Of course.

So every Monday and Wednesday I eat lunch at the Cougareat with my best friend from High School. This is great because I always feel awkward eating at the Cougareat by myself because I don't want people to feel bad for me and feel like they should sit by me because that would be awkward too. But this past week my friend had a dentist appointment during the break where we usually eat lunch. I went into the Cougareat hoping that I would find someone I knew in order to avoid any awkwardness. I happened to be texting one of my FHE brothers at that very moment, so I decided to ask him where he was. "Getting food at the Cougareat!" was the reply. A friend to eat with! Huzzah! So we sat down to eat and started talking:
Me: Want to know what would be so awkward? If you were sitting by yourself and someone you didn't know came and sat by you.
FHE Bro: Yeah that would be super awkward! I wouldn't know what to say. Has that ever happened to you?
Me: Nope. Thankfully. I'm pretty shy so I don't know what I'd do.
FHE Bro: It's never happened to me either. I hope it doesn't.

But then sadly my FHE brother had to leave because he had other obligations at that moment. So there I was, alone, with another half hour to kill and 2/3 of my pasta left to eat. I started twirling my pasta around on my fork and looked over to the table next to me. It was empty. I felt pretty sure that I wouldn't be making any new friends today. Of course, as soon as I thought that, I heard a voice say, "Is it okay if I sit by you?"
I looked up to see who the voice was talking to. The guy who's voice I had heard was looking right at me.
"Oh! Sure!" I said.
I started laughing inside. Of course right after I talked about how this would never happen it happened...
We sat in silence for about 3 minutes. I couldn't take it though. It was sooooo awkward. I finally started talking to him. It became less awkward. Then I had to go to class. The end.

The moral of the story is:
Never say never, and learn to talk to people so that there don't have to be awkward silences.

-Jessica