She would have been happy to hug him a little while longer if he had wanted her to. So far, this was very nice -- and something she had never experienced before.
"My two best friends can tell you how much I've been looking forward to this," she admitted with a soft laugh. "I think Rose went into planning mode for me as soon as I told her you asked me out."
She was not going to admit that Rose had had to reassure her that he had indeed asked her out on a date and not just a meeting a friend sort of thing.