I was house bound, or rather camp bound. It was irritating; I wanted nothing more than to join the rest of the gang in their missions but no I had to damn break my leg.

According to Djaq (who had fitted into the gang with ease) it would be about two or three weeks before I would be able to walk properly on it again. I had tried on several occasions to walk whilst the others had been away. It hurt but I could manage (that was until Allan caught me attempting at it and straight away ordered me to sit back down on a log so I could relax)

I had to admit, however, Allan had been great through my whole ordeal. He stayed by my side as much as possible when I was forced to sit down on a log, against a tree or in a cot whilst the others went off on their adventures and he had offered to stay behind to keep me company on a few of them (goodness knows the forest was scary alone). He even stayed by my side at night and the two of us fell asleep holding each other's hands after he had finished showing me a few of his tavern tricks.

I was starting to think that perhaps a relationship could develop between us despite of my history with his brother; Tom.

It had been awhile since I'd thought of him,

The gang had gone off on another one of our missions as they had found two tax inspectors in the woods travelling from London who had told us the whole of the taxes from the North were being held in Nottingham castle.

This of course excited Robin and the rest of the gang and now I was stuck at camp with Djaq guarding the older tax collectors son whilst the others went off probably having a good time without us.

Part of me was worried about them, but something told me they would be alright.

Djaq had, of course, offered to stay behind with me (beating Allan to it). A month had gone past since she had first joined the gang (and since I broke my damn leg) and the two of us had grown close. She reminded me so much of my own sister; strong, witty and intelligent.

"Thanks for staying behind with me" I said to Djaq as she was starting a fire. The flames lit up instantly as Djaq tucked away her lens in her pocket.

"Well someone had to" She smiled at me "If he escapes you wouldn't be able to stop him" Djaq tilted her head in the direction of the tax inspectors son who was tied to a tree his head hung low.

"I hate this" I was sitting on a log with my leg stretched out in front of me "I want to be off with the others, not sitting here incapable of anything. Are you sure there's nothing more you can do?" I questioned desperately, I wanted nothing more than to get off my ass and be able to walk a foot without falling to the floor in agony.

"No, sorry" Djaq answered sympathetically "Bones heal themselves over time. You must be patient"

I groaned resting my head on the back of a tree trunk behind me "It's just so annoying. It had to be me that fell down the stupid shaft at the mine, didn't it? I'm surprised Robin hasn't gotten rid of me yet, I'm pretty useless at the moment"

Over the past month I had been worried that Robin would ask me to leave. I had been nothing but useless sitting down, I wasn't much of an outlaw if I couldn't even defend myself if we were to be attacked.

"Robin would never ask you to leave" Djaq reassured me, stopping whatever she was doing with the fire to look at me directly in the eye.

I shrugged "I don't know. I'm probably annoying you all, I can't walk and I'm asking all of you to get everything for me. I hate this, I've never been so defenceless in my life"

"Robin would not get rid of you" Djaq repeated more firmly this time "He loves you, as do all of us"

There was a pause in which I nodded still not convinced.

"Especially Allan" Djaq added finally. I looked up to find her smirking at me "He cares a lot about you"

My face burned red "Well he's part of the gang. He probably cares about all of us. I care about all of you too. We're a family" This was not something I wanted to talk about.

"But Allan, he's different" Djaq continued a sincere look upon her face "I saw the way you two were as we left for the mines" She stared at me knowingly. I was struggling to look anywhere but at her.

"We can't happen" I concluded. It was too complicated.

"Why not?" Djaq questioned seemingly interested. The tax inspectors son groaned behind us as though he was already bored of listening to our conversation. We both turned to scowl at him before continuing our conversation.

I pulled a knife out of my belt and began fiddling with it, tracing a hand over the hilt "Because if it didn't work out then what would happen to the gang? It would be too awkward and eventually it might lead to the gang splitting up or something… I don't know" I shook my head rubbing my temple.

I knew whenever the topic of Allan came up in conversations I avoided it by saying what could go wrong or why we couldn't be together but each day that went by as I thought more and more about I would think of even more reasons why we wouldn't work out.

But I knew most of the reasons I came up with were lies. All of them. We would probably be a great couple living as a couple in the forest as outlaws stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

"Do you think it would work out?" Djaq asked raising an eyebrow.

A smile broke out on my face "Yes I do" I instantly said. I had thought a lot about it, I think it would definitely work out. However, if I was wrong then the gang would have to suffer for it and I didn't think I could put them through that.

It wasn't worth that risk.

"You two should try it out" Djaq suggesting shrugging slightly as she did so. She got up to get her sword and began sharpening it. Smirking up at the tied boy as she did so.

