Hello all, recently I've realized I have feelings for a Cancer girl. She and I have been friends for about 3 years or so now. Recently, she has been going through some turmoil with her boyfriend that she was in a serious relationship with, which has been only going downhill for about a year now. She has decided that she wants to break up with him soon, as she has told her closest friend (who has told me) that she doesn't even want to be around him anymore. She still acts all close with him and such, kissing him and hugging him and such. I have offered my support and assured her I would be there if she ever wanted my help. About a week ago, she's been showing mixed signs towards me. She's known to be touchy, but only with closer friends. She'll also occasionally be touchy with others, but rarely. Lately she's been a lot more physical with me in the sense that she'll steal my beanie (if i'm wearing one) and run away with a smile on her face the whole time. Then she'll put it on and turn around and just give me the same big smile. Whenever she's around me (with the rest of our friends, and when her bf isn't around) she'll be very touchy and flirtatious with me much more than anyone else. I have also made more of an effort to contact her more frequently, which she has been responding more too. Before, she would take minutes, sometimes hours to even respond, or she would've just ignored me. Now, she almost always responds when I text her, even if the conversations don't last long. Some of my friends have noticed this behavior from her, and are telling me that she probably likes me. Her closest friend whom i'm also quite close with has actually asked her if she likes me or not. Her response was that she sees me as a brother. Now, the tricky part comes in here. This close friend had liked me for a long time, and the girl I like knows this. I would imagine this could've been an attempt to mask how she really feels, as not to provoke old emotions from the mutually close friend. She could be doing this as not to damage her relationship with her friend, or it could be that she just legitimately sees me as a brother. I also figured she could be warming up to me more as she is soon enough not going to have a commitment to another guy, so she's found her excuse to be more open with me. I'm starting to fear that she just views me as her "brother" (friendzoned, rip.) and she could just be opening up to me more now that she doesn't really feel a need to keep herself in check as much anymore, since she will break up with her boyfriend soon. Or, since she won't have a boyfriend to stay loyal to, she could be starting to allow her true feelings for me show. I would like to know what all of your personal opinions on the situation are, and if anyone has had any similar experiences.
