The large office of Heights Law Firm would usually be closed this time of night, but at the moment it was the party for the Taylor family, with the head of the house being a corrupt lawyer who so wanted to be mayor soon. He couldn't have made it any easier for Robert and his Merry Men to sneak in with it being a Masquerade party! A tall, lean man walked in with a steel gray suit, and matching tie. He wore a mask concealing his whole face except his mouth, and mischievous eyes. It was even easier to pass through security since his alias "Johnathan Smith" found its way on the guest list (seriously...? They fell for it?). He gave a nod and smile as he was permitted through. The ballroom was made for these occasions at the firm. People wearing nice outfits and lots of money talk and get drunk and have fun. The room was crowded, with waiters in white tuxes walking around handing out champagne and snacks. A band was playing classical music, tables with white cloths on top, and the hardwood dance floor had a few couples dancing their cares away. Robert looked around, sticking out his leg as a waiter walked by, making him trip up a bit, and pouring a couple glasses of champagne on a few guests. "you idiot! How hard is it to walk around handing out measly glasses of wine?" Robert yelled at him in an offended manner. He went up to a gentleman, looking at the damage. "Such a fine suit too! I'm so sorry sir!" He patted him casually on the pocket, but in a quick flash looted his suit pocket for any valuables. His wallet was filled with money. He would obviously leave the wallet in the lost and found when he left, but he would find it a bit lighter than usual. He kept making his way through the crowd. "Remember, Rob. Taylor is your main target." Little John's voice said through his earpiece. While Robert was distracting Taylor and any of his important friends at the party, his crew was a few floors above trying to hack in to the bank accounts of the law firm. "yeah yeah, I know. They won't be able to resist the charm of Mister John Smith." Robert said quietly, smiling and nodding as people walked by. "How is it?" John asked. "The stereotypical fancy pants ball that everyone loves to be at..." Rob muttered, and his train of thought stopped as he saw a very stunning blonde in the crowd. There was no mistake, even with the mask. That was Marian. Her blue eyes shone through the mask, her beautiful figure, the dress! Oh man! He had to talk to her. He grabbed two glasses of champagne, and walked his way over to her. "Excuse me, I don't suppose you've seen a woman wearing a mask around here do you-- I just realized how stupid that sounded. Its a Masquerade. Looks like I've been stood up..." Robert said in an embarrassing tone, giving a very weak smile. He was about to say something else but then stopped and smiled, then laughed and looked away. "Sorry. It's just... you have really pretty eyes." He offered her a glass and smiled. "I'm John Smith." He said, giving a nod.

The Taylor family was never afraid of spending a lot of money, but always found a cheap way to spend a lot of money. So Mister Adam Taylor was going to spend his money on the proper food and catering for the event but only used the law office. Which was a good and bad thing= at the same, since the office had enough room to throw such a party, “Hello Marian.” One of the bouncers said as he let in the blonde whose hair was curled. “Man, even with the mask; people still know it’s me.” Marian replied with a laugh, her bright blue eyes twinkling through the open view on her [silver mask](http://us.cdn2.123rf.com/168nwm/carlodapino/carlodapino1211/carlodapino121100036/16289752-pretty-blonde-girl-with-curly-hair-takes-one-silver-mask-her-body-is-turned-of-three-quarters-at-lef.jpg) the floor length fitting silver dress hugged her shapely body in a beautiful fashion as she ventured inside towards the party. Waiters and waitresses walked around with trays of food and drinks. Before she could grab one to enjoy she was pulled by her father to say high to the Taylor family. A family of very rich power and with her father being the chief of police, they were very close. “Hello Mister and Misses Taylor.” She said with a smile giving both of them a good firm hand shake. “Have you seen Edward? He’s been looking for you.” Mister Taylor said with a smile behind his rather cheesy looking store bought mask. At least Marian had the creativity to make her own. “He was very much hoping to see you tonight.” Mrs. Taylor made a point to say behind her overly dramatic mask of feathers and jewels. There was no hidden surprises around the police office and courthouse that Edward Taylor had the hots for her and with him being part of a very rich family line, not to mention a successful lawyer in his own right, that the police chief’s daughter should be with him. Unfortunately for anyone else; it wasn’t something Marian had in mind. “Oh I’m sure I’ll run into him sooner or later.” Marian said with a nod, “but for now, I really need to track down some food; I’m starving.” As she walked away, the group picked up her favorite topic ‘Robin Hood’, but she didn’t wish to stick around to talk about it just yet. Her desperate such for food and something to drink became a priority before she was stopped by someone. A tall lean man in a steel gray suite which contrasted with her silver one nicely began to speak to her. His question he stopped her to ask made her smile gently; at first she was worried he was telling the truth. What a way to want to meet someone and her eyebrow quirked slightly at him. Her mind was racing on how to respond, she didn’t