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"Speaking."
(Thinking)
Narrator Ted
Scene Change
Chapter 2: Unexpected Finds
Kids, remember when I told you that your uncle Marshall and aunt, Lily were having trust issues with their baby sitter? Well they didn't have to worry about uhmm…What was her name again? Anyway, this baby sitter was out of
the ordinary! And each time Marshall and Lily came home, they were surprised with her skills.
Inside Marshall and Lily's Apartment
The baby sitter was on the couch reading a magazine when she heard Marshall and Lily knocking on the door.
"I'm coming." She stood up from the couch and opened the door.
"Good evening –"
Come on I have to remember her name. If I can't remember he name then I should at least call her something…Oh I know!
"Good evening, Cookie." Marshall continued after he was interrupted. "I hope Michael didn't give you a hard time."
"Oh no, Michael didn't give me a hard time. He was a total angel the whole day…Cookies?" She gestured her hand towards the coffee table where a freshly baked batch of cookies were sitting.
"Cookies!" Marshall pushed Cookie to the side and ran towards the coffee table. He dropped his suitcase, knelt down and covered his gasps with his hands. "Are these...Oatmeal raisin cookies?"
"Uhm, yes?"
"COOKIES!" Marshall grabbed a handful and tried to fit them in his mouth.
"Sorry, my husband is a big fan of cookies." Lily she shared. "Marshall at be least a little bit more civilized? Cookie is still in the apartment." Lily reminded.
Marshall stopped hoarding the cookies in his mouth and looked at his wife. "Oops, I'm sorry." He answered with a mouthful of cookies.
"It's okay Mrs. Eriksen. I'm just happy that he likes them." Cookie replied.
Lily heard Cookie call her in a polite manner and gave her a hug. "Aww, you called me Mrs. Eriksen."
"Yeah, didn't the other baby sitter's call you Mrs. Eriksen?"
"Aww she said it again." Lily hugged Cookie tighter. "And no, they don't."
"I see…So anyway I have to get going. I still have school tomorrow and I don't want to be late."
"Of course, of course!" Marshall stood up from his position and grabbed Cookie's payment from his pocket. "Here you go, and an extra $20.00 for the amazing cookies."
"Oh thank you very much Mr. Eriksen!"
"No Cookie, thank you."
Cookie was happy to receive the extra $20.00 that she skipped her way out of their apartment. Marshall and Lily watched her until she turned to the stairs.
"Look, she's even saving electricity by taking the stairs." Marshall said.
The couple closed the door and checked if their son was fast asleep. And sure enough Michael was tucked in his bed hugging his stuffed dinosaur in his arms. Lily and Marshall tilted their head and whispered an aww at
the scene. They quietly crept back in the hall and closed the door slowly. They walked towards the living room and sat on the couch.
"Cookie truly is amazing." Lily stated.
"I know! She put Michael to bed in record time; usually at this hour he would be running around in his birthday suit refusing to take a bath… And it's not always a pretty site." He joked.
"She truly is the perfect baby sitter." Lily grabbed a piece of cookie and popped it in her mouth.
"Yeah perfect…" Suddenly, Marshall realized something. "Lily, stop eating the cookies!" He grabbed his wife's wrist to stop her from grabbing another piece.
"What's the matter honey? It's just a cookie."
"Yes I know…A perfect cookie." He stated.
"Yeah, so?"
"Don't you get it Lily? Cookie is hiding something from us."
"Oh come on Marshall, maybe all those raisins must have twisted your thoughts." Lily joked as she grabbed another cookie.
"No, Lily you don't understand. Cookie is doing a great job –"
"As she should!"
"But she's consistently doing it perfectly." Marshall pointed out. "Remember the first few baby sitters we hired? It took them a few weeks to get everything right, but Cookie mastered it within a day. And she's in college.
She must be hiding something from us."
"No way Marshall." Lily scoffed.
"Oh yeah? I'll prove it!" Marshall looked left and right to search for evidence that Cookie was not as she seemed. "What about your class's projects?" He pointed at a stack of drawing on the counter near the kitchen.
"I told you I'll check them and take them away." Lily answered.
"Oh really? Well, tell Cookie that because she just checked them all arranged them by topic."
"What!" Lily ran towards the counter near the kitchen and observed her class' projects. "Oh my god…They are all in alphabetical order. Something does stink." She agreed. "Honey what do we do?" She asked.
"Don't worry. I have a plan!"
And man! Marshall's plan was the best!
Inside MacLaren's (In the Usual Booth)
During a lazy afternoon the whole gang was seen drinking, as usual to celebrate Robin's success and a chance for Barney to announce his global domination.
