Title: Outlaws2006 - Chapter Seventeen: I will not kiss you until you ask me too
Rating: PG
Author: moonmajik and Tanya
Synopsis: Robin and his gang of outlaws, plus Guy of Gisnborne and the Sheriff, get swept 800 years into the future, to the year 2006, into the ladies bathroom of a Starbucks Coffee House. Follow their journey as they get to grips with their new surroundings. Based on the BBC's 2006 Robin Hood.
Pairings: Robin/OC, Will/OC, Alan/Djaq
Disclaimer: We do not own Robin Hood or any associated comments, such as "We go to Nottingham" or "Not being Funny, but..." Especially do not own the Sheriff. Damn. We do, however, own Charli and Tanya. In the later Chapters, there may be other characters that we own.

Tanya stormed through the shopping center Charli running after her. The woman was ranting to herself quietly, shocked, outraged, and more than a little pleased at what Robin had just done.

"First he goes and gets angry at Harry, when Harry has done nothing. Then when I confront him, he kisses me! I mean, what kind of a man does that? Huh?" She turned on Charli, who looked more than a little scared.

"I don't know, but Tanya - "

"I mean, the cheek of him! How dare he do that!"

"Um, Tanya?"

"What?"

"We no longer have outlaws following us," Charli stared at her friend wide eyed.

Tanya stopped her rant for a few moments to realize that Charli was right; the outlaws were nowhere in sight. "Shit." She ran her hands through her hair, as she looked around frantically.

"Ok," Charli took a deep breath. "Let's not panic about this and just think. If you were an outlaw from 1192, where would you go?"

"Its easy," Tanya said, slightly hysterical already. "All we have to do is follow the trail of destruction. Oh God, they are never going to let us in here again!"

"They can't have gone far, lets go back to where we were," Charli attempted to remain level headed.

"Why didn't we buy them a phone?" Tanya grabbed her arm. "That's it! When we find them, we buy them a phone."

"Where you getting the money from?" Charli stood up on tiptoe to search for the outlaws.

"Your dads credit card, of course." She took Charli by the arm and led them back to where they had been stood several minutes ago. Many people walked past, but none they recognized to be the outlaws. "Let's head back towards the main doors and work our way through the place. They can't have gone that far."

"My dad's credit card?" Charli laughed. "Yeah, I can so see that happening. There - is that? Oh now, that's just a random person. They would be so much easier to spot if they weren't wearing Jeans like EVERY OTHER DAMN PERSON" Charli took a deep breath. "Sorry."

Tanya laughed but knew that Charli had a point; every man and his dog were jeans. "Just stay calm, we'll find them." Tanya tried to reassure but the panic was already setting in. "I can't believe we lost Robin Hood and his men at Robin Park," she hissed to herself. "This will be HIS doing no doubt, seeing as they follow HIM everywhere! When I find that arrogant little git of a man I'm going to KILL HIM!"

"That's not really very nice." Came a familiar deep voice from behind Tanya and Charli. Both girls whirled around, but it was not long before relief gave way to anger and seeing all six outlaws safe behind them.

Tanya turned a deep shade of Crimson and if it weren't for Charli pulling her back, she would have surely leapt on the man. "Where, in the name of Christ, have you been!" She yelled instead.

Robin held his hands up in defense. "Whoa, whoa, whoa." He grinned; Tanya wanted to knock the smirk off his face. "We just wanted to take a look around. Besides, you seemed pretty upset."

"Upset? UPSET!"

"Yes, upset, like you are now actually," he looked over her shoulder at Charli in utter amazement. "Where does she GET this temper!"

"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Tanya swatted his chest.

"Ow, " he sulked as she rubbed were she'd smacked him. It wasn't long before he was grinning again. "Violent aren't we? I love it when you get mad."

"Oh that's it," Tanya walked away before she really laid into him.

"What did you do? What did you destroy? How much money do I owe this place?" Charli changed the subject as Tanya hid behind her, dreading the answers. There was an outraged cry from the six outlaws.

"We didn't do anything!"

"We might have broken that remote thing."

"No, Much, you might have broken that remote thing!"

"Well, yes, alright... but we didn't do anything else."

"SHUT-UP!" Charli yelled this time. Each of the outlaws stopped talking, looking at Charli as if she was about to murder them. Charli plastered on her sweetest smile. "Now, here's what we are going to do. We are going to make our way home shortly. We are going to STAY together and there will be no more accidents, no more destroying of shops. Is that understood?"

The outlaws all nodded eagerly, making it perfectly clear that they weren't about to argue with her. "I need to make one more stop." She then said to Tanya quietly. "At the sports shop."

"You go." Tanya nodded. "Ill watch this lot. Be as quick as you can." Charli took off, running in the direction of JJB Sports, and Tanya folded her arms, attempting to out stare each of the outlaws. Well, all of them except Robin.

He grinned and looked her up and down again. Tanya let out a sigh of frustration. She marched over and dragged him to one side again. "Let's get one thing straight Locksley. I don't know when you got it into your head that I am some random piece of meat you can eye up and fondle and KISS whenever pleases, but I'm not, so back off." She sighed. "You are never to kiss me again, do you hear me?"

