Progression in Relationship (It's not a repeat, honest)...

Ever since I returned to school after half term, my crush is seeming to show a major increase in interest or at least curiosity in me.

Yesterday, I caught him looking at me a lot more than usual, and he also seemed a lot more smiley, if you know what I mean. He wasn't smiling at me directly, buy he was sort of smiling to himself when I was around him. And he even walked past me, and I promise you that that it an advancement, and unlikely as it may seem. What happened was I was waiting for my friends (who I knew had already left, and the only reason I stayed was to see my crush) and my crush walked past me, once again smiling away to himself. I can assure you that if he didn't like me in the slightest, he wouldn't have walked past me on that occasion. He wasn't even with friends when he walked past me, so it was his pure decision to do so.

And today, he was hanging out with friends at lunch, and I was with my best friend, as usual. We were walking past him and his friends and I said "let's atop here", so we did. And I noticed him looking at me again a couple of times, and he was much more smiley than usual. I don't think that he was smiling so much because of his friends' presence, because normally, in the past, he doesn't really smile as much with his friends. So I'm thinking that he might be smiling because of me. And then I even noticed him look right at me, maybe even in my eyes, and then I looked away. After that he sort of pushed his friend away. He kind of stood behind him and left by pushing his back, and that sort of made him look gay. When his friend turned around to go back, my crush stopped him as though he was shy in-front of me.

Also today, me and my beat friend were standing, having a conversation, and he walked past. And when we were a bit further apart, he full on turned around and looked right at us.

You may call the thread repetative, but I promise you that he wouldn't act so smiley, look at me so much, and walk past me intentionally if he wasn't interested in me. I think that he smiles so much to subtly shoe me his interest and that he would at least be considering getting to know me more. Or he might want to impress me with his smile and friendliness.

Things seem different about him, I just know it, he just seems more content around me, and as though he somewhat appreciates being around me.

Do you agree, should I take things a step further; approach him? Is this a sign that I should make an advancement and finally try to get somewhere? It is as though we have both been rejuvenated by our week holiday, and are refreshed and want to get somewhere with this.

 

My best friend does know I like him, but doesn't know him. Even I know him, but I know a friend that has a friend that know him. So u wouldn't need to introduce myself, but it might be worthwhile being with a friend when I do approach him. I'm just thinking, wouldn't being with a friend make him nervous? And if he was with his friends, it would make me nervous. Maybe I should talk to him on my own when he's alone.

 

Yes I know, I know. I "just need to talk to him". At least someone has told me that him looking at me and smiling when I'm around etc might just mean something.

 

No he doesn't know me through anyone, we met years ago, and someone told him I liked him, he didn't pull a face so I guess that's good. But because of that I'm almost certain that he know's I like him. So he might be looking at me because he wants to know if I actually do like him. But as I say, he,s been looking at me differently in the past few days, and I think that means something.

 

Thanks to both of you! I have got hopes with it, but that,s the whole point. And don't worry, I keep my hopes in moderation. It's just that any times like this when I really do think he means something by these subtle little gestures that it is appropriate and almost healthy to get your hopes up slightly more. But once again, I know not to get them too high.

 

OK, Femmeme, I'll try.