Breathe, she told herself again. Night after night she thought about what she would say to him in this situation, but it was all a jumbled mess now.
"Um," she began eloquently, her eyes raising to level with his, "I like..you, Terry," her heart was beating fast now, "I just..I'm not sure if it's on the same plane as your..like..for me."
She wasn't necessarily turning him down, Mandy just honestly wasn't sure.
"Oh, I'd make a terrible girlfriend," she uttered lowly and suddenly with a shake of her head at how things sounded.