On occasion Tauriel wished that Legolas were here and that she could discuss her feelings for Kili with him. While she knew that even if her oldest friend were here he would not wish to hear her speak of such things she could not help but wish for his wisdom. Or perhaps the wisdom of one such as Galadriel, who Tauriel knew had found love of her own. If she could discuss it with one who had experienced it before then perhaps she could better understand it.

So Tauriel would do her best. Because that is what Kili deserved, the best of herself, of all that she could give. She would gladly give everything she had of herself if it would make him happy. She was fortunate that often it seemed to take so little from her to make him so.

"And I hope that every day brings me more memories of us together. Every moment that we are not together I find myself thinking of you. May I have fewer of those moments as we are more often together," she said, raising her glass before taking a drink.