And, yes The Mother/Tracy will be introduced in the next chapter and it will be kind of like the show instead Ted and Tracy meet before B/R's wedding. B/R's wedding will be just like the show but without all the drama or second guessing of their love for each other which I will never buy because that was not who they are with each other and Robin is never mean when it comes to Barney so her (yes I'm still bitter with her attitude before marrying Barney but that has nothing to do with her) saying the things she did just didn't make any sense knowing that she knows who Barney is and loves him anyway and doesn't mock, judge or think badly about his motives when it comes to her.
Their love is real and they are never happy being apart. Enjoy this chapter, happy 10th anniversary to HIMYM.
It was supposed to be a small, intimate wedding with just the five of them but then after sometime the wedding became this big event that everyone had to attend. They didn't want to make a big fuss over them getting married but since this is the first time that not only their friends wanted to be there but once they told their respective families, they also wanted to be there and witness this really unexpected thing in the lives of Barney and Robin. They also thought of a beach wedding, they weren't sure where the location would be, if they were going to marry in a church or outside on the beach itself. Both, had become more closer with their families. Barney had just gotten to know his father and his family so he wanted to invite them. Robin's sister, step sister, step brother and he mother and her new boyfriend. Their friends also who weren't just the close five wanted to be there too.
They had both agreed to do bachelor/bachelorette parties but nothing too big, no strippers or gags, nothing to risky either. Instead, the gang and Barney and Robin had one big albeit small get-together, party for the newly engaged couple. The party of course had liquor, a theme, food of all kinds and games for both the bride and the groom. Marshall had provided the games by coming up with different things to do which included poker, video games, truth or dare, Marshgamon and for Robin, Lily had made up a game for her which she named it Robin's choice where she would chose between the invited guests to write down on a post-it (which is her option to use for this game). The party went on for hours, it was the last time Barney and Robin would get to do something fun, although they will always be the fun couple who fell in love because of all the fun they had together.
The party had ended around 1am, people had started to leave close to midnight already but Marshall, Lily, Robin and Barney all stayed to clean up. The party was being held at Marshall and Lily's Long Island house which was the better choice of having it either at Barney's apartment or Ted's which is big enough but not enough to hold the many guests that did end up coming to the party. It was a long night but a fun night, the guests that were initially invited brought other people with them so they had more people at the party than were invited. But, everyone did have a nice fun time.
After the guests left and things quieted down. Lily and Marshall started to clean up while Ted went home. It was getting late, actually it was almost 2am when Ted decided to take the last train back to the city. And, Barney and Robin had wanted sometime alone, to themselves so they ended up going to the nearest beach. This beach also had a beach house, lighthouse and it was one of the cleanest beaches in Long Island. As they drove past to get to the beach, they saw a cute little church on the corner. At this point, they hadn't found anyone to marry them yet. They had thought about Sam, James's father to marrying them but they thought maybe it wouldn't be appropriate seeing that he's become family to Barney, even though Sam isn't Barney's real father he still thinks of him as a father figure in his life which is nice to have especially now when things in his life has changed so drastically since first meeting each other.
The church doors had been locked but there was a back door to the church that was unlocked so they went inside. The church was both small on the inside just like the outside, it was quaint, quiet and intimate like Barney and Robin had wanted for their wedding. There wasn't anyone around since it was almost 2 in the morning so they decided to walk around to see the rest of the church. They made sure to be as quiet as possible as they walked hand in hand through the small church.
"Wow, this is perfect. It's so perfect Barney just what we were looking for and wanting." Robin is beaming with a huge smile on her face this is the happiest she's ever been in her life and it feels like a dream that she never knew she wanted, until she met Barney.
"It really is." They are walking into the chapel and it's so small and cute like they thought it would be.
"I think we just found the place where we will be married. I love it and can't wait to marry you." Robin couldn't believe where her life is now. Just over a year ago she thought the only thing going good for her was her career, in a very slow pace that is. But, now she has her job which is where she always hoped it would go and she has Barney back after fighting and running from her feelings for years. She finally has the love of her life and is going to marry him. Her life has become something she never thought she would get to have but she is truly happy and completed in her life.
