Soulmates

Bathing

The next day we are all up early and moving again. By mid-day the sun is beating down on us and all the dwarves are sweating and complaining profusely about the heat. We come to river and Gandalf sighs obviously fed up with the dwarves "I think this is a good a place as any to stop." the dwarves all instantly agree and with in minuets are all in the water splashing each other and fighting. I roll my eyes and walk away from them finding a small pool completely hidden by rocks and trees.

I sit on a flat rock that juts out into the water and remove my pack, weapons and armor leaving them on the rock. I remove my tunic and boots leaving only my loose under clothes. I wash my clothes and armor leaving them to dry on the surrounding rocks before slipping into the water and relaxing. I wash all the dirt and blood from myself and sit in the shallows combing through my hair and leaving in curls around my shoulders.

Happy that I am clean I stand and walk out of the water sitting by my belongings. Letting myself dry in the sun I sit crossed legged and start making small animals out of the water.

Thorin P/O/V:

I remove my weapons and clothes but leave my shirt to hide the strange rune that has appeared on my chest. I only stay in the water for a little while before getting out and putting the rest of my clothes back on except my coat and weapons. I leave them on the ground and sit down heavily watching the others fighting in the water. I look around for the other three in our company, Gandalf and Bilbo are both sitting on the ground talking quietly to each other but I can't see Elysian anywhere.

Standing I walk along the river to where there is several large boulders hiding a part of the river. I walk around and stop behind one of the rocks that I can just see around. Elysian is sitting crossed legged on the waters age as it swirls up in-front of her forming little images that dance around in-front of her. I smile slightly and take a step forward a stick snapping under my boot. The water crashes back down into the river and Elysian falls backwards landing with a splash in the shallows. 

I bite my lip to stop my smile and walk over to her as she climbs out of the water "I'm sorry." she grins blushing slightly "Don't worry about it." I nod slightly and sweep my eyes over her realizing that her damp clothes are almost see through. I pause for  Blushing I stare at the top of her head and she must notice about her clothes as she pulls on her cloak before sitting down again. "Can I help you with something?" I shake my head "No sorry, I was just curious as to where you went." she smiles "I didn't really want to bathe with thirteen dwarves." I nod slightly and after a moment clear my throat awkwardly "I'll go." she smiles kindly "I'll see you later your majesty."

Smiling slightly and with my cheeks slowly returning to their original colour I walk back over to the others who are climbing out of the water. Elysian appears a few minutes later fully dressed and strapping her weapons back onto herself.