So, I wanted to continue this story but I'm not sure if I should continue with it. I want to ask my readers if I should continue this because this chapter would be the end of this story so if you like this story and think I should continue with it please give me your opinions. Thanks...
Maybe, it was the alcohol that brought them here? Or maybe it was just the fact that they had just confessed to each other all the things that they kept inside themselves for 4 years maybe even more. But, the more they kept talking about memories, the past, their wedding, the sadness they both lived after their divorce was final, it was all these things wrapped up in one big box of memories. Memories, they both seemed to not let go of in these four years. But, they are here, in front of the small white chapel in Vegas waiting for the guy in front of them to start the quickest and most fastest wedding ceremony ever. It was in the heat of the moment and a bottle of champagne that was saved for their sixth wedding anniversary. Barney, had kept the bottle hidden in back of his closet since they had returned from their honeymoon. The bottle was a gift from Robin's dad, they put the bottle in back of the closet but both didn't forget that they still had that bottle. So, on this night Barney took the bottle out just to share it with Robin after they both shared a little bit of the heartbreak that they were both living since the divorce.
He, took the bottle out and uncorked it pouring one glass for Robin and himself. He hands her one and puts the bottle down on the floor. They are sitting on the end of the bed, Robin had just confessed one of the biggest most painful times of her life after Barney had revealed to her that he had destroyed all of the things in the apartment and bought new things after he had a meltdown over letting the best and only thing in life that made him happy go. So, now they are here awaiting for the small ceremony to begin. They are gazing in each others eyes, smiling as they did at their first wedding.
She, poked around her purse to find the thing she was looking for. She, had left her purse on the couch so she paused the conversation she was having with Barney to go to the living room to get her purse then returned with said purse in her hands. Barney, was still sitting on the bed. He had taken out the box from their relationship, the one that he had since their first breakup and had kept ever since because parting with it was never going to happen, ever. So, they had both put things from the time they reunited and got engaged to the last thing they ever put inside it… Their marriage license and their divorce papers, in which Barney had put inside it after Robin moved out so she had no idea he even wanted to save those, since clearly from what she's been told tonight was heartbreaking after he told her that he had destroyed his apartment after a major breakdown due to their divorce.
She, returns to the bedroom and sits back down next to Barney on the bed. The box of the things from their relationship is in the back of them. She, never showed anyone this and every time she was around someone who knew her or Barney and their relationship (mostly the gang) because if anyone knew she still kept this they would know that she still has feelings for Barney. At, the time after they divorce she was a mess, something nobody knew but her so Barney's breakdown wasn't just him who broke down after the divorce. But, every time she thought she would have a breakdown herself she would either put this around her neck or if she had it on around her neck, she would take it and wrap it around her fingers tightly holding it against her heart. And, it was for a year in a half of doing this. She, stopped only recently doing this because she told herself she needed to try and move on…
"So, I had gone through a rough period of time after we divorced. I was in such a deep pain that I couldn't seem to give this away or back to you. Since, we weren't really talking much after we finalized the divorce. I was in a lot of pain and tried to push it away by working constantly to take my mind off of the biggest mistake of my life. It, was only recently, well not so recent but more like a year ago that I told myself I had to try and move on and so I took this piece of jewelry off where it was for a year and a half, which was around my neck." The, next thing she does is pull out a chain, a white gold chain and at the end of it was a round gold band: a wedding band and another ring. Her, engagement ring. They were resting side by side together on the chain now out of her purse and in the palm her her hand.
"Y-you kept these?" He asks, shocked to see that she still has her wedding ring and her engagement ring on the end of the chain.
He, never expected her to keep her rings. After, they finalized the divorce they had gone their separate ways. Robin, had moved out but she never gave back the engagement ring and the wedding ring hadn't come off her finger for another couple of months after the divorce. She, didn't have the heart to take off either ring, but she took off the engagement ring and placed it on the chain that is now resting in Barney's hand. But, the wedding ring she kept on her finger pretending that she was still married. That, they were still married, that Barney was still her husband, that he was still waiting for her at their home. But, for two months she had kept the ring around her finger not able to take it off.
