"I can see how having a crush on a green shapeshifter can seem normal." Then again, she was a genetically-modified clone of Emma Frost programmed to share a mind with her four more clones of Emma Frost, and her mother was a dude. Squishy feelings were comparatively mundane. And besides, she was a mutant. Green skin color wasn't that exotic.
"You want to order a pizza and watch a movie?" he asked. Aware that it seemed like a sudden change of topic, he added, "I mean, I think that eventually, you and I are going to have to make friends with dinner and dancing and whatnot, but right now, we should call the pizza guy and check out pay-per-view, because that's a lot less awkward to think about. You can cuddle with an animal of your choice on the couch."