"But what if it doesn't work-"

"There's no point in thinking that way" Djaq said there was slight demanding tone to her voice. I nodded in reply.

"I'm so glad you joined us Djaq" I smiled.

"So am I"

"Why did you want to join us?" I asked interested. It was something I had been wondering for the past month. She must have a family back home in the holy land so why join us in our fight here?

"I wanted to do something important with my life. Fight for good" She shrugged as though it was nothing at all "I've spent years in the holy land and all I see is blood and sacrifice and war. I did not want to live that way anymore"

I nodded understanding, it made sense "But you must have had family?"

"Yes. I did have, most of them are dead now" She smiled sadly as she stopped sharpening her sword for a second or two as though she was thinking of a distant memory "I had a twin brother once. His name was Djaq"

"What happened to him?"

"He died" She said shortly. I had a feeling she didn't want to go into too much detail on the matter so I dropped it.

"I had a sister too. I don't know where she is, or if she's even alive" I explained, I felt I owed her that much, she had just opened up to me it was only fair I returned the favour "It was seven years ago" I thought staring into the fire that now burned hot "She would be, what? Twenty-two" A chuckle escaped me as I realized how much time had passed "She was my best friend and I have no idea where she is. She just disappeared one night when I woke…" I could feel my eyes begin to water so I shook my head to look back at Djaq who was staring at me sympathetically.

I wouldn't break down crying over this now. It was years ago and I was over it. I knew I would never see my sister again. I had come to accept that.

"Are these bonds really necessary" The inspectors son spoke up sighing at our conversation.

"Yes" I answered shortly turning away from the boy who I think was called 'cedric' "And if you don't mind we were trying to have a conversation" I snapped.

I groaned as he replied. I hate hostages that talk, seriously, there's nothing more annoying "I can hear. Both of you have really tragic pasts and complicated love lives" He growled, the sarcasm over spilling in his words.

"I would watch it" I turned dangerously to him pulling myself up using a low hanging branch.

"What will you do?" He laughed "you're a girl with one working leg… I'm terrified"

My eyes narrowed at him as my hand instantly went to my sides where my dagger was. I wobbled a bit as I was only standing on one leg "Your not really in the position to mock us, your tied up and we have your father"

"If my father is hurt…" The boy begun but Djaq got there first

"What will you do? Cry" She said with sarcastic sympathy. I smirked at the boy as Djaq went back to sharpening her sword.

"Maybe" The boy rested his head on the trunk of the tree, his attitude instantly flowed away. He almost looked sincere "Wouldn't you if it was your father?"

I turned to Djaq but she didn't seem too bothered. She wasn't buying his sudden emotional break through and neither was I.

"My father was killed by you English. Crusaders" Djaq sharply said looking up at the boy with anger though there was a calmness sparkling in her eyes that I didn't quite understand.

"Then you know how I feel"

"I was brought to this country as a slave, tied up like an animal" Djaq continued

"Have some sympathy" The boy tried again. I rolled my eyes realizing what he was doing now. He was trying to get us to feel sorry for him so we would let him free so we would be vulnerable to any attacks.

"And on that journey, I learned every way there is of trying to talk my way out of bondage" Djaq began smirking as I copied "So save your breath"

She continued to sharpen her sword and I sat myself back down again on the log, the boy seemed to stop trying to convince us to let him loose and instead sighed "You can't blame me for trying"

"What were you expecting?" I shook my head a tilt of a smile showing on my face "For us to let you go!"

I knew I probably shouldn't have attempted at standing up as a shooting pain shot through my leg instantly as I sat back down again. Knowing me I probably just added another week of being forced to sit on my arse.

There was a familiar whistle and me and Djaq looked up staring far off into the trees. I shrugged at Djaq who got up, taking her sword with her and venturing out into the trees out of sight.

I probably should have joined Djaq but there was no way I could walk, so I stayed put glaring at the boy before turning my back on him, fiddling with my dagger in my hand.

The whistle only meant the gang wanted to talk to Djaq away from the ears of 'Cedric'. I only hope their plan went as well as we'd all wanted it too. The tax money of the north could feed a lot of people for a long time.

A minute after Djaq had disappeared I heard cracking sounds behind me. I turned to find Cedric pulling himself out of his bonds by dislocating his shoulder with a pop.

It was the weirdest sight I had ever seen.

I was forced to get up again. I had one hand holding onto the branch and the other on my dagger. He managed to get out of the ropes as I struggled forward looking around the trees for Djaq hoping she would come back soon, I knew realistically I couldn't hold him off with my broken leg that was now aching.

He popped his shoulder in place with little effort and advanced on me. To my right I heard a rustling in the trees. Maybe Djaq was coming.

"Did you seriously just dislocate your shoulder to get out!" I exclaimed my eyes widening.