want to come across insulting to a tall rather handsome looking masked figure but his complement about her eyes caught her off guard, causing a charming white smile to move across her glossy pink lips. “Oh you’re too kind, thank you.” Her attention moved down to the glass he was handing her, mentally shrugging she took it with her soft small hand. “And thank you again. I’m Marian, Marian Anderson. It’s a pleasure to meet you Mister Smith. Don’t worry about you’re date, I’m sure she’s just lost in the shuffle of people. You’ll find her soon enough. Unless you’re looking for a blind date then… well you’re description of her is rather limited so I hope you do find her.” A nod of confidence left her as a young woman went walking by; the curly hair blonde grabbed a small sandwich from the tray and gave her a very polite thank you. Though the young woman seemed to give Mister Smith an odd look that could almost come across as warning, a warning that Marian didn’t understand but John Smith would ‘Be careful with her’ the look said before the young lady continued on. “Excuse me while I stuff my face.” Marian said with an innocent smile, “I haven’t ate most of the day so I’m very hungry. What do you do for a living Mister Smith?” She said as she bit delicately into her sandwich.

Robert was enjoying this. He could make up any story now! "Ah I don't think i'll find her again. We just talked a bit at the front, and she's probably talking with some other masked man." He said with a shrug. When the woman walked by giving him a look, Robert's dark green eyes shined with entertainment, an eyebrow raised behind his mask. He turned his gaze back to Marian, when she excused herself to eat he laughed and waved it by. "By all means. I know better than to get in between a woman and her food." He said, looking around the room for a second. "Rob, remember your goal..." John chimed in in his earpiece. Marian then asked what he did for a living, Robert took a sip of his drink. "I work for an... organization that deals with funding to charities, you can say." Robert said casually. But he leaned in real close to her to talk quietly. "Although I must say... I can't stand these lawyer types. I hope you don't take offense to it. Its just with my expertise, i have had to deal with all of them. The ones who can't take a joke, the sleezy ones that try to scam you... But the worst ones of all are the overconfident, cocky ones. I'm sure you know those types." He didn't deny he was an asshole while he was a lawyer, and he will play with it. "To be honest this is my first few days back in New York. I've been working in Los Angeles for quite a few weeks, and all this talk and paranoia about this 'Robin Hood' guy. Do they really think he'll make an appearance tonight? He would have to be a mastermind to sneak in here!" "Robin Hood is very far from a mastermind." A voice said, walking towards them. Mister Taylor walked towards Marian, with his son smiling at her. Robert rolled his eyes and looked away for a second. "Found him." Robert muttered. "Alright, we have a problem. There's something we need you to do... Taylor has a vault to lock away his very personal computer. It's activated by some sort of remote. Probably in his pockets..." "I'm on it." He said quietly. Marian, Mister Taylor, and Edward were lost in a conversation. He stood behind the two Taylor's, casually tapping Edward on the shoulder, and moving to the opposite side, brushing up close to him with a smile. "Mister Taylor! and young Mister Taylor. A true pleasure, and congratulations, Sir." Robert reached his hand out to Edward, his swift fingers easily taking off his watch, and putting it in his pocket. Every little bit helps. He then went to the older Mister Taylor, offering his hand. "I'm John Smith. I specialize in helping companies fund to certain charities that will help them in the long run." "Oh yes, yes... I see." "Do you?" Robert asked bluntly. "I'm sure your family has possibly donated some money some time in its very... prosperous climb to the top. As Robert was staring down Mister Taylor, he saw that Edward was trying to walk over to Marian again. He stepped back to get in his way. Robert smiled and waved a waiter to get glasses of champagne for the Taylors. He handed them out, and held up his own. "To the Taylor family. With some luck, they will help shape this city in to a brighter, and better one." He smiled and nodded, and they all took a sip. Robert then placed his empty glass down, and looked at the three of them. "Well, Mister Taylor if you are interested in helping out some charities, give me a call." He pulled out a business card, giving him another handshake, coming in close to whisper in his ear. "I hear the Robin Hood character scares you. Hopefully he doesn't make an appearance on your big night." While he was that close, his free hand slipped in to his pocket, pulling out anything he could. He was sure he found his keys, and he slipped it in to his own pocket. He then turned his attention to Marian, giving a smile. "If you're still around and not hungry anymore, save me a dance." Robert said with a smile, a playfulness in his eyes. He walked away from the three of them, and once he was well in to the crowd, he pulled out all he stole. He grinned a bit as he looked at Edward's watch, a few twenties, and the keys belonging to Mister Taylor. It had a few keys on the chain, but a small little silver box with a button on it. "I think i got it Little John..." Robert said with a smile. "Good, just give it a press, and we'll be good to go to the home stretch." "Not just yet... I'll push it after I have my dance."

