This year I met a girl and we didn't really talk to each other until much until this month. Some weeks ago we just kind of ran into each other afterschool in the hallways (this is highschool) and we really seemed to be hitting it off and there seemed to be this spark between us. At one point we literally walked around aimlessly in the parking lot of our school talking about everything before we both decided to go home. Literally every day for the rest of that week we would make a habit of talking extensively when we saw each other, like we went out of our ways to talk to each other it seemed like. Each class period we had together we would walk with each other in the halls afterwards before splitting off into different classes instead of walking with our respective friends, which I took as a big sign of interest. I also walked with her afterschool every day to her car and she seemed very comfortable with that, to clarify no one else seems to do this with her. Then I asked her to prom (it's the end of the year and we are both seniors) and she said that she would be out of town during that time. She did not give any sort of counter proposal which really threw me off since I was sure she liked me. After that I felt that it got awkward and so we stopped talking for some time. A bit later a mutual friend told me that, to her knowledge, she just isn't really interested in prom. This girl isn't really a person who would lie so I like to think that she actually isn't going to be in town for prom, but this sometimes makes me think that she is not interested in being in a relationship with me and deliberately lied so as to not hurt my feelings. The awkwardness seemed to mostly clear up and lately this week she has made an effort to strike up conversation again, however not to the same level as before, at least not yet. I still like her, and I still want to have a relationship with her, but I'm really not sure if she feels the same way or not. Should I ask her on a date?
Should I ask out a girl again if she didn't hard reject me and still wants to talk?
