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"Morning, beautiful", she hears Ted´s voice along with a soft touch on her shoulder. She hates herself so much right now. How could she do this? Why is she naked and more important: why the hell is she in Ted´s bedroom. Robin acts like she is still asleep, but Ted doesn´t leave the room. He taps her on her shoulder again and speaks, "Robin wake up. It´s already 10 am!" Annoyed, Robin opens her eyes, tries to smile and faces Ted. "Morning, Ted."
"Good morning! Did you sleep well?" I hope I only slept, Robin thinks to herself, but answers, "Yes, thanks. Very well." She waits. Maybe Ted will say something about last night. She has been so wasted, that she can´t remember what happened that night. The last thing she knows is that she sat in the pub with Ted, having her fifth scotch. After that, her mind went blank.
"Do you want some breakfast?", Ted asks, not saying a thing about last night.
"Uhhh, no thank you. I´m not really hungry."
"Maybe some coffee then?"
"The only thing I would need is a big pill against my headache", Robin thinks, but answers, "No, that´s nice, but no, thanks. I would take a glass of water, otherwise I´m fine."
"Okay, a glass of water it is. I´ll bring some."
While Ted is getting some water, she quickly jumps out of bed and wants to dress herself – bad thing, she can´t find her clothes anywhere. Wrapped in Ted´s blanket, she sits down on the bed again. Her head hurts badly and she feels horrible. Stupid hangover. Ted comes back with the water, bombarding her with more questions, "You don´t look good. Are you sure you don´t want anything to eat? Or a coffee? Or do you want to sleep some more? You can stay, if you want."
"I´m fine, really. I think I´ll just go home", Robin fakes a smile.
"Whatever you want", Ted sounds disappointed about her leaving, but she can´t stay. She feels awful.
"Do you have any idea where my clothes are?", Robin finally asks.
"Oh yeah, sure. They´re in the washing machine."
Now she´s really confused. Why is Ted washing her clothes? Ted notices Robin´s questioning look and asks, "You can´t remember anything, do you?"
She gives in, "Not really. I know about several glasses of scotch, but that´s it."
"You indeed had several glasses of scotch and more. You were pretty drunk – even that drunk that you had to vomit into a trash can outside of MacLarens and your clothes were not in the best condition after that."
"Oh my god, I vomited? That´s so embarrassing! Usually I have a very high tolerance for alcohol. I´m so sorry! Thank you for washing my clothes!"
"It´s okay, really. No problem.", Ted smiles.
Robin smiles back. Ted is a really nice guy and a good friend. He would be great boyfriend-material, if she only were slightly attracted to him, but she feels nothing.
"I´m ashamed. I really hope, you can forgive me for my stupid behavior. I don´t know what´s wrong with me."
"You seemed to be pretty upset about Barney having a date."
Robin takes a deep breath. She feels so stupid. She isn´t that kind of girl who gets drunk over a man – especially not over a man who is only a friend. A friend with benefits though, but still. She´s not his girlfriend. Barney can date whomever he wants to. But why does it bother her so much?
"It´s not about Barney, I swear"
"You´re a bad liar"
"Why should I get wasted because of Barney?"
"I have no idea why, but you seem to have a crush on him"
"EXCUSE ME?", Robin´s voice gets very high, "I don´t have a crush on him. I don´t care about what he does."
"Very convincing", Ted answers sarcastically. Then he asks, "What is it with the two of you? You haven´t known him for that long. When we first met you, you and Barney barely talked and when I gave you the New York tour you two seemed like best friends. And above all you celebrate his birthday and made out with him. Have the two of you met without me, Lily and Marshall at some point?"
Robin hesitates. Should she tell him? Should she just spill the beans and tell Ted, she and Barney had been friends a while before she met the three of them? That she plays Laser Tag with him, sleeps with him and spends a lot of free time with him. What would Ted say? Would he be angry?
The moment she decides, she will tell the secret, the doorbell rings. Ted jumps up, "Excuse me, I´m back in a second." When Ted opens the door, Robin can hear a very familiar voice outside the bedroom. "Hey Ted, have you seen my purse somewhere? I must have forgotten it yesterday."
"So you really banged that girl in my room? Barney, what the hell is wrong with you?", Ted scolds him.
"It´s no big deal, Ted! Be cool, just for once. I really need my purse. The chick had to pay for the cab and she was not amused. I will look for it", Barney says and heads to Ted´s bedroom.
Robin panics. She thinks about hiding somewhere in the room or take the fire escape, but it´s too late. Barney storms in and sees her standing naked in Ted´s room.
Barney´s shattered look says it all. He doesn´t say a word, but his face speaks volumes. He is shocked, sad and disappointed, but most of all he feels betrayed. Although he saw Robin and Ted yesterday and knew, they went to Ted´s home together, he kind of hoped that Robin wouldn´t spend the night there. But she obviously did.
Without saying a word, he turns around and storms out of the room. He ignores both Robin and Ted who want to stop him, but he doesn´t listen. Barney leaves the building without noticing Robin wants to follow him. He walks and walks until he has to stop because of the traffic lights. He leans against a wall, trying to hide there is a tear rolling down his face.
