A/N: Sorry for the long wait I just haven't felt like writing in a while but I will be posting more chapters on this story and another one of my stories this weekend.

In the next chapter: Barney and Ted's conversation but first this chapter starts a 2 part chapter between the gang. In the next chapter Barney and Ted will talk, that chapter is going to be much more deeper than this one, this one is light a conversation between Robin and Lily.

Continuing from the last chapter!

That night, Robin and Lily met at Lily's apartment while across town Barney met Ted at MacLaren's for drinks. What Barney didn't reveal at first over the phone to Ted is that they aren't meeting for a good old fashioned bros night, they are meeting because he needs to tell Ted in person face-to-face that him and Robin are engaged. He wasn't sure how he was going to say this, especially knowing not how Ted will react to this sudden news but he has a plan and he hopes it will work. They are just going to drink and talk, the old days of broing out together, doing things on a whim are over. Barney is grown up enough over the past three years to figure things out. The hard part about settling down is finding that one person who you want to settle down with for the rest of your life. His father told him once "son, you aren't broken as much as I was, meeting the right girl is easy once you know she's the one who you want to spend your life with." After that day, Barney and Jerry have become closer, now they are like best friends and see each other as much as they can. The last time they saw each other was two months ago, when Barney decided to give it one more try and try to get Robin back.

The hard part of that was now over but their last meeting was about Robin and wanting to propose to her. They talked for hours about Barney's relationship with Robin and how messy it's been but also the good points as well. Barney confessed that again he's been too broken and lost to realize that he might, could lose Robin all over again if he doesn't step up and get her to realize, face her own denial about him. When Barney decided to get Robin back the only thing on his mind was her, everything else wasn't important until she said the one word he's been wanting to hear from her for years.

The first time they dated he knew, he knew that he wants to spend the rest of his life with Robin but mentally he wasn't ready, they weren't ready for that kind of commitment. But, after sometime they both realized that despite everything they are still in love. Two people who were once unsure about what they wanted in life ended up knowing what they wanted and that was a full, wholehearted, commitment with each other that once scared them both into believing that neither will be worthy for anyone to love them.

It has always been different. Their relationship felt easy, anytime they were around each other they just become these two other people and literally find ways to entertain one another by making one laugh or doing something crazy and insane spur of the moment. Or just hanging out and talking, there was always an ease between them that came naturally to them.

Now the hard part was over, Barney and Robin are official now and happier than ever. But, soon the hardest part of their happy reunion is coming and neither know where to start or how they will react. Their friends are sometimes hard to read, but knowing them well enough they hope that things will go smoothly.

Robin knocked on Lily's door right at 8pm on time and with a bottle of wine in hand. The moment Lily opened the door, Lily immediately hugged her then pulled her inside the apartment closing the door behind Robin.

"Oh, my good I'm so glad you called me. I've been so busy lately, we haven't seen each other in weeks." Lily took the bottle of wine from Robin and brought it into the kitchen and placed it on the counter.

"So, how are you? What was so important that you had to tell me in person and not over the phone or via text?" Lily and Robin went back into the living room after Lily opened the bottle of wine handing Robin a glass she smiled questioning what Robin wanted to talk about.

"Well, I know we haven't seen or spoken to each other in a while but that's because we both have been busy but that isn't the real reason I haven't talked or seen you since Thanksgiving. I had something to think about. Something I've been running from and scared of for along time but in the last couple of weeks I settled those things that I was scared of. First of all, work has been wonderful my career is where I've always hoped it would go and I'm happy with that part of my life. Second of all, now this is going to freak you out a bit or maybe it won't. I'm back together with Barney." The minute she said this Lily's face went serious, her cheerful, happy smile faded a bit.

"Oh, wow. You and Barney are back together?" Lily's shocked, she thought Robin was over Barney that she realized that it's not going to work with him or them. That's what Robin had told her over Thanksgiving but apparently that wasn't a serious conversation. They were quite drunk during Thanksgiving, maybe it was the alcohol that was causing Robin to say she was over Barney, over wanting to be with him and over ever thinking they would be together again.

