What does mean guy friend say to actually let me with you more? I thought we were just friend not sure if won’t something else? What should I reply back

maybe he want's to spend time with but in the comments tell me has he ever given you signals think toughly

Explanation:

“The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers tell the story of Greg a boy who want to continue playing basketball but his father does not want to let him because he is falling math, during a rainy night he goes out from home and meet Lemon Brown who has a treasure, the thugs try to steal it and Greg and Lemon fight to defend it, after that Lemon shows to Greg the treasure and with this he learned the value of family and goes back with father. The relationship between they two change in this excerpt:

"You O.K. for a youngster," the old man said as he tied the strings around his leg, "better than those scalawags what come here looking for my treasure. That's for sure."