KIDS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AN INCREDIBLE STORY. THE STORY OF HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
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marshall knelt down on one knee and opened a small box, "will you marry me?"
"yes, perfect!" ted exclaims
jumping up and down, tara spoke, "and then you're engaged, you pop the champagne, you drink a toast, you have sex on the kitchen floor"
ted quickly turned to marshall, "don't have sex on our kitchen floor"
"got it. thanks for helping me plan this out, guys" marshall replied, starting to walk into the kitchen
"dude, are you kidding? it's you and lily" violet happily spoke as they followed him
ted nodded, "i've been there for all the big moments of you and lily. the night you met, your first date, other first things" he almost had a disgusted face as he remembered
marshall grabbed four beers out of the fridge as he laughed, "yeah, sorry, we thought you were asleep"
"it's physics, marshall. if the bottom bunk moves, the top bunk moves, too"
"enough of that" tara rolled her eyes at her twin brother. she turned to marshall, "my god, you're getting engaged tonight
marshall giggled, "and what are you guys doing tonight?"
the three looked at each other, remembering barney called earlier to meet him at the bar
they walked into maclarens, seeing barney standing at the bar
"hey! where's your suit" barney spoke, seeing ted in regular clothes, "just once, when i say 'suit up' i wish you'd put on a suit"
"i did. that one time" ted defended
"it was a blazer" barney corrected
changing the subject, ted spoke, "you know, ever since college it's been marshall and lily and me"
"ouch" tara chimed in
ted only rolled his eyes and continued, "now it's gonna be marshall and lily... and me. they'll get married, start a family. before long, i'm that weird middle-aged bachelor their kids call 'uncle ted'"
barney reached over and smacked the side of ted's head, "i see what this is about, have you forgotten what i said to you the night we met?"
a scary bearded ted sat in a round corner booth at the bar with violet and tara. barney jumped in next to ted and put his arm around him, "i'm gonna teach you how to live"
startled, no one said anything. he introduced himself, "barney. we met at the urinal"
"oh, right, hi" ted replied
"lesson one, lose the goatee. it doesn't go with your suit"
confused, ted looked at him, "i'm not wearing a suit"
"lesson two, get a suit. suits are cool. exhibit a" barney gestured to himself , then looked over at violet and winked, "lesson three, don't even think about getting married till you're thirty"
"thirty. right, you're right. i guess it's just, your best friend gets engaged, you start thinking about that stuff" ted replied
"i thought i was your best friend" barney chimed in. after a short silence, he spoke again, "ted, say i'm your best friend"
the girls laughed as ted stayed silent once more. but he caved, "you are my best friend"
barney immediately got excited, "good. as your best friend, i say we play a game i call, 'have you met ted?'"
