So, I'm back to continue this after my two week break. I wanted to make this story more about Barney and Robin's relationship and focus mostly on them so that's what I did with this chapter and what I'll be doing in the next chapters as well. I kind of pulled a little twist to Robin's childhood/life story because I want to get into her world and mind a little bit more, so a twisted her childhood story a little bit, in the next two chapters we'll get to see her really find out what her childhood was like and what her life was like when she was a baby to about four years old. I, really wanted to do something different with this story so I want to get into the minds of Barney and Robin and that's going to happen for the next few chapter, I have a plan for this entire year that they're in which is 2017 and I might or might not go past this year after that but I don't know yet.

For, now though this is the two part chapter about Robin's childhood and the beginning of Robin having a much better relationship with her father. You, might notice (for B/R shippers) that there is a canon part of this where Robin Sr. is apologizing to her you'll notice/find out about that and more in this chapter and the next one. After, this I will do one whole chapter on Valentine's Day and maybe Desperation Day within that chapter but since neither Barney or Robin are desperate on this year I might not do that. We'll, see though but enjoy this two parter and the one after that I enjoyed writing this.

Three, weeks into the new year and already there was a big problem. It, wasn't like she didn't want to see him, but she really did not want to see him. It has been three years since she last saw her father, she had to kind of beg him to come to Thanksgiving, but after that Robin had stopped talking to her father after he blew up at her and walked out leaving her Thanksgiving party with a sulking fit. So, that was the last time Robin saw her father and talked to him, she hasn't talked to him at all since.

Barney, tried to help try to get them to talk but everything he tried to do didn't work. He, would talk to Robin and try to get her to talk, be the first one to step up to the plate and talk to her father. He, tried talked to Robin Sr. but he never returned any of his calls or emails. He, tried everything he could to try to get the two talking again but neither would budge and be the first one to give in and talk. Not, that it's Robin's fault for the way her father acted during their Thanksgiving get together but it's wasn't her fault and now she's seeming to blame herself for what she wants in her life and the way she lives it.

Barney, and Robin up until now had a pretty great holiday season spending as much time as they possibly could in those two weeks plus two days which went into the new year. 2017, started out as a calm, quiet, good and happy time for them but as soon as the calm, quiet and happy times were over it was time to go back to reality. They, both wanted to start this new year off in a much happier way than the last two years, because those two years were not the best times for the couple. But, because everything is about to change even more in their lives. They, wanted to start off this new year with a fresh start, without anything hanging over their lives and relationship. So, they ended the last year on a more happier note, and started out this new year the same way and both wanted to keep it that way.

Until, one day something out of the blue came for them…

"I'm, sorry to bother you Mrs. Stinson but you have some packages waiting down here for you. Do, you want me to come up to give them to you or do you want to come down to get them?" The, doorman asked through the intercom, wondering if Robin would come down to get the things that are there for her.

"Oh, okay I'll be right down to get them." She, says wondering what she could be going downstairs to get.

She, quickly put on her shoes and a sweater and took her keys then headed out to go downstairs to see what she's receiving from the doorman.

"So, what is it that came for me?" She, asks the doorman, his name is Fred he has always been really nice and friendly to her since she moved in here but every time she walked out or in the building he would greet her with a friendly welcome or goodbye and whenever she needed something he would help her with whatever she needed.

It, must be because Barney has always been a good tenant in the building. Since, everyone who lives in the building and the landlord seemed to like him, he has after all been living there for a very long time. So, Robin guesses that he's always been a good tenant and neighbor since he's been living here for as long as she's known him. So, it was always nice to see Fred every day, Monday through Friday, there is another doorman at night and on weekends, Henry who is also very nice but doesn't really talk much or interact with any of the tenants in the building. But, Fred has always been really friendly and nice towards Robin whenever she passes by him in the mornings on her way to work and also on her way back from work.

"So, these two things were just left here a few minutes ago. Here, they are. If, you need any help getting them upstairs I can help you with that too if you want." Fred, says in the same friendly tone as he used when he just greeted her.

"Oh, wow this is huge." She says looking at a gigantic teddy bear lying on the floor next to the doorman's desk. "And, this looks pretty heavy too." She, says looking at a box on the floor next to it.

"Do, you know who sent this?" She, asks but Fred shakes his head then gives her another thing that came attached to the bear which fell off when it first arrived.

"No, but maybe this envelope might." Fred, hands the envelope to Robin and she takes it smiling noticing the handwriting on it.

"Oh." She, says looking sadly down at the envelope in her hand.

"Something, wrong Mrs. Stinson?" Concerned, Fred asks seeing Robin's face going from a smile to an unknown look of sadness.

"Um, no nothing's wrong. But, thank you for telling me that this came for me. I do kind of need your help though, this box looks a bit heavy can you help me with that?" She, asks looking up at Fred trying to smile as best she could after realizing who sent these items to her.

"Sure." Fred, goes over and picks up the box on the floor then they walk towards the elevator and go back up to her apartment.

"Thanks, Fred you can just leave the box here." Robin, says and Fred does as told. She, hands Fred a 50 dollar bill as a tip then Fred leaves leaving Robin alone with the items that were sent for her.

