“ maybe we could... try? Try to be something more than this? i don't think we're "just friends" anymore.. “ ( oop 👀 )
This was the first time anything happened between Eddie and Whitney in the van. They'd fooled around before, but that sort of thing was reserved for the privacy and comfort of Eddie's bedroom in the trailer. They got carried away today. Fooling around in the school parking lot? They clearly had a death wish. What on Earth posssessed them to do that!? They were sober! Eddie was pulling up his pants when Whitney dropped that bomb of a question.
Pants on, still unzipped and unbuttoned, he dropped his butt back down to the backseat of the van. "What?" He heard her. He just wanted her to repeat herself, "Are you asking me out on a date?"
It was either that or, "Are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" Yes, he meant exactly what he said. Her asking him made him feel just a tiny bit emasculated.