Barney's favorite part of the day was walking Robin home. Make no mistake; his nights with her were an even second. But walking with Robin made even his crappiest days' worth the trouble.

So now, as Barney walked in comfortable silence with Robin, he could feel- literally feel- the rubbish of the day float away and disincarnate as if it were never there.

Even Robin, after her stressful day, laughed as Barney hummed Hey Jude, maybe the most sickeningly sweet song ever written.

Without even realizing they'd started singing, snapping to attention they realized they were singing at the top of their lungs. Not bothered to stop, they sang until they were to their home.

Neither could speculate when it turned into their home, but all of Robin's things were already there. Both were perfectly comfortable with this arrangement already. Why ruin a good thing? That was always Robin's motto.

"Ya know what Lily told me today?" Robin broke into Barney's chorus of Na -Na -Na -Na –Na -Na- Na

"Hmm?"

"She said I was jealous. Of Meg! Can you believe that?"

Barney scoffed with her. "Jealous? Robin Scherbatsky?" He waved his hand in dismissal.

"Right! It's absolutely ridiculous!" She paused. "You don't... um, you don't think that, do you?"

"Why would I think that?" Robin shot him a look. "Alright, alright, Meg is beautiful and awesome and all but I chose you. And I'd choose you again… and again, and again, and…"

Robin laughed and Barney leaned in to kiss her. After their lips had separated, Barney casually broke the silence by talking again.

"So, as long as we're being honest here, Meg is hanging out with all of us tonight." He drew his face back slightly, nervous of her reaction.

"Okay," she spoke thoughtfully, "But, if we're both being honest, I may be just a little-like really little- jealous of Meg…"

"You're jealous? Wow, Scherbatsky, you really do like me," he answered smugly.

"Shut up! At least I can sing on key!"

He laughed and sang, as awfully as he could, and she of course joined.

"And ANYtime you feel the pAin, hey Jude, refrain"
Don't carRY the world uPOn your sHOulders
For wELL you know tHAT it's a FOol who plAys it cool
By mAKing his wORld a little coldER
NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA…"

Barney and Robin were, for once, the first ones to Puzzles. This meant premium goofing off time. Barney of course "amazed" Robin with his magic tricks. Robin laughed and teased Barney; always back to their usual banter.

For some odd reason Robin kept pulling crazy faces at Barney, which they both cracked up at. Sometimes it was insane how childish they could be, especially with each other.

Lily and Marshall walked in at right about the time Robin was sticking her tongue out and crossing her eyes at Barney, who was making bubbles in his beer with his straw. When Ted walked in, he also started laughing with the other four at the antics of his friends.

Then Meg came in.

"Hi Barney!" she danced her fingers both and forth. "Who are your friends?"

"Meg, this is Ted, Marshall, Lily, and you remember Robin." He pointed at each of them, and at their turn they smiled and waved.

Ted was the only one who actually stood up, unless you counted Marshall, who tried to stand but was pushed back down by his wife. It was clear Lily was on team Robin.

"Hi, I'm Ted. It's really great to meet you."

"Hi," she blushed back. Robin turned to Barney and mimicked throwing up.

"So, I hear you work with Barney. What do you do over there?"

"Erm… nothing much, rise and grind, is it Friday yet? Am I right?" she mumbled nervously.

"Sounds fun?" he answered uncertainly.

Meg bit her lip, unsure of how to continue. Her eyes lit up when she finally thought of something. "Hey Ted, how much does a polar bear weigh?"

"I believe it's around a 1,000 pounds for a male, and-"

"No, silly! Enough to break the ice!"

Ted and Meg had a good laugh about that one, while the rest of the group looked at each other and pinched their faces together in nausea.

Robin pursed her lips. "Hey, Ted," she cut in, "remember when I told you that really funny joke?"

"Um, no, remind me?"

"Remember, we were walking down the street and that guy had a ridiculous striped hat on and I said 'That guy's hat is really stupid.'" She laughed. "Remember?"

Meg was the first to respond, "Wow, Robin, good one…"

"Glad you think so, Meg. You know what? We should have a joke off. Come on, you and me."

"Alright, sounds fun!"

Barney pulled Robin aside and whispered something to her, to which she responded with a soft "No, no! It's fine!"

"Alright, I've got one," Meg interrupted. "What did the green grape say to the red one? … Breathe, idiot, BREATHE!"

"Okay, my turn," Robin started after the others, but mostly Ted, stopped laughing. "Why did the cookie go to the hospital? … Because he felt crummy!"

"Cricket, cricket," Ted broke in after a period of silence. "Sorry Robin, Meg wins, hands down!"

Robin crossed her arms over her chest and frowned. Walking over to the bar with Barney, she simply stated, "I won."

"Yeah, you did." He leaned over to kiss her forehead before jumping over the bar to help out for a while.

As Robin walked back to the booth, she saw Meg had taken her spot. She may have let her hand slip as she passed Meg and some beer spilled out on her. She jumped up and screamed. Robin rolled her eyes; it was only a little beer, big deal. "Oops," Robin added somewhat sarcastically.

Wiping her hands down her dress Meg screeched. "You did that on purpose!"

"No I didn't!"

"Well I didn't do this on purpose," Meg grabbed the pint and poured it over Robin's brown hair. Robin shrieked and threw a couple more drinks before Barney jumped back over the bar.

"What happened- oh…" he started and finished seeing an empty pitcher in Meg's hand and two soaked and fuming girls.

"Hoser!" Robin tried to jump past Barney.

"You started it! Barney, I knew your girlfriend was crazy, but she- she is a real piece of work!" And with that Meg stormed out.

Robin's breathing was heavy with anger, but Barney stayed calm through it all.

"Let's get you home, okay?" He lifted her chin up and kissed her beer-soaked forehead.

She opens her mouth to say something, but instead closed it and nodded.

This was one walk home that Barney would not enjoy.