What can I do if my crush thinks I like someone else?

[alonely]

I have a crush on a really sweet guy. But at the beginning of the year, I'd liked someone else, and my crush (1) thinks I still like the other guy (2).

Here is where my problem lies. If I were ready to ask my crush out, I would. But I'm not at that point just yet, and I'd like to be able to flirt with him (1) without him explaining it away on account of a nonexistent crush on someone else (2)! Complicating things further, my friend (3) likes the other guy (2), so now my crush (1) thinks my friend (3) and I are at odds over the other guy (2). Plus, things are still somewhat awkward between me and the other guy (2) after his rejecting me a couple months ago. AND all four of us are in multiple extracurriculars together, including a ballroom club and a play we're doing when we get back to school in January (though, thank heaven for little favours, none of us are playing any of the others' romantic interest).

In short (and thank you all for dealing with my ramblings) I want to let my crush know that I don't like the other guy (2), but I'm not ready to ask him out yet. Can you think of any not-exceedingly-awkward way to achieve these ends?

Thanks for your time. :)

[coolbreeze]

I think it's going to be tough to convince your crush otherwise. I think maybe the thing you can do to show that your interested in him is try play flirting with him or even just try having regular conversations with him.I think eventually you will have to put your self on the line by telling him how you really feel for him.since the other crush rejected you I can't blame you for not wanting to tell him how you feel. Telling somebody how you really feel and that you like them is a very huge risk and if he can't forgive you for liking the other guy then you might have to wait until things don't be so awkward with him.Just do playful flirting with him and talk about regular thigns with the guy you like and see what happens.It seems like you spend a lot of time around him with the ball room dancing and the play.

[lumos]

Tough one. You basically have two crystal clear options, the first being to just tell one that you don't like 2 anymore when the opportunity arises. The second option you have is to flat out tell one that you like him. I'm sorry, these are the only ways you can really make it clear for him. Yeah, you could flirt and all that, but since he still thinks you like 2, he probably won't pay attention to it, or he'll think that you don't really mean it. If you really want him to know that you're not into 2 anymore, you just have to pick one (or both) of the two options.

[ArabianPwincess197]

show him its him you fancy. Through methods like hanging out with him, checking him out, touching his arm, etc