Fili and Legolas had enough of waiting around but Gimli stubbornly told them to sit back down. After almost two hours, Tauriel showed up in the living room. She sat opposite to Legolas.

"So what did you tell father when you called him?" She asked quietly.

"Not much, only that you were in trouble. He's coming to visit on Saturday." Legolas replied.

"So how did the conversation with Kili go?" Gimli asked hesitantly.

"Well enough." She replied. "We've settled our differences." She briefly told them not going into details.

"So you're not going to go to the police?" Fili breathed in deeply.

"There was never such an option for me." She replied looking at him.

"We're planning to go home for the weekend, so I'm going to call dad and say we'll visit him actually." She turned to Legolas.

"You're not really saying what I think you're saying." Legolas spat out.

"What are you implying I'm saying?" She demanded.

"You're not really considering a relationship with that creep?" He yelled at her. "You're behaving like a bitch in heat!"

"What did you call her?" A deadly voice came from the entrance to the living room. Legolas went silent and stood up to face Kili. "I called her what she is behaving like."

"I think you've gone too far Legolas." Gimli joined in.

"So does that mean you two are actually planning to be together?" Fili asked them. And Tauriel as a response went to stand next to Kili, and took his hand.

"Yes, we're together." Kili said straight forward. "And no one is going to call her a bitch." He sent a deadly glare towards Legolas. "We're going home for the weekend."

"And you're planning to talk to uncle?" Fili noticed.

"And her father as well." Kili replied.

"So you're making this official? Good for you kids!" Gimli noticed. "Now let's sit down and later we'll order some pizza after Legolas finally apologizes to his sister." He sent Legolas a firm glare.

"I didn't really mean it, but that doesn't mean I'm enthusiastic about this union." He finally stumbled.

"Then you'll have to get used to it, dear brother." Tauriel noticed sternly.

. . . . .

Dain was surprised to realise a relationship between them came about, but he had seen stranger things in life. For Legolas it was hard to take the relationship, and he was walking about with a stern face most of the time. Fili was relived it was over and the stressed caused by Kili's action was not going to lead to prosecution and other severe consequences. Gimli took the role of negotiator, and tried to ease Legolas and reassure Fili things would work out.

Kili and Tauriel were slowly going over all the things which should have been said over those years. And after slipping all the sour memories away, they indulged into happiness. They didn't care about being seen anymore, so the freely held hands and kissed. No more sneaking around was needed, since they became official, so they deliberately spent all day and night together. It didn't take long for Kili to regain balance and Tauriel promised herself she would never let him succumb to that weakness. Without the stress, the everlasting fear, without all those emotions bottled up in him, Kili was finally showing the real him. And she realized this stronger, more determined and witty version was even more attractive.

The weekend at home was a very emotional one. Thorin was very surprised when he first saw her, but greeted her warmly. He was surprised to say at least, but after hearing they settled everything between them and that she knew about the decor of Kili's room, Thorin decided to see what the future would bring.

After spending the night at his old room, going through all the drawing, photos and paintings, Tauriel made a big selection to take back with them.

Thranduil after hearing so much from Legolas about the trouble Tauriel was in, was really surprised to meet Kili. They boy had a crazy artistic aura around him. He immediately noticed the way they interacted, always aware of the other, trying to touch all the time and existing together in harmony. It was exactly what he had experienced after meeting his beloved wife Ameliana. Looking at the happy couple he began to realise more about Legolas's feelings, and it saddened him that his son would suffer seeing his adoptive sister happy, but he as a father would never try to break a bond of this strength.

"So what are you planning to do in the future?" Thranduil asked.

"Support my husband in becoming the most famous painter on the planet." Tauriel noticed.

"Are you really?" Thranduil noticed with a smile. "Would you please consider finishing your studies first?" He joked with a smile.

THE END

A/N I'm going to add some scenes later, however the main plot is already conceived. Hope you liked it! Please leave a review! Thank you for reading!