I am back with a new HIMYM story! Now, this takes place in Season 7, but I'm going to add a twist to it! What could happen after Barney breaks up with Nora to be with Robin and Robin doesn't break up with Kevin? Let's see in my crazy little head!
Disclaimer: Hurky doesn't own How I Met Your Mother.
Ted Mosby burst through the emergency room doors to find his friends, Marshall Eriksen and Lily Aldrin, sitting and waiting in the lobby. He rushed over to them.
"What happened?" Ted asked them.
Lily, whose eyes were overflowing with tears and choked up, was too upset to speak. Marshall began to talk.
"Lily went to check up on Barney, you know, after his break up with Nora?" explained Marshall. "Well, she went to see how he was doing since she had not seen him in a few days..."
Scene shifts to earlier in the day...
Lily knocked on the door to Barney's apartment, carrying a small box of cupcakes from a nearby specialty shop. "Barney?"
No answer. Lily knocked again.
"Barney, you in there?" she asked. "I know things are hard after your breakup, but I brought you some cupcakes!"
Still no answer. Lily began to turn the knob to the door and let herself in. She slowly walked in, creeping silently in her Ugg boots. She was currently pregnant with a baby boy, so she was wearing more comfortable shoes so her feet wouldn't ache as much.
Lily set the box of cupcakes down on the coffee table as she began to search the apartment. She checked in his bedroom. No Barney there.
She walked over to the bathroom where the door was closed but unlocked. Lily opened the door to find Barney, next to the bathtub, lying on the floor unconscious in a puddle of his own blood. Lily screamed.
"BARNEY!" she screamed as she knelt down and lifted Barney's head and cradled him in her arms. "Barney, wake up!"
Barney, wearing a suit but no tie, was pale as a ghost and his eyes remained closed.
Lily grabbed her cell phone from her purse dialed 911 with trembling hands. "Hello, 911? I need an ambulance here right now!"
After confirming the address, Lily hung up from the dispatcher and began to check Barney's wrists for a pulse. That was when she noticed there were cuts on them, particularly on the veins, blood still oozing out...
Back at the hospital...
Marshall was still holding Lily while Ted dropped into a chair and put his head in his hands.
"I can't believe Barney tried to kill himself..." said Ted in disbelief.
"Mr. Mosby?" asked a somewhat dull female voice.
Ted looked up and saw a short plump young woman with blonde hair tied into a ponytail and wearing glasses along with light blue scrubs and a dark blue long sleeved shirt underneath standing there and holding a clipboard.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Cornischi," said the woman. "I'm Mr. Stinson's doctor. Would you follow me, please?"
Ted, Marshall, and Lily followed the doctor to a room nearby and stood outside of it.
"We've finished treating and examining him," began Dr. Cornischi. "He did try to take his life but we were able to successfully resuscitate him and give him a few blood transfusions after he lost a massive amount of blood. However, while he was falling to the ground, it appears that he hit his head on either a counter or a bathtub. We believe that he suffered a serious concussion."
"Can we go see him, now?" asked Marshall.
Dr. Cornischi nodded. She pointed her pencil at the doorway. "He's resting at the moment, though." she said. Then, she walked away.
Ted, Marshall, and Lily all exchanged glances at each other. They silently creeped into the dark hospital room. There was one bed, with Barney lying in it, asleep. He looked weak and he was still pale. On his wrists were bandages and gauze to help stop the bleeding. The only sound in the room was a heart monitor beeping, indicating that Barney was still alive. Lily burst into tears again at this sight while Marshall comforted her. Ted walked over to Barney and sat down next to him.
"Guys, what happened?" asked a female voice.
Everyone turned around to see Robin Scherbatsky walking in, carrying her coat with her.
"I just got the news that Barney was in the hospital," said Robin. "What happened?"
Ted took a deep breath. "Barney tried to kill himself," he explained.
Robin's eyes welled with tears and she covered her mouth. "Oh no..." she croaked, dropping into the chair next to Ted.
"I don't understand why he would do this," sobbed Lily.
Suddenly, the sound of blankets rustling and someone groaning made everyone turn their heads to Barney. He was twisting his face in pain and moving a little. Then, he opened his eyes.
"Barney!" exclaimed Ted in happiness that his friend was awake.
"Hey," said Marshall. "How are you feeling, buddy?"
Barney stared at everyone with tired blue eyes. "I feel exhausted and in pain," he answered groggily. He held a hand to his forehead. "And my head hurts..."
Lily, with her motherly instincts even before becoming a mother, walked over to Barney. She opened up his bottle of painkillers and handed him one with a cup of water. "Here," she said soothingly. "Take this. You hit your head when you fell."
Barney took the painkiller and swallowed it while drinking the water. Lily took the cup from him while Barney noticed his wrists.
"What happened to me?" he asked.
"It's a long story," said Ted. "Lily found you in your apartment and called an ambulance. You-"
"-Wait," said Barney. "Who's Lily?"
Ted was taken aback. "Lily was the one who gave you the painkiller, remember?" he reminded Barney.
Barney just stared at his friends. "I'm sorry, but I don't remember anything..." he said. "I don't know who you people are."