C25 Initial Awkwardness

It took me a second to fully realize what he was talking about.

“I—” The words were lost in my throat. How could I possibly respond to something like this?

It was true that my tongue slipped…

Suddenly, I could feel the heat creeping up my cheeks. I was embarrassed. Of all the adjectives that I could’ve used, why should it have been ‘perfect’, of all things?

‘Darn it, Julia,’ I scolded myself