Should I still do it? (Really long story)?
OK, so there's this girl that I work with at Publix, and we're both 18. She's gorgeous, friendly, funny, everything I could ever hope for in a girl.
After a couple of months of working together, we became pretty good friends. I eventually asked her for her number, saying...
"Hey, let me get your number. You know, so I can annoy you whenever I want to."
"(Laughs and gives number) Now, you have to give me your number, so I can annoy you back."
A few days later, while I was working and she wasn't, I played a joke on her through text message. She told me, "Haha, your so mean! But I still love you!" Then later on, she came into work and jokingly hit me on the back, telling me how "mean" I am. As she left, she made her mom stop the car so that she could yell "BYE (My name)" out the window. Another worker that was nearby told me, "Man, you're so lucky. She definitely likes you." Oddly enough, that same day after I got off work I went to the mall with a friend, she was there. She saw me, and ran up and hugged me so hard it nearly knocked me over. That night, we were having a good conversation through text messaging.
The next day, I tried texting her again, but her responses were really bland and uninterested. Almost as if I were annoying her.
About a week later, there was a concert coming up so I invited her to come along with a friend and I. She said she couldn't, because she was going to be at her dad's house. (Seems like an odd excuse to me. :/ )
A couple weeks after that, I was in the aisles of Publix, stocking shelves, when she came back and started talking to me for a while. Then she said she was leaving, gave me a hug, and left. When I finished stocking, a friend of mine asked,
"Hey, are you and (the girl I'm talking about) going out?"
"No, why?"
"When I asked her what she was doing, she said she was looking for someone. Then she walked back to where you were. She likes you, man." (Note: This is a different friend than the one that was convinced she liked me before.)
However, the other day I offered to give her a ride home (she can't drive yet), and she said that she didn't need one.
About a week later, she mentioned,
"Man, I hope I don't have to walk home in this cold."
"Oh, I can give you a ride home if you want."
"No, that's okay. I have a ride, I just hope it doesn't cancel."
Just yesterday, I was completely sure I was going to ask her out, and I was ready to do it, but ironically enough some guy that she knows from school goes through her line and starts hitting on her. She's obviously uninterested in him to the point that she seemed upset that he was there, and he leaves dejectedly. Now, she's obviously frustrated, and goes on to tell me a story about another guy from work asking her out and how she keeps trying to avoid him now because she doesn't want to go out with him. It was an awkward time to ask her on a date, so I didn't.
We're good friends, and we're always hanging out and talking to each other at work, and I've gotten to the point where I can't stop thinking about her.
She has my number, but has only texted me without me texting her first a couple times. I've texted her a few times, but I don't do it a whole lot so I don't seem desperate.
Now, I don't know if I should ask her out or not. I mean, she has sort of diverted my advances already, but she's given me all the signs that she's interested in me, and I'm crazy about her.
So what should I do?
Thanks you for all your help! :)