he stares at her quietly as he takes the signed comic realizing what it was so he just holds it to his chest trembling quite violently when she says about going on a date. he looks directly at her since they were equal length when she wasn't using her embiggening or enlongating powers.  "w-well.... h-how does umm.... n-next monday sound? a-at the park o-on the edge of jersey city?" he asks this trying his best not to cry about the people who were laughing at him so he looks down at the pavement so she couldn't see through his hair.