I'm a 20M. I know you shouldn't shit where you eat. I'm starting to like like my co worker but our store will be closing in two weeks so I'm not worried about it. I flirt with her all the time and make her laugh and she flirts with me but it isn't anything sexual more of jokes from things that happen at work or something she said. I fear she just sees me as a friend.

One thing that is bothering me is we were working and she was putting things away so I went to go help her and I was like this is a perfect time to talk to her. I approached her and had a really small talk I had asked her what she was listening to and she told me she just had her headphones in. I was curious so I was like "What were you listening to before?" she had told me a radio station, so I was oh cool. Then she needed to grab something to hang up an item so she went to go get it from the front. (In my head I was like wow she is trying to avoid me huh?) My bosses were taking a smoke break so instead of my co worker coming back with the thing to hang the item, she went outside with them I had a feeling she was talking about me trying to talk to her. I will never know either If she was talking about me to my bosses. But then it really hit me like wooww she really doesn't want to talk since she didn't come back. My mindset is hey If she wanted to talk to me she would have came back.. ya know? Once I felt this way I gave up said good bye have a nice night when my shift is over but didn't give her a hug, I just felt disappointed, on my way home I was just thinking "what is wrong with me?!"

The day before this (yesterday) I invited her to get some ice cream, I don't have a set date but I said we can go when we both are off and she agreed to go. I don't understand why I keep thinking she isn't into me and I keep beating myself up, makes me want to just give up on trying to pull her (Def the reason why I have been single for a long time). It could be because I haven't told her how I feel about her. The thing is I always look at the worst possibility rejection also bothers me.. I'm attractive, athletic body, with a cool personality I don't know why I can't pull her. I'd appreciate some advice also I'm pretty bad at noticing if a girl likes me.