(And this is where Eddie rolls back over into denial. Not instinctively. More because he is fairly unfamiliar with what it's like to have feelings for another person. It hardly helps that the thing with Jake is still soft, new. Hardly defined, even to Eddie himself, and so he doesn't feel flustered at the question, because he figures Will isn't asking That Question.
He figures he's asking if he likes Jake as a friend, which, of course he does.)
Of course I like him. He's one of the best friends I've made here.
(And there it goes. Eddie doesn't stop to think about how...he..definitely had been talking about Jake in a not-entirely-platonic way. And with some realization of the fact! And yet....
This kid could be a real dumbo sometimes. But they were twelve, so this was barely shocking development.)
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He figures he's asking if he likes Jake as a friend, which, of course he does.)
Of course I like him. He's one of the best friends I've made here.
(And there it goes. Eddie doesn't stop to think about how...he..definitely had been talking about Jake in a not-entirely-platonic way. And with some realization of the fact! And yet....
This kid could be a real dumbo sometimes. But they were twelve, so this was barely shocking development.)