Chapter Two – Back to School Part One

It was raining hard the next morning – That could be a bad sign about how the rest of the day was going to go.

Robin put on his tie – how he hated his school tie – but two more years then he didn't have to wear the thing again. There was a knock on the door and his dad open it. "I'll give you a lift today," he said looking out of the window at the downpour.

"Cool," said Robin at once. He didn't fancy making his way to school on his bike today.

"And I can picked up Much and John on the way…" his dad added "But Allan and Will…."

"Life the other side of town….." finished Robin automatically "And there is not enough room for all of us anyway...….no worries dad…and thanks…."

Robin's dad exited the room and Robin picked up his phones and texted John and Much to tell them that his dad was able to picked them up that morning and then he text Allan and Will to let them know that they weren't going to meet in the middle like normal. – maybe todays wasn't going to be that bad after all…..

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Allan sometime hatred having a younger brother like Tom - Tom was a plain the backside and now they were going to be in the same school. Allan reckons that each year the his brother get more and more annoying. But, Allan was hoping that Tom would make friends his own age and leave him alone.

"Do I have to go?" asked Tom

"It's the law you dimit," said Allan putting on his raincoats - he hated riding his bike in the rain "And hurry up if you want to bike with Luke, and Will..."

Tom grumped as he put on his own raincoat "If dad was here…." Tom begian

Allan wasn't in the mood to talk about his father "Dad's in jail…so he is not here, is he?…and what would he do if he was?"

"He can drove us…." pointed out Tom "First day to school and I going to turn out wet…. That's not a good look….."

"How is he going to drive without a car?" sked Allan wonder how many brain cells his brother had got "Come on…you don't want to turn up wet and later now do you? Don't want to get detention on you're first day.. now that won't look good,"

"You a such a geek…" said Tom as he open the fornt door and walking out.

"You don't even know the meaning fo the word…" said Allan following his brother and slamming the fornt door shut – yes sometimes he hated little brothers.

Allan and Tom biked to the flates were Will and Luke lived. They found the Scarlett borthers all ready to go. "At last..." said Luke "We almost went without you…." Luke like Tom was starting year 7 but unlike Tom, Luke was less of a pain. In fact Allan thinks he rather have Luke as a brother than Tom.

"Blame Tom…" said Allan we looked at the rain that show no sign of stopping "We better get going…" and the four of them started to bike they way to school. Will and Allan talking the lend and their younger brothers behind them.

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Robin, Much and John were standing by their lockers waiting for the bell to ring. They were talking untill Robin noticed Marian ralking to some of her friends. Robin grinned and started to walked over. "Oh god," said Much coving his face with his hands "This couldn't be good…."

Robin walked up to Marian and bowed "Hello, my lady…" he said "How are you this fine rainy day…" he went to kiss Marian hand but Marida wouldn't let him

"You are looking foolish Robin." Said Marain unimpressed and a little embarrassed as people were watching them.

"Love make you do foolish things….." said Robin

Marian gave Robin cross look "Well I rather you stop acting like a fool – and please do not get into any brainless fights first day back…."

"Will you go out to me with I don't?" asked Robin quickly with a hopeful grin.

Marian looked very annoyed at Robin "It dosen't matter, because you can't stop fighting…I know you too well." With that she walked away

Robin looked at to Much and John. "I think she likes me." He said

"You always think that….." said Much "You always say that,"

Before Robin could repsoned with a witty comment John nodded towards the other end of the corridor where Will and Allan had just arrived taking off their dripping wet raincoats. "It's it hometime yet?" asked Allan as he open his locker. "You lucky beggars, getting a lift - what about me and Will, hey?"

"Bad morning?" guessed John

Allan slammed his locker shut "It's raining and my little brother is a pest…." Said Allan "You guys are lucky thst you don't have brothers or sisters …they are a nightmare….honestly..."

"Right, now we are all here I thnk it time for a quicky outlaw meeting…" said Robin. Much groned he wanted the first day back to go with out to much trouble. "I proismed my dad not to get any dentions for the first month. And I think we try not to get into too much trouble just yet..."

"What about the Black Knights?" ased Allan "They are always looing for trouble…and getting us into it."

Much shook his head, "This isn't about you behaving - this is about you trying to prove something to Marian."

Robin thought for a moment "Well, we just have to be clever about it…come on - we are year tens now - we have to start using our brains,"

The bell rang and the outlaws all got ready to go to their homerooms. In year ten their were five homerooms names 10A, 10B. 10C, 10D and 10E. Robin was in 10B with John and Allan while Much and Will had been placed in 10C based in another block. "Oaky, we all meet here before going to assembly…."

Robin took his place at the back of the class. With John and Allan. They looked at theit new timetabels for the year. "Sport studies first thing…" said Robin pleased with that. While being in year ten made most people groned and the thought for the looming GCSE exams were drawing nearer Robin was pleased to studying something he was really keen on and dropping other subjects he wasn't keen on.

"Same here Robin," said Allan giving Robin a high five "What about you Johnny boy?"

"Business studies…." Said John ignoring Allan nicknames. If he reacted Allan would do it more.

The door open and Guy Gisborn walked in – late. Robin was hoping he wasn't coming to school today – hopeing his parents had got fed up with him and send him to boarding school or something liked that. "If he is late then Sheriff Junior will be late too…" Vaisey Sheriff was the leader of the Black knights and a nasty hot temper person. Vaisey father owns many business and factory in the area. He and Gsiborn were always together and scheming. Robin hated them both.

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In 10C Will and Much were checking out their time table. "Food tec…." Said Much happily "What about you?"

"Design and technology…. "said Will with a grin.

"How did you manage to choice between that or art?" asked Much he knew last year Will had a hard time chooing between the two subjects and he wasn't allowed to do both. And Will was very good at both - so it make choosing between them harder.

