Well, this is the creation of being high on the latest episode, almost like I ate a Barney and Robin sandwich! Wrote it in ten minutes flat because I had to let my excitement out! Kind of a songficish kinda thing based on the Ingrid Michaelson version of I Can't Help Falling in Love With You. It is THE PERFECT song for their situation!

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you

He couldn't believe this had happened. He put everything on the line, he gave her his love, he even opened suggested the idea of a quiet suburban life and she had rejected it. His mind spun as he quickly and shakily shoveled to carefully arranged rose petals into the bag. Suddenly, a voice rung in his ears from behind him.

"Barney?" Ted's soft and caring voice questioned

He didn't respond.

"Barney, you broke up with Nora for Robin." This time it wasn't a question, it was a statement.

"Yeah," he croaked, the noise barely escaping his throat

"You, Barney Stinson, gave up the woman you worked so hard for for the woman you thought was the one."

"Yeah"

"That is stupid. Sounds like something I would do." Ted said, laughing at the end

"It was stupid," he blinked back tears and placed the last red petal in the bag

"No, it's not," Ted replied

"You only think that because you're a stupid hopeless romantic, and where has that ever gotten you? I tried it once and it didn't get me far," he dragged out the last word and slowly transitioned into the next word, "clearly."

"Barney, everyday I think I believe a little less and a little less and a little less and that…sucks. But when I think about it, when I really think about it, love has never failed me. It never will. If this is love, it won't fail you either."

"I don't think it is. I mean, if it were, wouldn't we be in here right now? Wouldn't she be telling me she loves me and I would tell her the same?"

"Barney, tell me this. What will you do without her?"

Barney looked confused at the question but sat down and ran his fingers through his hair answering, "I don't know. I guess maybe I could focus more on work because I can't have another relationship. I mean, I could, but I won't. It won't mean anything. And after seeing the wrong I did to Nora, I won't do it again. I could maybe get a dog or something. I don't know, what are you asking me this?"

"Now what will you do with her?" Ted went on

"With her? Well, I don't have her but if I did," he began, "I would throw out all the stupid crap in my apartment to make room for hers. I would ask her to marry me. I would buy her the prettiest white dress and she would walk down the aisle of the prettiest marble church and at the end I would be, amazed. We would travel the world. I would show her Paris and Tokyo. I'd take her to every place under the sun."

Ted gave him a look urging him to go on.

"Then," he continued, "when we got tired of traveling we would come back here, maybe get a big house. Then we could fill a room or two. I could teach my boy not to be like I was, but how I am to his mommy. I would teach him to be like his Uncle Marshall and be determined to do what he dreams to. I could teach him to be like his Uncle Ted and always believe in love, even when it sounds stupid. And then maybe a few years down the line I would get to teach a little girl that she is beautiful. Because she came from her mommy so she is just…amazing. I would make sure she knew the difference between sleazy jerks and quality guys. I would get to wake up every morning and go to bed every night next to my best friend. I would get to make love to her whenever I wanted her and it wouldn't be a sin."

"It's love bro." Ted stated, a smile growing on his face, "Now go make me believe a little more and a little more and a little more. I know you can't turn down a challenge so I challenge you this: Go get her."

More coming in like 20 minutes, stay tuned.