If you notice this is all in season 7, this story starts from "Tick, Tick, Tick" and flashes to the scene when B/R were dating in the summer of 09 in between season 4 and 5 which was the scene where they are secretly together and keeping it from the gang, the scene with Robin in the stormtrooper outfit.

I thought of this idea for a while but I just couldn't find the right way to write this until now. What would happen if Robin ended her relationship with Kevin to be with Barney when she wanted to be because her feelings for Barney was very much still there. I mean this is in the heat of her feelings for him so telling Barney how she really feels needs to happen and for me it's this idea that will do just that.


He stood in the bar right at midnight waiting for her to come through the doors that they have come through since they met. It was midnight, it was late, he was exhausted from the day he had and a little worried that tonight may not go as he hoped. He wasn't one of those desperate people looking for a mate, he never really wanted a real relationship but when he met Robin that day in this very bar years earlier changed everything. The day was supposed to be a fun wingman/bro day/night out but the moment he saw her he knew it.

The spot he stood in was the exact same spot seven years earlier where he saw her across the room and thought man "you know she likes it dirty". To some that would mean he just wants to bang her cause she's hot but to him the sight of this beautiful brunette across the room set his heart beating faster than a second hand on a clock or a speeding car. He's never felt such a shock to his heart before but that heartbeat that seemed to only beat faster for her every time she entered this very bar, walked in and out of the apartment that is just right up above this very bar. Anytime she came in and out of his life either as a friend or whatever they were doing that summer they were together he thought those times she left him wouldn't be for long.

He does know how many times he almost lost her and he doesn't want to know or even remember them but tonight he hoped that for the first time since knowing her, they would talk and decide to give each other a second chance at a relationship.

Their first go at a relationship was so short that it all was such a blur after they ended their dating relationship and went back or tried to go back to being friends. The friends thing didn't work for long because just the other night they were clearly not just friends. What happened between them felt like it was something that never went away, the kiss in back of the cab, the way they couldn't stop kissing not even when they entered his apartment buildings lobby or the elevator or Barney's floor, the kissing was so intense and so frantic that neither came up for air until they hit his bed. The way they couldn't stop being with each other, remembering each and every inch of each others bodies, remembering just how easy it was to be with her again to have her in his arms, in his bed, in his mind, in his memories. That night was so insane neither of the knew what they were doing or what they wanted but when the time came to be honest with her about everything that's been going on with them since they broke up.

That passion, that love, that want, that need, that kiss was still there because for him it never went away and he knows it never went away for her either, at least he hoped it didn't. He didn't really know what she's thinking he isn't a mind reader but he knows her better than she likes to admit and he knows that she could still have feelings for him but it's all up to her now. Does she love him? Does she want to try again? Did the other night mean something more to her like it did him? He wants to desperately find out and hopefully he's right.

He knows he loves her, he never stopped loving her but does she still love him? Or better yet does she want to try again and be together because this thing they're doing isn't working for him and he knows it isn't working for her either. At least he hopes the latter is true and in just a few minutes she will walk through those doors of the very bar they first met and they would discuss their relationship.

She's looking at the watch on her wrist knowing that the time she has is getting closer. God, this night was just awful, she's not only hated herself for cheating on such a nice guy like Kevin, the feelings that never went away for Barney, Barney cheating on a nice innocent girl like Nora, the feelings for Barney. Ugh, it always seems to go back to those pesky feelings, the feelings that never went away, the feeling she tried to forget and move on from because she told herself it's much easier and safer to shove being in love with Barney away. She knew it was a bad thing, she knew she would get hurt or he will get hurt it's why she's been so afraid of trusting herself when it came to Barney.

With Kevin here in the hospital and Barney with Nora she doesn't know what to do or say but this night was a disaster and sleeping with Barney was not a smart thing to do but this is the thing with her and with him too. She can never stop herself when it comes to Barney, rather it's a challenge, going out to a club or just hanging out she could never say no to him. She doesn't have an answer for doing the things she just did to a nice guy like Kevin but when it comes to Barney she knows it's her heart telling her to do those fun things with Barney makes her say yes without even knowing why she says yes to him.

That's the problem with them, she's so crazy in love with him that thinking things through first before doing anything has always been what gets her and them into trouble. But, it's those fun times that make her feel alive, makes her feel like a teenager again, being with him, around him doesn't make her think but all those crazy fun times just made her see Barney in a new light. Being with him that summer and having the time of her life by just being herself and finding new and interesting things to do with Barney while dating was some of the best most memorable times of her life.

"Barney, I can't believe you. Leaving me in this damn suit while you watched hours worth of star wars.." She's so mad, so burning out and mad that Barney let her stay in that stormtrooper suit for that long she couldn't even get out of it or move to use the bathroom. She's so sweaty and stinky.

"Sorry, now that the guys are gone... Where were we?" Barney didn't care about how mad she was or how sweaty she is he just likes this fantasy and wants to get back to what they were doing before they got interrupted.

"No, Barney I'm all sweaty and I stink from being stuck in this thing all afternoon I'm not having sex with you when I'm looking like this." He knows she's mad at him but damn she's hot.

"Baby, you're so hot right now I don't care how you look I need you. Now..." He takes her hand and pulls her to the bedroom without getting her out of the stormstrooper suit.

That was the last time she said no but it actually meant I give up which also meant fine and yes. She really can't say no to the man it's always been that way with him but damn it the sex they had that day was some of the best sex she ever had and by the end of it she forgave him for being an ass and leaving her in that suit that afternoon.

Now, she's standing in the emergency room with her boyfriend trying to find a way to break it to him that she's in love with someone else. For the first time she doesn't feel nervous or scared to admit that she does have feelings for Barney but she needs to get this done first.