I walked into the pub ready for a new day with drunkards and pints of beer. After the incident with the Prench consul, things were quite normal and luckily the routine continued as usual.

Actually, after everything that happened, the only thing that seemed weird to me was that Discord hadn't been in the way somehow.

As Sunset and I were setting the tables, our first customer came in: Thunderlane.

"Morning, Thunderlane." I said cheerfully.

"Good morning Bourbon, good morning Sunset." He replied.

"Thunderlane, how are you doing?" Asked Sunset.

"Well, I'm fine, trying to disconnect of my parents." He said as he sat down on a stool. I was surprised that he brought up the subject of his parents just like that. It was an indication that he wanted to talk about it. "Bourbon, can you put me a mocha coffee?"

"Right away, and what’s the problem with your parents?" I asked encouraging him to tell us.

"They're having issues, my mother has been distracted lately and my paranoid father thinks she's having an affair." Thunderlane explained to me.

"Wow, I'm so sorry, man." I said as I turned on the coffee pot to serve a cappuccino with cocoa.

"Don't worry Thunderlane, it won’t be nothing, you’ll see." Sunset said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"For now, my father is looking for a psychologist to do family therapy." At that moment my alarms went off, but Sunset had to speak.

"Hey, Bourbon is a psychologist, why don't you ask him to do therapy for you?" She said.

"What? No, I'm just…” I tried to answer, but the words didn't come out.

"Would you do it, Bourbon?" Thunderlane asked happily.

"Sunset, may I speak with you for a second?" I said asking my waitress to join me at the other end of the pub. "Sunset, you out of your mind? I 've never done this kind of therapy in my life, damn it.

“But boss, what’s the problem? He is a friend who needs help." Said Sunset.

"Sunset, I don't think Thunderlane and I are THAT close..."

"Even better, that way you don't have so much emotional bond." She said smiling, aware that she had found a good argument.

“Ah… shit. I don't know how you do it, but you always manage to convince me to do these crazy things."

Sunset smiled triumphantly and we went back with Thunderlane.

“Hey Thunderlane, I've thought about it and, okay, I'll give you family counseling; but no promises.”

"Thanks Bourbon, I hope it can calm things down." He said excitedly.

"Well, for now come this afternoon, with your parents, and your brother, I will attend you in petit committee."

Thunderlane, finished his coffee, paid, and left.

Throughout the morning we received visits from a few other regular patrons, such as Discord, Zephyr and Flash.

"Wow, so you went to the police station because they found a dead consul in your pub and I wasn't there?" Asked Discord. "I always seem to miss out on fun."

“Shut up, we had an awful time. What was still not clear to me is who was the guy who pretended to shoot Rich." I said still in doubt.

"It was me." Flash said suddenly leaving us all with a surprised face. "Don't look at me like that, Sunset asked me as a favor, so I put on a wig, grabbed a blank pistol, and started acting."

"Fuck Flash, you’ve fooled us all." Zephyr said as he drank from his beer.

Then someone came through the door. A slim dark blue haired guy dressed in jeans and an aviator jacket.

"Hey fellas, how long!" He said.

"Soarin! What are you doing here?" Flash yelled happy to see him.

Soarin Nimbus, I think the last time I saw him in the pub was at the opening party, but I didn't pay much attention. He was once a member of the Canterlot High School soccer team, but I never got to know him at the time. For all he knew, he was for a time a fuck-buddy of Rainbow Dash, but left as both were enlist in the Air Force.

Speak of the Devil, she appeared through the door and hurried to the bar.

"Bourbon, please give me a coffee to go, I'm late for the base." Rainbow said without paying attention to her surroundings.

"Hey, Dashie, how you doing?" Said Soarin getting her attention.

Dash widened her eyes and turned her head to whoever had called her.

"Soarin?" She asked and after checking it with her eyes, she hugged him tightly. "What are you doing here? Is this your return?"

"Yes, it is, I got reassigned to Cloudsdale AFB, we’re gonna be companions again." Soarin said with a smile.

"That's great! We can meet in the canteen later and catch up. " Said Dash.

"Or y'all can come to my pub, I need money too." I said to which the rest laughed.

"Well Dash, off base, whatever you want, but remember I'm your superior; at the base I will be Lieutenant Soarin for ya. " He said defiantly.

"Oh, yeah? That doesn't suit you, leave the air of authority to Captain Spitfire. " She said smiling mischievously.

