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Disclaimer: Hurky doesn't own Owl City's "Fireflies", Weird Al's Canadian Idiot, or the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canadian bank she will mention is made up. If there really is a bank of the same name, it's entirely coincidental.

Robin and Lily made it to MacLaren's where they found Marshall and Ted sitting in their booth and drinking beer. They were looking downtrodden, and were silent as they sat there.

"Hey guys," greeted Robin as she approached the booth.

"Hey," mumbled Ted and Marshall.

As Robin and Lily slid into the booth with the guys, Ted sneezed.

"Bless you," said Lily.

"Thanks," Ted said with a sniffle.

"So how are you guys holding up?" Robin asked.

"Eh, getting by," Marshall replied glumly. "Miss Barney like crazy. I really wish he were here with us."

Robin bit her lip. Should she tell the gang that she had been seeing and talking to Barney? That he was an angel who was guarding her? As annoying as he was, he was still there and Robin could even touch him since she was the only one who could see and feel him. "I have a feeling he's around somewhere."

Marshall smiled a small smile. "Yeah, like I said, probably banging tons of chicks in heaven,"

"I am not!" yelled a voice.

Robin turned to her left and saw Barney was standing in front of the booth. She breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of him.

"I wish I were banging tons of chicks," Barney scoffed.

Ted sneezed again.

"Gesundheit," said Marshall.

"Were any of you guys near a cat today?" asked Ted.

"Robin got a kitten today!" Lily spoke up.

"What? Why?" asked Ted.

"Cause I needed a friend," replied Robin.

"You know I'm allergic to cats," said Ted.

Robin shrugged her shoulders. Barney laughed as she did that.

"His name is Stormy," Robin began. "He's a little Siamese-looking kitten. He's a little ball of fluff."

Lily grinned as Robin described her cat. "And she was going to get a puppy but she changed her mind on getting the kitty instead!"

"Couldn't you have stuck with the puppy?" groaned Ted.

"It's my apartment, I can get whatever animal I want," Robin said haughtily. "Anyway, I'm going to get a beer. Anyone want anything?"

"I'm good," said Marshall.

"I'll have a lemon Italian soda," Lily spoke up.

"Nothing for me," said Ted, holding up his bottle of beer, a Wharmpess. "I'm still finishing off this one."

"Okay," Robin stood up and walked over to the bar. "Hi, can I get a beer and a lemon Italian soda?"

Carl, the bartender, nodded. "Coming right up,"

Robin fished through her purse for her wallet.

A tall man with spiky brown hair turned and watched Robin. "Hey, it's on me," he said.

Robin looked up at the man. "Oh no, it's okay," she said.

"Please," said the man. "I insist. I know you're going through a rough time since you lost your friend."

Robin smiled. "Thank you," she said. "Um, did you know Barney?"

The man nodded. "I did. Worked with him at GNB til he fired me," he said. "He was dancing on his desk as he did so..."

Barney, who was standing behind Robin, laughed. "Oh, I remember!" he said gleefully. "Fun times!"

"Oh my gosh, what did he fire you for?" Robin asked.

"I don't know," said the man. "But I know it wasn't his fault. They always send him to do the dirty work. Bilson, especially."

Barney stopped smiling. "Wow," he said. "Usually people I fire have a vendetta against me."

"I'm Robin," said Robin. "Robin Scherbatsky."

"I'm Adam," introduced the man. "Adam Sanchez."

He and Robin shook hands. Robin grinned.

"Aren't you the same Robin Scherbatsky who was on that morning show?" asked Adam.

"Yes!" Robin said excitedly. "You actually watched it?"

"Every morning before I went to work," said Adam with a nod. "Til you left because of that girl...she was too peppy."

"Beer and lemon Italian soda!" said Carl as he slid Robin a bottle of beer and a glass of a sparkling yellow drink with a lemon wedge and a straw.

"Oh, those are my drinks," Robin said, taking the tray from Carl. "Thanks, Carl."

Adam handed Carl his debit card. Robin noticed his wallet had a patch that said "Toronto Maple Leafs" on it.

"You like the Toronto Maple Leafs?" asked Robin, pointing out his wallet.

"Oh," said Adam. "I do. I'm Canadian."

