Hi all. Thanks for the support for this crazy story. So I decided to speed it up the year like the show would and have Ted retell his story in a flashback.

Robin sat up and smiled as she turned off the alarm clock. The day finally arrived.

She shook Barney who mumbled at her. "Oh get up Barney, Marshall and Lily's plane arrive in an hour and we promised we'd get them" she told him.

That alerted the man and he sat up. "Wow, it's already time?" he asked and she nodded with a wider smile.

"Yep, now dress already" she told him and the two got out of bed and dressed.

Lily of course burst into tears when she saw them. "Oh I missed you two so much" she said and Robin hugged her.

Marshall smiled at them with little Marvin in his arms. "Aw he's wearing his little suit!" Barney cooed when he saw his godson.

"We did it for you huh pal?" Marshall replied. Marvin cooed and Barney reached out and gently took the toddler.

"Marvin wait for it Erikson you're so cute in your little suit" he cooed and the baby smiled at him.

"It's good to see you again Barney" Marshall told him and Barney looked at him with a smile.

"You too bro" he agreed and they shared a small hug.

"Come on gang, lets get our suitcases and go to MaClarans and celebrate" Lily suggested.

Robin and Barney nodded in agreement. No one voiced what they all thought though. It would be too painful if he didn't appear.

The four arrived at the bar almost an hour later. On their booth were four envelopes addressed to the four.

"It's a wedding invitation" Robin said as she got hers opened first as they sat down.

"Ted's wedding invite…" Barney added.

"Does that mean…?" Lily asked.

The four glanced around quickly and a man chuckled from the bar. "If I say yes will you come to my wedding?" he asked. He turned and the four smiled happily.

"Oh my god Ted!" Marshall cried and jumped out and went to him. Ted stood and gave his best friend a hug.

"Good to see you too pal" he answered.

"So who is the lucky girl?" Lily asked and a woman turned.

"Me, I'm Sarah Evans and I can see why Ted really wanted us to come here, you all seem like great friends" she said.

"Yes we are and you'll love it" Lily said. She took Sarah's hand and she took Ted's and they all moved back to the booth.

Ted sat on a chair outside the booth and Sarah sat in his lap. "So how did you two meet?" Robin asked.

"I met her the night I left on the plane" Ted explained.

"Excuse me, I have to use the bathroom" Barney suddenly said and ran off.

Ted let himself out from under his fiancée and followed.

"You okay bro?" he asked when he walked into the restroom. Barney was standing at the sinks staring at his reflection.

"I wanted to be the one who introduced you to all the hot chicks" Barney murmured with a whiny pitch to his voice.

"But you did pal" Ted told him. He clapped his shoulder. "Sarah was in the band at your wedding and when I was sitting by her on the plane I was too nervous to speak, I closed my eyes and your voice came to me and coached me" he added.

"Really?" Barney asked turning and Ted nodded. "Course bro you are my wingman" he said.

"So you don't really care that I forced myself into the group"

"No, you grew on me, I liked that I had two amazing bro's who had my back" Ted replied.

"Thanks" Barney answered and Ted gave him a hug.

"Now come on bro, lets go catch up on this last amazing year" Ted said and led his friend out.

Sarah was making the three laugh. "Yeah, Teddy boy was a dork for trying to teach the wrong class but you gotta love that about him"

"Hey! It was my first day and I was nervous"

"Yeah, I couldn't tell Ted, you couldn't even spell professor it looked like" Sarah replied.

Ted stuck his tongue out at her and she laughed.

"Like you're perfect Evans, you locked yourself out of the apartment a few times you know"

"Because forgetting my key and looking like a dork in front of a classroom of college kids is same thing" Sarah replied.

"Oh I like her" Barney said and she smiled at him.

"I'm right aren't I Barney? Ted is a much bigger dork than I am" she asked and he nodded.

"Don't you dare start Barney" Ted hissed and the blond laughed. "It's like you just met me bro" he teased and then told Sarah other embarrassing stories.

She laughed but it was clear to the gang she didn't care. She loved Ted and he loved her back. It was finally normal again.