The coffeepot finished brewing and I poured Dash the coffee in a to-go cup.

"Well, I'm going to the base, are you coming Soarin?"

"I'll catch you later, I still have to talk with these guys a bit." He said.

"As you wish, but don't come to me crying if Spitfire asks for your ass on a silver platter." After laughing, the rainbow haired girl left.

"Wow, it looks like nothing has changed." Soarin said taking a sip of his beer.

"You'd be surprised..." I said more to myself than to him.

"Soarin, you haven't paid for the beer yet." Sunset said.

"Here you go, Sunset." He said pulling out some money. "By the way, did I tell you that you are still as beautiful as you were in high school?"

"Are you flirting with me or do you want me to give you a discount?" She asked laughing. "It won’t work for you in any case."

We all laughed at that moment, while Soarin just shrugged and said, "I had to try."

"Hey man, cut yourself a little bit, she's Flash's ex." I said jokingly, but with a serious tone.

"Yes, at least wait until he is gone." Zephyr said and started laughing.

"Fuck you, Zeph." The blue-haired rocker replied.

"Hey, do you know if there’s any apartment for sale or for rent in this area?" Asked Soarin.

"Well, I'd swear Rich has one in our building, you could ask him." I said.

"Great, give me his phone and I'll talk to him."

“Hey, I’m looking for a roommate.” Said Flash. “Why don’t you come with me. Soarin?”

“That would be awesome!”

“Wait, are you renting rooms?” Asked Zephyr. “Why didn’t you tell me? I’m desperate to leave my parents’ house!”

“Zeph, how are you going to leave your parents’ house if you don’t work?” I asked the obvious.

“I have some savings, also I get the dole.” Explain Fluttershy’s brother.

“Well, if you think you can do it, come with us. At least we can share expenses.” Said Flash, which Zephyr smiled excited.

We kept chatting for a while, but Flash seemed too quiet.

"Flash, hey, you've barely said a word since you've been here." I said as I saw how it took an hour to drink a coffee and eat a croissant.

"What? Oh, sorry, I was distracted…” He said and then looked away from the croissant and laughed. "Have you noticed? It looks like a tit.

Faced with that occurrence, Discord, Zephyr and I stared at him strangely.

"Can't you see it?" He asked starting to get nervous. " It is shaped like a left tit... and here the nipple." Flash was making the emphasis with the croissant in his hand.

"Sure, yeah... a tit." Zephyr said. "Bourbon, tell Joe not to let Flash into his place to glaze his donuts."

We all laughed; the truth is that Zephyr only said what we all thought.

“Zephyr, you always think wrong. I have only seen a resemblance, if I get my dick wet or not is not of your titness. Business!" Flash had a mistake, but it was too late to rectify, we were already laughing.

"He said it, he said it..." I said.

"Flash, don't fool us, you're hotter than a baboon in heat." Discord said.

“Come on Flash, you can trust us, and Sunset is on her break. How long has it been since…?” I wanted to ask.

“Bourbon, as I said, that's none of your business. Besides, it is not so bad, I am not a sicko who is thinking about sex all day... "

"Hey, Flash, if you need it, I have a collection of magazines that may be able to help you, I don't know if you understand me." Zephyr said in a whisper.

"Look, I'm leaving ..."

Flash reluctantly paid and left. The truth is that I had to admit that I understood what he was going through. I spent a very long time without any kind of action and ain’t really that pleasant. Although the real problem comes when you end up getting used to celibacy.

In the afternoon I was waiting with Thunderlane, and soon his father and his little brother, Rumble, arrived.

"Dad, I don't understand what we're doing here." Rumble complained.

"We are going to try family therapy, and your brother has recommended this psychologist to me." Said their father, a man called Thuderstorm.

"But how does family therapy work?" Rumble asked again.

"Very simple, you sit with me and talk about your problems at home." I explained so as not to complicate things further.

"Rumble, I just ask for a little cooperation." Asked his father.

"Well, Bourbon, you're gonna to lose your mind." Said Thunderlane.

"Dad, listen, do you think this is the best way to fix our family?" Rumble asked .

"Look, all I want to know is if your mother is cheating on me or not."

Shortly after the boys' mother, named Pluvia, arrived at the pub; She looked like a carefree woman, like an ex-hippie who tries to fit in society again.

"Hi honey, look, this is the therapist."

"Really? He looks like the bartender to me." She said innocently.

