I had a snow day today and a lot of people had been asking me to upload a new chapter. Sorry if this is slightly disappointing, but I did not really know what else to write.
It had been a couple months since Robin saw any of her old friends. She still received the occasional text message from Lily, asking her to come over for drinks, but Robin always managed to be busy. She tried not to let it bother her. Of course she would drift apart from her friends, they never had anything in common anymore and she had refused their multiple offers to hang out together. It was her own fault she had isolated herself from the group.
Robin pushed her shopping cart into the dairy section, remembering the empty bottle sitting in her fridge. Before she could find the milk she usually bought she was greeted with the familiar sound of her name. This had happened many times before. Somebody recognizing her from the news. Her face lighting up with a smile, glad that somebody appreciated her work. This time the voice belonged to Tracy, Ted's soon to be wife. Robin's smile faltered. "Hi Tracy." She said, suddenly self conscious of the two bottle of wine lying in her cart.
"Wow we haven't seen you in forever. What's going on in your life? How's work?" Tracy gushed with her bright enthusiastic attitude.
"Work has been good. I'm actually going to Greece in a couple of days."
"Wow that sounds amazing. You have to show me some pictures one day."
"Yeah definitely," Robin said, knowing she probably never will.
"Hey Trace, Penny and I found the diapers." Ted said, carrying his daughter in one arm and the diapers in the other.
"Thanks sweetheart." She said, standing on the tops of her toes to give him a kiss. "Look who I found!"
"Robin! Oh my god." Ted exclaimed, giving Robin a half hug with the arm not holding the baby. Robin awkwardly pulled back. Ted gave his signature, "are you okay?" look.
"Sorry, baby."
"Oh right, sorry. Robin hates kids." Ted told Tracy.
Tracy started to laugh. "She's not going to bite you." She took penny out of Ted's arms and started rocking her up and down.
"I know, I just, habit I guess," Robin tried to explain.
"How long are you in town for?" Ted asked.
"I leave for Greece on Wednesday."
"Robin you should totally come over for dinner tomorrow night then. Or we could grab some lunch. We can catch up," he said.
"Oh I don't know if that is really a good idea. It looks like you two have your hands full. Literally."
"No it's fine. We would love to have you over," Tracy exclaimed. "It would be so much fun. You can show me your pictures."
"Oh well I would have to check my schedule, but thank you for the invitation."
"Thank us when you come over," Ted said. At that moment Penny started to cry and Robin had never liked a baby more.
"We should really go," Tracy said.
"Okay. I'll call you," Ted said, giving Robin another hug.
She waved good bye to Tracy and the baby and continued in the opposite direction. She was not going to have dinner with them. A small part of her had actually started to resent Tracy. Not because she was in love with Ted by any means. But she hated the fact that Tracy had replaced her. She had taken her spot in the gang. Anyway she was a much better fit. She loved kids and was a much better friend to Lily. She was able to keep up with Marshall's lame jokes. She could even deal with Barney.