Okay so I’m 17, almost 18 and a senior in high school. There was a guy (call him Travis) who I was texting with starting back in February and it wasn’t much and then we started to talk every day once it was spring and into summer. When summer break happened, there was a night where his parents were out of town and my dad had work so I snuck out and he came to pick me up and we went back to his house about 20 minutes away. Nothing happened! We only watched Netflix and hung out and talked some for about 3 hours then he took me home. So after that, we were texting normally and then a little while later, we quit talking a little less and then not at all. I had to go to my moms for two weeks before senior year started and I texted him once then and it was a really short conversation and he actually left me on read (which stated to become normal). So since then, I said I was done with him and I didn’t text him or anything all summer. Then we start school and he turns out to be in 3 of my classes! Well technically 2 now because I go to another class to help my teacher. So he’s in my botany class and my lunch/study hall. We didn’t talk at all and it was driving me nuts so I texted him and asked why he hasn’t been talking to me and he asked me the same thing and I said it was because I didn’t know what to say and he said it was he same for him. And then the next day I swallowed my pride and finally said hi to him and had a small and kind of awkward conversation with him. It’s been 3 weeks of school and I’ve only walked in the halls with him a few times now and I texted him a few times because I didn’t want to see clingy or desperate or anything. But each conversation got less and less awkward but when we text he would still leave me on read but he was still on snapchat and that’s a really big peeve of mine.

As of yesterday, I walked with him when we were leaving botany and then I was going to walk with him when we were leaving lunch/study hall but I just didn’t wait for him because I felt like I just shouldn’t have so we didn’t walk together. Then I ran into another one of my guy friends (call him Matt) who I’ve practically had wrapped around my finger since freshman year and we walked together the remainder of the way I’d walk with Travis. I pass my best friend in this hallway and when I saw her in my next class, she told me that Travis was walking behind Matt and I but she couldn’t really tell what his expression was about it.

Later in the day, I was on my way to a soccer game and I texted Travis. He didn’t reply until I was on my way home because the game was canceled and I told him about it and filled him in about my concussion that I recently got and we were just texting and then he again left me on read but he was still on Snapchat. So I finally had enough and texted him. So this was the conversation:

Me: how do you feel about me?

Me: because I like you but idk..

Him(Travis): I like you. It’s just Im not really looking for a relationship 😕

Me: That’s not exactly what I meant.

Me: But okay?

And then he left me on read.

And by what I mean when I said “that’s not exactly what I meant” was that I wasn’t asking for a relationship, I just wanted to know if he likes me. I don’t really want to be held down because I was planning on going to another schools homecoming and dancing with other guys and I don’t want to not be able to d that at my last homecoming. And either way, I only asked if he likes me not if he wanted to date.

But my questions are

-what do you think he means?

-am I overthinking this?

-should I bother still being his friend?

-any advice on what to do in the situation?

-just what you think about this??

Thank you!!