Do you think he loves me back?

April

Ok so i met this guy 3 months ago and we've become close friends, we call eachother best friends, hes the first guy i have ever had as a best friend. We got to know eachother very well and we tell eachother everything. He knows about my past and i know about his. He told his parents about me and i even met them. He's even told his kids and friends about me but ive never met them yet cause they live in bc and im in ns. My friend moved his parents out here and thats how i met them. My friend has even met my family and has become very protective of me and my little sister, he sees my sister as a daughter and feels he needs to look out for her cause shes 14. But hes protective of me in a different way. This is where i need advice. When we go to the pub to have a few drinks he will get protective of me and pull me close to him and start acting like im with him if he sees a guy looking at me. Most people that see us think we're a couple cause we flirt and hold hands and just act like a couple cause we're comfortable with eachother, but one night when i went to the bathroom my friend told me how a guy we were talking to asked if i was single, my friend told him yes then corrected himself and said kinda. When i came back the guy asked us what the deal is with us and what our relationship was, we told him we're just friends, then my friend went to the bathroom and the guy asked if we really were just friend cause he could see something more. I told him yes cause my friend doesnt want a relationship right now. The guy looked at me and but ur more then friends right? U guys have slept together. I blushed and didnt say anything and the guy said i can see it in your guys eyes and on your faces and how you look at eachother and act around eachother. He said he could tell that im in love with my friend and that i want more, he said he could also see that my friend feels the same way but it trying to hide it. I said yes i can see that and told him why my friend doesnt want a relationship. All his exs cheated on him, took his money and left him while he was away out working on a boat. My friend came back and the guy watched him very closely at how he acted around me and then said to him why dont you date this pretty young lady here you have beside you, you both obviously love eachother and want to be with eachother, so why hide it? My friend just looked at him and said we're just friends and that was it. The guy whispered to me, you need to fight for him and show him your the real deal and dont let him get away. Then that was it, the rest of the night both my friend and the guy just talked about their jobs and drank and laughed. Now whenever my friend comes out he plays 4 songs for me and says they make him think of me when he listens to them. He plays them and tells me to listen closely to the words then he looks into my eyes and starts singing along. The songs are "meant to be by bebe rexha", "never be like you by flume", "dive bar by gord bamford" and "be my baby by machine gun kelly". Also when hes here as we're laying in bed he will hold me tight and say i belong to him, but hes drunk sometimes when he says that and the next day or a few days later if i talk to him about that he tells me i belong to no one. The last time he was here he help me tighter then he normally does and said to me, i know you want to say it baby, i said to him what do i want to say, he said just say it i know you wanna say it, i said what that i love you, then he sighed and said you know its hard for me to say that back right, i said yea i know and i don't expect you to say it back. Few minutes later and squeezed me and whispered i love you, i joked around asking, what was that i didnt hear you, he said you know damn welk what i said and im not saying it again, i giggled and said no really i didnt hear what you said, he sighed and told me to go to sleep, then a few seconds later he tightens his hold on me again and says i love you baby, i said i love you too, then he said that i was his wife, i said im your wife now am i, he said yes im gonna make you my wife someday, i said really cause i would love that. Then he said your mine right, i said yes babe im yours, he said your never going to leave me right, i said i would never leave you babe i want to be with you and only you. Then he said i love you baby one last time and fell asleep. Again he was drunk but ive had alot of people tell be that drinking brings out the truth in people, and im wondering if thats true. I tried talking to mg friend the next day about what he said and he called himself an idiot for saying that stuff and that he doesnt remember saying it and said he does love me but only as a friend right now cause he doesnt want a relationship. Few days later he calls me up saying how it hates the town his parents moved to and wants to go home, i told him that he gets to go home in a few days, he said yea but i wanna go now, i said ok u go now and u take me with u, he said hun u wont be happy out there ot will all be new to you and you wont have any friends. I told him im not happy where i am now and that i dont have friends where i am now and that im happy where ever he is. He asked me what i would do out there while he was away for work cause hes gone for 2 to 4 months at a time. I told him i would take care of your house and the animals, he has a ranch. He said u would have to drive down to take care of the horses, i said yea and i can do that, he said but u need your license, i said yea and ill get them you already said you would teach me to drive. He said ok but you need to get along with my daughter and shes hard to get along with cause shes a bitch. I said yea i think i can get along with her and if shes a bitch with me ill be a bitch back. He says ok but im not helping you out there i want you to follow me. I said fine ill start saving up my money. Now everytime i talk to him i tell him i want to be out there with him but he doesnt think i would be happy away from my family. And he was thinking of moving out here and bringing all his stuff and getting a new job out here because his parents want him out here. Ive told him fine if u think u can be happy here then ill help u find a place but if u wont be happy here and rather stay out where your from and where all your friends are and where your kids are then stay. I have nothing holding me here so i dont mind moving just to be with you. But i think hes still scared im gonna be like his exs. What do you think? Can someone help me and give me advice? What should i do? My mom and aunt want me to forget about him and start dating other guys and forget about him but i love him and wanna wait and see what happens when he comes back for Christmas. I even told him tonight that im not gonna listen to my mom and aunt and im not gonna date. Im gonna stay single right now and work on myself while hes away and wait for him and see what happens. He said good idea.