Disclaimers: Anything you recognize, I don't own…although believe me, I would love nothing more. Also, I make no money from this, it is purely for my own enjoyment and love of the characters. No copyright infringement or harm meant.
Spoilers: None, except that this takes place before Allan was Guy's man so an indeterminate part of season two as everyone is still alive and Allan hasn't betrayed anyone yet.
I opened my eyes slowly, noticing the position of the light coming through the trees and I figured out that it must be somewhere around noontime, maybe just a bit later and I realized that I had slept through the whole day previous and half of the current day. I was shocked but realized that my body needed it. I sat up on the bed slowly and looked around.
"Oh, you're awake, finally,' Much came over with a smile.
"Much, let the lady get her bearings and breathe a bit before you pounce on her," Robin said good naturedly. I simply smiled as Much walked away to the kitchen to finish his meal preparations.
Djaq came over and quickly looked me over. "How are you feeling?" she asked.
"I feel a bit sore but otherwise, never better," I said with a smile as I sat up more fully.
"Well, I checked everything out and you seem to be no worse for wear, except for the pain. How are you feeling emotionally?" she asked.
"I'm drained. I feel like I just want to sleep the next month away," I said softly.
"That's good. That is your body saying it needs that time to heal from all of the hurts you have suffered recently," she said softly.
"Where is Will?" I asked softly. Djaq smiled when I looked down at my hands in my lap, feeling the flush on my cheeks.
"He is out collecting more wood for the fire right now but when he gets back, would you like me to send him to speak with you?" she asked. I nodded my head in acquiescence. At that moment, Much came back over with a plate of something for me to eat.
"Okay Much, I asked a couple of days ago what you made me for breakfast and now I really do want to know. What is this?" I asked as I picked a piece of the meat off my plate and ate it quickly.
"Um…..its squirrel," he said slowly.
"Really? Well, I still think it's delicious," I smiled as he sat down nearby, eating from his own plate.
"You wouldn't say that if you had to eat it every day for every meal," Will said. I whipped my head around to see him standing behind me wearing a smile. Much took that as his cue to get up from where he was sitting as Will sat down on the end of the bed I had been in for the last two days.
"You're awake," he said simply with a smile.
"Mmmhmm," I smiled as I finished the piece of meat I had in my mouth before speaking. "I didn't get a chance to thank you properly the last few times that you have saved my life," I said softly.
"It's what we do. Helping the innocent and fighting against the sheriff and Gisbourne to bring justice back to Sherwood and Nottingham until King Richard returns," he said.
I started to giggle at what he was saying.
"What is so funny?" he asked.
"I just figured that you would tell me that is what friends do for one another. I assumed that you and I were friends now that we have been on the same side for a week or so. Do you not trust me enough yet?" I asked with a sweet smile.
"Of course I don't. I might if you managed not to get yourself caught by the sheriff every time you turn around. However," he said, seeing the hurt look that crossed my face at his words, "we are friends."
Will got up and walked away and I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face at his confirmation of our friendship.
"Trust me, that is saying a lot coming from Will. He doesn't give his friendship lightly, although he does have a point about you being more of a liability that an asset to the gang since you do have a tendency to get caught more frequently then the rest of us," Robin said with a smile as he walked by on his way to the kitchen.
Okay, when I started this chapter it was only going to be the reveal of their feelings. However, I realized that I had this story moving too fast, so at the suggestion of an anonymous reviewer, I decided that I needed to make the story move a bit slower.
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