At Last

Summary: Barney proposes to Robin, and then he sees her with another man. Will they ever get married, or are they over for good?

Chapter One

Barney and Robin walked out on the streets of New York City. They looked into each other's eyes. He thought Robin was perfect for him, and Robin thought she was perfect for Barney.

"So," said Barney. "What do you wanna do?"

"Well, I wanna go out to eat in a restaurant," Robin replied.

"Okay," he said. "Which restaurant would you like to go to?"

"How about let's meet up with our friends and just go bowling after supper, what do you say?

"Sure! But where do you wanna go to eat?"

"How about TGI Fridays?"

"Sounds great!" Barney said. He felt something inside his pocket. It was his engagement ring for Robin that he picked out for her, while he and Ted were going shopping for a new ring. Then he took his hand out of his pocket and kept on making sure that the box for the ring was there.

"Good," he whispered quietly.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"You said something, Barney."

"No I didn't."

"Okay, what were you doing, then?"

Barney chuckled and shook his head. "Nothing of the sort, I guess."

"Don't lie to me, Barney, I hate it when people lie to me."

"Okay, fine," he said. "I'll admit it. I bought you something that I don't want you to see until we get to TGI Fridays."

Robin was shocked. "You what?"

"I was picking out an engagement ring for you."

Robin's eyes met his and suddenly she kissed him. Then she added, along with that kiss, "Well, let's make sure nothing goes wrong with this night."

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When they got to TGI Fridays, the waitress sent them to a table for two. Then they ordered their food, then they got dessert. For dessert they had a strawberry sundae.

Then Barney tapped on the ice cream sundae glass. Everyone was quiet.

"Okay, everyone, I have an announcement to make," Barney said. "Robin, I have something to tell you. I love you and I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. You know we've been having all kinds of fun lately, so..." He got down on one knee. "Robin....will you marry me?"

There were millions of "Awws!" from the patrons of the restaurant.

"Yes!" Robin said happily.