Merle cleared her throat , "Well Gohan is a nice name too." She then did a back-flip turn-around and dashed out of the house.A while later after Merle...was sure Gohan was gone (she saw him fly off and listened to the interior of the house to make sure he wasn't there) she slipped back into the house because she was still a little tired and now even more so from the run-in with Gohan. She considered the time it might take the boy to look for her and get back to the pick house into consideration,. " Well, I, um." He closed his eyes and chuckled, then opened them again. "Look, the thing is, I wanted to ask your permission to marry her." I think maybe you're asking the wrong Robinson."We both chuckled. "Yeah, well, since she doesn't have a father to ask, I figured I'd ask you. I figure after this it's going to be a heck of a lot easier to ask her, too."I grinned, held out my hand and when he grasped it, pulled him into a hug. "Assuming she says yes, I'd be proud to call you brother,. This continued through the school year, and intermittently during the summer before they left for their respective universities. I must say I was a bit envious of Nancy during that year because my relationship with my husband was going from bad to worse. We separated soon after Nancy graduated from high school. So while Nancy was enjoying regular sex, I spent the year getting next to none, relying upon the inanimate lovers I kept in my dresser for occasional pleasure. When their freshman year. Alcohol. Stuff to get drunk off of."I stood up, and smiled. "It doesn't really sound like my sort of place, I'm sorry." Shame." Grunted the bartender. "There's a place a few blocks from here that serves-" It got shut down." I said. "Raccoon bit the health inspector." Ah." He didn't say anymore, just turned and began to wipe a glass. I turned around, but before I could take a step towards the door, a small, leathery hand gripped my elbow."You could always buy me a drink." The voice sounded.