I had wanted to make this chapter part hospital part proposal but I decided to make an entire chapter for that separately from the hospital stuff.
This chapter takes place three weeks before the proposal I wanted to make that clear for this part of the story. The proposal will be on Valentine's Day which was already mentioned in the fic. Enjoy, the rest of the story is more smoother than it is right now but B/R are together and will get through whatever comes their way together, because they will get through life together.
When Barney finally reached the hospital he had hoped that everything with Robin and the baby would be okay. As he sat in the cab he wondered if something much worse had happened, but when he talked to the nurse she told him that they will have everything under control and that Robin is in very good hands. Her voice on the phone broke his heart, he was so worried that he didn't even suit up when he left the apartment. The ride to the hospital had been quick and he got there in record time, huffing and puffing as he ran inside the ER hoping and praying that Robin and the baby is okay. He ran to the front desk and talked to the first person he saw hoping they had information on what's going on with his girlfriend and baby.
Calming down some and catching his breath the person at the desk told him that they are currently working on Robin but they didn't have any information that they could tell him. The only thing they did tell him was that there was some bleeding, which Robin at first didn't realize until the doctor checked and when they told her that this was a close call and that getting to the hospital when she did saved the baby's life. The bleeding had almost gotten worse as they checked over Robin and checked to see what's going on with the baby.
It was over an hour when someone finally came and told Barney about what was going on with Robin and his child. Luckily, with relief they told him everything that had happened and that it was indeed a close call for the child, if Robin didn't get to the hospital on time then things would have been worse. Barney, was frozen in the spot he stood has the nurse told him about the close call that Robin almost had. Tuning in and out to the information trying to make sense of everything he's being told. He had felt his knees and then his legs start to give out, he was shaking and worried but relieved that Robin and their baby was okay.
"You can go see your girlfriend now, Mr. Stinson." The nurse walked back towards the room where Robin was being held in since a few minutes ago when the doctors finished up doing what they were doing for Robin and the baby.
He got to the room in just two minutes the room wasn't that far from the waiting area that he was in. When he got to the room she had been facing the window, looking like she's sleeping. Sighing, he was so thankful that both Robin and the baby was okay now, and that really was a close call. They almost lost their child. He guessing that all the praying and hoping paid off because the two people he loves most in this world almost had something really much more worse than he had first thought. Although, when Robin called him earlier she was really freaked out which made him freak out too and over react thinking the worst which did almost happen.
When the door opened Robin turned around in the bed to see who was coming in. With a light, sad smile on her face Barney had ran over to her pulling her into a hug. They broke apart from the hug five minutes later, they had clung to one another for a while which was really comforting because both were in tears crying over what almost happened with their baby and maybe her as well.
"Thank god, you're alright I was so scared since your phone call." He tells her in a whisper in her ear and she nodded and pulled back from the tight embrace.
"Me too, I'm so glad nothing did get more worse than it was and they saved the baby." Robin was in some serious pain when she got to the hospital and realized that she was bleeding after the nurses told her. That's the thing she wanted to tell him but didn't get to and then the nurse took her phone and talked to Barney but didn't tell him anything more than that they are handling the situation which made him freakout more as he was in the cab.
Barney had gotten in bed with Robin holding her close as she slowly drifted off to sleep. He was really worried, but grateful that nothing worse happened and that the baby is fine. The doctor did save the baby just in time which Barney and Robin are relieved and thankful for.
As Robin slept Barney began to wonder about other things that weren't so serious. In fact, before Robin called him he was starting to think of a way to propose to Robin. He had been thinking of proposing since Christmas, but didn't know when or how to propose. He had wanted to make this something incredibly special and meaningful to the both of them. He was so excited about becoming a father, that he wanted to include the baby in his special propose. This had to be the most amazing, most epic, most legendary proposal of all time. Everything was put on hold when Robin called him in a panic worried about the baby which had him stop what he was doing and run to the hospital.
He, thought and thought of what to do for this epic proposal and he had about 50% already made up and done within the last week. He already knows part of the when he will propose, it will be in exactly three weeks on Valentine's Day and he had to keep this top secret so nobody but him knows that he's going to propose. He wanted to make this official, make them official because he wants to spend the rest of his life with Robin and their unborn child that they almost did lose just now only three months into the pregnancy. He knows with all the stress that had happened in the last few months had really gotten to Robin and it had her really worried and stressed which caused for the close call with the baby. The baby had felt all the stress and concerns that Robin was feeling and dealing with and this was something that had worried Barney before when the whole things with Ted had blown up in their faces and caused the stress that Robin was under.
Robin, had put off going on her maternity leave until at least the eighth or ninth month of pregnancy but with everything that almost just happened the doctors told her to take it easy and relax because this could happen again especially if she's under more stress. So, her leave from work needs to start immediately which she was hesitant about but understood why the doctor told her to take an early maternity leave.
Robin, had slept almost an hour before waking up more liking jumping up in a cold sweat screaming then crying. Barney had drift off to sleep as well but her screaming had woke him up as well.
"Robin, you okay?" He ran over to her bed and she was sobbing and talking about her dream she just had which was her losing the baby and then losing him.
