How can the meeting between Daisy and Gatsby be paraphrased?

When Daisy and Gatsby are reunited in Chapter IV, it is very awkward as they both try to grapple with their feelings, all the while pretending to be very matter-of-fact, at least at first.

Daisy is the first to speak, saying that she is very happy to see Gatsby again. Gatsby turns to Nick, telling him that he and Daisy had met before (although Nick already knows this). When Gatsby almost breaks Nick's clock, he apologizes, and Nick assures him that the clock is old-fashioned anyway. Daisy mentions that it's been quite a long time since she and Gatsby have seen one another, and Gatsby automatically replies that, in just a few months, it will have been five years. They are all relieved when the tea is ready because it gives them something to do besides stare awkwardly at one another and try to think of things to say. Finally, Nick gets up to leave and Gatsby follows Nick out of the room as if he's afraid to be alone with Daisy, and he only goes back in when Nick accuses him of being rude by leaving her alone.