[divinexoath]

WARNING: VERY LONG BACKGROUND INFO.

I recently performed in Hamlet as Ophelia. My Hamlet? He's THE super hot "every girl crushes on him once" and really sweet/funny guy of my class,
who I was friends with in 7th grade (now in 12th), but our friendship faded when I stopped being friends with a mutual friend ('cause he couldn't choose a side) and we haven't really talked until rehearsals started. But like. I dunno. The director of Hamlet told him to kiss my hand, kiss my cheek, and lay his head in my lap in some parts of the play... ...so I guess we've become EXTREMELY used to touching each other. We give each other hugs all the time: to say hi, to say bye, to comfort each other when we mess up, to praise each other when we do amazingly, and then randomly when we feel like getting a hug. Remember that this is happening between two people who never got EXTREMELY close in the first place, and just recently started talking again. At one of the last rehearsals, we were standing next to each other while our teacher was giving us some more blocking, and he put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into a hug. Then during the performance, I missed my cue BIG TIME (by like 20 seconds), so I started bawling backstage when I didn't have to go on anymore. Everyone else gave me a quick hug. Even my best friends only stayed with me for 10 seconds. But when he came to comfort me, he held me for a minute and kept whispering to me to try to console me. Did I mention that I missed my cue because I had been comforting him for stumbling over a line? Anyway. When the performance was over, he hugged my mom and shook my dad's hand (remember that he DOESN'T know them that well; we recently started talking again). My mom said it was like he was trying to make a good impression or something. And his grandparents, his parents, and even his little sister kept trying to talk to me (I don't know them AT ALL). He's patted my on the head or ruffled my hair three times now. Once when I was tired (What he said when he did it: "Aw, you tired?"), once when I was sick ("You're doing great."), and almost once just for the heck of it ("I would ruffle your hair, but since we have to go on in five I can't mess it up..."). He's called me "honey" absent-mindedly FIVE times, and he doesn't just DO that to random girls (believe me, I would have noticed and jokingly teased him about it). "Comin' through, honey." "You okay, honey?" "Don't worry about it, honey." "Honey, you did great." "Congrats, honey." Then we had a cast party and we turned on the radio and danced on the stage, and when I asked him to a dance-off, he was like, "Against YOU? No way! I'd lose with your awesome moves!" My friend whispered to me, "Liza, that means he's been watching you dance!" Then when my friend invited him to go to Steak n Shake with us, he said, "I don't know... I might be tired by then." But when I asked him, "Yeah, I'll probably go." And he actually DID. And he sat NEXT TO ME. (Granted, that WAS the only seat left, BUT! There was another guy with him, and he rushed over to get the seat before the other guy.) We joked around all night. And he invited me and my friends to go to this thing called Improv (kind of like a comedy show). I went last night. He saw me and shouted, "Liza! Let's sit together!" (We were both in big groups. My group = me, my friend Aubrey, and our mutual friend Jeff. His group = Nethaneel, Billy, and Ashley) So Aubrey and I sat down, and Jeff sat with us. The guy I like said he wanted to sit more towards the front, but I didn't see any more seats up there, so I told him to go on without us. Just as I started wallowing in, "Just my luck," he shouts, "Liza~ there are three more seats up here!" So we sat a little bit in front of them. And what's weird about that is, he called MY name to get our attention, even though he knows Jeff better... Then later during the show, the Improv team did this thing where they needed two initials. Everyone was calling out their own initials, because, obviously, it's the first thing that comes to mind. But HE shouted out, "J.L.!" ...His initials are J.P. Mine are L.R. J. L. Coincidence??

So far,
that's basically it.
I really, really like him (I've liked him every year since 7th grade, at random intervals).
But I don't want to say anything unless I'm sure he likes me, too.
And I'm REALLY oblivious when it comes to signs,
'cause I make myself oblivious so I don't get my hopes up.
What do you think??

UPDATE
UPDATE NUMBER TWOOO
UPDATE NUMBER THREEEEEEE

[every.smile]

he's either really interested in you or really comfortable being around you.
just ask him. :)

[standoffish]

it could just be his personality
like the honey part. i have friends who do that.
and the part where he said he'd lose to you in a dance off.
he could just be tryin to make you seem way better (which you probably are)
but i usually do that to others
i just say that they are better.


i say its more of a friendly matter.

unless he does something abit more drastic.


^___^ but you should go ahead and tell him how you feel.
who knows, he might feel the same way.


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oh and i guess he might be interested...

[divinexoath]

every.smile ;; I probably will. My friends have been bugging me to. xD
I just want to wait a little longer; does that sound like a good idea?

standoffish ;; Yeah but like I said, he doesn't call other random girls "honey."
I sit within hearing range of him in Drama,
and I've never heard him call a girl honey,
which is why it took me by surprise.
I mean, don't get me wrong, we've never been best buds,
but he's been in my Drama class all four years of highschool,
so I would have noticed (or at least one of my friends would have) if he did that often...
That's why it's so strange to me~

[jimsayskabloh]

excuse my spazzing but, THIS IS SO CUTEEEE~~!
it can't hurt to send him a few signals of your own. ;D

[divinexoath]

lol!
I probably should,
considering so far the most I've done
is give him hugs,
console him when he thought he messed up,
and wiped his stage makeup off his shirt for him.

xD I fail at flirtation. haha~

[i3lu3fun]

if it was me, just out of the blue ... i probably ask him "why do u call me honey?" and try to see his reaction. anyway, best of luck to you, it does sound like he's interested in you.

