Part 1
The room seemed to blur a little, Robin sat there, watching Quinn cuddle with Marv. Quinn was a natural, she would be, Robin kept smiling.
Marshall was cracking TSA jokes and had the others preoccupied, she should be paying attention to this.
"With a camel!" Marshall finished, everyone else chuckled, Robin groaned, did anyone notice that, she thought to herself, she took a quick look around the room, no one had.
She suddenly felt a strong urge to touch Marv, she found her arm outstretched, she wanted to rub his little head, she could get affection from him as well, after all she deserved it more, she's his auntie, and auntie trumps uncle's fiancee, she cringed a little at the thought. Who marries the stripper? She glanced up at Barney, he caught her look, and she quickly looked at the baby again.
When he marries her, Quinn becomes an auntie as well, and she'll lose her edge, dammit.
Marv screamed bloody murder the second her hand made contact, Lily scooped up the baby and started rocking to console him,
"It's ok, it's ok, (to Robin) it's ok, no harm" Marv kept screaming.
Robin jumped up, this was not the reaction she was looking for, she really shouldn't be here. "I'm going to go,"
"No, look he's just fine, (baby took a breath and screamed again) well, he'll be fine. Stay" Lily said while she started to rub Marv's back.
"We have a staff meeting this afternoon, and I'd like to change first."
Robin backed up towards the door, "Maybe I'll see you guys later on tonight" and bolted out..
Outside the door, her mind started to churn. What was she trying to prove anyway? Her maternal instincts are non-existent, she can't compete at that level, he's not even talking yet, give it a couple years, Marv will prefer cool Aunt Robin, to layabout Auntie Quinn, except, oh damn, they'll have kids, of course they'll have kids, an entire pack of them, which will mean playmates, She really won't be able to compete on that level, unless her only hope, they can put off having kids long enough that they kids annoy Marv, then she can be cool Aunt Robin who takes him out on his own, to things that only older kids can do, that will work. She may have to buddy up a bit with Quinn, get her headed on the hold off on family route. At the very least huge wedding that will take a year to plan, afterall they can't get married this summer, that will buy a year. But that's a terrible idea, first off, all of her friends make better wedding planners, and second helping with their wedding, no not something she should be involved in, she could head down the sabotage route again, better to keep her distance from Barney and Quinn for a while, She can still spend time with the others Marshall and Lily will need some help, she can just hang out in the mornings there, and what help babysit?
Robin walked out of the building, turned right and immediately walked into MacLaren's, just as she was about to order, she changed her mind and walked out, fully intending on making a big change in her life, at least going somewhere across town, but ended up settling for the first bar she passed on her way to the subway,
Part 2
Barney looked at her cooing at the baby, she looked so natural, so loving, suddenly he felt his throat swell up and couldn't breathe, he tried to smile through it. Did anyone notice? Marshall and Lily were still talking about the TSA, everyone started laughing so he threw in a little chuckle. Robin shot a glance at him, did she know what he was thinking? She did, she did, how could she? How could he get the baby away from Quinn before she starts getting ideas, fatherhood too nerve wracking right now, one thing at a time, maybe he could get Robin to save him, he started staring at her, did she just exchange another look? "Help me, help me" Her hand was outstretched what was she going to do? Whoa, she just poked the baby, it erupted in a huge scream, she got him crying, Lily swooped in, Robin just totally rescued him, how awesome was she?
Quinn still had that look on her face, how was he going to deal with her wanting babies right away, they had already begun to waver on their use of condoms a couple times, he had to put a stop to that.
Robin must not have expected that big of a response, she was all jumpy, oh and leaving, he'd have to remember to thank her later on that night,
Marv kept wailing, if this doesn't put Quinn off nothing will, Barney thought to himself.
"That's it reward system based on comfort be damned, I'm going to feed him."
A grin grew on Barney's face "New mom boobies"
"I think I'll go feed him in there." Lily walked into Marv's bedroom,
"I think I'll go help her out" Barney volunteered, Quinn grabbed onto his arm and motioned him to sit next to her, He obliged.
Marshall smiled, and there were a few seconds of awkard silence,."So I know it's early, but any thoughts to the day?"
"We haven't talked about it yet" Quinn started and turned towards Barney, "But I was thinking maybe Vegas next month?"
Barney nodded his head approvingly "Stripper bridesmaids" Then it hit him, next month, wow, fast, His palms started to sweat, and couldn't breathe again.
Marshall laughed a little nervously "We almost got married in Atlantic City, but then we're glad we had the whole big family wedding, Lily come back in here"
From the bedroom "We still need some more time"
Quinn responded "My mom lives out there," she smiled at Barney
Barney started to feel his head spin. "Why don't we all go downstairs for a little champange?" He attempted to grin, but his smile stretches a little too far.
