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I like this guy in my gride and we used to be friends then this year we kinda just talked less cause we aren't in the same class. Thing is, he made it seem like he liked me. He stares at me a lot, he's always really nice to me, when it's just us two or us with a few people, he uses a really sweet tone on me that I don't hear him use on any other girls. He also knows that I like him.

Problem is, he always seems to be weird around me now. He goes awkward and he kinda just doesn't pay attention to me? He still looks at me quite a bit, but like, I tried talking to him and he just nodded and kinda moved away but then he ended up staying in the same spot. His friends have also told me that he finds me annoying, that I scare him and that I piss him off next week him and a few guys are hanging out and he apparently said he didn't want me to go? And one of his friends told me why he does but it was only 2 things and it's not enough for him to think I'm annoying.

One of my friends said that maybe there's another reason he's telling his friends that? And if he actually thought that about me, he wouldn't tell his friends and if he did he'd tell them not to tell me that he said that? Weird though, cause when we do talk, he's always so sweet, it really seems like me likes me. What should I do? When I told him he liked me, he was full on staring into my eyes at one point. Could he like me? Are his friends making it up? One of his friends also videoed me saying I'd smash him and he said he'd show him? Why would he ask that?