AN: This story is the most popular of my german stories and I decided to translate it into English and post it here. Some of the chapters are very short. Like this one, for example. But in exchange, it won't take me long to update, because the whole story is already completely written. I hope you'll like it and thanks for your time.
On Thursday, the 8th of July 2010, Robin Scherbatsky was sitting in the backseat of a cab and wondered for the umpteenth time, where it would take her. She looked at her cellphone.
20 minutes.
20 minutes ago, he had called and informed her, that an already paid cab was on its way to her. He also told her an adress, Robin didn't know and hung up, before she had a chance to reply.
The cab pulled over to the curb and she saw him standing on the sidewalk. Barney Stinson, the handsome, blonde man in the suit. He never wore something else and Robin couldn't blame him for that. He really looked incredibly good in a suit. She could think of only one disadvantage and started grinning, while she remembered, that it always took her a while to get him out of the suit.
No, Robin! No! , she silently scolded herself, like she used to do with her dogs.
Thoughts like this about an ex were inappropriate. But she only thought about Barney in this way. She never thought about Ted like this.
"Thank god! You're here", Barney breathed relieved, while he ripped the door open. Then he offered her his hand to help her out of the cab. Robin accepted his hand. And this friendly contact was enough to give her the familiar tingle, only Barney could give her.
As soon as she stood steadily, she pulled her hand away and laid it on her hip. She tried to look angry and annoyed and asked: "Can you now tell me, WHY I am here?"
"No."
She looked at him speechless and the usual grin appeared on his face.
"I'll show you."
He grabbed her wrist and pulled her with him into the store, they stood in front of. Just now, Robin realized what kind of store it was.
"Barney, why did you order me to a jeweler?", she asked confused.
"I need your advice as a woman", Barney answered with a shrug of his shoulders.
Robin thought of something, that made her really angry.
"I don't know, how you want to do it, but I won't help you pick out jewelry, which you can use to get laid", she told him.
It hurt enough, that he went back to one night stands and bimbos after they broke up. She wouldn't encourage him in this.
Barney looked offended for a moment, but also guilty. Then he put on a neutral expression and said: "My mom turns 60 next month."
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