Chapter 6- Where did she go?
A/N: Today is the day! A little less than 5 hours to go until the wedding while I am writing this note to you! I am hoping to update twice today, once in celebration of the wedding, and once in celebration of Ted! Here is your wedding present! It is a little short, but it really needs to be its own chapter. The next one is quite long, so it makes up for it. Hopefully I will have time to finish editing before midnight!
Now Barney is just feeling worse about the whole situation. "Well, Lily was really no help." He wonders what he is going to do about this now. It has been an hour, and he doesn't have a clue where Robin is. He tries to call her, but with no luck, as he hears her cell ringing from the bedroom. He calls the bar and the shooting range, but has no success there either. 'Where else would Robin go? Maybe she tried to find Lily. Lily would be the first person that Robin would seek out in a situation like this, if she felt like talking. So he calls Marshall to see if she showed up there looking for her.
"Hey Marshall," Barney sighs.
"Hey buddy. Lily on her way back yet?" Marshall asks casually.
"Yeah, she just left. Did Robin happen to stop by, by any chance?"
"No, I haven't seen her."
There are a few moments of silence.
"Okay. Hey Marshall? Can I ask you a question?" Barney proceeds cautiously.
"Sure. What's up?"
"If I were to say that Lily was sick, was moody, needed to pee more than usual, was tired, was craving weird foods and her boobs were bigger, what would you say?"
"WHY? DID YOU SEE THESE? IS LILY PREGNANT AGAIN? OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT! AND WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT LILY'S BOOBS AGAIN? OH MY..."
"MARSHALL!" Barney has to shout to bring Marshall back down to earth. "I'm not saying that, Marshall, no. Calm down for a minute. And thanks for answering my question."
"Huh? What question?" Marshal questions, very confused at Barney's statement.
"Those are pregnancy symptoms," Barney states obviously.
"Yeah, of course. Every father knows that." Marshall digests the information for a moment. "Wait. Why are you asking?"
"I think Robin might be pregnant."
There are a few moments of stunned silence on the other side of the line as Marshall gasps for air. He has no idea what to say to that.
"Uh. Barney?" Marshall squeaks out, using all of the air he can find.
"Yeah?"
"Just be really careful with Robin if you decide to approach her with that idea." Marshall tries to say it cautiously. He doesn't really want to get involved in this. This is the kind of thing that Lily does, not him.
"Uh, too late," Barney says with a nervous laugh and a cringe.
"Never mind then." Marshall is just happy to walk away from this conversation.
"What do you mean, Marshall?" Barney questions.
"Never mind Barney. I think you really need to talk to Robin about this, not me."
"That's funny. That's what Lily said too." Barney starts to wonder if there is some sort of conspiracy going on against him. But in all honesty, he doesn't like to feel like work has bled into his personal life.
"Haha. That's because we are one person," Marshall says awkwardly. He really would like to end this conversation. "But seriously Barney. You need to talk to Robin."
"Ok." Barney sighs. "I will. If she ever comes back."
"I'm sorry Barney. She will come back." Marshall is convinced that she will be back. He knows what they have is real, even if they are a bit unconventional.
"Bye, Marshall. And thanks."
"You're welcome. Bye, Barney."