Sure, but she implied that these two just met. I may treat a friend the same way but I wouldn't court a friend in the same way.

I've unironically called a day with a friend a "date" before because it was one of the first times it was just the two of us and the things we did seemed date like. Despite him being straight and me being married. It was sort of a joke, but still, it definitely felt like a date. He laughed when I called it this.