When, she was stationed in Cuba after her assignment in Argentina ended. There was a uproar of the government in which the U.S was trying to establish the agreement between the two countries. She, was assigned to cover all of that and some other things going on in the government of Cuba. The ring, was still on her finger as a bomber had blown up some stores around a farmers market. She, was so terrified that she had wanted to call Barney, the only person she had wanted to talk to because he was the only person who could calm her down when she gets scared, or worried, or is feeling unsafe and vulnerable. It's, only been two months since the divorce but when the bomb went off killing more than 50 people and injuring 70 more. The, first thing she wanted to do was call Barney. But, then when she realized she couldn't do that anymore because they were divorce and not speaking to each other. She, couldn't call him, then she noticed the ring on her finger that she couldn't take off. She, sighs looking at her finger and the ring resting safely upon it.
"I have to do it." She says to herself, finally realizing for the first time since the divorce that she needs to take it off. Even, if she's terrified of what just happened around her and wants to call Barney. She, can't. So, finally she takes off the ring and then puts it on the necklace. The two rings clinged together, then she took the necklace and put it inside her purse. It had, stayed in her purse until she starts to think about Barney and the biggest mistake of her life. Anytime, she felt lonely and missed him she would take the chain out from her purse and put it around her neck. But, finally one day she just gave up taking the rings that were inside her purse and then putting them around her neck leaving the chain around her neck and didn't take it off for another year. It, was 2018 when she finally took it off again, this time for good.
"When, I was feeling lonely, or sad, or overwhelmed, or was thinking about you and us I would take this necklace and put it on. After, I hadn't taken off my wedding ring after two months after we finalized the divorce. I was in a very bad and dark place back then, I had gone on assignment after Argentina to Cuba where there was this bomb that went off near where I was doing a report." He looks at her with this horrified look on his face. "But, don't worry nothing happened to me. 50 people did die in that explosion but I wasn't hit or anything." He thanks god for not having anything bad happen to her even if it was at a time when they weren't talking and he was still bitter and upset over the divorce. He, would've died himself a little if something bad happened to her or happens to her because he still loved and cared for her.
"It, wasn't until later that day that I finally decided it was time to take my wedding ring off. After, two months of feeling sad, lonely and lost. That, explosion finally allowed me to finally try and move on and that was my first step to trying to move on from you. But, I didn't really move on because I kept those rings on the chain in my bag and then I put it back on one day and didn't take it off until last December. The reminder of our engagement anniversary and all those memories from our Christmases together had flooded back to my mind. I cried sleepless nights for three years, trying desperately to move on and try to forget the biggest mistake of my life." She, was in tears now as they looked at each other realizing that they had both gone through a lot of painful times because they were not over one another which he understands because he wasn't over her either and that's why he broke down and ruined all of his things and bought new things to replace all the memories of her.
"Robin, if I knew you were that hurt and sad over us giving up so fast I would have told you that I was still in love with you and I would have jumped on any plane to go wherever you were to be with you. I had, missed you so much, I was so lost without you. My, life should have gone back to normal, the normal I lived before I fell so completely crazy in love with you. But, all I did was destroy all of my things in my apartment that reminded me of you. I was really upset and felt emotionally dead inside because I let the only person in my life I loved get away. The only person I ever truly loved, and I regretted it ever since." It's, been along day and night and in the midst of the memories and alcohol from earlier this evening and when they came back to his apartment. It was all so fast, everything coming out now of all times after they were at Ted's wedding. Was, a little overwhelming but in the mist of all the emotion, Robin did something she never would have thought would happen when she decided to attend the wedding.
"I regret, this we should have never gotten divorced. If I knew we were going to be both miserable and unhappy I wouldn't have even asked you if you wanted out of our marriage. In fact, I wouldn't have brought it up at all. If, I knew how much letting you go would emotionally destroy me I would have done something different, like we could've gone to counseling or something. So, if I knew all of this before we signed on these papers I would have stopped to think about what that would do to me." She, says taking the divorce papers that was resting on top of the box behind them. It was the last thing that Barney had put inside it, so the papers were on top of all the other things in the box. Robin, didn't know until just a few minutes ago that those papers were in the box and that Barney put them in there, even if they're a bad memory for him and them it was still a memory that Barney doesn't want to ever forget, because if he did forget it it would mean he forgets about her and that's never going to happen.