"Never, you're with me forever." It was supposed to be a joke but it came out more serious which had her cling to his shirt telling him never to leave her.
"Okay, because I had wanted to ask you something before the pains started in my stomach." After, Robin calmed down and collected herself she had wanted to ask him about the thing she had found out from Ted that happened in November.
"What's that?" He asks pulling apart from their hug to look into her eyes to find out what she wants to tell him.
"I had gone to talk to Ted, you know I wanted to clear things up with him and after we came to an understanding and made up. He told me out of the blue that he saw you in my room back in November with rose petals, candles and a garbage bag. I wanted to ask, was that true? Were you really that serious about us being together back then?" Of course, she knew this already because they talked about it back in December after they got back together after they found out about her being pregnant.
Barney, looked at her looking quite shocked that she had found out about that thing he did in November when he had thought that they would somehow get back together and then he looked somewhat sad which made Robin's heart hurt just with the expression he's giving her right now. So, it is true he really was serious about getting together that night and now she understands just how upset he was over the worst decision she's ever made.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Barney I didn't realize how upset you were over my bad life choices. I didn't know just how mad you were because of something I did. I thought you weren't going to break up with Nora that's why I stayed with Kevin. My decision to stay with Kevin wasn't because I didn't love you. It was because I was deeply, crazy, irretrievably in love with you that I was scared that not only would you back out and not go through with breaking up with Nora but I was scared that if we tried us again that it wouldn't last and end like it did last time. I was more scared that I was going to lose you that I almost did lose you, rather it was to some other girl or that you were really over me and not serious about us being together. I'm so sorry that I made the stupidest, worst mistake of my life and I would change what I did back then in a heartbeat if I could but all I can say is that from the bottom of my heart I am truly sorry for what I did and I loved you then and I still and will always love you for the rest of my life." She pauses after this, her tears had turned back into sobs as he was walking around the room in a daze looking sad and still a bit angry with her for what she did.
Even, if he did forgive her a while ago it still stings that she did what she did even though he does forgive her and loves her and it doesn't change how he feels about her in wanting to spend his life with her. He was quiet, deeply thinking about what he just heard. He was still hurting over this and Robin noticed that he wasn't even looking at her at this moment.
"Baby. I'm so sorry I mean it. I can't really take back what I did but I do love you. Only you, I loved you then, I loved you three years ago and I love you now, with everything I got. I wish I could go back and change the outcome of what I did but I can't and I am truly, 100% sorry for what I did and not believing in what you told me that night on the boat and for running away again from us." She had been sobbing trying to get him to look at her, to say something, anything because now she's worried that this will become something more than she wanted it to be.
She simply can't lose him, it was painful after they broke up and that breakup caused her to over think about things and make that bad decision in choosing someone she did not love and only stayed with because she was scared and still worried about the worst possibilities that would come from another breakup. She can't lose him, in any kind of way and that's why she chose the easy, less risky choice that she deeply regrets doing and would do over if she could.
Barney had to leave the room after this, he needed to collect his thoughts and put his anger in check because this is all just too much for him. With, them almost losing their baby and now this news that she knows about that gesture he did for them, mostly for her back in November. It was all just so overwhelming that he had to leave the room causing Robin to punch the bed she was laying on cursing that this is much more serious than she had thought.
It took him 10 minutes to calm down and relax his nerves and think about what he just heard. Yes, he did forgive her, yes he does love her, but this was all too much that once he got into the hallway he broke down. Really, for the first time this afternoon he broke down collapsing on the floor outside Robin's room.
He, took the ten minutes to think about everything and when he did he went back into the room to apologize for leaving without answering Robin. He had caused this, this time he caused her stress which he didn't want to do so he only took ten minutes because he didn't want this to get worse and have her be more stressed out which could affect the baby again.
"I'm sorry, I left like that I didn't mean to. I'm just, all of this is so overwhelming that it all became too much for me to handle so I freakout and left without saying what I want to say." Robin, had been crying this whole time, sunk into the covers of the hospital bed hoping that he will come back and talk to her because they can't go on like this. They can't keep holding things back from one another anymore and they need to have better communication with each other because neither want to fight or cause anymore stress than needed. They don't want this to affect their relationship or the baby's health.
"I know." She tells him through her sobs. "Come here," she's really mad at herself for making that bad decision but she does love him and she hopes this won't change their relationship because she can't lose him again especially with something that was in the past.
Barney went over to her when she asked, grabbing her hand she pulls him into her still crying and shaking over what had happened a little while ago. Hoping that things are better again, they both don't want this thing hanging over their new relationship especially with more important things going on in their present lives.
"I guess I was still hung up over what happened back then but I am over it and I did forgive you ages ago. I love you, this doesn't change how I feel about you now or how I felt about you before because I am truly 100% happy and in love with you. And, I'm so happy that we're together now and that we're about to have a baby so let's just forget about all the things in the past and move on so we can move forward with our new lives together." After this, they laid in the bed clinging to each other glad that this this in the past finally is over and now both can move on with their baby and their new life together.