After I met your mother
Chapter VI
That summer was the best summer of my adult life. The weather had never been better in New York, and the city was a very lively and happy place to live over the course of the summer. Marshall and Lily came to stay in New York for just over a week, as the captain had allowed Lily a break because she had done a very good job in Italy. It was brilliant, Marshall, Lily, Tracy and I hanged out for the entire break, doing things which they would normally have done with Robin and Barney, who were in Morroco for this period of time, and Robin's job did no allow her a break in the summer. Barney did arrive a couple days after Lily and Marshall had left, because he wanted to spend a few days in New York. Barney seemed to be happy to be back in his favourite place in the world, New York has he had not been back at all for a couple months. Tracy and I were doing great, our relationship was turning into something bigger, and I knew that I loved her, but I didn't know when to tell her.
The summer was going brilliantly well, until I found out from my Mother that my Father had died in a plane crash over the pacific ocean. I had never felt so sad in my entire life. I did not see him that many times since the divorce, I only saw him once every 5 months in the final 4 years of his life. I went to his funeral which was held in Ohio, and Tracy accompanied me, as well, Marshall and Lily. Barney and Robin payed there condolences over the phone. I was so happy that Tracy was there as she gave me the courage to step up and talk to everyone about my Father. At the end, the emotion took hold of me however, and I cried at the end of my speech. I stayed in Ohio for a couple of weeks after the funeral, but afterwards I left Cleaveland behind and went back to New York. I went back to work a few days later. I really enjoyed teaching arcitecture to young, aspiring arcitectures of the future, and that kept my mind of my father for a while. Tracy took care of me, and I loved her more than ever, as took care of me through my time of trouble. It was around that time when I told her that I loved her, I cornered her and told her," Tracy I just want to let you know that I really appriciate that you took care of me after my dad died, I love you." I finished.
"Oh my god, I love you too!" She told me tearfully, "I love you so much Ted."
Robin and Barney came to say hello in New York, we decided to have a beer in Mclarens bar a few weeks after this, telling me about there adventures in all of these different countries. Barney decided that he would not accompanie Robin back to Morroco the following day, saying that," I need some time to relax in New York, I've only been here once in the past 2 and a half months, I need some time back here." Barney told Robin truthally, which she accepted. Robin had become a star in World Wide News, she was working to becoming there number one anchor in the entire organisation, It was hard to believe that only a couple of years ago, that she nearly got deported back to Canada and now that she was such a big star. I remember that season the Cavaliers had done terribly that season, not reaching the play offs. I was boosted with the news that they were resigning Lebron James back to the Cavs as a free agent. I told Marshall this excitedly over the phone and he said that only last week, I was calling him a idiot. I ignored marsall telling me this and I went over to Tracy's house soon afterwards, where she told me that she was starting a charity to end poverty. I was so proud of her for fulfilling her dream to do this, and I suppored her through the early days of the Charity, while working at the College full time.
At the end of the summer, I met Stewart at Mclarens to catch up, and I tagged Tracy along with me. Stewart and Claudia were having a child, a boy and he asked me to be the Childs godparent. I obviously accepted, and I met the young boy a couple days later at Stewart's and Claudia' apartment.
We all got very drunk that night, and it took me a full day to recover from my hangover, which was much worse than Tracy's who did not get as bad hangovers as me, which I was very jealous about.
By the end of the summer, I was spending more and more time at Tracy's house, as we got deeper into our relationship. She and I both got very excited when we found a penny from 1937 on the subway and sold it for a few hundreds of dollars. We went out for a very expensive meal afterwards, and it was the highest acclaimed restaurant in the whole of New York.
I kept in touch with Marshall and Lily pretty much everyday while they were in Italy, and Lily was only a few months away from giving brith to their second child. I kept in touch with Barney and Robin occasionally when they were abroad, but it was difficult to keep in touch with them because Robin was turning into a workaholic.
The burger place which Marshall found and the gang loved, the door with the red and green neon sign that said Burger branched out and became a franchise. There were 4 in New York In total, and the public became crazy for these burgers because they were more delicious than any burger tasted in New York forever.
Once September rolled along, I waited in suspense for GTA 5 to come out. Marshall, Barney and I played that game so much over the years, and I was waiting in anticipation for it. When it did come out, Tracy played it together until it was completed, and I surprised that she enjoyed it even more than I.