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Like most girls, I have a crush. I'm in year 10 and recently the boy I was crushing on found out I liked him. But before he found out I have caught him doing a few strange things.. First of all we aren't besties or even friends, more like.. just classmates. The only time we talk is for school projects. Anyways, here are a few things I have found him doing repeatedly. He will follow me really closely in the hallways or pass me quickly. If there were spots open near where my friends an I sit in the dinning hall he would sit as near as possible. I'm very shy during class but very talkative around my friends, sometimes I catch him laughing at the things I say to my friends. In gym whenever his pal or him got me out in ball, he would laugh and whisper to his pal. He seems to be a flirty and jokey with all the other girls, but with me he is always quiet around me. I do glance and him once in awhile, sometimes catching his gaze for a second or two. The next thing I notice is that he places his hand on my desk or stands near it as he talks to his pals in class. I always feel myself blushing when he does this and it seems that after he walks away he looks over at me. My friend has told me a few things about what she has noticed with him, she said that she over heard his friends talking about how he likes me, how in homeroom he was talking about my hair or eyes. She said these were rumors but somehow I never heard it, but I usually never hear a lot of rumors. My friend said she caught him looking at me when my back was facing him. The odd thing is that after he found out I liked him (i didn't know he knew until a few weeks later) he didn't tell the whole school or anything (like most popular guys would), it just seems that he studies me more often. One last thing is that his pals started to act a bit nicer to me but that was only for a day or so and then they went back to their old selves.. So what is happening? Am I just freaking myself out?