Hi all. So the finale kinda screwed this story for me. I had a small feeling how it would end from all the suspicions I read online. I was hoping they were all false though.
I guess its okay though since this story will end way before that. This story still takes place in 2015/2016 when Penny was born so its why only she and Marvin are mentioned.
One more note, I don't feel like changing the names I written so Tracy is still going to be Sarah (I like that name) and Penny's name is Leia in my universe. The story will be told like the show though but without that lame finale.
Another week passed before Lexi heard any more of the story. It was now Friday night and Lexi eagerly answered the door.
"Hey Teddy Bear!" she screamed. A small cry came from the basket in his arms and he gave her a scolding look.
"Alexandra! I just put her to sleep" he hissed. Lexi slunk away and Sarah took Leia from Ted.
"No need to be harsh Theodore" she scolds. Ted gives a nod with a guilty look and quickly scoops up Lexi.
"Sorry kiddo, been a rough night with Leia, I didn't mean to snap at you" he says and she hugs him.
"Its okay Uncle Ted" she says and kisses his cheek. He carries her to the couch and sits her on his lap.
The bell rings a few minutes later than ring six more times. "Must be little Marvin" Lexi said and ran to the door.
"Marvin! We're you ringing my bell so many times?" she asked. The three year old giggles in response and lunges for her. Lexi grabs him and gives him a warm hug.
"You're gonna get too big too hold soon boy" she teases. Marvin just giggles.
"Hopefully we can get this story done by then" Lily answers. Lexi smiles at her and hugs her aunt and Uncle.
"Well then lets get started Auntie Lily" she says and leads them into the house and soon all of them are again seated in the living room.
"Okay so last time we left off was Ted getting Robin by hilariously doing a lame rain dance on the roof" Barney comments.
"You're so jealous I got her first" is Ted's comment.
"Don't fight boys just tell the story. It doesn't matter really Ted and mommy dated first, he got Auntie Sarah and she got daddy and that's what matters" Lexi comments.
"Leave it to a seven year old to be more mature" Marshall says and the boys chuckle.
"You're right sweet pea, sorry Barney" Ted replies.
"We're cool Bro, we been through worse than this" he answers.
"Oh yeah" Ted muses.
"I'm confused" Lexi pipes in. "Sorry kid, getting ahead of story" he says and then he clears his throat.
"Okay so you've heard about the crazy year of 2005. It started out with me witnessing my two best friends from college getting engaged" Ted started.
"Yeah, then it led to you seeing mommy in a bar and acting like a weirdo till you got her to be your girlfriend" Lexi answered.
Her summary made the entire group laugh. "Yeah, I guess I was pretty goofy but I had no idea I'd end with Sarah and I honestly thought Robin was my soul mate" Ted agreed.
"So what happened next?" Lexi asks.
"I climbed off the roof and took a taxi to Robin. I screamed for her and she opened her window. I screamed for her to come down but she didn't want to because she wasn't dressed" Ted explains.
"I climbed back inside and the first thing I see is that silly blue French horn sitting on my mantle. It then all hit me. Here was this crazy, fun and amazing guy who really wanted to be with me. I decided to give it a chance finally" Robin cut in.
"I was standing at her door when she opens it and we kissed" Ted ends and smiles to Robin.
"I still feel bad that you finally win her and have to put up with me moping" Marshall cuts in.
"Oh yeah, so what did you do while Aunt Lily was gone?"
"He didn't mope the whole summer kiddo, he actually dated a few times" Ted cut in.
"You mean Brad?" Robin asks with a chuckle.
"It wasn't a date, he wasn't even interested in me that way" Marshall cut in.
"You thought it was though Marshall" Robin points out. "Yeah you did Brunch bro, that's so a couple thing" Ted adds.
"I still don't get how brunch is girly"
"The horn and the horse bro" Ted answers. "A unicorn?" Lexi guesses and Ted winks to her.
"Whatever…can we move on?" Marshall mutters.
"Fine, how about your next date then? Crazy eyes Chloe" Barney asks and Marshall groans.
"To be fair, most what she said was true, I was the one chasing her" Lily cuts in.
"She still trashed your place to look for keys right in front of her, that girl was crazy" Barney cuts in.
"Yeah she was but she did give you a cool nickname Swarley" Lily teases and Barney groans this time.
"I hate that name" he mutters.
"Remember when I called the radio and got him to call you a girl?" Ted asks and Barney nods.
"Yeah, I hate you Ted" he answers. He then clears his throat. "We're skipping ahead anyway" he says.
"No we're not" Robin says and Ted raises a brow. She then gives a small sigh.
"Fine, it was a week after Marshall's date with Brad" she says. Marshall huffs and she rolls her eyes.
"Remember when we had that fight about your work?" she asks. "You mean when I showed you my drawing? The one that got built?" he asks.
"Yeah, Barney apparently used your name and job to get a woman and I may have acted like a crazy jealous person" Robin answered.
"Oh yeah, I remember that night, I guess you were right then Barney" Ted replies and Barney chuckles.
