Sentence 1: Dan saw a beautiful girl at the club. 
 Sentence 3: He stumbled over and stuttered when trying to talk to her 
 Sentence 4:  She thought it was cute and gave him a chance 
 Sentence 5:  It didn't go anywhere but it gave him courage 
 Option 1: Eventually he built up the nerve to talk to her. 
 Option 2: Eventually he built up the nerve to ignore to her.