Need advice asap?

This guy I really like started hanging out LATE November and has taken me out three times now and payed every time. (He considers me a “best friend” we’ve even friends for a year) The first time we hung out he asked how many people I was talking to and even told me when he’s considering dating someone that is the question he asks… everytime we go out, we talk for hours before I go home. There’s this dilemma, in which his coworker asked for a ride to a volunteership we all have and he offered me a ride as well. However he has history with this coworker and I told him that I rather not ride with both of them. And if I do ride with him I don’t want her there. He states he doesn’t understand my reasoning and wants me to explain. But that constitutes me telling him my feelings for him. And now it makes me think he only sees me as a friend. Or is he just oblivious as fuck. Also we spend a lot of time together outside our “dates” because we are in similar circles.
Need advice asap?
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