Last week I came home from a trip to Europe that I went on with a group of kids from my high school and a couple of other high schools in the area.

I met this girl that just graduated about a month ago. The two of us became really good friends and the other kids on the trip joked around with me a lot because of how much time I spent with her. Now yes, I do kind of like her. She is very attractive. She is also going to college in Boston next year (I would find out later in the story that I'm moving BACK to the Boston area).

When we were in Paris, one night I went with her and a few other girls to the top of the Eiffel tower and because of the lines were so long, we ended up being with each other for about 3 or 4 hours. She told me I was attractive and that she would pay me a euro to kiss a stranger but SHE had to pick who it would be.

Fast Forward to a day later. We had to take a night train to Italy and I was walking past her sleeper cabin to go to the bathroom when she leans out of her door with a tank top on, her boobs all pushed together and stuff. She tells me to come in and hang out with her and her friends. So I did for a while. And she was asking what I find attractive in women and what I find Unattractive in women.

Fast Forward like 2 days or something. We are sitting on a sidewalk in Rome and we were talking to each other. She asks me out of the blue "So are you going to ask for my phone number?" and I said "I was going to, yes." and then about 10 minutes later she is walking behind me saying how she is going on only one date with this guy that is going to the marines or something. She was clearly talking so I would hear it. She wasn't exactly right behind me.

Fast Forward like an hour. We are in from of the Pantheon in Rome and some guy was playing slow music right in front of us. One of my other friends on the trip that's a girl comes over to me and says that I should go ask this girl to dance. As nervous as I was, I asked her and she said yes. We danced for a little and then after she thanked me. She thanked me about 3 more times over the next about 20 minutes for dancing with her.

Fast Forward to the next morning. We are at the airport. She thanked me again for dancing with her and then she asked if I was nervous about asking her. I didn't want to pretend I wasn't and so I told her that I was a little bit.

Fast Forward to later that day. We were in Detroit now for a 7 hour layover. She and her friends were sitting near me and I was talking on the phone. When I was talking to my mom on the phone I found out I’m moving back to the Boston area. When they wanted to go get dinner she asks me if I would go with them to eat somewhere so I did. We were eating and she sat right across from me. We all got our own dinners and she ate from mine like she was my girlfriend. I didn't really mind at all.

Fast Forward to a week later. I send her a text message and it had been the first time I had talked to her since we got home. We talked for quite a while about various things. She asked if I was nervous about texting her first. I said it was a little bit nerve racking. She then replies with "It shouldn't be nerve racking if we're just friends :p". When she said that I couldn't help but think, what does this mean? She led me on for 10 days straight only to say this?

Now my question to you. What does this mean for me? Should I just give up on this one? Or should I take a huge chance and ask her if she wants to go out sometime? By the way, this girl is 2 years older than me (She just graduated and I’m going to be a junior)

Thanks

Well you are just friends. What do you mean she was leading you on. Maybe she was just teasing you, does she know you are younger?
You can ask her out for a date, not to date, she'll either say yes or No. How old is she and how old are you?

Well you are just friends. What do you mean she was leading you on. Maybe she was just teasing you, does she know you are younger?
You can ask her out for a date, not to date, she'll either say yes or No. How old is she and how old are you?

What do you mean how do I know she was leading me on? We pretty much flirted with each other for 10 days straight. Everyone knew me and her kind of liked each other. Apparently it was pretty obvious because everyone wanted to know why me and her were together so much. Even the group leader that took us (My english teacher from last year) asked me when I was going to ask her out.

I don't really understand what you are saying when you say: "You can ask her for a date, not to date, she'll either say yes or no." I already knew that. That is why I came here to ask this in the first place because I wanted to know if other people though it would be a good idea or not for me to ask her out. I'm 16 and she is 18 by the way.

I would ask her out, but beware of older women and her friends because just being on vacation in an exotic romantic place may have made them even more flirty and adventurous. You have her number, you can do whatever you want but don't get all caught up in the youthful attraction so soon.

Things tend to be different now that you are home again.

What do you mean how do I know she was leading me on? We pretty much flirted with each other for 10 days straight. Everyone knew me and her kind of liked each other. Apparently it was pretty obvious because everyone wanted to know why me and her were together so much. Even the group leader that took us (My english teacher from last year) asked me when I was going to ask her out.

I don't really understand what you are saying when you say: "You can ask her for a date, not to date, she'll either say yes or no." I already knew that. That is why i came here to ask this in the first place because I wanted to know if other people though it would be a good idea or not for me to ask her out. I'm 16 and she is 18 by the way.
She may have not been leading you on, just flirting. What I meant by the dating thing is you can ask her out for a movie or something but I would not ask her to be your girl. She is 18, out of school and you two are in two different worlds. Older girls don't tend to get that serious with high school aged boys.