Eric frowned. He blushed again. 
"Well, I....well, when I saw you in that diner, I sensed you were...well....different. I felt drawn to you in, well, in a way that I could not have been drawn to anyone else. You were...different...in a good way of course. You showed me that it was ok to be, well, unusual, unique I mean. I always hid my one eye because I was afraid of what people might think. But you? you didn't mind. You thought it was, well, nice. That is for starters."