A few bottles of wine, some scotch and some confessions brought them here. It was a stupid decision, they both knew they were going way over their own conscience reasoning behind why they ended up in this chapel in Vegas. A night of memories and a lot of drinking would make them do something stupid. A rash decision on the highs of emotions would liking do that to anyone. Or, maybe just the two most crazy, insane, unexpected people like them. But this isn't like nothing Barney and Robin have done before. They might be a little drunk, a little alone, a little sad and a lot out of their minds. But, a lot of alcohol and confessions wouldn't make them both do something rash right? Like getting married...
It's 3 in the morning, Robin and Barney had gone back to his apartment. The same apartment she once called her home, their home... had changed a little bit. In the living room, the once dark and gray walls are now painted white. The couch that once was black leather and very comfortable had been replaced by a beige and white leather couch but this one has a pull out bed. The blinds to the windows that once were black are now an off white color and weirdly they were open, Barney used to keep the blinds to all the windows in the apartment closed but Robin was taken aback when seeing the blinds open. The kitchen had been redone too, the counter top that once was black marble is now a white marble. The refrigerator that once was black and silver is now white but in the same model that the black one was. By the door to the balcony where the Stormtrooper used to be stood a book shelve that also held DVDs. Robin wondered what happened to the Stormtrooper and most importantly what the hell happened to Barney Stinson cause this isn't him.
This new Barney Stinson still wore suits, he still knew how to make her smile and laugh at his jokes. But, this apartment that she once called her home had become a completely different place. A place she never thought would change actually did. The man is still the man she loves but his fortress isn't anymore which was apart of who Barney Stinson is or in this case was. It's really weird to see that this wonderful apartment that was cozy but dark turn into something more homey and family oriented.
"Wow, what happened to the Fortress and what did you do to it and most importantly why?" Barney just handed her another fresh drink then sat down next to her on his new white sofa and takes a drink of his own drink then answers.
"Truth?" He asks raising his eyebrow seeing if she really wants to know the answer to this. It's a shocker, probably the most shocking thing she will ever hear but when she nods her head yes he knows she wants to know the answer.
"Okay, well after we divorced I had become a little depressed so after you officially moved out and started traveling I became lonely and started to miss you being here. I needed to take my mind off of you so I wanted to make a change in my life that I should have done along time ago. Maybe when we were engaged and about to get married but after you left I asked myself what will I do now so I..." he puts his glass down on the coffee table then turns to Robin facing her eye to eye.
"I kind of freaked out a little bit and went a little nuts smashing and breaking things. I was so mad at myself for letting the only person in my life that I love walk away without thinking twice about what that would do to me. So, I kind of destroyed everything I owned minus my big screen TV and my suits of course." Robin's sitting there listening to Barney confess the worst thing she's ever heard realizing that she wasn't the only one melting down from their sudden divorce.
She desperately wants to grab him and hug him but she doesn't instead she listens to Barney go on about his misery and heartbreak she caused him by leaving him.
"I, wanted a change but didn't know what to do that or where to go so one day in the mist of my crazy mind I went nuts and bought new things for the apartment. I missed you terribly and that''s why everything in the apartment now is new." This makes her want to cry but being the strong Scherbatsky she is doesn't allow herself to explode in tears confessing her own worst nightmare from their split.
"And, the Stormtrooper? Where's the big guy?" She had to ask the one thing that's been on her mind since entering his apartment.
"I put him in storage. Along with the Samurai sword and the brocode they are all gone." He doesn't mention that he's writing a new book, a new playbook but this time for people going through breakups and divorcing and it has nothing to do with running plays it's just a guide for everyone who's going through a tough breakup and needs something to make them believe in something again.
"You still have our storage?" Robin had thought that Barney stopped using that storage unit when they divorced but turns out he didn't.
"I still have it, that was my unit before we made it ours so of course keeping it was the only option." Robin had put some of her stuff in the storage too after they were settled and married which is still there untouched along with the stuff in the big box from their relationship. Both had put something from their relationship inside that box, the more they were together the more things they put inside it. After they divorced the memories of their relationship was still resting in that box in the storage unit.
"Wow, I'm shocked that you did this to the fortress but it looks nice." She said taking along sip of her scotch.
"This isn't the only room I had done I did both bathrooms and both bedrooms. Yes, I use the second bedroom as a guest room or a playroom for the kids. James and Tom are here a lot with the kids and sometimes Marshall and Lily ask me to babysit so I use the second room for them." Barney takes along sip of his own drink and as he's drinking Robin's just looking at him.
Gosh, she might be a little drunk right now but damn she just remembered why she never got over the divorce. She's still in love with this man and damn it she won't ever be over this man. This is the man she fell in love with. The true, wonderful, amazing Barney Stinson who stole a little piece of her heart since she met him.
"Hey, can I see the bedroom?" Robin takes herself out of the daze she's been in to ask to see the bedroom. It had been quiet between them since Barney revealed to her that he's been unhappy since they split up but to break the tension this is the only thing that Robin knows will get him to smile, which he did immediately when she asked this.
"Sure." Barney's simple answer took them both to the bedroom, the very bedroom that was once their bedroom.
They enter the bedroom and Robin notices that walls are white like the living room and there's a new dresser, two new nightstands, one lamp and a new bed.
"After we split, I had to get rid of my bed cause it had too many memories of you. You and me so the more I kept lying in that bed or looking at it made me angry so I bought a new one." These confessions are killing her, little by little a little piece of her heart breaks every time Barney shares a little more of his newly decorated home it's unbearable, heartbreaking to witness. The tears she tried to hold inside her eyes started to fall and soon she can't control what she does next...