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Djaq slumped by the fire, shooting evil looks across the flames at Will, who sat opposite her, totally unaware. She watched him as he frowned slightly, obviously lost in his thoughts, as was normal at this time of day.
Next to Will, Much sat flicking bits of leaf and wood at Robin, who had fallen asleep on the log. He laughed loudly as a piece of wood landed in Robin's hair and Robin jerked awake.
"Wha what's going on?" He sat up, confused and ruffled his hair.
"You fell asleep." Djaq laughed as Robin began picking bits of woodland out of his hair and off his clothes.
"Very funny." Robin stood up, "I'll go relieve John, on watch." he strode off towards the entrance of the camp to find John.
"I'm going to see Allan," Djaq jumped to her feet.
"I wouldn't, Robin might not like it."
"You mean you don't like Will. Well tough I'm going." without another word she scampered off towards Nottingham.
John crashed back into camp and took Djaq's place around the fire. He reached across and helped himself to the last of the soup from the cooking pot.
"Hey, that's Will's, he hasn't eaten all day." Much remarked indignantly.
John sighed and passed the bowl to Will, who shook his head and pushed it back to him. John grinned at Much and drank the soup down hungrily. Much looked at Will carefully for a while.
"I'm worried about him. He's really quiet tonight."
"He's always quiet Much, leave him be." John replied.
"Never this quiet thought. Something is wrong." Much had shifted round to sit next to John and they were now talking in whispers.
"If you insist on talking about me, at least talk loud enough for me to hear you." Will stood up and moved over to his makeshift bed. "What is wrong is that Djaq likes Allan."
"I've had a word with her about that. She's adamant she can control how she feels, but no one can really control their emotions. Can they Will?" John's voice carried across the silence of the night.
"I don't know what you're talking about John." Will laid on his back staring up at the roof of the camp. "I'm going to sleep." he turned his back to the fire and closed his eyes.
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"Where's Djaq?" Robin was angry.
"Is she not back yet?" Will asked sleepily. Rolling over he saw that morning had broken and yet Djaq's bed had not been slept in.
"Not back? Where did she go?" Robin was really mad now.
"She went to see Allan. Last night." John was stirring something in the cooking pot. "This can only mean trouble."
Much stumbled back into camp. He dropped a bundle of cotton on Djaq's bed and a bundle of food in the kitchen. He looked panicked and rather worried.
"I have bad news." he announced.
"When don't you?" Will muttered loud enough for everyone to hear. "What is it this time, no cheese?"
"If you insist on mocking me I won't tell you. Wait a second, Djaq's missing!"
"We had noticed. She didn't come back here last night." Robin replied.
A noise outside the camp startled them and everyone ran to the entrance. Standing in front of them was Djaq!
"I'm hungry, what's for breakfast?" she pushed past them all and began to help herself from the pot over the fire.
"Djaq, where have you been?" Robin asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I went to Nottingham last night to see Allan, and we had a drink, then I couldn't find the camp."
"So what did you do?"
"Slept outside. At one of the old camps." Djaq carried on eating.
Everyone stared at her in amazement. She slept outside, in November? Unbelievable. They ate breakfast in silence, everyone lost in their own thoughts.
Robin was confused to see Djaq and Will sitting at opposite ends of the camp, they were so close just days ago and now, nothing. He wanted to say something but knew that Allan was the true issue between them. He knew Will liked Djaq, but now he also knew Djaq liked Allan.
Much was watching Robin. Marian, Much thought, he's thinking about Marian. She's all he ever thinks off these days. And to be honest it is rather annoying.
John sat back an watched everyone eat. He never judged any of the people sat before him. They were his family, and he loved every single one of them.
Thoughts of Allan were racing through Djaq's mind as she ate, how he made her laugh, his kiss, how honest he was with her. But then she thought of something she had never before considered, Will, what if he was jealous? She cared for Will deeply, but not like that. He was like a younger brother to her, but what if he thought of her as more than a sister? She shook it from her mind and turned her trail of thought back to Allan.
Will sat slumped against the wall, still trying to get round Djaq liking Allan, how could it happen? Why did Robin encourage the relationship? Throwing down his bowl, Will stormed out of camp- he needed a walk to clear his head.
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