AN: I know this chapter is very very short, I hope you´ll enjoy it anyways. I haven´t figured out yet, what I want to happen next and how much drama I should put in the chapters ;). So please have some patience with me and let me know what you think! xx

Two weeks later

Guns&Scotch&Rock´n´Roll: Barney pleaseeeee! I can see you are online. Please answer me! I can explain it. You don´t answer your phone, you don´t seem to be at home (though I could have sworn, I heard the TV the other night, when I knocked on your door and screamed "Barney open the door" like an idiot until your charming neighbor told me to go to hell), so I´ll try it that way. I can see you are online, so please talk to me.

Guns&Scotch&Rock´n´Roll: You know I can see, when you´ve read my message, don´t you? You can read it, so please answer!

Guns&Scotch&Rock´n´Roll: Barney come on!

2 hours later

Guns&Scotch&Rock´n´Roll: That´s so not nice, Barney! Talk to me!

"Hey, there you are! We´ve already ordered some fine Scotch for you!", Lily says, when she sees Robin walk into MacLarens.

"Oh, thank you! I definitely need some!", Robin answers.

"Tough day?", Ted asks.

"Yeah, don´t want to talk about it really. Tell me something, I don´t want to think about my shitty life."

"Hmmm. Every time somebody wants me to tell them something, I realize how I´ve nothing to tell and how boring my life is.", Marshall sighs.

"Or it´s the fact, we almost see each other every day, so there´s probably nothing new to talk about?", Ted suggests.

"That could be it.", Marshall agrees. "Man, where the hell is Barney. He always has some great stories to tell – even if they have never happened, they are always quite entertaining."

"So you guys haven´t heard about him neither?", Robin doesn´t even know why she´s asked that because she already knows what the will be.

"Nope, nothing."

Robin sighs, "I hope he is fine."

"He is Barney. He is always fine. He probably runs around in Atlantic City or somewhere, picking up some chicks.", Ted assures her. He still is not quite sure, why Robin is so focused on Barney.

"Maybe", Robin tries to fake a smile. She really hopes he´s at least fine. She´s never had such a big fight with him and she really misses him. Not only sexually. Most of all she misses Barney himself – his smile, his jokes, his everything. She misses her best friend whom she can fool around with and play Laser Tag and who knows her real self. First, she had such a bad conscience, then she was just mad that he didn´t call back and now she starts getting worried about him.

"Robin, come on, if you could see the look on your face. Why are you so worried about Barney? Believe us, he often does that. We don´t see him for a while and suddenly he´s back, telling the most unbelievable stories someone could think of. You don´t know him as well as we do. You can trust us here." Robin appreciates that Marshall tries to cheer her up, but it´s so not working. She knows Barney so much better than the rest of them. If they only knew!

"Yeah probably", she simply answers and sips her scotch. She doesn´t feel like talking today at all. Maybe she should pay Barney another visit. Maybe he´ll open the door this time.