The more Edward attempted to talk to her, the further and further she looked away from him. Discomfort growing in her mind as she walked. It was becoming more and more apparent that attempting to talk to this self-centered man was non-existent. He was going on and on about how lucky she should consider herself for being able to walk home with him and how safe she must feel and how dangerous these streets are, blah blah blah. That was until a figure moved between them, Marian only thankful to have happen; it gave her a feeling of a ‘break’ from Edward before she was forced to listen to him talk again. That was… until a voice called out to them; causing the two to stop and turn around. 

The young man who came between them held up something that looked slightly familiar. Even Marian recognized the watch but when the man pulled out a knife, she held up her hands even though the knife was truly only gestured at Edward. Her toned curvy body gave a visible shiver in the dress she was wearing and goose bumps began to appear on her skin for two reasons; one was that the Taylors had a valid point; she did come from a rich background so he’d have no reason not to target her. And two, she was cold!

“Listen Robin Hood.” Edward said, his voice cracking in a small amount of fright as he attempted to keep his arm between Robin and Marian. “Just take whatever you want but leave us alone.” His voice tried to sound sharp and stern, like he somehow had the upper-hand of the situation but everyone who’s been around the block when it comes to the lawyer situation knew that this was one of those ‘full of it’ speeches. “There’s no reason for violence, we’ve done nothing wrong and I just want to make sure my girlfriend gets home safe…”

“Girlfriend?!” Marian jumped in questioningly only to get a stern look of ‘shut up’ that caused her to open mouth in response before Robin Hood spoke up about Edward being such a gentleman. Her blue gaze shot to the young man in front of them and stared rather blankly at the coat he was handing her. “R…really?” She asked in surprise because she was more than prepared to throw her purse at his feet, instead he was giving her his jacket to stay warm. Taking it from him in surprise, she threw it over her shoulders and stuck her bare arms into the sleeves. It was toast warm, as if he had been wearing it for quite a while and the smell of the cologne on it was almost intoxicating. In fact, she was so lost in the warmth and comforting smell that she didn’t realize that she was getting spoken to. 

She had put two and two together by now that John Smith was actually Robin Hood standing in front of her. But she wasn’t going to argue with that and she surely wasn’t going to admit that she knew Robin Hood was in the party before everything went crazy. She didn’t say anything, she merely walked to Robin’s side before giving him a small head gesture to continue on her walk; obviously choosing him to walk her home instead of Edward. Did she do it out of fear? Fear because he might hurt her or Edward if she didn’t… or did she do it for some other reason?

“Don’t worry Marian!” Edward called out as the two began to walk off… not wanting to reveal what he had in mind as he attempted to get his phone to turn back on. As much as he thought he was being sneaky, he was obviously going to get a hold of the police (or run back to the office) and send them after Robin Hood who was ‘kidnapping’ Marian Anderson, the daughter of the Chief of Police. Why would she choose to be with Robin Hood instead of Edward Taylor? Because she feared for her life and his and thought the best way to save them was to follow the crazy man’s will.

“You’re either really brave or really stupid to show back up around here when the whole police station is crawling around.” She said in a playful lecturing tone. “Thank you for the jacket… and the dance. Though it’s disappointing that your body guard interrupted us…” When would she ever have time to make small talk with the mastermind ‘criminal’ of the city? It’s now or never.