"

She poked her head from the barrel and looked around. They were ahead of the orcs and the elves were far behind them. They'd escaped! Fili grabbed the side of her barrel, his eyes were filled with concern, and helped her paddle to the rocky shore. Her barrel was tilted on its side and she pulled herself from it and stood. Her legs wobbled a little and Fili put an arm round her waist. She smiled a little at him.

"I'm fine honestly, just need a little patching up."

Dwalin had just helped Ori from his barrel and was now racing over to Anne. He hugged her tightly.

"Stupid stupid girl!"

"Oh thanks for that!"

He kissed the top of her head, then released her. The burly warrior turned to Fili and looked at him for a minute. Then he proceeded to punch him square in the face.

…

Daisy didn't look at Kili. He didn't glance at her. They both just stared at the bed and the situation they'd been left in.

"So…"

"So…"

"This won't be awkward…I mean we've shared a bed before when we were kids."

Kili nodded.

"Exactly, this'll be no different. Just two friends sharing a bed…like how we shared the ground every other night…completely the same!"

Except the fact that it wasn't. For starters they weren't kids anymore, this wasn't ground, they weren't in two separate bedrolls, and they also now secretly fancied one another. Kili coughed and looked around.

"Or one of us could sleep on the floor."

"Yeah that might be wiser…but it's quite a chilly night tonight."

"True, don't want anyone getting cold."

Daisy hummed. Why had she said that? Yes she wanted to kiss him, but was she really wanting to go THAT far with him already?...in truth she was, but she didn't want anyone…ANYONE….knowing that.

"So, uh, Days, I'm gonna go and uh wash up."

"Okay, you do that. I'll probably be asleep when you get back so, I'll say goodnight now then."

She turned to look at him.

"Uh night then Kee."

"Night Daisy."

Kili hurried to the bathroom and shut the door. Daisy ran to the bed and sat down fanning herself. She rubbed her face and then proceeded to take off all her stuff apart from her large baggy shirt, her socks and her underwear..obviously. She then undid all her braids and tucked herself snugly under the duvet. She closed her eyes when she heard the bathroom door open again. Kili padded out and threw his boots, jacket and shirt onto the floor by his pack. Daisy had her back to him so that she couldn't gawk at him. The dwarf slid under the covers and shuffled around to make himself comfortable. Daisy held her breath when she felt his leg brush against hers. Kili, too, froze. He cleared his throat, tucked a tatty bit of hair behind his ear, and looked at the girl.

"Goodnight."

"Night Kili.."

Kili leaned over, Daisy's eyes widened as he did, and moved his head closer to hers. Every inch over her was paralyzed as the dwarf kissed her cheek, as close to her lips as he could without kissing her. As he pulled away, she leaned her head and caught his lips. They were softer than she remembered and her heart melted when the prince started to respond, kissing her back. He pushed himself up, so that he was above her and pressed his lips hardly against hers. Daisy opened her mouth and let Kili into her mouth. She moaned quietly as Kili pushed her into the bed, his hands stroking her shoulders. She moved hers up his bare chest and smirked against his lips when he shivered. No more words were spoken that night…

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