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Lily's POV

Barney walks in here with some girl with dyed red hair, she's wearing gothic clothing and a black wool hat with a silver ribbon thread through the bottom, oh great, I bet Barney is trying to get her into bed, and pretty soon there will be no girl in New York that Barney hasn't hit on or slept with.

Barney starts to walk over here with the girl, weird, usually he doesn't like us to talk to the girls he's trying to hook up with because we scare them off apparently.

"Hey guys, this is Talia" Barney says pointing to the girl

"Hey" Talia says smiling a little

"Hi, can I talk to you quickly Barney" I say, not waiting for an answer, I walk over to the bar

"What?" Barney asks

"Are you trying to sleep with that girl?" I demand, frankly I am getting annoyed with Barney always trying to get into some girls pants

"No! She's my friend Lily, I've known her for years" Barney says, looking kind of grossed out at the thought of sleeping with Talia

"Oh, you never mentioned her before" I say, I wonder why he never told us about her

"You never asked" Barney answers simply, shrugging

"I think we should set her up with Ted" I say grinning, a plan already forming in my mind

"no, you are not going to set my best friend up with Ted, I know for a fact that she does not want to get married any time soon" Barney says before ordering the usual, scotch on the rocks.

We head back to the table where our friends are sitting and I notice Talia has pulled up a stool and is sitting at the end of the table and is talking to Ted about something.


Ted's POV


-After Lily walked off to the bar with Barney-


"Hello Talia, I'm Ted and this is Robin and Marshall" I say politely, gesturing to Robin and Marshall as I say their names

"Hi" both Robin and Marshall say smiling

Talia pulls up a stool from another table and sits at the end.

"Barney has told me so much about you guys" Talia says, drumming her pale fingers on the table

"Really? We haven't heard a thing about you" Robin says, like the rest of us wondering why Barney has never told us about this girl

"Are you his girlfriend or something?" Marshall asks, and I see a look of jealousy on Robin's face at the thought of her being Barney's new girlfriend

"No, I am his best friend, I've known him for almost thirty years" Talia says, fiddling with the ribbon that's thread through her hat

"Wow, what was Barney like all those years ago?" Robin asks, the jealousy gone, instead there is a look of curiosity is in its place

"He was sweet, very smart, I was his only friend, and I met him at his eighth birthday party"

"I thought no one came to his party" I say, remembering when we were helping clean out Barney's childhood house and he had that letter his mum had written for him saying that the invitations he sent out were lost in the mail

"I was the only one there, I arrived half an hour late though, but Barney was so happy that I was there and we hung out every day since then" Talia says, as Barney and Lily head back over here

"Hi, I'm Lily, Marshall's wife" Lily says smiling widely, shaking Talia's hand

"Nice to meet you Lily" Talia says smiling back at her

"Talia was just telling us how she met you Barney" Robin says to Barney as he sat down

"How old were you two when you met?" Lily asks curiously

"I was seven and Barney had just turned eight" Talia says shifting a bit in her seat


-FLASHBACK-

'Knock, knock'

A young girl with short, down to her ear, brown hair, wearing a black top and a black and white plaid skirt is standing at the door.

"Hi, I'm here for Barney's birthday party" the girl says looking kind of nervous

"Hello dear, Barney is in the other room, I'm sure he will be happy that you've been able to make it" Loretta says pointing to the kitchen.

The girl walks into the kitchen slowly and cautiously.

She sees a young Barney sitting at the end of the table looking upset.

"Hi, I'm Talia, I live across the road from here, sorry I'm thirty minutes late, is anyone else coming to your birthday party?" Talia asks sitting next to Barney

"No, my mum said that their invitations got lost in the mail" Barney says lifting his head up and looking up at Talia

"that's weird I got an invitation, maybe the other invitations got lost but mine didn't" Talia says shrugging, probably knowing that the others got the invitation and decided not to come, but she didn't want to upset the boy further on his birthday

"So when's your birthday?"

"My birthday is next week, I brought some strawberry laces, want any?" Talia asks pulling a packet of red sweets out of her small bag

"Yeah there my favourite sweets" Barney says, smiling and grabbing a couple of laces out of the packet

"Do you want to come to my birthday party next Friday? It's just gonna be me and my friend Sandy" Talia asks hopefully

"I would love to" Barney says smiling

"Great, it's gonna be legend- wait for it- dary! Legendary!" Talia shouts happily, before hugging Barney

"You're awesome!" Barney says loudly

"Thanks" Talia says

-END OF FLASHBACK-


"So that's how you came up with that catch phrase" Lily says laughing a little, while Barney has a kind of annoyed look on his face

"I love strawberry laces" Marshall suddenly says, before Barney can get a word in, with a childlike look on his face

"I have some with my right now if you want any?" Talia says to Marshall, offering him three strawberry laces from a packet she has just got out or her plain black messenger bag

"Thanks" Marshall says, delightfully taking and eating the strawberry laces

"Anyone else want any?" Talia asks waving the packet around

"Oh, yes please" I say, grabbing the strawberry laces when she hands them to me

"No thanks" Robin and Lily say when Talia offers them some

"I'm gonna get a drink at the bar, anyone want anything while I'm up there?" Talia asks politely, standing up

"How about that hot blonde chick's number" Barney says staring at the blonde girl with the pink tube top and mini skirt

"You mean the one with the huge rack?" Talia says, now also checking out the girl at the bar

"Yes, hook me with her, do whatever you have to do" Barney says almost drooling now

"Challenge accepted!" Talia says heading over to the girl at the bar


Talia's POV

I walk up to the hot girl at the bar, getting ready to get Barney her number.

"Hi there, see the blonde guy in the suit? He's my brother Neil, he has only two more days left to live, he's a virgin and he would kill me if he knew I was telling you this, but I could tell how he was looking at you from across the bar" I say pointing to Barney

"He's hot, and he's a virgin? Hard to believe" the girls says in disbelief, but this still could work

"So will you do me a favour and grant my brother last wish, to get laid by a hot woman?" I ask hopefully, if this works then she is so gullible

"Sure, why not, I've always wanted to be someone's first" the girl says smiling and flicking her blonde hair back, dumb ass

"You're amazing, thank you", I will just go get my brother" I say walking towards Barney to tell him the details he will need

"It worked, she thinks your name is Neil, I'm your sister, you only have two days to live and, oh yeah you're a virgin, ok she's waiting, go!" I say pushing him towards the bar before he can protest anything I've just said

We watch Barney go up to the girl and they talk for a couple of minutes before they start walking out of the bar together

"I can't believe that worked" Marshall says looking shocked

"Me neither" I say, very surprised but also impressed with my work


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