Duncan froze. Oh fuck. Which did she mean? Did she mean like as in...really like, in which case no, he'd had no idea at all, or was this the I'm sorry we're only ever just be friends because I like older guys like Jimmy and you're too inexperienced etc etc speech that he'd been preparing for since forever? He knew which answer he wanted it to be but he also knew which answer seemed more likely. Stupid English language, too open to interpretation.
And either way, what to do?
His neck was wet. That wasn't good. He definitely did not want her to be crying, whatever she'd meant. Though her wings were still out, which apparently meant happy. Crying and happy? God, girls were confusing sometimes.
But he still didn't know what she'd meant, and had to figure that out before he could figure out how to make her feel better about it. Besides, he needed to know. Because he'd honestly dismissed the idea of her ever being interested in him as impossible long ago. "Is that like as in friends or as in more than friends?"