When he said that the woman he had been talking to might be off talking to someone else, Marian’s eyes soften as she looked up at him from behind her mask. That was sad because he seemed like a decent guy. “Well it’s her loss.” She said in a reassuring fashion with a charming white smile before she covered her mouth to not laugh with her mouth full about his comment of not wanting to come in between a woman and her food. Every man should now that lesson. She listened closely to him talk about what he does for a job and nodded a few times as he explained. His comment about the lawyers made her smile and the mention of the overconfident cocky ones mad her laugh. “Oh I knew one of those but… well sometimes bad things happen to those types and no matter how annoying they are… they don’t deserve it.” Her eyes softened and dropped. Even though she didn’t like Robert Locksley, she knew what happened to him wasn’t far and shouldn’t have happened at all. Then he touched on her favorite topic and her entire outlook changed, a bright smile came across her face and her bright blue eyes twinkled up to him. She opened her mouth to respond to him before she was cut off by the sound of a voice showing up and her attention turned. Jason and Edward Taylor approached them. The young man looked like a spitting image of his father but younger. The same large charming smile and the same oozing confidence that got his father very far in life, “Robin is not a fun man; he attacks people and deserves to be behind bars. But fear not, the police force are out chasing him and his merry men down.” “Actually.” The curly haired blonde responded, pulling the father and son’s attention to her instead of the young man. “He only goes after the bad people; be a good person and you’ll be fine.” “On the contrary Marian,” Edward said in a gentle correcting state. “He goes after rich people; higher class people and Marian, you do fall under that category. But fear not…” He said softly with a smile to her. “I’ll protect you.” Somehow, she felt like his words were true and to that, she gave him a small smile, only to have the masked man she was talking to before step in to talk to the men. This was the distraction she needed in order to stuff her face, so she turned and snagged a couple sandwiches and placed her empty cup on the now empty tray. Marian turned back around to find the young man talking to her again. His response of asking her for a dance as met with a closed mouth smile and nod since her mouth was full of food. While the young man walked away, Edward slid next to her. “Do you know who he is?” “I just know his name’s John Smith, he seems nice.” “I don’t think he knows the town well enough to speak so positively about Robin Hood. I hope he’s careful.” It was surprising to hear that Edward would worry about someone but at least he was showing a caring side. Marian found an excuse to walk away from the two men before it could turn into something awkward like attempting to set up yet another date with Edward that she would have to dodge yet again. After wondering for a bit and getting her fill of food she noticed the dance floor was finally picking up. The waltz being a favorite dance of the older generation so hers had to learn it to. While she enjoyed these events she really avoided ones that Robert would be attending because she couldn’t stand him, so it was unknown to her if he’d be a good dancer and able to keep up with her. But as she felt the stares growing from Edward she knew she needed an escape. So she found her masked from and tapped him on the shoulder. “I’m going to be leaving soon so if you want to cash in that dance you better so it now.”

