"Guess we're the early birds, huh?" Nathan looked up to see a short, brunette pulling her headphones off as she asked him the question. She looked a few years younger than him, and he recognized her from orientation but couldn't remember her name. He realized that longer than a second had gone by since she asked her question and quickly forced a smile in hopes of not seeming awkward as he thought of how to respond. 

[color=steelblue]"You know what they say...the early bird gets the worm."[/color] Inside he cursed himself for not thinking of something better than that stupid, age old saying. It was corny and in hindsight he wished he had said something else but he took peace in the fact that at the very least it made sense. Sometimes when caught off guard he had trouble formulating words and a variety of awkward or embarrassing incidents had occurred throughout his life. So, a cheesy response to her question wasn't ideal, but it was a little better than other possibilities and so he was going to take it as a victory. 

Before the young woman could respond others began to file into the room. He recognized them all as they entered but for the life of him couldn't remember a single person's name.