First off, I would like to thank those of you that helped me with my situation earlier.

Her name is Chelsea, and I asked her out several days ago. She responded with a yes, but I could tell something was amiss. I was soon expecting to talk to her about her changing her mind about going out with me, but I was surprised by what had happened.

The day after I asked her out, I was at a computer repair shop that I am helping in my free time, and one of the department managers from my first job comes in. She is really good friends with Chelsea, and right then I knew something was up. I get a, "Oh, hi Lewis." After the awkward greeting, I left the front office, and started working on one of the computers in the back.

As I am sitting, she comes in and sits in the chair next to me, asking me what I am doing, and asking me how I could understand how computer work. Gave her a quick response, but before I was finished, she interrupts me, telling me that, "I heard you asked Chelsea out last night. She didn't know how to tell you this herself, but she isn't looking for anyone to date right now."

I talked to Chelsea that night over the internet, and she said that she has tried to deal with guys from work before, and they all ended up being weird. She said that I am the only person who she feels comfortable to be around, and doesn't want to ruin what we already have.

I guess I am ok with her decision, but I was a little hurt. Hurt by the fact that Chelsea didn't tell me herself. I told Chelsea that I understood where she was coming from, and that I was sorry for misinterpreting what our friendship was. Told her that I would not have asked her out if I didn't feel truly comfortable around her.

As of this point, I don't know what to do. I still have feelings for her, but I believe that she is a lost cause. Once again, Lewis is in the friend zone.

Should I move on, our should I take what I have with her and try to build it stronger? Is it bad of me to still have these feelings for her? Should I be more careful to whom I tell my feelings to? Did I completely misread our friendship, or is there something there? Do you think I may have wanted her to like me so bad, that I was being blinded?

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I started working at a Hastings Store several months ago. I quickly became friends with one of my co-workers, Chelsea, and from an early point in our friendship I could swear I was getting some signals from her. I'm new to the flirting game, and don't know what I am doing, but I was flirting with her and she didn't seem to mind. During a long shift with her, we were talking about ourselves. About our interests and what our hobbies are. I quickly fell for her, and I don't fall for just anybody. There was something about her, and from an early point I knew that I could trust her.

This talking goes on for several more weeks, and soon realized that I had feelings for her. Which I thought was weird because I have not known her for very long.

One time, as I was visiting the store to purchase some parts for the computer I was working on, I was talking on the phone to one of my best friends across the country, and she insisted on taking my phone and talking to him. Told my friend that she was slightly cooler than me, then gave the phone back to me. *I honestly don't know what that means, if it means anything at all*

The next week, as I was running the Lifestyles department of the store, one of my old friends from High School comes in, and I start talking to him. After about 5 minutes, Chelsea comes from around a corner, straight over to us and yells, "Lois! DO WORK!" In a joking kind of way. Everyone in the store calls me Lois, but she was the last one to actually call me Lewis. After my friend leaves, she asks if that was the guy that she talked to over the phone.

I was going into work one night as she was leaving, and I yelled, "GET INSIDE BEFORE YOU GET STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!" and she yells, "BUT YOU'RE TALLER THAN ME!" This doesn't mean anything, but I thought it was funny.

Lots of little things that she did made me think she liked me. But the one that made me actually ask her out was when I would be across the store, or across the table, or if I was helping a customer, I would look up and see her look away quickly. I tired to hold her gaze, but she looked away too quickly. I watched her to see how often she looked at me, and I thought it was pretty frequent. Like every 5-10 seconds, I would get a glance from across the store. I know people look around when they are bored, and this might have been the case with her, but it made me feel good when she would look at me.
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If you read all this, then you are a trooper, and I think you immensely.

If you could please answer some of my questions. Reassure myself that I am not crazy. Tell me that it was completely understandable why I thought she liked me. Stuff of that nature, it would be most appreciated.