Rin's POV

"Rin, wake up." I heard Bilbo whisper while he shook me a little.

"Ugghh... Go away." I moaned.

"No. Get up before Thorin comes to wake you up. We are leaving." Bilbo says and when I manage to register his words, I quickly stand up.

"Fine, thanks by the way." I mutter and then an idea comes to me, "Bilbo, can I ride with you today?"

"Uhh..well, I don't know if-" he starts but I interrupt him,

"Pleeeease, Bilbo?"

"Fine." he finally says. Grinning, I lift the blanket up from the ground and we start to head for breakfast. I can feel the Company staring, but I just ignore them. When we pass Thorin, I throw him his blanket without really looking.

It seems luck was on our side because neither Bilbo or I didn't catch a cold from yesterday's...accident. Soon the Company got bored of staring and continued doing their own things. I was chatting with Bilbo while eating some breakfast. It didn't take long before we were ready to leave again.

"Rin, you will ride with Fili today." Thorin says when he sees me coming to the ponies with Bilbo. I don't look at him, but just answer,

"Actually, I will ride with Bilbo today." I see Bilbo shifting nervously beside me. He's not even looking at Thorin. Thorin's eyes narrow when he turns to look at him and then back at me,

"No, you are not," he then looks at his Company, "Let's go!"

"Come Bilbo, Myrtle is here." I start heading for his pony, totally ignoring what Thorin said. I know that I got my stubborn side from Thorin.

"Bu-but Thorin just-" he follows me nervously.

"Don't mind him. He may be the leader, but I don't have to do every little thing he wants me to do. We all have some rights, right?"

"Umm..right." I can't help but chuckle a little at his nervousness. "Don't worry Bilbo. I won't let him do anything to you."

It doesn't take long for us to get on Myrtle. Bilbo sits behind me. I start to wonder if anyone has already noticed this. It's incredible how blind they can sometimes be.

And I was right. It takes them a couple of minutes to notice after we had already left. Only when we are riding beside Kili in the back, he turns to look at us, and looks again surprised,

"Cousin. What are you doing? I thought you were riding with Thorin in the lead..." Fili rides beside him and looks at us too.

"Plans change." I state smiling. They don't look impressed,

"Any moment now, Thorin turns to look at us and sees you riding with Bilbo. Is it so hard to obey him sometimes? You two are fighting all the time and because of that, we haven't been a real family yet." Fili says.

"Family? I don't think I will ever be a part of your family. I don't care what Thorin says, I have rights too." they look sad when I say this and Fili continues,

"Rin, how can you be stupid and...cold." they ride past us and guilt washes over me. Why do I feel guilty? I did nothing wrong! Right?

"Bilbo, do you think I'm cold?"

"Well, not to me, but to them...yes." great, so I am a cold and heartless person now.

I start to think of all the things I habe done to earn this 'cold' title and I can't help but agree a bit. Yes, I don't like Thorin, but he is still my uncle and all. I didn't even thank him for giving me his blanket yesterday... Maybe I should start acting a little better towards him and everybody else too. I owe them that, right? They were worried for me when I was gone for many years and looked for me desperately. This still doesn't change the fact that I want to leave again, but I should start behaving better. Yes, I will-

"RIN! Why are you riding with our burglar?!" Thorin's voice snaps me out of my thoughts and the Company stops. I look at him somewhat surprised. It seems that he isn't used to disobeying, because I can see his face getting red from all the way here.

"I-I..." I stutter.

"Come here. You are riding with me from now on." he angrily says.

"But-"

"NOW!"

I all but jump when he shouts and quickly decide that I should obey him for once. I jump down from Mytle while sending a nervous look at Bilbo. In a couple of seconds, I'm next to Thorin's pony, Bungo, and he helps me to sit behind him. Not so gently by the way. With a final murderous look in my way, we continue our journey.

Well, it isn't too late to start acting better. Right?

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