Robin's recovery had been a long and ongoing one, requiring around the clock bed rest which drove the brunette crazy. She wanted to get back out into the world, to start building up the strength in her shooting arm again. But Zelena and Alice weren't having any of it and were happy to operate a 24-hour nursing service for the stubborn archer to make sure that she stuck to the doctor's orders.
"And how is our patient this morning?" Alice mumbled as she skipped down the stairs. Zelena had invited her to stay in the guest room ever since they found Robin, and the blonde had been loving being able to be close to her love.
"Cranky…she threw her spoon at me when I was giving her breakfast." Zelena let out a sigh of frustration, as she showed the blonde the porridge stain on her dress.
"That doesn't sound like Robin…" Alice frowned in confusion as she poured herself a cup of tea.
"Meet Robin the patient she's a proper gremlin…plus, I think she's a little bored. She's been stuck in that bed for almost three weeks now." The redhead vented, as she ran her hand through the messy red locks.
"I've been trying to teach her how to play chess, but it's proving rather difficult." The blonde blushed slightly, thinking of the reason why the chess lessons hadn't been going as planned. Ever since they confessed their love for one another, things had been getting more and more intense between the two lovers, chased kisses suddenly turned into passionate make-out session's, with roaming hands and silent moans, not that Alice minded of course.
"She wants to go out into the world! She's always hated being stuck inside." The redhead continued to rant, unaware of the thoughts going through the blonde in front of her.
"I get that feeling…why don't we bring the outside to her?" Alice bounced excitedly as she thought back to her life in the tower and one of the things that kept her sane while trapped.
"I'm listening…"
After getting everything into place for Robin's surprise, the blonde quietly tiptoed into the archer's room, stopping at the door for a few moments to admire her sleeping girlfriend. The way her mouth hung open slightly, her beautiful brown hair sticking out at all angles, the way her nose scrunched up while she was dreaming peacefully. Alice didn't know how she had gotten so lucky, she had this amazing woman who loved her, regardless of her quirks and even after she'd been kidnaped by her crazy mother, Robin had still wanted to be with her.
"Hey, sleepy head," Alice mumbled as she crawled into bed and placed a sweet kiss on the brunette's sleeping lips.
"Mmm, hey…I could get used to waking up like this." Robin spoke in a hushed tone as she wiped the sleep from her eyes.
"You say that every time." Alice blushed as she moved to sit up against the headboard, offering her lap for the sleepy brunette.
"And I mean it every time…it's better than the wakeup call I get from my Mom when she has to give my medicine at six!" Robin mumbled against Alice's stomach, sending vibration's through the blonde's body. "I'm gonna miss waking up to you every day when I'm better." The archer looked up at her love, even after being together for only a few week's Robin knew that she wanted to spend every day of the rest of her life with the blonde.
"Me too…maybe someday, we'll have our own little house and we will be able to wake up next to each other every morning." Alice gushed as she ran her fingers through Robin's messy bed hair.
"I'd like that." The brunette leaned up, capturing the girl's lips. As hands began to roam, the brunette moved to straddle the girl deepening the kiss.
"Robin…we can't," Alice breathed in between kisses.
"It's fine, it doesn't hurt anymore…" The archer mumbled, as her head rested on the blonde's forehead, both breathing heavily, while Alice's hands made their way under the brunette's shirt, stroking their way up and down the girl's bare back. Robin moved to attack the blonde's neck, knowing all of her girlfriend's special spots.
"Mmm…wait, your Mother." Alice moaned, her grip on the girl's hips tightened as Robin pressed her body even further into the blonde.
"Shh…" Robin hummed, before latching onto the blonde's lips once more, forcing the blonde to let out a hearty moan, while their tongues fought playfully for control.
"Good Afteno…oh sorry!" Zelena shrieked as she walked in on her daughter and girlfriend.
"Mom! Have you ever heard of knocking?" Robin defeated, quickly rolled off her blonde true love, as she shot daggers at her Mother.
"Have you heard of respecting the house rules?" The redhead shouted, forcing both of the girls to turn an alarming shade of red, both of them knowing that as of late, things had been heading in that direction, and fast.
"We weren't doing…that!" Robin muttered angrily.
"Ohh, sandwiches," Alice mumbled to herself, as she began to dig through the tray of food for the marmalade ones, opting to stay out of the awkward conversation.
"Regardless of the house rules, your body is still healing! You can't be doing things like that!" Zelena snapped at her daughter.
"Like kissing my girlfriend?" Robin smirked back, snarling at her Mother.
