Always from a distance, you had seen Eddie's shenanigans. Not in a stalker way, of course, you just always happen to be in the background when he is around. It's been like that since middle school.
Eddie wasn't just any other guy to you though-- to put it simply, you admired him. Everyone called him a freak and whatnot, but you didn't. You knew who he was, in a way. Funny and different. It was pretty refreshing to see someone real.
LIttle did you know though, he knew you 'admired' him. Eddie thought it was nice to have someone to recognize him, not to mention someone cute. Obviously, you only saw him so often because he had inserted himself in places where you'd be.
This time it was the cafeteria, he knew he had to do something to make you at least glance at him.