About fifteen minutes after Maria burst into her chambers crying, Loveday announced they had to go somewhere urgently "Loveday? Loveday, where are we going?" She asked concerned as Loveday lead her through the windy underground passages of the De Noir fortress. But Loveday just shook her head and pulled Maria ever deeper. Sighing Maria's thoughts wandered as they so often did back to Robin. The fight they had earlier was the worst ever. She hated not speaking to him but how could she talk to him. She had heard him tell his stupid friends she was just a girl and how easily she was fooled. Her eyes started to fill with tears at the very thought. Loveday told her to forgive him but Maria refused and now Loveday was dragging her to lord knows where. Suddenly Maria began to hear pounding. It seemed that someone was banged against the walls. But when she opened her mouth to ask, Loveday abruptly stop next to an old wooden door and said "Here we are." "Here?" Asked Maria "where exactly is here?" Without a word Loveday then opened the door and pushed Maria in. Falling to her knees she heard the very familiar voice call out "Maria!" as well as a lock click. Glancing up she saw Robin reaching to help her up, she angrily rebuked his hand and got up herself.
"I do not need your help" she said in a cold voice.
"I will let you out when you two have worked things out, I will be back in an hour or two" Loveday spoke through the keyhole.
"Loveday! Let me out of here!" Maria yelled pounding on the wooden door.
Robin sighed and said "it is no use Maria she won't let you out."
Maria whipped around and glared at him furiously. "Don't you dare Robin De Noir!" she seethed.
Robin's brow furrowed "Why are you so angry at me?" he asked hurt.
Maria rolled her eyes and sighed "if I have to tell why I'm angry that's an answer within itself." She closed her eye desperate not to see him, because everything about him made her want to forgive him and just couldn't do that. So she leaned back and slid down the wall to sit on the cold stone floor, she heard Robin sigh. Maria just sat chuckling to herself at the mental image of Ms. Heliotrope's face when she saw her dress probably filthy by now. She wore her favorite Moon Princess dress, she knew it was Robin's favorite too. He always said he loved the way it matched her eyes and it didn't have that ridicules cage in the back. She was so deep in thought she didn't even realize that Robin had seated himself down next to her; they were so close in fact their knees were almost touching.
"You heard me talk to my gang didn't you?" Robin asked biting his lip.
Maria squeezed her eyes tighter and said, "How could you say those things Robin? I thought we were friends!" She felt her insides boil; she fought to keep the famous Merryweather temper in check.
"We ARE friends, best friends!" Robin assured her, "just…"
"Just not in front of the boys right?" finished Maria, her voice oozed with betrayal and Robin felt like a knife was thrust into his chest. He sighed and closed his eyes "How am i going to fix this?" He thought desperately.