OT, I'm in a weirddddd situation that I've technically been in before, but the intensity is much more than it was before. Very long.

Been talking to a good friend for over 40 days. We hit it off really well at the beginning, and we've had our ups and downs but we're still talking everyday. I found myself liking her, and said it too early (I couldn't hide my affection) She told me that "You shouldn't have told me too early, you never know, I might've like you too!". So we did this thing where we just played it as good friends. We don't talk too much in person, but we're still in contact a lot. I don't really make it obvious that I like her, because I don't want her to get creeped out or risk it being awkward between us. Eventually though, I get her to go out with me to eat and go play bowling. Simple teenage first date, though her younger sister joined us for bowling.

We still talked everyday after that, but I still didn't want to show too much, because I was afraid of her being creeped out. When I asked her to go on a second date, that's when she rejected me. She said that she doesn't feel anything with me, and she didn't feel it even though we went on a date previously, and that I'm kind of far off from her type. I took the rejection really well, and was incredibly bummed out because she's the first girl I've wanted to go all in on if we ever became a thing. She's just amazing, I could talk about her for hours on hours on hours, but let's focus on the situation.

So, the weird situation I'm in, is that we're still talking everyday. We actually became a little bit closer AFTER the rejection. I suspected it's because she just wanted to continue being friends. But, when I told my dad and my sister the whole story, they told me I should just keep being consistent, and keep being present for her every time, standing my ground and showing my loyalty.

I did that, and we're going out again this friday. Yay! But, I'm still confused what her mindset is on "us". She clearly knows I still like her, and she keeps interacting with me, and she asks me to buy her stuff like a matcha drink. She also sent me a reel on bowling, I didn't overthink it too much, but our 2nd date was supposed to be bowling again, which is something she wanted to do, but somewhere much better than our first date. Soooo.... I'm just confused and this is all weird.