Ring. Ring. Ring.
Connor woke up immediately at the ring of the telephone, and for a second he thought he was back home in Boston- but that was yesterday, he remembered. (God, was it only yesterday he and Murphy had come to New York?) And he wasn't in his own bed- he was in Barney's. (Which was awesome.) And this time, he didn't have to get up to answer the phone, either.
"Hello?" Barney said sleepily.
It was Robin. "Hey, Barney, is Connor still with you?"
Barney looked over at Connor and smiled. "Yes, he is… why?"
"Well, it's just, Murphy went out for a smoke and he hasn't come back…" She sounded worried.
Barney covered the mouthpiece with his hand. "Connor?"
"Aye."
"Robin says that Murphy went out for a smoke this morning and hasn't come back."
Connor opened his eyes. "What?"
"When was this?" Barney asked Robin."
"Almost an hour ago."
Barney pondered that. "What are the chances he just left?" he asked Connor.
Connor shook his head. "Where would he go? Besides, he wouldn't do that… shoulda heard him last night, he's crazy about Robin."
Robin heard that through the phone and smiled.
"So… what then?" Barney asked.
"Tell Robin I'll be right over."
"We're coming over," Barney said to Robin. He looked up at Connor. "What, you think you can ditch me that quickly?"
Connor couldn't help but kiss him for that.