I recently met a girl through a mutual friend and a small group of us have been hanging out.
The mutual friend and this girl are just friends and are not romantically linked to one another. But lately, I've developed some feelings for this girl, and to my surprise the girl has done the same. We both found that we have so much in common and like each others personalities. I can tell she really likes me, and it wasn't until a friend asked me in front of the group if I "liked" her or wouldn't mind going out with her, that I knew that she perhaps liked me. At the time, I said that I wasn't too sure and her friend said I can take my time deciding, because the friend liked me as a person and so did her boyfriend.
This girl is a couple of years older than me, and I kinda friend zoned her politely privately, on a small date a few days later. Told her that I would disappoint her if I was her man, and she seemed a little upset. We seemed to then tell each other, how we sort of liked each other and what not. But then, she literally told me that I was handsome and some of my weak traits. Like what I could do to improve myself and look good.
I felt bad friend zoning at the time, but a part of me still likes her and I think deep down she likes me. What should I do? I just felt she was slightly older than me, and she kept denying that I could disappoint her.