Reading this kind of stuff always brings back fond memories. Back in my high school days, I became very attracted to a chick in one of my classes. She had a boyfriend at the time, but we quickly became 'school friends', meaning I never saw her outside of school, but we talked all the time. She broke up with her boyfriend, and by this time I was totally into her, but had already crossed the dreaded "friendship" line. We became closer and closer, and during the summer hung out together 4-5 nights a week, usually in my small group of close friends. I'd tell her about other chicks, she'd tell me about other guys. But, by this time I was TOTALLY infatuated with her, but was afraid to risk taking it to another level for fear of losing what we DID have, which was a truly wonderful friendship.
About two months into a very close friendship, we somehow got into some physical 'playfulness', just laughing and having fun, and I finally figured WTF and kissed her. Turns out, she had been for months, infatuated with ME, too, but since I never showed any romantic interested in her, figured I wasn't interested. Anyway, we dated for almost two years, and she became one of my first 'loves'. Or course love sucks, so it all eventually crashed and burned...but it was great while it lasted.
The moral of the story...take a chance once in a while, and don't assume somebody's not interested in you, they may be waiting for YOU to make the first move.
Because a hard man is good to find.