How I Met Your Mother is kind of my obsession right now. It's literally (and I do mean literally, not figuratively. Just watched that episode, haha) killing me that a new episode wasn't on this week. So, in order to offset that I started a story! Yay! I don't think this one is going to be very long. Maybe 5-6 chapters at most. I have a tendency to start stories and never finish them, which is why I'm making this one short. I already have the whole thing planned out, and have ever since The Rebound Girl ended actually. I just haven't been able to get it down yet. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if any of the characters are OOC or if you completely hated it. I accept any type of review good or bad. Okay, I'm done talking. On with the story…

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own How I Met Your Mother, despite how much I wish I did.

"I'm pregnant." And Barney didn't say anything, he glanced over at Robin who was bouncing her leg nervously. He could tell she didn't mean to say that, although even if he didn't know Robin at all he would know she didn't mean to say that.

There's never really a good time for that phrase to come out of woman's mouth, at least in Barney's mind, but locked in a bathroom of your friend's house on Thanksgiving with the woman you recently cheated on your significant other with and then said girl rejected you in favor of her boyfriend doesn't come to mind as even close to a good time to open that can of worms. Barney swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat, he had to know.

"Did you talk to Kevin yet?" He asked clearing his throat awkwardly.

"We, uh, we actually never, we were taking things slow." Robin sputtered out shifting on the edge of the tub.

"Oh," he said trying to decide how he felt about the new information. On one hand, he and Ted had just discussed the idea of bro-parenting, but that was just a joke. It's not like they were seriously going to adopt a baby together. He liked the idea in theory, but in practice the idea made him a little nervous. Okay, really nervous. He stood up and paced around the room, as much as one could pace in a bathroom that small. They both sat, well she sat and he stood, in the bathroom together, not talking. Barney was unsure he had ever been a situation full of this much tension. It was clear that neither of them knew what to say, so they sat there.

He honestly wasn't sure whether or not he was thankful when Lily knocked on the door telling Robin she better get the hell out of there. He had too many thoughts swimming in his head to even register the look of confusion on Lily's face when he was the one to open the door.

Part of him, the old Barney, wanted to bolt. He wanted to run as far as he possibly could. Away from Robin, away from this baby, and away from what his life was becoming. But the new Barney wanted to stick it out. This Barney wanted to promise Robin he would be there through everything, no matter what her decision was because he loved her; even after she came to the bar with Kevin, because she was still Robin. At this point, though, he wasn't sure which part of him was winning. He was feeling beyond conflicted. When he looked at Robin, the new Barney definitely put up a good fight; but when he actually thought about it, there was no way he could do this.

Dinner was awkward, to say the least. Well, it was awkward for him and for Robin. They had barely spoken since they left the bathroom, they didn't even look up from their plate. Barney knew Lily knew that something was going on between them, especially by the way she kept looking between the two. Finally, he chanced a glance across the table at Robin who was staring at him and suddenly old Barney came rushing back. He couldn't sit here like everything was okay when he could barely breathe without hyperventilating. He played with the food on his plate for a few more minutes before pushing it away completely. He, literally, could not sit here. He got up from his chair and mumbled some sort of excuse before leaving.

"Barney," Robin called, stopping him in his tracks.

"I can't do this now." He said to effectively answer her silent question. She froze and sucked in a deep breath. He felt bad, but he needed to be honest with her.

"You are going to be able to do this eventually though, right?" She asked hesitantly shifting on her feet. He paused, now that it was starting to sink in he wasn't sure he could do this. He just knew he had to get out of here.

"I-I don't know." He mumbled honestly glancing at her before training his eyes back down on the floor.

"Right, I guess I should have expected that." Robin laughed bitterly. "Call me when you're ready, Barney. If you ever are." Barney nodded, but walked out anyway. God, he felt like such an asshole. But if he stuck around any longer he would end up saying things he didn't mean, things he couldn't take back. If running away was the solution to the problem, then so be it. He sat down on the front porch steps and took a couple deep breaths. He had to be okay with this because it was going to happen whether he was okay with it or not. He just needed time to wrap his head around it, once he did he was pretty sure everything would be okay. Robin would forgive him for walking out like that, because she had to be freaking out as much as he was. She just had had more time to process this and that's all he needed. Time.