It, took another hour for her to really get the courage to open the letter in the envelope but when she did the sudden emotions hit her so hard that when Barney finally came home from work three hours later she had tired herself out from crying. She, fell asleep on the couch with the letter in her hand and the card lying on the coffee table in front of her.

He, smiles lightly down at his sleeping wife. He, didn't notice that she looked as though she was crying at first but then he notices the letter in her hand then the card on the coffee table. The, box that came earlier was placed in the corner next to the intercom so he didn't see the box at first, he just saw his very sleepy wife, passed out on the couch but then it all hit him that Robin has been crying over something because her face was damp due to the tears she couldn't control for two hours. Her, hair was covering her face so he didn't really see her eyes, but they were bloodshot red around them so he figured that she had been crying. Then, he sees the note in her hand, she was clenching it in her hand close to her chest, but because she was sleeping the note moved from her chest to her arm.

He, takes the note from her embrace of it. At, first it was hard to get because she was holding the paper so tightly in her hand, trying not to wake her up he carefully tries to remove the note from her very, surprisingly very strong grip on it. It, took three tries to get the note to get loose from her grip but when he does take the note from her hand, he quickly glanced at the note, seeing that it was a note from Robin's father, which was written on the bottom of it.

Robin's, dad sent her this note. Was, Barney's first thought after skimming through the note quickly. Then, as Robin was still fast asleep he quietly took the note and went to the bedroom. When, he entered the room he sees the teddy bear resting on the bed, making him realize that her dad must of sent this bear to her. He, sits on the bed with the note in his hand and the bear still sitting on the bed in back of where he's sat.

He, now reads the whole note in full because he only glanced at it quickly before and only knew that the note and now the teddy bear was from her father. So, he reads the note in full and by the end of it, he realizes why Robin was completely out of it when he came home and saw her asleep on the couch. She, wasn't just asleep, she was passed out exhausted from crying over the note and stuff her father sent to them.

In, the note it said…

Dear, Robin;

I, know I have been really distant these last years. Well, no I have been distant your entire life but I am truly, really sorry for the way I have treated you. I, know I haven't been there for you the way you liked me to or the way a father is supposed to, but I am really sorry for the way I had acted throughout your life. I never meant to treat you that way, I was just a really lost soul and I needed to take my lost self and take my misery and make it into yours, I am so sorry for putting all of my needs onto you when you were younger and I regret the way I handled things when you were growing up. I was just not happy with my life back then, I was also going through the split with your mother. But, that isn't an excuse and it wasn't how I should have raised you. I want to apologize for the way I acted during Thanksgiving, that was you and Barney's first Thanksgiving as a married couple and I am sorry for ruining part of what should be a celebration but again I was just being really selfish. I am really, and truly happy for you and Barney, I see how happy you both are and I realized that I've been putting my own mistakes and misery onto you for your whole life, I realize that you and Barney have something really wonderful and special together and I put all of my faults onto you, I am sorry for being selfish and not seeing how very happy you are. You, are happy, you have your career and the success you always strived for. And, you have Barney who, I'll be honest I see a lot of him in myself but despite that he really, really does love you and cares a lot about you, that's something I never did when I was with your mother.

But, you and Barney have something wonderful together and he loves you so much more than I ever did with anyone who I thought I loved, your mother being one of those many women. I'm sorry for putting you through all of our drama when you were just a kid, but don't ever think that Barney is who I was back then. Barney, is much more of a man than I will ever be and he respects, loves and cares a lot about you. I see the way he loves you, I see the way he cares for you, and I see how he is a much better man than I was and am. Back, before you got married. The, time when you told me that you were engaged. If, you remember I didn't take that news very well at the time and you were angry with me. Barney, had sat me down and gave me a very stern lecture about how wonderful you are and how I should be thankful to have you in my life. He, was truly mad at how I reacted to your engagement and tore through me for a good half an hour. I know I kind of brushed off my apology at the time and I am really sorry for being selfish at the time, once again I made your engagement announcement about me and I'm sorry. But, don't take Barney for granted I did that with a lot of women from my passed and one of them (who was not your mother) was the girl I let get away. But, Barney is a really good man and good person and he really showed me how great of a woman you are. I am sorry for treating you as a boy, I know you're a woman and a very strong, smart and grown woman. You, have grown up to be a wonderful woman, it took me a long time to really see you for the woman you are but you are an amazing woman and thanks to Barney I understand what he meant by this.

He, loves you so much and I am so happy and glad you've found a man like that. So, I want to finish this letter with I am sorry, once again for everything and I am truly happy for you and Barney, I can't wait to meet my grandchildren. I love you, RJ and I am so very proud of you.

Love, your father

Oh, P.S. I sent along somethings for my grandchildren I hope you enjoy those items the things in the box are somethings from your childhood and when you were a baby. Enjoy, you and Barney both enjoy the joy of those items.

"I, guess you read the letter." Robin, had been standing in the door way looking at Barney reading then re-reading the letter in his hand and didn't notice that she was standing there. He, even got a bit choked up reading the letter now he knows how Robin must've felt reading it.

