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so me and my boyfriend broke up before christmas and so i was sad he dumped me ect. well anyway my friend was texting this guy i like and she said who would you like to go to winter formal with to the guy i like and he said well he kinda likes me but doesnt know if he wants to go just as friends but im not suppse to know this lol so yea and winter formal is girls ask guys but anyway i wanna ask him i mean hes way cuter and nicer then my ex but idk lol like i dont know if he actually does like me because when we text hes always has short answers and when the convo gets bored it stays bored and like today after awhile i was like soo and hes like sooo i gtg see you tom. but yea i dont know if he likes me even though he told my best friend that but hes alittle shy and that he says dating as a freshmen is pointless but he dated in 7th grade so i think something happened lol but i dont know if he likes me what do you think- he looks at me during algebra, when he says a joke or something or a joke is said he looks at me, he texted me after his bbal game that i couldnt go to saying where were yiou and i said sorry i couldnt come my brother got sick and i said howd you know i wasnt there and he said i looked for you. lol but yea i dont know if he likes me and that and also if you think he likes me what are some really really really cute ways to ask him to winter formal. but yea please help me, all my friends say hes way better then my ex and there true but i wish i knew if he likes me or if hes just super shy because of what could of happened in his last relationship lol idk HELP!!!!! and what are someways when we text to like open him up and also be flirty please and thankyou lol :)