Its clear to me...
I think he likes her as a friend but not really anything more... But we'll see how it plays out. I think kissing her had more to do with just kissing a girl fro the first time.
I do agree about E/A and I think Eric should/could get a different guy that is better for him. But I still like the idea of EA. I want to see Adam grow independent from that though before they revisit that.