Robin sighed too. "Fine. I will not kiss you until you ask me too," Tanya nodded, satisfied. Robin couldn't resist adding, cheekily, "Which you will do."

Tanya didn't know whether to laugh or cry; maybe he had a point but that was BESIDE the point! "Let's go," she walked back to where the others were randomly sat on the indoor benches. "I don't trust you on your own." Or myself for that matter she thought.

It wasn't long before Charli returned. She was out of breath, and clutching a rather large carrier bag. "Idiotic guy behind the desk," she muttered. "Right, shall we go?"

It had been a noisy journey back to the flat. The outlaws all seemed to want to prove to Charli and Tanya that they were sorry for wandering off by them, and for all the trouble they had caused in Top shop. All the outlaws, that is, except Will, who remained quietly staring out of the window.

Tanya pulled the car up the drive, and the outlaws tumbled out, and into the block of flats, chattering excitedly. Tanya rolled her eyes at Charli, locked the car and followed them. As he walked past her, Charli caught Will's sleeve, and pulled him back. When the last of his friends had gone in, Charli pulled him into the doorway.

"What's wrong, Will?"

"Nothing," he shrugged, smiling at her.

"Bull," she spluttered. "You've been quiet ever since…the…coffee shop," she peered at him, a small frown on her face.

"There's nothing wrong," he said. Charli reached out and took his hand.

"Please tell me?" When Will pulled his hand from her grasp, she had to bite her lip to stop herself from gasping. "Please Will!"

"You shouldn't be holding my hand, Charli. Not if your betrothed." He said coolly.

"What?" Charli frowned. "Oh God." She remembered how she had explained the concept of boyfriends to Robin. He must have overheard her. "No Will, I'm not betrothed."

"But you said…"

"I know what I said," Charli sighed. "But it works slightly differently here. Darren and I definitely aren't getting married."

"Your not?" There was a flicker of something in Will's eyes. Was it hope? Charli touched a hand to her forehead. She was going to have a wicked headache later that day.

"No. Now, will you tell me what is wrong?"

Will fidgeted uncomfortably. "Promise you won't slap me? Like Tanya did to Robin?"

Charli grinned. "No, Will, I shall not slap you."

Will nodded. "I don't know Charli. Since I arrived, and I know it was only yesterday but, well, I really like you…" He said the last part very quickly. "And I thought you liked me to, I mean, you acted like you liked me, and then you introduced us to Darren…"

"Oh…" There was a silence. Then Charli sighed. "I do like you Will...really like you. I'm sorry for leading you on. Darren and I have had our problems, and I'm not sure where I stand or where I relationship is going. But I do really like you."

There was silence between the two of them. "Okay, say something," Charli laughed nervously. Choosing not to, Will pulled her towards him and slipped his arms around her.

"You said you wouldn't slap me," he reminded her, before pressing his lips to hers gently.

She had slipped her arms around his waist, when the door to the flats flew open and a scared looking Tanya stuck her head back out into the street, causing them to jump apart.

"Hey, Charli. You better come and see this. Someone has completely destroyed your door!"

Will looked at Charli for a moment, a look of confusion written on his face. "We should go see what's happened." He took her hand and together they followed Tanya back up the stairs.

"Holy Shit!" Was more or less Charli's reaction, with a few more colorful adjectives that the outlaws didn't really understand. "Who broke my door?" She pulled her hand from Wills and went over to examine it.

"Three guesses," Little John growled as he too studied the damaged door. Robin cursed and looked up at the ceiling with a grimace.

"Look," Alan pointed point, "I'm not being funny, but it's not safe here anymore. Maybe we should-"

"It doesn't matter where we go!" Robin snapped his head round to Alan. "It's obvious we are being watched. That's why they broke in whilst we were out."

"Am I missing something?" Tanya frowned while Charli continued to stare at her door in horror. "You guys know who would do this?"

"Guy of Gisborne," Robin spat.

"And the Sheriff." Will added. "Charli?"

"Huh?" Charli suddenly spun around on the spot to face Will; she had been in her own world for a moment. "What?" She looked a little dazed.

"Are you alright?" Alan asked, coming up to stand behind Will.

"Of course she isn't." Tanya said, taking her friends arm and beginning to usher her inside. "Her door got knocked down. Would you be ok?"

"Wait" Robin leaped forward, pulling Tanya back. "Its not safe!"

Tanya shrugged him off. "Don't touch me," but before she could go any further she realized that Robin was right; it wasn't safe. "I'm sorry."

Robin nodded before looking back at his men. He motioned for them all to come forward and follow him into the flat.

"Um…" Alan whispered. "I'm not being funny but, if they ARE here, we're unarmed anyway, so…"

"I don't think they are here," Robin led the men through the flat. "They must have been searching for something in particular, there's not very much disturbance inside. Tanya, where did you hide the weapons? Check they are still there."

Tanya headed to the bedroom without even questioning him. Charli still stood in the hallway looking a little white. The rest of the outlaws continued their search around the flat for anything unusual. When Tanya didn't return after a few minutes, Robin went to look for her. He found her crouched down at the base of the wardrobe looking slightly worried.

"What is it?" He strode over to join her. "The weapons? Are they still there?"

Tanya looked up at him. "Yeah, but they've been disturbed."