Robert was making small talk with some people he recognized from his lawyer days... and he now had a large amount of money, and some fancy rings and watches! He stored them in his pockets, as well as the silver remote to unlock the safe. He was enjoying himself much more now than he did when he was one of these guys in the suits. Granted, not all of these people were horrible... But a lot of them were here to make sure the Taylor family knew who their friends were, and kept them out of trouble when they bend a few rules. Typical in this day and age, right? While he was down here enjoying the party Little John and a few of his trusted men were upstairs working hard to get in to some personal accounts of people working for Jason Taylor and his crew... Little John was still up there waiting for Rob to press the button, but he didn't want to leave just yet... He still needed his dance with the very beautiful blonde. There was a tap on his shoulder, and he turned to see Marian, and he gave a white smile. "I was just thinking the same thing, Miss Anderson." He took her hand, and escorted her out on to the dance floor. He put one hand on her waist and held her other hand. He held her close, and began to dance. "The Taylors seem like an interesting bunch... Having a fundraiser when they clearly don't need it, wearing very expensive suits, and pretending he cared about my business." Robert said quietly, then he shook his head. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't speak poorly of the host but... I can't stand it when people care more about money than the good hearted people out there... And this party did get me the opportunity to meet you." Robert gave her a playful grin. He didn't want to talk more about this for now. He was dancing with a beautiful girl! "Excuse me, Mister Smith?" Robert turned his head a bit, and his eyes went wide in shock. In a nice suit was a very muscular man with short blonde hair and dark blue eyes. It was his best friend and second-in-command John Little, or "Little John" He gave a smile to Marian and a small glare behind his mask at Robert. "I'm sorry sir, but remember that client we were talking with earlier, well we are going to [I]miss our chance[/I] if we wait any longer." John said to him. Robert kept dancing with Marian. "The night is still young, Mister Jones. I'm sure the client will still be around after this dance. Some things are more important than money." He said casually. "I would agree with you... John... But when this money helps many lives, I'm sure a small dance can wait." "Oh but you don't understand, Miss Anderson was going to leave after this little dance, and i'll never know when i'll see her again." Rob and John went back and forth, John getting mad, and Robert still trying to enjoy the dance while he still could. "Ro-- John, we should really meet with the client before we lose our chance. Now." Robert sighed and looked over at him as if saying "You're killing me here." He then turned to look at Marian. "I'm sorry, Miss Anderson, but sadly duty calls..." He pulled out Jason Taylor's keys and pressed the button. "Would you mind bringing these back to Mister Taylor, and tell him thanks for the donation?" He handed her the keys. "We'll meet again." He gave a cheeky grin, and one of his green eyes winked at her through the mask before Robin Hood and Little John made their way quickly out of the ball room and in to the elevator. -------- "you ruined my only chance." Robert said flatly as Robert took off the mask. Little John shook his head. "Rob, I know you like the girl, but if she ever found out who you really are, do you really think she would just forget all you did before?" "I'm not that guy anymore, John--" "I know you aren't man, but you're being reckless with this all. you pretty much confirmed that you were Robin Hood in disguise! What's going to stop her from alerting everyone and getting busted before we even hack the system!" Robert looked over at him with a smile. "She won't tell. Trust me." The elevator doors opened and immediately a member of the Merry Men tossed Robert a duffle bag. Inside was his other suit. He didn't want to make it look like John Smith was a "bad guy" after all. He was back in his green vigilante suit, and they were walking in to the office of Jason Taylor. The vault was opened, and inside was a laptop with his personal accounts and information. Robert smiled, and then turned to Will Stutely, the best hacker in the group. "We only got a few minutes before the alarms go off, then we have to go." Will said, reaching for the laptop. Robin slung his bow over his shoulder, getting ready to take everything and run as soon as Will gave the ready. After a few thousand clicks per second, and a few minutes later, Will cheered. "We're good! The money is out!" Robin smiled behind his black handkerchief. "Leave a few hundred in there. Courtesy of the Merry Men." Just as he said that the alarms started to go off. "Show time!" And with that, Will, Little John, and Robin raced for the elevator. The elevator music played softly as all of them disguised were sitting there quietly. "Wait... shouldn't we have taken the stairs?" Robin asked. Will and John looked at each other with wide eyes, and just then the elevator dinged and the doors opened to the ballroom, and some security guards standing there. Little John went in to action. He kicked a guard in the stomach and Robin took out his bow and smacked a man across the face with it. The three of them rushed out, pushing people out of the way while more officers and Jason Taylor was screeching at them. "HE'S HERE! GET THE THIEF! GET HIM!" Robin leapt over a table of sandwiches, and knocking over a glasses of wine. The three of them then made their way towards the door, and slammed it shut. Little John grabbed a piece of rope holding some curtains back and tied it around the door knobs. He was sure they will get through that eventually, but anything to buy them time. The three ran towards a window, Will grabbed a tool to cut the window from a duffle bag, and Robin pulled out a little tool used to shoot a grappling line. Another awesome piece of technology made by the Merry Men crew. He fired the bolt at a lower building, and each one attached themselves to a zip line harness (which was a handle and a rope to attach themselves to). Will started to first, then Little John, and just as Robin was about to go, the doors burst open. Robin gave them an elegant bow, and then jumped out the window. They landed on the opposite building, and with a clean cut to the rope, they ran a couple of blocks to get to their get away car. They were home free... for now.