"Yes, but my psychology degree is totally valid." I said trying to ease the tension. "Go sit at a table, now I'm going."

The family took a seat, with the parents at both ends and their sons in the middle. I took a chair, my notebook, a pencil and proceeded to start therapy.

"Well, you have come to try to fix this family through honesty and communication." I said.

"That's right, honesty is very important." Said Thunderstorm looking at his wife, who looked as lost as an octopus in a garage.

"Pluvia, do you really want to save your marriage?" I asked for.

"Of course, that's what I wanted to talk to my husband about, but it's not easy." She said laughing.

"Well, that's what I'm here for, to help you break down barriers." I decided to approach it differently and addressed the youngest of the brothers. " Rumble, how do you see your parents' relationship right now?"

"Sorry Bourbon, but I think this is bullshit." Rumble said bluntly, being rebuked with a gesture by his father.

"Come on, make an effort." I said.

"Well, I think that my father is an insensitive ass, and my mother has long since she moved to another planet." Interesting, father unable to understand the feelings of his children and wife, and absent mother focused on herself.

"What my son means is that there is no way with my wife..." Thunder said suddenly.

"Don't speak for your son, Thunder, and don't look at me, speak to your wife."

Thunder looked at his wife. "Pluvia, there are times, almost always, that I feel like you no longer care about me."

"But, Thunder, you were the one who started to stop paying attention to me." She said, but not angry, but as if the accusation amused her.

"Because I was too focused on business, I just wanted to show you that you had married with a successful man."

"But that has never mattered to me..."

"Hey, this is working, you guys are talking." Thunder said excitedly, to which I made a gesture for him not to interrupt them.

"Besides, I feel like you're hiding something from me..." Thunder said with a questioning look.

Pluvia's gaze did not go unnoticed by me, it went from carefree to nervousness in a nanosecond. He looked at her children and then she looked at me.

"Pluvia, don't you have anything to say?" I asked trying to break the ice. “If you have saved something, this is the moment.

"Come on mom ..." Thunderlane said.

"Yes, the truth is that there is a little thing." She said gesturing with her fingers.

“Open up, Pluvia, don't be afraid. There is nothing so serious that it cannot be solved." I said. However, what came next stunned me.

"Thunderlane is not your son."

We were all quiet for 3 seconds that seemed like forever. Thunder didn't react and the older brother was the same.

"What?" Said Thunderlane with a poker face.

"Well, I think that's all for today." I said nervously getting up from the chair. “I can’t stay any longer, Sunset is alone and there are many patrons to attend. Drinks on the house for y’all."

And I got the hell out of there before the storm swept me away.

"Well, it went good, right?" Rumble said trying to downplay what happened.

"What?" Thunderlane repeated.

At the bar with Sunset, she asked me how it was, I just gave her a sour face: "I'm in a lot of trouble now, Sunset."

The next day, while I was washing a glass and chatting with Discord, Flash appeared with an unfriendly face. When I asked him why he was in a bad mood, he explained that it had to do with Zephyr appearing near his workplace.

Apparently, Zephyr was trying to convince Flash to buy a late-model refrigerator, now they were going to be roommates, and Flash got tired of saying no.

“And because of Zephyr my boss asked me if I hadn't done it for a long time. My boss!" Flash said indignantly. "Do you really think it's affecting me?"

I poured Flash a drink and when he took the first sip, he spat it out.

"Bourbon, I asked you for a black coffee, not with milk!" He said really pissed.

"Well, maybe it’s affecting you a little. Just saying." I said removing the cup.

"Flash, man to man, you should hook up with a girl." Discord said.

“I don't know, I’ve never really liked one-night stands; before I like to fall in love, meet the girl and once we have confidence..."

I was about to make a scathing comment as Flash was obviously insecure about women, but Discord beat me to it.

“Sure, and you will take action when you are both in the geriatric. Flash, you’re young, you can meet a girl, take her home..."

"But it’s just, it feels so empty..." Nothing, Flash did not give his arm to twist.

"Flash, Semen retentum, venenum est.” I said.

“Pardon?” He asked confused.

“Backed up spunk is a poison.” Said Discord while Flash was poker-faced.

“What I’m trying to say is that if I were you, I wouldn't wait too long. " I said. So, I decided to point to a patron who was on the other side of the pub. "Mike has been sexless for three years and look how he is."

Discord and Flash looked at a tall guy, watching the pub's television, paying no attention to anything.

