Thanks for your responses, everyone. I'm trying to be patient. I'm just really confused about where we stand. I feel like we are in some odd in-between space between friends and girlfriends.

Yesterday, I was telling her about this creepy guy that I saw staring at me on the street. I told her that I got the feeling that he wanted to murder me, to which she replied, "are you sure he wasn't just checking you out? Because you are pretty darn cute." When I told her that she was just being sweet, she then insisted that she meant it. Now I'm really confused. Do friends call each other "pretty darn cute" in that context? Or is this an indication that A) she likes me as more than a friend, and B) she's getting more comfortable with it?

Tonight further complicates things. I was watching SNL with her (we have this ritual on Saturday nights ), and emboldened by her calling me cute, I decided to place my head on her shoulder. I was expecting that she would put her arm around me, or at least nervously chuckle. But she did not respond, at all. I don't know if that means that she probably doesn't like me? I'm really over-thinking this...

Thanks again for putting up with my ramblings about my messed up love life!