This chapter is all Ted and Robin, I wanted to get this out of the way to get to the Barney and Robin part of the story. I didn't want to make this too difficult on Robin so I let Ted not be mad but understanding because he wants her to be happy.

I am trying to update some fics starting with this one.

She is ready, yes this will be really hard to do but it needs to be done and over with. It has been a weird complicated situation they had been in for a decade and a half. It's time to end this, it's time to be with her real family and be happy like she always wanted but was always so scared of what the future holds. They had gone to visit Ted's mom for a couple of days but now that she's better they are back home. Ted's relieved that his mom is fine now and Robin is ready to tell him what she's been wanting to for months now. That she is done, she wants to be with her family once and for all because that's where she belongs. After the long weekend they had they are alone sitting in the living room after dinner. The kids went out with friends for the evening so they had the house to themselves which is great for Robin because she doesn't want any interruptions.

She had thought about this all weekend, trying to figure out how she will tell Ted that she's leaving him. Through texts, Robin told Barney over the weekend that when she comes back home she will tell Ted what she needs to. This made Barney so happy, for the first time in along time Robin is his again. Well, she will be his again officially when she's done talking to Ted.

For Robin, she knew this was going to be hard to do. It's going to be tough to get through but she needs to get this over with so both can move on and truly be happy. This is something she had to do or should have done along time ago possibly then she wouldn't be in this situation now. She knows now that her happiness is with Barney, it has always been with Barney and she should have put her foot down years ago but she didn't want to hurt Ted. She knew he still loved her and hurting him was the last thing she wanted to do but staying here, being in this family where she doesn't belong, trying to love Ted feels forced, like she knew they always were. She hoped he understands and takes it well because even if he doesn't take it well this needs to be done and she needs to get back to her real life with her real family and her true love.

"Listen, Ted I have been through this so many time in my head." Robin starts saying, this won't be easy at all but she thinks it will be better for them to just be friends because she know neither are happy and it's time to move on from the past. "I, have been wanting to tell you something for along while now and it's the hardest thing I ever had to do. I should have done this along time ago but I didn't want to break your heart." She's not looking directly at him, she knows this is going to be the hardest thing she ever had to do but she knows now that this isn't what she wants and she isn't happy with where her life has gone.

"Okay." Ted says listening to what Robin has to tell him.

"I'm not happy, I know you aren't happy either and even though this is a hard decision I have to get through I just want to let you know that I do love you..." She almost crying struggling to get through this conversation. "But, not in the way you should be loved. Tracy was an amazing person, has loved you in the way you should be loved, in a way I can't and she will forever be missed. She was wonderful and truly made you happy, she blessed you with two amazing kids and you truly got what you always wanted. But, I'm not a replacement for her and I feel like I am a replacement when I should be loved and not seem like I'm a second place replacement for your one true love." She looks at him taking his hand in hers crying more harder now than she has.

"Tracy was incredible, I loved her with everything I had but she's gone now and I lost the most amazing person in my life. It took me along time to get over that loss, frankly I'm not over it and I don't think I will ever be. But, I'm trying to move on because I know she wants me to move on and be happy." Ted tells her, he truly thought moving on with Robin was the right thing to do for him and for the kids.

"And, I lost someone I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with that is still alive and healthy. Someone I tried so many times to move on from but just can't because I know now that I never could or would want to move on from." He knows where this is going, Robin's breaking up with him and he knows why.

"It's Barney." He simply said knowing that after all this time and all his denial Robin's in love with Barney more than he thought she was. He tried to tell himself this wasn't true, so many times over the years he thought Robin was never truly in love with Barney but obviously she is and it's more serious than he thought.

"Yes, I'm in love with him. Always have been, I tried to get over it, tried to move on after the divorce but everything just reminds me of him and everytime I tried to move on something reminds me of what I lost. He's the one, I know it now, I've known it for along time and for months now we've been secretly talking. I have gotten to know Ellie and have been seeing him for months. Ellie even started to call me mom, she's a wonderful young girl and this is what I've always dreamed of. A family with Barney, even if I can never give him a child biologically I think of Ellie as my own. I know now that my place, my home is with him and with Ellie. They are my family, a family I never thought I wanted until recently when I started to get to know Ellie and started seeing Barney again." She had stopped crying a few minutes ago trying to get through this without completely falling apart.

"So, what are you saying?" Ted asked, knowing full well what she means.

"I love him, Ted I never stopped and when Barney told you about us sleeping together again he was telling the truth. We have been together and I'm ready to really, finally be with him for good this time. I am finally happy and I'm so sorry for hurting you but I'm moving out and in with Barney. I told him I would be moving in next week." She got up from where she was sitting to go to the bedroom to start packing her things and Ted followed her.

"So, is this really over?" He asks not happy about this but knows that this is what she wants, it what she's always wanted and it makes her happy.

"I'm sorry, I do love you but not in the way you think or should be loved. Not in the way I love Barney. I just hope you understand and it doesn't ruin your friendship with him more than it is right now. I hope we can all still be friends cause I don't want to lose that, I really like the kids and want to be a part of their lives even though I'm not living here anymore." She packs up her things and starts to leave.

"I will be back tomorrow, to get the rest of my things and then Barney's going to help me move to his place. I know this is hard for you to take but I am truly ready to move on so both of us can be happy. I know you aren't and you miss Tracy but I miss Barney. I know it isn't the same but I hope you understand so we can still be friends." Their friendship hasn't been on good terms ever since Barney and Robin's wedding weekend and she knows that after everything she should have done this along time ago because it has always been and will always be Barney for her. Her love for him just became too powerful and strong to deny anymore. She know he's the one, he's her true soul mate, her true love and she can no longer keep denying herself happiness. She can not convince herself she's happier being without Barney because she would be lying to herself and lying to Ted and most importantly lying to the only person in her life she truly loves.

"No, it won't change anything we can still be friends. Yes, it will be awkward but I still want us to be friends. We aren't like we were eight years ago but I do want to still be your friend." Ted isn't taking this well, he's taking it better than Robin thought which makes things a lot easier on her. But, he understands that this is what makes Robin happy.

"I'm glad, I don't want this to be awkward or weird between us three I really am sorry for letting you on for so many years and for not telling you what I've should have along time ago. Cause, this is not healthy for anyone, anymore and I hope you understand that it was hard for me to tell you this and it's hard on Barney too, I've dragged him through this mess and now I get t make it up to him for all the years we missed out on together. I truly hope you can move on from me and find your own happiness because I do care about you and want you to be happy." She drags her suitcase off the bed and brings it to the hallway outside the bedroom.

"I will try, it will take sometime but I will try." He tells her, she pulls him into a hug and for the first time she doesn't feel like she betraying Ted or Barney for that matter. This feels right and for their happiness, it's better this way they can move on and be happy even if it isn't with each other.

"Goodbye, Ted. I will be by tomorrow to get the rest of my things." Robin says at the front door of the house ready to leave and go home for good. Her true home.

"Have a save trip." Robin waved as she loaded the car with her suitcase closing the trunk.

As she sits in the car, the tears start to fall again and this time it wasn't sad tears. It was happy tears because she can finally move on and be happy again. After everything that has happened, she is finally going home to her real life, her real home and her real love.