So there's this new phd student that I like quite a bit. We could talk a bit but most of the time it was in a group setting. So I don't really know her much yet.
I know she at least does not dislike me. She's nice with me and smiles, but I think she is that way with everyone. Yet at the same time, I noticed lately that she always tries to sit near me (although not a huge sample). Once at the bar, two of us were already seated side by side, then she appeared to hesitate in front of which person to sit, and ended up sitting in front of me. At lunch we were lots of people taking the entire table, and she sat right next to me, almost in a hurry. Or what made me really wonder, is that time where four of us were sitting at a round table. There were already people on either side of me, but the two on my right left to do something, but left their phones on the table. Then she arrived and asked if people were sitting next to me, when it was obvious there were, so she ended up sitting next to the guy on my left. She doesn't look at me super often, but whenever I say something remotely funny she laughs, maybe except one time. She also looked at me once while she was laughing. There's other little things like that.
I mean, I don't care so much being rejected. But at the same time, she's a fellow student, and I want to avoid making things awkward and rushing things. Since we only meet in a group setting, I don't want to be too obvious about my interest there. She's been here for like only three weeks, I also wonder if I would be too early. Well, I wouldn't ask her directly on a date, but to grab a coffee. We literally live 5 minutes away from each other, which is close to a lot of nice places. What do you think?