When he stated that he was thinking the same thing, she couldn’t help but beam at him. The charming young man who was a bit blunt but at the same time nice was interesting to her and, well; she hadn’t met that many interesting people lately. The blonde followed him out onto the dance floor and placed her hand on his shoulder and her other in his large one. While he spoke, she listened closely; as if his story meant everything to her. The more she spoke, the more she realized that he really didn’t want to be here and be around these people, much like how she felt. But upon his mention of being able to meet her, she felt her face flush red and even behind her mask, it could still be visible. “Well I’m flattered Mister Smith but I’m just a normal person.” She said in a simple matter giving him a gentle shrug. The sudden arrival of someone made her eyes expand in shock as well. The tall blonde made seemed to stare down at her dance partner and between their conversations her blue eyes flicked between the two men. Her partner did not miss a beat when it came to the dance and even was able to give her a spin before pulling her back into the waltz. Before she could comment about not ever seeing her again, the large man started to state what sounded like a different name instead of ‘John’. The blonde flicked her blue gaze back to her dance partner and raised her eyebrows from behind her silver mask. It wasn’t until he stepped back from her and pulled out keys that obviously weren’t his. Her eyes expanded as he clicked the button and spoke to her. The keys dropped into her hand and she was left speechless on the dance floor, literally; her mouth was open and she stood there unable to move as he and, what looked like his giant body guard ran off. Oh my god… that’s… that’s… She didn’t know how to react, her body finally snapped into action after they had disappeared into the crowd and she attempted to follow them without drawing attention to herself. She moved through the crowd, clutching her hand to her chest as she walked; hoping she could find Robin Hood before anyone else did. Her search throughout the night was a complete fail before the security came in to announce exactly what had happened and that they had gotten away. Marian cleaned her prints off of the keys (and Robin Hood’s) and dropped the keys into the lost and found. She was face to face with Robin Hood and missed her chance to talk to him! She ate food like a complete fool and hardly said much to him. Oh she was kicking herself now. It took some convincing but she allowed Edward to walk her back to her apartment instead of taking one of the cars home. Sighing softly her high heels clipped and clopped down the street as she kept a comfortable distance between Edward and herself. Her small body shivered slightly under her small shall and she held her purse against her side. “…and that’s what’s new with my life. What’s new with yours?” Edward said finally giving her the ability to talk as they walked. Twenty minutes worth of walking and he finally gave her some attention. The man was arrogant much like his father but he wasn’t necessarily a bad guy; just arrogant. “Well… Aside from being cold there’s nothing else really new with me…” Edward muttered something about her bringing a heavier jacket but she had intended on taking a car home not walking. Marian just rolled her intense blue eyes at the comment and continued onward as she pulled her mask off of her face and put it in her purse. “The courthouse has been buzzing with not only news of your father running for Governor but Robin Hood being out and about more often than normal…” “Robin Hood….” Edward said darkly under his breath as his hands curled into fists in the pockets of his jacket. “Yes Robin Hood, my dad is all about catching him and has been staying late attempting to track him down. I think he’s getting just a little bit obsessed…” “And you?” “Me?” “What about you?” “Well…” She said, shifting slightly as she walked. “Do you have a thing for him?” “What… what makes you think that?!” She said quickly attempting to look anywhere else but him. “Marian, he’s dangerous and you’re just as much of a target as anyone else. Don’t let the fantasy get to you, you really could get hurt.” “The only thing that could hurt me right now is the cold.” “Well you should have brought a thicker jacket.” Edward retorted in a semi-harsh tone that caused her to glare at him; he obviously wasn’t happy that she didn’t agree with his dislike about Robin Hood and she, well she wasn’t happy that he convinced her to walk home and is now watching her shake slightly in the cold. The jerk.