"Like…over exerting yourself!" Zelena explained simply, not in the mood to be fighting with the girl.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm fine now?" Robin hissed through gritted teeth. The archer was seriously starting to get annoyed with people tiptoeing around her.
"Robin you were on death's door when we found you, three weeks isn't enough time for someone to just suddenly be fine!" Zelena shouted, making both girls jump at the sudden outburst.
"I'm sorry, I know how worried you've both been and I'm not making it any easier." The brunette looked down at her still slightly cut hands that were tangled up in her lap, she knew that she had been acting like an ass, especially towards her Mother.
"You're bored and frustrated, we get that," Zelena spoke softly as she sat down gently on the brunette's bed.
"And, we have a plan!" Alice spoke up once again as she jumped onto her own side of her bed, with half a marmalade sandwich in one hand and a long test tube containing some dirt and grass in the other.
"What is this?" The archer asked as Alice handed the test tube.
"This is what my Papa used to do for me when I was in the tower," Alice explained with a small frown on her face, she hadn't been able to see her Papa as much since the day they brought Robin home, although Regina had offered to fill in for Robin, allowing Alice to still send her Papa a letter once a week. "I'd tell him where in all the realms I was thinking of and he'd travel out and bring me back one of these." The blonde explained, before munching on her sandwich.
"Woah, that's so cool. Where is this one from?" The archer asked as she took a closer look at the contents of the small vile.
"Take a smell and find out." Alice winked, her mouth full of bread and jam.
"It smells…like that field just south of your hut, the one where we watched the comet." Robin blushed at the memory of the night they had spent together, just the two of them, under the stars. No injuries, no overbearing Mother's and most importantly, no interruptions.
"You said that it would make a good place for target practice, I wanted something that would remind you of shooting, but I don't know where you usually practice," Alice mumbled as she wiped the crumbs off Robin's bed.
"This is amazing, it feels like I'm actually there and not stuck in here…thank you, Alice." Robin smiled wholeheartedly, before leaning in for a small kiss, fully aware of her mother's prying eyes burning holes into the back of her head.
"That's not all your girl came up with." Zelena winked.
"There's more?"
"Yep! How does a picnic, followed by some archery practice and some star gazing sound?" Alice smiled smugly at the brunette.
"That actually sounds amazing…but I'm still stuck in this bed and I haven't been cleared to shoot yet." The annoyed archer pointed out, with a shrug of her good shoulder.
"True, but I've always wanted to shoot an arrow!" The blonde teased excitedly.
"You? Shoot an arrow? It's not as easy as it looks babe." Robin couldn't help but laugh at the thought of her girlfriend even holding a bow, let alone shooting an arrow.
"Well…you can teach me!" The blonde bit her lip, teasing the brunette.
"Sounds perfect." The archer winked in response.
"But none of that until you take your medicine and eat your lunch!" Zelena spoke up, pulling the two girl's from their unofficial staring contest, as a large tray of food was suddenly magically teleported onto the brunette's bed.
"Yes, Mother…wait, there is only enough for two in here, aren't you joining us?" Robin asked in confusion, her Mother hadn't left her alone since the kidnapping.
"Not today, I suddenly have plans with Regina…and you wouldn't want your Mother to hijack your date." Zelena winked knowingly at the now grinning girls, as Robin reached over to tangle her hand with Alice's.
"Thanks, Mom…"
"Take good care of her." The redhead playfully warned the blonde girl.
"You know I will," Alice called out to the redhead as she left the room, only to pop her head back in seconds later.
"Oh, and girls…house rules! Respect them!" Zelena smirked, before disappearing once again.
"Mom!" Robin shouted, but she knew that her Mother had most likely already poofed to Regina's camp.
With Zelena out of the house, the two girls relaxed into their domestic life. Alice changed Robin's bandages, made sure that she took her medicine to help with enchantments that Gothel had put on her body and happily dug into the food provided by Zelena. After all the food had disappeared - mostly eaten by the starving archer - Alice excitedly bounced downstairs to retrieve the plastic bow and arrow and small target mat's that Zelena had conjured up. The target mats were hung around the brunette's room and Robin's bed was pushed into the middle of the room for a better view of all the targets.
"Are you sure I'm holding it right?" Alice asked as she stood proudly plastic bow - almost too small for her - held firmly in her hands, aiming at the small target just above the window.
"Am I sure that you are holding a child's plastic bow right? Yep, pretty sure." Robin giggled as she fiddled with the toy arrow in her hand, aiming it at Alice's backside. When she was satisfied that her aim was right, the archer flung the arrow gently, hitting its target with a plop.
