I think this girl at work is interested in me. But she has a long term boyfriend but it all changed from the news she told me today...
We've worked together for about a year now, but I'll probably see her once a week if that some times, due to us having different shifts every week, she normally works in the morning and I work in the afternoon.
We got on fine, nothing ever real serious just got on like work people do, but I always liked her (I don't think she knew this or doesn't) and I was starting to get the feeling she liked me. When I would look up, I would often find her looking at me and such. Today when I made it crop up in conversation she said she people watches, I didn't make it obvious that I was asking why she looks at me, I was transitioning conversation perfectly today.
We had a shift together and we messed around a lot play fighting and I got one of my main first IOI's off her. She said that I sound like 'her perfect boyfriend' or something very similar, I can't really remember now. We always had a little flirt, but I knew she had a boyfriend so never really progressed anything because I didn't feel it was right and never felt she would leave him.
Cut this short... the other week she was on a shift, and was talking to another work colleague friend of mine making sure I couldn't hear but made it obvious they were talking about me. When I asked what it was about my friend said he couldn't tell me and I said I'd take it as a compliment, he said 'you should do'. I was curious as to what the girl said...
Today, she said 'Ive got something to tell you' and she was about to tell me as another colleague approached she said 'not now, in a minute'. When the colleague left, she told me her boyfriend cheated on her last year when he went away and told her the other day. I asked if she forgive him, she said 'not really' but never said they split up. We talked most the day and had fun and talked about lots of random things while I was transitioning conversation (as I was trying to build comfort).
Why did she only feel the need to tell me and no one else?
She eventually asked 'you know what we were talking about last week, did he tell you' I said no, she said 'really?' I said yeh really, what was it. She said she wasn't telling me like she was shy, then a couple of minutes later she said that he was going on a date with her mate but her mate wanted her to go with her. She asked my mate to ask me to come as to make it a 'double date' and when they were whispering, apparently she was saying I was 'hot' etc. But she said it to me like she said it as a joking way. But I do feel this was to shield her from me rejecting because when we've joked before she didn't need to hide it as much?
I took it as an IOI that she picked me (as there were a few others who could of been picked as well)? Right?
It was good, we messed around and stuff and really got on well. One colleague even asked if something was going on between us as we seemed so close all day. I definitely felt there as something there. I was going to try and number close as I asked her to go into town tonight. I thought I'd ask at the end of her shift as we both finished at the same time, but as we were about to leave she got asked to do another job and I felt it would be AFC to hang around and wait, so I left and she turned to me and looked almost geniunely sad to be leaving me.
The thing is, how do I do this without making things awkward now? She could stick with her boyfriend who knows, I just don't want to do anything to make it odd at work (such as asking her out directly and then finding out she doesn't like me afterall.)
How do I get this close?!
These are IOI's right?
Anyway, it might all read a bit confusing, but that's the main jist of the story. Any questions just ask, thanks
