Second Date
The pair began dating and Karen realized why Rick hadn’t called her all of those years ago. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go on a second date, it was just that he lost his nerve every time he picked up the phone to call her.
Rick said: “I wanted to go out with her again, but I was very shy in high school. Every time I went to pick the phone up I chickened out. Weeks went by…” So much time had passed that Rick realized that he had missed his chance.