[divinexoath]

That's actually a pretty good idea. Thank you! <3

[simplicity90]

awww. this is extremely cute. he sounds interested. you should send him signs of interest too to see what happens. good luck sweetie! :]

[divinexoath]

Thanks~ >w< I will most definitely try!

[vintageballad]

Haha, this is cute. Either he's gotten really comfortable around you, or he has some interest to some extent.

[divinexoath]

Can you get that comfortable around someone in two weeks?
Because even though rehearsal has been going on for like a month,
it's only been the last two weeks that this has all been happening... O=

[coldTEARSx3]

ahaha sounds like my situaion except we didnt know each other at all since we are in different years. its only during sport we met up and we got all comfortable wit each other in a term. a bit longer than yours. and yes wit the whole hugging and consoling each other about things. >.<

Ask him if he's interested in you in that way. if so YAY aha if not then hey you got a good friend and all.

Though easier said than done coz i still have to do so myself as well >.<

[elperro]

well, i'll be a devil's advocate but the question must be asked: is he gay?
because for some reason, the image of a limp-wrist guy saying in his feminine lisp, "honey!", comes to mind. and i know i'm being awfully stereotypical at this point, but that paired with him being in drama and all brings me to that dreadful conclusion that puts fear in the hearts of women everywhere....

and if he isn't, then from what you've said, there really is no way of absolutely knowing whether or not he likes you because everything seems pretty platonic. friendliness could still be characteristic of him, as you mention he is pretty popular, even if he does not do the same things to the other girls that he does to you. it could be that since you're his counterpart in this play, he endeavors to be closer to you and perhaps, feels the need to. so if you don't want to bear the brashness of asking him directly whether or not he likes you, which is the only way to know for sure, then wait until the play is over, and if he continues being touchy towards you, then perhaps there might be some romance budding. that is... if he isn't gay....

[divinexoath]

coldTEARSx3 ;; lol I know, right? Working up the courage is so hard to do! But anyway, thanks for the advice~ =3

elperro ;; xD times 98375982347958734573294898327983277329
In other words, heck no! lol omg I'm sorry, it's just so funny to me 'cause he would NEVER be gay.
(By the way, not every guy that's in Drama is gay. Stereotypes are bad, mang!)

Yeah, waiting a while is a good idea. After all, the play just ended Thursday. loller


TODAY...
During Drama
I asked my friend if she was going to Homecoming,
and he piped in that he wanted to but couldn't 'cause of money issues (my friend said, "Why did he feel the need to say that?? You weren't even asking in his direction...").
And
during this on exercise we did, he stood next to me.
And when we had to move to another spot at one point,
he followed me to the other side (we were like two people away from each other).
Oh yeah,
and even my usually-skeptical friend noticed that he sat next to me in Drama today.
(Usually he sits on the other side of the room.)
She even said she thought we'd be a really good couple,
and she's dated him before!

[tofuni]

Can you get that comfortable around someone in two weeks?
Because even though rehearsal has been going on for like a month,
it's only been the last two weeks that this has all been happening... O=

Yes. Yes, you can. I have friends who became close friends with me in a few weeks time because we have so many similarities. (:
The easiest way to find out is to ask ...... we can't read minds. D:
(You can always ask indirectly or hey, even through a friend, if you're shy about it.)

[qkrcjdfla]

haha I actually read all of it. the tiny font was killing my eyes though ><
anyways!

this sounds so cute! it sounds like he's either interested or just really comfortable with you. and as you said he's not like this with other girls, perhaps it's the former
you'll never know unless you speak up!

[janelforsure]

Aww, this is for sure cute! It seems to me as if he is interested [: I went through this once, a guy in my English class got really touchy with me, & he was well-known, so I guess you could say he's popular. Like you, I make myself oblivious to signs because I absolutely hate getting my hopes up. Anyway, he got really touchy with me, almost like your guy in this situation, & later on I found out he liked me. So wait a little just as elperro said, see if he's still touchy with you when he doesn't have to be, send back a few signals yourself, & if he doesn't act on your signals, act on his [:

[vanggirlie]

from what i'm reading from your post (to me) it doesn't sound like he's giving any extra signs of anything beyond friendship. i don't know for sure but (to me) it sounds like he thinks of you as a very good friend and someone he's comfortable with. i do think that some people can become comfortable with others quickly...like they are really the type that makes friends well/easily.

if you really like him then just ask him.

[forgivenx]

Oh geeeeeeee, that's sooo cute
Well, if you're afraid of asking, you could get a really close friend to help you ask him~
Just my thought~ LOL