SOo! Hello readers magnificos! So, inventory time at work means I count a box, write a paragraph, and get this chapter done for you all. Here's my biggest smile… I may have pulled something off, but what? Hmm… you'll all have to hang around to see, lol. Wedding date is inching ever closer! Will I run out of verses! (gasp from the crowd) I hope not! Its coming together quite nicely in my head, and even I have to split the verses, I will! Cue maniacal laughter.
My reviewers, how awesome thou all art! Marveldc superhero fan, the wedding eill turn out (hopefully) awesome, and Ted's luck will turn around… littleblackneko, thanks for this and last chapter's reviews. The wedding is very soon, and definitely, everyone wants a taste of someone else's life. Tinkerbell90, you should see me when I'm painting or sewing, I'm a slave to my creative side, which means fast updates. And Ted shall have the one soon! Homeawayfan6895, thanks for the review, and what till you see what happens next! Princesakaralita411, I can't leave Robin and Lily at odds, BFFs, haha. 1405smiley0514, is that a new reviewer I spy! Thank you so much, I try to keep it amazing.
Read on my wonders, you awesome ones you!
Topaz _b
PS – Now taking wedding song suggestions! I think maybe something more older rock… Maybe Bon Jovi! Shot through the heart!
PPS – Maybe not
Thought I'd been in love before,
but in my heart I wanted more.
Robin walked into the bar with a huff, and spotting Ted, Barney and Marshall, strode over to them. She slide in next to Barney and dropped a folder on the desk. She took Barney's scotch, to an outburst of 'Hey!" And took a gulp.
"Not even a hello, just take take take." Barney said with a grin. "God Scherbartsky I've never known you to be such a woman."
"If I wasn't a woman last night wouldn't have been fun for either of us."
"Neither would 5 minutes from now in the bathroom." He winked at her. She laughed.
"What's up Robin."
"Well, apparently every once in a while WWN makes us sit a course so that we're that good with what we report. So as of Fall, I'll be a part time student at Colombia."
"Really? Wow." Ted said with a laugh. He leaned in. "Maybe you should start practicing now. It's Professor Mosby."
"How about not." Robin gave him a sarcastic smile. Besides I'm not in your subject. I've got to take economics."
"So how are you doing this?" Marshall asked. "Like, do you have to enroll and pay?"
"No WWN has a pretty good setup. We take as many interns as possible and donate to the school, and in return we get to take some classes. They even fly reporters in from overseas to sit them when they need them."
"That's cool." Marshall scratched his head. "Wait does this mean Robin's going to have a crazy Spring Break story?"
"Girls Gone Wild." Ted nodded. Robin smiled.
"Its only one semester Ted. I'll be done by christmas. Plus I've already got a wild Spring Break story. And there's even a video."
"Boner achieved." Barney said.
"Really?"
"Yup. 'Girls Gone Oot of their Minds'."
"So you were in a porno!" Barney exclaimed. He raised his hand as Marshall flinched.
"Not exactly." Robin said. Barney's hand slowly lowered. "They were filming in a bar and I walked past on the way to the bathroom and looked at the girls, then at the camera." She grinned. "Pretty wild huh."
"No."
"No."
"Boner un-achieved." Barney said almost sulkily. Robin rolled her eyes.
"Anyway Marshall. Where's Lily?"
"She chased me out of the apartment when I got in after work. I knocked over a lot of stuff... And disturbed Bryan... And... Brrre the breshump" he mumbled the last part.
"What?"
"I… broe the breasump."
"Dude, what?" Ted asked. Marshall finally blew out a breath and looked up, and then back down at the group.
"I broke the breast pump."
"What?"
"How?"
"I… you're going to laugh."
"No we won't." Ted said.
"Totally won't." Robin chimed in.
"I probably will." Barney said at the same time as the other two. Marshall didn't quite hear him.
"Well I got home, and Lily was there with the breast pump. And she had it on, and, you know, boobs, so I was watching."
"Really?" Robin asked skeptically.
"Totally understand." Barney said with a nod.
"So she started complaining that she felt like a cow, and how much she has to do it, and about the suction, and I said it can't be all that bad. So she said, well maybe you should try it… so"
"Dude, you didn't…" Ted said slowly.
"I didn't know she was joking!" His voice got a little frantic, his voice a touch higher. "She finished… milking and took the bottle part off. I went over and picked it up, like, just looking at it at first, and then in the back of my mind, I just thought, why not…"
"Oh boy…" Robin said softly.
"Oh boy…" Ted echoed her.
"Oh boy!" Barney said gleefully, like a kid on Christmas.
"So I went into the bathroom, and unbuttoned my shirt… and… well you know."
"No, no we don't know." Barney's grin was almost splitting his face.
"You are truly sick my friend." Ted said, turning to him.
"Indeed! Now Marshall, spill."
"So I put it on, and I flipped it on, and Lily walked in at the same time. She yelled out, '-'Marshall!' in that voice, you know the one… and I turned and tried to act innocent, and that's when it started. Like a pinch, and a suck, and it hurt… so I ripped it off… a little too hard, and it smashed on the tile, and Lily made me leave."