"You want me to spy on her?" Ted questioned.
"Please Ted?" Lily pleaded. "We have a feeling that she's hiding something and we don't want our son to be alone in the apartment with a person we can't trust." Lily explained.
"I would!" Barney exclaimed.
Marshall clapped Ted's shoulder in order for him to agree with his plan. "Please buddy, do it for us. Do it for Michael."
"Okay fine…" Ted sighed. "Just tell me what to do."
"Don't worry you're going to LOVE your role." Marshall assured him.
"Why didn't you ask me to spy on her?" Barney blurted. "I already had a head start." He boasted.
"That's because I told you, you weren't allowed to see her. And a few minutes after we left MacLaren's last week you dashed off and took a little peek." Lily reminded.
"How did you know?" Barney surprisingly asked.
"Well we heard your panting through the window." Marshall answered. "There is just one thing bothering us though. How did you manage getting to the window? Our room is on the fifth floor." Marshall wondered while
scratching his head.
"Don't ask." Barney lowered his head and rubbed his thighs. "Besides I gave her to Ted anyway, she's all his."
"Wait a minute did he just say –?"
"Yes Robin he's telling the truth." Ted answered even before Robin could finish her question. "He said that American women don't satisfy him. And the only way for him to satisfy himself is to sleep with girls globally."
"And it's going to be legen, wait for it, DARY!" Barney grabbed his beer and drank. "I'll be leaving for Maldives, this Friday!" He announced.
"Maldives?" Robin questioned. "Why are you going to Maldives? What possible woman would want to sleep with you there?"
"Ah, I asked him the same thing." Ted suddenly said. "And he told me that his calculations led him to Maldives."
"What calculations?"
"Wait don't –"
"The calculations to find the body mass of that gullible yet hot girl." Barney interrupted Ted before he could finish his warning to Robin. "You see –"
Kids forgive me, because I forgot the calculations your uncle Barney shared during that afternoon. And besides if I explain it to you two, you would both get the same reaction we had.
"And that's how I ended up in Maldives." Barney jotted down the finishing touches of his calculations on the white board that uncannily appeared.
Everyone in the bar, mostly the men, wanted to copy his calculations. But all Barney got were people with their mouths opened and a slow connection of the formula and their brains.
"You don't get it? Let me start again."
"Barney it's alright, we don't want to listen to your yapping for another hour about this stupid formula." Robin scoffed.
"Well, I'm sorry at least I'm going somewhere to meet hot women." Barney retorted as he kept the white board.
"That's not true." Ted mentioned. "Guys, Robin has been chosen by her network to go to Brazil!" He announced.
"Oh honey congratulations!" Lily gave her best friend a hug.
"Really? What are you going to do there?" Marshall asked.
"I'll be doing a special coverage about the Carnivale."
"So we finally get to see you on air? I'm so proud of you!" Lily exhilaratingly congratulated.
"Brazil eh, been there done… All of that" Barney boasted. "So when are you leaving?"
Robin rotated her whiskey glass in her hands before answering Barney's question. "Uhmm, they want me to be there as early as possible. So my flight leaves tonight."
"Oh man we won't be able to say our goodbyes." Lily pouted.
"That's why we're going to celebrate it right now!" Ted raised his beer and encouraged his friends to do the same. "To Robin, may Brazil be the best thing for your career!"
We spent the whole afternoon at MacLaren's. But I didn't get too drunk during the celebration. Because I am a good friend and I promised Marshall and Lily that I will spy on their baby sitter Cookie. So I had to be sober…
Inside Marshall and Lily's Apartment Building (Hallway on the 5th Floor)
Ted stationed himself in front of Marshall and Lily's front door. He was jittery and anxious to meet the baby sitter.
Before knocking on the door Ted forgot the step by step process Marshall told him to do. "Now what did Marshall tell me to do?" (Step one, knock on the door. Step two, tell her who you are. Step 3, spy on her.) "That
seems easy enough."
Ted took in a deep breath and knocked on the door. A few moments later Cookie answered him.
"Hello, may I help you?" She asked.
And kids, even though I couldn't remember name, Cookie was one of the sweetest women I've dated. But your mom's sweeter I swear! More details on that later. Anyway, when your aunt Robin finally arrived in Brazil she took an
oath that work comes first, and that she won't get distracted. But things never went her way.
Inside the Umberto Modiano Airport
Robin waited for her bags on the conveyer belt when she saw a familiar face right across the room. She took a long good look at this person and shook her head.
"Barney…" She grumbled.
End of Chapter 2
To Be Continued…