No, no, no…Chelsea has it exactly right. That’s a guy, he’s suddenly interested in trying out for the basketball team in order for a chance to get with Jeri, and Johnson is saying he needs to start seeing other people…people other than Jeri and this friend of his; he’s not asking his friend out.
But I understand the confusion; Ms. Barrows’ characters do tend to have an androgynous look to them. Johnson’s eyes in the last panel are the clincher to how to read his comment.
No, no, no…Chelsea has it exactly right. That’s a guy, he’s suddenly interested in trying out for the basketball team in order for a chance to get with Jeri, and Johnson is saying he needs to start seeing other people…people other than Jeri and this friend of his; he’s not asking his friend out.
But I understand the confusion; Ms. Barrows’ characters do tend to have an androgynous look to them. Johnson’s eyes in the last panel are the clincher to how to read his comment.