Wrong Words

It should have been an easy thing to just get out of the car, go into the diner and apologize. He had done the majority of the work by driving all the way to the diner. All he had to do now was go in but Derek was stuck in his car, staring at the diner, still a block away from it.

He kept trying to think of the right words to say, words that would fit the situation, a sentence, maybe a phrase that would tie everything up neatly and present it to Emily in a way in which she would be able to easily forgive him. But the apology would not come. He could not think of a single thing to say, that would sum everything up nicely.

 Zip, zilch, nada. 

His mind was blank, and the longer it remained blank, the more Derek began to panic.