I don’t want to be too late getting to the courthouse in case we’re missing something.”I smiled. The closer we got to taking this action, the mo...re real it got. Gee’s serious and I’m going to be married to her and I’m almost giddy, which is completely counter to my manhood, at least ‘manhood’ as described by most of the males with whom I associated while growing up.Two hours later we’re holding hands outside the courthouse, in possession of a marriage license. I kissed her on the courthouse. When we arrived at the hospital, Bob was the picture of professionalism and poise, chatting with, even flirting with, all the nurses, talking to the doctors about Amy's condition and treatment. Even bringing up some experimental treatments he had read about that had been tried with varying degrees of success in other countries. He even told Amy to eat all of her vegetables. Dinner at Rod's was everything I had hoped it wouldn't be, as well as everything I had been warned about. Selena was all. So dooms day was finally here, not thought about it or what would it could or was going to happen! Woke up about 7am pretty hot Saturday morning thought I’d make the most of my day off and sort a long list of house work jobs that I had been putting off, so I chucked on a pair of loose sports shorts with the swimming insert but where it was so hot I pulled it to one side to allow a breeze from the open windows to air my neglected dick. The hours past and still working through my chore list when. The nonplussed Marines were offered a libation, but demurred as they were presently on duty — and on what was considered hazardous duty at that. One bottle of Côtes du Rhône was reserved for the Marines to uncork when they went off duty — and another for the ship's replicators to pattern for future consumption.The crowd then paraded ('marched' would be too generous a description for the partially-pickled party) back down the footpath the Marines had just come from, to enter the nexus and head.