Being introduced to POTENTIAL prom date. How can a shy girl leave a good impression?

[Caitlin]

Alright, lemme give you some background info on me - I'm 16 and neeever have had any sort of love life, never even been on a date before. But now prom is coming up in late May, and my friend, who knows I have a thing for Korean guys, asked me if I wanted her to...kind of set something up between me and this Korean guy (mm, with an accent and everything *drools*) who she knows in her math class. First I refused but then I was like, hmm, why not give it a try? Sooo she talked to him and now she's gonna introduce him to me on Thursday (less than 2 days away!) during school!

I'm just super nervous because ONLY if this goes well, will this lead to dates which will lead to prom. So all I have to do is make a good first impression for the 10 minutes of break. BUT that's hard for me because I'm, well, quite a shy person. Like, I sometimes can't think of anything to say even with my closest friends, and I don't even know this guy at all! What should I say, talk about, how can I make a good impression? Eek this sounds so pathetic, I know, but I just don't have any of this kind of experience...

[Gigabitch]

You can be sure he's already aware that you're shy, as your friend has no doubt told him this.

Play to your strengths. What are they?

[Caitlin]

Hm actually I'm pretty sure she didn't tell him, she gave me all the details of what she said to him and how he responded and everything.

My strengths...as in what I know I will be okay with when meeting him? I don't know, I'm good at keeping eye contact with people, and I smile a lot. And since I love Korea and its culture I can discuss it with him, since he's Korean, so that's one thing. I just feel like I need better "getting-to-know-you" topics and basically, at all costs avoid any awkward silences.