Talk to her!!!

He blinked and took a sharp intake of breath as she approached. A slight wave of panic rose from the pit of his stomach and expanded to his chest and flowed down his arms like a gushing fountain, causing him difficulty in breathing. Her lithe, sensuous figure was accentuated by the gentle cadence of her walk. She was simply dressed in a pair of blue denims and black top with minimal jewelry and make up. Her short-cropped hair accentuated the attractive features of her face: a long aquiline nose set amidst twinkling eyes. The hint of a smile played on her slender lips, lighting up her face like a diya.
When she was within eyeshot she looked at him. A moment. Two separate glances. Four eyes. He felt his mouth going dry. Another panic wave coursed through his body like a tsunami, devastating his faculty of speech. He fervently hoped she hadn’t noticed that his hands were shaking slightly. She was within earshot now. He had to say something. Anything. But what? At that moment his mind was all clouded up. He was trying to think of something tremendously witty.
“Hi there.”
“Hi, yourself.”
She was standing in front of him. Silence. He nodded his head up down as if to indicate he was weighing weighty matters in his mind. She looked on eagerly, expectantly. Still silence. They stood there, looking at each other, looking through each other. Still no profound thoughts articulated into words. They can’t continue like this and not look silly. He made a stab at conversation.
“Hey, how are you doing?”
“Fine, and you?”
“Ok, I guess.” (This with rolled eyes to indicate a cold cruel world)
“Real crowded roads…huh, heavy traffic, lots of pollution, cows on the street.”
“Oh, oh yeah…bad scene.”
At this point the conversation ran dry, like the course of an Indian river in summer. They stood there awhile. His hand supported his face, which had a semi-serious expression. She still had a silly grin on hers. Finally she said, “Well, gotta go, see you later.”
“Yeah, catch ya.”
He stared as she headed inside the building and nodded his head sideways. There is always next time.