Robert smiled at Marian's imitation of her father, everyone who knew the guy has heard his serious speeches on just about any topic, and he bet that Marian has had heard a lifetime of them growing up with the man. Her voice then turned to nervousness, her eyes not meeting Robert's until her invitation was delivered. She wanted to go to a [i]public[/i] party... with him? Robert fell over his words for a second, not really knowing how to react to something he had thought of since he had first laid eyes on her. A mix of "I's" and "Heh's" and "uh's" escaped his mouth before he laughed. "I would love to...!" Is what he finally said, his smile wide and bright. "Never thought I'd attend the Governor's personal campaign party... Are they fun? Does he have a theme to go with them? Probably not, if he had a choice everyone would be fed milk and crackers with his stale attitude... sorry! I'm rambling. Guy and I started work today rather early, and with that Yankee's win and. Other, uh, things... my mind's going a mile a minute." Robert began to explain rather quickly. So much was going right in this part of his life, and so much was going wrong.

Marian was actually asking to spend time with him, the Merry Men have been exploding with popularity, but at the same time a federal investigation was being put on him, he was helping with it, and John has been getting more and more impatient with Robert's overconfidence int he matter. He had to move forward with The Merry Men's goal, but then there was the things he wanted more than anything, like... Marian.

"I'm sorry. To be honest, I really wasn't expecting you to invite me to any important parties like this... You feeling alright? You still on that mental high from the Yankee's win?" Robert said in a somewhat teasing matter. He was also on that high. He could still feel the electricity in his body from when she whispered in his ear. He could have heard that voice for hours.