Although Robert had a lot on his plate, he obviously thought of Marian. When he got home he knocked on Cassie's door. "Hey." Robert said as he walked in. She was on her laptop, her face glared at him for a second before going back to the screen. "Silent treatment eh? I'll play along." Robert gave a fake glare and crossed his arms, occasionally glancing at her then at the ground. He made "hmph!" noises when their dark green eyes made contact until Cassie couldn't take it any longer. "You're such a dork." Cassie said with a very small hint of a smile as she looked back at her laptop. "Hey, silent treatment's over." Robert replied quietly. Before he could say anything, Cassie spoke up. "Do you know what they say about you?" Cassie asked, looking at her Uncle. Robert tilted his head a bit, his eyebrows scrunched together. "What?" "Do you know what our family says about you every family reunion, or get together, Christmas?" She asked with a bit of anger in her voice. "Granpa always says that he hopes you learned your lesson. People call you the disgrace of the family. They joke about how you were probably sleeping in a gutter in New York defending people in court for free." She said bitterly. Looking up at him again. "I would get into fights with our relatives. I knew you weren't a disgrace... You were my role model for the longest time. You rarely showed it, but you're smart, and brave, and you cared about people more than money." "Before I came here I thought I'd find you as a bum living off some dude's couch scraping by for money. Now I'm sitting in a guest room in a nice apartment, where you're not only a lawyer, but now a infamous criminal doing more for this city than anyone... Why didn't you ever visit? Why didn't you come to a family reunion and prove to everyone that you weren't a disgrace? That you know what they've been saying and they are dead wrong? Why dress up and rob from people every night?" Robert wasn't expecting this kind of lecture from Cassie. Ever since they were kids they were close, and although the thoughts came to him when he first was broke, he never thought about what his family thought of him. "Because... Robert Locksley had nothing to prove." He finally said, giving her a small smile, patting her leg. "When I was beaten, when I went bankrupt, and got fired, I looked back at what I did, and I didn't feel regret a single action I did... Well, a few things I regretted with a beautiful blonde but that's not the point. If our family couldn't respect the sacrifice I made, then to hell with them... But I'm very glad you still had faith in me. I wondered if anyone still thought about me back home." "My dad still likes you too, you know. And Gray and Vic." Cassie said with a smile. Gray and Vic were cousins of theirs. "And I bet Grandma would have missed you the most..." Cassie said looking back down. "You think so? I bet she would have killed me herself if she found out I got shot." Robert laughed, then loosening his tie. "Look, Cass. When I started this whole Robin Hood thing, I didn't think I'd be doing it for long. I did it to get back at a group of very bad people at first, and when I saw how much it impacted the place, I had a fantasy of helping. This isn't the only way to help out, especially for most of us. This is such a dangerous thing to do, everyone who joins knows the price they'll pay if we are caught. We don't do this for ourselves or the thrill of breaking the law... We are people who have no other options and are very very very good at stealing from people who don't deserve it. You've got a whole life ahead of you, Kid. Recent events have made it very difficult for us. We could go down at any minute, and I really don't want anything bad to happen to you. If you still want to stay with your Uncle Robin for a little while, I'd love to have you, but no Robin Hood business for you, and you gotta update your parents on how you are." With firmness in his voice, Robert nodded, and although Cassie wasn't really happy with the news, she made a nod. "Oh, and guess who's going on a not-date with Marian this saturday?" Robert said with a stupid grin on his face, Cassie's eyes went wide. "You asked her out?" She asked. "Well, no... She asked if she wanted to not do something sometime, and I invited her to not go with me to the Yankee game.... And she hasn't replied yet but you know. I always have you to take if it doesn't go well." Robert said with a shrug. Cassie looked very confused. "So... you're not going with her?" Robert nodded with another smile, and that made her even more confused. "I'll order some pizza for dinner then we'll watch that one Ninja Warrior show thing John keeps telling me about, sound good?" The green eyed man asked as he stood up and walked for the door. "Sure." Cassie said, putting her laptop away. Robin smiled and left the room. He fixed his relationship with Cassie, now he just had to figure out the next big heist for the Merry Men, get rid of these hospital records, and not freak out too much about how Marian was going to respond to their Not Date. --- The next day was nerve racking. Not only did constantly try and look around for Marian, but Guy decided to work the case in his office today. They couldn't find the hospital records. Robert gave the story of how he accidentally dropped the papers last night and the janitor must have threw them away. He wasn't happy, and the more he lost leads the more he became more cautious and smart. He did a background check on the janitor to make sure, and even gave a skeptical look to Robert, so most of the day was them going over and over what they know and don't about this Robin Hood. They had a whiteboard, police reports, sketches, and Robin would very stealthily take a part of evidence, or make up a convincing story to change a feature on the sketch or last known location. It was exhausting, especially with a bullet wound in your torso. "Hey." Guy said in the middle of their cases. "You know Marian Anderson, right?" He asked, leaning back in his chair. Robert shrugged and nodded. "I've worked with her in the past, yeah." He said casually, taking a sip of his cold coffee. "I think she likes me." He said with a nod. Robert almost spit his coffee all over him... But didn't. "Is that so?" He asked, a bit of poison in his words. Guy nodded. "Yeah, she's been asking a lot about the case, always getting in close, laughing at my jokes... I don't tell her much obviously, but I enjoy her company." He said with a grin. Robert tried very hard to force one. "Well she is very passionate about this kind of stuff... Just be careful man, her brain is just as beautiful as her face." Robert said with a grin, getting back to work. Their shift should have been over soon, but he had a feeling he was going to be stuck here for a while. His sleeves were rolled up, his hair messy, coffee cups on the table as the two paced and talked about the whole "firefight" that went on two days ago, when a knock on the door was heard, and Marian's head popped in. Robert stopped and looked at her, and his heart nearly exploded as she pointed to him and demanded him that he won't be late. Robert gave a nod and salute to her as she disappeared, and although Robert was very happy, he only told Guy that it wasn't a date or anything, and Robert enjoyed the look of relief on his face, and the reality of what was going on. --- Robert Locksley pulled up in a [url=http://www.speedhunters.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2014-bmw-m235i-racing-1280-1Crop3White-1200x806.jpg]gray BMW[/url], for today's occassion he wore a blue Yankee's jersey, some worn jeans, Nike sneakers, and a baseball cap (mostly used to try and catch a homerun later!). A perk about running around being a thief in the night: he was in very good shape. Robert walked up to the front door of her house, and knocked loudly, putting his hands in his pockets as he waited for a response. He looked at the view of Manhattan from her house. Such a beautiful city, and yet it was going through some hard times. He heard the door open to see yet again the angel that was Marian. His brain rebooted for a second before giving a grin. "Hey, not here to pick you up right at 5 o'clock. Just like I promised." The man said with a grin. "You look... stunning." Saying that was an understatement. To avoid the awkward moment he put himself in, he motioned over to the car. "My friend let me borrow his ride for the day, he's the only man I know that owns a car in this city. Hope you're ready for this not date, I have a feeling it'll be better than the first."