All right, I know this is going to be fairly long, but bare with me.
I've known this boy, Derek, for about 4 years now. I began dating Derek in high school. We had a great relationship. Worse came to worse eventually though.. a lot of things happened, which left him with no place to go. So, he lived at my house for almost a year. That year put a lot of stress on our relationship.. being practically under each others noses at all times. So, he eventually moved out and we broke up.
Ok, that aside. We stopped talking for awhile. He got another girlfriend, and a week before Thanksgiving, she left him. He needed someone, so he called me. We never talked that much, but we both really have a lot of trust in each other. I ended up inviting him to our Thanksgiving dinner, since he then had nowhere to go.
I never did get over him. I may have moved on, but he still had a huge part of me.
We began talking more and more. He needed a shoulder to lean on, and I'm the type of person who would never turn the other cheek. So I tried. He got better and worse, better and worse. But, regardless, I was there. I listened to him talk about her. It killed me, but I did.
Skipping to now, she's talking to him again. She's asked him and his roommate to go to a movie Monday night. Since she's asked for a third party, its probably nothing romantic. I worry that she's just going to tag him along like she's been doing, or hurt him really bad again. He's basically put his life on a standstill for her. She doesn't deserve him.
I was with him today. His car broke down, so I was driving him around today. We went to the bookstore, got lunch, and then went back to his apartment. Then we just chilled out for a bit. We watched cartoons and he tried to teach me to juggle (I fail, btw). Then we went to his friend's apartment to watch a movie..
On the way back, he was talking to me.. He still does have feelings for me. He's confused about what he's going to do about the whole ex situation. He said that when he left me, I did nothing. Which, I did. He fought to get back together with that girl in the beginning. Although, they're not together right now, at least he tried. I never did. I'm a very passive-aggressive person, so I just took it.
I guess, what I'm asking.. Is how to win someone back? If I could develop a relationship with him, it'd be a lot to me. I understand that it doesn't always work.. but I can say that I tried. I see an opportunity, and I want to take it. This feels like a sappy love story. -_-
We've been in love before, so maybe it can happen again. So..
I'm epic fail at flirting. How do you flirt, but subtly..? He flirts with me whenever I'm with him, but I'm horrible with it. And, how can I win him back?