"I can do art at home – but I can't do the woodwork side of things there…" said Will with a shrugged "Anyay I checked it out, once I am in collage I can carry on the design techory and also do my art GCSE if I want as well…."

Much was impressed with that. he wished he had more idea about his furtue. Much though were disputed by Vasiey Sheriff walking in the room with one of the black knights called Harry. They walk up to Much and Will.

"Get out of our seats," snapped Vaisey as once.

"I don't see your name on them," said Much at once and without thinking "And I think you find we were here first…." Really Much didn't think before he talked.

Vaisey sheriff looked angry at them. "Remember you place Miller….you too Scarlett…move now or you will pay….." Much was sure Vaisey was on his way on be coming a psychopath.

Much and Will didn't moved their homeroom teacher spoke up "Vaisey, Harry sit down you are making the room look untidy….."

"Watch your backs…" said Vaisey before sitting down on another chair acrossed the classroom giving them dark looks.

"Great," said Much more to himself "Just great…." Not even ten minutes into the new school year and things were going wrong - he will gets us back for this,"

"It's only a chair." said Will, but he knew Much was right.

When the bell rang for assembly Much and Will got up and walked out of class to see that Robin and the others were already waiting for them. "How come you always get out before us?" asked Much

"Can't help we get the nice homeroom teacher…." Said Allan with a grin.

Sheriff and Harry pushed pashed Much and Will and gave them a dark look. "I see you been winding the Black Knights up early this year," comment Robin with a small grin but he was concern that this wasn't a good sign. As much as Much and Will could stand up for themselves, they were often targets for the Black Knights due to their parents jobs and family backgrounds. They were easier tagerts tagerts compared himself, John and even Allan.

"Don't worry about it," said Allan at once "Come on…" They made they way to the Hall for assembly. As they walked Allan keep on talking "Did you know I made a bet with Tom." He started "He bet I would get detention first day back….I bet I wouldn't…"

"Good luck…" said John

On they way they past a group of years seven walking the other way. "Hey Al….." called Tom, then gave his brother a rude hand gresture. Allan reponed with another one. "Tom, is a pain in the backside…" started Allan as another group of years seven walked by, this time with Luke in it.

"Hey Will," called Luke "I'm in 7B…..see ya…."

"I wish I had your brother." Said Allan looking at Will "At lest your brother is likeable…."

"You don't have to live with him," said Will. But they all knew Will and Luke got on better than most siblings do.

After a boring Assembly everyone went to their first lessons. Marian sat in her art class enjoying the sunny classroom. Today it was more crowed than normal as the deign and technology students were also in the art room as their classroom was getting new equipment in it (why that couldn't of happen over the summer Marian didn't know) As it was the first day back their were set the task of drawing themselves to setting them back in. Marian started her work silently, she only looked up when they was a sudden loud commotion. Will and Harry were fighting – it had seem Harry had got hold of a lot of red paint and coved Will in it. The teacher was angry and set them off to the office. The class laughted as they went but Marian didn't. This was going to start a bigger fight once Robin found out what had happen.

Much didn't get any more lucky either, He was in the food room minding his own business when another of the Black Knights – Elliot had come up behind them a dump a bag of flour over him. This wasn't how he wanted the first day back to go.

At break time Robin had wonder where Much and Will had got too. He even asked Luke who didn't know. Tom started to laugh and pointed down the corridor as Much and Will appeard still covers in flour and Paint "What the hell happen to you two?" asked Robin shocked.

"Oh this is because we didn't move chairs when the Sheriff told us too…" said Much opening this locker and taking out his PE kit and Will was doing the same. "Elliot got me with flour and Harry got Will with the paint…."

"Don't even laugh….I had enough of the Will Scarlett jokes already….." added Will, he looked really angry

"Dad is going to be so cross," said Luke to his older brother "Did you punch him?" Will nodded his head "You are so grouned…."

"Get lost…" said Will and Luke and Tom walked away laughing.

"We better get cleaned up," said Much and he and Will walked away to the changing rooms.

Allan shook his head "So all that because they didn't do what Sheriff wanted…over the top…."

Robin agreed if the Sheriff was going to react like that for something so small it was unfair and Robin was unsure what that would mean for the rest of the school year. "I think we need to give the Black Knights a little pay back…."

"What do you have in mind?" asked John thinking along the same lines as Robin. Sometimes he talk Robin out of plans but this time he wasn't. It was first day back and they already planned to get Much and Will in the first lesson of the year.

"I'll come up with something…." Said Robin trying to think of a good pay back.

Robin sat behind Marian in Maths. He poke her in the back with his pen. "What is it?" hissed Marian turning around.

"I want to know what happen in the Art classroom," said Robin at once.

"You know what happen – everyone dose," said Marian the incident with Will and Harry had spend arouend school like wild fire.

Robin shook his head "It was out of order what happen to him and Much… all because they didn't give Sheriff their seats in homeroom – I mean how childish is that? he wrost than a toddler…."

"What are you planning?" asked Marian at once "I know you are planning something – I can see it in your eyes….."

Marian knew him too well. "An eye of an eye, an tooth for a tooth….."

"I once heard if we did an eye of an eye we will all be blind…." Said Marian wisely "This will blow over - by next week it will be forgotten about."

"This won't just blow over," said Robin at once "They can't just get away with it…."

"They got dentention." Said Marian "That hardly getting away with it…."

"No one messes with my friends," said Robin at once and he ment that. He had know Much and Will all his life were more than friends - they were his family. And really the first day of school wasn't going well at all.

"Just don't get yourself into trouble." Warned Marian

Robin smield brightly "I didn't know you cared…." Marian turn back around angryily but Robin was still grinning like a lidot.