Heya seddit.

So I got out of class (yay college!) and was walking around since I lost my gloves somewhere and was out looking for them. I turn the corner, and who do I see but an HB8. A very particular HB8.

HB8 and I have been staring each other down in the halls for weeks now. Every time we pass each other its like a staring contest that neither's one yet. I decide this is the perfect opportunity - its late, no one else around, she's just sitting there studying. Let's do this.

I walk over, introduce myself. We make good small talk. I realize that I'm not very good at this - I tend to allow gaps in conversation out of just not having anything to say. But she pushes me through them by offering something up and while I never let her dominate the conversation or turn it into interview-mode I didn't feel 100% there. Was getting some decent IOI, she was sitting really far forward in her chair by the end.

So I ask her if she'd like to get coffee sometime. She offers to take my number into her phone (before I ask), and I tell her to write down hers for me (my phone was dead). Here's the kicker: right after that, she says: "Disclaimer - I have a boyfriend."

I laugh it off and walk off. Esprit de l'escalier kicks in big time ("I have a goldfish. Oh I thought we were talking about shit that doesn't matter." "Really? Better stop staring at me in the halls then, wouldn't want to let him know).

Well now what to do? She's pretty clearly into me, and I am not wanting to let her just go and let the shit test do exactly what it was supposed to do.

Tips for proceeding with boyfriended college student, sedditors?