Mao laughed at James' surprise, giving the kid a 'Oh, please!' kind of look. "As if it wasn't obvious, I was like, totally in love with you for a year." He shrugged, clearly this had been gotten over, as Mao didn't seem bitter over his apparent unrequited feelings. "I dunno, when we were thirteen or whatever." The typical age where boys get hit with the whole, 'WOW! SEX!!!' idea.
"Anyway..." He waved the topic away. "You hang out with her too? Yeah, she's cool. I can't believe I used to think she was a bitch." Though, she kind of had been not all that friendly towards him back in the day. But she had been under Luke's dirty influence then so Mao couldn't blame her for that.