The next thing they knew was that they were kissing. She was holding the divorce papers in her hand with tears coming quick and fast down her face, the papers getting a little wet from her tears. But, in this moment both knew the amount of regret that came after they finalized this piece of paper. Years, of misery, regret, sadness, loneliness and both trying to forget and move on. But, neither did and now they're here sitting on his bed, his new bed because the old one reminded him too much of what he let slip through his fingers.
Just, like their first kiss it was slow but new, and also very familiar. Unlike, their first kiss that night they watched Sandcastles In The Sand video, it wasn't new as in they're just discovering how to kiss each other. It, was like their second kiss in the hospital when all the frustration and feelings came out when they admitted that they were in love to each other. It, was new as in the kiss felt fresh, like she had been away for a couple of months and just came back home. It felt more like a reunion kiss, that seemed to last for quite sometime before they broke apart from both their lips and the hold around each other. Smiling, as their foreheads are pressed together. After, realizing that they were still in love they couldn't go back again to denying that they are fine and happy being apart. They, couldn't hold back anymore, they both know it and both want it.
"Let's get married." After, they kissed their foreheads still pressed against each other. Barney, was a bit out of breath but couldn't hold back anymore. They, both felt it when they kissed, both felt it before they kissed, and both felt it for years even before their first kiss. But, both knew they couldn't wait anymore, because waiting any longer would not be healthy because they kept these feelings from each other for four years it was time to fix what they thought was broken but fixable. They felt it after so long being apart, they were home again. It felt like she was home again.
She, was breathing heavy against his forehead but his words were heard loud and clear. The, next thing she knew was that she said "We're already married, just not on paper. But, yes I will marry you." They laugh and kiss again, this time much longer than just a bit ago, so long that they knock the box off the bed where it was for the last two hours onto the floor. Barney, took the paper she was holding from her hand before they kissed and ripped it up crumbling it into a ball and throwing it towards his trash can. It, landed outside of the can but still those papers do not exist to them now.
That's how they ended up in the little white chapel in Vegas just a few hours later. They first, had to start off their little reunion Barney & Robin style in other words making love until early the next morning. They, hop onto a plane two hours later wearing their wedding rings and her wearing her engagement ring because it is her ring and nobody elses.
"Are, we really doing this?" She tells him, they were in the back of the chapel looking over a book with types of ceremonies to have for their ceremony.
They, had arrived at their hotel an hour earlier checking in and getting in a quickie before heading down to the chapel a block a way from their hotel. They, both couldn't believe they were doing this, after four years of being apart and regretting the divorce (or what they want to think of it as a brief break from each other) with a lot of regret and a lot of love still there for the both of them. They, head to the chapel with a new marriage license and one goal in mind… to, get married for the second time after being apart and in misery for four painful years.
"I think so." He, says smiling back at her. They, were flipping through the ceremony book looking for one that both actually like and want to use for their ceremony waiting to be called for the next ceremony to take place.
"Are, you really sure about this because we don't really have to get married this soon after getting back together only yesterday?" Barney, knew that they wanted to do this but he was still not sure if they should be doing this so soon after just getting back together after being really emotional and kind of a little bit drunk just 24 hours earlier.
"I want to do this. I mean, we have both been miserable for all these year thinking about one another and feeling deep regrets over ending out marriage so soon. But, if you think it's too soon, we just did get back together a few hours ago. We, don't have to be so quick to get married. We, could just be I don't know boyfriend and girlfriend?" Which, seems a little odd to be saying since both admitted that they are still kind of married just not on paper. She, wanted to be sure too but knows it might be too fast and too soon since getting back together only the day before on very high emotions and some alcohol which do not mix well if you think about it.
"Boyfriend and girlfriend? Robin, please we are not ever going to be just boyfriend and girlfriend again. We're passed that, aren't we?" This, is really odd to think about or even mention because they weren't even boyfriend and girlfriend or even together when they got engaged before.
"I guess so. We, did get engaged when we weren't together I guess it makes sense that we're doing this again in this kind of way. But, I just want to be sure about this." She, says in a low kind of whispery voice with her hand lingering on his leg rubbing it slowly. She, wanted to be sure about doing this, it just seems so rushed and too soon into their reunion to be jumping on a plane to get married without really thinking about all the reasons why their last marriage had failed.
