ok so i’ve known this girl since middle school but we were never that close. I recently saw her in our hometown while we were both on a break from college. It was a short but good exchange and i got her number. we began to text everyday for a few weeks and we ended up going to a music festival together for an evening. we made out some and had what i thought was pretty fun conversation that night.

I honestly like her a lot more than I expected to from just hanging out with her once. i’ve dated other girls before but i’ve never had this feeling before.. it’s messing with my head. the problem is that I can’t really tell what she wants and we go to different colleges. i’m also leaving for australia this week to work a credit based internship. I won’t be back at my home college until the spring. I’m worried that i’ll lose any momentum I currently have with her if I don’t let her know that i’m interested before I leave the country.

my main question is should I play it cool and keep in touch with her while i’m abroad but not reveal my hand? or would it be better to let her know that i’m interested in dating when i get back? this could be a bad idea but I was thinking about sending her a short hand-written letter telling her i had fun and was interested in taking her on a date when I get back. I feel like this might be classier to do rather than through text. we’re college kids so we currently just communicate through snapchat and text.

tldr: about to leave country, should I let this girl know I intend to date her or should I just wait until I get back to pursue it any further?