`` but i think it was something like that , yes . '' after we get to the gate , that is . slowly , cassie started walking towards him , trying to stall without making it obvious . i said passing the time of day with you , when i should have said night , ben informed him . were going to stay with you , ted . he had to make himself the needle in the haystack , and what better place than among the twelve-and-a-half million people of new york city ? 