After a few minutes Fili woke up and looked at the two hobbits with wide eyes. Bilbo couldn't refrain from laughing any longer. "Oh Fili! That's why we wanted to talk to you first."

"Fili?" They heard a faint whisper from the bed. Apparently Bilbo's laughter had woken Poppy up.

Daisy rushed to the bed. She put some more cushions behind her friend and helped Poppy sit with the children in her arms.

Bilbo helped Fili up and told him in a low voice that Poppy was still weak. The birth was more more difficult than normal and she had lost quite a lot of blood. But Pimpernel was sure that she would be fine in a few days.

The two hobbits left the room and Fili sat down on the bed next to Poppy and smiled at his family. "I'm so relieved that your well. I had feared the worst. But now I understand why your belly was huge." Then he looked at the two babies, that lay in his wife's arms holding each other's hands. "Twins! Twins! I never thought that we might have twins. Mahal blessed us indeed."

"It never occurred to me either. Even for hobbits twins are rare." Poppy said.

Tears of joy glistened in Fili's eyes. "You can't imagine how happy I am and how much I love you, the three of you!"

He bend down and placed a kiss on Poppy's lips and the children's noses and foreheads.

Poppy looked down at her children and then at her husband. "I've always dreamed of a child that looked like you and now I have two."

Fili smiled at her and stroked over his children's golden curls. "I hoped for a child that looked like you. But they are perfect."

His touch and his voice startled the children and both of them opened their eyes. Fili gasped, their eyes were as blue as his and Thorin's. "It looks like they haven't inherited much from you. What a shame!"

Poppy chuckled. "Yes, on the whole they look like dwarves. Their hair is curly, but that might change when they grow up and their feet are quite large but not as large as a fauntling's would be." She smiled at her husband, who trailed his index finger over the babies' faces. "They are perfect! And Daisy said, that no one will ever again question that you're their father."

"Aye, they're perfect! Fili beamed with pride and kissed his wife again and put his forehead against hers.

After a few minutes Poppy started to whisper. The children had closed their eyes again and she didn't want to wake them. "We have to think about names. Normally Pimpernel sends them to Michel Delving right after the birth to be written down in a birth register. But I wanted to wait until you're back."

"Aye! That's very thoughtful of you. I'm sure you had chosen wonderful names though. Do you have any ideas?" Fili replied.

Poppy bit her lip. "Well, I only know hobbit names and have an idea for a name for our little girl but I don't know about the boy. Maybe you want them to have dwarvish names?"

Fili gasped. He was still so overwhelmed about the fact that they had twins, that he didn't even think about their gender. "We, we have a boy and a girl?" Finally the tears started to roll down his cheeks.

Poppy wanted to comfort him but with the children in her arms this was difficult. "Fili, what's wrong?" She asked and kissed his cheek.

Fili looked at his wife and smiled. "It's just, that females are so very, very rare among dwarves. I had already given up hope that I might be a father and then you were with child. But I worried all the time that something might happen to you and the little one. When I came back I thought you're dead and then there were the twins and now" Fili took a deep breath "now you even gave me a little lass. I'm just so happy that I could burst with joy."

"Oh Fili, of course! I didn't think about that." Poppy exclaimed and they shared another long kiss.

When Fili had calmed down, he looked at his wife. "So, what name do you have in mind for the lass?"

"Well as I said, I only know hobbit names but I thought about Lili since you told me how dwarves named their children. And I thought that it might be fitting if we should have a daughter. Lili is a flower name like mine but it's also very similar to yours." Poppy explained and looked at her daughter. "I don't know a name for our son though."

Fili smiled and kissed Poppy again. "That's such a wonderful idea, my love! Aye, we shall call her Lili. Now I have two flowers to love and to cherish." He stroked Lili's hair and kissed her tiny nose.

Poppy nodded with a smile. "Now we need to find a name for our son."

"Aye, now we need to find a name for this little one." Fili stroked his son's hair and played with his moustache braid with his other hand. "Umm, I have an idea. I wanted to do this since I was a young lad and thought about having dwarflings for the first time. But if you don't like the idea, I'm sure we'll find another name."

"I'm sure it's a great idea. How would you like to name him, Fili?" Poppy asked and looked at her son.

"Umm, well, I've always wanted to name my son after my father, Vili." Fili mumbled.

Poppy smiled brightly. "That's such a wonderful idea, my love! I liked your father's name from the day I've first heard it. And Lili and Vili fit perfectly for siblings, especially twins."

"Really? You like the name? I'm so happy and I'm sure my father would be proud, too." When Poppy nodded, Fili grinned "Vili and Lili! Two lovely names for two wonderful children."

In that moment the twins started to cry. Fili wondered what was wrong. Poppy told him that they're hungry and asked him to help her. Fili put Lili next to his wife on the bed and took Vili in his arms. Then Poppy started to feed the little girl and then they switched the babies. When both were full, Fili handed Lili back to Poppy and quickly washed himself and changed his clothes. Then he quickly talked to Bilbo and Daisy and told them that they could go home. They told him that he could go to Camelia when something was wrong no matter how late it was.

Fili returned to the bedroom with some bread and cheese as supper for him and Poppy.

After they had eaten, Fili sat on the bed behind Poppy and wrapped his arms around his wife. They talked for a while and soon the dwarf fell asleep with his greatest treasures in his arms.