First, I want to thank all of you for taking the time to read this and giving me feedback and advices! Greatly appreciated!
So I've been chasing this girl for a while now. I make it pretty obvious that I like her. I would treat her to everything even when she insists on paying for herself. I buy her snacks she likes and sneak it in her bag without her knowing to surprise her. I always use the excuse "You like it more than I do and you wouldn't take it from me so I snuck it into your bag xD." She would always respond "you're so sneaky!! I'm treating you to food next time!"
Right now I'm torn between asking her "the question" or just staying quiet because there's situations where I feel like she wants me to back off and doesn't want to get any closer to me. For instance, she goes to a college far away and is dorming, there's no snacks that she likes there, these snacks can only be bought where I live. So i offered to buy it for her and mail it to her but all my attempts failed. The first attempt was during the week of valentines when we were having a convo and somewhere along the convo she said "I've been a good girl" so I took the opportunity and responded, "yes you have, and good girls deserve chocolate!" Of course she said yes but when I said, give me your mailing address, I'll send you some! She immediately declined my offer. I spend the next 30 minutes trying to get her give me the complete address but failed. But we're still friends.
Lately, we've been hanging out and studying together, we talk, we laugh. She talks a lot so I try to listen in and only speak after she's done and replying with a whitty comment here and there. I'm not sure if this is sending her a "I'm a good listener and I'm interested in what you're saying" or "I've got nothing to share" message. I can talk if I want to, but I'm much more interested in her, I want to listen to all she has to say.
So I'm kind of torn right now, I was thinking about asking her 'the question' when we hangout next time, I kind of feel like she doesn't like me that way, but should I give it a go anyways? My friend said "you'll never know until you ask."