GIRLS: Does she now like me? Please help!?

[Thomas]

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.
Sorry for reposting, i just wanted some more views

[carlos_gavito]

Your question is too long. Sorry.

[Jessica]

Ask her out. That will tell you if she does.

[Abby]

Stop overthinking it (: She obviously likes you, and she seems to be giving you A LOT of signals! So, go for it! If she didn't like you she would not be flirting with you and be asking about some girl you used to have a thing with! Ask her out!

[a.f306]

It sounds like she really likes you and wants to let you know.
there are different reasons as to why she may have said no the first time e.g. doesn't want to ruin your friendship, doesn't know how to tell her parents or maybe she just didn't want to take your friendship to the next level.
i don't know how long its been since you first asked her out but she might have just needed time to think and to me its sounds like shes thought about it and now wants to go out with you!
i think you should either ask her friends what they think or just ask her out - you have nothing to loose if you stayed friends the last time