I’ll try to keep this short, I [M 22] am in a class with another girl (just met, named Allison) that only meets twice a week (T,TR). We are both friendly and make small comments/talk to each other during class, but I never see her outside of class. She has other friends in the class but focuses on me and turns to me to talk/ signals that she may be interested in me.

Two weeks ago I made a joke about about not being able to see the slides because I didn’t have glasses, and she let me borrow hers, and then offered to bring an extra pair for me the next class. She forgot that Thursday, I told her it was no big deal and . THEN, that Friday I overheard her friends talking about how she had a date that weekend. Then her friend also said that (they do not know who I am) also was going to tell me she had a date as a deterrent. I just kept a straight face and continued with my homework.

I got the message and decided just to be friendly but not push things any further to respect the other guy (I don’t know who). But that Saturday night she found and added me on social media, which was something I was going to do before I found out she had a date. THEN, that Tuesday in class she immediately sat next to me and started talking to me, I was being friendly back like normal until she pulled out a really nice pair of glasses and gave them to me. Later in class she wrote a note saying how special they were to her and that they remind her of her father and that she would need them back at the end of the semester. I felt like shit because it all started from a joke and she gave me a pretty special gift, expecting me to keep it. I turned them down of course, but now I am confused. If she wanted to “deter” me, she could have easily just not given me any glasses or talked to me less, let alone walk me back to my dorm showing me things on her phone after class.

I could be wrong and she could just be a very nice woman, but we both recognize there was something between us or she wouldn’t have told her friends about me. I’m just confused on where to go from here, was this a test to see how I would treat her if she had another guy in her life? I also really want to get her number so I can talk to her more, any tips would be appreciated on where to go from here.