Welcome to my first How I Met Your Mother fanfiction.
This idea popped in my head after seeing "Bad News" and I had to write it down. It's my take on what happens after the episode ends. There will definitely be six chapters to the story, but since it's not done, I may end up adding a 7th. I was going to wait until I was finished writing it, but I didn't want the next episode to air and discredit everything I said would happen before I even post the story.
Also, let me go ahead and apologize in advance for any mistakes I make regarding small details that may have been mentioned in previous episodes that I may have overlooked, and for anything regarding planes and flight procedures that I get wrong being that in my 21 years of life I've never flown because flying scares the crap out of me.
OH! And I don't own HIMYM. If I did... well... then next week's episode would look a lot like this:
INTRODUCTION
Kids, in January of 2011, your Uncle Marshall received the worst news of his life up until that point.
"Something's happened..." Lily said, on the verge of tears. "Your dad had a heart attack... he didn't make it."
"My dad's dead?" Marshall uttered in disbelief. Lily nodded, unable to form words. Lily leaned in to give Marshall a hug and he held her in his arms as his emotions spilled over.
But something I've learned is that there is a master plan. Yes, Uncle Marshall's dad's death was very sad but in a way it was the best thing that could have happened to our group.
The funeral was about 2 weeks later...
Marshall sat on the end of the first row and Lily sat next to him on his right. Every time Marshall would turn his attention back to the minister, tears would threaten to spill over, but then he would look over at Lily and smile would break out across both of their faces.
The always strong Robin Sherbatsky sat on the other side of Lily, feeling particularly weak that day. She had more tissues balled up next to her than Marshall and Lily did combined. Barney, who was sitting on the other side of Robin, noticed a new wave of tears flood Robin's eyes. He put his left hand on her leg and she let out a small sob as she looked over at him. He removed his hand from her leg and swung his arm around her shoulders. She leaned into him, her head falling onto his shoulder then he placed his other hand on top of hers.
Ted was nowhere to be seen.
Now kids, there are four parts to this story: The Marshall and Lily part, the Robin part, the Barney part, and my part. Let's start with Marshall and Lily...