[Marshall and Lily down the street]
Future Ted: [v.o.] Kids, about eight months into Aunt Lily and Uncle Marshall's engagement, there occurred a game-changing emergency.
[twenty minutes earlier:]
Marshall: Van Smoot is available.
Lily: Oh, my God!
Future Ted: Van Smoot House was a gorgeous mansion right on the Hudson River. It had everything Marshall and Lily wanted for their wedding, but it was never available. And then, suddenly, it was.
Marshall: There was a cancellation two months from now.
Lily: You want to have our wedding in two months? No. It's impossible.
Marshall: It's Van Smoot, Lily. It's the dream!
Lily: No, there's just not enough time. There's no way... Oh! Mini-vomit.
Marshall: Okay, look, look, look. I know that it's sudden, but check it. If we don't take this, guess who's on their way with a deposit check.
Lily: Todd and Valerie?
[Another couple is running down the street]
Future Ted: When you're planning a wedding, there's always one couple with similar taste that seems to be one step ahead of you. Todd and Valerie were that couple.
Marshall: We got to make a decision. Todd and Valerie are in motion. Van Smoot!
Lily: Oh! Kids, color! [runs off]