So after some waiting around, and building up some courage, I decided to go back to the store where she works after three months of not seeing her there. I approach her as she is checking the shirts for stock. When I do see her this time, she does step away from her job momentarily and talk with me. We talk about how both of our grades were shit in prior classes and I even made her laugh again regarding which class she's taking. Considering that she is usually shy around me, I just thought I'd give it another go since I was not sure if she was expecting me to ask again. So I did it, and, while painful, she was honest this time. She told me that she wasn't interested (said it very softly and noticed she squinted her eyes while saying it too), and that there was a lot going on in her life, and she was too busy balancing a full time job and college together. I told her it was fine, and I looked forward to talking to her again, and I left. It did hurt for a bit, but I also w
