AN: Another update so soon? Who am I?

Chapter 10: Friends

Barney pulled open the door and was met with a pile of boxes where Robin's head should have been. "Can you take this please?" She said, as he slide the box out of her hands. "Thanks." She turned around and called down the hallway "Piper come on." The weirdest dog Barney had ever seen came running to the door.

"Um Robin. Are you sure this is a dog?"

"What? Of course she's a dog."

"Have you looked at it?"

"Her name is Piper. Could you not be an asshole for like two seconds," Robin sighed. She sat down on the floor and Piper climbed into her lap.

"I'm sorry," Barney said sitting down next to them.

"She just showed up outside my apartment in the rain. Literally she was sitting in a box and I couldn't just leave her there. You know she wouldn't have gotten adopted at a shelter," Robin explained. "Thank you for doing this by the way."

"Yeah of course. I was hoping she would be more of a chick magnet, but hey."

"Oh my god, do not use my dog to pick up girls."

"I'm just kidding. I would never."

"You most definitely would," Robin said. She then picked up Piper and placed her in Barney's lap. Immediately she started to bark. "Piper it's okay," Robin tried to say. Barney started to pet her, but somehow Piper managed to bite his hand.

"Damnit," Barney exclaimed waving his hand to fight off the pain.

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry. I've never seen her act like this. She must hate men," Robin said picking Piper up. In Robin's arms she started to calm down. "Pipes you can't do that. I know Barney seems like an asshole, but really he is a nice guy."

"Is that suppose to make me feel better?" Barney exclaimed.

"Oh shoot you're bleeding," Robin said looking at Barney's hand. She put Piper on the sofa and then went to help Barney.

"She isn't going to pee on it right?"

"Well she has never peed on my sofa," Robin said. "She doesn't have rabies or anything if that's what you were wondering. You will be fine. Lets just put a bandaid on it."

"I don't have bandaids," Barney said

"Why the hell not."

"I'm Barney Stinson. I'm invincible."

"Well Barney Stinson my weird five pound dog just made you bleed," Robin grabbed her bag and began to dig around in it. She took out a bandaid and pulled Barney over to the sink. After washing out the cut she placed the bandaid on top of it.

"Thanks," Barney said.

"If you give her a chance and feed her three times a day I'm sure she will love you."

"Don't worry, I'm good with the ladies."

Robin rolled her eyes. "But seriously thanks for doing this. I really owe you."

"Bring me back a koala bear for Australia and we will be even. Do you want something to drink?"

"No I can't. I leave in a couple of hours and I still haven't finished packing."

"Oh okay. Well I'll call you. To give you updates on Piper."

"I'm going to miss her so much!" Robin said, sitting down next to Piper on the couch. "I'm not leaving you. I promise I will be back. This is just temporary. Be good for Barney okay. You can't go around biting people you don't like." Robin kissed the top of her dogs head. Robin stood up and walked to the door. Barney followed her. "Take good care of her okay."

"I will. You know that," Barney said.

"Yeah. I do."

Barney reached out and gave her a hug. "Take care of yourself," he said before he let go.

"Piper come on. We have to go outside," Barney said, trying to attach a leash to Piper's collar. Piper managed to wriggle herself out of his hands and run to Barney's room. "Piper we can go to the park!" Barney pleaded. He ran to his room just in time to watch Piper pee on his bed. "Are you serious. That was so uncool." Barney yelled. Piper, now afraid, hid under the bed. Barney started to clean his bed when he got a phone call from Robin.

"Hey how's it going with Piper?" Robin asked.

"Not going to lie, she's a real bitch," Barney said.

"Don't say that," Robin said, defensive. "What did she do?"

"I was trying to get her to go on a walk, but she wouldn't let me put her lease on. Then she ran into my room and peed on my bed. Robin it is not funny," Barney said in response to Robin's laughter.

"I'm sorry. I forgot to mention that she really does not like that lease. I usually just let her walk without it. Which I know is super unsafe, but she has never ran away from me. However, I would not recommend you do that, seeing as how she hates you."

"Great. What am I suppose to do now?"

"I think she might just hate men."

"That's unfortunate."

"Yeah. Maybe you could invite Lily over."

"Why?"

"Because she's a girl and I think she could really use the time away from the kids. Maybe get a bottle of wine and a pizza."

"I don't really know if I want to have a girls night with Lily. Sorry."

"I know, but I'm not there to do it."

"I really need to stop doing favors for you."

"I promise I'll make it up to you somehow."

"So how's Australia?" Barney said, trying to prolong the conversation. He liked the sound of Robin's voice, espeically when it was not yelling at him.

"It's great. I don't think I would want to live here though."

"Really? Why not."

"I don't know. It's just differnt. I can't really explain it." What Robin was really feeling was home sickness. Something she had never really felt for New York before. Suddenly the place she dreaded being had become the place she most wanted to be. "Can you put Piper on the phone?"

"What?"

"Yeah just so she can hear my voice. I'll even put in a good word for you."

"Okay..." Barney said. He put the phone on speak and held it down to the floor where Piper was now sitting. "You can talk now."

"Piper, it's me. I miss you very much, but you have to be nice to Barney. He is doing both of us a big favor and I know you wouldn't want him to only know this side of you. You guys can be friends. Trust me." Piper barked a couple of times in response.

"I hope that works," Barney said.

"Me too. Anyways I should probably go."

"Okay."

"Will you call Lily for me?"

"Yeah I will."

"Okay." Barney heard Robin pause on the other end. "I will probably call again soon to check on Piper."

"Yeah that would be great."

"Okay, maybe I'll call tomorrow."

"I'll look out for it."

"Okay."

"Maybe we could even video chat? That way Piper can see your face."

"Yeah I'm sure Piper would love that." Robin said. Barney couldn't see, but she was smiling on the other end.