"Well, doesn't seem that bad to mee." Discord said.

"No, that's not him, I'm talking about the one guy behind." When the previous man moved away, he revealed another bald guy, leaning against with both elbows propped on the bar, with a defeated expression, his shirt wrinkled and a cigarette in his hand. "And he's only thirty years old."

"That guy is thirty years old!?" Flash asked scared. “Well, that’s an extreme case. Zephyr lives without sex and he is perfectly fine."

Suddenly, Fluttershy's brother walked into the pub and headed over to the bar to talk to me.

"Bourbon! Are you interested in buying a Freeze-O-matic 50-50? " He asked, supplicating. "It is the most important thing in my life, I need it!"

"Buying something 50-50 with you? Not even drunk, Zephyr." I said.

That certainly pathetic scene was enough for Flash to take out his cell phone to call a friend.

"Soarin, this is Flash. Make no plans tonight, we're going hunting."

Flash seemed convinced, and no wonder, no one in their right mind would want to end up like Zephyr Breeze, but we would have to see how it ended.

A while later, Thunderlane appeared, and to be honest he looked horrible, in the same clothes as yesterday, scruffy and grumpy.

"Thunderlane, are you okay?" I asked for.

"What do you think?" He answered sharply.

Man, how was he going to be? Yesterday it was revealed that he was an illegitimate son and without any kind of tact.

"Would you like to tell me what happened?"

He seemed hesitant, but in the end, he agreed...

Thunderlane was standing in the living room, facing his mother, while his father was lying on the couch with an ice pack on his head.

"Mom, I'm not leaving here until you tell me who my real father is." Thunderlane said angrily.

“Again, what difference does it make to you? That was a long time ago." Pluvia replied. "Thunder, how are you feeling?"

"Dizzy..." He replied.

"Mom, I'm still waiting." Said Thunderlane.

"Jaroslav, his name is Jaroslav..." Pluvia said bowing to her son.

"Jaroslav?! But... that's Russian. " Thunderlane said without giving credit.

“I met him in Poneland when I was a volunteer with the Red Cross. He was a member of Solidarity, and well, I had a dumb night..."

"Great, this is fucking awesome…" Thunderstorm said getting up and pulling the bag off his head.

"Thunder, we were just dating at the time, we weren't married yet." Pluvia said.

"Of course! We got married because you got pregnant." Thunderstorm yelled.

"So, you are the son of a Ponish trade unionist?" Rumble said unable to hold back his laughter.

"Rumble! It's not funny…” Said his mother.

"Fuck, dad, you couldn't have stood still, we were pretty fine with our crisis." Thunderlane said indignantly.

"Shut up, you’re not my son..." Thunderstorm said ignoring his 'not son' and heading towards Rumble." Rumble, we have to make up for lost time."

"Oh, hell no, don't drag me into this." Rumble said, pulling away. “Besides, who knows, maybe I'm not your son either.

"No, you do are." Pluvia said.

“I, I need to go away and think." Thunderlane said about to walk out the door.

"Pluvia, can you tell me what are we going to do now?" Thunder asked.

"I don't know, let's give therapy a chance, maybe we can advance something." She said.

"Even more?" Thunderstorm asked.

"Wow... well, this is tense." I said.

"Yeah, no kidding..." Thunderlane replied.

It was obvious that Thunderstorm had developed hostility towards Thunderlane as the material manifestation of his wife's infidelity; he felt betrayed and blamed Thunderlane for being the result of said betrayal.

"Look, man, bring your family at the afternoon and we’ll see what we do, we must find a solution to this problem..."

"Do you think a problem like this has a solution?" Asked Discord.

"I don't know, but you have to try, besides, his father pays me for that." I answered.

While I waited for Thunderlane's family to arrive at the pub, I prepared the table where I would serve them.

"Actually boss, I did not imagine that Thunderlane’s family was so..." Sunset said.

“Save it Sunset. I already knew this was a bad idea from the beginning, but I’m in this already. I can't back down. " I said.

"Why don't you send them to another psychologist? Let someone who works in this field take care of it. " Sunset asked.

"Like I said, it's a bit late for that."

Thunderlane, Rumble, and their parents arrived shortly after, and I motioned for them to sit at the same table as yesterday.

"Okay, yesterday you skipped about a year of therapy and, although I’m in favor of finishing things quickly, this is overdoing it." I said while going over the notes from the day before. " You have to bear in mind that an infidelity, even if it manifests itself in an illegitimate son, is not so important, especially after having been married for almost thirty years."

