Looking for insight particularly from the ladies out there

[AnEnormousPanda]

I've been talking with this beautiful intelligent girl that it turns out she and I share a lot in common or at least have much of the same general history i.e. highschools, other universities attended and it turns out we even lived in the same building and went without meeting each other in a completely different city than where we are now. I met her through school (college) I'm taking 4 classes and she's in every single one. We sit next to each other and work together as often as we can and we'll walk together to our cars after class and chat almost every night and we have even shared some matters of a personal nature with each other for the most part though things that would fall under the friend category. She opened up to me almost immediately when we met and told me that she had a boyfriend that she had recently found out had cheated on her. Flash forward 2 months Recently we were walking and talking much like we do every day but that day she stopped me and apologized for being so awkward around me all the time and said that it was because I was so cool I'm kind of intimidating. That being one of the most flattering comments I've ever received especially coming from the girl I fancy I wasn't quite sure how to interpret the situation especially because she still had the boyfriend. One month later I was texting her and she brought up a music festival asking me if I was going. I told her I hadn't been planning on it and asked her if she was going and she replied with "I was thinking about it" at this point I was certain she was giving me all the right signs and here was my window of opportunity even though she still had her boyfriend (I know cheater or not I'm still the bigger a**hole here asking a girl with a boyfriend out but I couldn't pass it up) so I took it and asked her if she'd accompany me to the music festival. Much to my dismay she politely declined and I left it at that. Since turning down my offer to go to the music festival however I've noticed when we hang out she always seems to linger with me. The kind of situation when two people have run out of the usual pleasantries but neither wants to depart each others company and end the conversation so instead things get a bit quiet and awkward until one of us finally says goodbye (usually me because I end up putting my foot in my mouth and repeat a question that already had come up in the conversation while I fumble around my brain for things to talk about). On top of this she has done things for me that seem to indicate that she seems to like me. Once we were in class and I jokingly said I was craving a specific kind of food so she went out of her way to make it from scratch for me that day and serve it to me. A lot of work to go to in my opinion even for a friend. One last layer of awesomeness to be added to this story is that I believe she lives with her boyfriend and I have reason to believe that they've been dating for some time now.

 

Back story covered my question is this; how should I proceed? There isn't a whole lot of time left to the classes we're taking together and I really would like to date this girl if it weren't for the cheating boyfriend. Does it seem like I may be getting lead on? Am I completely barking up the wrong tree and should just graciously accept the friendship of this awesome person? I'm truly stumped here and have in the past mistaken friendliness for attraction which may be the case here though I do sincerely hope it is not.

 

PLEASE HELP!!!

 

-Panda

[TaraMaiden]

She's made it clear she likes you.

She's 'taken'.

She rejected one advance.

 

Step back, be friendly, warm and yet remain distant.

 

I think you're playing with fire here.

 

Neither she or her BF seem to be the singularly 'keeping' kind. If she flirts with you, she may flirt with others, and as everyone seems to be very young in this scenario, you're none of you really thinking with your heads firmly screwed on.

 

Really. Step back.

See other unattached girls.

Right now, at this stage of life, you should simply be having a bit of fun, albeit safely and responsibly - not seeking complications to screw your mind up with.

[eshmita.fazal]

yes think with cool mind and then got a step:bunny: