"What do you wanna do now?" She asked, sitting up in bed. He raised his brows mischievously, which made her laugh. After another go she sat up again and breathlessly said "Okay, really, what do are we going to do?" He looked at her and leaned in, grinning. "No!" she said while she pushed his shoulder back. Barney put on a fake puppy-dog face. "Tonight, okay?" She said walking her fingers up his chest playfully.
"Mmmmm, can't wait." He kissed her check sweetly and got up.
"Hold it." She motioned him to come back and sit down next to her on the bed.
"Right." He drew a deep breath. "How do you wanna handle this? We both know this won't be a one time thing." He smiled at the end of his sentence. She laughed gently.
"I know." She paused and he put his hand on her knee. "How about, I don't know, we just hook up?" Silence. "Bar -"
"No. No, Robin. I'm not loosing you like that again." He looked deep inside her eyes. She could tell what he had to say next was hard. "Loosing you...loosing you, was maybe the hardest thing I've ever had to do. So here's what we're gonna do, we're going to do this again."
"Barney, I at least need to eat something first."
"No, not that." He grinned. "We're going to be a couple again. We don't have to do all that ooey- gooey couple stuff we hate. We don't even have to tell anyone yet. We just have to be together. So, do you wanna do this with me?"
She looked him in the eyes. How she loved this side of Barney, the one only she got to see. "Of course." That's what she really wanted and she's glad he had the courage to take this where she wanted it to go. She knew in her heart that this time was going to work.