I didn't relise I had this in my Documents and not posted so sorry it took so long.
The next few months went smoothly Ted wasn't really trying to find the one however that changed the night lily and Marshall Got engaged. I was at the apartment helping Marshall plan how he was going to propose With Ted "Trust me Lily will say yes Why wouldn't She?" I said Getting up from the couch "Anyway I'll See you and Barney at the Bar later" I said to Ted Heading down to the bar.
I had gone home to change If I was going anywhere with friends I would always 'Dress up' my dresses were always formal or fancy I didn't do casual I never had well not since I had changed my name. I had decided to wear by Trench coat Dress and headed down to the bar. Ted wasn't there yet but I went over to the bar where Barney Was Standing. We had both forgotten about the events of New Year's Eve/Day well he had but for me knowing I had kissed by brother it was harder "Ali You dressed up" He Smiled I nodded "And Your suited up let's say something that we don't always do"
"That Reminds me. Do you want to come laser Tag with me and Ted Tomorrow" He asked it was something we had found out we both liked "Sure I'd love you I need to get back on the score board" I said before realising that barney was Smirking "I think you'll find I'm the only one on that scoreboard" He said Smirking
"Yeah well we can soon Change that" I said as Ted Arrived not suited up
"Hey" Ted Said Coming over to join us before I got the chance to say anything Barney say "Where's your suit!? Just once when I say suit up, I wish you'd put on a suit"
"I did that one time" He says I shook my head
"That was a blazer not a suit" I pointed out to him
"You know, ever since college it's been You, Marshall and Lily and me. Now it's going to be Marshall and Lily... and me and you. You don't want to get married." Ted joked to me they had always been the couple that were always together. To me marriage was a sham there wasn't a point to it. It wasn't that I hated marriage but at the time I never wanted to get married. Now though I couldn't be happier.
"No To me Marriage is just a legal document there's no point you can be happy just as boyfriend and girlfriend" I Explained
"They'll get married, start a family-before long I'm the weird, middle-aged bachelor their kids call "Uncle Ted." Ted Sighed but I saw Barney glaring at him
"I see what this is about. Have you forgotten what I told you the night we met" Barney Said Hitting him
I listened at Barney Reminding him exactly what he had said when they had met.
"Thirty, right. You're right. I guess it's just, you're best friend gets engaged-you start thinking about that stuff." Ted said half to us and half to himself
"My best friend is getting engaged and I'm not thinking about" I Stated shrugging before I noticed Barney looking hurt
"I Thought I was your best friends. Say I'm you best friend" Barney Whined
"You're our best friend" Both Me and Ted Said
"Good and as your best friend I suggest we play a little game called… Have you met Ted?" Barney Said as he walked over to a girl
Ted on the other had seemed to be reluctant as always "wai... No, no, no we are not playing Have you met Ted" He said as Barney Tapped a girl at the bar on the shoulder "Hi, Have you met Ted" He Said Introducing Ted Before heading back in the distance With me "So She's Lebanese" I smirked after hearing her comment.
I watched as Ted and this Yasmin chick started to hit it off. That was until he decided to ask her out and we found out that the bartender, Carl, was her boyfriend.
Ted headed back over to us annoyed "Why am I freaking out all of a sudden? This is crazy! I'm not ready to settle down." He Said
"How does Carl land a Lebanese girl?" Barney Said completely ignoring him
"It's always been "don't even think about it till you're thirty" He said I know he had. He had been thinking about marriage since we were together. I think that had been one of the only times I had ever thought about what it would be like to be married but in the end that was probably what helped break us up apart from the fact we didn't want to do long distance.
"Exactly-the guy doesn't even own a suit!" Barney said in disgust
"You do realise that Barney isn't listening" I said wondering if I would be ignored by Ted
"Plus Marshall's found the love of his life. Even if I was ready, which I'm not, but if I was it's like, "Okay, I'm ready! Where is she?"" He Said. Okay I was right he was ignoring me which I would have mentioned if it wasn't for the fact that He was staring at a girl at the other side of the bar.
The next few minutes were silence "Hey Barney, Charlene see that girl" Ted Said he was smiling like a lost kid. The girl Ted had seen would later become your aunt Robin.
"Oh Yeah you know She likes it dirty" Barney Said seductively
"Barney" I said applied elbowing him "Why don't you go introduce yourself" I Said as the girl headed over towards the bar
Ted rambled on about how you don't just say Hi and you have to have a plan but before he had the chance to finish Barney had Already Tapped her on the shoulder and said "Have you met Ted" Before coming over to me
We watched as they chatted "Do you think she will go out with Ted" I asked Barney who was watching them more closely than me "I'd say yes if it wasn't for that" Barney said pointing over as Ted got his drink thrown over him and we headed back over to him "De… wait for it…Nied. Denied"
"Were going out tomorrow night" Ted Said showing us her number
Barney pouted "I thought we were playing laser tag tomorrow night" he said looking at me then back at Ted
"Yeah I was never going to go play laser tag" He said before wiping his face and heading back to a booth
"I guess it's just us" He Said turning to me "Please Still Come" he said part pleading
"Of course and by the way I thought you were teaching Ted how to live" I smirked remember how they said they had met
"Yeah it's not going very well is it" Barney said sighing.
