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Ch. 14

As the gang and the kids finished up dinner and Ellie finally stopped screaming, Barney asked Ted what good idea he and Tracey thought up.

"Well actually this was pretty much Tracey's idea so I'm going to let her tell you."

"Thanks Ted. Okay so at this point you all know that I decided to do chemotherapy to try and shrink my tumor. I went to the doctor and they said for my best chance I need to start as soon as possible, preferably within the next two weeks. So of course, I took that as lets start in two weeks. So basically I have two more weeks before I start feeling all sick and stuff from my chemo so I want to make the most of these two weeks. I know this may be asking too much of you all so last minute, but I was thinking that starting this Saturday, we can go on a vacation together. All of the kids and us. We have never done it before and I think it would be a blast I already looked into and found a flight and a hotel we can stay at in Hawaii. I know its last minute, but what do you guys think."

They were all silent while they thought it over. Robin was the first one to speak up. "Well I'm in if you guys are. I can call into work and tell them its an emergency and they will let me take off. I think this could be a lot of fun."

"Yeah that's what we wanted to hear." Tracey cheered.

"Yeah, we can do that I guess. I have always wanted to take a vacation with all of you so, Marshall what do you think." Lily seemed into it but naturally she asked Marshall.

"LETS GO TO HAWAII!" Marvin, Daisy and Aubrey all cheered along with their father.

"That just leaves you Barney, you coming."

"No, I have better things to do." They all looked at him like he had 10 heads. "Relax, I'm joking, of course I'll be there."

"Oh my god, this is awesome. This is going to be so much fun. And another thing. You guys aren't paying at all. Tracey's parents offered to pay, they actually insisted."

"No, that's too much. We aren't going to let them do that." Marshall stated, knowing how expensive that trip was going to be.

"Too late Marshall, my parents already gave me $10,000 cash so no refusing. This will happen."

"Wow, thank you so much. This is going to be so much fun." Barney said to Ted and Tracey.

"Its our pleasure, believe me. So I looked into hotels. I found one that's $600 a night per room and is really nice. I also found a flight that has enough seats open for all of us. So if you guys give the go ahead I can book it. 4 rooms and 12 plane tickets."

"4 rooms?" Barney asked

"Yeah, one for our family, one for Lily, Marshall and their kids, one for you and Ellie and one for Robin."

"Well if it saves your parents $600 a night than Robin can share a room with me and Ellie. If there are two beds than that will work out. Ellie can just sleep with me." Robin shot Barney a look, worried that he was going to blow their cover, but then realized that it actually made sense. She was just one person, no use in having her own room.

"Well if Robin is okay with that than I guess that will work." Tracey looked at Robin for an answer.

"Um yeah that's fine. If it will save your parents money."

"Okay then, that's settled. 3 rooms and 12 plane tickets." Tracey smiled at them both.

"Well I better go check on Ellie. I know she's refusing to eat but she has got to be hungry. She hasn't eaten all day." Barney got up, prepared for another screaming fit. He disappeared into Robin's room.

"So you guys appear to be doing well. Sharing a room wont be weird at all?" Ted asked, curious as to why they seemed like they didn't go through a divorce.

"We are doing well. We talked a bit when I stayed at his place and realized fighting wouldn't solve anything. We decided to put our past behind us and start over, for everyone's sake."

"Well that's good, I'm glad to see you guys getting along." Ted genuinely seemed happy that everything seemed to be back to normal. Barney came back into the kitchen with Ellie trailing behind him. She sat down at the table with her eyes downcast.

"Ellie, now what do you say to everybody." Barney said in a stern voice.

"I sorry." Everyone at the table accepted her apology and Ellie seemed to cheer up a bit.

"Okay, now if I heat up some food you're going to eat right?"

"Yes daddy."

"Okay good. I'll be right back." Barney picked up Ellie's plate and brought it to the microwave where he heated it up. When he returned the conversation had shifted back to how excited everyone was for the vacation.

"Once I have everything booked I will give you all a call. And you are all sure that leaving this Saturday isn't to short of notice? It's only 6 days away." Tracey asked the group.

"We are positive. We will get everything taken care of before we leave." Lily said, as everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Okay well its getting kind of late and we still have an hour train ride back home. What do you say we get going Trace?"

"Yeah I'm ready. Thank you Robin so much for having us. I will let you know when we have the rooms and plane all booked."

"Of course, anytime and thank you for including me in this trip. It will be nice to spend time with everybody again." Robin got up and hugged Ted and Tracey goodbye. Next Marshall, Lily and their kids hit the road and soon it was just Robin, Barney and Ellie, who was still working on the meatballs.

"This should be a fun trip. Everyone back together again." Barney said as he and Robin walked back to the table where Ellie was sitting.

"Yeah I'm looking forward to it. I just don't know if it will be possible to keep us a secret if we are surrounded by everyone for a week."

"Then lets not keep it a secret. Robin, we are grown adults. Our friends don't get a say in what we do in our lives. If they care about us then they will support us and respect us if we ask them to take a backseat in our relationship. They are our friends we should be able to tell them." Robin could see that Barney was hurt by her not wanting to share their relationship.

"Okay, I'll tell you what. We go the rest of this week keeping it between us and then once we get to the hotel we will tell everybody. Does that sound good?"

"Sounds like a plan!" Barney was excited, but he said this next thing much softer so Ellie wouldn't hear. "And as far as telling Ellie goes, I think we should let her know as soon as possible. She is not one for change so if she sees us hanging around with each other a lot she's going to freak out until I tell her everything."

"Okay, should we tell her now?"

"Are you comfortable with that?"

"I guess, I mean you're her father so it's really up to you."

"Lets tell her." Barney and Robin both turned their bodies so they were facing Ellie who was just finishing up her dinner. "Ellie, baby. I have something I need to tell you. Remember awhile back I told you that I used to be married, like Uncle Marshall and Aunt Lily or Uncle Ted and Aunt Tracey?"

"Yeah."

"And remember I told you that you should only marry someone you couldn't live without, someone you love so much that it would hurt to be without them?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I had that once. I used to love someone so much that I wanted to be with her every second. But things didn't work so we had to leave each other. But I never stopped loving her because she was my best friend. Do you understand so far Ellie?"

"Yeah."

"Okay good, because that person was Robin. Robin and me were married a while ago, before you were even born. And I just wanted to make sure with you that it was okay that I have another woman in my life again. You will always be number one but Robin is very important to me to. Is that okay with you that Robin spend some time with us for a while?"

"Yeah, I like Robin! Will she go to American Girl Dolls with us again?" Robin and Barney both laughed at how excited Ellie was.

"Yeah sure she can come again, but she will also be doing other things with us okay."

"Okay!"

"Good Ellie. I love you so much you know that right?"

"I love you too daddy."

"Okay baby girl, I think we should leave soon. Its almost bedtime."

"Let me walk you guys to the door." Robin stood from her chair and led Barney and Ellie to the front door.

"I guess I'll be seeing you shortly. It was nice having you over tonight." Robin said as she stood at the door with Barney.

"Yeah I had a lot of fun. Listen, Ellie is going to need some bathing suits before we go to Hawaii. Do you want to come with us tomorrow? I could actually use a few new bathing suits too."

"Yeah, that sounds nice. I'll see you tomorrow then." Robin looked down at Ellie who was paying no attention to them and then leaned into Barney to give him a kiss goodnight. She then leaned down to give Ellie a hug goodbye and before she knew it her apartment was silent again. Although there had been times in her life when she would live for these moments of silence, right now she wanted the craziness back, because it was in those moments of craziness that Robin realized how truly lucky she was.