Robin had her reasons for breaking up with Barney but her heart truly never wanted to break up with him. It was the day before Barney's high school graduation when after months of not seeing each other she finally got the courage to talk to him and tell him the real reason why she broke up with him.

The day before Barney's graduation Robin went to see him one last time before he leaves for college. She had written him a letter to explain her behavior the last few months since breaking up with him and she wanted to hand this to him herself. So, she put on a brave face and a smile and walked over to his house to give him the letter in person. She hoped that Barney was home and that he wasn't still mad at her for dumping him for friends who never cared about her in the first place. But, she hoped that this letter would explain everything and why she broke up with him. She, walked up to his front door and tried to smile a little as someone came to open the door.

"Hi, Robin." James said as he opened the door to see who was outside.

"Hi, James." She smiled nicely at Barney's older brother and said. "Is Barney here?" James looked at her and nodded saying "yes, I'll go get him." James went back inside to find Barney while Robin stood in the main hallway of their house waiting for Barney to come talk to her for the first time in four months.

A few minutes later Barney came walking down the stairs with his hands in his pockets of his jeans. He had protested at first to see Robin, but James told him to go see her because it might give him some closure so he could move on with his life as he leaves for college. So, Barney took his plea and went down to talk to Robin, even if he was still mad at her. He still needed to make things right before he leaves for college next week.

"Hi." Barney said with his hands still in his pockets giving her a small but almost sad smile.

"Hi." Robin said back giving him her own sad smile but then smiling contently and sweetly at him.

"I came here because I wanted to give you this letter..." she first says raising the envelope she has in her hand and then she continued. "And, to tell you how sorry I am for the way I treated you the last few months and how things ended with us." Robin bowed her head in shame and almost started to cry but she braced herself and continued with what she came to say. "I never meant to hurt you and this letter should tell you how I felt about you and about what happened with us." She raised her hand to give him the letter and Barney took it without saying anything to her. Robin walked towards the door with no other things to say before opening it. "One, last thing before I go. You mean a lot to me Barney, you are my best friend and I don't want to lose you more than I have already. So, please forgive me for what I did because if I lose you forever I don't know how I will ever go on without you in my life." And with that Robin left without another word closing the door behind her.

As Robin left, Barney stood there in the hallway with one hand in his pocket and the other one holding the letter from Robin. He looked at it for a second before sighing. He really wanted to tell her a lot of things but let her say what she wanted to say, but he really missed her and has been wanting to talk to her and tell her how much he misses her and how much he needs her in his life. He didn't do that but he wanted to and that's all that really matters. He hoped that someday they'll meet again in another life but for now he's got a letter to read.

Barney goes upstairs to his room and starts reading the letter. Meanwhile, Robin had been standing outside of his house since she left crying, hoping he'd come outside, sees her and realizes that he loves her. But, he's not going to that so she wipes her tear stained face and leaves Barney's house hoping that someday in another life they'll meet up again. But, until then she hoped that Barney reads her letter.

Barney starts reading the letter as soon as he enters his room. He locked the door so he can have his privacy and read the letter without any interruptions. He sits down on his bed holding the envelope, he still hasn't taken it out yet, he slowly lifts the white envelope to his nose to smell it. Robin had put a dash of her perfume on it and it smelled just like her. The perfume she used was his favorite and Robin knew this so she thought it would give the letter a little more of her on it and he already missed her once he smelled the envelope and wanted to run outside to see if she was still there. But, he didn't and instead he opened the envelope taking the letter out before setting the envelope to the side of him on his bed. He opened the letter a second later after bracing himself to what the letter is going to say, he scanned the letter once before noticing that it was two pages long. Robin must really be sorry for what she did to make this letter two pages. Barney, looked at the beginning and started reading...

Dear Barney:

"First I want to say that it wasn't your fault I broke up with you. I had been going through something and was afraid to tell you. So, I didn't and instead of facing you and my fears I did the cowardly thing and broke up with you when I didn't want to. The second thing I want to say is... I am truly sorry for breaking your heart I really was and am in love with you. With what was going on in my life, I couldn't put you through that, my heart would have broke and it wasn't really your place to protect me from my friends. I-The situation between me and them was bad, now that I can finally tell you what happened and why I had to break up with you I am going to... the girls, remember when we confronted them last year and I ended my friendship with them? Well, they were so angry with me that they did a little pay back/revenge if you will. They started taunting me, messing with my locker, calling me names, starting stupid unwanted fights, leaving me messages on my phone, writing awful things about me in the ladies bathrooms at school. But, that wasn't the worst of it..." there was a pause there and it continued on the next line.

The worst of it came when they surrounded me one day outside. It was the same spot where we confronted them last year, they surrounded me with cartons of eggs. First, I told them not to throw them and they didn't at first but then they started to say things. Things about you, about us, it was mean and hurtful and then I had to defend you telling them that they shouldn't mess with you or with us. Well, they didn't care about what my opinion was, they only cared about one thing... getting their revenge on dumping them as friends. Danielle, started going on about how I should have stayed with them and never left the group. Harriot, chimed in with how she was trying to be nice to me but all I did was leave them hanging. Then, Michelle started talking about how I dumped them to be with a nerd like you. Well, that pissed me off and I couldn't take it anymore. I yelled at them, telling them how awful they are what bitches they are to everyone but their little group of friends. I told them I never liked them and that I chose you because you are the only one who cares about me and I am with you because I love you. They didn't care about what I had to say and then the next thing I knew I was covered in eggs from head to toe. The next day at school, I tried to avoid them but they weren't finished with what they had to say. Shelly, came to me and told me to break up with you I asked her why and she said because the more I'm with you they will keep taunting me and doing awful things to me. She left without me getting any word in... so, the reason why I broke up with you was because I was protecting you. They would've done horrible things to you too and I couldn't let them treat you like that. So, later that day when we met up after school I had to break up with you in order for them to not do anything to you, or to me.

Barney, I never meant to hurt you in any way I only did this to protect you from being bullied the rest of the year. And, I also did it so I can be at peace without thinking something bad happened to you. That's the real reason I broke up with you, it wasn't because I didn't love you it was because I couldn't see you being hurt by people who hate me.

The final thing I want to say is, is on the last page of this note so you can skip to the end because that part will tell you how I really feel about you." Barney, turned the second page over to read the back and it said...

I love you Barney Stinson, I love you more than anything in the world. If anything ever bad happens to you I would just blame myself and that's what I have been doing all this time since we broke up. I love you, I can't picture my life without seeing you everyday or talking to you everyday. I, if I'm being honest with myself I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay, here with me. I want to be with you cause when I'm not with you my world isn't happy. You make me happy, I hope one day in the not so long future we get to see each other again so I can tell you in person how much I love you and want to be with you. If you just...

And, that's when he stopped reading the paper. Barney dropped the paper on the floor, grabbed his jacket and left his house to go find Robin. It didn't take long for him to get to her house and luckily for him she was sitting outside on her front stoop reading a book..