"That's what I was saying." Said Pluvia.

"Thunderlane, how do you feel?" I asked the most affected.

"Me? Fucking great." He replied sarcastically. "It turns out that my father is not my father, and what's more, he now completely ignores me."

"Now he’s bugging me, which is worse." Rumble added.

"Thunderstorm, this ain't the way, you have to overcome that hostility you have developed towards Thunderlane." I told the father of the family.

"I know, I do try, but..." he looked away at Thunderlane. "It's just… I look at him and he reminds me more and more of Lech Wałęsa."

Thunderlane grimaced and looked at his mother. "Thanks mom, couldn't you have shut up?"

"Hey, what did you want me to do? Bourbon told me to open up and I opened up." Pluvia said.

"Thunder, don't you have nothing to say to your wife?" I asked.

"What am I supposed to tell her?" He said with a frustrated shrug.

"Okay, let's try another approach." I said believing having found the solution. “We're going to use some role-playing. We are going to pretend that I'm your wife, and you will tell me whatever you want."

Thunder looked at me, it looked like he was going to open up. "Pluvia?" He asked smiling.

"Yes?"

I was calm, but Thunder changed his expression in a second and got up going towards me...

"Damn bitch, thirty years cheated!" He screamed as he strangled me.

"Sunset, help!" I screamed as I tried to get Thundestorm off me and his sons grabbed him by the shoulders.

"Thunder! Let him go, or let her go, or let me go... or I don't know, this is so confusing." Pluvia said scratching her head.

After shaking me for a while, Thunderlane and Rumble managed to get their father off me. Obviously, I decided to finish therapy early and take a break.

I was at the bar smoking a cigarrette, with a glass full of whiskey and two buttons on my shirt unbuttoned. Only I was working, as I had let Sunset rest a bit so she could be with Soarin and Flash on the other side of the bar.

"And what about that one? She’s really hot." Said Sunset suddenly, making the three of us look at her strangely. "What? I’m just trying to fit in."

"Come on Flash, go and get one chick." Soarin said encouragingly.

"Relax and enjoy, man, there are some pretty girls in here." I said taking a puff.

"Okay, I'll do my best." Flash said determined. "But how? It's just that I haven't done this for so long and I’m a little bit out of my element."

"Flash, calm down, girls don't bite, there's no reason to be afraid of us." Said Sunset.

Suddenly a boy came up to Sunset and tapped her on the shoulder. "Hey excuse me."

"Can't you see we're having a conversation? Thanks." She replied very rude, causing the guy to retreat. The three of us stared at her poker-faced. "Like I said, there’s no reason to be afraid of us."

Although Sunset's attitude might have intimidated Flash a bit, he headed to the center of the pub in search of a one-night stand.

"Well, place your bets." I said watching our friend.

Flash approached a blonde girl and smiled at her, but it was when he opened his mouth when he screwed up.

"Hello my name is Flash Sentry, I am 27 years old, I play the guitar and studied fine arts in college but I work in an office." He said quickly. Then he pointed us to, well, Sunset more specifically. "Those are my friends and my ex-girlfriend, but we get along really well."

The girl left with the face of having smelled something bad. Flash turned to us who looked at him strangely.

"Well, don’t worry, you don’t have to succeed the first time." Soarin said.

"Flash, try to be a little more direct next time, and avoid that we were a thing." Sunset said.

With the next girl he sat at a table and tried to be less formal.

"You don't have to tell me anything about yourself, I'm not from the Agency." Flash said laughing and trying to be funny. "I... all I want is sex, just sex without love..." The girl left, and with good reason if you ask me.

Sunset put her hands to her head, Soarin facepalmed, and I just took a swig of my whiskey. Flash came back to us.

"Flash, being blunt is fine, but you've overdid it." I said.

"Fuck, this isn't that easy." The blue haired boy protested. "Let's see the next one."

He tried several times, but nothing, all attempts ended the same. In the end he was left alone with me and Sunset, because Soarin was… busy.

"I have tried everything and nothing happened... it looks like I’ve lost practice." He said defeated. "I don't understand how he does it." Flash pointed to Soarin who was on the other side of the pub making out with a girl.

"I don't understand how you could have lost so many beautiful girls." I said.

"I don't know, it may be that women smell fear, like wolves." Flash said.

