[dxtrdex]

I am a 16 year old boy and I like a girl who is 1 year older than me. I started to like her at the end of my freshman year in high school. I saw her during an awards ceremony at our school. We both won lots of awards in our classes. So she's really smart and also beautiful. Both of us are the highest student in each of our class. However the school year ended and we never talked. When I began my sophomore year I started to notice her more. It seemed to me that she liked me. She touched her hair a couple of times when I was near her. Sometimes she looks at me and when I look back she would look away quickly. Whenever she walked past me with her friends she would raise her voice even though she was next to her friend. She would say things like, "Do you think he has a girlfriend or maybe he's gay?", "He's cute", or "He's hot". And she would usually talk about something in school to make her self look smart. She also smiles at me sometimes. One time when a girl said hi to me in the hallway near her she seemed to be very sad. Also one time we both came to take SAT II tests in a testing center and she came to sit next to me, even though there other were empty seats around me. When summer began she started to wear shorts and she also started to look at me more often. However despite all of these signs I never talked to her or asked her out because I was never sure. However on the last day of school I called her to ask her out, but she told me she had a boyfriend. I was about to hang up but she asked who I was. I told her my name and we started to have a conversation. She told me she saw me in her SAT II group and asked me how my test went. I told her it was the hardest chemistry test I ever took and she giggled. I then asked her what tests she took. She said she took US history and literature. I asked if the literature was harder and she said yes and giggled. Then I asked her how long she's been dating her boyfriend. She told me about a month and that he went to a different school then us. Now that I remember during the month she said she started to date her boyfriend every time I saw her she seemed very sad, especially on the day when she bought prom tickets for the both of them. Then she told me she had to go and help her sister with something and that it was nice talking to me and that maybe we would see each other during our final exams. However I told her that I was sorry and hung up. Two days later I was went to school to wait for one of my finals and I saw her sitting. She looked at me but when I looked back she looked away quickly. The next day we had our English finals in the same room and we sat next to each other. While walking in a large line before to get into the room I saw her look back at me. About a week later I wanted to call her back to apologize for hanging up last time. So I did call her and she said it was okay. We then talked about our finals for a little while and she giggled a bit. However it was getting late so I told her I had to go. She said "See you later", except in a sad tone. I then asked her if I could call back sometime and she said "I don't care" in a normal tone.
Anyway I have the following questions:
1. Even though she never admitted it, does she like me?
2. When she said "I don't care" does this mean that I should call back?
3. And most important should I continue to try to form some kind of relationship even though she has a boyfriend? I mean her boyfriend isn't too smart and as much as I know he has no great qualities.

[Real Talk]

OK I know where your coming from and here's my response...

You like the girl... right? And you don't think he has any great qualities, so make yourself seem better than her boyfriend. I'm not telling you to 1 up him on everything, but just keep up what your doing, get awards and all that good stuff.

1: if she doesn't like you, she likes you as a friend and you need to tell her how you feel. You seem to have a chance with her.
2: yes you need to call her back, she's trying to let you know that she wants to talk to you.
3: if you have something her boyfriend doesn't have then use that to your advantage! If her boyfriend doesn't ever take her anywhere then ask her if she wants to go see a movie sometime! That will be a great chance to tell her how you feel.