As soon as Barney walked out the door, Robin collapsed on the couch. Since she found out she was pregnant, which was only two days ago, she had been freaking out. She expected it from Barney, honestly, she did. She just didn't expect it on this level. From the Barney she dated two years ago, yes, but Barney was so different now. She had to entitle him to a freak out though, because he was still Barney. But she couldn't help feeling upset when he walked out like that. She thought he would take it better than she did though. She heard about bro-parenting, which shocked her but it gave her hope. Maybe, he would be able to calm her down since he obviously seemed more on board with the whole family thing. But apparently, she was wrong. Maybe she was the problem. Maybe Barney just didn't want a family with her. She couldn't blame him after what she did.

She took in a deep breath willing away the tears she could feel forming in her eyes. God, she was such a mess. She couldn't be a mother. She didn't want to be a mother. The only time she had even remotely thought about a child was the time she stole Jeremy's sock and even that was in a way in the future way, as in at least 10 years once she was in a stable relationship. But she was pretty sure she would have been fine just being fun Aunt Robin for the rest of her life. She never needed to be a mom. She never really wanted this to happen and now that it was, she wasn't sure how she felt.

She brought her knees up to her chest and placed her forehead on her knees. "Robin?" Lily asked and Robin looked up meeting her concerned look.

"Hey Lil," she sighed wiping at her eyes hoping Lily didn't notice anything.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Robin said forcing a smile. Lily nodded a skeptical look on her face.

"Where's Barney?" She asked suddenly realizing that he wasn't anywhere to be seen. Robin shrugged and glanced at the door.

"I don't know. He went for a walk?"

"What is going on with you guys?" Lily turned toward Robin a serious look on her face.

"I don't want to talk about it," she mumbled drawing imaginary patterns on her jeans. "It's just been a really hard couple of weeks and I feel like it's not getting easier anytime soon. And everything sucks and I can't deal with all of this." She spoke quickly her voice cracking at the end of her speech.

"Sweetie, seriously, maybe you need to talk about this. I know you don't want to but you seem so upset." Lily observed and Robin shook her head more tears coming to her eyes. God, she couldn't handle being this emotional for nine months. This was awful. She wanted to ask Lily if things would get better, but she didn't want anyone to know she was pregnant. She hadn't even wanted to tell Barney yet, she had blurted that out completely on accident. Maybe she should've told Barney that she hadn't even been to the doctor to confirm yet. Although, she was pretty sure that six positive pregnancy tests spoke for themselves. Sure, she had heard of a false positive, but six false positives. That seemed completely impossible.

"I'm not ready yet, but I promise when I am you'll be the first person I talk to." Second, she mentally added, because really she should talk to Barney first. The ball was in his court at this point, though.

"Just don't wait too long, Robin. Things have a way of eating you up." She nodded, she kind of hoped this would eat her up. Maybe then everything would go away and her life could go back to normal. She wanted to go back to before Nora and Kevin and before everything between her and Barney got so screwed up. She pressed her palms to her eyes, she was so tired. She felt like she could crawl into bed and never come out. "Well, I'm sure whatever is going on Barney will be back soon. He can never stay away for too long." Lily said wisely. "I'll make sure everyone leaves you alone. You can come back in when you're ready."

"I actually called a cab already. You don't mind, do you? I really need to go home."

"Of course not, go. We'll see you later, okay?" Lily smiled patting Robin supportively on the shoulder. Robin tried to smile back, but she was pretty sure it came out as a grimace when Lily's smile morphed into a frown. "I'll be here, when you're ready."

"I know." Robin sighed standing up. "And if you and Marshall really want to move here, you should. It's a really nice house and you guys should do what makes you happy. I'll support you 100%."

"We'll support you too, 100% whatever you do. You know we'd never judge you, Robin." She nodded. Sometimes she wondered if Lily had the power to read minds, but she quickly dismissed the thought.

"I'll see you guys later." She forced a weak smile and left. But the first thing she was met with when she exited the house was Barney on the front step.

"Hey," he said glancing up at her.

"Hey," she replied taking a seat next to him. Maybe, he would be ready to talk now and even if he wasn't at least he hadn't run away yet.

"So, I guess we need to talk, huh?" He asked and turned toward her.

"Yeah, I guess we do."