My first Robin Hood fic- please r&r. I thrive on critism, but mostly the constructive kind.

I had to change the names around. The temptation to make Robin's last name Locksley was great, but Hood didn't sound like much of a house name... i don't know. I most likely have spelt heaps of things wrong, so be patient

"Watch out."

Robin felt himself collide with another body and looked over his shoulder to see a girl walk away. Over her shoulder she called an apology before continuing to talk to her friends. He ignored the collision- it happened every day. How could you not expect it when you packed six hundred, and thirty four teenagers and thirty seven teachers along with a bunch of admin staff into one building? That was Nottingham high for you.

He could have gone to Sherwood High for Boys, but the moment his mother suggested it, he walked outside calling he out how he would never go to an all boy's school. How could she expect him to be Robin Hood if he couldn't be around girls? She replied much easily as he ran to the park, calling his mates.

But that was three months ago and he had settled in fantastically. He knew the area fairly well- being here just before he finished primary school. But now he was in his last year of high school and despite the discussions with the councillor, insisting that a little stress was necessary to function properly and the encouragements of his parents that a better career would attract more girls, and he needed better marks for that, he was perfectly relaxed.

"Are we going to the park tonight?" Allen asked him, referring to the broken swing and bit of rope tied to a tree that parents had since been encouraging their children to go there to get in touch with nature.

"Yep." Robin replied and reached him locker, grinning at the girl who shared the locker next to him. "Got the supplies?"

"Yep." Allen replied. The girl giggled and walked away, looking over her shoulder as she walked, putting a more swing into her steps in an attempt to attract the popular and handsome Robin Hood.

"The house captain voting results are being given out next." Kevin Much told them. Robin had insisted that Kevin was too dorky a name that he would just have to go with Much. The others followed his example and now hardly anyone knew Much's first name.

"Who's up?"

"Guy Seer is up for head of Gisborne. It's either him or some chick, Jacinta. Knighton is probably going to be won by that Marion chick." Allen listed out and Robin's head shot up from looking at his shoes.

"Marion Edward?" He asked.

"Yeah, I think so. Know her?"

"Slightly." Robin thought back to his primary school days- he and Marion were the really the only ones who got over the whole girl/boy scared of each other things and were best friends. They spent weekends together and his parents were fairly close to her father, Mr. Edward.

"And you are at the top for Locksley." Much announced, a little louder than necessary with pride invading his voice. People around them looked oddly at Much, before recognising Robin and grinning at him.

"Excellent. How long has Marion been going to this school?"

"Since year eight. You sure you don't know her?" Will asked. He didn't wait for an answer from Robin, seeing his girlfriend and grabbing her hand so they could walk to their homeroom together.

"Ah, the happy couple." Allen muttered as they laughed between themselves at some unknown thing. "Where's Johnny boy?"

"Boxing." Robin muttered, his mind reeling. He had been going to the school for two weeks and had yet to see Marion- he thought he would never forget what she looked like.

"Take your seats."

Robin sat down, pulling the hood of his sports jumper over his head as he swung back on his chair until it hit the wall.

"Adams?"

"Here."

"A'dale?"

"Yeap."

"A simple 'here' will do thank you Mr A'dale. Blackwood." Robin looked up at his homeroom teacher, a frail old man a year away from retirement. His wispy white hair now nearly transparent covered most of his leathery skin suggesting he would have been quite hairy in his day. But Robin recognised him as one of those people you couldn't imagine any other age than the one he is now.

"Edward?" Robin's head shot up and scanned the room for Marion to answer.

"Here." She was sitting at the front of the room, her shoulders being covered by a guy who had shaggy shoulder length black hair. Her voice practically sung out, and Robin didn't know how he hadn't recognised the voice during homeroom before.

"Hood." Karl Paladaca asked, having to repeat himself several times, since Robin was still wondering how he didn't recognise Marion after two weeks.

"Robin!" Marion called out and he found her looking at him, after being unable to avoid him for so long. His friends, sitting around him were looking at him as if they had been trying to get his attention.