Robin smiled. "So am I!" she said.

"Really?" asked Adam.

"Yup," Robin said. "But why is your last name Sanchez?"

"Well, my family is Mexican-Canadian," replied Adam. "My grandfather emigrated to Canada about sixty years ago from Mexico, married a woman from Alberta, had my dad who was born, raised in Canada and then he married my mom who was from Saskatchewan and here I am!"

Robin continued to smile. "Wow," she said. "Well, I better get back to my friends."

"Let me take you out to dinner sometime," Adam offered.

Robin giggled. "Sure," she said.

Adam handed her a business card. "Just call my cell," he said.

Robin was smiling nonstop. "Thanks," she said, writing her number on a piece of paper and handing it to Adam. "And here's my number, it was nice to meet you, Adam."

"Nice to meet you too!" said Adam as he raised his beer up in the air.

Robin walked back to the booth and handed Lily her drink.

"You look happy," said Lily as she took a sip from her soda.

"I just met a guy!" squealed Robin. "He's from Canada!"

"Nice," Ted said with a nod.

"Here's his business card," Robin said as she put the card down on the table.

"Adam Sanchez, International Banker, Canada Banking Company," read Marshall. "He's a banker?"

"Well, he used to work for GNB," Robin explained.

"So that's why that name is familiar!" Marshall declared, who once worked for Goliath National Bank before he resigned his position to become a lawyer. "I had a feeling I knew that guy somewhere!"

"Did you actually work with him yourself, Marshall?" asked Robin.

"No, I only talked to him like once or twice," said Marshall. "He was head of the International Banking department until Barney fired him, danced on his desk, told him to go back to Canada, and mock-sang the Canadian National Anthem as he left."

"Guilty as charged," Barney said, raising a hand.

"I'm guessing he got a better job with a Canadian bank," said Ted.

Robin sipped on her beer and watched Adam as he left the bar...

That night, as Robin sat on the couch watching a movie and eating a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, she got a phone call from Adam.

"Hi, Robin?" Adam asked.

"Hi, Adam!" said Robin, "What's up?"

"Nothing much," answered Adam. "Just wanted to see if you wanted to go out to dinner with me tomorrow night, do you like Italian food?"

"It's pretty good," said Robin.

"Well, this new restaurant just opened up called Il Fumo di Oliva and I wanted to see if you wanted to try it out with me,"

"I'll go!" said Robin. "See you tomorrow at six?"

"Sure," said Adam. "See you then!"

"Night!" Robin said with a smile, who then pressed the red hang up button on her smartphone.

Barney appeared next to her.

"I can't believe you're going to go out with that beer-swilling hockey nut!" Barney cried.

"I'm just going to dinner with him," said Robin. "And you stole that line from Weird Al's Canadian Idiot."

Barney ignored Robin's comment. "Yeah, well, I fired that guy for a reason," he said.

"Save it, Barney," Robin said in disgust. "You're going to make something up that's going to scare me away from him. Besides, you didn't have to make him feel worse when you fired him!"

"Robin, as your guardian angel, I urge you not to go out with him!" Barney said sternly. "He's bad news."

"Whatever," Robin got up from the couch. "I'm going to bed. Good night."

She tossed the empty carton of ice cream into the trash and went to her room. She lied down and immediately fell asleep with Stormy curled up next to her...

Robin had been asleep for about four hours when she heard music. She blearily opened her eyes and looked at the alarm clock. 4:23am. She rolled over and noticed that Stormy was missing. Robin yawned and sat up.

"Stormy?" she asked quietly.

She put her bare feet on the floor and walked silently into the living room, where the music got louder as she walked. Then she saw the most astonishing sight...

"Oh my..." she said.

In front of the window of the living room, Barney sat in a chair, with a purring Stormy in his lap, playing a harp. From the sound of it, he was playing Owl City's "Fireflies".

Robin stood there and listened to the beautiful music that was coming from Barney's hands. She was stunned and surprise. This is the same guy who would pull pranks on people and scheme to get women in bed with him? She was seeing a whole new side to him. She didn't know whether to like this side or not.

As Barney finished his song, he opened his eyes and looked out the window into a starry moonlit sky. Robin couldn't help to get teary eyed for him...