"I am sure. Look, I know that our marriage ended because we weren't sure about if we should be together or not and not communicating well with each other. But, I am sure about the fact that I've never stopped loving you and I want to be married to you. Plus, it's kind of obvious by now since you were wearing your rings for the last four years. You, still love me and I still love you so yes I want to do this and I am 100% sure that I want to make you my wife again." She, looks at him almost in tears but she doesn't cry she just smiles and leans in to kiss him.
"Mr. Scherbatsky, let's get married." She, tells him after they broke the kiss. Using, this nickname again brought back memories for both of them and they realized that this time, it's forever.
They, know that after being apart for four years and still being deeply in love. They, knew it was going to last this time and they were both hundred percent sure that they want to get married again. So, that's just what they did…
"Robin Scherbatsky and Barney Stinson?" They look up when their names were called, and jumped up excitedly in giggly laughs as they held hands and entered the small area where you get married in.
It, was now and forever because that's what both want and has wanted for four years since they made that drastic decision to end their marriage. If, they never reunited they would have walked the earth still hurting over each other and still full of regrets over how their marriage ended and how their relationship crumbled because they didn't communicate with each other and held things inside for along time. But, now it was now or forever but forever is what they both want and are sure about.
So, they get married again after four years of being apart and just like their first wedding they recite the same vows they did at their first wedding, just with a little bit added on to what they said the last time they did this.
"Barney, I know we've had out problems. We've had more problems and issues than most people and couples, but somehow we've never faltered on our love for each other. I have loved you for along time, longer than I can remember but in all those times not once I had stopped falling for you. You, not only make me laugh and smile, but you make me feel good about myself. You, are the only person who understands me and knows me better than anyone and yet you stood by me even when I didn't hold up my end of our bargain, meaning the last few months of our last marriage. But, you always supported me and understood that I need my independence, you loved me for who I was and I love you more every day because of how much you cared, loved and supported me. When, we reunited only just yesterday, I had been completely sad and unhappy for four years before that I had missed my best friend more and more as time passed by. I, had lost not only my best friend but my emotional and personal support and guidance. I lost my partner. I was always so afraid to allow myself to love someone because that meant allowing someone else to see my true self. But, I allowed for you to see both my good side and my bad side and yet you didn't care, you loved me for who I am and that's why I fell in love with you.
You, are not only my best friend, but you are also my partner in crime and in life, you are the love of my life and those years we've spent apart were the most miserable of my life and the times when we were together were some of the best times of my life. You, are so fun to be around and the light of my life, you never seemed to take me for granted or put me on a pedestal and you never really complained about how I lived my life. You, were always there for me and it took me years to realize this because I told myself not to trust you, trust in you because you had already stolen my heart." As, she's saying this his eyes are getting blurry through his tears. He, never knew that he was the only person who had stolen her heart and he realized that it's the same for him too. She, stole his heart too and he will never forget, regret or stop loving her because he wouldn't know how to.
As, she finishes her vows through her own tears. Robin, had just told him that she had loved him since she met him which weren't said at their first wedding. And, she also told him that she regretted her freakout at their first wedding right before they got married and she has regretted doing that since.
After, she finishes her vows Barney then says his.
"Robin, Scherbatsky. I love you with all of my heart and soul, I don't even know when I didn't love you but now I know that I've always loved you since I met you, I just didn't know it for a few years. But, I do and have for along time, you had brought this light into my once dark, sad and pitiful single life and showed me that I can be in a relationship, showed me that it isn't hard to fall in love but still be a little bad at the whole commitment/relationship thing. But, you are not only my partner, but you are also the love of my life and I have never loved anyone as much as I love you. So, thank you for coming into my life and changing it for the better. I love you more and more with each day and I wouldn't know what to do with my life if you weren't in it, and for a while you weren't and in that time I was lost. Lost, alone, sad, and hurting over losing my best friend. I was in such pain then, but now you came into my life again and I never ever want to lose you again, I just can't have that happen. So, with that I will just say thanks for marrying me again you made me the happiest man on earth for the second time."
He smiles, as he finishes what he wanted to say. The ceremony starts to come to an end and soon they were pronounced husband and wife.
"Wow, we did it."
"We're married, again."
They, say when they get to the main hallway of the chapel. Holding, hands and smiling widely finally after four years apart they're back together, happy and it's going to stay that way. Even, if there are problems ahead, they will get through them together because they only need each other to truly be happy.