How can one tell if a girl is interested in friendship or a relationship?

[AnEnormousPanda]

There's this girl I've known for about a month and a half now and I'm just unsure whether she wants to be friends or if she sees any potential in me. I'm a freshmen in college, we have one two hour class together we don't even sit next to each other but we both live on the opposite end of the campus that the class takes place on, and walk back together every day after class. We've had a one on one study session in her dorm and both attended a group study session after which we both went to grab something to drink at the store around the corner before we parted ways and went back to our respective buildings. On another occasion I invited her to go a get something to drink/eat after we had walked back from class one day and she accompanied me to the student union.

 

During one of the study sessions I was playing music from my Ipod and she asked me who my favorite band was I told her my favorite band including my favorite song from that band and it turns out she is not only a big fan of that band but that is her favorite song from them as well. Naturally I played that song next and started to sing. She asked me if I had ever sung (sang/sung I'm not an English major not sure what to go with in this instance) that song for a girl I told her no but I am currently in the process of learning to play the song on the guitar. Later that night when we were walking to the store around the corner, she turned to me and mentioned that she has always wanted to be serenaded. She told me that she would love it if a guy would sing to her sometime.

 

I guess my issue is that I'm not sure if she was dropping me a hint or if she was just making conversation. Also, she extended an invitation to me to attend a movie with her and some friends later that night, I declined knowing it would have been the two of us and a bunch of her friends that I had never before met. I feel like she declined my invitation to dinner with my friends and me I offered up to her a couple of days later for the same reason. Though I've been pondering the possibility that she declined because my invitation was delivered via text message (classy I know).

 

I am not experienced at all in the world of relationships and am taking advice from anyone willing to offer it up to me. My biggest fear right now is that A.) she is interested in me and I miss out on my opportunity. or B.) she is not interested in dating and I will be forced to sit awkwardly behind her for the rest of the semester.

[AnEnormousPanda]

One thing I left out is that on a couple of occasions she has jokingly referred to what exists between us as a friendship. For example we can be talking about some guy we saw wearing something completely ridiculous and I jokingly said something like "oh, I would have worn mine today I just forgot it back in my room." and she would reply with something like, "Well, I'm afraid if I ever saw you wearing that it would bring our friendship to an abrupt end."

[mo mo]

pinch her ass and see what happens

[hopefully]

Is she a shy person?

[AnEnormousPanda]

She's fairly outgoing, or at least she seems to be to me.

 

Yeah you make a valid point, I just don't wanna botch this, the last couple of days I just haven't been able to stop running through possible scenarios of how this could go horribly wrong or how asking her out could end well. That's where my hesitance is coming from.

[mortensorchid]

Since you are the man, I say YOU should come out and ask her to do something one evening soon. Then, at the end, ask to kiss her. If she says yes, then yes, if no, then no.

 

Any other suggestions?

[mo mo]

Since you are the man, I say YOU should come out and ask her to do something one evening soon. Then, at the end, ask to kiss her. If she says yes, then yes, if no, then no.

 

Any other suggestions?

 

sure

 

he could pinch her ass and see how she reacts

[Graviton]

sure

 

he could pinch her ass and see how she reacts

 

She better not have a lawyer on speed dial.