So I'm brand new to this sub, so I am going to vent here. Thanks, in advance, for reading.

Summer classes here at uni. Met this girl (who henceforth shall be known as N) last week through a friend, turns out I live a few blocks from her. Not important right now though. Anyway, our time together last week was spent taking care of my belligerent acquaintance who happened to be hell bent on hooking up with her. While he was just being a drunken idiot, I took the time to get to know her. As the night comes to a close, she (we will call her N) and I lead the sputtering buffoon back to his dwelling to brace for the eminent hangover. Eventually the night comes to a close as uneventful as ever.

A few things that have been plaguing my mind since that night... 1) N told me a few times that she was "really glad I'm here", 2) When we got back to her place she was fiddling with her keys, and if what Hitch says is true, that was my first signal, 3) She invited me inside.

Blunders from that night... 1) I did not get a number, 2) I made no moves what - so - ever.

Fast forward to a few hours ago. I'm out walking around and decide to drop by. I take my time as I search for the fleshy bag allgedly containing my balls before knocking on her door. Here's how the initial greeting went down :

N: Hey! What's up?

Me: Oh. Nothing. Are.. You busy?

N: Mm nope...

Me: Do you want to... Goforawalk?

N: Yeah sure

... Awkward, but that's just something I need to work on.

So we walking around for about an hour or so. We did not connect as I'd hoped. We talked a lot but mostly about class and the weather and her home town and just a shit load of small talk. There were times of silence until she picked another small talk topic, and when she didn't it was just silence for awhile until I managed to choke something out. When we got back to her place it got worse. Standing on her porch...

N: Well thanks for taking me on a walk.

Me: Yeah, no problem.

N: We should do this again soon

Me: Yeah, we should.

N: Well it was nice....to<sup>see</sup>^<sup>you</sup>

Me: Yeah, you too.

Yup it was bad.

The situation now... I will likely never see her again after this month, so I want to go for it while I can if for nothing other than a confidence boost.

If you're still with me, how would you go about trying to recover from my crippling awkward moments tonight? And if there is a lull in conversation, what to you normally say to ease back into a nice talk?