"Sorry." He said automatically, looking at Marion. "I'm here."

"Thank you Mr Hood." Marion's head snapped around the front and the boy whispered something in her ear causing her to laugh softly, but he automatically knew that the laugh was put on.

"Little?"

"Here." John called out, bursting through the door bringing a stench with him, indicating his training had went on for so long he had not had time to shower.

"Much?" Mr Paladace asked, crinkling his nose up slightly.

"Here."

"Nochia?"

"Here." Robin began to zone in and out, only hearing the names he fully recognised. He yawned as he realised how little he had slept last night, Kelly Nochia keeping him up talking on the phone. He had to convince her that he had a paper due the next day that he needed to do, to which she replied that he was not just strong but 'unmercessly intelligent'. Robin refrained from asking how an intelligent person would leave a paper to the very last night, so as not to give the lie up. He also tried to tell her that 'unmercessly' wasn't a word.

"Saffiya?"

"Here." Djaq replied, looking up from her conversation with Will.

"Scarlet?"

"Here." Will called out after Djaq and they instantly began their conversation again.

"Seer?"

"Here." Robin heard Guy Seer's voice coming from the desk Marion was sitting at and looked up to see his arm over her shoulders, despite it being the middle of summer and her having one of the longer shirts on.

"All right ladies and gentleman, you may listen to the notices." The old man announced, as if listening to Jacinta Lukas's peppy voice so early in the morning was a reward. Robin laughed bitterly and yawned as the girl reminded people to wear the formal uniform on the days specified rather than continually wearing the sports uniform.

"All right, I've got the results for the captains!" Jacinta announced. Suddenly everyone was interested. "Head of Knighton house is Marion Edward." Jacinta announced, her eyes flashing over envious at Marion as Guy kissed her cheek. "Head of Gisborne house is, oh- Guy Seer." Robin's eyes immediately flashed over towards Marion and she just smiled at Guy, congratulating him. "Head of Locksley is Robin Hood." Many girls squealed in appreciation and flounced over to his desk, exclaiming how they knew it would be him. "Captain is Robert Vaizey." There was no surprise about this- his sister Davina had been the captain last year, threatening everyone to vote for him behind the teacher's backs.

"Congratulations everyone-" the old teacher began as the bell rang. "Off to class ladies and gentlemen." He called out as they walked out the door.

"Why do you wear that in the middle of summer?" Kelly asked, bouncing up to him. The pig tails on the sides of her head waved dangerously, threatening to whip someone's face if she turned around suddenly.

"What?" He asked, trying to see Marion over the sea of people that ran out of the class room.

"Your jumper silly." She giggled and pulled the elbow of the material and her stopped suddenly grabbing her shoulders to stop her moving, which was beginning to make him feel dizzy.

"Cos. Hey I'll talk to you later Kells, but I gotta go talk to the guys you know?" He quickly weaved through the crowds and found Marion, without Guy next to her he was thankful for. "Marion." He called to her and she turned her head before seeing his unshaven face before turning her head instantly to the front in an effort to avoid him.

"What do you want?" She asked finally, realising he wasn't going to stop following her. He grinned despite the annoyance that he didn't recognise in her voice.

"I didn't know you go here." He said, trying to make conversation.

"Yeah, well I do Robin. For four years. Can I go now?" She gripped the art folder she had between her arms tighter as they began to slip to the ground.

"Marion, come on. Look, do you want to catch up after school or anything? I moved back to Sherwood." He told her, indicating the suburb near Nottingham.

"Yeah I know. Your old house. I guess you're going to that park we used to go to." Her eyes flickered impatiently to the clock on the wall.

"Yeah. Want to meet me there after school."

"Maybe." She said finally, beginning to walk away. "Okay, I'll be there. I've got to go to class. See you Robin." He watched her as she walked away, then remembered that he was meant to be at woodwork with the teacher who had no mercy for those who turned up late. He ran to get to class, a stupid grin plastered across his face as he imagined what catching up with Marion would be like in the afternoon, and saw that Much was waiting for him outside the workroom.