This girl, does she like me or am I just overreacting? Please help

[xbatalix]

OK, I was at a Sweet 16 the other night. This question is about this girl that was there. This is not her name, but just for the purpose of the question, let's call her Jessica. Jessica goes to school with me, but we really didn't know each other. I only talked to her once, and that was about 5 months ago for about 8 minutes when I had to because it was for a required assignment in religion class. Our teacher made us have a short one-on-one conversation with every kid in the class, and he assigned us a topic to talk about. We just chatted and that was it, nothing special. I hadn't talked to her or even acknowledged her since. So I get to the party, and when I see Jessica, who I barely knew, she yells out my name and says hi. Then she says she wants to dance with me later. I was surprised she even knew me, let alone wanted to dance with me. I thought she was just messing around with me. So later (about 2 hours), I walk past the dancing section, see her, and just give her one of those “hello” nods. I didn't stop and dance, because like I said, I thought she was joking with me before. So I start to walk away. I walked across the entire place, which was huge. I get to where I was heading for, turn around, and there she is. Obviously, she chased me down across the club. She grabbed my hand, and led me all the way back to the dance floor. We grinded for 2 songs, and she really got into it, grinding her a*s hard against me, holding my hands, and I was holding her hips real firmly. She didn't seem shy at all. I thought it was odd for her to dance like this with someone she didn't know. When we finished she gave me a hug. On my way out, I saw her again, and she gave me one of those quick kisses on the cheek and a hug. I know that’s just a way of saying goodbye, but for someone I didn’t know until an hour ago, I was surprised. So, does this girl like me, or am I just blowing this way out of proportion?

I'm not dense, I just think its odd that a girl I have never talked to would act like we were best friends, you know. I don't know how girls think. I hope she likes me, but I can't help thinking that it was just a one night thing. She never struck me as the spontaneous type, but I could be wrong. I don't know. Unfortunately, I won't know until Monday; I'm off from school this week and I don't have her number, since we barely knew each other.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, because I don't want to be disappointed if this turns out to be nothing, which is likely. But that's real hard because I've never had a true girlfriend before and I'm kinda hoping that “Jessica" really likes me. You can imagine the crazy stuff going on in my head. Monday can't come soon enough.

Another odd thing: If she liked me so much, why did she wait until now to do something? Is she just an overly-friendly girl? My head hurts

And on a sidenote, I could be wrong, but I don't think she was drunk at all, not even tipsy.

Thanks for reading, I know I typed a lot If you have any questions or need more details, let me know. Hope to hear your opinions

[sera300]

Sounds to me like you both met 5 months ago and she has had the hots for you since, yet unfortunately you did not notice her. So the next opportunity at the party she made sure to make her interest in you known, after all she did get you to open your eyes to her. Why did she wait so long? Maybe she did not--you maybe just did not notice. Now, take her move seriously and do something...call her, ask her to go out on a date, don't just sit back waiting to see what she is going to do, you make the first move but do it soon.

[The1and0nly]

Its sounds like to mee that she really likes you. I mean to me it looks like when u met 5 months ago she really liked you, so mabe in her own way she told u that at the sweet 16

[xbatalix]

Both interesting points. I mean, I suppose I didn't see the signs, but it seems hard to believe that she showed interest and I didn't notice, since we never talked. It also seems odd that she would be almost shy to do anything, yet at the party just be crazy. I have a gut feeling that I'm overreacting, but hey, you never know. I'm not going to ask her out or anything the first time I see her. I'll give it a day or two and see how she reacts to me, then decide if I want to make a move. Thanks for your imput.

Anyone else?

[sera300]

Listen, a girl does not act that way when he has no interest. Don't wait too long or be overly cautious since you may miss a good one!

[madeye]

Hey its cool.

for some of us guys it takes some time to catch on when and how a women is showing interest.

there is a natural order to seduction, and it almost always involves a women giving you the opportunity to try, not a women directly telling you "i like you please try"

most women will not say "wanna go out for a drink"

instead they will say

"oh what bars do you go to? well since im single i usually like to go out to a bar for a few drinks"

and she will say this with the most friendly sounding intent!

and its your job to see these "windows" and dont second guess yourself dont be scared of rejection (doesnt exist mate) and make your move for a first 1 on 1 interaction (dont ever call it a date right away, its a new age and saying the word date too early creeps some women out)

All you gotta do is just have fun and be confident.

[Newtolove]

go for it buddy after all what have you to loose ? if she likes you for real great if not no loss the loss will come of not trying