One, two, three. His heart was thumping in his chest, racing, and Eddie had to count in hopes that the mental countdown would help calm him. He was nervous and the longer he was met with silence the more he started to think he had messed up. That he had done something completely wrong– How could he not? Eddie was always doing the wrong thing, saying the wrong thing, everything about him was wrong. It was when she spoke that he let out a breath he hadn’t known he was holding and felt himself relax, only slightly. “Yeah– No, absolutely. We can do that. I mean.. we can go on a few dates first. That makes sense.” Except Eddie had never been on a date before and the thought terrified him, what if he messed up? He was certain that whatever this was… He was going to ruin it just by being himself.
Darby beamed, excited by the idea of going on a date with the one and only Eddie that gave her stomach butterflies and made her face grow hot and being become flustered. This was the moment she had thought about since she was little, meeting a guy that she liked so much and that would like her back and feel the same way about her as she did him and Eddie was just so... Likable. He was so kind and generous - two things that made her excited to interact with other people. Darby was just excited about everything. “Okay. Yeah that sounds like a lot of fun.”
