"I mean, I don't want to speak for him, obviously," Beverly says, "but I think there's a lot he doesn't know, too. Or that he's just figuring out." She's hardly about to out Eddie to Jamie if Jamie doesn't know, but she knows what a big deal Eddie's realizing he likes boys was. Besides, it's not like he has any more experience than she does. She's been clueless herself, even while starting to date someone. She doesn't think there's really any sort of guidebook to such things. While maybe there's no way to gauge who might or might not like each other, she couldn't possibly be discouraging of something like this.

"And I can promise you that Eddie is one of the best people I've ever known. He's... pretty much like family."