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AmbiguouslyMe 
Thornton looked up at her insistence that a crush wasn't a bad thing but the letting it overwhelm you. Good things? He made a face, not entirely convinced that good things were possible in this particular situation. Thankfully, Thornton was completely unaware of the whole Kyroh and Eden situation, because that would have just made this extra awkward.
His cheeks flushed a little at her question and he was grateful that she had looked away. But it also meant that he had to verbally respond and couldn't just nod. "I.. I think so. Maybe," he whispered. "And, yes. Thirteen." Thornton tapped the toes of his shoes against the floor and nodded, once again avoiding eye contact, when Eden touched his hand and said he could come talk to her. He sighed before deciding to tell her what was really bothering him, his voice a barely audible whisper. "It's.. it's just that she's my friend and I don't want to mess that up."
Eden just nodded and sighed. The kid was making classic(and good) points, he was. The whole...not wanting to mess up a friendship thing. Sigh.
SIGH.
"Well..." she sighed(again) and stood up, yanking a notebook out of her backpack as she went around to sit next to Thornton
. "Okay. So. How GOOD of friends are you with her?" she asked.
"You don't have to tell me who it is--it's all right--" she didn't want to pressure him or anything. She had opened to an empty page and was drawing a T-chart. She labeled one side "Pros" and one side "Cons."
Meeting his gaze again, she ripped the paper out of her notebook and..yeah. They could throw this away after. Maybe to be dramatic, she could set fire to it.
"Pros and cons of telling her about the crush. All the potentials involved."