GIRLS: Do you think she now likes me? Please answer?

[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. 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 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

[Jenny]

Honestly yes i think she does like you she may of not wanted a relationship at the time but that was then and this is now so go for her

[Ellen]

It does sound like she has feelings for you. When a girl starts showing a special tenderness just for you... it means something. Is there a reason she might be avoiding relationships in general - ie she has been hurt before, or she is just afraid of being rushed into things she's not ready for(like physical intimacy)??
If there are close friends of hers that you talk to, who are giving you this information that she does like you, maybe they can help. If she's waiting and wishing for you to ask her out again, they are the ones who would know about it, and if they can verify that she has changed her mind, that will give you the confidence to ask her out again.

[Hollie]

I think she likes you but doesn't want to mess up the relationship cause if she goes out with you now what happens if you brack up that pretty much it it's over but if you start going out when your like 20 then maybe something can come of it hope this helps