"Well asking wasn't getting me anywhere" He cried back "Put the knife down!" He ordered coming closer to me.

I had two options;

One; throw my dagger at him, it would certainly stop him in tracks but would most likely kill him. I knew I wouldn't be able to do that, despite all my years of being an outlaw I had yet kill before. I didn't think I could morally do that. He hadn't done anything to deserve to die. He was just the son of a tax inspector.

Or two let him overpower me and hope Djaq comes back soon to get him before he runs off too far.

As one wasn't really an option I had no other choice. I dropped the dagger and held my hand up in surrender hoping he would leave me unharmed. He smirked at me before running off in the other direction looking around him before he did so.

I breathed a sigh of relief and instantly sat down. I could only take standing up in small doses. I stared around at the trees hoping Djaq would appear.

Instead it was Allan who came rushing down the trees clumsily towards me as he looked like he was running as fast as he could. I stared around confused for a second expecting Djaq to appear behind him.

"Where's Djaq" I questioned him as he reached me.

"Are you alright? I tried coming down sooner but Robin told me to wait. He didn't hurt you did he?" Allan asked me cupping my face in his hands. For a second I was confused. Why did they think he was going to hurt me, he only wanted to get away? What the hell was going on?

"N- no… where's Djaq? What's happening?" I stumbled over my words in an effort to get it out. Allan seemed to calm down after than and began explaining things.

"He's not really a tax man" He said though a hint of concern washed over in his voice "The sheriff hired him to catch us, but Robin thinks the 'tax inspector' was after the tax money same as Robin. That part was real, there was the tax money in the castle. Both the sheriff and us have been tricked"

I was trying to process this information. Still nothing made sense.

"Well then shouldn't we be going after the boy" I gestured towards the tree's where the boy had just vanished but Allan shrugged.

"The others are going after him, Thinking about it, I should be too…" He trailed off a slight blush creeping onto his cheeks and he looked away from me.

"Well then why aren't you?"

"I wanted to see if you were alright" He answered almost hesitantly.

"Allan, I am fine" I reassured him playfully "But thank-you. I'm not hurt"

"Well I can't have my girl being hurt now can I?" Allan smiled his whole face lighting up and his eyes sparkling against the light. I tried to ignore the use of the term; my girl. I was sure I blushed deeply when he said it.

"I'm not hurt" I chuckled before adding "Well except for my leg"

"Yeah…" he eyed my leg carefully "How is that?"

"Painful" I laughed as he cringed.

Allan sighed dramatically "Not being funny but you were a bit of an idiot falling down that shaft" His lips curved up into a grin.

"Was I now?" raising an eyebrow.

"It was a hole in the ground!" Allan exclaimed in a child-like manner as he threw his hands up in the air "I mean how didn't you see it!"

"It was hidden" I reasoned, positioning myself in a more comfy position. I swear after my leg had fixed I will never sit down again.

Allan tutted at me playfully and I did nothing but laugh thinking back to the last few weeks.

"We never did get that drink" I told him out of nowhere as the random memory of our conversation a month ago came back to me, when we had planned on getting the drink after the whole mine problem. Obviously things got in the way; me breaking my leg being one of them.

"We didn't did we"

I smiled cheekily up at him the conversation I had just had with Djaq replayed over my mind.

"Do you think it would work out?"

"Yes I do"

"You two should try it out"

Djaq's word repeated itself in my head: "You two should try it out"

Should we?

"Allan…"

"Yeah?"

There was a pause in which I stopped thinking. Or at least all my sense had left me

Without even thinking or planning I grabbed onto his shirt and pulled him down, his lips crashed down onto mine. It took him a second to realize what had just happened before he kissed back.

My mind went instantly blank and for a few minutes the only thing I knew was I was kissing Allan A-dale in a forest with a broken leg. And he was kissing me back. I was distantly aware that I could feel my head spinning uncomftably but as he deepened the kiss I was in no position to pull away even if I had wanted to.

I simply held onto his shirt tighter, probably even pulling it closer towards me.

In a brief moment of clarity I realized I was quickly falling for Allan A-dale whether I liked it or not.

Allan was the one to pull away first after what felt like hours. I would have gladly have stayed there for ever in his embrace.

I frowned and he bit his lip as though he was only just realizing what the two of us had done.

He coughed awkwardly as I watched him intently awaiting his reaction "What was that?"

I licked my lips not sure what to say "It was a kiss"

"I gathered that" he chuckled as a smile broke out onto my face.

A second of awkward silence followed as our laughter died away. What was I supposed to say next?

"I'm sorry Allan" I shook my head really wishing I could run away at this point. Damn my leg "I thought… well I don't know what I was thinking. I wasn't thinking that's the point." I rambled on but Allan silenced me by planting his lips down on mine again.

