The gang sat in their usual space in McLarens. Ted, Marshall, Lily and Barney; the four friends.
"I have to quit! I can't stay at this job. The kids are like mini Hitlers. One kid, Zach, he ate a goldfish! Like a cat just strait out of the bowl..." Lily's voice became background noise to Barney as across the bar a brunette walked in, looked around for a place to sit and finally decided on a seat at the bar. He leant across to his best bro Ted and whispered "brunette at the bar. Thoughts?" Ted subtly turned his head to glance at the girl before turning back to Barney and replying "I'd give her an 8"
"What're you two whispering about?" Marshall asked, looking slightly offended that they hadn't included him in their conversation. Barney stood, straitened his tie and replied with "Daddy's home." Before turning and walking to the bar, to which Lily rolled her eyes."typical."
"Hi" Barney said in a seductive tone to the girl, leaning on the bar with one arm and holding his tie with the other.
"No" The girl replied in a firm tone, dismissing Barney immediately
"No. What do you mean no?" Barney asked in an innocent voice, walking round to face the girl.
"You know exactly what I mean. No"
"I could be a perfectly nice guy for all you know and you're just throwing me away! How do you know I'm not the most awesome guy ever?" Barney persisted. The girl sighed, "you're way too confident in your actions, you're full of yourself, pounced on me the minute I walked through that door and you obviously think you're awesome."
"You say that like its a BAD thing." Barney grinned happily. She sighed, stood up and walked away across the bar.
Stinson stood, slightly shocked that a chick had actually turned him down. Meanwhile the girl stopped at a booth and asked "Excuse me, but are you Ted Mosby?"
"Depends," he replied "did he do something to piss you off?" The girl laughed a this response and said "no."
"In that case, yes I'm Ted Mosby. Nice to meet you...?"
"Robin. You're the architect on the cover of that magazine, aren't you?" Ted turned to grin at Lily and Marshall "told you I'm now famous." He moved over on the bench to make room for Robin to sit down "yeah, yeah i am." The architect grinned happily. Robin turned to look at Lily and Marshall and gave them a big grin
"Hi. I'm Lily and this is my husband Marshall."
Barney spotted Robin sat at his booth and made his way over to her "can't stay away, can you?" He said in a confident voice
"My god, you guys are friends with him?!" She said standing up
"I wouldn't say friend. We just tell people he has a history of mental health problems and follows us." Lily told her.
"I should go."
"Wait, Robin. Before you go, are you that news reporter?" Ted asked curiously
"Yeah, i am," she smiled before adding "nice meeting you guys." She turned and walked out before Barney could try making anymore moves on her.
"She digs me." Barney straitened his tie and sat by Ted.