Act 3
Dining Room. Penny and Johnny are seated next to each other. Lily is seated next to Penny and Marshall is on her other side. Luke is seated between Marshall and Barney. Ted is seated next to Barney. There is an empty seat next to Ted. On the walls are various family photos from the Tracy years, the widower years, and the Robin years. Also on one of the walls is a blue French horn (aka Smurf penis).
Enter Robin with a bottle of champagne.
ROBIN: Champagne, anyone? Loire Valley!
ALL: [at various time] Sure. Thank you Robin.
[glasses are filled. Robin sits in the empty seat next to Ted and kisses his lips]
LILY: Aww that's so cute!
TED: So Penny, what's the big news?
PENNY: Well, Dad, you see…
TED: Wait a minute. My detective skills are still sharp! When you entered, you left hand was in your pocket. You only hugged Robin and me with your right arm. During the whole time you've been with us, you've been keeping your left hand in your left pocket. Right now only your right hand is on the table. You hand an accident with a finger on you left hand and you're trying to hide it. Luke, you're a doctor…
LUKE: Not for another couple of years Dad!
TED: Go check your sister's finger and put some first aid on it!
PENNY: You're right Dad. I had an accident today. I put this ring on my finger and I can't get it off! [Shows left hand with a ring on the ring finger]
[the crowd gasps in joy]
PENNY: Daddy, I'm engaged!
[the crowd claps and cheers]
TED: Oh my god! Congratulations, Penny! [looking at Johnny] Welcome to the family, son.
LILY: [in tears] I'm so happy for you, Penny! [Hugs Penny, Ted comes over to hug Penny]
ROBIN: [with a few tears] First, my step-daughter becomes a journalist, and now I will have a stepson-in-law who is a journalist. [Goes over to hug Penny and Johnny]
MARSHALL: [standing up with glass in hand] I want to raise a toast. First to Ted and Robin. For 10 wonderful years of marriage! And my finally winning my bet with Lily! Second to the newly engaged couple, Penny and Johnny! Cheers!
ALL: Cheers!
TED: I am so blessed! It's so wonderful that the entire family is here to celebrate this wonderful news.
[Penny looks down and sheds a few tears, Johnny embraces her she buries her eyes in his shoulder]
TED: Oh, Penny, don't cry! [hugging her too] I miss her [Tracy] too. We all miss her. But she's here in spirit. She must be smiling down from heaven right now and spreading the wonderful news to all her friends in heaven, including Max.
LILY: If you cry, Penny, I'll start crying too. [starts to sob. Marshall hugs her to calm her down]
ROBIN: [approaching Penny and hugging her] Don't cry dear. I miss her too, but we are all happy for you, and you should stay happy for Mom. She'd have wanted it. I think I know the perfect place for the wedding. Actually Mom and Dad originally wanted this type of wedding for themselves. [Turning to Ted] Ted, lets get her and Johnny married at a castle in France, the way you and Tracy originally wanted.
TED: I don't know, honey.
ROBIN: It will be perfect. Tracy touched all our lives, and we'll be able to feel her spirit there at the wedding. She'd be very happy to know that her daughter got the dream wedding that she could never really get around to.
PENNY: [smiling again] That's actually a great idea Robin. It would be very romantic. Johnny and I were thinking about going to Europe anyway for our honeymoon.
ROBIN: Also, I speak French fluently because of those compulsory French language classes I had to take as a kid back in Vancouver (I got all A's on them). You already have got an interpreter with you right here, so you don't have to worry about being treated like crap there.
MARSHALL: Ted, I think you should do it for Penny…and Tracy.
LILY: Come on Ted.
LUKE: Yeah, Dad. I think Mom would have loved it. It will definitely keep her spirit alive at the wedding.
BARNEY: Ted, go for it. That wedding will be legen…wait for it…dary!
ROBIN: Think about it honey. You have to teach that course on European architecture in the fall. So we could tour some of those different buildings and you could get some ideas for the syllabus. And if we could get Penny's wedding scheduled for July, you and I could celebrate my birthday in Paris together afterwards while the lovebirds are on their honeymoon.
TED: Yes, let's go for it!
[The crowd cheers. Ted pulls Robin towards him and exchanges a long passionate kiss with her]
MARSHALL: Oh god! Get a room you two!
TED: You should talk, Marshall! [continues kissing Robin]
[End of Act 3]