HELP! BEST FRIEND’S BROTHER!

Hi everyone! So normally I’d turn to my best friend for something like this but I’ve accidentally fallen in love with her brother, which is not something I can easily talk to her about. So instead I figured I would turn to my <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android.eve">Eve</a> girls!

Ok so I’ve known my best friend and her brother literally since birth but he started texting me around last October. It took me a while to warm up to the idea but he was initially VERY flirtatious. I’m talking calling me gorgeous multiple times a day, saying that he loves being around me, and that I bring him so much happiness (all sweet things to say but surprised me!). I wanted to remain friendly bc I didn’t want things to be awkward, but I NEVER flirted back. Then, I don’t know what clicked but a few weeks ago we hung out and I fell for him, hard!

So, with that being said, I finally started flirting back... He travels for work during the week but on the weekends we try to see each other as much as possible. He also always asks me to call him at work so he can hear my voice.

Here’s the issue...

There is a small age gap between us, but everything is totally legal! Today he made some kind of comment about how he wishes he could hold me right now and I said I wish he could too but then out of nowhere he said “I wish it was actually possible for these things to happen.” Then he explained how he just wishes we were at different places in our lives and how he likes where things are right now. Then after that he went right back to the flirtation and how he misses me and all that.

I’m confused because he was interested in me long before I was interested in him and I sent him some pictures the other night which received a few really provocative comments from him. Was I stupid for thinking that he wanted more than just to send flirtatious texts back and forth? I’m so lost right now...

Please help!