my crush seems to give a lot of signs that she's interested, then didn't text back

Sorry this is long, details are kinda necessary (tldr at bottom tho).

We're both 16, and I have two classes with her. I start to think I have a crush on her, so I start paying attention to her. I notice she stares back a lot too. There were times where she would glance over after laughing with her friends, her eyes would linger when she turned her head, and she looked over her shoulder when I was working in the hall and she passed by.

I only looked at her out the corner of my eye, we would make occasional eye contact but I only looked if she was looking first.

She sat at a table with a few of my friends in the other class, and we could move around for worksheets so whenever we had a worksheet I'd go over to my friends. Usually, we have to present how to do part of the worksheet to the class. The first day I'm over there, I ask if I should stay there to present with them, or go back to my group and she is the first one that tells me to stay. There is another girl at that table, and whenever I listened to the other girl, she would repeatedly glance at me to see how much I was paying attention to the other girl. She'd pay attention to stuff like if a sub said my name wrong, even if I wasn't at her table and she'd bring it up later. We do have a good bit in common, we both play soccer, we have a lot of the same classes and I could get her to laugh.

She's normally a shy and very quiet person, so I took all of this to be a good sign, and I asked for her number after class one day. I immediately texted her so she had my number, and then I texted her that weekend. No response. At this point I figure she's not interested, oh well.

But then that week she's staring even more. We were in the hall for a class and I was behind her, and she was repeatedly looking over her shoulder back at my group. I moved behind her other shoulder, and she repeatedly looked over that shoulder. In the other class, when she was giving thoughts on a poem she was looking towards me out the corner of her eye, and not towards the teacher who is on the complete other side of the classroom. She did that anytime she spoke in that class that week.

The issue is, we moved seats on the class where I talked to her, and she's no longer by my friends so I don't have an excuse to talk to her. I did manage to catch her before lunch one day, and I asked her why she didn't respond. She said she got the text, but was at a soccer game so she couldn't text back. That doesn't really explain why she was staring more than usual during the week, as she seemed to be thinking about me enough to pay attention.

A few days go by, she's still staring, but I don't get a chance to talk to her. I don't want to wait to figure out what's going on, and it's not imminently likely that I am going to have a time to talk to her alone, so I decided to text her again. I asked her if she didn't respond the first time because she didn't want me to text her, and again no response. I talked to a mutual friend about it and she said she sometimes doesn't get a response either, but infrequently.

The weird part is now she's staring EVEN MORE. In one of the classes she has to turn her head past me to look at the whiteboard from her desk, and every single time she looked from her paper to the whiteboard or vice versa she paused for a moment to look my direction. I know it sounds like I am exaggerating, but from where I sit, I can see her in the corner of my eye while looking at the whiteboard. She would start moving her head, stop when she would have an angle to look at me, and then keep turning her head. She also was messing with her hair a lot.

That was last friday, and this week nothing changed. She was staring a lot, and there were times in the first class when she would sit with her shoulders facing me instead of forwards to towards the teacher, she touched her hair a lot, and it seemed like any time I put my leg on my knee or hand on my head she would be doing the same shortly after.

Usually she leaves the first class with her friends but we walk the same direction. I sit closer to the door, so usually I leave first. Monday she quickly walked over as I was leaving, but then saw I was talking to one of my friends and she then stopped, looked at her phone and waited for her friends. yesterday, she left with her friends just a bit before me, but after they left she slowed down and ended up in front of me alone, and was walking really slowly. I didn't want to be weird and approach her from behind, so I also slowed down. In the second class, I also sit closer to the door, and I was getting up to leave but a few people I know wanted to talk about a recent test. She was about to leave too, but when I stopped, she stopped to look at her phone and waited inside the classroom. She knows one of the people in the group, so as we started to leave, she joined the group and walked over by her friend, but was staring at me the whole time. Usually, we go the same way but everyone else doesn't, so I just figured I'd wait for them to leave and talk to her then. But, she left early that day and went with the group. So I feel like an idiot.

She's giving really strong signs she's interested whenever I see her, but a really strong sign of disinterest by not responding. I don't want to call her, i doubt she'll pick up if she doesn't text back. I'm just really confused on the situation and need other thoughts

tldr crush gives a lot of signs that she's interested, but didn't text back

She's normally quiet and shy, but she stares a lot, messes with her hair a lot, seems to try to be around me when I leave a class, but didn't respond.