"Eight years ago, I never thought marriage or even commitment to someone was something I had to do. I thought I couldn't do a relationship because of the fears I had of being rejected but ever since I met you my life has changed. You made me believe in love, destiny all the crap that Ted had talked about since I met him. By being in my life and loving me like I shouldn't be loved gave me hope again in my life. I want to thank you for just being here, being with me, loving me as much as you do and for putting up with so much of my own crap through the years. I don't know how I got so lucky or how you actually love me but I love you for it." For the first time ever they are both in places in their lives where they are open, honest, true, and happier than ever before.
He takes her hands as they stand up at the alter looking in each others eyes beaming with all the hope and love that they have for one another at this very moment. At that very moment someone cleared their throat to get their attention because they were so eclipse in each other that they didn't know someone was standing watching them gaze at each other. It was like they're in their own little world and nothing else matters not even the minister standing there watching them.
"Oh, we're sorry we didn't even know you were there sir." Barney apologized for the both of them after a few minutes of not knowing he was there looking on at them look at each other.
"That's okay, you two looked really cute looking at each other while holding hands." The minister laughed and smiled at the loving couple in front of them still standing up at the alter.
"We just wanted to come in and see your church. We're about to get married and hadn't picked a location to have the wedding yet. We just love your church. We also don't have a minister to marry us either." Barney said as he held Robin's hand still in his smiling at the minister.
"Well, you came to the right place." The minister said extending his hand to shake Barney's then Robin's.
"Yeah, we also don't have a date either." Robin mentioned.
The three sat down in a pew discussing what Barney and Robin would like for their big day. The minister walked them through on how they wanted their ceremony to go, showed them the entire church from where they would get ready for the ceremony to the room where the guests would mingle before and after the ceremony. By the end of their discussion Barney and Robin also set a date.
"July 15th, we thought about two other dates but we wanted a summer wedding and I always dreamed of getting married in July." Robin always knew if she ever did get married it would be a summer wedding in July which Barney already knew about.
"Okay, so let me walk you through this one more time." The minister wanted to run down how the ceremony will go for them just to see if they wanted to make any changes.
"Nope, we love what we planned already. I don't see any problems to change, do you Robin?" Barney was sure that the ceremony is planned well, it was simple, very Barney and very Robin with a little touch of both of them. He didn't think anything needed to change it seemed all perfect in his eyes just like Robin.
"Nope, I don't what we have now is everything I dreamed about as a little girl." She is literally going back in time to that time when she had believed, still believed in finding the perfect guy for her but somewhere along the way she had stopped believing until Barney came into her life and changed her opinion back to the little girls who had hoped to someday find her prince charming.
Of course, their relationship was the charmingest, it was crazy to say the least but after everything they went through their love for each other was always there and it only got better after they realized how much they still did want to be together and still loved each other.
"Hey, babe… I think we just planned our wedding." They look at each other smiling brightly, happy that they finally finished planning their wedding, and planning it in just a half hours time.
"I think we did." Robin says kissing him for a minute before turning back to their minister.
"So, we agree everything is done there are no changes that need to be made with these plans." Barney told the minister.
"Okay, then it's set July 15th at 6 pm the ceremony will take place here in the church. I want to thank you for coming and picking this church to host your wedding." The minister, Charles Frances which is his name thanks the couple before Barney and Robin gets up to leave.
They had wanted to go to the beach, that was there destanation but ended up going to the church and planning their wedding. They didn't get to go to the beach as they wanted to but they did plan a really romantic wedding in only a half hour. They go back to Marshall and Lily's house which is where they were going to sleep for the night.
"Should we tell them tonight or wait till the morning?" Barney asked as they stepped out of the car to walk towards the house.
"Tomorrow, I don't want to hear Lily complaining about the fact that she didn't get to help plan the wedding or yelling at me for planning it without her. So, no we'll tell them tomorrow I'm happy right now I don't want anything ruining my mood." He agrees and they go inside the house.
The house was dark and quiet, it was almost 4 in the morning now so everyone is asleep which is good because neither of them wanted an awkward run in which only end up with Robin, Barney or both of them telling them that they planned their wedding without them. Barney and Robin go to the guest room quietly hoping nobody will hear them which nobody does. They go to bed happily resting in each others arms after long exhausting party and day they had. Luckily it's only going to be Sunday so they can sleep in a bit longer before leaving back to the city.