The next day I carried on planning my new book. My first two books had done well the first "Abandonment in the lies" I had finished while I was in college. I was amazed at how it had done and had used the money to fake my death. At the time I hadn't regretted that. I wanted to move on with my life with my friends but since then I had found out my friends had in fact become friends with my brother and now I saw how hurt he looked.
My second book "The Runaway Girl" I had finished in 2000 after I had moved to New York with Marshall, lily and Ted. It was back when me and Ted were dating. We had got together near the end of college. Our relationship in college had always been complicated but I'll get to that later. It was after I finished that book I had been offered the chance to go on a book tour around America and England which was one of the reasons we had broken up because we didn't want to try long distance.
Both of my books had been loosely based on my life the first around the reason a young girl wasn't happy at home and the second about her running away and her adventures on the run.
I had only just started planning the third one which I wasn't really hoping to finish any time soon but I was planning on writing it about how she finally finds her Family again.
I Closed my notes before I got ready for laser tag it was the one time I didn't wear formal were as a dress wasn't really suited for Stuff like that. I headed to laser tag to meet Barney.
About 2 hour's in I saw that Barney was on the Phone to someone so I found that this was the Best Opportunity to 'kill him' that was until he hung up and killed me instead I sighed "Really Barney" "Said you would never Beat me" He smirked "That was Ted We need to go" He said
15 minutes later we arrived back at the bar Where Marshall Lily and Ted Were we say down at the table they were at
"So these guys think I chickened out. What do you think?" Ted Asked after explaining what had happened
"I can't believe you're still not wearing a suit!" Was all Barney Said I shook my head he would never realize that Ted was never going to were a suit
"She didn't even give me the signal." Ted Said
"What is she goanna-is bat her eyes at you in Morse code Ted Kiss me-No, you just kiss her!" Barney Said batting his eyes to him
"Not if you don't get the signal." Ted Said That was when I decided to interrupt the two
"When we first officially dated I never gave you the signal when we kissed" I reminded him
"That was Different we had pretended to date before that and I knew you liked me" Ted Said "I Need the signal from Robin" He added
Barney murmured before He decided to Kiss Marshall "Did Marshall give me the signal?" Barney asked
"No! I didn't, I swear." He Said being adamant towards lily
"But see-at least, tonight, I get to sleep knowing, Marshall and Me... never going to happen. You should've kissed her." Barney Said as we all Nodded in agreement
"I should've kissed her. What about when she gets back from Orlando?" Ted Says admitting that he should have kissed her
"A week? That's like-a year in hot girl time. She'll forget all about you. Mark my words: you will never see that one again." Barney said.
Ted hadn't been listening to what was being said he was looking up at the TV in bar. Robin was there presetting The Jumper story "There she is"
Lily asked Carl to turn the TV so that we could hear her
"I'm goanna go kiss her. Right now." Ted Said Partly to himself and to us
"You can't do that she's on the air" I pointed out even though I had though he was planning on doing it off air otherwise it would potentially be extremely embarrassing
"Oh-Dude, it's midnight. As your future lawyer I'm goanna advice you that's freakin' crazy" Marshall said which was extremely true
"I never do anything crazy! I'm always waiting for the moment! Planning the moment! Well she's leaving tomorrow this may be the only moment I'm goanna get! I gotta do what that guy couldn't, I gotta take the leap! Okay not a perfect metaphor, for me it's fall in love and get married-for him it's... death." Ted said before realising how bad of a metaphor that was
"Actually, that is a perfect metaphor." Barney said. I thought about it and death normally came after Marriage not the way that Barney was thinking but it did. "By the way, did I congratulate you two?" He added to Lilly and Marshall raising a glass
"I'm doing this." Ted said as he got up to leave
"We're coming with you." Lily said pulling Marshall up from the chair
Ted nodded pausing before looking at us. "Charlene? Barney?" He said wondering if would come as well. I glanced over at Barney who had a smirk on his face
"Of course I'll come" I said smiling
"Alright, but under one condition" Barney said looking at Ted
"Fine" Ted said
"SUIT UP" Barney said ted sighed before heading upstairs
We called a cab and the driver just so happened to be Ranjit. We waited for Ted to arrive in his suit as he got in the cab Barney said over enthusiastically "look at you, you beautiful bastard, you suited up! This is totally going in my blog!" which to be honest I don't think any of us read.
As we were driving we came up to a bistro where Ted told Ranjit to stop the cab he ran into the bistro after a few minutes he came back into the cab with what looked like a smurf penis. Sorry I mean blue French horn "everyone brings flowers" Ted said shrugging before telling Ranjit to continue driving.
