Previously on 'Of Sheriffs and Sisters':

Allan threw up his hands and went to grab his sword.

"I'll be back." He muttered as he walked out of the camp. John, Robin and Will shared looks before going about their work.

"So what does it mean Much?" Robin asked playfully. Much banged his spoon on the table and huffed.

"Not you too master!" He whined while the other three laughed wholeheartedly at his expense.

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Meanwhile, at the river…

"Just give me your old clothes and Marian and I will…dispose of them." Djaq told Lizzy. Lizzy stood behind the rocks of the cave to get undressed, throwing her clothes to Djaq once she was finished.

"And we've put your new clothes at the edge of the river with the soap and everything you'll need to wash." Marian said as Lizzy stepped into the cold water. "Do you need any help finding your way back to camp. Djaq and I could stay with you, you know." She continued. Lizzy shook her head.

"I'll be fine. I paid good attention on the way here. Do not be so worried, my friend." She answered, shivering as she got used to the water.

"Alright." Djaq muttered. She and Marian left the river to return to camp, leaving Lizzy alone. The young girl began to wash her body, focusing mostly on her hair.

"So far away, my love I stay, and wait for you on this endless day. The sun is high, the wind beats down on this old and ageless sacred ground…" Lizzy sang softly as she waded through the clear water. "Upon the sand in this holy land, I wait and wait for this place so grand. So far away, my love, I say that I'll wait for you on this endless day." She finished with a sigh before climbing out of the water and wrapping herself in the blanket Marian had left.

"You have a beautiful voice." Someone said from behind her.

Lizzy jumped up and spun towards the myseterious person. She smiled when she saw them, then frowned when she looked down at her blanket covered body.

"Allan, you scared me. What are you doing there?" She asked. She looked down at her body again and added, "And how long have you been there?"

Allan kept his eyes on his face as long as possible before running them over her body, still barely covered by the thin blanket.

"I was walking and I heard the singing. I haven't been here too long. Are you angry?" He said, looking back into her eyes and noticing the slight blush on her face. He smirked.

"No. As long as you don't mention the fact that when you found me, I had just gotten out of the river and was only covered in a blanket, then Robin shouldn't kill you." Lizzy responded, giving him her own smirk. Allan chuckled and moved closer to her, holding out his hands. She looked down at then curiously. "Yes?"

He laughed again. "I'm offering to hold up the blanket so that you can get dressed without the worry of me looking." She nodded and walked over to him, clothes in hand. He clutched the blanket above her neck when she gave it to him, so he could only see her face.

"Hold it above your head." She told him. He did as she said and waited. "And if you look, I'll kill you and then bring you back to let Robin get a hold of you." She warned. Allan laughed loudly and continued to hold up the sheet.

"Where did you learn that song?" He asked as he waited for her to finish getting dressed. He pulled the sheet down when she gave it a tug from the top. They smiled at eachother as she gathered the things Marian and Djaq had left her and sitting on the ground near the rocks.

"I learned it in the holy land." She answered after he had settled down next to her. Allan nodded and looked at the water as it got darker and the sun disappeared behind the trees. A comfortable silence washed over the two as they watched the sun completely disappear and stars begin to twinkle in the dark sky.

"So…how did you become an outlaw?" Lizzy asked, breaking the silence and bringing Allan's eyes to her face. He smiled widely and shook his head, remembering the trouble he had gotten into before he had met Robin.

"Doing stupid things and saying what I shouldn't have said at the wrong time. The sheriff pretty much hates me." He answered triumphantly.

Lizzy laughed at the pride in his voice. "Proud of the idiotic things you've done? No wonder you and Robin are friends." He laughed with her. "I didn't realize Sir Edward had gotten so bad." She said when they were finished.

"Oh, Mairan's father isn't the sheriff anymore. He hadn't been for a long time before he died." Allan told her. She looked shocked. "Oh, yes, you didn't know. Edward was murdered. It's part of the reason Marian is here."

"Oh, poor Marian." Lizzy sighed sadly. She looked up at the sky, then back at Allan, who smiled, trying to lighten her mood. "So how did you become part of this gang?" She wondered.

"Now, that is a very interesting story…" Allan began before going into the story behind his involvement with Robin and the outlaws.

Author's Note: Thank you for readind this and I hope you've enjoyed this chapter. It was a little hard to write this without making Allan seem like a perv for standing in the trees watching Lizzy. I hope I didn't. I just really wanted to bring their characters closer together without having anyone else around to annoy them. I hope you like where their relationship is going. There will be more action in the coming chapters, especially the next one when Robin sees Lizzy and Allan at the river.

X-uRbAn PiXiE-X--I know. I love Much's strange things that he does. He is just one of the best characters to write because as long as he has something funny he can do, it's pretty much perfect. I hope you continue to love it and please keep up the wonderful reviews. I love hearing them.

JustAnotherFallen--I had to think of my brother to get robin's reactions to pretty much anything Lizzy does. This is my AU season 3. Marian's alive but pretty much everything else form season 2 happened. So yeah, it's my season 3. Keep up the reviewing and enjoy the chapters to come. Thanks for the support.

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