"Robin! Focus!" Alice shrieked as she was hit.
"Sorry…straighten your back ever so slightly." The archer smirked as she took in the blonde stance properly, before silently crawling down her bed and standing behind the blonde.
"Like this?" Alice mumbled as she stuck her tongue out in concentration.
"No…" Robin smiled as she wrapped her arms around the blonde, pulling her in close before whispering directly into the blonde's ear. "Like this."
"You shouldn't be out of bed!" Alice pointed out, bumping her gently with her bum, but not making any indication of moving.
"You're the one that wanted to learn." The archer purred as she placed small kisses on her neck.
"This doesn't feel like learning." The blonde moaned as she melted into the archer's arms, dropping the bow and arrow and lacing her fingers with Robin's that we rested on her stomach.
"This is so much better than learning," Robin mumbled against Alice's neck, sending vibrating waves of pleasure through the blonde.
"Someone seems to have a one-track mind these days." The blonde mumbled as she arched her neck giving Robin more access.
"Is that a problem?" The brunette giggled, as she nibbled gently on then blondes ear.
"Not completely…but I think we should slow down." Alice breathed out, prompting the archer to loosen up on her hold. Turning to face her, Alice gave her girlfriend a shy smile.
"Oh…I thought." Robin rubbed the back of her neck nervously, as a hot blush crept across her cheeks.
"No…trust me, I like where things are heading, I really like this, it's just…I've never." Alice looked down in embarrassment, thinking that someone who looked as amazing as Robin did, surely had people throwing themselves at her back in her world.
"Neither have I…I always wanted my first time to be special and with someone I loved," Robin mumbled as she placed a finger under the blondes chin, forcing her head up to face her.
"Me too…but I don't think I'm quite there yet." The blonde shrugged ready for the brunette to pull away and end things.
"Why didn't you say anything…I'm sorry if you thought that I was pressuring you or anything." Robin gently pulled the smaller girl into her arms, holding her close as she threaded her fingers through her golden locks.
"No, no, you weren't…I've rather enjoyed what we've been doing," Alice reassured the worried brunette, winking teasingly before pecking the archer's lips.
"Oh yeah…" Robin moaned, loving when Alice was in a teasing mood like this. "Do you like it when I do this?" The archer teased back as she planted a deep passionate kiss on the wanting blonde's lips.
"God yes." She mumbled against her lover's lips.
"What about this?" The archer teased, as she placed sloppy kisses along the blonde's neck, before sucking hard on a certain spot just under the blondes chin, that she knew drove her lover crazy.
"Definitely that…" Alice shakily spoke, thoroughly enjoying what the brunette was doing. "You know what I like most though?"
"Hmm?" The archer hummed against her skin before she was gently pushed away from her love.
"When we are cuddled up in bed and you are resting! Bed now!" Alice spoke in a sing-song tone as she jumped onto the bed and opened her arms for her love.
"You're no fun!" Robin pouted as she crawled up the bed, starting to feel the effects of the day taking over her body.
"Yeah yeah." Alice rolled her eyes as the brunette cuddled sweetly into her arms, ready for her usual afternoon nap.
"Any sign of her yet?" The redhead asked as soon as she entered Regina's tent.
"Nothing, I've put the word out all over the Kingdom. Don't worry sis, we'll find that witch and make her pay for everything she's done." Regina smiled reassuringly, as she threw a bunch of leaves into the black cauldron.
"Zelena." Hook nodded from his seat at the small table, where he sat nursing a cup of tea.
"Nook…Hook, sorry force of habit." Zelena smiled apologetically at the man she knew wholeheartedly would one day be family.
"No harm done. How's Robin?" He raised his cup to the tall redhead, smiling knowingly.
"Getting there, she and Alice are having a little date night. Young love is so adorable!"
"Aye…thank you, for taking care of Alice…she's lucky to have someone like you and Robin in her life." A wave of sadness passed over the man, ducking his head he hid the tears now forming in his eyes.
"And soon she'll have her Father again," Zelena whispered as she placed her hand gently on his back, now knowing what it was like to be separated from a child.
"Hopefully…but it seems we have more pressing matters to attend to." The man coughed, choking back the emotions bubbling up inside.
"Such as?" Regina questioned as she walked over to join the pair.
"Gothel…a friend of mine told me she came looking for safe passage to Neverland." He explained, pulling out a tattered letter for them to read.
"Neverland? What could she possibly want there?" Zelena spoke burning question that had been going through both of the Mill's sister's minds.
"There's only one thing worth seeking out on that godforsaken island or rather someone." Hook frowned worrisomely.