Chapter 55- First Visitors


A/N: I'm really sorry for not getting to this story for a while, (and also for not posting the next This is the Future chapter first, but I think we could all use a little bit of fluff right now) but I've really been busy with things in my personal life. I hope to get that other chapter up in the next week, but it's a long one, so it takes me longer to write.


"Knock, knock," Lily says quietly, letting herself in the room with Marshall right behind her.

"Hey," Barney mutters quietly. He glances over to see that Robin is sound asleep. He had been resting himself, but he is thankful that his friends are finally here. After all, they have someone incredibly important to meet.

"Oh, Robin's asleep. Do you want us to come back?" Lily offers.

"No, it's fine. We can wake her up. It's been about two hours since she fell asleep."

"Poor baby," Lily mutters. "So where's our other little girl?"

"Right here," he answers, gesturing to his chest.

"Aww!" Lily squeals. Behind her Marshall mouths 'sorry.'

"I still can't believe you guys are parents," Marshall comments, finally spotting the baby's head peeking out from under his shirt.

Barney opens his shirt further, so that they can see the rest of the baby.

"Oh my goodness!" Lily squeals again. "She's precious."

"She looks like Robin," Marshall observes. Barney can't help but smile. The more he looks at her, the more he realizes they are right. She's a spitting image of her mother. It would be nice if she looked a little more like him, but he can't complain.

"She does," Lily agrees.

"Really? She doesn't look like me at all?" he jokes.

"She has your mouth," Marshall observes, "but Robin's hair for sure."

"And her nose," Lily adds.

"She's definitely your baby."

"She's quite peaceful for their baby though," Lily quips. Barney rolls his eyes. Of course the jokes would start already.

"Shut up, guys. She's a baby."

"Does she have a name yet?" Marshall asks. He's been so curious as to what they would choose to name her, since he was allowed to pick out the middle name.

"Yes," Barney sighs, looking back down at her and gently stroking her head. "She does."

"Is it the same name you guys picked before but wouldn't tell us?" Lily asks.

"It is."

"Tell us what it is," Lily demands.

"No, I can't. Not until Robin wakes up," Barney responds. They hadn't discussed the situation, but he knows she will be angry if she doesn't get to see their faces when they hear the name.

"But WHY?" Lily whines.

"Because she's going to be pissed if she finds out that I told you without her."

"Come on, Barney, just tell us," Marshall begs.

"Shhhh!" Barney scolds with a whisper. "You are going to wake them up!"

"Whaa..." Robin moans groggily from across the room. "What's going on?" Barney can't help but glare evilly at his two friends. He is grateful that at least they didn't wake the baby.

"Sorry we woke you," Lily apologizes. It takes Robin a minute to realize who exactly is standing at the foot of her bed, but when she does she breaks out into a smile.

"Oh, hey guys," she mumbles, still a bit drowsy. "It's okay. I'm glad to see you."

"We're glad to see you too," Lily smiles, walking closer to Robin.

"Anything from Ted?" Robin asks eagerly. Now that she's woken up, she has a good feeling that they were first after all.

"Not yet," Marshall answers.

"Thank god," Barney bemoans from the other side of the room.

"Come on guys, it's not a competition," Marshall chastises.

"Like hell it isn't a competition!" Robin starts to spout. "I had to carry around a watermelon on the front of me for a whole month longer than she did. Don't tell me it's not a competition."

"Sorry," Marshall apologizes, backing away from the bed. "I didn't mean to hit a nerve there."

"Well, you did," Robin replies sarcastically.

"So can you tell us her name now?" Lily asks, on the borderline of getting hiccups.

Barney and Robin share a look. They both realize that the moment they say this out loud, it's not their little secret anymore, but the official name of their baby. She nods to him, and he pulls her out from his shirt into his arms, so they can get a good look at her.

"Guys, this is Brianna," he says peacefully, his eyes never leaving her.

"Awww, that's perfect!" Lily exclaims, almost starting to cry.

"We are going to call her Bri," Robin adds.

"Kinda sounds like Bro," Marshall jokes.

"No," Robin grumbles from the bed. Why in the four months since they named her had they thought of that? She wants to slap Marshall. She wants to slap him so much.

"That is brilliant!" Barney exclaims.

"Damn it Marshall!" she screams. All she can think is that Barney BETTER get the idea of calling her Bro out of his head.

"At least it goes perfect with her middle name," Marshall adds, completely ignoring the interaction between Barney and Robin.

"And that is?" Barney asks gleefully.

"I can't tell you that yet. Ted and Tracy have to be here for that one," he announces smugly. He really can't wait for them to hear, but he really wants them to all be together.

"Oh god. What did you name my daughter?" Robin groans. She messed up. Why did she let Marshall name her?

"It's not bad," Lily tries to reassure. She's not sure what Robin's reaction will be, but at least it's a name.

"Somehow, that doesn't make me feel any better," Robin answers.

"Why not?" Marshall asks with a giggle.

"Because anytime you say something like that, it's bad," Robin points out. Marshall looks dejected, but she's known him long enough to know that he tries his hardest to downplay the bad.

"She's right honey," Lily consoles him, rubbing his shoulder. "On both the name and the comment."

"Lily!" Robin whines. "Why would you let him?"

"It's perfect," Lily insists. "Just trust me on this one."

"Fine," Robin sighs. "I better like it."

"Do want to hold her?" Barney asks, wanting to get away from the name talk.

"Nah, we can wait till tomorrow," Marshall rejects kindly. "It's important that you guys keep her to yourselves for a while."

"Welcome to the club, guys," Lily answers sincerely.

"Thanks," Robin answers, looking at Barney holding their daughter. They all admire the baby in a moment of happy silence, until three phones buzzing in unison break it. Robin immediately looks away from the baby, and can tell they are all thinking the same thing.

Ted.

"Can someone show me?" Robin asks, not being able to reach any of their phones, with hers still at home.

"Yeah," Marshall responds, "sorry." He doesn't even stop to look at it before handing it to her.

Meet the newest Mosby. 2/27/15 7:56 pm.

"YES!" Robin exclaims so loudly, that she wakes Brianna who starts to whimper. Barney gives her an disappointed glare for waking the baby, but he manages to calm her down while Marshall and Lily deal with the overexcited Robin.

"You're too happy," Marshall chides.

"Watermelon, front of me, then through lady bits. You don't get to judge. I don't care if you are a judge or not," she replies sarcastically. Marshall is offended, and shows it. Barney can't help but chuckle from across the room at the scene. That's his wife, and he couldn't be more proud.

"Sorry sweetie," Lily tries to comfort him. "She does win that one."

"I think we are going to go check on Ted and Tracy," Marshall sighs.

"That's fine. I'm ready to sleep again," Robin agrees.

"Thanks for coming guys," Barney says. He's still so wrapped up in his daughter that he doesn't even look up.

"Sure. Congrats again guys. She really is beautiful," Lily says once again before walking out the door.

"Yeah," Robin agrees, staring at Barney. "She is."