[dragoneyes]

Hal and Gaddy followed Carl closely back to camp, checking behind them frequently for any signs of movement or any hint of anything sinister in the fading light.

When they reached camp, they welcomed the sound of other hobbits bustling about and the many eyes on look out for anything. The fire was fed and the remainder of the wood put in a pile nearby. Hal went to care for the horses while Gaddy helped Daisy set up the cooking things. They were having fish stew and it wasn't long before it was bubbling away happily in the pot.

Gaddy's front, being bent over the fire, was good and warm and his eyes were starting to water from the heat. His back however, was cold as it had been ever since they left the Forsaken Inn. The wind was picking up and Gaddy could feel it playing about in his curly hair and occasionally whipping about his cloak. How he would've liked to have been on a spit slowly turning above the fire, being warmed all over.

"Gaddy, it's ready, would you pass a bowl?" Said Daisy, waking Gaddy from his thoughts, he had stopped halfway through stirring the stew. He gained a slight redness about his face and mumbled something along the lines of "Sorry, Here's a bowl". Passing her a bowl and trying to hide his reddening face, though not all too well, he tried to look on the bright side. At least all that blushing's warmed you up! And it had, he was decidedly warmer than when he had started 'speaking' to Daisy. It was a nuisance though, not even being able to talk to someone properly.

At the call of dinner, All the hobbits came and sat at the fire, getting as close as they could to the fire and each other, letting as little heat out as they could possibly manage. Gaddy could feel through his clothes Hal's cold arm,
"Hal, you're freezing!" he said,
"That's what you get for working in the freezing cold." Hal replied.