We arrived at Robins house Ted looked at us "Okay. Moment of truth. Wish me luck." He said Giving
"Kiss her" I Said
"Ted's goanna get it on with a TV reporter. This just in." Barney Said holding his hand up for a high five which we all did
"Kiss her, Ted. Kiss her good." Lily said
"Kiss the crap out of that girl" Marshall said
"Marshall, remember this night. When you're the best man at our wedding and you give a speech, you're goanna tell this story" Ted said as he left the cab
"Why does he get to be the best man I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND!" Barney shouted out the car
"Let it go man" I said as we watched ted knock on her door we waited for him to go in
"He's in." Marshall said as Robin let him to the apartment.
"So, Ranjit... you must've done it with a Lebanese girl." Barney said trying to start a conversation
"Okay-that's my Barney Limit. I'm goanna see if that Bodega has a bathroom. " Lily said disgusted as she left the cab.
"Mine too" I said Following Lily out the cab.
"Hey I though you couldn't get enough of me" Barney called out hurt.
I ignored him following Lily "Hey" I called out catching up with her
"Sorry Didn't see you" she said pointing to her Eye patch "How are you" She asked me
"I'm fine" I said "Why do you ask"
"You don't seem it" I said I wondered if I was giving of a vibe to make her think that.
"I couldn't be happier my best friend just got engaged. Ted is in love and Barney well Barney is Barney" I said shrugging.
"So you don't care that your ex-boyfriend is in love again" Lily asked me as we Walked into the building.
"Is that what you think? No I don't love Ted I'll admit I sometimes get feelings for him but we left it on good terms and I've moved on and so has he it would be a mistake for us to get together again. I haven't looked to be with anyone since I've been back cause I'm trying to settle back in and I'm concentrating on my books" I stated Sure I sometimes had feelings for him but that was a consequence of hanging out with your ex but they weren't strong enough for me to try and date him again at least not at the time.
"Sorry I guess I'm just tired" lily Said I sighed before we remained silent for the rest of the time till we headed back to the cab we heard Marshall saying
"Yeah, I'm scared, okay? But when I think about spending the rest of my life with Lily..." we both waited outside for them to notice us I smiled at Lily. "Committing forever, no other women doesn't scare me at all. I'm marrying that girl." He said before turning round and noticing her "Lily. Lily, I like olives." He admitted I looked confused before realising that had been talking about the olive theory
"We'll make it work." Lily said as they kissed.
"Okay that's enough can we get in" I interrupted as they let us back in the car
" Why are we still sitting here? Let's go! We can still make last call. What do you say Lil?" Barney said before putting on a pirate accent "Yo, ho ho and a bottle o' rum?" He Stopped as everything went silent I shook my head at him "'Cuz you're a pirate..." He said trying to defend himself
"Okay, eye patch gone" She said throwing it at Barney "And we can't just abandon Ted. If it doesn't go well up there he's gonna need some support." She Added
"He'll be fine there probably having sex already" I said wanting to go to the bar
"Yeah It's been like twenty minutes. You think they're doin' it?" Marshall said agreeing with me
"You think they're doing it in front of the dogs?" Barney questioned
"Doggie style. " Marshall laughed
"I had this girl in college; she had a golden retriever-"Barney said trying to gross Lily into agreeing with us to going to the bar
"Okay, we can go to the bar, just stop talking." Lily interrupted grossed out
"Hit it Ranjit." Barney said as we drove off
We got back to the Bar and stayed there chatting for about half an hour until we noticed Ted coming back looking annoyed
"What happened" Lily asked before Ted explained what exactly had happened even to the fact that when they were about to kiss he said "I Think I'm in love with you" We looked at him in shock before in unison saying "What"
"I know I shouldn't' have said that it just came out" Ted admitted before continuing with his story "….And that was it, probably never see her again." He finished we all remained silent he looked at us confused "What?"
"That was the signal!" Marshall Said which we all nodded
"That long lingering handshake-you should've kissed her!" Lily Said
"As a female I agree that was a signal" I agreed
"There's no such thing as the signal. But yeah-that was the signal." Barney Agreed at that moment Carl appeared with a bottle of champagne giving it to Marshall "Ah, Carl thank you. Something I gotta do." He Said
"By the way, you should've kissed her." Carl added before leaving
"Carl!?" Ted Said before turning to us "You guys weren't there." He Said but we weren't listening as Marshall Popped cork, without injuring anyone.
"I am so turned on right now." Lily said
"Guys, trust me. I've seen the signal. That was not the signal." Ted said still trying to defend himself
"Yeah Ted, we're not on you anymore." Barney said
Marshall raised a glass saying "To my fiancé!"
Lily smiled adding "to the future!" We all, except Ted, Raised a glass
" That was not the signal!" Ted Still said trying one last time to defend himself
"Just let it go man" I told him as he huffed.
The rest of the night was spent congratulating Lily and Marshall.
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