It was a lot more rushed than our first kiss but it was gentler. His hands were firmly placed on the side of my head as I ran a hand through his hair.

I was still sitting down on the log, it wasn't exactly the best position to be in when someone was trying to kiss you.

"Did you just kiss me?" I asked as we drew away again.

"I'm not being funny but you kissed me first" Allan laughed sitting down next to me "Why didn't you want to kiss me?" He asked suddenly his face dropping seriously.

"No of course I did!" I exclaimed immediately, once again he smiled and his blue eyes sparkled "But the others might be back in a minute" I reasoned as he once again moved closer, his hands resting on my cheek.

"Nah I reckon we have a good ten minutes"

"Really?" I raised an eyebrow "Because if they catch us making out I don't want to see Robin's I told you so face"

"Not to mention Much. He's been telling me to just man up and kiss you already for days"

"You've been talking about me to Much?" I raised an eyebrow to much whose entire face beamed red instantly but he was still smiling "and technically it was me who first kissed you. But with a little persuading I might neglect to tell that part to Much" I bit my lip inching even closer. Our noses were almost touching.

We kissed again, this time it was more heated and passionate as our tongues danced together. I hadn't kissed anyone like this ever since Tom.

Tom

I pulled away, ending our kiss instantly but thankfully Allan didn't seem to notice anything was wrong as he continued our conversation "How long until you think you'll be able to walk again?"

I breathed out. Maybe this was the start of me finally moving on. I could move on from Tom.

Even the simple idea of moving on brought a smile to my face. It probably wasn't healthy that I was moving on with his brother. It was a small world.

"I should be able to join you lot in a week or so" I replied

"That's a little soon, I'm not being funny but you fell down a mine!" Allan exclaimed, I rolled my eyes at his exaggeration; he was making it seem like I had almost died (which was probably true but we won't get into that) "Your not fighting again until Djaq says your leg can take it"

My eyebrows raised higher than they ever had before "What just because we're together now you think you can boss me around" I wasn't angry, I found his protective side quite hilarious infact.

"Together?" He smiled

"Together" I repeated still clinging onto his shirt.

We sat in a peaceful silence for a minute or two just feeling relaxed in one another's company.

"So go on tell me... On a scale from one to ten how scared were you that I was gonna die?" I chuckled, my head resting on his shoulder and our hands intwined.

"About a three" Allan replied, humour flowing through his voice. I swatted him on the arm shaking my head disaprovingly.

"Three!" I exclaimed a perfect smile breaking out onto his face "you were at least an eight"

"I'm not being funny but you were unconscious how would you know that?" Allan said as I rested my head once again back on his shoulders, where is belonged.

"I have my sources" I stuck my tongue out a him and I heard a faint laugh "so what's a ten for you?" I asked him sincerely "if its not my death" I added quickly humorously.

"spiders" Allan replied almost immidiatly, I could tell he wasn't being completely serious and was attempting at continueing the banter, who was I to argue with that. I knew as good as anyone how hard it is to tlk about your worst fears.

"Spiders!" I cried out "spiders over my death. Dear lord"

"Yeah there terrifying" he grinned and I nudged him

"You live in the forest.." I raised an eyebrow as he nodded.

We were about to lean forward for another kiss as we heard the footsteps and snapping of twigs as the gang arrived and we pulled apart and I saw Allan raise a flirtatious eyebrow at me, I had to bite my lip to stop myself from smiling too much as the gang came into view.

"And where did you get off too- oh" much began but saw the sight of us to sitting knitted close together, muchs mouth formed a perfect circle "I see so while we'be been off stopping liars and thieves you two have been... Been... Well goodness knows what!"

Much went on and on after that, all i could do was send Allan a knowing smile and blush. I looked over at Robin who was grinning cheekily at us before nodding. Part of me felt as if he was giving me his approval, and although I knew I didn't need robins permission, Robin had become the closest thing to family I had and it meant the world to me.

"I'll give you a four how's that?" Allan whispered into my hear. I gave a snort to which he laughed at.

I think thing's were going to be alright.

A/N I know this is a short chapter and didn't really follow the episode through but as Elaine had broken her leg I didn't think it was of any use for me to go through the whole episode as Elaine wasn't going to be apart of any of it. So yeah Allan and Elaine are together and Djaq and Elaine are forming a strong friendship. What did you think? I really can't wait to write next episode: brothers at arms. Tom's comes back into Elaine's life, whoo! And Allan/Elaine are already facing their first complications. Even more excitement! Lol

Please R&R, I'd love to hear what you think of the Djaq/Elaine interaction and Allan/Elaine's relationship development.