"Hi. Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when your father finally puts his own ego aside and become a man. A, father you always needed. But, I'm glad he finally came around." He, was looking down staring at the letter in his hand not believing that Robin Sr. actually put his ego aside to actually sit down and write this note to her, after all this time Robin finally gets the father she always wanted.

"Me, neither but I'm shocked that he really did this for us and for me." She, says walking over and sitting next to him on the bed taking the letter from him and folding it back up the way it was when it came earlier today.

"Well, I'm guessing you didn't take it well seeing that you seemed to be passed out on the couch clutching the letter so lightly I had to struggle with it trying to take the letter from your very tight grip on it." She, laughs and puts her head on his shoulder.

She's, all cried out for this day and still a bit tired but she is glad that Barney is home. She's, really happy with where her life is right now, she didn't need her father to suddenly be a father to her and grandfather to her children, but he is and Robin's really content with it. After, crying for hours over this she is finally glad that her father finally came around and stepped up to be the father she's always wanted and did need at one time in her life. Now, though she has Barney and that's all she really needs because even if they didn't make the decision to have children, she still knows how much (especially now) how much Barney loves her and understands now that there really wasn't anything else she needed in her life. However, she's content and happy with her life now and now that her father has apologized. Barney, really is the only man she really needs in her life and knows that he's going to be a wonderful father, the father that she's always wanted and who her children need and that's all she will ever want from now until they are old and gray and sitting in a nursing home.

Her, life is completed and kind of just beginning in a way. Now, she and Barney can just be a family and she doesn't have to worry about what her father thinks about her life anymore because that is all in the past and Barney is her future, she doesn't need anything or anyone else to be completed.

"I, was really emotional and cried myself to sleep. But, I'm all better now. Now, that you're here." She, smiles up at him and he smiles back with his arm around her he kisses her then pulls away after a minute.

"I'm, glad that's over with. But, what was in that box I didn't even know there was a box." Barney, had read and then re-read the letter and in the letter the box was mentioned but he didn't really think about it much until just now.

"Um, I actually don't know. I brought the bear," they both look behind them at the giant bear resting on their bed then they look at each other and laugh at how big it is. "In, here then went back into the living room to read the letter I read it for about an hour then cried myself to sleep. I didn't even think about the box after that, but now that you mentioned it I remember that my father sent me a box of things from when I was a baby and to about 8 years old, before things really changed when I was that age." He, knows what she means by changed, but doesn't say anything about it.

"Okay, do you want to see what's in the box?" He, asks she then nods and says yes.

They, get up and go back to the living room to look to see what was inside the huge box that her father sent her. Now, they had already bought most of the things they needed for the babies, in the last two months. And, they didn't need anything else but they really wanted to find out what was in that box and so they did.

When, they opened the box they found inside many things that Robin seemed to remember having when she was young. Somethings, she remembered and others she didn't but for the most of it she remembers things that her mother gave to her and the first year when her father started showing her boy things. But, she doesn't remember any of the baby things that are in the box.

"Huh, I didn't even know I even owned this." She, says holding up a baby dress. Yes, a dress that she doesn't remember ever wearing it.

"That's, really cute. I'm shocked your father allowed you to wear that." It was supposed to come off as a joke but she wasn't laughing.

"Sorry, that was too soon." He, apologizes and she keeps looking at the dress.

"I never knew I even owned a dress. This, must have been something I wore when I was maybe just a baby. My, mom must've had this but I don't really remember it." Her, happiness that she had when she first opened the box went away and now she's just confused and a bit sad.

"Well, it's really cute. Our, daughter will be really cute wearing this too." He, says dreamily thinking about what he daughter will look like in this dress.

"Yeah." She, says putting the dress down then continuing to look at the rest of the stuff in the box.

"Wow, your father had a lot of stuff from when you were a baby. Maybe, he wasn't so keen about you being a boy." He, thought out loud making Robin really start to think about this which now kind of makes her whole childhood completely wrong.

"I, guess he wasn't. Clearly!" She, says now holding up a pink flowered sweater that she also didn't remember having owned.

"All, my life I thought my father wanted me to be a boy. The, son he never had but maybe I was wrong about that. Maybe, my whole life wasn't what I thought it was like." She's, trying to have this new knowledge settle in her mind but she can't figure out why she's always thought her father wanted a boy.

They, continued to look through the rest of the box and somethings Robin did remember owning. They, went through the box for another hour finding things that she and Barney need for their daughter or son and by the end of the hour and her explaining all the things that were in the box to Barney. She, was still wondering why her father raised her like a son and why she thought that he always wanted a son and not a daughter. After, looking through the box Barney had took all the stuff and brought it into their children's room putting everything that was in the box away in draws and other places.

While, Robin decided to call up her dad to thank him for the stuff he sent. The, questions about why he sent her these things and why he always wanted the son he never had were the lingering questions she has. She's, so confused about her childhood and the years from when she was a baby to about 3 years old then everything after that age changed.

So, Robin calls her father and tries to get the answers to the questions she wants to know. While, Barney spends the amount of time in the room putting the things that were in the box away.