I told people at school who my crush is. What do you think is best for me to do?
So this is my first year at the school, and I've moved with a couple of my old friends. They had already known about who my crush is, and I'm very infatuated by him, so I can't keep my mouth shut. Naturally, like the average 16-year-old, I talk about him a lot, so when people I'm not so-close with approach my friends and I when we're talking about him, they ask what we're talking about, and my friends drop so many hints, to the point where I'd feel rude not to tell them about it. I think he likes me back. Or at least I so hope he does.
He's exceptionally nice to me, he occasionally carries my bag for me, asks me to sit next to him in classes, ask me to walk with him to class, poke me, make fun of the way I talk, explains stuff to me that I don't understand. One of our mutual friends told me that he likes me, but he thinks I'm out of his league, and that's why he didn't ask me out yet. Later, I find out that there might be something still going on with his ex-girlfriend, who repeatedly stated that she regrets absolutely nothing more than dating him. I ask our mutual friend and he confirms that there is absolutely something going on between the two of them, but she's a complete butt to him.) It really doesn't bother me a lot of people know about my crush on him, I honestly don't care what people would say if they found out about my crush.
He's a wonderful guy, and it's very evident why anyone would/might like him. But here's what happened, the other day, a "clique" other than mine, approach one of my close friends, and kept on investigating, asking her who do I like, and whether it's him, and they said that "it's obvious I have a crush on him, I'm very friendly with him, and almost always at the same places he classes and halls he hangs out at.". Now my problem here is whether I do come off as too pursuing/interested, or somebody told them about the fact that I may have a crush on him.
Then later today, my best friend comes up to me, and tells me that one of his ex's friends asked her to tell me to back off from him, and that I am so desperate, when really, I hardly ever initiate a conversation, he usually does. And we share half our classes, so that's why we hang out at the same places.
Was it wrong that I've told a lot of people? I think I like him, should I just build a bridge, and get over it? What do you think is best for me to do? I know that this may make him sound like a total a-hole, but he really isn't. He's pretty oblivious, careless, and a little goofy.
