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I just wanted CE's take on this situation. I'm thinking mixed which usually means a no but I guess I also want to tell someone the story.

It'll be long so click a different topic if you're not down to read a story. Just warning you.

Anyway we had an intern at our work for the past 8 months. Didn't think much of her at first but IMO I was getting signs of interest from her, and I developed an interest. She'd touch me a lot while talking, asked me about my relationship status (stuff like "oh I bet your girlfriend loves that!", like a sneaky way to ask if I have one), and other coworkers who saw us said we seemed like we liked each other (didn't say this to us directly, I heard it from others). Before her internship ended she asked for my personal number and I gave it to her.

She invited me to a party at her house last Saturday and I showed up. I was planning on making an appearance but we ended up talking for 3 or 4 hours. She sat super close across from me with knees touching and kept putting hands on me while talking (grabbing my hands for emphasis, touching my leg, etc). I left and she gave me a hug.

Anyway her first week at her new job was this past week and she texted me first telling me about how it was. I decided to ask her to lunch which she accepted. When I sent a "see you there at that time then!" text she gave it a heart using the iMessage reaction thing. She always gave thumbs up before this so I really started to think she was seeing it a certain way.

We had the lunch today and she showed up, and we stayed at the restaurant for three hours talking. However I tried to pay for both of us and asked if she minded, and she said "Oh no. I mind. Greatly." so I was like oh ok, and we split it down the middle.

When we went to leave she gave me a hug and I said we should do this again sometime. She said sure and said Saturdays are generally open for her. I kind of jokingly said "Hey maybe I can pay next time!" and she said "No way, you're not my dad or my date. I always pay for myself."

I didn't plan on this one being a date necessarily, I just wanted to pay since I invited her. I was planning on inviting her on a more obvious date next time (like dinner) but am I right in thinking that she's shutting the idea down pre-emptively? I think it'd be more like "Only if it's a date!" or something like that rather than what she actually said.

My plan is just to lay low at least a week and see if she contacts me. Just wondering what CE's take is.