A/N Second chapter. I realize I post really short chapters, but there will be more, so just be patient.
The ride home from the airport was quiet. Billy stared out the window blankly and Barney texted one of his bimbos to let her know he was busy to tonight. The whole situation was incredibly awkward, but Barney was somewhat glad his brother was being so silent. He couldn't deal with an emotional breakdown yet.
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"So this is where you'll stay. Um, I don't keep much stuff in my apartment for people, so…"
Barney was struggling with the tour of his apartment. Except for the short time Lily lived with him, he never had a really permanent guest. He didn't even have food for himself, so how was he supposed to feed his emotional unstable brother?
"Wanna go out? I'll see if my friends can meet us at the bar."
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"Can I just…stay here? I've got some …calls to make."
Billy blinked twice as he was talking, hoping his brother would let him off, and just leave him to his thoughts. He didn't want to meet anyone yet. He just wanted to forget, and he wanted to do with alone, preferably without alcohol. Billy knew he would get no sympathy from his womanizing brother.
Barney looked almost relived as he left his apartment. Billy chose not to take it personally.
He felt out of place in the stylish apartment. He could tell that Barney was not a relationship man. Everything about the apartment screamed "you don't belong here", but where else was he going to go? So he pulled out his laptop, turned on his webcam and sighed.
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"I don't know what to do!"
Barney begged the gang to meet him at McLaren's. He needed a drink and to break the news that his weird twin brother was living with him. Naturally, everyone had been surprised to learn of the other brother.
"Does he really look just like you?" Marshall asked? "'cause that just weirds me out."
"Yes, we look very similar, but we are nothing alike. He's all sensitive and poetic and kind of a geek. He's a scientist or inventor or something nerdy like that." Barney scoffed. 'The point is that he is living in my apartment and moping around. This is SO not cool!" he finished, pounding the table and starling the whole bar.
Robin spoke up. "Can we meet him?"