"Yeah, sorry about that bro, I couldn't resist" he answers. "It's cool, its who you were Barney, you were a little insane" Ted answers.
"Was not" Barney argues and Lily chuckles.
"We're too, how else do you explain letting me live with you as a fake wife?" Lily asks.
Barney shrugs. "It worked well for a while till you screwed it up" he comments and she rolls her eyes.
"You were just so relationship paranoid" she argues. He shrugs again and takes Robin's hand. "Key word being were" he answers.
"Your welcome" Lily says and he chuckles.
"What about you and Ted momma?" Lexi cuts in.
"Well I already told you a little bit kiddo. I was jealous because Barney was pretending to be Ted. Made me realize I should least pretend to be more interested in his job. I have to say his building was amazing and I didn't pretend" she answers.
"Okay so then what about Sparkles?"
"That happens a little later. First I had to find a job to pay for my apartment since Barney kicked me out. So Ted got me a job" Lily cut in.
"Which was a mistake" he mutters. She gives him an evil look. "Don't make me take something away again Theodore" she threatens.
"You're lucky I didn't sit and kill myself on my chair" he retorts. She only shrugs. "You were being a jerk"
"Lily did work with me Lexi and got mad my boss was a jerk. So she stole his prized baseball because her world is treat adults like her kindergarteners" Ted cuts in.
"Hey, I did give the jerk his ball back"
"Which got you fired because my boss isn't five Lily" Ted retorts and she rolls her eyes. "Sure acted like he was" she mutters and he laughs. "I can agree on that"
"Then what happens?" Lexi asked.
"This goes back to Swarley" Barney says and shudders. "We were hanging in a coffee place which was lame and not cool at all" he adds.
"You're just mad she didn't give us nicknames" Ted cuts in. He is thrown a withering look. "Stupid crazy Chloe wrote Swarley on my cup and so of course all four of them wouldn't stop teasing me with it" Barney says.
"It was hilarious. I loved calling the station the best. I told him my friend Swarley just broke up with Barney and he assumed Swarley is a girl and says on the air that he knows Swarley misses him but he's gone and Swarley needed to move on and she'd be a better woman for it" Ted said.
He was given another withering look. "Ha ha Theodore Evelyn" he mutters.
"What's this have to do with Sparkles?" Lexi asks.
"Patience babe" Marshall cuts in. "Lily wanted me back but I was still hurt so I said I needed time. Lily ended up going into the apartment and cutting into my date with Chloe"
"I know I acted crazy but I am crazy about you Marshall" Lily said. "I know and it made me see you have crazy eyes too Lily but I didn't care. I loved you then as much as I do now" he says.
"Awwww" Lexi coos.
"Okay so before we get to sparkles there is just one more thing that happened and it goes to Atlantic City" Lily says.
"Marshall and Lily decided to elope and dragged us three along" Ted cuts in.
"The mean lady wouldn't help so we found a man with a boat who agreed to marry them on sea" Robin cuts in.
"It was a waste of time since she chickened out again" Barney adds and lily hits him.
"No Barney, me marrying Marshall in Atlantic was me chickening out to not seeing his family, I realized I had to do that though" Lily corrected.
"Yeah but your real wedding again was just us five and I married you" Barney retorts.
"Yeah, it was beautiful" Lily agrees. Barney just chuckles. "I dunno why it so hectic for you two, me and Robin hitched up without a single problem" he said and all three of his friends roll their eyes.
"If you say so pal" Ted answers.
"You all are crazy, so is it Sparkles time?" Lexi asked.
"Yes, I was a teenage pop star in Canada" Robin said. "Lets not just talk about it" Barney says and runs off to the bedroom.
He comes out with a bunch of Cds. "I have Lets go to the mall, Sandcastles in the sand, The beaver song and Robin Daggers song" he said and showed his daughter.
"Wow" she says and Barney plays lets go to the mall. "I want to show these in order we saw them so here is the first sparkles video we found" he said.
"This was kinda my fault" Ted cuts in. "Yeah, thanks Ted" Robin mutters but she is wearing a small smile"
"Don't blame yourself Ted, Robin was the one who refused to go to the mall which made you intrigued and then started the slap bet" Marshall cut in.
"That was a painful bet" Barney answered. "I miss it" Marshall muses and Barney winces.
"What was the bet?" Lexi asked. "Well as you can tell from title a slap bet is where two people bet and winner gets to slap the other hard as he or she can on the face" Marshall said.
"So you won then Uncle Marshall?" she asks and he nods. "Sorta, see I thought Robin was married in a mall and Barney thought Robin was a…" he says and stops.
"He thought I was a model" Robin cuts in.
"Yeah…anyway the bet got way out of hand and we ended up slapping each other for lying" Marshall cut in.
Lexi nods but her focus is on her teenage mom. "This is so cute mommy, can I keep this?" she asks.
Barney nods. "Sure, then as we get to the others you can keep them as well" he agrees.
"Yay" Lexi cheers.
"But now its bedtime" Robin says and she groans.
"You can still watch a movie" she says which makes the girl smile.
Marvin is asleep as well as Leia so the others say a quiet goodbye and leave the three.
