Hmm.

Well, she's bad at talking to people in group settings, so any attempt at actually making friends with male people she doesn't already know is likely to end in unspeakable humiliation. On the other hand, if she sits in a corner all night, Serena Joy will be mad at her.

She grabs some ice cream and heads for the women talking about their babies. She knows how to make impressed sounds about babies.

On the way to the conversation about babies she is intercepted by a wild Nick!

"I was hoping I would see you here."

Aw, man. Nick is way worse than babies. She's gonna die here in the middle of this ice cream social.

"I didn't really think you had a hard time seeing me."

"We don't get that much time to really talk."

"I see. I was hoping to talk to some of the people from church who I don't see as often. Maybe we could talk at dinner later?"

"I want to talk to you without Fred and Serena Joy being able to overhear. I know you want that too."

Oh no.

She tries circling around Nick so that she can more easily leave for the babies conversation. "I don't think this is really the time?"

"Oh, I think this is definitely the time."