Jesse's smile softened. "Fred, if ya like a guy, tell him. Don't think he's just gonna read yer mind and come after ya. Let him know. And if ya like a guy, if there's a guy out there you'd rather have kissin ya, don't let just anybody do it."
He thought maybe there was more than one, though. Considering how she seemed to get her thoughts a little tangled at the end there. One that she really liked, and one that was a little bit strange to her. Neither of which was him, but it didn't make him mad.
Or upset.
They were being truthful with one another. He was good with truthful.
"Ain't nothin gotta happen right now. Or ever. Between us, I mean. But you know that if ya decide, and I ain't got myself tied down, there ain't no way I'm sayin no."