"Yes. I had a lot of thinking to do over the last few weeks I realized that I wasn't completely happy. My career is going smoothly, it's where I always dreamed it would be but it didn't make me complete. I was alone and feeling alone. For the first time in my life I thought I could just have my career and be happy and single but turns out I wasn't. Remember when I had to land the helicopter a few months back?" Lily shook her head.

"Well, that made me rethink things about my life and how I'm living it. Yes, a career is something I achieved and love doing but it doesn't make me complete. Then I started thinking, reexamining my life, the decisions I have made, the way I'm living my life, what makes me happy and what I need in my life that I regretted. The answer was Barney. So, right after my near death experience landing that helicopter Barney and I started talking. Really talking, about everything that's been going on with us, our relationship, relationships we had with other people and how the helicopter incident made us both realize that we never want to lose each other again. So, we started to date again." Robin paused, looking down with a smile on her face and a gleeful look in her eyes.

"So, you and Barney are together again?" Still shocked Lily asking thinking this is the thing Robin wanted to tell her.

"Yes, we started dating five months ago, trying to make things work again because we realized we both still love each other. But, now things are better than ever between us which is why I came here." Robin goes into her purse which has her ring in it (she had been keeping it off her finger for a reason) and then takes it out and puts it on her finger.

"Barney and I are engaged." Robin shows Lily her ring and Lily's eyes go wide in shock.

"Wow, I don't know what to say." Lily is usually excited for things like this but in this moment she literally has nothing to say it's unlike her.

"I had a feeling you will be shocked. I know it's a lot to take in, but I'm happy Lily. Truly happy, for the first time ever in my life I'm the happiest and Barney makes me complete. I don't know how to express it but I feel more confident with where my life is right now and I know it's hard to take in but I am in the best place in my life and I was hoping that you would be happy for me." After a few minutes to have this all sink in Lily hugs her best friend then says.

"I am happy for you I just think with your history with Barney. I'm shocked, I mean I thought you were over Barney." That's what Robin has been telling herself for two years and it got her no where.

"No, I was trying to tell myself that I wasn't in love with him for along time I nearly almost died a few months ago and after some thinking I realized that I still am. I was never over him, I tried to be but it almost destroyed me and I almost died. That helicopter landing made me see my whole life in a different way. I started thinking about the things I had, the things I lost, the things I could have, the things I ran from and I thought about you, Marshall and Ted people I care the most about in this world and then I thought about Barney and the last year of my life and how I messed up the most important person in my life. I thought I lost Barney forever so I couldn't let that happen again. We talked and started a new relationship. Back when we dated the first time, we weren't ready but in the last year, maybe even since we broke up things changed but it all just went back to him." Lily sees the way Robin is talking about Barney and everything that had happened and understands full well about almost losing the love of her life when she left Marshall to go off to San Francisco it made her realize herself that she was running away when things got too tough for her.

"I'm so happy for you Robin I understand why you want to be with Barney but I still can't believe it's true." Lily's happy, honestly she's happy for both her friends but she can't help but think it might lead to heartache for them again.

"It's true. I love him Lil, losing him to someone or something else is the scariest thing in the world. The thought of never being with him again is something I can't explain. I get you have your doubts but I'm truly happy and feel complete. I've never felt this way about anyone before and you of all people should know how it is when you're about to lose the only person in your life that makes sense, that makes you hole, that makes you feel like you're flying on top of the world. That's how I feel about Barney, I never thought I would want commitment or along lasting one for that matter but Barney. He's different, he makes me see my life in a different more real way it's something I never thought about having or believed in until I met Barney." Lily's frown turned into a smile again and for the first time tonight Lily understands that Robin and Barney really do have a connection with each other that neither had with anyone else it's actually quite sweet when your head is more clear and you see things better when it's explained to you.

"Congratulations, I'm so happy for you both truly am." Lily hugs Robin again and they do a cheers to Robin and Barney's engagement afterwords there was one more thing Robin wanted to tell her, well ask her.

"Lil, will you be my maid of honor?" Robin didn't want to ask her right here and now but decided to ask anyway because she wants to start planning her wedding.

"Of course sweetie, it would be my honor to be your maid of honor." They hug again and spend the rest of the evening talking about other things, eating and watching TV.