"Don't worry, Flash, what happens is that you make it more complicated than it really is." Sunset said trying to cheer him up. "In the end good things come to those who wait, you have to insist."

Again, the boy from before caught Sunset's attention by touching her shoulder. "Hey, I’m sorry but…"

"I said no!" She answered sharply and he left resigned once more and we looked at her with fear.

With everything that happened that day coming home after closing the pub was by far the best thing I did.

I threw myself on the couch, opened a cold beer, and started playing the console. I hadn't even realized that someone was in the bathroom. It was Big Mac, who came out with a towel tied around his waist while he dried his hair with another.

"Hello Bourbon." Mac said.

"Hi, Mac. Wanna play some videogames?" Come on, it's been a long time since you and I did something together."

"Eyup." He replied, stoic as always.

Big Mac and I played video games while we talked about our day.

"And basically, that happened to me with Thunderlane and his family." I said while Big Mac laughed. "Do you think it’s normal?"

"Nope." He Answered. "So... Soarin is back." Maybe it was the way he said it, but it caught my attention.

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Oh, nothin'..." He said looking away, while I arched an eyebrow.

"He and Rainbow Dash are getting along really well." I commented to see his reaction, which was feigned indifference. "Mac, what about you and Dash?"

Big Mac seemed to hesitate, but in the end, he answered me. "I don’t know. I mean, I know we are friends with rights, but... sometimes I wonder if this would go any further."

"Would you like it to be so?" I asked, pausing the game now that the conversation was interesting.

"I don't know, Bourbon, I still think of Sugar Belle, and honestly, I don't know if I'm ready to start a relationship." There was nothing more to say, Big Mac was obviously afraid of being hurt again. That was such a common thing in people that it scares. What I couldn't understand is how I could keep thinking about Sugar Belle despite all the pain she caused him.

I didn't want to push Mac anymore, so I cut off the conversation and we kept playing.

After a while we went to bed because we would have another day of work tomorrow.

That same morning Discord, Flash, Pinkie, Sunset, and me were at the pub. We were talking about Flash's nefarious flirting attempt last night.

"Come on Flash, why don't you try again?" Discord asked.

"Look, I don't want to, I need confidence to flirt." Flash seemed blunt and took a sip of his coffee.

And at that moment an idea occurred to me.

"Hey, Sunset, how long has it been since you… you know?" I asked her.

"What do you care?" She asked indignantly.

I gave her a mischievous look. Suddenly, both Flash and Sunset realized of what was going through my head.

"Oh no, that would be very awkward." Flash said blushing.

"Yes, I remind you that Flash and I broke up a long time ago." Sunset said.

"And why would that be a problem?" Pinkie Pie replied.

"That's what I say, look, you trust each other, you are the same age..." I explained. " Sunset, it's hard for you to find guys in your league, and Flash is handsome, he's not bald..."

"Look, Bourbon, you better discard that." Sunset said.

"Such yourselves, but sex is not something to refrain from." Discord said.

"That's true, I don't have that problem." Pinkie said smiling.

"No shit..." I said looking away. "Anyway, I'm going to get ready, now it's time for therapy."

"Do you still intend to treat Thunderlane's family?" Discord asked.

"They pay well." I said shrugging.

And so Pluvia and Thunderstorm arrived and sat at the usual table.

"Just for the record, I have agreed to this because I don’t want to leave therapy halfway and for Thunderlane." I said looking at the marriage.

"I'm sorry, tensions are high, but I assure you that we are a normal family." Thunder said.

Soon Thunderlane and Rumble arrived, the former carrying a duffel bag slung over his shoulder.

"What are you doing with that bag, son?" Pluvia asked.

"I've had enough, I'm going to Poneland to look for my father." Said Thunderlane very determined, I just ran my hand over my face.

“And what will you do when you find him? Say ‘I am your son’?" Rumble said imitating Darth Vader and laughing.

Thunderlane grabbed his brother by the neck, and they began to fight until Thunderstorm got up and separated them.

"Boys, please!" Yelled Thunder. " Thunderlane, listen to me, I know I've reacted awful, but I want you to know that I will continue to treat you the same way as before, and that you will always be my son, no matter what." He said holding him by the cheeks.

"Thanks Dad." Thunderlane said smiling, and Pluvia too. "But I'm going to Poneland to find my father."

Thunderstorm dropped his arms in resignation. And so Thunderlane picked up the duffel and prepared to leave.