Submitted November 25, 2021 at 12:07AM

Sorry this is long, details are kinda necessary (tldr at bottom tho).We're both 16, and I have two classes with her. I start to think I have a crush on her, so I start paying attention to her. I notice she stares back a lot too. There were times where she would glance over after laughing with her friends, her eyes would linger when she turned her head, and she looked over her shoulder when I was working in the hall and she passed by.I only looked at her out the corner of my eye, we would make occasional eye contact but I only looked if she was looking first.She sat at a table with a few of my friends in the other class, and we could move around for worksheets so whenever we had a worksheet I'd go over to my friends. Usually, we have to present how to do part of the worksheet to the class. The first day I'm over there, I ask if I should stay there to present with them, or go back to my group and she is the first one that tells me to stay. There is another girl at that table, and whenever I listened to the other girl, she would repeatedly glance at me to see how much I was paying attention to the other girl. She'd pay attention to stuff like if a sub said my name wrong, even if I wasn't at her table and she'd bring it up later. We do have a good bit in common, we both play soccer, we have a lot of the same classes and I could get her to laugh.She's normally a shy and very quiet person, so I took all of this to be a good sign, and I asked for her number after class one day. I immediately texted her so she had my number, and then I texted her that weekend. No response. At this point I figure she's not interested, oh well.But then that week she's staring even more. We were in the hall for a class and I was behind her, and she was repeatedly looking over her shoulder back at my group. I moved behind her other shoulder, and she repeatedly looked over that shoulder. In the other class, when she was giving thoughts on a poem she was looking towards me out the corner of her eye, and not towards the teacher who is on the complete other side of the classroom. She did that anytime she spoke in that class that week.The issue is, we moved seats on the class where I talked to her, and she's no longer by my friends so I don't have an excuse to talk to her. I did manage to catch her before lunch one day, and I asked her why she didn't respond. She said she got the text, but was at a soccer game so she couldn't text back. That doesn't really explain why she was staring more than usual during the week, as she seemed to be thinking about me enough to pay attention.A few days go by, she's still staring, but I don't get a chance to talk to her. I don't want to wait to figure out what's going on, and it's not imminently likely that I am going to have a time to talk to her alone, so I decided to text her again. I asked her if she didn't respond the first time because she didn't want me to text her, and again no response. I talked to a mutual friend about it and she said she sometimes doesn't get a response either, but infrequently.The weird part is now she's staring EVEN MORE. In one of the classes she has to turn her head past me to look at the whiteboard from her desk, and every single time she looked from her paper to the whiteboard or vice versa she paused for a moment to look my direction. I know it sounds like I am exaggerating, but from where I sit, I can see her in the corner of my eye while looking at the whiteboard. She would start moving her head, stop when she would have an angle to look at me, and then keep turning her head. She also was messing with her hair a lot.That was last friday, and this week nothing changed. She was staring a lot, and there were times in the first class when she would sit with her shoulders facing me instead of forwards to towards the teacher, she touched her hair a lot, and it seemed like any time I put my leg on my knee or hand on my head she would be doing the same shortly after.Usually she leaves the first class with her friends but we walk the same direction. I sit closer to the door, so usually I leave first. Monday she quickly walked over as I was leaving, but then saw I was talking to one of my friends and she then stopped, looked at her phone and waited for her friends. yesterday, she left with her friends just a bit before me, but after they left she slowed down and ended up in front of me alone, and was walking really slowly. I didn't want to be weird and approach her from behind, so I also slowed down. In the second class, I also sit closer to the door, and I was getting up to leave but a few people I know wanted to talk about a recent test. She was about to leave too, but when I stopped, she stopped to look at her phone and waited inside the classroom. She knows one of the people in the group, so as we started to leave, she joined the group and walked over by her friend, but was staring at me the whole time. Usually, we go the same way but everyone else doesn't, so I just figured I'd wait for them to leave and talk to her then. But, she left early that day and went with the group. So I feel like an idiot.She's giving really strong signs she's interested whenever I see her, but a really strong sign of disinterest by not responding. I don't want to call her, i doubt she'll pick up if she doesn't text back. I'm just really confused on the situation and need other thoughtstldr crush gives a lot of signs that she's interested, but didn't text backShe's normally quiet and shy, but she stares a lot, messes with her hair a lot, seems to try to be around me when I leave a class, but didn't respond.