"Marshall won't let me out of that stupid movie tonight,"

"That sucks," Robin replied, distractedly, checking her phone for the tenth time in ten minutes.

"Are you even listening to me?" Lily demanded.

"What?" Robin looked up, confused, "Yeah, totally."

"Good. This is important."

"Right. Because what could be more important than getting out of watching a movie with your husband?"

"He dry-cleaned his Ewok doll."

"Ew. Point taken."

Lily leaned over at the bar to see what Robin was staring at in her lap. "Waiting for a call from George Clooney?"

"George Clooney?"

"What? He's attractive."

Robin smirked. "I'm not waiting for anything. Just checking the time."

Lily nodded. "Okay. We'll pretend that I believe you. But what am I going to do about the movie?"

"Go?" Lily wrinkled her nose. "Sorry Lily, but I can't think of any way out of it. Marshall knows how stupid you think it is, but he still wants you to go. You should probably just go. Is it really worth making him sad?"

Lily sighed. "No. Oh! But I wanted to check on Barney."

"I'll do it," Robin volunteered quickly. Lily narrowed her eyes.

"But Ted and Marshall want you there too."

"Yeah…But one of us should really check on Barney, and I'm not married to one of the Trekkies."

"Trekkies is Star Trek. This is Star Wars."

"See? I shouldn't go. I guess that settles it." She slung her purse over shoulder, but Lily's hand on her forearm stopped her from actually leaving. "What?"

Lily gave her an innocent look. "You tell me what."

"Fine. I…I brought him some soup last night."

"Soup, huh?" Lily waggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Yes, soup. I brought him soup because he looked so sick at lunch yesterday, and because I wanted him to own up to being sick."

"Did he?"

"Of course not. And nothing happened. Nothing. We ate soup and fell asleep on the couch. We were like ninety-year old sisters."

"But you're worried. Awww! You care about him."

Robin struggled for words. "Don't worry," Lily added, "I care about him too."

"So can I bail out on Ewok night to go over there?" Robin goaded.

"I have a better idea…"