Marian woke the next morning, sensing someone watching her. She opened her eyes and gave a slight smile to Robin.

They both stayed silent for a few minutes, just listening to the early morning sounds, lost in their own thoughts. Remembering something, Marian broke the quiet. "You never did tell me about your dream before."

When Robin didn't respond she looked up at him, waiting for his response. He stared ahead for a few moments before turning back to Marian with a half smile. "That old dream? Wouldn't you rather know of a more recent one?"

"So are you actually going to tell me this time?"

Robin's eyes sparkled. "Of course." He suddenly leaned over and kissed her deeply.

Marian tried to keep the smile away. "Fine. Don't tell me your dream."

Robin chuckled. "I'm just making my dream a reality." He kissed her again.

"Well then," Marian smiled, staring into his eyes and leaning slowly closer. "Why don't you follow your dreams," She paused inches away from him. "To the camp. I'm starved." She gave him a quick peck on the lips before turning and getting out of the bed.

He shook his head and laughed quietly, sliding out of bed himself. They finished getting ready and strolled towards the camp.

As they walked in through the raised door, a tantalizing scent beckoned them forward.

"Much, what are you cooking?" Robin eyed the pan over the fire with interest.

"Something special. After our time with the sheriff, I thought we could have something a little different."

"Yes, but special things take longer." Djaq teased.

"Now, don't rush a master. I've learned to appreciate his cooking." Archer said with a smile in his eyes as he glanced at Marian.

Marian raised an eyebrow but said nothing, ignoring Robin's laugh as she seated herself next to Much.

"Here." He handed her a plate with bacon on it and she nodded, accepting it and placing it on her lap before beginning to eat.

Much passed around everyone else's plate, then stared at the pan, looked around at the gang, and back again. "Wait a moment."

The band looked up at him as Much continued, "Who's missing?"

Robin glanced around. "What do you mean, Much? Everyone's here."

Much shook his head. "No, I made sure that everyone had three pieces of bacon. I counted it up before and it all came out perfectly. Now everyone here has a plate and there are still three pieces of bacon left! That must mean that--"

"That you forgot to give yourself the bacon?" Kate said, struggling to hide her smile.

Much stared around in embarrassment as it dawned on him that Kate was correct. He nodded and raised his eyebrows hopefully. "I knew that. I was just, uh..."

"Yeah, yeah, eat your breakfast, Much." Kate suggested bossily to disguise her laughter.

The others kept their eyes on their food, smiling as widely as they dared.

"How is your shoulder, Robin?" Djaq asked in a mild attempt to remove Much from the uncomfortable position of being the center of attention.

"Still sore, but it's getting better."

Robin's shoulder was the only evidence of what had happened within the last few days. Life had returned to normal...aside from Much's constant questioning of where they were going and for how long whenever they stepped foot out of the camp. But that would stop as soon as Little John got irritated enough to threaten to tie Much up to his staff and leave him on the castle doorstep.

Robin chuckled at the thought, causing Much to glare at him, thinking he was laughing at him. Robin raised his hands in an innocent gesture.

"I knew." Much grumbled as Robin humored him, pursing his lips as he nodded. Much turned his back to him, focusing on his food. Robin grinned. Everything was back to normal.

*Robin Hood credit theme* and there is episode 5 :) Thanks so much for reading (and reviewing)! If you're wondering about the genre change from angst, well, we started it out as a very angsty sotry, but we didn't like how it turned out, so we did some major editing. And another note, just in case it wasn't clear, we tried to have Robin defeat his dream in the end for some nice closure. Well, I think that's everything. We'd love to hear what you think of it and keep and eye out for episode 6 (sneak peek on my profile. Check it out :) )