Has she changed her mind? Please can anyone answer?

[Bob]

Hi. I am 16. So i got off with a girl (she is 17 but in my year at school because her birthday is before mine. We are at different schools because mine is all boys and hers is all girls but they are really close) a couple of months back and started to like her but then she turned me down when i asked her out but we stayed friends and spoke regularly since we got off. Well her friends have recently been saying to me that she does actually like me and that they have no idea why she turned me down. Also she has started to talk to me first a lot more recently and pass me compliments like she likes my personality, likes my hair or likes one of my middle names. At one point she also asked me how things were between me and a girl i had a small thing with (she was basically asking if i was going to take it further with the other girl). She has also started to like my stuff on facebook more and send more x's when we text. We flirt over the phone and stuff. She also texts me stuff sometimes like 'you dirty thing' when we are flirting and she wishes me good luck in things i do all the time and then asks me how i did later and she also expresses sympathy a lot for me. Finally, tonight i saw her again with a group of friends. At one point my mate whos hose we were all at put some music on and he said i should dance (referring to some dancing i did at a party with a guy friend last week) but i said i wouldnt because i didnt have my partner (the guy friend). She then offered to dance with me and i warned her you wont like it (it is pretty dirty so that it is funny) and she said she had already seen it and didnt mind. My group of friends always make jokes about me and my guy friend i danced with being gay because we always pretend to be because they find it funny. Whenever i am talking to her and we joke about it she says something like 'i know your not gay '. We ended up talking together a lot and we got quite close a few times when we were throwing yoga balls around and we kind of fell down together and stayed like that. She did some stuff to my hair to make it look like horns and i said they make me look pretty and she said 'you look pretty without them anyway'. She also offered me a hug at one point when we were joking around and she touched my chest at one point because i poked hers and joked that she had no muscle there. Her final hug when we left was different than the ones she gave to the others because it was more soft and gentle and yet more firm. It was also longer and she sort of stroked my back with her hand during the hug. Could it be that she now does like me? I really don't want to get turned down again because it hurt so much last time and i have never felt like this about a girl before.
Thank you for reading

[Amy]

Wow, that was alot to read. You are doing all the classic things us girls do- reading too much into things. Sure there is a possibility that she likes you and has changed your mind, but then again theres a possibility that she's just trying to be friends with you. Take things slow, test the water and don't over do it with her. Play it cool so you don't come across as desperate and if she does continue to flirt then just sit her down and ask her whats going on between you both. What have you got to lose?

[AneDCB]

Dont risk it. Let her make the first move. Dont ruin your perfect friendship