"Jaroslav Podkowa, from Cracoltvia, visits the Gothic basilica, it is beautiful, 14th century." Said Pluvia.

"Hey, Rumble, where are you going?" Asked his father.

"I'm going to accompany him to the airport, see you guys later."

I already lost what little patience I had and started to collect my things. "Well, I think there’s nothing else to see here."

"But weren't you saying you didn't want to stop therapy halfway?" Pluvia asked.

"Yes, but I’ve already finished." I said.

"Hey, Bourbon, you promised to treat our family." Thunder said.

"Which family?!" I screamed indignantly. "The one that falls apart due to all the emotional deficiencies it has? Look Thunderstorm, I know you very little, but what I have been able to deduce from your family is that you are a self-conscious guy who has focused on business to try to have a life that does not come, perhaps due to incompetence, or perhaps bad luck, I don't know."

Thundersorm lowered his head...

“And Pluvia, is a woman who, by not getting the attention she apparently needed, became absorbed in a world of her own to the point of neglecting her sons in a way that I would not hesitate to describe as selfish, ignoring the fact that even her first-born son it’s a bastard, no offense here. No wonder Rumble is in his own head and Thunderlane tries to be the glue of his parents' marriage, well not even that now. Do you want my advice? Get divorced or try to fix everything I've told you, but don't drag me into this nonsense anymore because I'm not drunk enough to bear it. "

Both Pluvia and Thunder were silent. It seemed that what I told them had affected them because they did not know whether to look at me, each other or anywhere.

"Maybe... maybe my problem was a lack of communication." Thunder said.

"And I may have abstracted from everything without thinking about how it affected others." Pluvia said.

Thunder walked over to his wife and grabbed her hands. "Pluvia, why don't we start from scratch?"

"Do you think it will work?"

"At least we can try."

Wow, maybe there was still hope for those two. Pluvia and Thunder sealed that deal with a kiss. “Hey, I was thinking of an idea for a business that will be amazing: a paternity test that is sold in pubs and newsstands; we could make a fortune out of this."

Well, nobody said that changes were easy...

I went back to the bar to serve my patrons. Sunset seemed satisfied after having seen what I’d done with Thunderlane's parents.

"Very good boss, in the end you got it." Sunset said. "Hey, was all that you told them earlier reverse psychology?"

"I don't know... I mean, of course!" I thought for a second. “I don’t know, Sunset. I just said what I felt at the time. If you'll excuse me, I think I deserve a pint."

It was these kinds of things that I was grateful for working in a pub and not as a full-time psychologist, I should have listened to my cousin when he told me to study history or criminology. To this day I still wonder if I made the right choice studying psychology, it’s not that I’m not interested in the human mind, on the contrary, it is a fascinating subject; but if I had to put up with situations, like the one I had with Thunderlane and his family, I would jump off a bridge.

I decided it was time for a (in my opinion) a well deserved pint of beer. Meanwhile Flash was drinking seemed distracted, I assumed he was thinking about what I said of him and Sunset.

"Flash, are you ok?" Asked Sunset.

Flash got scared and almost chocked with his beer.

"Easy there, swallow, don't spit." Said Sunset, but Flash looked at her surprised as she blushed. "The beer! I mean the beer."

"Don't worry." Said Flash. "Can you serve me another beer, please, I'm pretty needed." Another dead silence. "For a drink, I mean."

"Big or small?" Said Sunset. At that moment I hardly could contain my laughter. "The glass."

"I don't care, size it's not important." Answered Flash as Sunset went for a pint glass blushing hard.

"Sunset, can you help me with some boxes of cider." I asked trying to release her from that embarrasing situation.

"Ok, I'm coming." Flash spat his beer again. "I mean, I'm heading out."

Sunset run to the storage as I laughted like a crazy man.

At that moment Sunset's phone rang and when she answered I realized she was talking to Twilight.

I hadn't seen her in a long time and from what I understood she had gone on vacation with her boyfriend Timber Spruce, with whom she now lived two floors above Sunset and me. I knew Twilight well, not the case for Timber.

"How’s Twilight?" I asked.

"Well, they'll be back from their vacation tomorrow, I’m so excited to see Twilight again!"

Author's Note

Ok, I'm back, sorry for not posting earlier, but I had personal issues, and lack of inspiration; either way, I'll continue this story for anyone who likes it.
Enjoy 😄