Sunday 18th January 2009

"Will it ever be enough Guy?" she whispered as a final tear fell.

Guy gripped the gun tighter as he it pointed at her. His hand shook as he held the item up in the air.

"I love you Marian," he said, a lone tear falling. Marian's face turned to sadness as she saw the man that had once stood so tall over so many men now crumbled as the deep emotions he had had all along came spilling out. He lowered the gun and staggered backwards into the shadows and Marian stepped forward to follow but her other leg seemed glued to the floor. Like it knew what was going to happen next.

"I'm sorry" he lifted the gun again and fired.

"Djaq call 999" Robin shouted instructions as the gang ran in through the door. "Marian" he whispered as he saw the body on the floor. The rest of the gang stopped running as the saw the sight. Robin looked up from the body on the floor to the body staring down at it.

"You bastard!" Robin yelled as he launched towards him pushing him to the wall not releasing his shoulders. He looked into his eyes.

"Marian?"

He looked to the body in the shadows, the gang stood nearby unable to react. She glanced back at Robin, mouth open but unable to speak or breath until it was too much and she fell to the floor. The gang moved forward and Robin laid her down.

"Danny? Danny?" she asked through flickering eyes

"Marian shh it's me. It's Robin. Everything's fine. Someone call 999!" he looked to the gang and looked back at his maiden. "Marian, Marian don't leave me please. I die without you" Robin held her hand tight to try and keep her conscious.

"You heard the song?" she smiled weakly.

"Yes" Robin smiled back. There were no words to describe his happiness.

The blinking helped. She could focus on the white and it felt like she was doing something productive though it gave her a headache. She felt someone else touch her skin and turned her head. It was a mass of blue against white until she blinked more and focused in.

"Ah your sleeping beauty awakes." The tall woman with short blonde hair dressed in blue said, smiling over Marian's body to her left. Marian followed her eye-line and found Robin in a chair, legs over the armrest just waking up from a restless sleep.

"Maz. Oh Maz. How are you feeling?" Robin leant forward and took her hand in his.

"Tired" she said slowly "I want to go home" Marian said trying to go back to sleep but failing.

"Well we need to keep you in a bit longer, especially with the little one" Marian's free hand sprang to her swollen abdomen. Flashbacks of the night came back and she tightened her grip on Robin's hand in fright. Robin immediately knew what she was thinking and reassured her.

"Marian come on it's fine, everything's working, no broken bones, the baby's healthy, they just want to make sure"

"Guy?"

"Shh everything's alright now. He can't hurt you where he is now."

During the day the whole gang came to see her. They joked about stuff and did everything to draw away from the fact of why she was in a hospital bed.

That night she was able to go home with strict orders to not over exert herself in any way. As Robin led the way into her house she felt safe but uneasy. He mind was a complex machine that was beginning to overheat. So many questions filled it. Would he stay here? Is he coming back to live? Will he still live with Much? Will we get back together?

Robin ushered her to the sofa and sat her down. He went to make tea and when he came back Marian was still in the same position he hand left her in. sat right n the edge of the sofa, hunched forward and a few belongings clutched to her stomach, staring into space.

The only sound was the clock ticking as they sipped their drinks.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Robin said eventually. He had never been the listening kind but he would want to talk about it if something like this had happened to him and he wanted to be there for Marian if he needed her.

She didn't reply. She didn't need him.

"So you think that for time that you went away my life just stopped and you could just jump right back on again." Marian said after a long time of thinking exactly what to say.

"Loads of stuff happened. Stuff that I didn't want to happen because you weren't here. Because that song is true I do die without you. I nearly did. You just left my life and I had no choice with what to do. You're my knight and you weren't there to catch me. As soon as you came back it was perfect that's why you didn't think anything had happened. I jumped on your saddle and rode away. When I left for college and we split up, that's when everything went wrong. Saw Guy, got me into all this stuff. Then there was Danny" a small smile came across her face as she remembered her lover.

"Danny was … Danny was perfect. He'd kiss me goodbye in the morning go to work for 9am be back for 5pm. I'd make him his dinner, watch crap on TV and go to bed. Perfect day everyday"

"Until one day Guy called. Like he would always do now and then. He said he had another job for me. It was always the same. Drop this off here. Give someone a message. So I picked up the phone and Danny did too, only I didn't know" her smile faded

"This time it was secret. 'Meet me at this place now. Don't ask don't tell. Be prepared.' He said. Next thing I knew the door had slammed and I saw the car speed round the corner as I ran down the street. Danny had gone to sort it out. He wanted to protect me but by the time I got there it was too late." Her voice broke.

"I didn't think he could do it. I didn't think he would. Guy got mad and said I shouldn't have told anyone and he deserved it. He got sent to jail and I never saw him again."

Marian looked at Robin and gave him a knowing smile. "And then there was you in that bar. And for two years my life was shit. In a good way for once. In an unexplainable, indescribable, unexpected way. And then you left. My life was dead. I still went out with the gang. The odd one-night stand from being way too drunk but something was always missing. Then you turn up at my door, dripping wet. It was perfect. Imperfectly perfect. Until we got engaged. That night Guy came and said if I took one more step with you he'd kill you. And I knew he could. I had to hurt you to save you."

"The call on boxing day was when it started. I had to go to the payphone so you wouldn't hear and do what Danny did. They weren't your babies they were Guy's. I deleted the message so you wouldn't here what he said because I never know what he'll say. And guy gave me the phone so that wouldn't happen but then I got paranoid that he had already done something because he wouldn't want to save your arse and that's why I came in screaming" Marian tried to catch her breath

"Any more questions?"

"Marian I'm so sorry" Robin leaned in to hug her and she accepted and broke down in tears on his shoulder

'It's all over now" she reassured herself. She broke away from the hug and wiped her nose on her sleeve "I know I'm supposed to give the ring back but I threw it at Guy. I'm sorry."

"Well we'll just have to get you a new one. If you want one that is" Robin and Marian sat in the house that was filled with warmth again. A huge smile grew on Marian's face and her eyes filled with tears of happiness for the first time in a long time.

"I'd love one" they kissed and fell asleep on the sofa together. There was so much or nothing at all to be said. It didn't matter and all that mattered was they were together and even though so much had happened to them, it only made them stronger.

Ok that was rubbish but hey what you going to do?

So I guess one more chapter until the sequel. Tell me if anything didn't make sense during this whole thing and I've missed any loose ends and I'll tie them for you because I have a feeling I've missed something and have had to keep going back to check so let me know. Ok lovelies

Xxxx ly