Barney collapsed in a fit of laughter. Ted and Robin pointedly avoided the other's eyes.
"Quite an ordeal Marshall." Ted said. Robin lifted her glass.
"Yeah… that really sucked." Robin got out before snorting a laugh into the scotch. Ted gave a laugh, and soon the two of them joined Barney.
"Oh ha ha guys, laugh all you want." Marshall said, a little annoyed.
"Ok, we will."
"It's not even that funny!" He said. He looked at his friends, and his face softened. "Ok, maybe it was a little funny."
"It's very funny."
"Don't push it Barney."
Barney and Robin strolled hand in hand down the street, a satisfied smile on each of their faces.
"That was funny." Barney said, swinging her hand between their bodies.
"Definitely."
"Marshall's always a laugh." A smile from Robin was his reply as he pulled her closer. "Oh so I have good news."
"Oh really?"
"Yup." He paused as she laid her head on his shoulder. He smiled, a breath of smell of her shampoo wafting up his nose. "James called."
"That is good news."
"He was talking to his dad, and he remembers me donating all of those suits, so…"
"So…" She said, smiling. "Since when did you get so suspenseful?"
"Since when wasn't I?"
"Very true." She paused to look in a store window, and he stopped next to her. "So what's the news?"
"He offered his church for the service."
"Oh wow, really?" She turned with a grin. "That's so great."
"I know! I had been telling him about how we couldn't narrow it down, and he called his dad, and, well, you know." He gave a smug grin. "James always comes through."
"He is the greatest." Robin stated matter-of-factly. Barney looked back at her.
"And you're amazing."
"Oh really?" She said as he swung her around to face her. "How amazing?"
"Amazing enough for me to take you back home, and do awesome things to you."
"I do like being that amazing." Robin barely got it out before Barney's lips descended on her own.
Ted walked into his apartment, humming a song he'd heard on the radio earlier that day, asking a girl if she'd love the singer when they were older. The phone started ringing, and he picked it up.
"Hello?" A barrage of sobs filled his ear. "Hello? Who is this?" He checked the number. Caller ID Blocked. He gave the phone a perplexed look, and lifted it back to his ear. It was definitely female. "Lily? Is that you, are you crying?" There was a choked sob. "Robin?" Another sob, and the phone went dead in his hands.
"Maybe your phone is haunted." Marshall said the next day as he and Ted sat down for lunch in his building's cafeteria.
"Haunted? Marshall please."
"Well Ted, you never know. Maybe it's the ghost of a jilted girl who fell used to live in the apartment, and she was so depressed she jumped out off the window and now she haunts the place, and the only way she can communicate is through the phone."
"Marshall…"
"Yes?"
"Have you been watching Supernatural again?"
"It's a charming tale of two brothers and their relationship and their run ins with the supernatural!"
"Marshall…"
"And it'd be so cool if it was haunted, think about it." Ted laughed.
"Yeah it would be pretty cool."
"Its probably just one of the girls you've been sleeping with lately. Or maybe Imogen."
"Imogen? Why would she call me from a blocked number?"
"I don't know. Why would a ghost haunt your apartment and not mine?"
"Marshall!"
"Sorry!"
Robin
You're definitely picking me up from the airport right? They've messed up my flights, and I'll miss the bachelorette party. I'll be in the night before the wedding.
Starla
PS – considering having your Vespa sent over as a wedding present. What do you think?
Robin smiled at the email and shot off a quick reply.
Starla
Of course. And hell no!
Robin
"Scherbatsky, 3 minutes to air."
"Oh, thanks Doug." She gave him a smile and put her phone back in her pocket. She smoothed her top, sat at the desk, and waited for her cue.
She left the news desk after her segment, handing over her microphone to Doug.
"Great job Robin." He said, scooping the mic and turning to the desk, cueing the next guest from the green room through his headset. Robin called out a thank you and turned to return to her desk.
"He was right, you were great." Robin looked up. Nora gave her a smile.
"Thanks." She smiled back. She moved to walk back to her desk, and Nora fell into step beside her.
"Big day soon huh."
"Yeah." Robin smiled. "Nora, I'm sorry I didn't invite you…"
"No, no I understand." She gave her a smile. "Tell me all about it after the honeymoon. Bring the pictures."
"Of course."
Lily was holding Bryan when Marshall came home. She was in front of the TV, Bryan sleeping in her arms. She was watching a dvd of animated musical notes dancing and lighting up to Mozart tunes. He sat next to her.
"Hey baby."
"Oh. Hi Marshall." She turned and looked at him. "Did you have fun with the guys?"
"Yeah. Did you have fun with Bryan."
"Yeah. And this DVD is oddly entertaining." She smiled, and he returned it.
"I'm sorry about the breast pump."
"Ehh, its no biggy." Lily said. "To be honest I hate it anyway. I'm a little glad it's broken." Marshall gave her a smile. She turned so that her back was leaning against him, and he slid his arms around her. He gave a half smile as she settled against him, her attention on the TV. His happy little family.
He turned his head to the DVD. Lily was right, it was oddly entertaining. He snuggled down against her and got lost in it, the smile never leaving his face as his eyes strode across her face, and then onto Bryan's.
