How did we get here?

Chapter 1:

Sophie dropped the last heavy stack of papers on the front desk making the woman behind it jump in fright. Sophie cringed,

"Oh I'm so sorry Harriet, I didn't even think" the older woman working as the makeshift clinic's receptionist waved her apology off,

"No worries love are you done for the day yet, you've done an extra long shift today" Sophie nodded tiredly and with a yawn she bid Harriet goodnight saying she would see her the next day before leaving the patient files with her and heading towards her office to grab her things before she left.

Her entire body shivered as she stepped out into the cold, into the snow. She cursed the country she had grown to love so dearly. She had been in England for nearly nine years now and she had found that she had managed to adapt to the cold quite well. It had taken her around five years but living in the forest had treated her to England's harshest and heaviest weather at its best. And just when she'd finally gotten used to it the six of them had travelled back to the holy land to try to help the king to end the war. They had ended up being there for two years which like most things came with good and bad sides, visiting her home country once again for the first time in five years was great and being able to show the men around where she grew up meant a lot to her. However she ended up spending less time with the guys in some parts of the country that were still very traditional where religion ruled. It was in the country that she had to refer back to her own name, Saffiya. Djaq was certainly not appropriate for a lady and so while it took them a long time the five men began to slowly get used to calling her Saffiya. Since they'd returned the name had stuck, usually however it was shortened to Sophie or Soph but she didn't mind. She had had enough names in the past to decided that a name did not determine her identity.

Being Saffiya, she had been bound in religion, in clothes, in rules. She was never free and had always belonged to somebody always been obeying someone. It wasn't her,

Djaq was a warrior. Djaq fought with a passion built up from everything that had happened in her life.

And Sophie. Sophie was finally free like England was now, she loved England no doubt but she still missed home. Sophie was a mix of her two other selves. She had amazing friends in the four men that she had spent every minute in the forest with and she had Will.

She and Will had kind of been together when they had left for the holy lands. For the two years they built their relationship with quiet, sparing moments apart from the others. It was hard, they were rarely left alone and of course it had to be hidden. While many of the townsfolk were more than welcoming after they got over their initial wariness Sophie thought that saying she was together with one of them might push a couple over the edge.

She smiled remembering the quiet moments she and Will would steal and remembering Allan and Robin almost yelling at them when they were left to explain where the two of them had disappeared to. She knew she must have looked more than silly walking home with a large grin on her face but she didn't care. She loved her home here, with Will and their children. It hadn't been long until they got married, in England and in Baseem's house. Her uncle had wasted no time in telling her that he knew, he always knew. And he was happy for her so they married. Back in a free England Will built them a grand house as the gang settled into freedom. It was rocky at first, without the comforts of the forest and each other but they slowly settled into their new lives. Children had been a topic that hadn't really been greatly approached by the two of them. It was Marion who fell pregnant first, Sophie delivering her child and then surprising them all, fell pregnant again. She had been next and what an adventure it had been. Stuck in the ultimate womanhood but Will stuck by her and when their beautiful daughter was born they named her Charlotte. Morgan and Eve had fallen pregnant next and Sophie, who already had a one year old daughter stirring trouble at home, found she was pregnant with them. They shared their pregnancies and became the best of friends, probably spending more time with each other than their husbands. It was hard once all the new families moved away, they were all further apart from each other. Robin and Marion were in Locksley, Much and Eve in Bonchurch, Will and Sophie were in Scarborough and Allan and Morgan, John and Alice were in between the two.

Her smile faded as she trudged along the path, it had been so long since she had seen any of them. It had been routine to see each other every week and then not more than eight, nine months ago it became every two weeks and then three and she hadn't seen anyone for so long. Being tied to the hospital she couldn't leave at the moment, Will had visited on occasions just daily always wanting to be with his family but he had still seen them and taken the kids to see them to.

Will.

Will had been acting weird the past few weeks. He wasn't Will, he wasn't her calm, easy going, passionate carpenter. He was stressed and frazzled and always worried and Sophie was determined to find out what was going on. It was big she could tell by his strange behaviour but they'd always taken things on together and always got through them. As she finally turned the last corner into the small road their house was on she felt her heart drop into her stomach.

Maria the woman Will and Sophie had hired to give them a helping hand around home was pacing back and forwards outside of the house. Sophie's stride quickened and when she got closer and Maria saw her she broke into a run towards her a terrifying look painted on her usually kind, warm face.

Please review, this is my first fic for robin hood. I miss the show soo much but I've only watched up to the end of second season. Miss Djaq/Will.

Anyway I would love it if you could let me know what you think, I know that not really much had happened, but this is all more about setting all the drama up.

Thanks,

Nina