I seem to be involved in a horrible situation of affections.

How does this work, I have no idea, but all I know is that I must have done something wrong.

Friend A matches me in personality and temper most wonderfully... And I can trust him with all of my secrets. We've been friends for a couple of years now, and our reciprocal crushing has been going on since our sophomore year in high school. As friends, of course, we kept it to ourselves. Friend A, however, will not speak about his emotions unless I say something about my feelings for him, first. He needs that reassurance first, it seems, and our only reason for not starting anything (We had a talk where we said we'd forget everything) was because I wasn't Christian.

Friend B is adorable. He's funny, sarcastic, and has a kind of charm that only he can exude. He's liberal, stylish, has amazing taste in bikes and music, and can hold a conversation with me for hours. We flirt, but it's just friendly stuff. For a short while in the beginning of college, I was sure that I was in love with this guy. Friend B, unfortunately, is a confusing individual who cannot be read.

Friend C attends the same university as I do at the moment, and came from the same high school as me. We were always friends, and I continued to pick on him in order to motivate him to do his work. We partied together, and had a few drunken make-out sessions together, and I always made sure that he got back to his room okay. If anything, I played the role of mother more so than the girl he made out with. We're really just good friends. Thing is, Friend C admitted to loving me while he was in a sober state.

Uh oh.


I'm definitely not into playing anyone, and the timing of all of this is just preposterous! Friend A was from early on in high school, Friend B from the beginning of college, and Friend C shouldn't even like me in the first place!

I've been keeping in touch with Friend A and B just as friends, but they always hint at something else. It doesn't really help that Friend B knows that I had a crush on him before... And him visiting me made my heart beat like crazy.
It doesn't help that Friend A is an amazing friend who seriously embodies my prince charming...

And it doesn't help that both Friend A and B go to different schools than I do, hardly express emotions, and don't seem like they would ever step up to a relationship.

And that Friend C, somewhat of an acquaintance of theirs, really does like me.

And on a superficial level, if any, let's assume that they all look the same, and are all equally tall and handsome.



If you were in this situation, what would you do? How would you distinguish friendship love from being in love? And how would you deal with Friend C?