First, some background info for those that haven't seen my previous topics: I've fallen pretty bad for a girl I work with (we're just part timers at a dinky little retail store), and I was sure she was into me. I asked her out a few weeks ago, she took some time to think about it, but ultimately turned me down because she's too focused on finishing college. I've been kinda down about it, because I liked her a lot, and really felt she liked me a lot, too, but I've been doing a bit better with it. Although, I admit, part of me has been hoping I can "win her over" in time, and possibly try again once she finishes school, but I don't know if that has any possibility of working out.
Anyway, to get to the point of this topic. Today, I went to work, and saw that she left me a cutesy little note about switching shifts this Friday (I work in the morning, she works the evening, so if we switched, it'd be the other way around). I was going to decline anyway, and wrote it off, but then another thought jumped in my head and has pretty much "consumed" me -- what if she wants Friday night off so she can go out with some other guy? I know I've literally jumped to that conclusion with no evidence at all, but still... I mean, it's possible, right?
I know I can't be upset with her going out with someone else, but if she is looking to go out with someone else, is it me, or doesn't it seem a bit rude to ask me first to cover her shift so she can do that? Me, the guy she rejected just a couple weeks ago? In all the time I've known her, she's always been good to me, and I've never seen her do anything hurtful to anyone, so if this is what's going on, it comes as kind of a punch to the stomach...
The worst thing is, I don't know how to act around her now, because I have absolutely no way of knowing if this is true or just something I've made up. I mean, I don't want to be an ass to her if I happen to be wrong, but I don't want to keep being buddy-buddy with her if I'm right...
Ladies, what do you think?