Hello, thank you everyone for reading!

Okay, so to sum it all up for you. Their is a guy who like me, who I do not like back. To add detail, I’ll include that this guy is sweet, and I’ve known him for a while, but I tend to hand out with completely different people, have crushes on very different people, and generally associate myself with a different group. I think he is smart and nice, but I really do not return any form of ‘liking’ towards him.

Their was a rumor going around he liked me, which I thought could be possible, but I didn’t necessarily believe. Obviously, I didn’t gossip about this with anyone, because I didn’t want to embarrass him if it was untrue or even true, and even if he did like me, I didn’t think he would have any intention of actually asking me out.

Well anyway, today in sixth period, he came next to me, by pulling up a chair from a different area in the room, for a movie we were watching! I didn’t immediately recognize the problem at hand, until a guy across the room, his friend, mouthed ‘Ask her!’ I was so surprised I immediately started talking to a good friend of mine, and then excused myself to get a spinning chair (lol) and sit next to another friend. I feel bad about that now, but it was something I honestly would do even if the situation were different. Of course, I know that his friend could be kidding around with him in reaction to the ‘rumors’ but I have doubts, because I caught him off guard when I looked at him.

I know I can’t avoid him forever, but I have nothing to say to him if he asks! I really don’t think a simple ‘No thank you’ would be appropriate in my school-age surroundings. Saying I have a boyfriend would be possible, but in my grade, rumors spread fast, and I don’t want to get caught in a lie. Then their is saying something along the lines of ‘I don’t date.’ or ‘I think that dating someone this young is immature.’ or ‘Im not allowed to date.’ but the truth of the matter is if the guy I had a crush on asked me out the next period, I wouldn’t want to feel obligated to say no.

I know you have heard this before, but what should I do?