I'm mainly looking for a female answer.
I briefly went to the same high school as these two girls. For the sake of this topic I'm going to call them Amber and Nicole. I have known Amber since middle school and I know she like(d) me as one of her friends even told me outright. I shared a class with Nicole in high school and I had gotten the impression that she liked me.
Anyways, I'm in college now far away, single. I've kept in contact with Nicole more and she talks about guys with me and has recently gotten a boyfriend. I secretly like Nicole but I am scared she just thinks of me as a close friend. We met over break when she was still single and her first reaction to seeing me was hugging me around my waist. I didn't really respond to it and we shook hands instead when we said goodbye.
During this break, I hanged out with both Amber and Nicole together (they are friends). They both seem to jump at the chance to do anything with me, like when I said I was cold they each took one of my arms. Nicole even rested her arm on my shoulder when we were talking so I'm really confused. Do they both like me? And if so, why did Nicole go get a boyfriend?