Maria POV
"Maria. Mariaaaaa. Maria!" I slowly open my sleepy eyes and lay them upon the face of the bird boy, my bird boy. "Robin, what time is it!" I questioned. "Errrr…. Enough."
Oh this boy could sometimes drive my crazy with his mysterious ways and qualities. "Maria, I need to talk to you." "But Robin I-" I was soon cut off as he put his leather bound hand across my mouth and he lifted me from my satin covers and carried me to the passage.
I must have fallen asleep on the way for I found myself sitting in his lap and Robin stroking my pale red locks. "You little devil, stealing me away into the night. Why I otta…" I playfully shook my fist at him as the all so familiar grin found it's way onto his face.
"Princess, I just needed to see if you were well." If I was well? What ever was he talking about? "You see I had this dream and…. never mind." His eyes looked down a way from mine and the grin faded into an embarrassed scowl.
"Robin love, you know you can tell me anything, that's what best friends are for." I calmly reassured. Best friends? Did I really just say that. What if he didn't see me as his "best friend", but a useless girl whom followed him around the forest all day constantly asking questions.
Robin looked up at me. He looked as if he was going to reply but turned the open mouth into a sigh. We sat in silence the next couple of minutes. I slowly curled up against his broad chest and said "We are best friends, right?" He looked down. "Of course, princess."
I came to realize that we were sitting in Loveday's old cavern on a worn out love seat. Duh Maria where else would you be, this is of course the only entrance and exit to the secret passage to Maria's room.
Robin seemed, speech less tonight, as if he was worried. "Robin, what is wrong?" When ever Robin seemed upset or worried, I always felt to have a connection, like I knew what he was going through.
"Maria," Robin looked me right in the eyes with a cold stern look. "promise me you'll never deliberately put yourself in harms way." I took this as a shock, for it came out of no where. Little did I know that oh so gruesome dream he had, had taken over his care-free mind and had kicked his protective instinct into overdrive.