Time had passed since Barney met up with Kevin for his therapy appointment. After his first session, Barney tossed the coffee cup with the girl's number on it in the trash and forgot about it because he was frustrated and wanted to return to Ted's apartment.

Barney still had fitful nights of sleep. He would often have nightmares but they now featured both Nora and Kevin. He wasn't sure why.

Kevin, on the other hand, tried to get the reason why Barney tried to take his own life out of Robin. However, she was like a clam, stubborn to open her mouth when asked, so Kevin figured the only way to get the answer was the get it out of Barney. He began to discuss techniques with Barney to help re-develop his memories. They worked for Barney, as he began to remember his past a lot better.

In this time, Robin began to spend more time with Barney. As much as she missed the old Barney, Robin was beginning to like the new Barney. The new Barney was sweet and respectful, considerate of others' feelings and began to listen to people more.

One afternoon, Robin stopped by Ted's apartment to see Barney. Ted was out of the apartment that day but he reported to Robin that Barney wasn't feeling well. He caught a small flu bug and he had been throwing up all night. Robin didn't want Barney to be alone, so she decided to stop by.

"Barney?" Robin called as she closed the door to the apartment behind her.

Silence. Robin walked over to the spare bedroom where she opened the door and found Barney, curled up underneath the covers.

"Barney?" Robin repeated calmly. "You awake?"

Barney opened his eyes and peeked his head out from under the covers. "Robin?" he asked. "That you?"

"It's me," Robin answered. "How are you feeling?"

"Sick," Barney replied. "I've been freezing, I'm dehydrated, and I keep throwing up."

"Well, I'll go make a run to the store for you," Robin said cheerfully. "I'll get you something to help your dehydration."

Barney mumbled a thanks and burrowed back under the blankets.

Robin left the apartment and walked to the local supermarket to pick up some supplies for Barney. She walked over to the beverage aisle and put a couple bottles of sports drink into her hand basket when she heard a familiar British accent call to her.

"Robin? Is that you?"

Robin turned around and saw a tall woman with brown hair, dark colored skin, and bundled up in light colored winter clothes.

"Nora?" Robin asked. "Hi!"

"Hi!" Nora said happily as she and Robin hugged. "How's everything?"

"Good," Robin lied. "Just keeping busy. You?"

"I'm well. Just in the neighborhood, visiting a friend of mine," Nora answered back. She paused hesitantly. "How's Barney doing?"

"Oh, Barney?" Robin asked with a nervous laugh. "Barney's doing okay. He's hanging in there, keeping busy." He tried to kill himself and lost his memory no thanks to you, skank.

"Good," Nora said calmly. "Well, if you see him, tell him I said hello."

She turned around and walked away.

"Will do!" Robin called back to her with a tiny smile. Her little smile disappeared as Nora turned a corner and out of sight.

Robin quickly dashed to the register, paid for the sports drinks, and went back to Ted's apartment where she poured some of a bottle of lemon-lime flavored sports drink and took it to Barney's room, where he was asleep.

"Barney?" Robin asked calmly as she shook the blonde man gently on the arm, which was very warm due to fever. Wow, she thought. He's really burning up!

Barney blearily opened his eyes and saw Robin standing over him. He smiled. "Hey,"

Robin smiled back. "Here, I picked this up for you at the store. It's got electrolytes in it, so it will help you stay hydrated," she said, setting the glass down on the nightstand.

"Thanks," Barney said.

As time went by, Barney took a few sips of the drink and he was able to keep the liquid down. Meanwhile, he and Robin sat and talked for a while until Barney began to feel tired again and he fell into a deep sleep while Robin went to the kitchen to fix herself something to eat.

While Barney slept, he began to have more flashbacks. The memory of him talking to Robin at the shooting range came up when he had planned the "Super Date" and let Robin have it with her ex-boyfriend Don. After that came the memory of him jumping into the Hudson River and being pulled out, but that was before he saw there on the bench in a blanket and watching the fireworks light up the New York City skyline. Another memory came of Nora. She stood there, smiling beautifully, but next to her was Robin, with a sad look on her face.

Barney, in the flashback, stood there, wearing a suit. Nora reached out a hand to him, while Robin did the same. Barney began to walk over to Robin, but another hand went into her hand. Barney looked up and saw his therapist, Kevin.

Barney looked back at Nora, but she was long gone and Barney stood alone in the dark. He felt something cold and sharp go into his right hand. He looked down and saw a razor blade. Without thinking, Barney rolled up his sleeves and held the sharp, metal blade to his left wrist. He began to press down on it until...

That was when Barney shot up in bed, in another cold sweat, panting frantically.

"Barney?" called a familiar voice. Robin walked into the room with a cold compress. Her expression turned into a worried one. "Barney, what's wrong?"

Barney took one look at Robin and suddenly, everything came back to him. "...you skank!"