"Master! Master! You must come see this!" Robin, and everybody else for that matter, ran in the direction of the voice. Much appeared to be in the bathroom, staring at the bath as if it were lined with solid gold.
"It's a…it's a bath! Oh Master Robin! How I have dreamt of this moment for many a month." He made his way over and knelt down slowly, running his hands over the shiny white enamel like he was stroking an animal. Tanya giggled, walked over, and turned the taps on. Much's eyes widened in utter amazement as he watched the water pour into the tub.
"What? How? Where?" He hugged the bath tighter.
"Shall we leave him alone?" Charli whispered, concerned that Much may have lost the plot completely. Robin appeared to be the only one smiling.
They made their way back into the living room and noticed that Will was still sat on the sofa, studying the globe as if his life depended on it. "Charli?" He said, without even looking up. "Where is Nottingham on here?"
Charli threw herself beside him and took the sphere from his hands. She spun it round slightly and narrowed her eyes before placing her finger on one particular point and handing it back. "There…roughly anyway. England is a small country compared to others."
"It is? Interesting…" Will continued to stare at England for a while before spinning the globe around again. All the outlaws, bar Much, were now gathered round the sofa; intrigued by the world map. "How many countries are there altogether then? Because, if I'm not mistaken, there seems to be a lot of land here."
Tanya let out a long whistle. "Now that is a question that's somewhat difficult to answer, as there is no one right answer. Many sources offer different answers, and depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today. The United Nations has 192 members, including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations, but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation…" Tanya would have continued if it weren't for everyone staring at her, even her best friend.
"What the hell was that!" Charli demanded. "I swear, the crap that comes out of your mouth sometimes astounds me!"
"I told you I spend far too much time on the Internet looking and random shite." Tanya shrugged her shoulders in excuse. Will looked like he's just seen a ghost. "Did that answer your question?" She smiled at him. Will nodded quickly and handed the globe to someone else instead. That was enough information about the world and it's roundness for the day as far as he was concerned.
"What about the Holy Land?" Robin stood leaning against the back of the sofa, arms folded, a serious look upon on his face. "Where is that on this 'globe'?"
"The Holy Land?" Tanya blinked. "Oh you mean Jerusalem? Israel? Oh…you fought in the Crusades..." The globe was passed on again, this time to Tanya, who quickly found the location. Robin, happy that she knew something so personal about him, pushed himself away from the sofa to lean in for a closer glance. Their cheeks brushed for a split second as they both looked fixedly.
"You see, the approximate distance to Jerusalem is about 2496 miles, that's if you went from Aberdeen, right up in the North. If you went from here, it'd probably be about…" "She's full of many facts, isn't she?" Alan pointed out whilst John nodded in agreement. Charli groaned again and pushed herself up from the sofa "Yeah, useless ones," she rolled her eyes as she watched Tanya point out to Robin several different locations on the globe and explain in detail about each one. The amusing part was that he seemed to be transfixed and buying it all. They seemed to be having an interesting conversation…that was until Tanya started laughing. Robin stepped back, that look of annoyance growing on his face again. "I still blatantly refuse to believe it and I can prove it. I walked in a straight line, a flat line, to Jerusalem! If I had done that and the world was round, I would have fallen off!" "Ugh! Forget it." Tanya groaned in frustration as she took the globe and stuffed it under a big fluffy cushion. "If I never see one of those again I'll be more than happy…" She headed back towards the bathroom to check that Much hadn't drowned, mumbling words such as 'stubborn', 'sexy' and 'his long sword' in the process.