"You're crazy Rob! You can't just go back there!" "I gotta see our handy work! They'll never see me!" Silence, then a sigh. "One of these days you're going to meet your match, and I won't be there to save your ass." "Glad we're on the same page. I'll see you later." Robin Hood was dressed in a large coat, his uniform underneath... but if he was going to walk around the place he just robbed, he didn't want to walk around in a green hoodie. He smiled a bit as the police was surrounding the place, asking questions, and he saw Mister Taylor screaming at the top of his lungs. He guessed he found out that he just lost a lot of his money for a good cause. He then saw Marian, his heart melting a bit at the sight of her, but that soon changed when he saw that Edward was walking right with him. He wondered if he persisted he walk her home, or it was demanded by someone. Either way, he was going to follow right after them, but at a distance of course. He would take detours in alley ways, hide behind cars, doing things that wouldn't get him spotted. The more this Edward guy talked, the more angry he got. He didn't care one bit about her... She was obviously cold! then he got the idea. The only thing he took from Edward was his watch, he probably had a lot more goodies in his pockets... He decided to take the moment where Edward tied his shoe to get a head start on them... When they started walking again, he started walking towards them casually, walking in between the two, and after a second, he called out after them. "Excuse me! Sir!" Rob called out to them. they turned. "I think you dropped something!" Robin said, keeping his head down, but holding up the watch Robin stole earlier that night. Edward raised his eyebrows in suspicion, and then looked down at his wrist. "How did it...?" Robin walked forward. "It's a very nice watch, Mister Taylor. Have any more goodies?" he asked casually, and before he could reply, in his other hand a knife was pointed only at Edward. He wore his black handkerchief over his mouth, his eyes twinkling with mischief. "you're-You're Robin Hood!" He exclaimed. "Ah, glad to see the money your daddy put in your education paid off." Robin Hood said sarcastically. "Can you please empty out your pockets?" he glanced over at Marian, still shivering and giving him a weird look. Maybe she was connecting that Mister Smith and him were the same people. He gave a sigh and looked back at Edward. He picked up his wallet, pulling out the bills, and tossing the rest back on to the ground. He kept his silver lighter, his watch, and look at his phone. With a few presses of the buttons he shut the phone off, and handed it back to him. "You're such a gentlemen too, Eddy." Robin took off his coat, handing it to Marian with a nod. "A thicker jacket just for you." He turned his attention back to Edward. "Now, since you have no idea how to keep a conversation, haven't had the decency to give her your coat, and rambled on and on about your 'exciting life', I think its only fair that Miss Anderson decides who walks her home." Robin said glaring at him, but then looking at her softly. "Don't worry about hurting feelings here. We're big boys. We can take rejection." Rob had a twinkle in his eye as he said that, a grin formed behind his handkerchief.

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.

Robin shrugged at Edward when Marian walked over to him, and he started to walk the way Edward and Marian were going. He heard the shouts of Edward, but he really didn't care. It would be a couple more minutes before he could get his phone on, but seeing as how he is the son of the man who had just been robbed, it wouldn't take long for them to get to Marian's house once they do talk. Robin stayed close to her, but not being creepy and holding on to her. He grinned and shrugged at her first comment. "I could very well be both Miss. Depends on what you think of me robbing from the rich and giving to the poor." He said simply. And when she thanked him for the other things, he looked over at her and nodded. "Ah, well... If it makes you feel any better, I really wanted to finish that dance." Robin said quietly. "But we had a job to do... A lot of money will be donated to a lot of places thanks to Jason Taylor's generous donations..." He looked at her again. "Just to ease your mind, I have no intention of robbing you. I've heard about your good deeds in donating, or helping out with what you can... Although if you could get your dad to ease off a bit on my case..." He said in a joking matter, he didn't expect her dad to do anything like that. Especially when he finds out he walked her home. They walked in almost complete silence, but they both asked the occasional question. When she finally lead them to her house, he took a look around, and then back at her. "So, before I have to run away from the police coming to your house right now, you have any questions for me? and yes, you can keep the coat." He didn't know the next time he'd be able to have a private conversation with her, and her standing there looking stunning, he wanted to talk to her as much as he could before he had to run.