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"SO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CALL HER?" MARSHALL ASKED TED AS THEY ENTERED THE BAR
"you went from 'i'm in love with you' to 'i'm not gonna call her'?" marshall continued
"i wasn't in love with her, okay? i was briefly in love with the abstract concept of getting married. it had absolutely nothing to do with robin" ted replied
as he turned to face the booth, he saw robin and tara on one side with lily and violet on the other
"look who we ran into!" lily exclaimed, gesturing to robin
"since when do you guys know each other?" marshall asked
"since about, here" robin showed her empty glass, showing it was full when they sat down, "lily recognized me from the news and then..."
robin was taken back by marshall leaning over to make out with lily in the booth
"they just got engaged" violet spoke
lily held out her hand, showing off her ring
"well, i should get back to the station. see you guys" robin said as she grabbed her jacket and exited the booth
"damn it" tara spoke as ted sat in the empty seat next to her, "i'm in love with her"
"no!" barney exclaimed as he walked over to the booth with multiple drinks in his hand, "as your sponsor, i will not let you relapse"
tara laughed, "i just have this feeling she's the future mrs. tara mosby"
after she said that, lily make a squeak sound
"lily! you squeaked. she said something about me when i was in the bathroom, didn't she? come on, spill it, red" tara leaned over the table
standing by the bar, lily looked at robin as violet and tara walked to the bathroom, "so, how about the twins?"
"ted is cool, not too much of my type. tara is..." she paused to smile, "something else"
"huh. i'm gonna spin that as good. lots of girls are something, i'm something else!" tara clapped
"ted's looking for something a bit more serious than i am. i mean, the most i can handle right now is something casual" robin spoke
"she wants casual. i can be casual" tara said, putting her arms along the back of the booth and leaning back
after a second of silence, marshall asked, "so, you gonna ask her out?"
"yeah. no!" tara quickly spoke. she leaned forward in the booth, "i can't ask her out, because if i ask her out.. i'm asking her out. so how do i ask her out without asking her out?"
lily tilted her head, "did you get high in the bathroom?"
a lightbulb went off in tara's head, "i got it. i don't ask her out. i invite her to our party next friday"
"we're having a party next friday?" violet questioned
"we are now. casual" tara replied
barney nodded his head, "cause nothing says 'casual' like inviting a hundred people over just to mack on one girl. oh, and lily" he turned to face lily, "that's my leg"
lily immediately sat up in the booth, "you waited five minutes to tell me that?"
he only tiled his head and gave a funny smile
