"All the girls?" Ethan repeated slowly giving Minerva a questioning look, though the hint of a smirk was still present. "I'm sure I don't know what you mean," he said, smirk quite evident now. No, he certainly didn't flirt like this with anyone else.. at least not now. Though the mention of crushes brought up a thought that he quickly pushed to the back of his mind. He really was having too much fun to be thinking of anything else, and he gave her a pretend shocked expression when a handful of snow hit him square in the chest. "Oh, two can play at that game," the boy said as he reached down and tossed his own handful of snow Minnie's way, laughing and ducking a little as he expected retaliation.

Ethan gave Minnie a genuine smile at her words. How was it that she could be so incredibly sweet? And so daring and exciting in the next moment, but yet at the same time? She was it for him and he knew it.. so why was it so hard for him to find the words to say it? Flirting came easier for the boy, but the serious bit was a little harder for him.. He looked down at their hands for a moment as she squeezed his, then looked back into her face and took a deep breath. "Okay.. well, I know that we said we'd take things slow.. but I was just wondering.. if maybe you'd want us to be more.. exclusive?" Green eyes searched her blue eyes as he waited for her to respond.